We’re not sure what happened to Japanese tech mashup artist Goteking that inspired him to stuff an Android phone and a KIRF iPhone 4 into the back of a Game Boy Pocket, but stuff them he did, along with a bank of battery-powered LEDs that — if we’re not mistaken — spell out a Tokyo train schedule. Perhaps it’s designed to be a mind trip through and through, or perhaps it’s a homage to the joint forces of nostalgia and geekdom that spark daily flame wars all around the world. Game Boy, HTC Aria and fake iPhone 4 combined for your amusement, is also possibly art originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Photo: pencils of promise It’s new year’s eve, time to think about those resolutions for 2011. Some for you (diet? gym? less computer?) and some for others. Under that category there are so many worthy and important causes that one can donate to–here are just a few. Pencils of Promise, a non-profit group which works with communities in developing countries to build schools for under-privileged children…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …Kathmandu: Nepal’s peace process is at crossroads, the head of the United Nations has warned, just two weeks before the planned closure of a UN peace mission in the troubled country. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the lack of progress in the peace process that began when Nepal’s bloody civil war ended more than four years ago was a “growing concern”. “Nepal’s peace process is at a crossroads,” Ban said in a report to the UN Security Council published in New York on Thursday. “The prolonged political deadlock that has hampered progress has become a growing concern for Nepalis and the international community alike as key timelines and deadlines approach in the coming months.” Ban said…
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Continue reading …Remember the $10 FastMac U-Socket that first turned up in way back in December of 2009 and was then beset by a number of delays that most recently led to a promised October ship date and inflated $20 price tag ? Well, it didn’t ship then either, but the company is now apparently telling customers that it’s really, finally getting ready to ship the USB-equipped power socket sometime next month (despite a note on the company’s website that still says it’s shipping “mid-December”). Anyone ordering one now will apparently still have to wait a bit longer, though — the company apparently only expects things to return to “normal” by February. [Thanks, Greg] FastMac U-Socket delayed yet again, now supposedly shipping in January originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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