Microsoft’s tablet: surprisingly good

By akie

This prototype of a Microsoft iPad-alternative looks surprisingly useful and well-designed. This video is dated before Apple’s announcement, so it’s not a iPad clone.

Given this video and their pretty decent IE9 preview release, can we conclude that Microsoft is not really going extinct after all?

The cardapult

By akie

A catapult made from a business card…. wonderful! Build one yourself!

Thunderbirds-style garage

By akie

Link

Homer Simpson clock

By akie

Buy it here for only £14.96 - via Neatorama.

Keyboard for blondes

By akie

For blondes and girlie men:

Buy it here

Sky car

By akie

Moller International of California built a flying car!

I don’t think it’s ready for prime time yet, but it sure is cool.

TinEye

By akie

With this you can take a picture of an album cover, and find it in an online shop or on Wikipedia.

Made with the technology from this post (by the same guys (again)).

The math grenade

By akie

Behold the Curta calculator, the most popular analogue pocket calculator in its day, originally designed in a concentration camp as a present for the Führer.

^{Image credit: Rick Furr}

Here’s a movie on how it works:

More on Dark Roasted Blend, or try one yourself with this online simulator.

Poor teddy bear

By akie

I like this somewhat unusual USB-drive.

Buy it here. Found on BoingBoing.

Big Lebowski action figures!

By akie

Link (also from Neatorama, like the previous)

Nice phone!

By akie

Forget the iPhone. I like this Nokia MUCH better

link to video