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Weta Halo Xbox 360 Casemod Explodes Onto Ebay
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What you’re looking at is the millionth Xbox 360 to be sold in Australia and New Zealand, and it’s going to be auctioned off for charity. The customized Xbox 360 was created by Richard Taylor and the Weta Workshop. It features a miniature Master Chief blowing a hole through the… |
April 21st, 2010
Martin Aircraft Presents Their Real Jetpack!
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A company from New Zealand is going to start selling flying jetpacks commercially. Strangely enough, these real jetpacks cost $75,000, which is less than the earth-bound JetLev Flyer which we posted about yesterday. The Martin Aircraft Company jetpacks have about 200 HP coming out of their dual propellers. They can… |
March 5th, 2010
Yikebike: the Sitting Man’S Segway
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The YikeBike is a new electric transport vehicle coming from New Zealand. The compact personal transporter features an innovative design that can speed you along through city streets and country roads without ever requiring you to stand up. The sit-down electric YikeBike tops out at 20km/hr (appx. 12 MPH). An… |
October 28th, 2009
Weramouse Ergonomic Mouse Gets the Mouse Off the Desktop and Into Your Hands
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New Zealand has given us many great things. Sheep, Kiwis, Lord of the Rings, Eagle vs. Shark, Flight of the Conchords…, and now the one-handed ambidextrous ergonomic mouse-ball. What will they think of next? The WeraMouse V2 (aka the Ergotouch Mouse) is just a little smaller than |
April 22nd, 2009
Levelhead: Trippy Augmented Reality Game
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New Zealand digital artist Julian Oliver is working on a cool game that blends the electronic universe with the real world. His work-in-progress game called levelHead uses a series of cubes placed on a table top. Digital cameras and custom software sense the movements of the cubes and superimpose digital… |
October 14th, 2007
