Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Robots
Homemade Mecha Is Lonely Without Other Mechas To Beat Up On
11:40PM Adam Frucci | Carlos Owens wanted a giant metal robot that would mimic his movements while he sat inside it. And since no one was about to build him one, he built it himself. More »
Peripherals
Darth Vader Unmasked Mimobot Flash Drive
11:20PM Matt Buchanan | Mimoco’s getting more clever with their latest Star Wars mimobot flash drives—Darth Vader and Clone Rex have removeable masks, and one out of six Vaders will have the Uncle Fester face underneath, not the NOOOOO one. [Mimoco] More »
Gadgets
Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs On 120 PC Graphic Cards
10:55PM Jesus Diaz | This is the HD World, an amazing ultra-high definition military F-16 simulator that runs on 120 Intel Dual Core PCs with $US400 graphic cards inside a special industrial casing. Looking at the video, I want one in my living room. More »
Software
Snow Leopard On Older Hardware: A Mixed Bag
10:14PM John Herrman | The conversation about Snow Leopard’s compatibility with older hardware has been dominated by complaints that it won’t support PowerPC—something we’ve all known for months. But Snow Leopard will have some curious implications for more recent hardware, too. More »
Peripherals
Eye-Fi Pro Wireless SD Card Review
10:00PM Sean Fallon | The Gadget: Today Eye-Fi Wi-Fi-enabled SD cards have been upgraded with a 4GB Pro version with new features like support for RAW files, selective uploading and the ability to send files straight to your computer with via an ad-hoc network. More »
Hardware
Graphics-Infused Atom ‘Pine View’ Processors Slated For Q4 Release?
9:14PM John Herrman | Digitimes has it from one of their annoying anonymous, sometimes accurate “industry insiders” that Intel’s next-gen Pine Trail Atom processors, which boast built-in GPUs and memory controllers for slightly improved graphics performance and massively improved battery life, will ship in Q4, in October at the earliest. [Digitimes]
Phones
Pre Gets Its First Homebrew App, WebOS Said To Be “Easy To Modify”
7:45PM John Herrman | Within hours of a leaked WebOS root image spilling onto the internet, would-be developers have coaxed a respectable number of hacks and tweaks out of their Pres—including the phone’s first homebrew app. More »
Phones
Nokia Designing Wireless, Chargerless, Ambient Phone Charge System
7:05PM John Herrman | Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan to for a system that’ll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electromagnetic radiation. Or, as you and I might put it, mobile phones that suck electricity from thin air. More »
Entertainment
4:30PM Nick Broughall | Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Director Michael Bay loves IMAX so much, he’s cut a special version of the film for IMAX viewers with extra robot fight scenes. Awesome! More »
IMAX Melbourne Screening Transformers 2 At Midnight June 23
4:30PM Nick Broughall | Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Director Michael Bay loves IMAX so much, he’s cut a special version of the film for IMAX viewers with extra robot fight scenes. Awesome! More »
Peripherals
