<![CDATA[[GadgetRatty] tag: gecko]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/tag/gecko Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:35:41 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[FLATMII streams games to your Wii, via USB]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/2a9bf39a220e5109372c04aae664ed98 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/2a9bf39a220e5109372c04aae664ed98
Nintendo has gone to some lengths to keep one step ahead of the modding community, but to little avail. We've recently seen a product that enables DVD playback on the Wii, and now we've been hepped to FLATMII, a device that plugs into the Wii's drive ribbon, letting you stream ISO backups of your games (or the Gecko OS, Mplayer, emulators and more) from your Windows XP or Vista PC -- which your console now takes for its DVD drive. If you're the sort of sane and sober Wii owner who figures that it is wise and prudent to backup games that you own legally -- the kind who would never ever ever think of stealing software -- hit that read link. And be sure to catch the video after the break.

[Via Max Console]

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]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:24:00 +0000 games flatmii streams games flatmii wii sober wii owner usb enables dvd playback console backup games FLATMII streams games to your Wii, via USB <![CDATA[Mozilla release Firefox 3.1 Beta 2]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/987c2e7263c760955b0a6939423de645 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/987c2e7263c760955b0a6939423de645 Mozilla has launched the latest Beta version of Firefox, 3.1 Beta 2.

firefox 3.1 beta 2

The latest version has a few notable changes, including Private Browsing mode, which allows you to browse without Firefox storing any traces of where you have been, and according to Mozilla this is perfect for holiday shopping.

There is also a new function that allows you to easily remove your browsing history for the last few hours, and even the option to completely remove all traces of a specific website.

Here’s a full list of the new features.

  • This beta is now available in 54 languages - get your local version and let us know if it looks right.
  • A new Private Browsing Mode that allows you to browse without Firefox storing any traces of where you’ve been - perfect for online holiday shopping!
  • New functions that make it easy to remove the history of your past few hours of browsing, or remove all traces of a website.
  • New support for web worker threads.
  • The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine is now on by default for web content.
  • Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
  • Removed the new tab-switching & preview behavior based on feedback from Beta 1 users
  • Support for new web technologies such as the <video> and <audio> elements, the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, CSS 2.1 and 3 properties, SVG transforms and offline applications.

Here’s a direct link to download Firefox 3.1 Beta 2.

Download Firefox 3.1 Beta 2

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]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:13:37 +0000 firefox mozilla release firefox beta download firefox mozilla beta version remove easily remove local version Mozilla release Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 <![CDATA[ Video Proof that Black Friday Turns People Into Animals [Science] ]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/1d7961cbe20302672f60c8a4219d4e2a http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/1d7961cbe20302672f60c8a4219d4e2a Above: a video of a bunch of dealcrazed shoppers decimating a pallet of Xbox 360 Guitar Hero bundles at Walmart on Black Friday. Below: a time lapse video of a bunch of ants eating a dead gecko. I don't think any further analysis is necessary, do you?

[Kotaku]


]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:15:00 +0000 video time lapse video black friday guitar hero bundles bunch dead gecko walmart analysis kotaku Video Proof that Black Friday Turns People Into Animals [Science] <![CDATA[Mintpad - post it notes for the 21st Century!]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/e87f334f486b5e5769750d4f48585f6f http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/e87f334f486b5e5769750d4f48585f6f



Alright, I've got to admit, I sometimes did enjoy writing entertaining little notes or heck, even little pictures, on post-it notes, and sticking them to a friend's monitor or possessions, and then awaiting the reply. It had this odd little bit of character to it that the ever so convienient email or text message lacks.

So now, some ex-iRiver bods have got together in order to bring back the joys of postits electronically, with a device called the mintpad. It has all your ordinary MP4 player functions, including expandable memory via SD cards, but also allows the user to write little messages on it's touch screen, and beam them across they net to people all over the world.

I think it's quite neat really, but is there really demand for something like this? Unlikely...

Via pockettables See full article.

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]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:43:11 +0000 21st century 21st century organization notes email text message lacks post-it notes convienient email gordon gecko expandable memory Mintpad - post it notes for the 21st Century! <![CDATA[E-note concept saves paper]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/b0bb2aea378be6852e40b66f8635e6d9 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/b0bb2aea378be6852e40b66f8635e6d9 E-note concept saves paperThe Post-it note is pretty handy. It’s something that everyone has used at one point or another. Just imagine how many trees it takes to keep us in Post-it notes every year. Whatever the number is, the E-note concept from Sequoia Studio can keep those trees firmly in the ground. It uses tactile and flexible electronic paper technology, and can be stuck and unstuck easily thanks to a “Gecko” glue.

Whether it picks up hair and dirt and becomes useless, we aren’t sure. The E-note is solar powered, giving it enough juice to take care of your message and reminders across before it runs out. It even has a visual alarm, an organizer and the ability to change between 8 different colors. We want this on our desks ASAP.

[Yanko]

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:04:56 +0000 e-note concept e-note trees trees firmly visual alarm desks asap unstuck easily post-it note post-it notes E-note concept saves paper <![CDATA[E-note concept saves paper]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/5039822650d785d6102268f0e881cdc0 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/5039822650d785d6102268f0e881cdc0 E-note concept saves paperThe Post-it note is pretty handy. It’s something that everyone has used at one point or another. Just imagine how many trees it takes to keep us in Post-it notes every year. Whatever the number is, the E-note concept from Sequoia Studio can keep those trees firmly in the ground. It uses tactile and flexible electronic paper technology, and can be stuck and unstuck easily thanks to a “Gecko” glue.

