Designer Stefan Rechsteiner has come up with the Couleur sur l’Objet concept as a modern way of applying “urban art” to walls in hard-to-reach places. Equipped with a can of spray paint, the little tyke would be like a badly-behaved roomba with a vacuum-suction mod to keep it in place. With its accompanying design software, you could presumaby use to it create large-scale murals on walls that would previously have required some serious (and conspicuous) ladder-work. Town councils everywhere had better invest in new grafitti-cleaning tech of their own— we suspect this won’t remain a concept for too long. [Yanko Design]

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You may have noticed by now that Steve-o ain’t saying a thing about 3G support for the iPhone. Because that would require a whole new handset. Which several financial analysts insist is closer than you might think Citigroup’s Rich Garder’s…

You might have noticed by now that Steve-o ain’t saying a thing about 3G support for the iPhone. Because that would require a whole new handset. Which several financial analysts insist is closer than you might think

Citigroup’s Rich Garder’s says a 3G iPhone will be ready by the end of July, maybe sooner, based on his gleanings from industry folk. Shelby Seyrafi from Caris & Co.is a bit less definitive, insisting Apple wants to move at least 10 million units of the original handset before making any major revisions.

The 3G iPhone - In The Next Four Months! [BindApple]

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Backpack Includes iPod Controls
One way to make your iPod less of a crime magnet would be to keep it out of sight. Which gets a lot more convenient with a new backpack from iBlaze. The Intelligent iPod Bag includes an interior compartment for…

One way to make your iPod less of a crime magnet would be to keep it out of sight. Which gets a lot more convenient with a new backpack from iBlaze. The Intelligent iPod Bag includes an interior compartment for storing your Precious and a shoulder-strap control panel that includes integrated, retractable earbuds. Price is around $100, and it includes a laptop compartment huge enough to handle a 17-incher.

iBlaze iPod Control Notebook/Laptop Bag With Integrated iPod Controls [epotpourri]

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Husqvarna’s Autonomous Solar Powered Lawnmower: Never Mow Again [Lawn Care]

That neighbor of yours thinks he is so badass with his top-of-the-line riding mower. With the Husqvarna’s new autonomous lawn mower, you can sip a beer on your porch and tell your neighbor to suck it while he toils away on his yard. And the best part is that the mower is a solar/electric hybrid—so it will mow your lawn whisper quiet with nearly zero emissions.

If that wasn’t enough, the mower will also trim your grass short enough that you don’t have to bother with bagging. And when the job is done, it will return to its charging base for around 40 minutes—which is about the same amount of time you’ll get out of a single charge. It is also capable of mowing around 7,500 square feet of grass and it can be programmed to work at certain times or days of the week. Sure, it costs £2,000 ($4,000), but in the battle for suburban dominance, there is no room for second place. Hit the link to check out the mower in action. [Megawat and Pocket-Lint]

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Japanese Cyber Goggles: Never Lose Your Keys Again
Japanese researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a pair of smart goggles which, when hooked up to a wearable personal, can recognize objects that they see. Using pattern recognition algorithms, the goggles recognized 60 household items, from a…

Japanese researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a pair of smart goggles which, when hooked up to a wearable computer, can recognize objects that they see.

Using pattern recognition algorithms, the goggles recognized 60 household items, from a cellphone to a pot plant, as the wearer walked around the room, and the names popped up on-screen. In addition, the footage is recorded and tagged, so you can search for specific items and pull up the exact frames of video where they appear.

The researchers foresee a production version being useful for the elderly (”where did I leave that knitting?”) and as the next step in intelligent robot design. Call us paranoid, or just jaded from too many surveillance stories, but we see this as another way to track people and erode what little public freedoms we have left: “Yes, officer. The personal tells us that it was Charlie Sorrel, in the study, with the candlestick.”

Cyber Goggles: High-tech memory aid [Pink Tentacle]

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Fake Steve Declares All Other Handset Makers Dead [I AM IRONMAN]

“BlackBerry is dead. Microsoft is dead. Windows Mobile is dead. Amazon is dead. Kindle is dead. Nokia is dead. Motorola was already dead but now they’re even more dead. Google’s Android is dead. Samsung is dead. LG is dead. Sony is dead. UTStarcom is dead.” [FSJ]

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Tangential as it might be, the correlation between D&D and technology geekery is irrefutable. As it happens, there is clearly a further correlation, with the construction of horrible, horrible puns and metaphor abuse. Even mainstream outlets can’t help themselves: see…

Tangential as it may be, the correlation between D&D and technology geekery is irrefutable. As it happens, there is clearly a further correlation, with the construction of horrible, horrible puns and metaphor abuse. Even mainstream outlets can’t help themselves: see the New Zealand Herald confusing God with His agents. By Tiamat, why?

Rolling in his grave: Penny Arcade’s tribute is both laconic and uplifting. Bravo!

Gygax Fails Saving Throw vs. Death: About a billion sites and forum threads, e.g. here and here and here.

Gary Gygax Slays His Last Dragon: Walking the Berkshires

Game Over For Gygax: All Headline News, lazy enough to plagiarize parts of an AP story but mean enough to add a crass joke.

Gary Gygax to roll new character: Qt3 forumgoer Flowers’ obit. It’s not to be missed (and nor is Woot’s list of jokes they’d superior not catch you making.)

UPDATE: Ars Technica weighs in with Gary Gygax now beyond scope of healing spells.

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CSR Creates BlueVox2, the Five-Buck Bluetooth Headset Chip [Csr]

CSR, the UK-based company with over 50 percent of the market share of Bluetooth products, has created BlueVox2, a cheap mono headset with low power consumption—CSR claims 15 hours talk time—and noise reduction. The tiny chip has AuriStream, allows simultaneous connection to multiple devices and supports Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. Will we see this filtering down to headset manufacturers? Hope so. [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

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