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Banpresto’s releasing 7 odd Gundam-styled accessories next month, but the most interesting one is this Gundam USB Ionizer. It’s shaped like the “White Base”, white apparently looks like a lion lazily stretching itself after an afternoon nap. We’re not sure which parts of the Gundam takes in the air and which part excretes it with…
Everyone’s interested in the hardware in Bug Labs, but no one’s thought to ask what the SDK’ll be like. AS we’ve learned from the PS3 and iPhone, hardware can be better with solid software tools for developers. In this video, Peter Semmelhack, founder, explains how the Bug Labs components speak to one another, why it’ll…
Mitsubishi just unveiled a pretty amazing set of giant screens set up to create a walk-in panorama. Consisting of a whopping 17 pairs of 67-inch panels arranged in a 340-degree near-circle, this $1.3-million setup creates a feeling of total immersion. The screens are all DLP, and in total it’s packed with 27 million pixels. It…
Pogue reviews the Slingbox Solo, but the news is that the Sling Client is getting an upgrade in the shape of local pause and rewind controls. That’s cool because you don’t have to deal with the stream delay while trying to rewind or pause the TiVo back home remotely. The upgrade, due in a month,…
Today in NYC, Samsung finally launched its long-awaited YP-P2 PMP, aka “the P2,” the Korean powerhouse’s rival to the iPod touch. The P2 features a 3″ touchscreen display with an “EmoTure” interfaces that allows you to slide and tap your way through menus. But while it will ship fully functional with A2DP streaming Bluetooth stereo,…
The DIY PC enthusiasts among you (we used to be one, years ago, before we got an actual job) know what a crapshoot it is upgrading bits and pieces of your rig to stay up to date with the latest games. With these PC Dice, however, you can take all the guesswork out of what…
Who cares whether these Hammet Saturn 2.1 desktop speakers sound any good or not? Just look at them. Appearing to be the spawn of a mini projector mother and security camera dad, the two satellites fire upward, right into your face and around the room. Too bad they don’t get much of a chance at…
Here’s an unexpected product from Sony: ramen radar. Yeah, it’s a piece of software designed to help you find a ramen noodle shop wherever you are. Now, as someone who’s gone on the record about his near-obsession with ramen, this sounds pretty amazing to me, albeit also kind of ridiculous. The X-Ramen Radar works by…
Heroes star Masi Oka, also known as “hey, that’s the guy from Scrubs”, has just been “chosen” to be the OLPC Global Ambassador. His qualifications? Being a huge nerd kid (he was on a cover of Time for genius kids because his friend’s dad was the photographer), working as a nerd at ILM (even while…
If you’re looking to get a copy of Office 08 for Mac when it comes out but don’t have 04 to upgrade from, here’s a slick deal to get you hooked up on the cheap. Now, if you buy Office 04 for Mac, you’ll get a copy of 08 when it ships in January for…
WARNING: VIDEO INCLUDES BRIEF, PASTY REAR NUDITY! The Pitch A melanin-impaired British bloke, donning nothing more than a pair of heart-splashed boxers and a wireless Philips headset, dances maniacally through his mum’s house. All’s going swimmingly until our hero slides into the kitchen, where he rocks a little Running Man, then starts making love to…
This week at Uncrate: We do some serious hauling with the DiamondBack HD Truck Cover, scare our co-workers with the Gun Mug, and keep our hands warm – and receiving percentage up – with NFL-approved Nike Magnigrip Elite Remix Receiver Gloves. We also share the holiday spirit with Buildings of Disaster, upgrade our webslinger collection…
Why would Lev Grossman, one of the first four few reviewers of the iPhone, name Apple’s gadget Time’s Invention of the Year? Here are his five reasons: it’s pretty, it’s got a touchscreen, it’ll make other phones better, it’s a development platform (not just a phone), and it’ll be upgraded for years to come. While…
We saw a couple leaked display shots of the Zune 2 before the thing was even announced, but a Wal-Mart in St. Louis seems to have them up on prominent display. The site itsnotlikethat.com claims that the sales person “confirmed they were for sale”, but it seems to us that it’s unlikely that retail stores…
Apparently, piracy (real piracy, not the BitTorrented variety) is all the rage off the coast of Somalia. The pirates, who probably don’t have peglegs or parrots but I picture them that way anyways, hijack ships and hold them and their equipment for ransom, sometimes killing crewmembers in the process. It isn’t pretty. But the US…
This USB Mini-Cool Aroma/Humidifier is not quite as pretty as that doughnut-shaped humidifier with aromatherapy we showed you a year ago, but then, this one’s a lot smaller. Its maker touts its ability to cool you off with its fine mist, but with the upcoming winter months, the ultrasonic humidifier will come in handy when…
Order has been restored to the universe: Samsung has regained the lead in flat-panel TV sales over budget-seller Vizio, who outsold all other brands last quarter. [Crave]
OK, so we were a little off in the timing, but the MOTO Q 9h is now making its way to AT&T. The new WM6 phone is the first Motorola Q with full, quad band GPRS/EDGE support, meaning you don’t need to rent a loaner the next time you jet set to Paris for lunch.…
UPDATED Today at an executive round table we went to in NYC, Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow (center) and Sony consumer sales president Jay Vandenbree (left) answered some burning questions. When is the oh-so-sexy OLED TV coming to the US? “It could be before the end of the calendar year,” says Glasgow, citing a dependence…
Ladies, are you getting bored on your way to work? Commute in various stages of ecstasy with this Erotic Car Seat Seduction Massager, letting four areas of your posterior know in no uncertain terms that there’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on. Plug it into your car’s cigarette lighter, and as you manipulate its…