The Stuff

More iPhone humor. The new Bakelite model.

Have you seen the new Cinco phone? It’s amazing.

BTW, what happened to Ed Begley Junior’s career? I’ll tell you what happened: it’s better than ever!

Do you know what time it is? Seriously, it’s time for me to put on a shirt and head to work. Here’s a link to the only official internet clock in case you need to know what time it is.

WALL-E is real! It’s the WALL-E robot from the Pixar movie set for release this summer, but it’s real! (Can it serve me beer???)

Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink on Vimeo.

Here’s what you can do with an EyeClops Bionic Eye. Kind of hohum, but interesting none the less. The key is a steady hand and a good subject matter.

This is an EyeClops Bionic Eye:

I want to build one of these Robot Drummers.

Thanks Soulburn for the link.

Frets on Fire is essentially a free, keyboard-based version of Guitar Hero. You don’t get the extreme graphics or the plastic guitar controller, but it’s free, more challenging and you can play using songs you choose, not just the songs that come with the game. Someone should hack this so it works with the iPhone.

Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep. Thanks Wired! They’re talking about Meth, right?

A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests. The discovery’s first application will probably be in treatment of the severe sleep disorder narcolepsy.

I want to perform like a well-rested monkey!

Before I watched the video I thought “this is going to be cool”, but then after watching the video I thought “that’s kind of sad”.

Have you heard of the “mosquito” cell phone tones? They’re high-pitched ring tones — so high pitched that older folks aren’t supposed to be able to hear them due to the residual hearing loss that comes with age.

Here are the tones. Try them out and see if you can hear them. Surprisingly I can hear the tone for 30-year-olds (it’s quite awful) in spite of being much older than 30. I can’t hear the 24-year-old tones, which makes me think this is more than an urban myth. Can you hear them?