• Microsoft cuts Vista prices to urge upgrades — Vista Ultimate full version down to $319 from $399; Home Premium upgrade to $129 from $159. • Class action lawsuit filed against Comcast — Over its resetting of BitTorrent traffic. • Finding the OS X Turbo Button — What? Undocumented APIs in Mac OS X that benefit [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
Filed under: Robots, Transportation Truth be told, MIT Media Lab’s RoboScooter prototype would be a lot more intriguing if it had some sort of autopilot button, and while that could very well emerge in the future, it looks as if the first models will still require human intervention. Nevertheless, the ultra-compact vehicle is entirely electric, and [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
If you’ve always wondered how a golf ball was manufactured, then check out this interesting “How do they do it?” segment. Video after the break. Today’s golf balls have progressed into having cores of titanium compounds, hybrid materials, softer shells and a more pressurized core. They usually consist of a two-, three-, or four-layer design, consisting [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
At 106 x 49 x 13mm, Sony Ericsson’s G700 offers a a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, 3.15-megapixel camera, 160MB of built-in memory, an M2 card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, and USB 2.0 connectivity. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery. The fact that Sony Ericsson has managed to fit so many different classes in [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
Designed by Nuno Teixeira, this curved iMac concept features “a giant curved screen and a second built in LCD screen on the back.” Click here for first picture in gallery. Designer Nuno Teixeira believes every computer should be two faced and with more curves. I dated that girl for a while and it was a hot [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope basically “puts together terabytes of information from telescopes all over the world to make a seamless rendition of the entire known Universe.” Video after the break. Witness the power of the fully operational Microsoft WorldWide Telescope, as Roy Gould and Curtis Wong walk the audience at TED through this stunning software effort [via Gizmodo] Popularity: [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
To conserve space, the Thunderbolt’s “electro-magnetic power train is neatly housed in the rear wheel itself.” On a full charge, the scooter has a 70km range. Click here for first picture in gallery. This hole, or “anti-engine,” is a not-so-subtle protest against all combustible engines and does a pretty fair job of making us re-evaluate the [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
This Mini-Kaoss Touchpad Effects Processor from ThinkGeek essentially “acts as if you took several hundred different guitar effects pedals and crammed them into one device.” Video after the break. Click here for one more picture. Give it any audio input like your iPod or CD player and run your fingers across the touchpad as the Mini-Kaoss [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
Kari Byron of Mythbusters uses a Dillon M-134D minigun to chop down a tree in just 45-seconds. Continue reading for the video. The Mythbusters presenter aimed at a tree with the weapon (3,000 rounds per minute, or 50 per second) and flipped the switch [via Gizmodo] Popularity: 2% [?]
Friday, February 29, 2008
In Mickey Mania, “the player takes the role of Mickey and progresses through each level, defeating enemies in the way and solving the occasional puzzle.” ScrewAttack takes a look back at this title after the break. Most enemies can be defeated by jumping on them or throwing marbles at them. Frequently, the player must jump from [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
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