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Looks like a scale. There are tons of games for stretching, etc. Wii Fit(TM): This experience builds on the active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports(TM). It comes packed with the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board (name not final) that measures users’ actions in fun aerobic, toning and balance activities. Wii Fit also promotes communication about health…
UPDATE: Liveblog here. Open it in a new window and check our our stream, too. UPDATE2: We’re done, but heading over to Sony’s press event now.
The Wii Zapper is a piece of plastic that holds the Wii’s Wiimote and nunchuk together like a gun, for shooting games. $20 bucks with software. There’s a wheel coming for Mario Kart, too. — Mario Kart(R) Wii (name not final): Nintendo’s classic racing franchise goes online. It launches with the Wii Wheel(TM) (name not…
The Windows XP-running RobuDOG is part robopet, part photographer. The dog’s colorful noggin is packed with all sorts of goodies, including infrared sensors for guidance and an “intelligent, programmable” color camera. So, while using its 17 servo-powered joints and articulated ankles to run and kick a ball around—something it’s supposed to be better at than…
We’re liveblogging the Nintendo press conference here.
Who knew you could set up such realistic 3D versions of fine art and classic movies with LEGO? That’s just what Flickr user Udronotto has done. That’s his takeoff on Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks” above, and he’s got an entire 42-pic set that shows you the depth of his talents. See our gallery below for…
Belkin’s bringing some seriously pretty design to its game, and here’s another example: a four-port wireless USB hub that lets you roam freely with your USB devices. Belkin says this model F5U302 lets you transfer data at the full USB 2.0 speed of 480Mbps over a 30-foot range. This might come in handy for a…
Belkin’s latest N1 series router, the N1 Vision, isn’t just hands-down the smokiest 802.11n draft 2.0 router we’ve seen—it tries to one-up everyone else with a built-in LCD screen that displays info ranging from a bandwidth speedometer to the number of neighbors leeching your internet. At $200, the sexiness doesn’t come cheap, but it can…
Samsung wants you to ditch your digital camera and just use their phones for all your picture-taking needs. At least that’s what the upcoming G600 leads one to believe, what with it having a 5-megapixel camera crammed inside. Sure, they have phones with 10-megapixel cameras in them, but they’re bulky gimmicks only available in Korea.…
Clearly, not all anti-DRM geeks have the impeccable taste of our own Adam Frucci, who balances smoldering rage toward the Man with a solid fashion sense. Consequently, you’re looking at the third- place entry in TorrentFreak’s anti-DRM T-shirt contest, because the winner—chosen by popular vote—is ugly (but you can hit the jump to check it…
A patent recently filed by Google for an interactive TV service is chock full of new details, but the most interesting is this one: “an image capture device (e.g., digital camera, video recorder, etc.) can be used to measure how many viewers are watching or listening to a broadcast.” According to the patent, the main…
Scare kids and small animals everywhere with The Screaming Fan, a 3D sculpture of a crazed sports fanatic yelling his fool head off. It hangs out your car window, attached by a “break-resistant window bracket,” but you’ll have to supply your own screaming sound effects. This $25 rubberized torso can’t decide whether it’s a replica…
Wintek is supplying touchscreen panels for Apple’s upcoming video iPod in time for an August release, according to sources within the Taiwan supply chain. We’re taking this “leak” with a heady dose of skepticism, naturally, but the naming of a specific supplier as well as the date—Apple has a healthy history of big late summer/early…
iPhoneDrive will let you use your iPhone as a flash drive from a file transfer window. No, it won’t give you access to the entire file system and it’s not as transparent as the iPod’s Disk Mode. But for $9.95, it will be good to move your data around until Apple fixes this. [Product page]…
The Puhlmann Nixie. Or as I like to call it, Dr. Zarkov’s Timing Countdown Thingamabob. You install its 12.7 x 6.2- inch brushed-steel frame on your kitchen wall and you will be able to time your roast or wait for Flash Gordon to save the Earth. All thanks to its always fascinating nixie tubes, as…
This is the Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999, the fuel cell-powered car that Ford is hoping will break some records at Bonneville. The green speeding machine just might be able to smash the world land speed record for a production-based fuel cell-powered vehicle. Phew, I’d like to see how they fit that on the trophy. Ford…
The DJ Mix 2000 Audio Console from NTI Comodo is a neat little gadget for anyone who fancies themselves as a record changer DJ. Aimed at anyone with more than a passing interest in internet broadcasting, audio dubbing—even Karaoke Queens (yes, loverboy, I mean YOU)—can just plug it in to a computer via USB and…
Click to viewA tipster sent us these spy pics of what he says is the upcoming cheap version of the TiVo Series 3 personal video recorder, which is rumored to be a sub-$300 HDTV digital recorder to be available this fall. We don’t know for sure if this is for real or not, but the…
It seems like just yesterday we showed you the Transformers meeting their maker in the Blendtec blender, and now it’s the iPhone’s turn. Behold, fanboys and haters alike: The iPhone is not immortal. Just don’t breathe its dust when it’s all over. [Blendtec YouTube Channel]