Oh Japan! Why must you take something so pleasurable—massaging breasts—and devise a mechanical substitute for doing it yourself? And not only that, paint it gold, call it “Lucky Palm”, and plaster a Buddha on the side? That’s right, it’s a Lucky Palm Breast Massager, straight from Japan, powered by AA batteries. As someone who studied … Continued

Joel Escalona, the same dude that brought us the Seven alarm clock concept is back with a design for a USB bomb-shaped storage device. I can definitely see where he came up with the design—bombs are cool, the cord makes for a great fuse and the size of the device itself would mean that it … Continued

Cancelled Sci Fi Channel show Farscape may make a comeback online. Star Ben Browder says he’s into reprising the role of John Crichton for 10 webisodes, if executive producer Brian Henson and creator Rockne O’Bannon can work out the details. The writers’ strike derailed these revival plans, but now Browder is eager to get back … Continued

The best science fiction often includes a healthy dose of escapism — and sometimes even the main characters get to escape from reality for a while. Whether it’s Captain Picard’s happy flute-playing dream world, or Superman’s wish-fulfillment chest flower, science fiction is full of dream worlds that are trippy, or lovely, or scary but cool. … Continued

When does a cordless phone not look like a cordless phone? When it looks like this Thomson Symbio DECT VoIP phone, which allows you to hang up the receiver like a “old time phone,” but picks up and works like a cordless one. There’s a small LCD screen in the body in order to view … Continued

We popped this feature last night, but wanted to remind you so you didn’t miss some key explanations: • Why there won’t be a $199 Blu-ray player this year • Why BD-Live online won’t take off quickly • Why Paramount and Universal’s biggest blockbusters will suffer most this year due to the studios’ HD DVD … Continued

It’s another installment of Entropist, a scifi culture column by futurist design maven Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDG BLOG. The message today seems to be: Become a celebrity, make millions of dollars – and use your fortune to buy alcohol. Get addicted to diet pills. Get your teeth capped. When was the last time the … Continued

We gonna die. We gonna die. We gonna die. We gonna die. DIE. I can has wings? Moar vodka? I hates Crazy Russians and crazy parachutes! (Editor’s note: really, what’s the deal with this? No kitty cam? The cat should have a cam to see his point of view, especially for when he rips his … Continued

How much contrast does one man need? Meridian’s MF10 1080p projector is said to deliver 30,000:1, and for the low-end-automobile sticker price of $15,000. (Too bad it’s not scalable: I’ll settle for 10,000:1 for $5,000—or hell, a 30:1 for $15.) This projector doesn’t use the more common lower-end engine based on TI’s DLP chip, but … Continued

Click to view Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based … Continued

Ph.D student Leah Buechley has designed several items of electronic clothing, but her signal jacket for cyclists is, I reckon, something that should be picked up by clothing manufacturers at soon as possible. LEDs embedded in an arrow formation flash to indicate the cyclist is about to turn left or right, warning motorists, and so, … Continued

Shrinky Dinks, the plastic toy that shrinks when you expose it to oven heat, has become the preferred material for lab equipment at Michelle Khine’s University of California Merced biology lab. Taking the spirit of DiY life sciences into the realm of the pragmatic, Khine previously used Shrinky Dinks to make microfluidic devices. Now she’s … Continued

Oh how thankful we are that we’re not the one caught up in a sting. Especially Adam Frucci, who escaped the country to duck the heat. Thanks Alaska Airlines, American Apparel, SciFi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica, BMW, CTIA, Insecticide, Mini, MS Office Live, Netgear, Sprint, Toshiba, Toyota, and Unscrew America, from us and from Adam. [Join … Continued

Referring to Microsoft’s desire to use soon-to-be-opened broadcasting bandwidth for low-powered unlicensed wireless devices, Bill Gates argued that it will make for improved Wi-Fi, a term he appears to be using as simply non-regulated, subscription-free wireless. He said: “We’re hopeful that that will be made available so that Wi-Fi can explode in terms of its … Continued

Designed by Sung-Kyu Nam, the Okids phone can shape-shift from a cell to a heart-shaped game console at a flick of the wrist. It’s aimed at five- to six-year-olds, and the heart and pill shapes represent the love you have for Mario and Pac Man children, apparently. The Okids phone-console thingy is a concept and, … Continued

Last night Google rolled out its latest mapping application, which allows you to browse the night sky and zoom in on nearby galaxies and stars. Called Google Sky, it’s just about the most fun I’ve had with a mapping application since . . . well, Google Earth. But unlike Earth, Sky doesn’t require you to … Continued

Renowned designer Michael Jantzen is famous for creating abstract, eco-friendly structures that are often open to the elements. Sky Cloud Pavilion is one such building, open to the sky, and designed to change form to suit your needs. You can enjoy it naked, as seen here, or you can deck it out with flexible materials … Continued

We already knew that the $80,000 Fisker Karma electric car may make it into production in 2009, complete with a whole bunch of lithium batteries and a small gas-powered engine (designed to work only in case of emergency). What we didn’t know is that instead of being silent, the car will be fitted with speakers … Continued

There’s a fine line between creative genius and creative whoredom, and thankfully our friends at Smallville are happy to demonstrate just how fine that line really is. Consider the announcement of a new partnership between the show and Stride Gum. And it’s not just a casual partnership — it’s actually going to significantly alter the … Continued

Intel promised that their Atom chips (click here if you don’t know what the hell an Intel Atom chip is) will bring us cheaper computers great for surfing the web and general, lighter task loads. But I think I speak for the whole room when I say, how cheap is “cheaper?” https://gizmodo.com/intel-silverthorne-is-now-atom-carry-on-362821 A standard PC … Continued