Mechatrax’ ROBO CATCHER is a new take on the classic claw game that replaces the claw with a small humanoid bipedal robot. Instead of trying to direct the claw to grab your prize, you steer the robot towards a prize capsule, direct it to pick it up, and walk it to the prize drop at the edge of the machine.

Sound like fun? Check out the videos below to see ROBO CATCHER doing what he does best.

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If you haven’t seen one around your neighborhood yet, ROBO CATCHER is coming to a Japanese arcade near you – if you happen to live in Japan, that is. And if you happen to have ¥990,000 (appx. $10,790 USD) to spare – plus shipping, you can buy one for yourself.

[via Gigazine]

Yes, Microsoft is willing to pay you to use their browser. That’s all there is to it. Of course you could say that IE 8 isn’t necessarily as bad as the previous versions; it’s just that the browser’s reputation is so tarnished that people have to be given a little encouragement to try the latest spawn. Also, the ad that The Gadget Blog took a shot of must be an earlier version, as it is slightly more specific in terms of identifying who the IE 8′s archenemy is:

So how about it? Are you willing to join the hunt? Start here if you’re game. What? You want some tips? Let’s see: the instructions say that the prize in hidden is “a cleverly concealed webpage that only Internet Explorer 8 can view.” Hmmm. Well then I bet the prize is hidden in something like this. Either that or a page within the Windows Update site.

One more thing: wouldn’t it be funny though if someone using the IE Tab extension on Firefox found the hidden webpage? Or if we find out that Windows 7 will be sold for $10,001? Or…nah I’m all out.

How’d you like to win a really cool modern watch from Tokyoflash? Well, if you can tell time, you could win a free watch! Read on, and learn how.

So here’s the deal: Head on over to the Tokyoflash website and find the product pages for the each of the following 10 modern watch designs:

For each watch, make note of the time that you think is on the FIRST watch photo on the product page, then e-mail your completed list (alongside the watch names above) to tokyoflash@technabob.com. If you’re paying attention and actually reading this, here’s a freebie to get you started:

That’s the S-Mode Oberon IPB, and the time reads 11:36. Easy, no?  AM/PM doesn’t matter, so don’t worry about that either.

The 3 people who get the most answers correct will win their choice any one of the watches listed. If more than 3 of you get the entire list correct, winners will be picked from a random drawing from the top entries.

Thanks to the guys over at Tokyoflash for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

Only entries e-mailed to tokyoflash@technabob.com will be eligible. One entry per e-mail address please. Contest ends at 11:59pm Central Time on Monday, August 11, 2008. Open to readers 18 ages and older only.

The best part of the contest – all you need to do is fill out this form to be entered to win. With 100,000 Gamer Points (worth about $1250 USD), you’ll be set for Xbox Live Marketplace for a very long time. Now if only they’d come out with a bigger hard drive….