Archive for June 2010
Sonim Xp3 Sentinel Mobile Phone Calls for Help and Can Survive Anything You Can Throw at It
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I lead a sheltered life, I work from home and only have to leave each day to run errands and mess about. I could stay home for a week straight, and no one would notice if I was so inclined. Some folks actually have to get out in the world… |
June 17th, 2010
Robots Start Playing Pool and Hustling Humans
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I used to love playing pool when I was younger. I still do from time-to-time, but not like I did before. Well, if you thought that you were the best at pool, you’d better move along – because soon, pool ‘bots everywhere will start hustling you for your money! The… |
June 17th, 2010
Shawn Smith’S Pixel Sculptures Combine 8-Bit World With Real World
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When I see art that’s made out of big pixels, I always tend to take off my glasses to see how they look when they are blurry. Sure enough, since I’m nearsighted, usually they look pretty good. Artist Shawn Smith has created some great pieces of art, which bring pixels… |
June 17th, 2010
Kinect Forza Demo: Do Not Want
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To show off the capabilities of the new Kinect, Microsoft presented a demo of Forza Motorsport, which will be released next year. The demo showed how we can drive cars just by putting our hands in the “10 and 2 positions,”… as if holding a steering wheel. I think |
June 17th, 2010
Urbanears Medis Earphones Won’T Hurt Your Ears or Your Pockets
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In-ear earphones are great at blocking outside noise and usually fit snugly inside the ears, but I don’t like using them because after only a few minutes of putting them on, my ears start to hurt. Urbanears claims to have developed in-ear earphones that don’t involve pain or pressure. They’re… |
June 17th, 2010
Gold-Plated Pencil Pistol: Mightier Than a Sword
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An elegantly concealed weapon covered in gold, this 1948 .22 cal pencil-pistol was made by The Late Maharaja of Jodhpur, who gave it as a present to Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Sounds like a (minor) treasure worthy of Nathan Drake doesn’t it? The pencil has a removable… |
June 17th, 2010
Letcool Handheld Game Emulator Offers 2-Player Goodness in Your Pocket
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The latest in handheld emulators, the Letcool N350JP tries to one-up other portables by adding on something they don’t offer – a pair of external controllers for two-player fun. The compact system comes with emulators for the Super Nintendo, NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, but… |
June 16th, 2010
Divetek is the Sweetest Water Floaty Thingy Ever
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Summer is here in Texas and it’s so hot already that ol’ Beelzebub himself won’t come to these parts until late in October. With it being so hot, you can count on folks making it to the lake or down to the coast. There are also many people that hit… |
June 16th, 2010
Playstation Move Ray Gun Controller: Didn’T Marvin the Martian have One of These?
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If you didn’t think you looked stupid enough flailing your arms around with Sony’s new PlayStation Move motion controller, wait till you get a load of this. Sony has revealed their first add-on accessory for the Move, which looks like a ray gun. The odd-looking attachment for the Move docs… |
June 16th, 2010
