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Dorky brother Kotaku explains how Sony Computer Entertainment company can still sell PS2s and controllers, despite an initial $90 million court order and injunction in favor of Immersion, who claims to have invented vibrating controllers. Until the appeals process is finished, Sony can continue to sell Playstations. I have a funny feeling that deep-pocketed Sony…
A researcher from NTT Cyberspace Laboratories has developed technology that could be used for a “3D mouse.” The setup consists of ping pong balls with circles drawn on them and a normal web camera. Movement or rotation of the balls will be recognized by the web camera, somehow translating into six degrees of freedom. “3D…
NTT DoCoMo is showing off a set of binoculars equipped with object-recognition capability. The binocs identify certain objects and uses image acquisition to display pertinent details about whatever you’re staring at. The examples they offer include looking at a passing plane and seeing the flight number and destination displayed in the eyepiece, or looking at…
A company has developed a product called the ‘Fox Blocker,’ which clips in-line to your cable television service and supposedly filters out just the FOX News network. If you order the $9 unit, the for-profit company promises to send your name in an email to FOX’s advertisers in a show of hatred for the conservative…
Momitsu—not a space samurai as previously reported—has announced the MS-R5 Media Server, a complementary storage unit for its V800N Network DVD player that can also be used as a generic file server. It supports RAID 0/1/5, uses SATA hot-swappable drives, and has lots of built-in connectivity features like FTP and Wi-Fi access. Even crazier, to…
Calling Kimora Lee Simmons a designer is generous, at best (we prefer donut licker), but there’s no denying this custom PSP sleeve made from over a pound of gold is the easiest way to make the PSP both less portable and more stealable. Of course, I’d sport it like there was no tomorrow and would…
Klipsch will soon be shipping their new 2.1 channel iPod speaker system, called the iFi) for a bit more than the cost of two of their comparable ProMedia 2.1 systems. The allure, of course, is its simple silver sheen and the included iPod dock. The dock makes it compatible with the iPod, mini and iPod…
Form follow function, which from my research I’ve determined means something like, “Everything should be shaped like crabs.” The Chef’n Wisecracker stays true, with a claw cracker, meat pick, and ‘stainless steel slimshim splitter’ all in one attractive, steaming geegaw. It’s all the power of an undersea pipe at the end of your segment. Mother,…
ThermalTake is listing the ‘Liquid Cooling System-Rocket,’ a fanless water cooling system for PCs that uses a similar design to that of Zalman’s Reserator. Unlike the Reserator, the System-Rocket’s water pump is inside the case instead of inside the cooling tower itself, which means not only will it obviate an additional power cord, but should…
In a telling remnant of iron-fisteded imperial tendencies, armed police took down a friendly robot who was taking a lovely stroll near the UK’s Parliament building. The Dalek, hand-built and operated by one Ken Meikle, was built as a project for his brother, who has Down’s Syndrome. Apparently the remote control robots are fun to…
This is far from an official word, but PSP Takeover is reporting that Sony is providing free replacement PSPs for those who have two or more dead pixels (well, free plus shipping). Sony’s US customer support isn’t open yet (8AM PST), but we’ll try to give them a ring later in the day to see…
Wireless Watch Japan is reporting that Sony has partnered with Korean internet provider KT Corp. to offer internet service for the PSP via the company’s 14,000 hotspots. It’s not unexpected, of course, but that pretty much cinches it for any nay-sayers: the PSP is going to get a proper web browser, and soon. So not…
Sharp’s Healsio oven puts a spin on the traditional convention or microwave oven, using the power of steam heated to about 570 degrees to cook your food. The steam apparently reduces the total fat content by effectively melting it while still preserving the food’s nutrients. Sharp even demonstrated toasting bread, proving that not everything comes…
Why, I never have considered owning a capital good! That you for alerting to my chance to own one, at only €15,000! But does it output tiny Bjorks? Because if so let me just go find a cash machine…
Just a quick word about browsing the web on your PSP. While I think a web browser is an inevitablity for the platform (wasn’t that included in that leaked firmware along with the word processor?), I think a few of you might be overreacting a bit when it comes to presuming Sony’s response. In short,…
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M-Audio is taking on Line 6 with the ‘Black Box,’ a guitar amp modeler that also servers as a low-rent drum machine, microphone preamp, and an audio interface to Macs or PCs. If you haven’t used this sort of thing before, it’s essentially a solid-state emulation of various guitar effects and amplifiers, allowing you to…
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is determined to dip their Slurpee straws into the world of digital content, looking to offer music, movies and whatever else they can think of to their customers, saying “customers should be able to walk into a 7-Eleven store to burn their favorite songs onto a CD or download content onto…
Finnish overclockers have broken the 3DMark record, attaining a score of 12,483 in the otherwise useless gaming benchmark program with a pair of overclocked SLI Nvidia GeForce 6800 GTs. They’ve used that age-old trick of pouring liquid nitrogen over the graphics processors, which makes for some lovely steam and probably not a lot of longevity…
The Mobiblu DVH-100 is a pleasant looking little 20GB media player that supports a variety of formats on its tiny 2.2-inch screen, but I think perhaps my favorite thing is the seperate, almost equally-large TV tuner that you can hook up to it. I’m not saying it’s practical or anything, but I fully support the…