Tech picture of the day – 10th of November 2009
USB spaceport [Gizmag]
Finally the Tesla Model S is here! It is sleek, but somehow it is heavily inspired from Maserati designs and has an Alfaesque or Mazdaesque butt. I much prefer the initial proposal with the massive low air intake and the gorgeous wide rear. Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh, why do designs always get fiddled and overcooked? I am sure [...]
It’s the white chocolate keyboard! Readyyyyyyyy, type, Eaaaaaaaat! [via Crave]
There is two things amazing me about this photo. One, how amazing and creative Japanese figure culture is. Two, how dirty my coffee-stained keyboard is… [Source: Dannychoo via Taitan-no]
Cases of expired products in supermarkets are not unknown and checking expiry dates is a continuous concern. Naoki Hirota has designed a very helpful freshness label that not only shows the expiry date but also makes the barcode non-scannable after expiry by using a non-toxic pigment that promptly covers the bars. It sounds like a [...]
We are talking serious Wall-E obsession here, who would dare eat such beautiful food? [Flickr via Gizmodo]
The N97 is all over the Internet today and everybody is trying to guess how it compares to the iPhone or the Blackberry Storm. Well, as long as data plans remain limiting (the case in the majority of countries) the combination of simple mobile phone plus netbook for Wi-Fi Internet access stays unbeatable.
Shield holders are great for GPS and mobile phones. The way things go, a twin version looks very logical indeed [Red Ferret]
As Samsung is finally starting mass production of its 256GB SSD, anyone that ever had problems with a crashing hard disc (and there has been many of us) hopes that solid-state storage will gain enough momentum to soon become mainstream. At a time when flash memory supply far exceeds demand, SSDs are also a big hope [...]
Still a concept by SGI, consisting of virtually thousands of Atom processor modules. Despite the fact that such a thing would melt without some kind of extremely good cooling, power computing even for the home and the small business is definitely very modular [Source: Wired]
The Mazda KAAN is a concept that cannot be built with current technology. To be most possibly seen and “driven” in futuristic computer driving games… [Source: Inhabitat]
When I first saw the ELIICA (Electric LIthium-Ion CAr) months ago I could not believe somebody bothered to make an 8-wheeled electric prototype. Well, now it will retail for $255K (for very very few) and despite the obvious citroenesque looks it is mighty impressive [Source: Designblog]
Nice but where were these designs when people were still buying and playing CDs? [Source: DesignBlog]
That’s how we would use Photoshop if computers had not yet been invented. Brilliant! [Source: Boing Boing]