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If you thought the Xbox 360 Elite was good-looking, check out this complete body mod from Zoozen. It’s only a prototype for now, but the Ovo mod replaces the entire shell of the Xbox with a spaced-out looking breadmaker-type case.
We’re digging the blue lights and complete roundedness, so we’re hoping Zoozen actually takes this into production sometime soon. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Zoozen via Kotaku]
This waterproof floating table tennis table is the perfect addition to any summer party. It measures in at 54 inches long by 27 inches wide, which is significantly smaller than a traditional table, but it could still provide some fun. It has a hard top surface and soft sides (for smashing it against the opponent upon defeat). Personally, It would work better for pool beer pong, but what else would you expect me to say—I’m a 22-year-old college student who loves beer bongs. –Travis Hudson
Product Page [Via ubergizmo]
We’ve been known to download DivX files using BitTorrent on occasion, and there’s nothing better than using an upscaling DVD player like the Helios H4000, the LG DN191H or the Oppo DV-981HD to watch these shows and movies on our TVs in high def. But the Ziova CS505, much like the Helios X3000, can stream the files directly from your computer without having to burn them to a disc beforehand—the ultimate in convenience.
Although both this and the Apple TV stream video, they’re in totally different classes. Apple TV is made for playing back movies and music purchased from the Apple store, and unless you re-encode your downloaded BitTorrent movies from DivX, it’s not going to play on Apple’s offering. This and the Helios X3000 are for every other non-Apple format.
In many ways, the Ziova CS505 is even better than the Helios X3000 we tested before—which technically makes it the best streaming, upscaling and DivX player we’ve used yet. Make the jump to find out why.
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As promised, here is a video of the iRiver Clix demonstrating how the actual “clix” works along with an interface tour. Pardon the partial blurriness—my camera was set to “amateur pornography” mode and I forgot to turn it off. –Travis Hudson
iRiver Clix Unboxed, Groped [Gizmodo] 2nd Generation iRiver Clix Now Available [Gizmodo]
There are plenty of multi-tool pens around, but none as beautiful as this hand-turned creation by John Russell. He chooses from 50 varieties of wood to craft these one-of-a-kind writing instruments.
The type of wood you get is random, but one thing’s for sure, you’ll have a Phillips screwdriver, regular screwdriver, tweezers, X-acto knife, and of course, a ballpoint pen in hand whenever you carry this handmade work of art. We thought it would cost a lot more than $32. – Charlie White
Product Page [Eco-Artware, via The Uber Review]
If you remember back to our Xbox 360 DVD drive comparison, you’ll remember that the order of quietness in the units went Toshiba-Samsung loudest (the launch drives), Hitachi-LG in the middle, and BenQ LiteOn-Philips quietest (all Xboxes manufactured after November ’06). So which do you think the Xbox 360 Elite would have? If you guessed BenQ, you’d be wrong.
Unless our Elite was manufactured before Nov ’06, it seems likely that Microsoft is still using Hitachi-LG drives in their Xbox 360s (both regular and Elite). We’ll have to check when more Elite units make it into the general population.
A better look after the jump.
Move over Dean Kamen. You might have the money you’ve made from the dozens upon dozens of Segways you’ve sold, but your budget can’t compete with DARPA’s, and they’re in the bionic arm field too.
DARPA already has their first prototype done, and they say they’re on track to “provide, by 2009, a mechanical arm that closely mimics the properties and sensory perception of a biological limb.” It sounds pretty great, and I can’t say having Dean Kamen and DARPA both working hard to create top-notch bionic arms is a bad thing. Click through to read DARPA’s whole press release and a picture of the arm in action.
Mobile freaks know that Nokia is a funny company, at the same time the biggest brand in handsets worldwide, and a niche player in the American cellphone market. This week, I sat down with Bill Plummer, Nokia’s North America VP of sales and channel management for Multimedia to discuss matters Nokia faces in the immediate future: WiMax handsets (by 2008?), GPS in every phone, American HSDPA compatibility, chunky designs, the slender N76 multimedia handset (shown above), QWERTY keyboards and more.
Read on for my questions and Plummer’s italicized answers—some of them direct, and some of them a little more, shall we say, courteously evasive. (Hey, he’s a nice guy, but he’s also a sales VP. That’s why they pay him the big bucks.)
Enjoy taxidermy? Yeah, me too. This project is the sick, sick work of Instructables member canida and company. It is a real mouse, gutted and fitted with parts from one of those small laptop mice. PETA members may want to look away, or go jump off a bridge, but I’m sure the mouse died from natural causes. Hit the link below to see more pictures and a video of the mouse in action—if your stomach can handle it. At least it would go great with the beaver case mod. –Travis Hudson
Mouse Mouse! [Instructables]
Has Ferrari no sense of decency? Now the esteemed Italian carmaker-cum-gadget ho has agreed to festoon its logo on yet another geegaw, this time the Sony Ericsson K800i cellphone. If you recall, the K800i has been available for over a year, and has a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera and Dual Mode GSM/GPRS/UMTS connectivity. There’s no word on which carriers will offer the phone, nor when it will be available or at what cost.
So now there are laptops, a handful of cellphones, and a few other assorted gizmos with the Ferrari logo all over them. That said, this is a fine-looking phone with that Ferrari logo on board. Come to think of it, we’re getting tired of our Michael Graves toilet brush and want one with the Ferrari logo on it now. – Charlie White
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SonyEricsson K800i Ferrari Edition (Italian) [MobileBlogit, via Textually]
