newVideoPlayer(”donkeyass.flv”, 475, 286);
This is what you get when you mix the five stories of Donkey Kong’s first level, a Jackass bozo and a bunch of barrels: real-life, full-sized, totally-irresistible 8-bit arcade stupidity. And yes, I want to play it too. Like Archimedes said: “Give me enough Guinness and a big hammer and I’ll move the world! And kill that monkey. Or something like that.” I’m missing the oil-dipped fire balls, but nothing is perfect. [Gamebrink - Thanks Jeromy]

Original post by Jesus Diaz

Japan is fitting up (ha ha!) for a new type of advertisement called “Anne’s Fitting Show.” According to the guys over at Pink Tentacle, the ad uses a 3D holographic image of Japanese supermodel Anne Watanabe in World’s “Untitled” brand clothing and allows stores to customize between 4 different situations that Anne would dress up for.
The situations — Date, Work, Party and Holiday — will have 12 different arrangements that can be mixed and matched to create the perfect style for each occasion. The futuristic ad has already been placed in the first floor of the Takashimaya department store in Shinjuku and is, supposedly, the first of its kind in the fashion industry. And no, “naked” is not a fashion style — not yet anyway. [SankeiWeb via Pink Tentacle]

Original post by Yuri Baranovsky

CDs are slowly going the way of the VHS tape and the Blaupunkt Melbourne SD27 car receiver/audio player is just further proof of that. The receiver has no CD player at all—instead, it plays MP3s and WMA files, includes an MMC/SD card reader and has an LED display that’ll show all of your ID3 files and folders.
The unit also accepts USB devices and even has optional iPod and Bluetooth interfaces, providing you with almost every possible way to load music onto it. At $160, the sweet little player may as well come with a shovel you can use to bury your beloved CD collection. [Blaupunkt via SciFi]

Original post by Yuri Baranovsky

CDs are slowly going the way of the VHS tape and the Blaupunkt Melbourne SD27 car receiver/audio player is just further proof of that. The receiver has no CD player at all, instead, it plays MP3’s and WMA files, includes an MMC/SD card reader and has an LED display that’ll show all of your ID3 files and folders.
The unit also accepts USB devices and even has optional iPod and Bluetooth interfaces, providing you with almost every possible way to load music on to it. At $160 dollars, the sleek little player may as well come with a shovel that you can use to bury your beloved CD collection with. [Blaupunkt via SciFi]

Original post by Yuri Baranovsky

This is the A-12, a supersonic spy plane which was the precursor of the SR-71 —and according to the CIA, even while they look similar, in some ways it was more advanced than the famous Blackbird. It’s one of the ten that survived the 15-plane OXCART program, one of which is in the USS Intrepid in Manhattan. This one was unveiled today by our dear friends at the CIA in an official ceremony at their Langley HQs. The story of this Mach 3.2 technological wonder starts in 1957 and, like all secret flying things full of gadgets, it’s fascinating.

The OXCART program story began in 1957, when a contractor suggested that high-altitude super-sonic flight was the only way to avoid Soviet air defenses. CIA’s Richard M. Bissell, who was directing the 1954 U-2 spy plane program at the time, was concerned about their vulnerability to URSS radars and anti-air missiles. He […]

Original post by Jesus Diaz