Archive for May 2010

After what I imagine must have been a booze-riddled, yet awesome brainstorming session, the folks at ASUS came up with the idea of a netbook with a slot for a specially-made mobile phone, giving users “an easy way to use the same SIM card and data account for both a …

Yep, you heard it right in the headline. Tomohiro Shibato and Satoko Inoue were married this morning in a ceremony conducted by a robot. Not just any robot. One named “i-Fairy”.…

This cool portable luggable Nintendo Wii mod can now be yours – assuming you win the auction.

The DIY Wii portable features a built-in 7-inch 16:9 LCD screen, and an integrated GameCube style controller. The modder who built it also installed the Wii sensor bar into the case of the…

In general, devices with touchscreens are intuitive, but not always convenient. Sometimes there’s just no substitute for an actual physical interface. For example, the possible motions for rotation on a touchscreen are awkward, whereas if you had a knob you could easily perform rotation. The folks at dsLabs tried to…

Gazillion Entertainment is developing an MMO featuring popular characters from the Marvel Universe, and it’s looking really cute. Really really really cute. So cute that older fans of the House of Ideas may find it repulsive.

The game is called Marvel Super Hero Squad Online…, and from what I

Despite all the hurtful words that have been said between the two technology powerhouses, at the end of the day, I think the folks at Cupertino can still say this……

This incredible, unusual robot can balance itself on any of its corners when stood on point.

The Balancing Cube was developed by Sebastian Trimpe and Raffaello D’Andrea for the Institute of Dynamic Systems and Control. The strange looking robot uses a set of DC motors and sensors attached to six…

If you love Darth Vader, then you’ll love The Vader Project which started in 2007. Each year, a bunch of artists are asked to customize a 1:1 scale prop replica of the actual Darth Vader helmet – with results we can only call, um… interesting.

This summer, the Vader Project…

Well, maybe not yet, but it’s still impressive that this ‘bot can actually play the violin! I don’t think that human orchestras are in any danger, but it just goes to show that robots can be programmed to do anything.

Toyota is well-known for making cars, but not for making…

Tomena Sanner looks like it was produced by a team of drunk 8-year olds. By that I mean IT IS AWESOME.

The game stars businessman Mr. Susumu (susumu… is Japanese for forward or continue), who is late for…something, and will not stop running until he gets to his destination,