6 Jul, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 6th 2008 at 12:34AM According to the reader who sent this our way, this candy dispenser looks “exactly” like a Wiimote, except it fires candy out of the spot where the IR transmitter should be. Apparently the instructions suggest that you “Do not aim at face,” so… it’s kind of like the real thing.[Thanks, Timothy]PermalinkEmail this38 CommentsFiled under: GamingTags: mobiles, lcd, games, game (Read the full post about ‘Keepin’ it real fake, part CXXIII: the Wiimote candy dispenser’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
It’s a bit hard to tell from the picture, but the pieces in this chess were made entirely of old parts from auto and mechanical parts! For example, the bishop’s head is a spark plug and the you can see the rook’s head is a cog. Pretty styling. Gimme! Price: $207.95 (Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting) Posted in Miscellaneous Tags: players, gear, high definition TV, DAB (Read the full post about ‘Chess Set made of recycled auto parts’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jul 5th 2008 at 10:10PM This won’t come as a massive surprise to most, but author Nick Hornby isn’t so into e-books. After walking into a British Borders book store to find the £399 ($790) Iliad for sale next to some £4 paperbacks, he poo-poo’d the platform in a guest column on the Penguin Blog. So here we have a book author blogging on a book publisher’s site about the downfalls of a technology that could supplant his industry. To be fair, he does make some salient points about the unlikelihood that e-books will replace print in the same way iPods have undermined CD sales. He points out that people, on average, only buy seven books a year compared to the number of CDs they used to buy. (Read the full post about ‘Author Nick Hornby not feeling the fever pitch over e-books’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
FROM GAMERTELL - A group of Drexel students has put together a PC game ith special headgear that uses the brain’s concentration levels to move the avatar. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: sat-nav, hdtv, consumer technology, speakers (Read the full post about ‘Use Lazy Brains to control videogame avatars with your mind’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
In an attempt to be more proactive rather than simply reactive, the MPAA has recently approved the DreamStream system and its 2048-bit “military strength” anti-piracy encryption technology to protect content streamed to viewers online. First introduced to the MPAA in March of 2008 by Laura Tunberg, MGM’s former vice president of intellectual property enforcement, it was since reviewed by the MPAA and found it to be a viable means for securing digital content. Chief development officer for DreamStream, Ulf Diebel, is excited by this acknowledgment of their product. (Read the full post about ‘MPAA approves “Military Strength” anti-piracy encryption technology’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 5th 2008 at 6:07PM You knew this was bound to happen. Like any good piece of gadgetry, there’s always someone who can’t wait to get their grubby hands all over it… and rip it to shreds to see how it works. Today we present the disemboweling of two of the latest challengers to the Eee’s netbook throne: the MSI Wind, and the Acer Aspire One. The Aspire One at least gets the courtesy of a proper unboxing before the medical proceedings begin; the Wind just gets cracked open like a cold PBR at your cousin’s barbecue. (Read the full post about ‘Teardown party: the MSI Wind and Acer Aspire One get ripped open’…)
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6 Jul, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Jul 5th 2008 at 4:06PM Don’t deny it — you totally blew the original Duct Tape Server off as some one-off project created after a hard night of truth or dare, but the DTS team is out to prove that this here is no fad. Just this week the DTS II (that’s Duct Tape Server II for those who prefer things broken down) was introduced shortly after DTS I came unglued. Reportedly, this unit will be on server row at MillionManLan and will pack a 2.2GHz Pentium 4, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive and a few fans to keep things breezy. (Read the full post about ‘Duct tape server II gets proudly introduced’…)
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