We are almost at the end of another week here at Geeky Gadgets, this week we have seen loads of new gadgets and gizmos, plus plenty of geeky gear, here is our roundup of the most popular posts this week.
My favourites this week were the return of the Commodore 64 app for the iPhone, and the cool homemade Arduino word clock.
It is almost the end of another week here at Geeky Gadgets, this week we have seen a ton of cool new gadgets and gizmo’s.
As usual in our hunt for the geekiest gadgets there have been a lot of cool gadgets that we just didn’t have the time to feature,so here is our round up of the coolest gadgets, gizmos and geeky gear that we missed this week.
How cool would it be to control your favourite robot toy with finger gestures on your iPhone? Yuta Sugiura and his colleagues at the Keio University have developed a new control system for robots called ‘Walky’ that lets you control various robots with your iPhone.
Walky can be used to make the robot walk, jump, turn and even kick a mini football, check out the video below which shows it in action.
According to Tech Crunch, Google [GOOG] are set to launch their Chrome OS shortly, and it could be available within the next week.
Google’s Chrome OS will initially be designed to be used with netbooks, and apparently they have been working with a number of companies on the project which include, Aver, Addobe, Asus, Freescale, HP and Qualcomm.
Dell has just announced that it will be launcing it’s first Google Android powered smartphone, in China and Brazil, the Dell Mini 3.
The Dell Mini 3 will be available in China and Brazil later this month, although Dell haven’t revealed any details on pricing or the exact launch date for both countries.
There are many things the iPhone can do with the tons of apps available to download, now scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center have created an add on for the iPhone that can detect chemicals in the air.
The gadget plugs into the dock connector on the iPhone and it can detect traces of methane, ammonia and chlorine gas in the air.
Some of our readers will remember the ioSafe solo rugged external hard drive that we reviewed back in August, which came in a range of sizes including 500GB and 1.5TB.
ICD has announced the launch of a new Google [GOOG] Android based touchscreen tablet, the ICD Vega.
The ICD Vega will features a 15.6 inch touchscreen display, NVIDIA’s Tegra processor, 512MB of RAM and 512MB of storage, there is also a microSD card slot for storage expansion and a 1.3 megapixel web camera.
If you are the type of person who likes garden ornaments, and wants something a little more geeky than your average garden gnome, you may want to check out these fun Star Wars’ garden Jawa’s.
We have seen quite a few solutions for keeping your iPhone and iPod juiced up, like the Mophie Juice Pack Air, the latest battery pack to hit the market does away with the case, and is designed to provide a small portable solution to adding extra battery power to your iPhone, the PhoneSuit Primo iPhone Micro Battery Pack.
One of the most anticipated games this year went on sale on Tuesday, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, the game makers Activision Blizzard yesterday released the sales figures for the first 24 hours since the game launched.
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 sold a massive 4.7 million copies in the US and UK, in the first 24 hours, making it the fastest selling game, a record which was previously held by GTA IV which took a massive $310 million in its first 24 hours in May 2008.
Here is a fun calculator that features computer keys instead of regular keys, to give it a funky look, the 10 Key Calculator.
As well as being a regular calculator, the 10 Key Calculator can be plugged into your PC via USB which lets you use it with your PC for calculations.
