One girl, two cups

This is how Canon decided to illustrate the fantastic colour reproduction abilities of its latest printer. The girl wasn't quite colourful enough, so they got a couple of bright mugs in. No doubt an assistant had to rush down to the Korean equivalent of Habitat!



See that yellow? Canon could reproduce that. Canon could make you think a printout of this photo was a real girl holding a real mug.



You can't go pretending to drink out of it when you've just shown us it's empty, you daft cow!



She's already out of ideas, and has resorted to just trying to look a bit sexy. It kind of works if you imagine each cup is a gigantic testicle.



When in doubt - do the cute face.



Good god! Pull her out of there, she's gone INSANE.

Gadgets with FACES #39: A watch

It's an ironic watch. An ironic watch with a design like something from the past. You could put this on a t-shirt and wear it to a fashionable London bar and call yourself Matt Ironic.



People in the bar would say "Hey, Matt! Cool ironic t-shirt! Oh, and how are you finding your new MacBook Air?" Then, three hours later, a group of three 15-years-olds would say "Give us your fucking bag" and steal the MacBook Air, then swap it at Computer Exchange for a PS3 and 20 games after laughing at all your emails and photos.

Something like that.

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Just in case she's getting suspicious about why the contents of the "DRIVERS" folder constantly show up in Recent Documents.

Stunning old batteries - and 1980s CHARGER!

Brilliant shots. Fantastic range. Also a rare glimpse into the battery-charging devices of the past.



"For some reason I myself do not fully understand we have tons of old batteries at home. So naturally I chose a few of the more interesting ones and took pictures of them. The red, white and blue (rechargeable!) Varta I used on my very first battery-powered toys in the early eighties. The label says it was made in 'West-Germany', while the slightly newer one on the left is from Japan."



"The Varta 2000. I included because of the nicely understated colour-scheme. Then comes the gold one, which boasts to be 'super dry' , a claim you won't find on today's batteries. The Panasonic 'Standard' is next, evidence of how much more modest these were named back in the day. Also there is the beautiful red and gold 'Daimon N1 Allkraft' with its dynamic stripes. The smaller BOSCH in the foreground has a simple but powerful design with a lighting-bolt on it, while the unusual OKANO is baby-blue coloured. Last but not least there is the 'special' battery that is so special it wouldn't tell you its manufacturer."



"By the way, that thing in the background is an ancient battery charger complete with a testing button. Oh, and in case you noticed: In a miserable attempt to make these shots more appealing I mimicked the 'semi-professional white background', using some pieces of blank paper lying around instead of whatever someone who actually knows what he's doing uses. At least I spared you the sight of our unkempt garden - Chris."

The 45-degree Kostanovic Bend

Such a hard manoeuvre. Head, neck, hands and product all to be considered and aligned. Can she do it? She's done it in practise many times so her coach Lidia Malankop says, but now, on the world stage, with two billion people watching - can she do it?



Easily into position. Nicely done, but she looks pained. Uncomfortable. She needs to...



OH YES! OH YES THAT'S IT! Beautiful! A perfect Kostanovic! She'll get bonus points for doing it with a heavy DSLR-style camera rather than a lighter snapper, too. And her finger's on "shoot" rather than "power." Pin the medal on her now!

UPDATE: Post box with better face

Looks a bit like a Harry Hill character.



"It's all in the positioning/shape of the eyes, see. This was taken on Ealing Broadway, before someone callously ripped the poor fellow's eyes off. Someone put new eyes on later, but it was never quite the same - Andrew."

UPDATE: Viteo super-zoom unlocked

Here you go. Occasional contributor "Roundtree Cumberbatch" tracked it down by "looking at the html."



We usually save this sort of thing for Porn Friday, but the body clock's in turmoil after the Bank Holiday so let's just go for it RIGHT NOW.

The Viteo Garden Shower

From a man who operates anonymously on the internet under the name of "discuit." This is the highest resolution version we could find. There's a bigger one on the product web site, but it's hidden behind some odd Java/Flash-based "super zoom" feature.

If you have a spare few hours today, please see if you can work out how to extract the high-res version.



Feels like "summer rain" apparently, although simply turning the hose on her would have much the same effect.

Static non-powered objects with FACES #2: An ironing board

Face! Head! Ears! Body! Legs! Arms neatly folded by sides! Lovely smart pink striped formal shirt like a city businessman! All it's missing is genitalia.



"Please find attached an ironing board with a face AND LEGS. Apologies for the low res image - Kieran."

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"What my batteries did on their Easter Holiday‏"

There's nothing better than receiving numerous cries for help in your email inbox every morning. Today, it's Mark's turn, with his series of photographs entitled "What my batteries did on their Easter Holiday‏."



"Sorry for the poor quality pics - it's the old Kodak DC40 again! - Mark."



Mark, you would appear to be believing what Spongebob Squarepants is telling you again.



So much work, such a poor quality end result.



This will probably be the most popular update in the history of the site :(



Poor use of perspective.



This is really going to piss off all the people who've sent us 12megapixel studio shots of batteries that we haven't got around to using yet.

"BOOK EATING ROBOT SPEAKS"

A double celebration - not only is this a fantastic video of a gadget with a face and VOICE, it is also the first time we have embedded a Flickr video. Good luck with broadening your user experience, Flickr.