A world of change

You didn’t think a little data loss was going to stop Sidekick, did you? Sales of the unexpectedly risky handsets have resumed, at discounted $50 and $150 prices for the 2008 and 2009 models, which is still too high. [Engadget]

If the Gerbil Shirt ever made it beyond the patent stage, how many of us would be living down that high school yearbook photo?

The Gerbil Shirt wraps your torso in plastic tube passageways, making your bod a super highway of fun for Binky and Bart. The interior surfaces are textured for traction and have air vents for easy breathing.

Also, you can run a faucet through the tubes for “easy cleaning.” (It helps if the gerbils are still inside.)

As bad as the idea may be, the Gerbil Shirt is still slightly more ethical than the inevitable follow-up, Gerbil Pants. [Patently Absurd via tywkiwdbi via Neatorama via OhGizmo!]

Are you a light sleeper? Then you need the LightSleeper (rimshot). It’s a small lamp that sits on the nightstand and projects a soft light onto the ceiling. You follow this light with your eyes and are soothed, much as when your eyes follow the text of a book. Only instead of turning to page [...]

We’re kind of late to this party, but better late than never, right? At the end of last month, German company Evoluce announced its 47-inch multitouch display, touting Full HD (or 1920 x 1080) resolution and “Integrated-Through-Screen-Optics,” which allow it to recognize an unlimited number of simultaneous inputs. The ONE also features haptic feedback and is compatible with Windows 7’s multitouch features right out of the box, with support for some “other OS” also planned. If you’re thinking this looks like a legit competitor to Microsoft’s Surface, well, you’d be right. We’ve got the full PR for you after the break, as well as hands-on video of the (relatively) new device.

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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/microsoft/Microsoft_store_employees_dance_awkwardly’; Why is it that whenever Microsoft tries to have a little “fun” it comes across as creepy or overly controlled? This time it’s Microsoft’s Mission Viejo Store employees engaged in a fit of awkward boogie that some would call the Electric Slide. Oh boy, corporate fun… it’s a bit like corporate rock only less natural. Now go ahead and view the entire 4 minutes and 44 seconds of the video after the break, we double-dog dare you.

[Thanks, Ryan]

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Tom Spina Designs makes custom, movie-inspired furniture, just like this Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite desk. What it doesn’t do is make officially licensed merchandise, so this is known only as a sci-fi themed desk, and the replica of Kirk’s chair from Star Trek is called the “Galactic Throne”.
But who cares when you could work, [...]

I first saw this 1950s projector when I was a kid. He was evil, he killed that Old Dude, but at the end the Goodguys blew up his Badass Star. It comes without its black cape and lightsaber, but works.

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The Stereo Realist Model 81 3-D Slide Projector was manufactured in 1950 by the David White Sales Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has dual lenses—with 3.5″ focal length, f.2.8 aperture—and runs on two 500-watt bulbs which are cooled by two separate fans.

Not old school enough for you? Fear not, my dear readers, for you have to feed two slides at a time into this thing—to create amazing stereo images—by hand: There’s a slide tray on the top of the projector, with a rotary carrier that pushes the slides when you activate the handle on its back.

Darth Vader is now for sale on eBay, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the great Ralph McQuarrie owned or saw one, once upon a time. [eBay via Star Wars Blog]