Bladez Terminator Salvation Flying Skull...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 20th, 2009 | No Comments
By Andrew Liszewski For the longest time it was only a theory, but now I’m convinced that toy makers these days are just plain lazy, particularly when it comes to movie tie-ins. Now I “””missed””” (notice the gratuitous use of quotes) Terminator Salvation but...
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Water Powered Self Retracting Hose Reel...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 20th, 2009 | No Comments
By Andrew Liszewski Normally I wouldn’t consider a hose reel to be OhGizmo! fodder, but this one has a clever trick up its sleeve that easily passes the “hey that’s nifty!” test. The NO-CRANK reel uses a patented water piston engine and the water pressure from your outdoor tap...
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Last Weekend On BotJunkie: RoboGames...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 19th, 2009 | No Comments
By Evan Ackerman Last weekend BotJunkie was at RoboGames , the world’s largest robot competition, here in San Francisco. We posted one highlight video over the weekend , but after the break, we’ve got a photo gallery plus three more videos featuring Saturday and Sunday highlights and feature...
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WALL-E’s M-O Coming To A Crumb Covered...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 16th, 2009 | No Comments
By Andrew Liszewski He may not be the poster bot for the film, but M-O, aka Micro Obliterator’s quiet antics in WALL-E made him instantly likable. And not only did he do a good job at keeping the Axiom clean, but even with just a set of glowing eyes he had loads more personality than the most...
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This Weekend: RoboGames...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 9th, 2009 | No Comments
By Evan Ackerman Over at BotJunkie, we’ve been waiting a year (a year! ) for RoboGames, and this weekend, it’s all happening. Men and women, boys and girls from more than 20 countries will be competing in over 70 different events… There’s the combat (from micro-sized to 340 pound)...
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Carcoon Server Shield...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 06 9th, 2009 | No Comments
By Andrew Liszewski Last year I wrote about a product called the CarCapsule which was basically a large inflatable bubble made of PVC you could use to protect an expensive sports car. Well a company out of the UK called Carcoon has a similar product, though they also produce a smaller version designed...
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Autonomous DIY robot based on cheap MAKE...
Posted by admin in Geek Zone, Internet on 05 19th, 2009 | No Comments
It seems like DIY robots are gaining momentum, as more low-cost and straightforward controllers become available.  Latest is this wireless-equipped model , based on the MAKE Controller  and using a Logitech wireless ethernet bridge actually intended to get an Xbox console online. Into that mixture...
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Robot targeting-intercepting system insp...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Engineers from Duke University and the University of New Mexico have just published the results of their most recent robotic escapades in the Journal on Control and Optimization. Silvia Ferrari and Rafael Fierro, leaders of the project, say that by applying the basic principles of the children’s...
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DSi project leader reveals unreleased Ni...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Man, the folks over at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference are having all the fun — and now the Joystiq crew just got a rare look at two Game Boy models that never made it to production, unveiled during a talk by the project leader for the development of the DSi, Masato Kuwahara....
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Robot, giant squid have epic battle in J...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 03 26th, 2009 | No Comments
You have to be a special kind of city to think that insane videos of a giant squid / robot attacking and duking it out while destroying your beautiful, historic buildings is a great way to bolster tourism. World, meet Hakodate: their official tourism board has produced an amazing series of videos over...
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Nintendo announces DSi-only and "DS...
Posted by admin in Gadgets on 03 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment
While Nintendo has been pretty good so far with the Game Boys of yore and the DS / DS Lite at keeping backwards compatibility pretty much at a maximum, the DSi’s added functionality and processing power is going to test that a bit. Nintendo has confirmed that there will be two new types of DS...
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