Future Green Goblins take note. Very awesome.
Category: gadgets
Microsoft’s tablet: surprisingly good
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
A catapult made from a business card…. wonderful! Build one yourself!
Sky car
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
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
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.
