Archive for October 2011
Time Twister LEGO Clock Spends Most of its Time Telling the Time
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Programmer/Dad/Casual Mindstormer Hans Andersson has earned a reputation on the mean and geeky streets of the Internets as a LEGO Mindstorms master. His first two Mindstorms creations were machines capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube and Sudoku. His latest LEGO contraption has a much simpler task, but it goes about… |
October 28th, 2011
Snowball Crossbow is Robin Hood’s Winter Weapon of Choice
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We don’t get a real winter here in Texas, it rarely snows. If it does snow, it only lasts a few days. In colder climates, like Technabob HQ in Chicago, you guys can spend the winter having snowball fights and digging your car out. If you want an edge in… |
October 28th, 2011
Nintendo Braces for First Annual Loss in Three Decades, Points to 3DS and Yen as Cause
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Nintendo is having a hard time for the first time in 30-years – as it eyes its first annual loss. The net loss is estimated to be about $264 million for the year that will end in March. Last year, the company made about that much in profit. The reason… |
October 28th, 2011
iPad DS: Dual iPad Case Lets You Use Two iPads at Once
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Wanna turn your iPad into a large dual-screened Nintendo DS? Of course you do. One iPad is never enough. This new iPad case will let you use two iPads at once. That’s twice the iPad. How can that be a bad thing?… |
October 28th, 2011
XCM Kinect X-Light Kit Pimps Out Your Kinect
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The guys over at XCM can’t stop modding stuff. They started out offering colorful illuminated casemods for video game consoles, then for their controllers, and now, they’re even offering a light-up mod for the Xbox 360 Kinect.… |
October 27th, 2011
Baja 5SC 1:5th Scale R/C Truck Could Eat Your R/C Car for Lunch
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I enjoy remote-controlled cars and trucks as much as the next guy, but I had no idea that you could actually buy ones that are this huge, and drive this fast.… |
October 27th, 2011
NASA Makes Little Old Lady Pee Her Pants Over Sliver of Moon Rock. Really?
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Apparently, a 73-year-old woman named Joann Davis has had a tiny sliver of rock from the moon smaller than a grain of rice since 1987 when her husband died. Davis claims the tiny piece of moon rock was given to her husband by Neil Armstrong in the 70′s when her… |
October 27th, 2011
Blackberry Playbook Not Selling Even with Price Cuts
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This story certainly proves that you can polish a turd, but that doesn’t mean you can sell it. The Blackberry Playbook has been a big bag of fail in the tablet world only bested by the quick failure of the HP TouchPad. Rather than just throw in the towel as… |
October 27th, 2011
PS Vita May Launch Without Flash, Barry Allen Unavailable for Comment
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There are a lot of good websites that still use Adobe Flash, but it looks like you may not be able to access them on your new PlayStation Vita. Not at launch anyway. Japanese magazine, Famitsu recently posted a FAQ for the PlayStation Vita, along with some browser specs and… |
October 27th, 2011
TouchFire iPad Keyboard: Hot Concept
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Touchscreen keyboards in tablet are only barely usable, which is why along with cases and stands, external keyboards are one of the most popular accessories for the iPad. Most of these third-party keyboards require power, are quite bulky and add another thing to carry with you. But the Touchfire concept… |
October 27th, 2011
