Google X meets Taiwanese animation [VIDEO]
Courtesy of NMA.tv, Google's secret laboratory, known as "Google X" received the animated treatment for all to see.
As has been the standard of these Taiwanese news animators a general grasp of original New York Times story is maintained, while delving into specific details a little too (whimsically) much, using robots, aliens, and a space elevator.
PETA protests use of Mario's Tanooki suit
Some call it one of the best power-ups in Mario, allowing you to fly in the air for extended periods of time and do tail spins. Others (namely PETA) call it a metaphorical 'green light' to wear animal fur, in a statment made recently by the organisation for ethical animal treatment.
Jukusui-Kun: the snore-stopping robot Polar bear
Ever looked at the creepy Polar bear of the Birds Eye adverts and thought "that right there is an attractive creature?" Missing the feeling of soft tickling that comes with the spooning that you last experienced what feels like aeons ago? Combine the two and we have your answer!
3DS Set To Best Year One DS Sales
The past year has been somewhat turbulent for Nintendo. 2011 has seen Wii sales slump, a brand-new console announced to a somewhat muted reception and some of the poorest financial results in recent memory (Nintendo reported a loss of £578m last month).
Forget 3DTV, 'True 3D' Uses Lasers To Display Floating 3D Images
“Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope”. Once but an innocuous distress call by an estranged Princess Leia to a heroic Mark Hamill, R2-D2's nifty projection work is looking ever closer to becoming reality.
Was the GTA V release date confirmed?
The signs. They're everywhere. One frame in particular has been identified, as a bystander hammers in a "For Sale" sign and the curb reads "2405." Put the two together, and you have one hell of a red herring.
Embrace the DARPA Robo-Ostrich [VIDEO]
Because robotic dogs, cheetahs and humans just aren't enough. Military agency DARPA are teaming up with MIT to develop FastRunner: a robotic ostrich with the capability of running at up to about 20mph.
Blackberry "London" leaked
Forget what you thought about the traditional, rather underwhelming design motifs and hardware specifications of Blackberrys. If this image and the accompanying details leaked to The Verge are to be believed, RIM might be on there way... to further continue their position as the smartphone that had it's day; but now seems like the plucky underdog.
O2 conducting tests of London's first 4G LTE network
O2 has commenced testing of their 4G LTE network in Central London for a course of 9 months, providing speeds to hundreds of test subjects of 50mbps realistically (150mbps theoretically).
Both consumers and business users alike will be involved in the testing of O2's recently installed Long Term Evolution (LTE) network across parts of the City, providing download capabilities many times faster than those over 3G.
Google X: The top-secret laboratory is revealed
The existence of Google X was revealed by the New York Times in a feature they wrote yesterday - detailing a place where engineers were working on the next generation of Google products, and taking a walk on the wilder side of technological innovation.
Motorola Droid RAZR variants appear in Chinese market...with a 13mp camera!?
So as the Droid RAZR meets lukewarm consumer reception over fascination of the thinness and rigidity of design, carrier variants have appeared in Chinese markets today, making the technologies held within UK and US models already outdated.
Of course, these upgrades come at the sacrifice of the 7.1mm depth of the phone; but please. Extra points of a millimetre for a 13mp camera and a full 720p 4.5" screen?
Go behind the scenes with Google's Think Insights
Ever been curious about people's search habits around Google? How many videos are watched on Youtube? How many blogs are posted in a day? The public facing side of analytics, Think insights, came out of beta yesterday.
Ice Cream Sandwich Face Unlock tricked by a photo
Presenting an all new set of security-related difficulties, the recently announced and soon-to-be released Samsung Galaxy Nexus, rocking the freshest Android version (Ice Cream Sandwich), has faced both positive and skeptical opinions on the all new way of unlocking your phone called Face Unlock. But now we can confirm that yes, you can trick it with a photo of the phone owner's face, as you can see from the video below.
Judge orders divorcing couple to share Facebook passwords
Most divorce cases usually end in the sharing of tangible property: the contrived arguments over who has rightful ownership of what, digging through the obligatory fact that everything is shared to land on a conclusion of individual items. But this is probably the first time where a court case has resulted in the two sides being ordered to share their Facebook passwords.
Adobe kills mobile flash. Explains why.
So Adobe announced they were going to end Flash development on mobile devices (Android devices and the Playbook) on Wednesday. In a true 'Steve was right' moment, Adobe went on to add that "that makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms."
After five years, Apple recalls 1st gen iPod nano
So you know that plastic iPod Nano you probably have stashed away in a drawer somewhere? Maybe it's buried on a shelf somewhere or underneath the bed (that's where I found mine). Turns out they could pose a fire hazard, and Apple want to replace it for you, for free.
Google goes to eleven. Music event announced
Invites have started going out to tech journalists to attend a Google Event on November 16th. The obvious Spinal Tap reference means that this will most definitely be announcement of the release and expansion of Google Music.
OLogic AMP brings a new meaning to 'Robot butler.' [VIDEO]
OLogic introduced two robots designed for interface with your smartphone at this year's RoboBusiness Conference.
We have the classic "Furby"-esque format, Oddwerx, using your smartphone as a digital pet face for itself. However, the one we're focussing on is the AMP: the Automated Music personality. It will follow you and stream your music through it's speakers, making for an impressive start, which is made all the more awesome with the inplementation of a cup holder.
CoD 4 and MW2 Map files found in Modern Warfare 3?
So Reddit user SMKTZ found five maps from the original Modern Warfare and it's second iteration hidden away in Modern warfare 3's game files.
This has been a historically regular occurence with the previous titles in the series, with file extension-related 'hints' to recreated homages to previous famous multiplayer maps of old. This time around, we have 4 maps from original and one from the second: Crash, Crossfire, Strike, Overgrown and Highrise.
Motorola Droid RAZR torn down the good old fashioned way
Already, man's primitive need to tear things apart to see how they work is quenched with the tear down of the Motorola Droid RAZR; but how could they go one step further in answering the subconcious dreams of many? Do it with a big-ass handsaw.