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How to Comment: This is How We Roll

You see that? That’s what’s going to happen again next Thursday when the Gizmodo vs. Kotaku match is on. Except instead of just me corpse humping them, it’s going to be all of us. Can you taste it? Don’t know how to comment? Here’s how: 1) Click on the “Register” link on the top right…

One To The Power Of Four Equals Honda Awesomeness

At this year’s LA auto show, Honda pulled out all the stops in the design category with their One to the Power of Four solar hybrid. The challenge was to design a vehicle that will be on the streets a half century from now, and Honda decided to devote their energy to solving the carpooling…

Second Life Gets Brain Controls

A brain-computer interface (BCI) system has been developed by the Keio University Biomedical Engineering Laboratory that allows a Second Life avatar to be controlled simply by a user’s thoughts. By using a electrode-equipped headpiece that receives signals from the brain’s motor cortex which is connected to a EEG machine, the thought- moving data is sent…

Sol Shaver Solar Razor Keeps You Civilized Even in the Wilderness

You never know who you may run into when you’re traveling in the wilderness, hiking the long trails and climbing those big mountains, so you really want to be clean-shaven, don’t you? The Sol Shaver Solar Razor solves that problem, never needing any batteries, plugs, or any other of those unfortunate reminders of civilization. It…

Palm is launching a free cellphone recycling program, including postage, to prevent toxic phone materials from entering landfills. All phones except their own models (surprise!) will be accepted. [Wireless Info]

GMail’s getting a gradual storage bump to a possible 6GB come January as a continuation of their “Infinity + 1” storage plan, but is still a long ass ways away from Yahoo’s actual infinite storage. Step it up, Google. [Gmail via Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/gmail-storage-to-6gb-by-january-310231

Rock Band Accessory Bundle: That’s All You Can Get

If you were hoping you could save some cash on that $169 Rock Band package by buying only what you need or want, we’ve got some bad news. The accessories won’t be sold separately until early 2008. Until then, even if you have two guitars from Guitar Hero, you’ll have to pony up for the…

Wired’s Open Phone Round-Up Tells the Bleak Truth

Rob Beschizza, lead blogger at Wired’s Gadgetlab, has a popular article up glancing at the world of open source and unlocked phones like the Neo1973 from OpenMoko and Nokia’s N series tablets. It does feel good to read about the theoretical of openness of these phones, some available now but not that open, some coming…

T-Mobile Lawsuit Questions the Fairness of Phone Locking, Early Termination Fees

Against T-Mobile’s formal protests, the California Supreme Court cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit that seeks to stop the carrier from collecting early service termination fees of $200. According to Wired: The plaintiffs also seek an order requiring T-Mobile to disclose the existence and effect of the software locks it places on the phones…

Red iPhone? Engadget has what appears to be an AT&T internal product list, with a red iPhone listed on it. The part that sounds fishy? 4GB sizes. Why would Apple bring the now discontinued capacity back? Wouldn’t be the first time Low level AT&T employees have provided questionable Apple facts. But colored iPhones aren’t such…

Earlier today the online Apple store had listed a ship date for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger as October 26th, which coincidentally is the rumored release date for 10.5 Leopard. Could this be more evidence for Leopard’s release date or simply a mistake on Apple’s part…

Honda Asimo Walking Aid For Humans: I Have One Problem With It

There isn’t a whole lot of information available about this device, but it appears that Honda has developed a new type of robotic leg brace based on existing Asimo technology. Sensors on the brace pick up abnormalities in your walking stride and help correct them. Sounds great, right? Check out how well Asimo’s legs work…

U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi Lets You Reach Out and Touch a Virtual Friend

U-Tsu-Shi-O-Mi is a system that lets you both see and touch a virtual humanoid. Developed by Michihiko Shoji, it works by combining a head mounted display with a creepy green sensor-laden robot. As you interact with the bot, not only will it react accordingly, but you’ll be able to see the virtual buddy via the…

Samsung Water-Powered Cellphone On the Way

We heard about the remote possibility of water-powered cellphones over a year ago, but now Samsung has actually developed one. The company announced a micro fuel cell and hydrogen generator that will be capable of powering small electronics such as cellphones for 10 hours on nothing but good old water. https://gizmodo.com/water-powered-cellphones-really-188018 At first the company…

Skype and UK Phone Provider Working on Skype Cellphone

The level of detail on this is somewhere between nonexistent and make-it-up-yourself, but Skype and UK’s 3 are working together on a cellphone that makes Skype calls. The phone is actually due this year (2007), but nobody knows whether it’s going to make calls over just Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi and the cellular data network, or some…

Ghost in the Shell Robot Will Be Your New Best Friend

When the dog runs away, your girlfriend leaves you for your sister, and all of your other friends have ditched you, this Tachikoma robot of Ghost in the Shell fame will be there to keep you company. He can initiate games, dodge bullets, record voice messages, and play music. Just plug him in to your…

PlayStation Eye Coming Cyclopsian For $39

We already knew the PlayStation Eye webcam was coming bundled with the Eye of Judgement card game, but you’ll be able to buy it solo for $39 on October 23 as well. It’s got a four-microphone array to let you do AV chat, which is one more thing you can add to your list of…

Now I Can Program My Husband To Have Threesomes!

A British researcher who studies artificial intelligence just completed his doctoral thesis on why humans will marry robots in the future. Media reports have covered this with a titter, but researcher David Levy is dead serious. His thesis grows in part out of research he did for a 2005 book called Robots Unlimited, where he…

HY Mini, the Portable Wind and Solar Power Generator

When you think of wind power, your mind may wander to those old Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, a finger in the dam and all the pot you can smoke. But the oddly named HY Mini does the wind power thing on a much smaller scale. It gets its cherry popped by both wind and sun,…

Nissan Around View Monitor Gives You The Top-Down Approach

Using cameras and sensors, Nissan’s literally named “Around View Monitor” records the surroundings and synthesizes them in realtime into a bird’s-eye-view of your car, which it displays on the in-dash monitor. Slated to be released first in Japan, on the Elgrand delivery van, its prime benefit is clearly for drivers of windowless vans, but as…