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Disney turns its Monorail into huge Tron light cycles Instant film isn’t dead – it’s just weird and expensive EA drops fat cash on The Old Republic http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/11/the-playstation-move-everything-old-is-new-again-if-you-ask-sony/ Sic semper tyrannis: motion control in video games
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Video: Pixel-bots to the rescue! Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project Aw, iPhone app fridge magnets Move over Humping USB Dogs. Here comes the Dodobongo USB Dog. NES game harmonicas let you blow on your cartridges for fun and profit
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Inverted, ocean-bound “seascrapers”: aqua-communes for the future? Did you know there was a Last Starfighter video game? Energizer battery charger contains a trojan SNES cartridge plays ROMs loaded from your computer Sony reminds us of the high-cost of first generation 3D TV
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Why software costs so much: It’s the packaging! Corduroy: not just on your trousers any more Nippon Oil and Hitachi aim at mass-producing microbe-derived biofuel Magnetic quantum dots Steam for Mac: 100 percent official. Try to act surprised. (But still, yay!)
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Why software costs so much: It’s the packaging! Corduroy: not just on your trousers any more Nippon Oil and Hitachi aim at mass-producing microbe-derived biofuel Magnetic quantum dots Steam for Mac: 100 percent official. Try to act surprised. (But still, yay!)
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Here’s a recap of some of the stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Thunder 30 amplifier from Orange A call to arms: Reboot the public bathroom LEGO synth has you build your sound Throw away those Baby Einstein DVDs Thin, flexible “solar threads” to turn fabrics into power generators
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Here are some of yesterday’s stories: Video: Excellent hand-built, self-powered marble-lifting machine This Casio G-Shock looks like they dipped it in Pixy Stix (comes with robot) Canon weather-sealed 70-200mm L… coffee thermos? Will Valve revitalize Mac gaming with Steam for OS X? MIT’s teleconferencing robot can interact with, strangle you LED flashlight records nightvision video
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Thin, flexible “solar threads” to turn fabrics into power generators Microsoft Surface could go mobile with this miniature projected version Video: Alice in Wonderland movie from 1903 Be careful when handling that iBuyPower laptop! New Panasonic batteries make serious promises (and need serious work)
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A Tokyo-based venture called ideal Star [JP] has developed a new method that makes it possible to produce solar cells in the form of flexible and thin threads. The company is supported by a total of six Japanese universities and the government. The current prototype cell is 5cm long and just 0.8mm in diameter. ideal Star says the core consists of polymer material and is surrounded by an electrode layer, and layers for hole transport, power-generating (this layer is made from fullerene), electron transport and another (transparent) electrode layer. Once the company finds a way to make the threads longer, they could be woven into power-generating solar sheets or solar power fabrics for clothing or curtains. As a first practical application, sheets consisting of these threads will be used on rice paddies (while they are being rested) to generate solar power. The solar threads feature an energy conversion efficiency of just around 3%, but ideal Star claims 10% are possible. The picture above shows amperage being measured from one of the threads that’s exposed to light. ideal Star estimates mass-production of their products would be cheaper than that of standard silicon solar cells. For example, all layers in the threads are coated down, meaning production requires no expensive semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The company hopes to commercialize the technology within the next five years. Via The Nikkei [registration required, paid subscription]
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An interview with famed comic artists Drew and Natalie Dee Cat Hammock coffee table: why, you ask? Why not? This LEGO Avatar helicopter would only be cooler if Michelle Rodriguez came with it Pricey massage chair folds into a cube Compost-powered heating
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