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Joy of Tech’s apparently drinking the same OLPC haterade everyone else is this week, though it rags on OLPC’s triumphant aftermath rather than the program’s recently harped on shortcomings. Hit the jump to see the one year later snap/potshot. https://gizmodo.com/why-and-how-olpc-got-reamed-negropontes-dreams-stolen-326540 [Joy of Tech via All Things D]
The Rundown: The Cowon A3 PMP looks to be a full sized PMP (5 inches across its long side) competitive in nature with its 4-inch, 800 x 480 screen and industry standard features including generous DivX support among other formats, text file viewer, photo viewer with support for huge files and USB host mode, audio…
Ever drove by one of those billboards on the highway advertising fireworks or a strip joint and said to yourself “I could live up there?” Well someone named Brendan O’ Grady has. In fact, his idea for a billboard-like living module earned him a victory in the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation competition, which is apparently…
There are plenty of unique looking hubs on the market, but there is something about this colorful USB Star Hub that sets it apart. And the fact that each hub can rotate 180° to adapt to your work environment is definitely a plus. The device is USB 2.0 compatible and the product site claims that…
OLPC’s XO Laptop and Asus’s Eee PC have been bloody rivals in people’s minds, whether or not the totally comparison’s fair. The Eee’s well-reviewed and popular, while XO’s target audience has poo-pooed on it and the WSJ has laid out how it’s being murdered by competition. Nonetheless, Laptop Mag aims to settle a running thread…
With 3200dpi gaming mice becoming de rigeur, Razer needed to step it up to 4000 to keep the pissing match going. Even though a 3200dpi mouse is already too fast for some, I4U’s reviewer says that Razer’s 4000dpi Lachesis “is very accurate and tracking is great,” particularly in Crysis. But, most of you probably aren’t…
Tired of waiting two hours in the blistering heat to get on Space Mountain? If the folks at CellQ have their way, you could skip the annoying lines (friggin’ Disney) and book your place. While you wait for a phone call notification that it is your turn, you can feel free to roam around the…
If an arcade system that features a 120-inch screen, 145 pre-installed classic games, a free Wii adaptor, and two-player control panel with numerous buttons, a spinner, and a lighted trackball doesn’t give you a tickle in your pants, nothing will. On the other hand, the $4000 price tag may leave the average gamer a little…
For consumer electronics companies, going green (and vocally so) is the new going Apple white, though Apple’s only halfway on the train. Greepeace’s sixth guide to greener electronics tells us just how well they’re doing. They’re a bit nutty, but they are using definite criteria in this survey. Topping the list are Sony Ericsson, Samsung…
Yes, the Segway is lame. But then, the Segway can’t fly. If it could, I wouldn’t judge its owners so harshly. Say hello to the VertiPod, which is basically just that. You stand on it and steer it around, and by leaning in one direction or another it’ll point you in that direction. It all…
GSMhelpdesk.nl has some renders of what could possible be (but probably isn’t) the Nokia N96. These renders show a 3.2-inch, 16 million color touchscreen display, a dual-sliding QWERTY keyboard, and a one-way sliding dialpad keyboard. There’s also a 6-megapixel camera on board, with 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth 2.0. What’s really cool about this rendering…
MacLife spent some time wondering what it would be like if Apple forayed into other gadget sectors and came up with a few concepts, including my favorite, the iEye camera. Unlike most design school renderings, this one is accompanied with a few specs: there’s an imaginary but delicious HD video recording mode, 5.1MP stills, 12GB…
A Go Nintendo reader by the name of Craig has one hell of a dad. After all, it takes a great dad to build a sweet looking Wiimote cabinet like this. I’m no carpenter but it doesn’t look all that difficult to make from a design perspective. You could probably find something similar in your…
The latest in Dell’s line of Penryn-based PCs comes to us in the form of these super-beefy T5400 and T7400 Precision workstations. Both systems can hold up to two of Intel’s quad-core Xeon 5200 and 5400 processors and Quadro FX 5600 cards. The base T5400 and T7400 units start out at $1,589 and $1,839 respectively.…
The above clip from Bender’s Big Score is just a reminder that the Futurama movie’s available now! Pick one up at your favorite online store today. We’ve also got a list of our favorite Futurama gadgets as well, in case you’re looking to kill a few minutes before getting off work (and going to buy…
Like numerous designers before it, Vivienne Tam is attempting to break into the world of gadgets with their new TAM MP3walkman concept. What is an MP3walkman exactly? Hard to say considering that no spec information has been released. Still, it probably won’t matter all that much considering that style is the main focus here—and by…
Musician and Game Boy modding guru Joey Mariano has developed an eight headed, foot pedal monster that allows users to control the buttons of a Game Boy color with their feet. The sequencer hack processes the whole thing into an electronic orchestra of sorts, which could be quite impressive in the hands of a skilled…
Today the WSJ reported that Google may bring a Gdisk to the world so you can store your files in their gigantastic servers. While many people use Gmail or Google Apps without giving a second thought to their privacy, would they also move their “private” local files online? Some people say they don’t trust an…
If you think that you saw the last of Britney’s finely shorn beef garage —think again. Fortunately for us, we only have to endure a tiny plastic version this time around. Indeed, someone had the good taste to develop an action figure immortalizing Britney’s recent underwear mishaps for posterity. If you would like to add…
Five feet tall, weighing in at 245 pounds, Twendy-One is all sensors and cybernetic muscle. Mechanical engineers at Waseda University in Japan developed the talking humanoid helper robot to be capable of lifting a handicapped person out of bed, but also handling a piece of toast or a straw without flattening them. The task took…