The service is slated for North America sometime in the fall, but there’s no firm release date yet. It’ll be interesting to see whether or not we see any DSi marketing tied to this. With the DSi’s built-in photo editing, this could be a fair selling point.

[via Joystiq Nintendo]

The old instant cameras could print pics on the spot, but you had no way of viewing or editing the pictures prior to printing, an option that’s all too common nowadays in digital cameras. The PoGo combines the best of both worlds, which means you can shoot, preview, re-shoot if needed, edit and then print all from the same device.The PoGo can print up to 15 pictures on a fully charged battery, but you can also transfer your shots to a computer via USB so you can view or print on your PC later.

As you can see, the 5.0 megapixel PoGo is equipped with a 3.0″ LCD screen, where you can preview your photo and edit them if you wish. You can crop, remove red-eye, add borders and even print dates on your photos before you print them. It takes 40 seconds for a picture to be printed on the PoGo – not much different than waiting for a classic Polaroid to develop.

The PoGo prints pictures on a 2″x3″ heat-activated photo paper called Zink (short for Zero Ink). Zink paper is “smudge-proof, water-resistant, fade-resistant and tear-proof” and environment-friendly as well. The PoGo is available at Amazon for $199.95 (USD). Extra sheets of Zink paper are also $12.99 for a pack of 30.

It’s pretty obvious that’s an Xbox 360, but see if you can identify them all:

I’ll give you a clue. Look at the faint curved handle at the top. Yep, that’s a Gamecube.

Hmm, is that an NES or an SNES controller? You’ve got 2 seconds…

It amazes me how absolute empty the Atari 2600 case was compared to today’s consoles. Imagine how much better the graphics would have been if they’d actually filled the box with circuitry.

Contrast that to the jam-packed Sony PS3. There’s definitely not much room to wiggle inside that case:

This one is pretty self-evident. But is it a DS Lite, DS Phat or a DSi? And where are the cracked plastic hinges? Oh, they’re on my DS Lite.

I’m assuming that the guy who took these photos works as a radiologist, or maybe in airport security. Or maybe he’s just got X-ray vision and cameras implanted in his eyeballs. Yeah, I like that idea best.

I’ll leave the rest of the images up to you to figure out.

I’ll give you a hint. This is NOT a transistor radio or an 8-track player – or is it?

All I know is that this guy definitely isn’t a SEGA fan.

You can check out the complete X-Ray fun gallery over on Reintji’s Flickr album.

[via Acid Mods]

Run down in the prime of his life, it’s unknown why Sonic was wandering around this parking lot in the North of England. Police report a that a number of golden rings were found scattered across the parking lot, fueling speculation that foul play was involved. The driver of the Opel Corsa couldn’t be located after the accident, but a rotund, egg-shaped man was seen fleeing from the scene carrying a briefcase full of emeralds.

[via UK Resistance]

You can either upload a picture or have a fresh one taken with your computer’s webcam. Of course you can always upload someone else’s face. After creating the image, FACEinHole even gives you the option to buy a white shirt with your created image printed on it. Neat.

They have a lot of ’scenarios’ available, from movies to cartoon characters to the Jesus statue in Brazil.

You are free of course to put pictures of other body parts up there. Or anything that you have an image of. The Internet is a democracy. Anarchic democracy.

The whole thing seems slightly impractical to me – with only that much height, and blocks that can rotate to any angle – I think the game would be over really quickly for me. For now I’ll stick to Topple.

[via Broccolicity]

Mario, as seen on the streets of New York City (on 23rd st between 10th and 11th). I have a funny feeling that whatever is down at the other end of those pipes is a lot less pleasant than the bowels of the Mushroom Kingdom.

[Wooster Collective via Digg]

Spotted on the streets of Lyon, France, where artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino transformed an old phone booth into an aquarium – complete with fish. Unfortunately, all of the calls just sound like blurble-blurble-blurble.

[via DesignZen]

Space Invaders Volkswagen spotted over on Flickr – I’m surprised they don’t drive a Saturn or a Mercury.

The designers over at Brazil’s Meninos (the same guys who gave us some oh-so-awesome iPhone coasters and pop art hard drives) created these wall-mountable magnetic photo boards that let you hold your pictures in place using those familiar palettes from Photoshop or Illustrator.

Each set comes with a bunch of magnetic palettes, menu bar and a contextual pop-up that you can stick on top of your photos. I always wondered why you couldn’t put your palettes at an angle on your computer. Seems like you should be able to do whatever you want with them – after all it is your computer, right?

Unfortunately, it looks like these are all based on the CS3 Mac versions, and not CS4, so the palettes don’t dock neatly on the side of the monitor. I really hope they include a tiny little spinning beachball magnet as shown in the photo below.

The PS and AI magnetic photo boards are available for pre-order over at the Meninos Shop in 30″ and 20″ widescreen versions, with prices ranging from $65 to $95 USD depending on size and whether you get magnets for one or both programs.

At least Meninos won’t want hundreds of dollars for an upgrade if and when they eventually make a CS4 version.

He’s not in a galaxy far, far away. He’s in a black Ariel Atom. The person who took this picture is most certainly dead. Force Lightning’ed to ashes. His ashes Force Lightning’ed to fermions. Because that’s how Vader rolls.

