Woz’s editorial comment on Gray Powell, the engineer who left the iPhone prototype in the bar. Personally, I think it would be genius for Steve Jobs to invite Gray Powell up on stage for the phone rollout…
– Dave
As its name implies, the HexaKopter has six propellors. That alone is mildly more interesting than the QuadCopters that I’ve seen demos of, but the incredible control, speed, lift, and GPS make this one simply breathtaking to watch. Take a look at the video below. Well worth your time, especially if you are an RC or robotics enthusiast…
– Dave
Earlier this morning, got the letter below from the Apple Store. Looks like my iPad 3G is shipping soon. Yay!!! 
– Dave
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Sold-to address: David Mark
Date: 04/19/2010
Our order number: 71331xxxxx
PO number: xxxxxxxxxx
Web order number: W69xxxxxx
Apple customer no: 90xxxx
To Our Valued Apple Customer:
Thank you for your recent order of the magical and revolutionary
iPad 3G.
We would like to confirm that your order will be shipped in late
April as communicated at the time you placed your order. You will
receive a confirmation notice when your order has shipped.
You can get up-to-date information about your order, including
shipping status and tracking number, at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus
Thank you for choosing Apple.
Sincerely,
The Apple Store Team
I know this is only a flight simulation, but it has all the various audio tracks stitched together to really give you a sense of how harrowing a situation this was and how little time Sullenburger had to make decisions. Absolutely riveting…
– Dave
This is an amazing video that clearly shows how the differential in a car works. Lovely stuff…
– Dave
DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO if you want to maintain the mystery of the trick shown in the previous post. The video below does not specifically address the previous trick, but it does demystify a quite similar trick. Pretty cool, but definitely disappointing to those of us who want to believe in magic.
– Dave
This one is just unbelievable. I usually assign the label “sleight of hand” to table magic tricks, but this one is just so perfectly done I really have zero clue as to the secret behind the trick. Watch the entire video, be sure to zoom in to full screen and highest resolution your screen can handle. Well worth it…
– Dave
Take that, Smart Car. This baby is so small, you can pick up one end and wheel it like a handtruck. Lovely…
– Dave
The technology to turn a digital spec into an actual piece of molded plastic has been around for a number of years now. But, as is the way of all technology, the price of that technology continues to plummet. Believe it or not, the printer shown here is available from a company called Desktop Factory for only $5000, about the price of the earliest laser printers.
This printer will take an AutoCAD-like spec and produce a simple, contiguous plastic piece, such as this one:
I want one!!!! First thing I’d do is make some Lego compatible pieces. Imagine the fun you could have with this and a Lego Mindstorms robotics kit…
– Dave
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