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Gadgets
This Is How Michael Jordan Would Use A Kindle
11:30AM Jesus Diaz | Some people use their Kindles to read books. Others get Kindles to spend hours practising crazy moves with them, like this reader today at the Gizmodo Gallery. Watch him spin the Kindle like a Michael Jordan would spin a basketball.
Gadgets
Popcorn-Flinging Basketball Bowl Shoots And Scores
6:40AM Sean Fallon | The Wild Fling combines popcorn, basketball and a remote caddy in a single, ill-conceived bowl. And when you have tired of the hoop, lay siege to open mouths with precision popcorn shooting. [Taylor Gifts via 7Gadgets via SlipperyBrick] More »
Cameras
Santa LeBron Gifts Unsuspecting Teammates With Flip Mino HD Cams
2:40AM John Mahoney | It’s probably just the latest of King James’s half-hourly endorsement contract fulfillments, but it’s still slightly weird to see the ‘Bron at the 2009 MVP rostrum pulling Flip cams out of a Best Buy bag. More »
Software
Android App of the Week: NBA Game Time Tracks the Playoffs
3:00AM John Mahoney | NBA’s official Game Time app has hit the Market, just in time for the playoffs. On top of scores, stats and schedules, it can use Android’s multitasking to track scores in real time. More »
Peripherals
Spalding’s ‘iHoop’ iPod-Compatible Basketball Hoop
3:20AM Sean Fallon | Spalding has finally jumped on the iPod bandwagon (right down to the ubiquitous “i” moniker) with their new iHoop basketball system. More »
Games
NBA All Stars and Their Custom PS3s
3:20AM John Mahoney | Sony cranked out some personalised PlayStation 3 consoles for an NBA All Star weekend party, further reminding we hop-less whities, with our silly stock PS3s, that we are not pro ballers. More »
Gadgets
Kobe Bryant Can’t Live Without DVR
3:30AM John Mahoney | It’s no surprise that Kobe Bryant is a huge game film addict, but the LA Times’s look at the tech Kobe uses to feed himself massive amounts of video daily is a great read. More »
Jackie Shoots, Jackie Scores!
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Jackie may be the first name of the greatest comedic martial artist/actor ever, but it is now also the name of the best basketball-playing robot too. Meet Jackie, by day he is an articulated robot palletizer manufactured by Columbia Okura in Vancouver, but by night he becomes a kick-ass, hoop throwing superhero. The robot is a member of the Beck’s Hybrid team, (specialists in hybrid crops), and was recently on display during their “Becknology Days” event. More »Arcade Basketball: Captain Insano Style
10:30AM Ben Longo | All we can do after watching this kid play arcade basketball, beyond picking our jaws up off our desks, is apologise to our parents for wasting their money at Chuck E. Cheese. We obviously didn’t fulfill the potential of the game and could have won whatever crappy toys we ended up throwing away three days later with much greater efficiency. – Ben Longo Best Arcade Basketball Guy Ever [Geekologie] More »
