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Archive for March 2010

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Ryu Tells Motorists How to Get to… or Rather Do a Hoboken

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Ooops. A bit of Photoshop fun seen on Reddit. Don’t read the comments there by the way or you’ll go insane.…

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March 11th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Origaudio Foldable Speakers: Lean and Green Lightweight Sounds

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OrigAudio (as in “origami + audio”) speakers are perfect for trips to the beach, or for whenever you just want to share music without much hassle. Let’s face it, a couple of 3.15″ 1-watt speakers won’t satisfy audiophiles and they’re definitely not good enough for parties, but the fact that…

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March 11th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Playstation Move Price and Release Date Move Into Focus

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Sony today took the wraps off of their new PlayStation Move controller system, their much-anticipated answer to the Nintendo Wii-mote and Microsoft’s Project Natal.

The PlayStation Move is actually a set of motion controllers, sort of like the Wii-mote and Nunchuk. However, the PS3 Move components connect wirelessly via Bluetooth,…

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March 10th, 2010 by: Technabob

Intruderchron Space Invaders Clock: It’S Pixel Time!

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Modder Dataman recently got his hands on Adafruit’s Monochron Pong Clock and massaged it into this cool Space Invaders clock – nicknamed the Intruderchron. Even though originally, the video game Space Invaders came out 6 years after Pong, the Space Invaders clock uses the same hardware as the Pong…

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March 10th, 2010 by: Range

Tired of Telling People Why You’Re Wearing a Cast? Get a Casttoo!

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One time I was at one of my cousin’s birthday parties at the park in our town. We were specifically told not to go on what had to be the world’s highest monkey bars. The geodesic dome structure was a good 10 feet off the ground not counting the hole…

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March 10th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Mythbuster Adam Savage Makes the Perfect Blade Runner Blaster Replica

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Mythbuster Adam Savage has been obsessed with producing an accurate replica blaster from Blade Runner… for years. The original gun was used by Replicant-hunter Deckard, played by a young Harrison Ford. But if you’re reading this site, you probably already know that.

Adam has been obsessing over this for quite

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March 10th, 2010 by: Range

Pq Labs’ Itable Gets a Touch of Warcraft

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It turns out that Microsoft doesn’t have a monopoly on supersized multitouch goodness  – PQ Labs is hawking their  iTable, aka Multi-touch G³. Contrary to its name, it supports not only OS X, but Windows 2000 through Windows 7 as well.…

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March 10th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Audio-Technica Boogiebox: Because ‘Boombox’ was Already Taken

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Seriously folks, where’s the boogie in this box? Audio-Technica’s idea of a portable speaker clocks in at 5.7 lbs and looks like a young, chubby amplifier.

Its tough-looking case houses two 70 mm full range speakers with an installed capacity of 2W each. The BoogieBox has a 3.5 mm input…

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March 10th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Chore Hero: Yet More Mundane Activities Turned Into a Game With “Hero” in It’S Title

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Way before Microsoft jumped on the ‘Hero’ bandwagon came this app on Apple’s side of the fence, which doesn’t really turn chores into a game so much as impose a ratings system as cheap trick motivation. The name of the game is of course Chore Hero…. I wonder, if

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March 10th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

K-Touch X90+ Mini Twister Cell Phone Looks Cute, if Not Impractical

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This little square box looks more like a makeup compact case than a mobile phone, but it’s definitely designed for making phone calls.

The compact K-Touch X90+ features an unusual twist-out keyboard that hides behind the screen of the square phone display. While it’s not totally decked out with features,…

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March 9th, 2010 by: Technabob

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