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We’re going to tell you the punchline right away: Run, don’t walk, to get your iPad 3G before the end of the weekend More

Robotic clones are being built as we speak, designed to take over schools of fish and lead them away from danger. You know what this means, right? The human race will eventually cease to exist. More

One of the biggest advantages Barnes & Noble’s Nook has had over the Kindle is that prospective purchasers can fondle one in store—the Kindle, available only online, is a “thing” more than a product. But that’s going to change Sunday when Target starts selling Kindles. The ability to replenish my ever-low supply of Axe Body Wash and buy some of that future readin’ , in one store? I love Target

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The Kindle Gets Corporeal at Target Starting June 6 [Kindle]

Sanyo’s Xacti DMX-CA100 would be a good enough HD camcorder on its own right—a 1/2.33-inch CMOS sensor, 5x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD, takes 14MP still pictures—if it weren’t also waterproof. But watching it work underwater?

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Watch World’s First Waterproof Full HD Camcorder Take the Plunge [Sanyo]

It must be puzzling, working for a perfume company and trying to figure out how to market it to internet users. Brazilian company Kaiak found the most amazing solution to show people just how good (I’m presuming) their cologne is. More

I know this will come as a shock, but as admittedly awesome as this armadillo-inspired concept may be, nobody wants to steal your moped. [ themarkswork via INewIdea via OhGizmo! ] More

We’ve heard that a Wi-Fi-only Nook “Lite” would come at the end of this year’s second quarter. Now the FCC just approved a mysterious Barnes & Noble device labeled “EBOOK, WLAN, AND USB PORTS WITHOUT WWAN.” Nice timing. More

Last December, One Laptop per Child ‘s XO-3 tablet was an impossible dream : semi-flexible plastic, multitouch, sci-fi thinness, all for $75. And while a partnership with Marvell helps breathe life into XO-3, it won’t resemble winter’s fantasy device.

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OLPC XO-3 Dream Tablet May Come True After All [Olpc]

In a word: Persistence. Partly the traditional, inspiring, one man against all odds type of persistence, but more the obsessive, borderline insane persistence. But whatever, this dude’s building his own metro , like a CITY, so I should probably shut up. More

Oil Reporter isn’t a public shaming campaign for BP—no, that’ll take care of itself just fine, thanks . This iPhone app, which lets Gulf Coast residents record every oily bird and patch of ruined swampland, is about fixing things. More