Hasta La Gadget!

Cats are techie creatures. From playing games to wearing headphones (okay, so this was just an April Fools’ Day joke, but hey, I can totally see it happening), cats can do it all.

And now a developer has created an app intended for use by your frisky kitty so it can take its own selfies.

It’s aptly called Snapcat and it’ll snap pictures of your cat based on its movements. Once the app is fired up, a red dot appears on the screen. You cat will, in theory, be attracted to the red dot and will attempt to take a swipe at it. This swiping motion triggers the front-facing camera, which then takes a candid shot of your cat.

Once the photo has been taken, you can apply filters or add stickers to the image. When you’re done, you can share the image on social networks like EyeEm, Facebook, and Twitter – with the approval of your cat, of course. You can even post a snap on your cat’s Social Petwork page, if it has one.

Snapcat can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store.

[via Chip Chick]

Now you can take a trip to numerous destinations without having to leave the comforts of your home and without spending a single cent. How? With Google’s Street View, which has now been updated with 1,001 new destinations and places that were previously not available.

Google hasn’t released the full list of new locations, but they did highlight certain locations that will appeal to hikers, armchair travelers, and of course, actual travelers.

These new places include generous views of Singapore’s zoo, a peek inside the interiors of concert halls in Canada, and tours of the Mark Twain House and Mark Twain Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Other must-see locations include Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, Copenhagen’s canals, and Spain’s Seville Cathedral.

Where would you like to go today?

[via Google Lat Long via C|NET]

Fans of Borderlands, drop what you’re doing and head on over to Etsy this minute. Claptrap is waiting there to help you complete your quest!

This handmade plush version of the world’s most irritating sidekick was handmade by Sarah Tracy of Fuzzy Aliens. Instead of scrap metal, this Claptrap was made from felt and polyester fiberfill. He measures about 1-foot-tall (plus another 6 inches for his antenna), and even has posable arms. Though I’m not sure if he can really stand up with just that one wheel.

Best if all, you won’t need to loot too many enemies to afford this Claptrap. He’s only $20(USD) over on Etsy.

The very talented case modder Javier Riquelme customized several PlayStation 3 consoles for Sony, who in turn gave them as gifts to its partner developers and publishers. With the exception of what seems to be Javier’s trademark flourish, each console looks radically different and suited to its theme. This dude is for real.

As I said, each casemod is unique; if someone told me that the Borderlands-themed PS3 was made by someone from Gearbox Software while the Metal Gear Rising one was made by a cyborg ninja from Kojima’s lair I would have believed that. But Javier does like adding thick letters with LEDs that contrast nicely with the rest of the sweet art on the surface of the console.

All of these look awesome, but I want to shake Javier’s hand just for the Assassin’s Creed casemod. I don’t even like that franchise and I want the console. You can see more shots of Javier’s work on his Imgur gallery, on his Twitter page and on his Facebook page.

[via Reddit]

Kids love Iron Man. They don’t care about the guy in the suit. It could be a monkey in there and they wouldn’t care. They just want to watch him fly around and blow stuff up. Tony Stark is just some guy.

While Robert Downey Jr. was in western Massachusetts filming The Judge, he bumped into 1 1/2-year-old fan Jaxson Denno who was told that he would be meeting Iron Man. Instead, Downey showed up in jeans and a polo shirt. Any kid knows that that isn’t Iron Man. Little Jaxson was heartbroken. He cried more than I did over the Star Wars prequels.

According to his Mom, once Downey talked to him, he settled down. Seeing Robert Downey, Jr. in this image, I feel even more sorry for him. No one wants to make a kid cry.

[via Nerd Approved]