Hey lads, here’s some weekend entertainment for those who like to get their hands dirty and I mean really dirty: an off road challenge with my favourite rugby player Phil Vickery!
In this Fifth Gear video, Phil and Jason races against the clock on a 4×4 off road course using a £22 grand Mitsubishi L200 (pickup truck, but a really fancy one), guess who wins?
Hi everyone, got some cool and freaky robots to show today. Modular robots are probably not the latest in robotics but they are getting more and more advanced as research goes further. Modular robots are basically robots that are resilient to damage, if you break them apart, they reassemble themselves back together! For me, the theory is abit difficult to understand but from the NewScientist video, it’s explained and it sure is a joy to watch.
The video shows ckBot, from the University of Pennsylvania, Modular Robotics Lab demonstrating the principle…
They are abit slow when it comes to rebuilding themselves back together, but they remind me of worms when they get cut into sections, they each wriggle about on their own (but worms don’t reassemble themselves back together though!).
The Dream DX dogbot is one of the latest addition of Sega Toys, which is able to recognize and respond to as many phrases as a real dog can do – so they say. It can move its eyes, mouth, head, tail and even to play fetch and lie down like a real one. It is a quite fun to have and would be an excellent gift to any children.
It will be first on sale soon in Japan for around $270.
[via Botjunkie]
Qtrax.com which launched two days ago, is the first, free and legal P2P music download application ever. In case you haven’t tried it yet, they contain over 23 million songs in their database, compare to around 3 million for Amazon and 6 million for iTunes. It is so popular that the service is “currently unavailable” (the last time I checked).
Qtrax is free and legal because it has signed all four major music labels: EMI, SonyBMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. Therefore, they have the right to allow people to download online.
[Via Techcrunch, Mashable]
At the moment, one of the hot issue is the climate change due to green house gases. To tackle to this issue, ATP Electronics has teamed up with American Forest Partnership to produce an environment friendly USB memory stick called EathDrive. These drives are made up of a biodegradable material, which means they are safe to the environment and fully recyclable. It is also waterproof, shockproof and dustproof. Part of the profits from this product will go towards planting tree.
[via gizmologia]
Check out this new modern toaster design, by Sasha Tseng, leave messages to your family when they wake up for breakfast. The idea is to inscribe messages onto your toast simply by writing on the writing pad provided. This really brings a new meaning to the catchphrase “Eat my words”.
Click here to visit the designer, Sasha Tseng’s toaster messenger page.
[via Ubergizmo]
I came across this USB gadget while I was searching for a birthday present for my friend. This is called “stealth switch”, which claims to be “the worlds first desktop cloaking device”. I think this is perfect for those like my friend who sits next to his boss’s office.
Features:
This device can be hidden and controlled under your desk! With its 6″ USB cable, its foot tap button can be placed “hiddenly” under your foot. Once the foot tap is stepped, the following functions can be activated according to your preset options:
- To switch or hide your current window/ all windows instantly.
- You can preset to bring up a preferred window at all times.
- Password to protect your computer.
- Mute sound,etc…
[image via Techno Freak]
One of the most attractive function is that it can hide all applications you are running, ie Office documents, download windows, browsers, video and audio players and instant messengers as well. You don’t have to turn off the monitor or do mouse clicks anxiously when your boss walks past.
It sounds like an interesting invention, get it now at Play.com delivered, for only £9.99!
[via Play.com]
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A flat panel tv is all the rage these days. It has replaced conventional TVs like the laptop computers replacing the desktop. There are cell phones with in built digital camera and mp 3 players that is replacing the car audio system as well.
