Archive for May 2010
Sandisk “Official” Xbox 360 Flash Drive: Yep, It’S Just an Ordinary Flash Drive
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Last month, Xbox 360 users were finally given the option to transfer their user data to a flash drive. Note that you can use any… flash drive for this purpose, but that won’t stop companies like SanDisk from releasing “official” Xbox 360 flash drives. SanDisk’s drives are pre-formatted for use |
May 6th, 2010
5 Minute Mmorpg: Hurry Up and Get It Over With
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If you don’t have the time, patience (or money) to commit to games like World of Warcraft, you might want to check out this game… 5 Minute MMORPG… works exactly as advertised. The browser-based Flash game lets you go online against other live players (okay, 10 simultaneous players isn’t |
May 5th, 2010
Pac-Man Pairs Power Pills With Pinot Noir
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In celebration of Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary, the Japanese are getting drunk on wine. At least that’s what this unlikely commemorative set of Pac-Man wine glasses would have you believe. My Japanese isn’t very good, but it looks like you’ll be able to get a pair of these glasses, along with… |
May 5th, 2010
LEGO Robot Runs Android OS, Solves Rubik’s Cubes
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I probably couldn’t solve a Rubik’s cube in 25 minutes, let alone under a minute. However, this cool ‘bot can solve it in less than 25 seconds! Now how neat is that? Oh, by the way, it’s made out of LEGOs. You read right, it takes this contraption 24.02 seconds… |
May 5th, 2010
Scope Watch Looks Like More Work Than Its Worth
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Normally when I talk about weird watches that turn up over at Yanko Design, they’re concepts you can’t buy if they are appealing. Today we have a new and sort of cool watch called the Scope Watch that looks like it would be hard to use. Actually, we featured the… |
May 5th, 2010
Mercury Arc Valve Rectifier is Something Every Mad Scientist Should have
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I have no idea what this is for, but I like it! As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t mind having one of these in my living room – or at least in my la-bor-a-tory. It’s actually something called a mercury arc valve rectifier, and it sure looks cool when… |
May 5th, 2010
Star Wars Analogy Used to Announce Pregnancy Makes No Sense, but Still Awesome
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“Aging Couple” Jennifer and Jeff have finally hit the jackpot – they’re having twins! While the rest of us should have no reason to care, the couple chose to share the good news using a complicated, action-packed visual analogy: the Death Star battle scene from Star Wars: A New Hope… |
May 5th, 2010
Netgear Wireless Home Theater Kit Will Help You Ditch Cable Tv
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While there are already several ways of streaming media throughout your home network, you might want to check out Netgear’s upcoming Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit, which promises high quality streaming – even multiple Blu-ray streams – with plug and play ease.… |
May 5th, 2010
Electrolux Shine Washing Machine Concepts: More Fashionable Than Your Clothes
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Today’s washing machines are anything but stylish. If you ask me they look like burly, angry computers. But if Electrolux has its way, we’ll soon be able to say the words “washing machine” and “sexy” in the same sentence. Without “not” of course. The company showed off its’ SHINE concepts… |
May 5th, 2010
Star Wars Voices on Tomtom Gps: You have Arrived at Your Death Star Nation
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If there’s one thing I really love about TomTom’s GPS navigators is the fact that you can download and replace the stock voices with different ones if you’re sick of the default. So you can imagine the big grin on my face when I found out that TomTom and Lucasfilm… |
May 4th, 2010
