12/31/10
Pierre Hardy Suede Ankle Sneaker
Sony to launch PlayStation smartphone in spring
Sony's long-rumoured PlayStation Portable smartphone is set to be launched in North America and Europe as early as the spring, according to a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday. The device would likely be based on Sony's handheld PSP Go game console, would be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and run Google's Android operating system, said the Asahi Shimbun's English edition, citing unnamed sources.
Sony hopes to take on Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Nokia devices by offering the first smartphone that is based on a portable game console, with a set of controls that allows very advanced gaming.
The PSP Go, launched in November 2009, already features software downloads through a wireless connection, allowing players to also browse the Internet, watch movies, play music and read books and comics.
The new PlayStation handset would similarly work with Sony's online media platform, the company's answer to Apple's iTunes.
Sony hopes the phone will stimulate sales in the sluggish videogame console market, said the Asahi.
Sony called the newspaper report "speculation" and declined to comment.
Sony hopes to take on Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Nokia devices by offering the first smartphone that is based on a portable game console, with a set of controls that allows very advanced gaming.
The PSP Go, launched in November 2009, already features software downloads through a wireless connection, allowing players to also browse the Internet, watch movies, play music and read books and comics.
The new PlayStation handset would similarly work with Sony's online media platform, the company's answer to Apple's iTunes.
Sony hopes the phone will stimulate sales in the sluggish videogame console market, said the Asahi.
Sony called the newspaper report "speculation" and declined to comment.
12/23/10
12/22/10
Electronic Music Synth T Shirt
This fully-playable, t-shirt-based music synthesizer features professional quality sounds in a unique wearable format. With eight-voice polyphony, high-quality sampled sounds and stylist retro amp box, you'll be jamming like Thomas Dolby and Kraftwerk in no time. Just be forewarned: Your neighbors will complain, but it's only because they can't stand the reminder of just how much more awesome you are compared to them. Be kind and turn your volume all the way down to 10. We should also note that wearing the Electronic Music Synth Shirt may result in an overwhelming surge of emails, text messages and phone calls, strangers sending you their underpants, and paparazzi photographing your trip to the comic book store. Such is the life of a rock god - get used to it.
www.thinkgeek.com
Pulling Out vs Condoms
A recent study published in the June edition of the journal Contraception questions the usefulness of condoms versus the pulling out method. According to their study, we’re about to get our world rocked.
To hear more, keep reading after the jump>>>The actual study actually claims that the pulling out method is about as effective as using a condom. The people behind the study report:
If the male partner withdraws before ejaculation every time a couple has vaginal intercourse, about 4% of couples will become pregnant over the course of a year. However, more realistic estimates of typical use indicate that about 18% of couples will become pregnant in a year using withdrawal. These rates are only slightly less effective than male condoms, which have perfect- and typical-use failure rates of 2% and 17%, respectively.
Hajime Sorayama “1970-2010″ Exhibition NYC
Esteemed Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama will be bringing his talents to the states next month as the Gering & Lopez Gallery in New York City announce an upcoming retrospective solo show. Titled 1970-2010, the exhibition will highlight past and present work from Sorayama, known for the hyper-realistic images of women he creates using brush, pencil, acrylic, and paint. Stay tuned for exact dates, although at the moment the exhibition is listed for January 2011 through February 2011.
Gering & Lopez Gallery
730 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
United States
Tel: 646.336.7183
Nike Hyperdunk 2010 "Think Pink"
Good shoe, great cause. Such is the Nike Hyperdunk 2010 “Think Pink”. The latest in a line of shoes designed to promote Breast Cancer awareness, this makeup features an all pink upper complete with minimal white accents. We first saw this colorway months ago, but these can be yours now at Nike.
Nike Hyperdunk 2010
Pinkfire/White-Myth Heather
407625-602
$125
12/17/10
Nasa Finds New Life
NASA has discovered a new life form, a bacteria called GFAJ-1 that is unlike anything currently living in planet Earth. It’s capable of using arsenic to build its DNA, RNA, proteins, and cell membranes. This changes everything. Updated.
NASA is saying that this is “life as we do not know it”. The reason is that all life on Earth is made of six components: Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. Every being, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, share the same life stream. Our DNA blocks are all the same.
That was true until today. In a surprising revelation, NASA scientist Felisa Wolfe-Simon and her team have found a bacteria whose DNA is completely alien to what we know today, working differently than the rest of the organisms in the planet. Instead of using phosphorus, the newly discovered microorganism—called GFAJ-1 and found in Mono Lake, California—uses the poisonous arsenic for its building blocks. Arsenic is an element poisonous to every other living creature in the planet except for a few specialized microscopic creatures.
The Most Expensive Book In The World
John James Audubon’s Birds of America sold for £7.3 million at Sotheby’s yesterday. It is hand colored and measures 3ft x 2ft.
From the Auction notes:
First edition, 4 volumes, broadsheets (volume 1: 97.2 x 65.4cm. (38¼ x 25¾”); volume 2: 97.1 x 63.9cm. (38¼ x 25⅛”); volume 3: 97.2 x 63.8cm. (38¼ x 25⅛”); volume 4: 97.5 x 64.5cm. (38⅜ x 25⅜”)), 4 engraved titles, 435 magnificent hand-coloured etched plates with line-engraving and aquatint, by W.H. Lizars of Edinburgh and by Robert Havell and Robert Havell, Jr. of London, after the original life-size watercolours by Audubon, watermarks J. Whatman or J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1827-1838
A plate-by-plate survey of the copy including watermarks and notes on all but the most minor defects is available from the London or New York Book Departments, and on Sothebys.com.
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