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sega hitokara karaoke disco ball: just add off-key vocals

filed under: audio | just plain fun | mobile tech

Segatoys Hitokara Home Karaoke

You’ve gotta hand it to the Japanese. They managed to take the strains of howling, tone deaf, drunken business executives and turn them into a multi-billion dollar yen industry. Now you can bring the Karaoke experience to your living room, complete with a cheezy disco light show. (Minus the drunk business executives)…

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November 22nd, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

karaoke saver: the diy breathalyzer microphone

filed under: hacks-mods | just plain fun

You know how karaoke is really fun until someone drinks a little too much and starts majorly hogging the mic for their less-than-moving versions of American Pie and N*Sync B-sides? Now you can shut them down with cold, hard facts about their blood alcohol content, by employing this sneaky breathalyzer microphone.

This nifty project was created by Randy at F.A.T…

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August 9th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen

playstation 2 white singstar bundle announced

filed under: home entertainment | video games

Sony PS2 SingStar Bundle

Regardless of whether or not the Sony PlayStation 2 is “last-generation,” there’s still plenty of interest out there in the console, thanks to its huge game library and bargain-basement pricing. To reinforce that the PS2 isn’t going anywhere, Sony has just announced this great new bundle…

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August 29th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

nintendo wii gets voice recognition

filed under: video games

Wii Talking

Soon you’ll be able to speak to your Nintendo Wii. Heck, you’ll be able to sing to it too. Speech recognition middleware maker Fonix today announced the availability of their VoiceIn voice software for the Wii.

The software will enable developers to add voice command capabilities to games with little impact on CPU or memory usage…

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June 25th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

electronic dog speaks, follows commands, does karaoke

filed under: just plain fun | robotics

Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog

Looking for a canine companion, but don’t have the patience for all the shedding and pooping? If you’re willing to learn a little Japanese, these electronic furry friends might fill the bill.

The Tomy Dacky Healing Partner Dog has six internal sensors which can react to human touch and praise…

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June 2nd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

digital cowboy ca-k7: portable karaoke mp3 player

filed under: gadgets | media players

digital cowboy ca_k7 karaoke

Think you’re the next American Idol? If that’s the case, you might want to pick up one of these MP3 players

The Digital Cowboy CA-K7 media player features the unique ability to remove vocals and a built-in microphone to sing along to your favorite tunes. The player can handle MP3, WMA, OGG audio formats and also has an FM radio built in…

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May 25th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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