Archive for June 2009
Halo Rocket Launcher Boom Box Fires Tunes Not Projectiles
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Now this is my kind of boom box… Halo fan Mordacil’s SPNKR rocket launcher boom box has speakers built into the barrels, and a slot on top for connecting an MP3 player. While you could use it to play an aggressive tune like Bang Your Head…, or something more |
June 3rd, 2009
Six in One Translator Planned for Nintendo Dsiware
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With so much bigger news pouring out of E3, it’s easy to miss the smaller, more interesting bits, like a mysterious DSiWare title that appeared on Nintendo’s official planned release lists. Six in One Translator…–a working title, we’re told, along with a grand total of nothing else. But with |
June 3rd, 2009
Recycling at Its Wearable Best: Keyboard Earrings
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Raise your hand if you don’t have or have access to an old keyboard. If you didn’t raise your hand, I’m pretty sure you’re an alien…. For the rest of us… what’s a girl to do with all those old keyboards? They gather so much dust! But if you’re |
June 3rd, 2009
Moving Pictures: Motionportrait Technology Can Make a Moving Cg Face From a Single Picture
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Japan-based MotionPortrait Inc. has developed a way of making a three-dimensional image of a person’s face based only on a single headshot. What’s really impressive about MotionPortrait technology is that the CG face moves and can make all sorts of expressions in a fairly realistic manner. And remember, that’s just… |
June 3rd, 2009
Miffy Digital Audio Player: Minimalist Cuteness
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Miffy is a children’s book character made by Dutch author Dick Bruna in 1955. Although she’s obviously a rabbit, her resemblance to Hello Kitty has made her a hit not just in the Netherlands but in Japan as well. mobiBLU is banking on the support – and money – of… |
June 3rd, 2009
Forget Antiques, Get a Pc-in-a-Vase
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ECS surprised a lot of folks at the recently started Computex exhibition in Taipei by presenting a vase. Not an antique vase, but a PC vase, complete with optical drive. It’s sleek and funny and your mom’s gonna love it. Don’t squint at the image, I’ll tell you what’s written… |
June 3rd, 2009
Valve Reanimates Left 4 Dead Shockingly Early, Sequel Later This Year
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Valve isn’t really known for pumping out sequels at lightning pace, like a lot of game companies, so despite all of the bigger news coming out of E3, this is certainly one of the surprises. Not only are they preparing a sequel to the wildly popular zombie game Left 4 … |
June 2nd, 2009
Pong Hat, for Playing the Classic Game With Your Eyebrows
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Oh, that Arduino. Is there anything you can’t accomplish with an Arduino and a little bit of know-how? Whether your project is of a serious nature, or dedicated to playing Pong… with your eyebrows–like this one is–the potential here seems limitless. The |
June 2nd, 2009
Sharp’S 5-Color LCD Renders 99% of Real Colors: Will Price of LCD Tvs Go Up by 99% Too?
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In a breakthrough that will undoubtedly lead to more expensive LCD TV models that people like me can only dream and write about, electronics giant Sharp has developed a 5-primary-color LCD display that will supposedly lead to more lifelike images. Apparently, the traditional 3-color (red, green and blue) setup has… |
June 2nd, 2009
Tazzari Zero Tiny Electric Car Up for Bid on Ebay
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How’d you like to be the very first person in America to own this brand new electric car? The ZERO from Italy’s Tazzari Electric is getting set to hit U.S. shores by early 2010, and now there’s a chance for you to be the tooling around in this cute subcompact… |
June 2nd, 2009
