iPods and iPhones that can heal themselves… We’re one step closer to the robot uprising
We’ve all seen it in movies a thousand times… A snail-loving scientist wonders if there is a way to bond protein to various elements in the periodic table and grow new materials, one thing leads to another, and then BAM! Skynet becomes self aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. Well, if the trade-off for our eventual enslavement by robots is an iPod that... Read More
The reason you should never buy anything
Just a day after the new MacBook Pro/Macbooks were announced, MacRumors is reporting that new versions of both portables will be released this June. The updates are expected to incorporate Intel’s Montevina Centrino 2 chips, as the company begins to phase out the current Santa Rosa chips that were the bee’s knees just a few months ago. Predicting new Apple product releases... Read More
“There is something in the bathroom…” The iToilet
Faithful Macenstein reader Federico Frappi and his friend Valerio sent us these pics of the most beautiful toilet, er… media server, this side of the 1 Infinite Loop men’s room. Behold the “iToilet“. “My friend Valerio and I came up with this really messed up idea when we found a toilet abandoned along a street“, write Federico, “the... Read More
Do Macintoshes Dream of Electric Sheep?
Faithful Macenstein reader (and fellow Dr.) Dr. Games sent us this trippy piece of footage created by Mike Kan. The video is an attempt by Kan to visualize the Mac’s “boot-up sequence, initial program loader or phantom system, memory scans, hard drive signals and etc.” Kan used a custom designed bus monitor to create this real-time visualization of what your Mac... Read More
Review: The PED3 viewing stand for iPhone and iPod touch
It would appear that the iPhone has not only caught the attention of the media and consumers, but the accessory manufacturers as well. In addition to the usual gang of speakers, charging cables, and headsets, we are starting to see some unusual iPhone accessories appear on the scene. One such offering is the PED3 by THOUGHT OUT Company. The PED3 is essentially a video viewing... Read More
Finally, an iPod accessory even Greenpeace can’t bash (too much)
Sure we all love the environment, but the iPod is just so cool… If only there were a way to listen to our iPods while killing the planet… more slowly… Faithful Macenstein reader meggert turned us on to Bird-Electron EZ17-B iPod Recycling Speaker, the most “green” iPod speaker you can buy make yourself. This unique speaker relies on the well known... Read More
Video: Is this how the MacBook’s multi-touch track pad will work?
Elantech demoed their new multi-touch laptop trackpad this week at CES, and it seems to function quite a bit like the much-rumored multi-touch MacBook’s trackpad is supposed to. Although Elantech’s pad is much smaller than the one many Apple fanboys have mocked-up, functionally, it behaves very similarly to the iPhone – with pinch zoom in/out movements. One cool... Read More
Apple Introduces New Mac Pro/Xserve
In a sign that Apple perhaps has something more important to announce at next week’s Macworld, today the company announced updates to its Mac Pro and Xserve lines. The New Mac Pro Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s... Read More
iTablet: Ramblings of a madman revisited
“remember my Mac Nano leak? Well, this patent shows that Apple HAS been researching docking technology -slash – turn a portable or tablet into a desktop methods. Maybe now I’ll get the respect I so richly deserve!” Such are the words of faithful Macenstein reader Doug who is referring to his November 30th e-mail to us in which he outlined Apple’s... Read More
Classic Newton Ad: “Gotham”
“How do I get a purchase order to the city that never sleeps from a town that went to bed an hour ago?” Why, whip out your trusty iPhone, er, Newton, of course! Man! I can’t believe the Newton could send faxes, and the iPhone can’t. I feel so ripped off! Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Bill for the link. Read More
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