Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was news of a long-life netbook battery for MSI's Wind, a debunking of yesterday's Mac Pro benzene claims, and yet another fake MacBook Pro rendering.
Big fish of the day is Nokia's latest cellphone, which loses its "Tube" rumor-name to become the Xpress Music 5880. Fujitsu thinks that multitouch laptop displays will prove unintuitive.
John found revolting gadget replicas made of meat, Joel gobbled up the random snack pieces of "Gamer Grub," and Rob spotted an amusingly dangerous light switch.
There was a chair modeled on sound waves, an alarm clock you have to pay to shut up, and a Zune for Gears of War fans. The Grenade Mouse is exactly what it sounds like, though what will become of trouble housewares brand Ronco, no-one knows.
Find out about Erik Ramsay, who can't move a muscle—but who can help develop a computerized thought-to-speech system. And find out about Victor Papagno, who could be off to prison after taking home office equipment valued at $120,000.
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You're gonna' lay off Apple for a bit? PRAISE JEEBUS!!!
Now, can we get back to the bizarre, science-fictiony story about the ship full of Somali pirates turning into zombies?!? (Or whatever is happening to them. . .)
I mean, you can't really say that youre just gonna' let that one die. . . No pun intended.