Archive for June 2009
Future Wii Video Games Will be Able to Play on Their Own
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In an interview with USA Today, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. video game on the Wii will have an optional feature, tentatively called “Demo Play.” I could describe Demo Play using a single word, but instead I’ll let Miyamoto-sama explain: “In New Super … |
June 17th, 2009
Cideko Air Keyboard With Built-in Mouse, Remote Control: Want Want Want Want Want
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Computex was over a week ago, but let’s jump back in time one last time and let’s take a look at this yummy piece of tech: Cideko’s Air Keyboard. The only thing that’s kinda stupid about this device is its name, because it’s not just a wireless keyboard, it’s also… |
June 17th, 2009
Tengu Allstars: the Little LED Singers Get a Makeover
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Remember Tengu? You know, the little LED guy who moves his pixel block mouth to the sounds it hears? |
June 16th, 2009
Bioshock Belt Buckle: How Splicers Keep Their Pants From Falling Down
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Here’s the perfect fashion accessory for Bioshock… fans. Technabob reader Matthew Borgatti (aka “M@”) created this intricately detailed bronze belt buckle which bears the inimitable Art Deco logo from the classic underwater shooter. M@ started out by having a wax mold carved on TechShop’s Tormach CNC. He then produced a |
June 16th, 2009
Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator Camera by Lomography Helps You Take Puke-Inducing Pictures
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Lomography’s new Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator allows users to use up to 3 pinholes in one shot. The pinholes create a ripple, cross-eyed effect that only worsens becomes crazier once you add the color filters to the mix. The Diana Multi-Pinhole Operator has a focal length of 29 mm, a pinhole… |
June 16th, 2009
IPhone Stencil Kit Will Help Make Your Fart App Look Decent
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Design Commission has started selling an iPhone stencil kit, targeted towards app developers. I don’t know if there’s a software equivalent to this, but if there’s none I hereby declare that I was the one who thought of it first. Dibs. I know, it doesn’t work that way. As you… |
June 16th, 2009
Custom Xbox 360 Speaks for Itself
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Some folks, when they make something as great looking as this custom Xbox 360 console, they give you the skinny. The rundown, if you will. A list of specs. A retelling of the effort, the hours that went into their craftsmanship. Not this guy. Nope. deviantARTist EvilDan is ready to… |
June 16th, 2009
Tingle Soon to be Back for Another Round [Nintendo]
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Along with sporting one of the wackiest titles in gaming history, Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland also has one of the most unusual heroes of all time. It looks like the chubby money-loving man is back for another installment… or will be soon. Tingle, a spin-off from The Legend of Zelda… |
June 16th, 2009
Mitsubishi Laservue Projection Tv: Yet Another Expensive “World’S First” Gadget
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Mitsubishi’s L65A90 LaserVue 65-inch Rear Projection HDTV is the world’s first laser-powered television, and the company claims that its laser-lit DLP delivers twice as many colors as the now stupid and old LCD and plasma HDTVs. If I may quote the L65A90′s tech specs… “Twice the Color Over 200% of… |
June 16th, 2009
Build Your Own Tesla Coil
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And some people think junk is just, well, junk. But to the more visionary among us, that junk could be anything. Anything…. Even a Tesla coil, if you’re innovative enough. This DIY Tesla coil was built entirely from items found in the garbage. The project was conceived partially |
June 15th, 2009
