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Papercraft Master Chief Lacks Corpse Humping Ability

Are you dripping at the teats for Halo 3? Well, here’s something you can create yourself after your SAT prep course to tide you over until next Tuesday. It’s a Master Chief papercraft model that measures 13 inches tall and was painstakingly created out of 42 individual pieces. The guy who made it even made…

Video of Army Robot Eating Some Bomb Blast

Click to viewNoah over at Wired’s Danger room shows us how much damage those little roadside bombs can do in Iraq, even to the cold, metal exo-skel of a mil-bot. The best part of the video is when the soliders laugh. This wouldn’t be the case if it had been private Smith. [Danger via Joel]

Are you Happy or Annoyed Rumble is Back on the PS3 Dual Shock?

KSo last night, in Tokyo, Sony announced the long rumored PS3 controller with rumble. Considering the rechargeable batteries, wireless and rumble function, a pair of these is going to be about $100, you know? Is it better that they took it away and gave it back? Or should they have left it dead? Will someone…

Leaked Family Guy Star Wars Scene Shows Slight Computer Knowledge

There’s at least one guy on Family Guy that’s used a computer in the last five years, as evidenced by this sneak-peek R2-D2 scene from the new season’s first episode airing this Sunday. It’s a nice clip both to entertain you for 30 seconds on a Thursday afternoon, and to make you look forward to…

Contest: Win an iPod classic, an iPod nano, a Nike+iPod Sport Kit and an Energi To Go Charger

What could go better than an iPod classic and an Energi To Go Charger to provide power while on the road? Nothing, except an iPod Nano and a Nike+iPod Sport Kit! So if you want to win both and all these things, just send an email to [email protected] with the subject “Energi To Go Contest”,…

Sportline ThinQ Pocket Credit Card-Sized Pedometer

The deal here is that this is a credit card sized, 3mm thick, pedometer. Counts calories, distance, and steps. This makes a lot more sense than strapping a full sized pedometer to your arm or belt and living with it in tow. Most walking is probably done down city blocks, across the office to the…

Verizon’s “Can You Hear Me Now” Guy Has Rules

Much like Ronald McDonald and Dick Cheney, Verizon’s “Can You Hear Me Now” guy makes public appearances, but is actually not one person, but many different people dressed up for the part. And because of this, Verizon has a fairly thick rulebook of how the guy should be dressed, how he should appear, and how…

Palm Treo 500v Hands-On Video

The guys over at PDA Expertos in Spain got a hands-on with the Palm Treo 500v (which we saw unboxed and groped), flipping through the Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone UI as well as taking a quick tour around the body near the end. There’s no audio, unfortunately, but from what we see the UI is…

Xbox 360 Gets Updated HD DVD Drive in 2008 [Actually, No]

Update 2: PC World UK is claiming that Bennett from Microsoft really did say, and they quote, “There will be a new HD DVD drive next year, but it’s not finalised yet.” Another writer at ComputerActive, the UK’s largest computer magazine, corroborates the story. This means either Bennett is mistaken, or someone else at Microsoft…

Treo 500 Early Impressions (Verict: Solid)

Treonauts has some early hands-on impressions and unboxing of the much deliberated Treo 500. Aside from the lack of touchscreen, the review was overwhelmingly positive. Surprisingly, one of the best features is its solid construction. In fact, they go so far as to say that “There is also absolutely no ‘plasticky’ feel about it and…

Clearwire WiMax PC Cards Available Now

Although Clearwire’s WiMax coverage isn’t so “Max” right now (coverage map), they’re deploying an $80 PC card that includes a $75 mail-in-rebate and a 2-year contract, which is $60 a month for a max download speed of 1.5Mbps. It’s hard to recommend WiMax over the random Wi-Fi hotspot you can find walking around right now…

Puma Challenges Pop Culture Mags to Build Bikes with $200, Recycled Parts and Personality

Look what happens when you approach your pals at various hip ‘n’ trendy magazines with a challenge: Sporting goods manufacturer Puma says, okay, build a $200 bicycle “depicting your magazine’s personality” using only recycled bicycle parts. What was the result of this game Puma calls Re-Bike? You might think there’d be a half-dozen hunks of…

MS released an Xbox 360 update today, but don’t get too excited it’s only to get your system ready for that Big Button “Scene It?” controller. [Major Nelson]

Comedian Stephen Fry Blogs Spectacularly About Smartphones

British comedian Stephen Fry is awesome in a way similar to Ricky Gervais or Hugh Laurie (his previous showbiz partner), but writing 10,000 words about smartphones just put him over the top into living idol territory. You can’t tell from his public persona, but he’s apparently a huge nerd, knowing intricate details such as how…

ViewSonic Diamani DUO PC/TV hybrid LCD Displays Swing Both Ways

ViewSonic takes a tilt toward practicality with its PC/TV hybrid LCD displays, packing a passel of inputs into its Diamani DUO 19-inch NX1932w and 22-inch NX2232w screens. It makes sense: You have all this resolution floating around, why not tack an HDMI port on board, add an ATSC HD tuner and 10-watt speaker system, and…

Sidekick LX Gets Release Date and More Grainy Shots

Following up on the previous grainy shots of the Sidekick LX, Hiptop 3 has more shots plus a release date. The date is supposedly October 24, which is far enough away from the holidays to make for a nice present. The LX looks a bit thinner/wider than the ZANTE, also known as the Sidekick Slide…

Home Theater Screen Disguised as a Bookshelf

Now, here’s a great idea: Why not disguise a projection screen as a bookshelf, and then place a few other identical-looking shelves nearby as decoys? That’s just what Italian designer Matteo Ragni has dreamed up here, trying to cross that bridge between a dedicated home theater room and a multi-use space that might double as…

Fleshbot Tests the Hello Kitty Vibrator (Verdict: Great For Hello Clitty, Not So Good For Hello Cooty)

We normally watch Fleshbot’s Marital Aid Test Kitchen from afar with wonder and disgust, but seeing as they’re testing the Hello Kitty Vibrator, we just had to pass their notes along to our readers. After importing a red one in from Japan, Fleshbot found that the HK keychain vibe performed admirably externally, but was too…

M-Audio Session Music Producer USB Mic With On-Board Headphone Jack

M-Audio’s latest Session Music Producer USB Microphone for Windows supposedly has a slight edge over similar mics, embedding an on-board headphone jack, bypassing your computer so you can get feedback latency down to just about zero. The USB Mic is undoubtedly compatible with other M-Audio products, and bundles Session recording and production software, 16-bit recording,…

New Induction Cooktops from GE Are the Highest Wattage Ever

Our cooking experience barely goes beyond “Fire. Bad. Keep. Away,” but these GE Monogram and Profile induction cooktops have the highest wattage element from an induction cooktop ever. The 3700-watt cookers use magnetic fields to heat up your food, as opposed to gas or electric cookers. Induction cooking’s been around for a while, but as…