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Well, it’s true, folks. Not only has the Aibo been nixed from Sony’s future, but it looks like QRIO, our robot with the third eye is also bidding a fond farewell. Here’s the statement straight from the source: https://gizmodo.com/aibo-rolls-over-plays-dead-150850 Sony as a whole will be focusing on three core business domains: electronics, games and entertainment,…
Yes, I know it seems like a video game kit may be the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your lady, but guys, I’m here to tell ya that unless she’s really, REALLY cool, you may want to skip the Dream Arcades limited edition Pink or Red-themed Arcade Kits with pink or red ball-top joysticks and…
Now here’s a shocker. The TV networks are coming out as the big winners with the new Video iPod downloads. It seems that with every $1.99 video you download from iTunes, the networks are making 70%, or $1.44. This, according to JPMorgan Chase analyst Spencer Wang—heh. Obviously, this is going to make those network execs…
It’s hard to wrap your head around at first, but there are a zillion innovations that will be possible now that German scientists have figured out how to make organic LEDs that are transparent. The most obvious application is to incorporate them into conventional LCDs and “transform laminated glass into a display panel.” OLEDs could…
Oy. It’s this kind of product which really makes me wonder. Called the Showing Beacon, this ridiculous piece of equipment is a wireless device used to alert anyone who might be selling a house that anyone looking at it has left the premises. It plugs into any phone jack and with a push of the…
Though right now it’s only 1.72 inches, Samsung has created a super-reflective LCD panel that it believes to be three times brighter than any mobile panel being used today. Using silver with high reflectance instead of aluminum, the lens should also improve the rate of the light concentrated in the pixels. But that’s not all,…
I’m not sure the guy behind you is going to be thrilled when he catches you banging away on your cellphone and/or Blackberry on the links, but the Soldius golf bag will certainly make it easy to stay in touch on your next golf outing. A nice-looking golf bag with integrated solar charger, it comes…
Though the Mobile Adult Content Congress seemed to be a big hit this past week in Miami, and everyone knows that bringing cellphone-based smut to the masses is a billion dollar business, many cellphone operators aren’t buying into the idea so readily. Already, Europe is steeped in tens of millions of dollars worth of mobile…
Intel, intent on world domination, said it has created a working prototype of the next generation of super-dense processors. Perhaps that phrase in the headline above about curing all known diseases, a shameless attempt to attract your attention, was an exaggeration on the part of your humble narrator. Anyway, this new manufacturing process creates chips…
Two. One to actually do most of the light bulb changing and another to give it a snarky, sarcastic and surprising twist at the end. Well, if that light bulb in question somehow gets separated from its base and those two writers are left holding a dangerous broken light bulb in hand, this $8 EaseOut…
The president of a Japanese electrical manufacturer was interested in seeing the inside of his ear (who knows why), so he made somebody invent it. The result was the Earscope S, launched a few years back without much demand. The product was further developed over the years, and the outcome was the Earscope GXL, a…
Wow. Yahoo and Linksys hit it hard yesterday, introducing a product that will stream music from your computer to your stereo for just $99. Called the Linksys Wireless-G Music Bridge, it’s being marketed to go with Yahoo’s digital music download service. As you might suspect, it’s all done wirelessly, and it can be used with…
The deadline is past. Thank you for sending all your remixes. There are 99 tracks available on Odeo. And a bunch of direct downloads can be found after the jump. There are some surprisingly groovy submissions for your listening pleasure. The genres cover everything from electronica to techno—and punk rock, rap, dub, country. It may…
Have you ever encountered Yeti in the freezing Himalayas and you could not operate the camera with your numb fingers before he disappeared? The outdoor goods manufacturer Axes Quin is selling a, literally translated, “2 way finger through mitten glove” that keeps your fingers warm and still allows you to operate a camera without taking…
The Bush administration’s big mistake—well, one of its many—was not that it spied on us without telling, but that it did so without any style. See, if I was going to get all Big Brother on someone I would do it with this Panasonic surveillance camera. It looks like a fancy hanging lamp that you…
This is it, it has finally happened. I think I can confidently say that regardless of anything else posted here, nothing will ever top this gadget. This is Asahi, a beer pouring robot from Japan. It can refrigerate up to six cans of beer, two mugs, and with a simple push of a button it…
If you’re having trouble figuring out all the strange translations of text messages or want something to tell you what the proper etiquette of cellphone use is, look no further. These Text Message and Cell Citation pads from Knock Knock stationers will help you sort it all out. Kinda cute, though if you can’t figure…
There was talk and jibber-jabber going on for a while about a DS redesign to make the handheld smaller, lighter and more hand-friendly. Well it finally showed up. The redesign weighs in at 7.6 ounces, which is two ounces lighter than its predecessor. It is also considerably smaller. Celebration is also in order. This marks…
Today we gave you the sad news that Sony may not be producing robotic dogs anymore, but it looks like the consumer electronics giant has made another cost-cutting move, deciding to close its Walkman plant in Japan and no longer make the devices in-country. What that means for the Walkman as a brand, I’m not…
Here’s a big hitter from Olympus, announced nice and early, before the Photo Marketing Show in February. A DSLR with remarkable features such as an ultrasonic dust-removal system, it also claims to be the world’s first interchangeable-lens digital SLR to feature a true “Live View” image on the LCD screen, which lets you see continuous…