While there may be one or two stinkers in his lineup, George Lucas has made some pretty cool movies. One of my favorite characters in the Star Wars series was the deliciously morally-ambiguous rogue, Han Solo. He was basically a good guy, but he made a living from smuggling and played by his own rules. He was exactly the sort of person who would shoot a bounty hunter from under a table. Somewhere along the way, Lucas would appear to [...]

When Tommy Jordan took exception to his daughter’s expletive-laden airing of family grievances over Facebook, he decided to do something about it — this YouTube video is the result. Apparently it was the second time that she had insulted her parents over Facebook, so Mr Jordan decided to settle the score with a .45 and some exploding hollow-point rounds. I love the way that he made sure to mention that one of the shots was from Mom. Seriously though, as [...]

A new commercial for Kindle products takes a few potshots at the iPad’s high price tag. You can indeed buy three Kindle products for the same price as an iPad – they are right, kinda. Here is the thing Amazon: right now the Kindle Fire is America-only, whereas the iPad has traversed the globe. I would gladly pick up a couple of Kindle Fires to go with my Kindle 3 — sadly I do not reside on the continent of [...]

The tiny coffee pot that you see in the image above is the work of Italian silversmith Pietro Marmo. It tips the scales at 3.9 grams and is not much bigger than a coffee bean. The pot, which is for sale, is capable of brewing a few drops of coffee at a time. Price: About $75 [Yahoo]

The video that you see below is a demonstration of the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at U Penn. Their work with nano-quadrotors is nothing short of amazing. The tiny rotor craft are able to fly in some pretty big formations and avoid simulated obstacles. At this point there probably isn’t much application for swarming nano-quadrotors, but the big brains at DARPA will probably figure something out. [Ubergizmo]

The Overade is a concept helmet designed by Patrick Jouffret of French studio Agence 360. It folds in half and is meant to offer the same amount of protection as a regular non-folding helmet. Being a concept, such claims are essentially meaningless, but a less bulky helmet, that can be packed away easily, might encourage more people to ride – or wear helmets – both of which are good things. [The Awesomer]

If you are not up to date with Breaking Bad then you should probably give this video from College Humor a miss – it pretty much summarizes Walt’s journey from the very beginning to where things stand at the time of writing – in a delicious 8-bit RPG format (the Pinkman graphics might technically be 16 – but there is no need to split hairs).

Earlier in the week Symantec announced that some 13 Android apps from three different publishers contained malware – potentially affecting up to 5 million users. Today, they have announced that the programs in question do not actually contain malware. Symantec’s Kevin Haley describes what Counterclank does: In general, it’s changing the home page of the [smartphone's] browser, adding additional shortcuts to the desktop, adding and even removing bookmarks. … It took a while for some consensus then about what was [...]

I had a pretty serious problem with my phone last week. Here’s the deal, when I bought it last year – it was literally the first non-Japanese Android-based cell phone to make its way to my carrier (AU KDDI). I snapped up the Pantech Sirius Alpha, because I really needed something that I could tether during a work trip to Okinawa. I thought that, with it being Pantech, there was a better than average chance that I would be able [...]

Apparently Foxconn isn’t the best place to work. Conditions are awful, salaries are abysmal, there have been suicides and explosions – you get the picture. But with the company gearing up for production of what could very well be the iPhone 5, thousands are lining up to apply for jobs. The queue of thousands of applicants was said to have stretched for 650 feet – all aiming for a spot at the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory, which is looking to recruit [...]

A team of South Korean scientists, with the help of some government funding, have been working on an app, that will use the specific capacitative sensitivity of the phone’s touchscreens to diagnose some diseases by using a single droplet of blood, saliva or other, as yet, unspecified secretions. The team, at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said that when its technology is commercialised, it will cause a revolution in diagnostic medicine around the world. They also predict [...]

Rodrigo Alonso turned some donated computer parts and peripherals into some fully functional furniture, in the form of the N+ew Stool. To create the flush surfaces, Alonso arranged the parts in a mold and poured in a mixture of resin and molten recycled aluminum. If you want one, head over to Alonso’s site and send him an email (I’m guessing the shipping price will be up there, as these have to come from Chile). [Technabob]