[via Neatorama]

Drive it like you stole it dude. The Sith Lord can’t be far behind.

[via Neatorama]

HD View allows for smooth panning and zooming of extremely high resolution images which have been stitched together from hundreds or thousands of individual images using tools like Microsoft’s free Image Composite Editor. The HD View software can automatically correct for the appropriate perspective as you zoom in and out of the incredibly detailed photographs.

In addition to providing the ability to pan and scroll and zoom your way around insanely intricate images, the latest release (Beta 3) provides support for high dynamic range (HDR) images, which preserve a much wider color and light gamut than ordinary digital photographs. There’s also the ability to automatically adjust the tone and dynamic range of parts of an image as you zoom in to a particular section of a large photo, bringing out detail you didn’t even know was there when zoomed out. While this effect is kind of slick, I found that it worked sort of like the auto-contrast feature on televisions, producing some hyper-real results when moving between extremely dark and light areas of an image.

HD View also offers support for two viewing modes: lens and fisheye. When in lens mode, the image is displayed as a panorama, while in fisheye mode, you’ll feel like you’re looking at the world from the inside of a globe. In both cases, the experience of moving around an image is pretty stunning. Think of it like Quicktime VR on some serious steroids.

Best of all, you can create your own HD View images. The only bad news I can see about HD View is that it currently requires a Windows-only browser plug-in to be installed on your PC in order to view the content (at least it works in both Firefox and IE). Still, it’s a small download, and it’s worth checking out if you’ve got any interest in digital photography. There’s also an experimental Silverlight version that will work on Macs as well, but it’s not as feature rich.

You can grab the plug-in and check out a number of really cool demo images over on the Microsoft Research HD View site. Once you’ve got the plug-in installed, there a bunch of additional HD View panoramas for you to check out here. And being a Chicagoan, I have to point out this truly unreal panoramic shot.

The frame is made by Irina Blok. It’s a wooden frame with a hand silkscreened design, made to look like an Apple doc screen. This is what the frame looks like without a photo.

Irina’s only going to make 50 before the holidays, so you’ll have to strike while the iron is hot! Luckily for you, she makes a bunch of other geek chic gifts as well. Check the frame and more out on I Love Blocks.

[via SwissMiss]

They come in white, blue, green, or pink, and come packaged in a cute stainless steel can. The screen size is 1.5 inches and they’ve got a 2 MB memory.

The frames will set you back ¥3,900 (about $36.) If you’re in Tokyo you can pick one up from Tokyu Hands (one of the aweseomest stores on earth,) or online, from Rinkya Stores.

It’s designed by Hideo Kanbara. If I met him right now I would probably ask him one question: will you marry me? And then hearts and flowers would fly out of his butt, I’m guessing, because anyone who designs this is brilliant and fabulous and genius and all of that.

Of course, like so many fabulous things, this is still a concept. And of course, the Ply site, which has loads of pretty pictures is all in Japanese. (That is so my bete noire.)

They actually made one of these and it’s on display at the KDDI Studio in Harajuku, so if you happen to be in Tokyo right now then feel free to go and check it out.

In closing: this is one concept I would love to see become a reality and I will so go on record as promising to pay thousands of dollars for this if and when it becomes a reality.

[via Trends in Japan]

Through creative and generous application of digital blur tools, each of the images does a brilliant job blending 2-D and 3-D worlds into one.

Street Fighter

Mario Kart

OutRun

Excitebike

Donkey Kong

Mario Bros. 3

Be sure to check out the entire collection over on deviantART and tell us which is your favorite image. I’d have to say my fave is the Excitebike one, but I had a really hard time choosing.

[via HEMMY via Albotas]

The oddly-named Sqish (I know, a ‘Q’ with no ‘U’) conceals a satellite antenna inside a compact rectangular box, which can be covered with a camouflage weatherproof label to help it blend into its surroundings. What’s really cool is that you can actually send a digital photo of your surroundings to the Sqish folks, and they’ll make a custom camo sticker to make it blend in perfectly to your environs.

At this point, Sqish satellite antennae are only available for UK satellite customers using services such as Sky or Freesat. Hopefully, they’ll work up a version for Dish or DirecTV at some point.

If you’re fortunate enough to be in the UK, be prepared to drop £149 (appx. $294 US) for the antenna, and another £25 (appx. $49 US) for each custom matte photo sticker.

[Sqish via Daily Mail via Unplggd]

I’m not sure if SuperMario Plumbing & Heating thinks they can avoid the wrath of the Big “N” by removing the space from the name, or if the fact that Luigi doesn’t work there is is enough to differentiate them. (Although I do wonder if Princess Peach is their receptionist).

I don’t know about you guys, but if I lived in Edinburgh, I’d definitely want guys who have experience tossing Koopa shells, jumping over flaming barrels, and eating 1-up mushrooms fixing my toilet.

[via Flickr]

I’m guessing that you could slow down those rapidly descending breakfast blocks with just a little butter and maple syrup. And there’s nothing quite like a little paper napkin technology for keeping score.

[via pfrhanzilicious on Flickr]