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Ferarri Knock-Off Cell Phones Defile the Ferrari Name
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You’ve got to hand it to the cheap Chinese gadget makers. Not only are they amazingly ballsy to release products which clearly bear the branding of products they haven’t licensed, but in this case, they’ve produced something that doesn’t even bear a slight resemblance to the product in question. While… |
February 9th, 2012
Robots Dance in the Chinese New Year
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Celebrating the Chinese New Year is a big deal in China. They go all out like it’s Christmas and New Years rolled into one, and millions of Chinese citizens tune-in to watch the Big-Show… on TV. This year is the Year of the Dragon, so the show really poured it |
January 26th, 2012
This Robot Will Teach You Everything You Need to Know About 3G
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So, you want to know about 3G, do ya kids? Don’t ask your dad or go to some tech website. Ask a robot. China Unicom’s “Waiter” robot, who appeared at the 2011 China Int’l Information and Communication Exhibition late September through early October will educate you.… |
January 18th, 2012
Mole Kart for iPhone, It’s-a-Not-Me!
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Nintendo’s lawyers just got more work thrown their way. Mole Kart is a Mario Kart… knock-off for iPhone that you will probably never see via the App Store. It doesn’t look half bad for a rip-off, but then again all you really have to do is throw in some mushrooms, |
January 12th, 2012
China Working on High-Speed Train That Can Hit 310 MPH… on Rails
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The fastest train that I’ve been in is Taiwan’s High Speed Rail and it went about 190 mph. That’s pretty fast for a land-based vehicle if you ask me. You can basically get from one end of the island to the other in about 90 minutes. Now, China is testing… |
January 1st, 2012
Modern Mickey Watch: Who’s the Leader of the Club That’s Made for L.E.D.?
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Geeks who also happen to be fans of Mickey Mouse might enjoy telling time with this modern watch, which uses the head and ears of the famous cartoon mouse to display the time.… |
December 24th, 2011
BHR-3 Humanoid Robot Does Tai chi While Awaiting Skynet’s Signal
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Here is the latest human-built robot, which like those before it, will await its chance to join Skynet and enslave us all. This particular ‘bot is called BHR-3, a humanoid robot from the Beijing Institute of Technology’s Institute of Intelligent Robotics.… |
December 20th, 2011
PS Vita Gets Cloned Before Launch
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Sony’s PS Vita hasn’t even had its official worldwide launch yet, and a clone has already been developed and launched in China. Begun, these clone wars have. The first PS Vita knock-off is called the Yinlips YDPG18. That rolls right off the tongue, no?… |
December 13th, 2011
Angry Birds Mate With PSP, Lay an Egg
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You’ve gotta hand it to schlock gadget merchants of China for their ability to completely laugh in the face of all intellectual property laws. Take, for example, this craptacular version of Angry Birds… which you can now buy. |
December 11th, 2011
Apple Doesn’t Own iPad Trademark in China
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It must really suck to be the person in charge of securing trademarks for Apple right now. Apparently, Apple thought that it had the trademark for the iPad name in China. Or at least it thought its team of legal ninjas could beat down the Chinese opposition that owned the… |
December 7th, 2011
