Archive for August 26th, 2008

Nerds race across Azeroth IRL, nearly die from shame

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Filed under: GamingLet's try not to read too much into this one. Here are the facts: two dweebs thought it would be a good idea to hook up treadmills to their PCs, don brightly-colored wigs and cardboard swords, and race their avatars across about a mile of virtual turf by ...

New Aiko hand sheds the clumsy glove, attains exciting new levels of creepiness

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Filed under: Robots It's official: Dr. Trung doesn't have a day job. He's been tweaking his fembot "Aiko" for almost a year now, and his latest creation is a rather amazing hand that can be used for Aiko or for human augmentation. The last time we saw them the hand was ...

Udea Expert 300W electronic dictionary boasts FM radio… and more!

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Filed under: Handhelds While we're quite certain you can still buy an "electronic dictionary" that is actually only a dictionary (or, maybe, a thesaurus), that seems to be the exception to the rule in Korea, where devices like the Udea Expert 300W are the norm. Apparently, this is the first such ...

AT&T adds two international data plans for iPhone, still pricey

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsFollowing new plans geared to the decidedly less fruity phones in AT&T's lineup earlier this month, the carrier has announced a pair of international data packages geared specifically toward the iPhone and iPhone 3G. The bad news is that they still cost more than the average subscriber's ...

M2E says it will deliver cellphone-charging motion power device in 2009

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets We haven't heard a whole lot from M2E Power since it burst onto the scene last year with promises of powering your gadgets with movment, but the company now says that it's made some real progress with its wonder device, and it's claiming that it'll actually ...