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This may be a concept, but I want someone to actually make it for any present or future tablet out there: An optional foldable keyboard that acts as phone handset. This is how the it works: More

Considering the fact that Windows XP is still the most-used OS worldwide, anyone considering swapping out their old hard drives for a new one should heed this advice: be careful. You may want to even consider not doing it. More

What’s more terrifying than a call coming from inside the house? The call coming from inside the theater . That’s the thought behind Last Call , an interactive horror film in which the main character calls a random audience member for help. More

The OnLive streaming game service that takes console and PC games, renders them server-side, then streams it to your Mac or PC, will go live on June 17 in the US (lower 48). More

A Chinese artist named PixieTea both recorded this song and shot the accompanying video almost entirely on an iPhone 3GS . The surprise? It’s actually pretty decent! See for yourself: More

Remember this amazing travel mug shaped like a camera lens that Canon handed out to press at the Olympics? Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $30 CAD.

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Canon Lens Thermos Now Available for Preorder [Awesome Things]

After years of fighting, Amazon’s infamous 1-Click patent has been (re)confirmed. In other words, if a site wants to deploy a single-click checkout system for registered customers, it’s gotta license the tech from Amazon. Oh, patents! More

Here are a few things you don’t have time to do when your car plunges into an icy lake: remove a Leatherman multitool from your glove compartment; unfold it; cut through your seatbelt; refold it; smash through your window. Thankfully there’s the ExiTool, a clever little gadget that attaches to your seat belt for quick access when your shit goes “glug, glug, glug.” It includes a high-carbon stainless steel slicer, a tungsten carbide smasher, and, just for good measure, an LED light. Sure, having an open blade attached to your seat belt all the time isn’t ideal, but it’s definitely more ideal than being trapped in your car at the bottom of some murky body of water. The ExiTool will be available soon for $27, so if you’re the type of person that worries about this thing it’s probably a worthwhile investment

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ExiTool: A More Practical Approach To Escaping Your Automobile [Multitools]

Johnny Cash can’t have known about carbon nanotubes when he sang about rings of fire, but MIT scientists have shown how they can create electrical current—about 100 times as much energy per unit of weight as lithium-ion batteries. The new experiments involved nanotubes, or submicroscopic structures just a few billionths of a meter in diameter, that can conduct both electricity and heat. Engineers coated the nanotubes with reactive fuel that produces heat by decomposing, and then ignited it with laser beams or high-voltage sparks.

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Heat-Channeling Carbon Nanotubes Produce 100 Times More Energy than Li-ion Batteries [Nanotubes]

For this week’s Photoshop Contest , I asked you to turn today’s user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It’s probably for the best that these don’t actually exist. First Place —Bobo the Teddy Second Place —Paul Vasco Third Place —Goodie to You Dot Com

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17 Modern-Day Gadgets Dragged Back to the USSR [PhotoshopContest]