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Gadgets
4:30PM Nick Broughall | I’ve got so much to play with this weekend it’s not funny. There’s a PSPGo with Gran Turismo, Scribblenauts on the DS, Rock Band Beatles on 360, plus a Wacom Bamboo tablet, an Intel rocket, and I’m going to install Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro testing out Sun Virtualbox that so many of you recommended. More »
Weekend Gadgets: PSPGo, Wacom Bamboo And Windows 7
4:30PM Nick Broughall | I’ve got so much to play with this weekend it’s not funny. There’s a PSPGo with Gran Turismo, Scribblenauts on the DS, Rock Band Beatles on 360, plus a Wacom Bamboo tablet, an Intel rocket, and I’m going to install Windows 7 on my Macbook Pro testing out Sun Virtualbox that so many of you recommended. More » 
Gadgets
New Wacom Bamboo Is First Graphic Tablet With Tactile Multitouch
11:20PM Joanna Stern | Wacom seems to finally understand that sometimes a stylus isn’t as good as a finger. The five new Bamboo tablets includes one that is touch only, another that is pen only, and three that have a combo of both. More »
Gadgets
12:52PM Chris Oaten | From a company that has long contented itself with simply designing and creating pen tablets, Wacom now sees itself in an industry leadership role with the release of its second generation Bamboo tablet range, unveiled today in Sydney. Global leader? It’s a bold claim. More »
Wacom’s “Leadership” Position In Touch
12:52PM Chris Oaten | From a company that has long contented itself with simply designing and creating pen tablets, Wacom now sees itself in an industry leadership role with the release of its second generation Bamboo tablet range, unveiled today in Sydney. Global leader? It’s a bold claim. More »
Gadgets
We May Need A Global Unit Of ‘Green’, But It Won’t Be Easy Or Clear
7:20AM Jason Chen | Ken Musgrave of Fast Company comes to the conclusion that we need a “unit” of green measurement for products, much the same way that calories and fat grams are used in food. Yes, but it won’t be so easy. More »
Peripherals
Bamboo Speakers Aren’t Just For Looks, Are Really Made of Bamboo
1:00PM Adrian Covert | Any set of speakers that only push 2W and cost $US30 probably aren’t the greatest, but you have to respect any piece of electronic gadgetry that’s made of ACTUAL FREAKING BAMBOO. More »
Peripherals
Bamboo Post-it Flash Drive is an Environmental Paradox
1:40AM Mark Wilson | Look at you, Mr. Bamboo drive. You’re so eco-forward, abandoning plastic for a renewable resource. But wait, is that paper I see? You’re not going to write on that, are you?? More »
Computers
9:00AM Kym Weathersten | Taiwanese computer brand Asus launched its “Green Collection” on Wednesday night at a fashion event in Sydney. While I’m not sure I understand the link between fashion and an environmentally friendly computer range (Were the copious amounts of hairspray used, non-carcinogenic? Or perhaps it was an allusion to the typical model’s diet… I mean air is natural, right?), there’s no denying the Bamboo Series was the best looking, and most interesting, thing there- even if it did remind me of my parents’ ’70s linoleum kitchen.
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Asus Goes Green With Aussie Launch Of Its Bamboo Series Laptops
9:00AM Kym Weathersten | Taiwanese computer brand Asus launched its “Green Collection” on Wednesday night at a fashion event in Sydney. While I’m not sure I understand the link between fashion and an environmentally friendly computer range (Were the copious amounts of hairspray used, non-carcinogenic? Or perhaps it was an allusion to the typical model’s diet… I mean air is natural, right?), there’s no denying the Bamboo Series was the best looking, and most interesting, thing there- even if it did remind me of my parents’ ’70s linoleum kitchen.
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Vehicles
Eco-Friendly BamGoo Car Is Meal on Wheels For Pandas
6:15PM Gizmodo US Edition | Researchers at Kyoto University recently displayed an eco-friendly electric car made almost entirely out of bamboo, one of the fastest growing materials available. The single-seat “BamGoo” weighs about 60kg, can only run about 50 km on a charge, and probably won’t pass any safety tests, but it sure is cute! Let’s just hope that there aren’t any wandering pandas about. [Daylife] More »
Design
Chinese Farmers Build Birds Nest Stadium Out of Bamboo
4:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed “The Bird’s Nest,” has already become an icon in the country of 1.3 billion. But for some farmers close to Hangzhou (located in the southeast of China), the Herzog & de Meuron structure was just too darn far away… so in a fit of DIY ingenuity, they built their own replica out of bamboo. Steel’s apparently kind of hard to get when you’re living on a couple of dollars a day.
Computers
