Those fellows over at Destructoid have uncovered the Rock Band Stage Kit, bringing you even closer to your rock star dreams. The yet-to-be-launched peripheral kit was spotted on GameStop’s website, retailing for $US99.99, all we know is it will include an interactive light and smoke show. Sure, you may think such a kit is totally unnecessary, but you would be wrong, like you were about that “chick” not being a transvestite.
The OLPC is all set to launch an American branch, called OLPC America, which aims to help kids from low-income families in the US. The new arm of OLPC has already acquired a director and chairman, and their head office is likely to be situated in Washington D.C.
The reception bars on your mobile represent EC/I0 values, which is the scientific measurement that signifies how much of a mobile’s available reception is actually usable. Well, according to the chaps at Ask Metafilter, the bars that are actually present on your mobile are a watered down representation of the true values. Why so?
As CES 2008 comes to an end and we wipe the gadget drool from our collective chins, the NYT published this interesting shot from Umicore’s cellphone recycling plant in Hilliard, Ohio. And damn it’s depressing to see that pile of electronic carcasses, our fetish of choice piled high in phallus-shriveling obsoleteness.
Our motor head siblings over at Jalopnik are going to be covering the crap out of the Detroit Auto Show, but in the pre show warm-up they have come across a little gem; the Mazda Furai concept on video. The clip shows the vehicle screaming around the track at Leguna Seca, which made us excited enough, but the super futuristic styling made us think the Batmobile just got replaced with this American Le Mans Series inspired race car, which has a Cougar C65 chassis and a three-rotor rotary engine capable of 450 hp.
We did not spot this ebook concept from iRiver at CES, but their website is showing it off nonetheless. To say details are light would be true. So, details are light, but what the concept ebook does promise is a colour display and handwriting recognition.
We hate running corrections, but when we’re wrong, we’re willing to swallow our pride and let our readers know. While we’d thought that we’d run the proper Bill Gates retirement video, according to David Letterman, that was the wrong clip. Luckily, The Late Show got their hands on the real footage from Microsoft and shared it with us all. [via thegadgetblog]
