Thursday, March 26, 2009
Toys
Mugen Beer Can Opens Again and Again and Again
11:54PM Mark Wilson | Usually to meet my top popping OCD, I plow through a 24-pack or two in a single night. But it’s an addiction. More »
Screens
Pico Projectors Go High Def
11:30PM Mark Wilson | That didn’t take long. While we’re still waiting for many announced pico projectors to even be released, Forever Plus has revealed the world’s smallest 720p projector. More »
Games
Nintendo Planning ‘DSi Enhanced’ Games
11:14PM Mark Wilson | While the DSi plays the same games/cards as the DS, Nintendo, somewhat predictably, has announced plans to release “DSi Enhanced” games. More »
Software
BlackBerrys Get Their Very Own Google Voice Search App
10:26PM John Herrman | The extremely-neat-but-probably-not-terribly-useful Google Voice Search app, of iPhone and Android fame, has been released for BlackBerrys, whose owners were judged 3rd most eager to talk to their handsets rather than through them. [Crave] More »
Vehicles
Mercedes F-CELL Roadster Concept Is As Beautiful As It Is Impractical
9:37PM John Herrman | 150 Mercedes-Benz trainees teamed up for a year to engineer, design and build the F-CELL roadster, and the resulting car—despite being built on bike wheels and only going 24kph—is stunning. More »
Phones
Samsung U750’s Dynamic Keypad Takes It Two Ways
8:45PM John Herrman | The U750 is your standard free-on-contract feature phone—except for one thing: when the dual-flip-action display is rotated and folded into landscape mode, the keypad buttons switch assignments (and looks!) to create a QWERTY layout. Witchcraft! More »
Robots
Robots Will Be Taking Care of Your Grandma in Five Years
4:30PM Elaine Chow | The Japanese government is planning to put robots to practical use in Japanese households in as soon as five years, and has already begun formulating the political agencies needed to oversee robot safety standards. More »
Entertainment
2:13PM Nick Broughall | Along with its new range of Blu-ray recorders and players, Panasonic were also showing off their new Viera Cast IP technology, which is built into pretty much everything in the new range. It’s an IP entertainment solution, and while it’s no Netflix or TiVo yet, it has the potential for greatness, if only they can get the right partners on board. More »
Panasonic’s Viera Cast Isn’t As Awesome As It Can Be… Yet
2:13PM Nick Broughall | Along with its new range of Blu-ray recorders and players, Panasonic were also showing off their new Viera Cast IP technology, which is built into pretty much everything in the new range. It’s an IP entertainment solution, and while it’s no Netflix or TiVo yet, it has the potential for greatness, if only they can get the right partners on board. More »
Gadgets
Vuzix’s CamAR Augmented Reality Headset Provides a Glimpse Into Future Computing
1:54PM Adrian Covert | Vuzix launched a camera add-on for the iWear VR920 video headset which surveys the space in front of the cam, and superimposes interactive, 3D graphics on top. Here what was on display at GDC 09. More »
Software
