Archive for January 2010
Sil-Bot: Grandma Gets a Crazy Looking Robot Companion!
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In an age where we expected robots to be all around us, it seems that even the elderly will be getting their own special robot. This odd-little robot named Sil-bot is the brainchild of KIST’s Center for Intelligent Robotics. They are currently developing it in Korea. Sil-bot is designed to… |
January 26th, 2010
The Secrets of the Apple Tablet in Wearable Form
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Quick! Get yourself a Great Touchspectations shirt before Apple confiscates them! It has all of the Apple Tablet’s features, lifted directly from Steve Jobs’ mind by a psychic with a Mental Amplifier Helmet! It’s a shame that I only saw this shirt today, a few hours before the actual tablet… |
January 26th, 2010
Lost Planet of War 2: Marcus Fenix and Dominic Playable in Lost Planet 2?
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A new trailer for Capcom’s upcoming game Lost Planet 2 has popped up in the Xbox Live Marketplace that features Gears of War’s… Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago battling the Akrids. Eurogamer thinks that the two will be downloadable characters (only for the Xbox 360 version of course), and will |
January 26th, 2010
Belkin Home Base: USB Goes Wireless Without Wireless USB
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Belkin’s Home Base marries two of the most useful technologies ever invented – wireless networking and USB – and gives users a simple and convenient way of sharing up to 4 USB-enabled devices in a central location. If you have an external hard drive (or hard drives) connected to the… |
January 26th, 2010
Classic Controller Pro Coming to a Wii Near You in April
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A confession: I do not like Nintendo’s Wii. I do not like to waggle, I do not like to daggle. Wii is only fun, for me, when I am playing with the Wiimote held horizontally (like in Punch-Out!! and New Super Mario Bros. Wii…) or when I am playing |
January 25th, 2010
Thomson Technicolor Pommes: Mystery Iptv Tablet has Nothing to Do With Apple
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While I was buzzing about over on the FCC website today, I came across this mysterious new device from France’s Thomson and Technicolor called the PoMMeS. The funny thing is that the word “pomme” is the French word for “apple”, so in a way, you are looking at the first… |
January 25th, 2010
Bookbook Hides Your Macbook on Your Bookshelf
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Laptop sleeves are a dime a dozen, but this one is perfect for all of you book lovers out there. Heck, I’d like to order one for myself right now. The BookBook is a hardcover leather case for MacBooks and MacBook Pros, though I’d bet that it fits other laptops… |
January 25th, 2010
Apple Tablet Designs Surface (From 1983)
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Back in the ’80s, Apple was already thinking about a tablet-like computer. These are the early prototypes that were created all the way back in 1983. This tablet was named Bashful, which seems kind of strange. Apparently, it’s a reference to Snow White…. It was supposed to be an |
January 25th, 2010
Motz Tiny Wooden Fm Radio: Don’T Lose It in the Couch Cushions!
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Do you like to buy gadgets just because they keep getting tinier and tinier? Then have I got something for you! This weensy little wooden box is actually an FM radio. Measuring in at just 1.45″ (w) x 1″(h) x 0.75 (d), the Motz wooden FM radio is the perfect… |
January 25th, 2010
With Your Iphones Combined, I Am Apple Tablet
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From Pocket-lint‘s secret Apple “sauce” comes a couple of stolen snapshots of the Apple Tablet. It has four screens, four home buttons, four 3.5-mm headphone jacks, four speakers, and an 8-in touchscreen. 8-inch overall anyway. The compartmentalized touchscreen will allow users to make and receive a total of four calls… |
January 25th, 2010