Whether it picks up hair and dirt and becomes useless, we aren’t sure. The E-note is solar powered, giving it enough juice to take care of your message and reminders across before it runs out. It even has a visual alarm, an organizer and the ability to change between 8 different colors. We want this on our desks ASAP.

[Yanko]

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:04:56 +0000 e-note concept e-note trees trees firmly visual alarm desks asap unstuck easily post-it note post-it notes E-note concept saves paper <![CDATA[E-note Concept Helps Save Paper]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/f893e84a64060fcd50667b178fc361c2 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/f893e84a64060fcd50667b178fc361c2 E-note Concept Helps Save Paper

The Post-it note is one of the most popular piece of office stationery ever, but just imagine how many trees can be saved in the manufacturing process if the E-note concept was used instead? Relying on tactile and flexible electronic paper technology, the E-note can be stuck and unstuck easily thanks to a special "Gecko" glue, although we are not sure whether it will pick up grime, hair and dirt along the way to be rendered useless after some time. The E-note is powered by a solar captor, ensuring enough longevity to get your message and reminders across before it runs out of juice. What catches our fancy the most would be the inclusion of a visual alarm, an organizer and the ability to change between 8 different colors.

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]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:36:14 +0000 e-note e-note concept visual alarm solar captor unstuck easily popular piece office stationery post-it note visit ubergizmo E-note Concept Helps Save Paper <![CDATA[E-note, Dont Call it a Digital Post-it]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/179c34d64a337fafdbde9c9abe6e83de http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/179c34d64a337fafdbde9c9abe6e83de From the minds at Sequoia Studio, E-note is a conceptual project that explores the future of Post-its (insert legal copyright here). E-note uses tactile and flexible electronic paper technology, powered by a solar captor. E-note can be stuck, and unstuck easily using special “Gecko” glue, inspired by biomimicry. It even has a visual alarm/organizing function, changing from 1 of 8 colors. I need this on my desk NOW!

Watch video that explains it all.

Designer: Sequoia Studio

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:35:08 +0000 sequoia studio e-note insert legal copyright special gecko glue solar captor unstuck easily conceptual project biomimicry function E-note, Dont Call it a Digital Post-it <![CDATA[Hang your living room from the ceiling with Gecko Glue]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/5567fe167a1616ca46bcf0fac821a48d http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/5567fe167a1616ca46bcf0fac821a48d 081009-innov-gecko-vmed-630p.widec.jpgOne of my favorite books as a child — hell, even now — was Roald Dahl's The Twits, about a horrible couple of ugly, smelly, hairy, nasty, bird-killing, cannibalism-aspiring, troll-like Brits. I don't want to spoil the book for anyone, but the finale of the novel involves a group of monkeys gluing all of the Twits furniture to the ceiling, prompting the Twits to believe they have been turned upside down and standing on their heads until they "compress" and eventually disappear.

I was always troubled by this scene. Certainly, it is common knowledge to the 4 year old that standing on your head too long will cause your organs to compress into your brain pan, and it certainly makes sense that this would eventually cause you to blink out of existence. But what super glue could possibly hold a couch, or carpet, or grand piano to the ceiling? Impossible!

Perhaps I should have been more credulous. I should have trusted Mr. Dahl: an admirer of Gustave Flaubert, Dahl is most often grouped in the school of 20th Century Literary Realists, and is not considered an author known for his gifts of hyperbole or exaggeration. Surely, when he wrote The Twits, he was thinking of Gecko Glue, which can can support 220 pounds of weight with one square inch. It can even be scraped off and re-used.

Of course, it's not available commercially yet, but I look forward to the day it is. Several horrible, smelly older relatives will be in for a surprise.

Sticky glue out-geckos the geckos [MSNBC via Crunchgear]


]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:15:44 +0000 twits twits furniture roald dahl gecko glue dahl sticky glue out-geckos horrible couple horrible troll-like brits Hang your living room from the ceiling with Gecko Glue <![CDATA[Gecko Glue Is Probably The Strongest Glue Ever]]> http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/a43df45719e73849bd19ba600032a5d7 http://www.gadgetratty.com/article/a43df45719e73849bd19ba600032a5d7

By Jonathan Kimak

Well, there could be a stronger glue, I just don’t know about it yet. This glue, which is modeled after the sticky feet of geckos, is pretty strong stuff. 1 square inch of the stuff can support 220 pounds of weight. And since it acts like the gecko’s feet the glue can be removed and reapplied numerous times. The bottle of Coke in the picture is being supported by just 4 millimeters of the stuff.

So my thought(and yours and probably everyone else’s) was that it’s time to find that old Spiderman costume from halloween’s past and do some real wall climbing.

The glue is made from carbon nanotubes with small, curly carbon filaments on the ends that act like the little hairs in a gecko’s feet. But this glue is 10 times stronger than a gecko’s foot. And the glue can be used for non fanboy activities such as creating electronic components without the need of soldering.

[ MSNBC ] VIA [ Crunch Gear ]

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:35:41 +0000 glue stronger glue geckos geckos feet pretty strong stuff stuff geckos foot curly carbon filaments spiderman costume Gecko Glue Is Probably The Strongest Glue Ever