Pictured below is a special RC from toymakers WOW! Stuff. They want to bank on the popularity of Apple devices by outing a whole line of toys that are controlled via RC dongle on an iPad or iPhone. There's hint of plans for similar goodies that are applicable to Android gadgets, but that's in the … [Read more...] about iKon Is An iOS Controlled RC
Concept Origami Handset Looks Too Fragile
Like many designers around the world, Chengyuan Wei was struck by the banality of everyday objects. (Believe us, this happens a lot among design circles.) To save our souls from dumb phones and vestiges of the corded telephone era, she conceived this Origami Handset that's a flat rectangular sheet … [Read more...] about Concept Origami Handset Looks Too Fragile
Software Program To Leave Hack Bloggers Extinct
Most other places that ran this story called it the robot journalist, which isn't very accurate. No Terminators are involved here, mind you. Just a software program that can prepare content in a snap. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the twilight of hack scribblers and lazy journalists. The type whose … [Read more...] about Software Program To Leave Hack Bloggers Extinct
GPS Jacket Finding Aid Helps The Blind
The best way to describe the Point Locus is that, a GPS jacket. The same way you use a navigator in your car, this piece of unfashionable apparel guides the wearer in the urbanscape. Pictured below is a subject testing the prototype. The Point Locus was made by an international team of … [Read more...] about GPS Jacket Finding Aid Helps The Blind
R3 eTricycle Endears Itself To The Geeky Set With Cool Specs
Cool specs as in it's got a Galaxy Tap on the dashboard. Yeah, cool right? Behold the R3 from T3 Motion, one of those compact electric rides that are gaining popularity these days. Sure, it's not sexy the way a supercar is sexy, but at least it's really expensive (at least $25,000). The R3 e-trike … [Read more...] about R3 eTricycle Endears Itself To The Geeky Set With Cool Specs
Ridiculously Expensive Samsung RF4289 Fridge Out Soon
As in real soon, like by month's end. Samsung really wants to make a difference in the tablet market, so what the RF4289 does better than most of its kind is have an embedded tablet. What for? A variety of activities that put a fresh spin on the dull refrigerator routine usually involving drab … [Read more...] about Ridiculously Expensive Samsung RF4289 Fridge Out Soon
Zoom R8 Is Like A Mini Studio For The DIY Musician
Musicians have it so good these days. Not only are online distribution channels wide open and hassle free, but the means to create memorable tunes is literally at their fingertips. Take the Zoom R8 for example; it comes loaded with so many features it won't take long before material for an entire … [Read more...] about Zoom R8 Is Like A Mini Studio For The DIY Musician
Dual Touchscreen Kyocera Echo Is Finally Out Via Sprint
The long and short of the Kyocera Echo are its dual screens. Used together, the resulting display is one of the largest on any smartphone. Flip the screens back to back and different apps can be run on each. Even better, a generous amount of touch keyboard space is made available on one screen, … [Read more...] about Dual Touchscreen Kyocera Echo Is Finally Out Via Sprint
Hector Robot Looks Wickedly Evil
All it needs is a projectile weapon on its back and there, pure evil on six legs. Now, now, we're getting ahead of ourselves. The ant configuration is perfectly okay. Hector is actually HECTOR, or Hexapod Cognitive Autonomously Operating Robot. Its sole purpose is to reveal the dynamics behind … [Read more...] about Hector Robot Looks Wickedly Evil
Motorola Atrix To Hit The UK Next Month
To get the important details over with, come next month UK carrier Orange will be the launch partner of the much hyped Motorola Atrix. To further spice up the release, the Motorola Atrix is being offered for free on a two year contract. Read more for the juicy exclusive. … [Read more...] about Motorola Atrix To Hit The UK Next Month
Resident Evil 3DS “Blurs The Line” Between Console & Portable Graphics
At least in Capcom producer Masachika Kawata's opinion and he'd know, right? And well, he'd also say that about his own game. But we have, fortunately, gone eyes-on with the thing and can confirm he's not exaggerating, as the game does look amazing. Not exaggerating by much, anyway. "We're very … [Read more...] about Resident Evil 3DS “Blurs The Line” Between Console & Portable Graphics
No Deathmatch For RAGE, id Software’s Quake Successor
id Software were never much for the narrative component of first-person shooters, eschewing it completely for their best-known and still insanely popular Quake 3 Arena. This game focused purely on the multiplayer experience, offering fast-paced, adrenaline-pumping action without the need for a … [Read more...] about No Deathmatch For RAGE, id Software’s Quake Successor
