Mozilla developers have given the green light to ship Firefox 10 on Tuesday.
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The gift-giving season is winding down to a close, and we're all enjoying the time with our loved ones, warm holiday comfort foods, and maybe some cool Android goodies. Did you get a new Android phone? Or a tablet? Maybe you got a Google TV unit of some sort or another, or your stocking was full of accessories. Sound off and share with us (we're like your extended Android family) to let everyone know what great stuff you got this year.
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While I find that I like my ferrite-based Kickstarter art projects to be a bit more automatic, the Ferrite Interactive Liquid Sculpture is still pretty cool. It’s a tube containing a Ferrofluid – a suspension of ferrite particles – that is shock-resistant enough to survive a few tumbles. You can use a magnet to create odd shapes, experience the magic fo magnetics, and you can put it on your desk and toy with it as you wait for 5 o’clock to roll around.
$100 gets you a mini tube while $125 gets you the larger model. Both include powerful magnets for controlling your ferrite experience and all are made by one David Markus, an industrial design student from Georgia.
While the project isn’t very high tech, what it lacks in gizmos it makes up for in creativity. Besides, who, I ask you, who doesn’t like magnets? Who?
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While I find that I like my ferrite-based Kickstarter art projects to be a bit more automatic, the Ferrite Interactive Liquid Sculpture is still pretty cool. It’s a tube containing a Ferrofluid – a suspension of ferrite particles – that is shock-resistant enough to survive a few tumbles. You can use a magnet to create odd shapes, experience the magic fo magnetics, and you can put it on your desk and toy with it as you wait for 5 o’clock to roll around.
$100 gets you a mini tube while $125 gets you the larger model. Both include powerful magnets for controlling your ferrite experience and all are made by one David Markus, an industrial design student from Georgia.
While the project isn’t very high tech, what it lacks in gizmos it makes up for in creativity. Besides, who, I ask you, who doesn’t like magnets? Who?
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We’ve all been there.
After years of faithful service and happy memories, the trusty old (insert gadget here) is tuckered out and needs replacing.
Some of us recycle our old gadgetry (and bravo/a to you), while others might try to sell it on the cheap, eBay-style.
But here‘s something I bet you never considered doing with your old… say, Xbox 360:
That’s right. What you’re looking at is a fully functional salt-water aquarium housed inside an old Xbox 360 console. Of course, the console no longer operates (just in case anyone is that hopeful), but the existing power cable and connection are still in use, as well as the external supply box. On the inside, however, you’ll find live corals, fish, crabs, shrimp, and snails.
Spencer Shepard of Blue World Aquariums first removed all the innards of the Xbox, cut a viewing window, and then had the tank custom built to fit the console. He then hooked up the wiring for the lighting using the existing power cable and connection, with the low-voltage power supply and controller hidden inside the external power supply box. The tank is lit with the help of a color-changing LED strip, which is controlled by a wireless remote.
Clearly not all of us have the time or the skills necessary to complete such a task, but if you happen to have an old Xbox around and had been contemplating a fish tank, take this as a sign.
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We've seen a lot of crazy things when it comes to the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus. We've seen them pop up and mysteriously disappear from Cragislist, gone without a trace. And now one's made it to eBay for the high, high price of $1,200. It goes without saying, but that's just ridiculous. That's a good $500 or so over what you'd pay for an unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus. And as much as we love LTE, it's not worth paying that much more to have it a week or so — assuming it's indeed launched next week.
Anyhoo, $1,200's just ridiculous. Save your money. Save your soul.
Source: eBay; thanks, KLY412
More: Verizon Galaxy Nexus forums
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There are things you need to be afraid of when you’re a new parent. There’s gluten, pull cords, Disney products, and BHP, to be sure, but what about wild robotic strollers that look as if they’ll eat your wee ones in one snap of their plastic jaws?
Luckily, the 4moms Oragami stroller won’t close on the little ones and is in fact a automatic stroller with a bit of a twist. Instead of pressing down on some hydraulics, this thing opens and closes with the tap of a button. It is, in short, pretty darn amazing.
The buggy has a built-in generator to power the closing motor and an LCD readout tells you when you can open and close the thing. Headlights near the front wheels keep you safe in dark caverns while the drink cosy on the handle keeps your whiskey snug.
The bad news? It costs $849, which is pretty steep even for some of the higher end buggies. That’s not to say there aren’t more expensive models out there and I’m certain there are no buggies that can transform and roll out like a Decepticon zygote, so this may be worth the splurge. Get the grandparents to pay for it.
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Yeah, I know; you’re probably getting sick of hearing about all the cool things people make using the Arduino microcontroller, but check this: A 1975 Bally Wizard pinball machine transformed into an atomic-synced alarm clock. A what? A rad-looking pinball machine with bad-ass chicks and dudes who light up, sound to wake you up, and a clock to tell you time until you go to bed.
Network analyst Alan Amon put one together in the basement of his Ontario home. He created the clock using an Arduino microcontroller (duemilanove), a GPS receiver, and an 8-relay board, along with some other bits and pieces.
Time is calculated using the GPS, which sends out a line of ACSII data; the Arduino waits, and receives the data that reports time and date. Instructables offers a more intricate break-down of the process. Sparks and electricity will fly, so newbies be warned: If you’ve never seen the interior of a pinball machine; it’s probably best not try this on your own.
The pinball-clock works by revving up at your appointed time of alarm, and resets its display to the current time, year, alarm time and date (month and year). The Bally Wizard’s four-player game score display is set to these elements one-by-one, left to right, like a ringing, blinking slot machine–Or like a pinball machine in play!
The clock shows the time as long as a GPS signal is detected, and it shuts down at your selected time (when you sleep). You don’t have to worry about daylight savings time, as the clock will automatically adjust, and in the case of power outages, it will maintain settings as long as power is restored before the alarm time.
An awesome feature of this clock is that it still functions as a normal pinball machine–as long as you turn off the Arduino!
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Apple plans to open its first retail store in Hong Kong later this quarter, according to a company spokeswoman.
It will be the company’s fifth Apple Store in China: There are already two in Beijing and another two in Shanghai.
The new store will be located in Hong Kong’s IFC mall.
Apple did not say when the store will open, although media reports have said it will open on Sept. 24.
China has been a fast growing market for Apple. In previous quarters, revenue and iPhone sales in the country have boomed, according to statements made by the company’s CEO Tim Cook. Demand has been so high that fake Apple stores have appeared in the country, with unauthorized sellers using the company’s logo to decorate their shops.
In the past Apple has spoken of opening 25 stores in China, but so far it has expanded at a slower pace. Aside from the company’s own stores, Apple also sell its products through authorized resellers across China.
Apple is also planning on opening an additional store in Shanghai, which will be the company’s largest in China. Apple has yet to say when that store will open.
We were kind of hoping Keith Urban might announce it, but we suppose Twitter will have to do. According to AT&T’s official Twitter page, in reply to @Drake_Heth (smile, you’re famous now), the Samsung Infuse 4G is set to get its Gingerbread update in the next couple of weeks. And that’s nary a moment too soon, with the prospect of the U.S. (finally) getting its Galaxy S II devices at the end of the month, and you bet your bippy they won’t be running Froyo.
And we’ll save you the trouble of looking it up yourself — the website referenced in the tweet is AT&T’s announcement that all of its phones released in 2011 will receive Gingerbread updates. Along with the Infuse 4G, that includes the HTC Inspire 4G, LG Phoenix, Motorola Atrix 4G, Pantech Crossover and Samsung Captivate.
Source: Twitter; via XDA Developers; Thanks, Colton!
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