This Combat Jet Joystick Is a Lot of Stick and Not Much Joy [Airplanes]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on September 2nd, 2010

In the age of touchscreens, I love this close-up of a MiG-29 joystick, all dented and battered by thousands of flight hours, and God only knows how many missile launches and bomb drops. Form follows function taken to the extreme. More »



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The World’s New Fastest SDHC Memory Card [Memory]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on September 2nd, 2010

Reading at a maximum of 95MB/s and writing at 80MB/s, the new Toshiba SDHC UHS-I is the fastest in the world. The new 8, 16, and 32GB memory cards are compliant with the SD 3.0 USH104 standard. More »



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Stephen Hawking: "Big Bangs Happen" [Blockquote]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on September 2nd, 2010

Hawking's covered the end of the world, now he's examining the beginning—writing "It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going". The Big Bang was a certainty. [Reuters] More »



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DIY Meat Smoker Texts You When Your Meat’s Ready [DIY]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on September 2nd, 2010

I'm happy admiring most do-it-yourself projects from the remove of the internet, but this, an electronic meat smoker than buzzes you with a text when your shanks are adequately smoked, is one I need to try in person. More »



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If Apple Can’t Deal With Facebook’s "Onerous" Terms For Ping, Why Is It In Apple’s Keynote Screenshots? [Updated] [Apple]

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Gadget News on September 2nd, 2010

Did Steve Jobs pull Facebook support for Ping, Apple's new music-focused social networking service, at the last second? Ping launched yesterday without support for Facebook, the world's most popular social networking service. More »



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