When you buy a printed book, you usually don’t expect to see advertisements, aside from those for other books. (Well, except in a famous episode of sitcom Hancock’s Half Hour.) But that’s exactly what you’ll find in the cheapest Kindle to date. Amazon’s latest twist on the e-Reader is the Kindle with Special Offers. It’s […]
This is pretty cool, even though the song kinds of suck. Check it out: [Via]
All I have to say is: Wow. This brilliant commercial was filmed to promote NTT Docomo’s Touchwood SH-08C cell phone. I don’t know how long it took to set the whole thing up, but it must have taken a very, very long time. Enjoy! [Youtube]
After finally producing the much debated “PlayStation phone”, Sony is now said to be working on a branded tablet device, possibly debuting as early as the fall. Though there have been previous rumors of such a device, it now looks as good as official. The Nikkei newspaper in Japan quoted Sony’s CEO Howard Stringer (pictured) […]
Kinected Conference is a cool MS Kinect-Based Video-Conferencing System that is currently being developed at MIT. What we can do if the screen in videoconference rooms can turn into an interactive display? With Kinect camera and sound calibration system, we can easily access the spatially calibrated depth and audio information. [Vimeo]
I’m not sure how Peter Balch’s “steampunk” mouse should be qualified… creepy? Sure. Awesome? Why not. Ergonomic? Absolutely not! Now how is that thing supposed to work, anyway? Hit the link for some additional pictures plus a short walkthough on how he built the thing. [Steampunk Mouse | Via Neatorama]
Some people over at The Technology Studio in the U.K. had the marvelous idea of hooking a Kinect to a Pufferfish globe-projection system to create what could possibly be one of the most awesome anti-theft systems of all time. Just project an image of the Eye of Sauron on the globe’s surface and use the […]
Here’s a breakdancing Android mascot… which is dancing to promote Sony’s upcoming Xperia arc phone. I don’t know about you guys, but after seeing Blinky turning all psycho on its owner, I’d run in the opposite direction as soon as I’d see that thing. [Via]
Amazon has just launched their own Android app store today, a direct competitor of Google’s official Android Market. They are currently offering over 3,800 apps for download which, for the majority, can all be test drived in the browser before purchase. They are also offering one free app every day! For instance, today, they’re giving […]
Blendtech spokesgeek Tom Dickson is back with a new “Will it Blend” video folks, and this time, he’s shoving a brand new iPad 2 inside one of his company’s famous blender. Check it out: [Will it Blend?]