Friday, November 6, 2009

Microsoft Research Demos Touchless, Transparent Glass Display

11:51PM November 6, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Microsoft’s research division is doing tours across university campuses and rather than turning them into snoozefests they’re showing off an incredibly prototype. It’s a clear glass display which accepts input through voice control, touchless gestures, pen and eye-tracking. More »

Xbox 360 Wireless N Adaptor Resurfaces For A Little Less

11:47PM November 6, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on November 3 for $US100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $US88 with a November 10 ship date…right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]

ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed The Movie Is On Hold

11:40PM November 6, 2009 | Danny Allen

I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of Wars) on hold. More »

Gadgets

Telephone Company Ripping You Off? Get Revenge With This Lamp

11:21PM November 6, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Somehow it doesn’t seem like landline providers would be happy about people using the tiny bit of electricity coming through phone-jacks to power lamps, but this thing is so kitschy-looking that it’d be hard to resist. Plus it’s cheeeeeeap. More »

Mobile

Inventor Of Mobile Phones Says They’ve Become Too Complicated

10:36PM November 6, 2009 | Danny Allen

I love that smartphones let me avoid cramming my pockets with extra gadgets like an MP3 player or camera. But Dr Martin Cooper — the former lead engineer of the Motorola team that developed the first mobile phone — reckons that’s just phooey. More »

Mobile

$US99 8GB iPhone 3GS For Christmas?

9:43PM November 6, 2009 | Danny Allen

It’s hearsay at this point, but Boy Genius Report’s sources claim the 8GB 3G will be swapped with a 3GS. They’ve had a decent-enough record with rumours lately, and it makes sense against the $US99 Droid Eris. We’ll see. [BGR]

High-Def Digital Pinball Machine Doesn’t Really “Get” Pinball

7:00PM November 6, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Hammacher Schlemmer’s digital pinball machine crams a 720p, 32-inch display into a full-sized cabinet, and offers by way of emulation 17 classic boards. But I’m not sure pinball freaks are that interested in digitised flippers. More »

Corrugated Steel Fallout Shelter Protects Against Mild Rainstorms

6:00PM November 6, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

This fallout shelter plan, from 1962, only cost $US150 in raw materials, and if properly made, has a “protection factor greater than 500″. 500 what? No idea! More »