August 2009

Sony’s upcoming Motion Controller for PS3

Here’s a sneak peek at Sony’s upcoming new motion sensing controller for Playstation 3 (PS3). It appears that you hold this in your hand, much like Wiimote, but it is also has a small globe at the top that lights up in different colors. Take a look at the quick video (less than 2 mins):

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Electronic Tongue can identify 14 different types of sweeteners

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a device about the size of a credit card that can ‘taste’ the type of sweetener that is in food or drinks. It can detect 14 different sweeteners (I can’t even name 6!). While it still takes about 2 minutes for the result, target audiences [...]

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Robotics, robots, bots – a pictorial

Robotics research continues unabashedly as the human race strives to capture their essence in machinery, or at least put together a C-3PO! Boston.com has a great photo essay of all kinds of robots from the recent past, although there seems to be a preponderance of androids. My favorite is of course, the soccer-playing bot! Hint: [...]

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Myine IRA Wi-Fi Internet Radio player

The Myine Ira (acronym for Internet Radio Adapter) is another take on Internet radio, this time in a (mostly) standalone device that plays any of the over 11,000 free radio stations available on the Net. Hook it up to your wireless network and then plug it into some speakers or your AV system, and you’re [...]

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Moxi Sweepstakes – win a Moxi HD DVR

Tivo isn’t the only name in the HD DVR game. Digeo also has a very solid product in their Moxi HD DVR. To help promote it more, they are currently running a sweepstakes where you can win the HD DVR and their new Moxi Mate. The Moxi Mate lets you view what’s on your HD [...]

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Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

The Geeks have been playing the new “G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra” video game, and here are our impressions. First off, we should state that we were big fans of the 1980′s incarnation of the toys and cartoons, and, while the movie this game is based on has gotten mixed reviews from both the [...]

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Solar Vest – Practical Fashion Statement?

Someone here has clearly lost their mind when designing this gizmo – a solar powered vest that charges your gadgets; simply attach your gadgets to the wires in your pockets and you’re good to go! Whilst this does look shockingly unstylish, it is very practical so you might be interested in getting a bit of [...]

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Desktop iPod Alarm Clock & ‘Bed Shaker’

Sometimes we do have to get up for work, and this can be a real problem. The iMM153 responds to this by providing an iPod powered ‘bed shaker’ alarm clock. Plug in your iPod before going to bed, set the alarm and you will be pleasantly awakened in the morning by your favorite music… and [...]

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NY indie coffee shops probably driving customers to Starbucks

In what I think is a bad move by these independent coffee shops in NYC, they’re shooing their laptop-wielding customers who camp out and buy very little in the way of coffee. Enter Starbucks, who saw an opening and jumped into the conversation saying that their customers can stay as long as they want. See [...]

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The Most spoiled teenager in the world?!

This was too good of a story not to post, especially for the jealousy that it will generate among … well, everyone! Mom, Patti Deni, gave her teenage son a huge gift in his new bedroom of their newly built home, and we do mean huge – a 98″ video projection screen TV. But wait, [...]

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