Interesting tech-related stuff you might have missed the past week:

Around the net:

• Amazon: You know what Geiger Counters are for? They’re used to detect radioactive materials. Now you can buy radioactive uranium ore to test if your Geiger Counter works. $29.99 for a can. Check out the customer reviews for other creative uses. [Via CrunchGear]
• Gizmodo: This helmet checks your head for damage. Never mind that you were probably already crazy for doing anything that needed a helmet in the first place.
• Tech-On: If these batteries can be recharged using vibrations, how long can you run a vibrator or handheld blender?
• 1Up: After 7 years in the making and more than $100M in development costs, Starcraft II had better knock our socks off.
• HotHardware: Toshiba angers Spanish soccer fans by loophole-ing their way out of a World Cup promise. Angering a population of football fans = never a good idea.

Anything Apple:

• The Tech Report: Another instance of a burning Apple USB cable. No refunds this time.
• CNET: Free bumper cases to fix the problem? No-hassle return policies? Someone tell Whoopi Goldberg before she murders another iPhone in frustration.
• Engadget: Take a stroll into Apple’s inner sanctum, where the company tests antennas and wireless signals in cavernous, million-dollar rooms filled with pointy things.

(more weekend links, plus two awesome videos after the break)

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