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remote control cars send passengers flying

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Remote Control Stock Cars

What fun are toy cars if you can’t smash them together and cause little car crashes? These new r/c cars encourage reckless driving by sending their occupants into the sky when they hit. No airbags here, just flying little men, spiraling through the air to an untimely demise…

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November 17th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

photo of the day: iphone, meet windows

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Windows iPhone Kiosk

Apparently, those iPhone demo kiosks in AT&T stores are wolves in sheep’s clothing…

Here’s an interesting thought: When you turn a Windows XP machine on it’s side, does it become an Apple? Apparently, these kiosks are really running on Dell machines and Samsung displays…

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August 2nd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

clarion driveeye records car crashes automatically

filed under: digital imaging | gadgets

Clarion DriveEye Digital Accident Camera

This new gadget out of Japan could save you lots of time and money if you ever get into a car wreck. It’s a little camera that mounts on your car’s windshield records vehicular accidents.

The Clarion DriveEye camera automatically senses emergency braking and captures video before, during and after an accident…

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July 23rd, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

sounds like a car crash to me

filed under: gadgets | strange and wonderful

Steering Rapper

Leave it to the wacky gadget makers of Japan to come up with this one.

The ridiculous Steering Rapper lets you tap out obnoxious beats and sound effects while you drive your vehicle. If the distraction of that isn’t enough, the whole thing is attached to your steering wheel with velcro straps to get in your way while driving…

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May 9th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

when asimo freezes, does he see the blue screen of death?

filed under: just plain fun | robotics

A while back, we showed you a funny clip of Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot falling on his ASS-IMO trying to climb some stairs. Well the good news is now the little guy seems to be doing fine climbing stairs…

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January 10th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

burnout 5 looking oh so sweet

filed under: video games

Burnout 5 Damage Modeling

The folks over at Destructoid got their hands on some new screens from a recent issue of PSM magazine. From what I understand, these are from the PS3 version of the game.

I especially dig the shot with the car jumping between the train cars. If that’s in the game, I can’t imagine what sort of mayhem we crash-loving fools will be able to dream up this time…

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January 5th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

angry? why not smash your monitor.

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ScreenSmasher

Looking for a way to get out your aggression while chained to your cubicle? Want to freak out your boss? Then you might want to check out this little gem…

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December 17th, 2006 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

next gen games increase xbox 360 failure rates

filed under: video games

A couple of months back, I posted about my concerns that my Xbox 360 had overheated and died as a result of the next-gen game Prey. Now Kotaku is reporting about an Xbox 360 developer who reported an esimated 30-50% failure rate on Xbox 360s used in the testing games, with even higher failure rates on the zombie-killer Dead Rising…

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August 29th, 2006 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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