Today I will admit that in my 20 years of age, I have never been able to solve this mysterious colorful Rubik’s Cube. It was too difficult for me which on the other hand is as easy for this Tilted Twister bot. This robot is made completely out of Lego Mindstorms kit and it works by keeping the cube on its turntable. The sensors now take over as it detects the cube place, the colors and then goes for the knockout. Watch the video to see it in action and if you seem interested in building yourself, here’s the DIY guide.
Gamers seeking more realism than just top notch graphics should check out the full-motion gaming chair from Gyroxus. The crash against the wall in GT5 or burning the tyre on a straight road, this chair will make you feel everything. Good thing about this is that it does not require any additional hardware to show its colors and is happy with the game’s controllers tucked on the stand of the chair. Current support is for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Nintendo (presuming Wii) and costs a hefty $479 after an introductory discount.
According to rumors, the latest entrant in the Sidewinder family will be X6 keyboard designed to attract gamers. Its detachable numeric pad will enable the gamers to place it either on the left or the right side as per their liking. The keyboard will have other features like backlight, customizable keys and the two knobs placed on the top. It will be selling for $80 with a mouse when it comes out in September.
Samsung Electronics who is the official wireless communication partner for this year’s Beijing Olympics has gifted 1000 G618 Olympic to Chinese Olympians. The phones carry Olympic themed ringtones and wallpapers and will be the official phone for China. Considering from the marketing perspective, these phones wouldn’t have cost them much as the ROI will be more in terms of brand recall and brand value. With this agreement, Samsung can use an athlete photo for promoting their products and also oblige Chinese gold medalists to visit their PR center for a signature event.
It is important for a gadget lover to know what’s hidden inside the hood of that device. And that is why dissection in the gadget world is worth to watch. The latest in the stripped list is Creative Zen X-Fi PMP. Anythingbutipod were the brave ones to carry out this feat and left us with loads of images.
Opera is a very good browser. It may have lacked in market share for PC but in the mobile arena, it rules the roost. To gain a stronger foothold, Opera has launched its latest version, 9.5 currently in beta for Windows Mobile (Symbian users have to wait a bit). Downloading is free for now but don’t try it if you can’t handle a few bugs because of its unstable nature.
Known Issues:
ActiveX is disabled -> Flash plugins and embedded video streaming do not work.
Custom IME’s (like HTC’s IME) will be buggy at best, not working at worst.
Not multilingual build — Only English is supported. Problems with other languages (and input methods) is not unexpected.
Installation on memory cards may cause problems.
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Fails on ACID2 test
Wii’s Nunchuck controller isn’t limited to gaming only. This guy found its new use. With the help of Arduino, Wiichuck library and other useful tools he managed it to work with 3D Studio Max.
You’ll must have heard bout Ring Back Tones. Yea, that service where you pay to make others listen to songs or audio clips and now, even Ads. OnMobile in conjunction with a cellular operator in Mumbai, India are testing Ad Ring Back Tones. Before the Ad RBT to be active, a user needs to setup his profile and based on that ads will be played instead of normal tring-tring when someone calls on his number. A feature which is unclear for us is the call-to-action feature which allows interested users to respond to the advertisement instantly with the click of a single key. What if the user picks up the call before? Will the ad be played first and then connect the user or will it work like a normal RBT? Undoubtedly, this gives more reach to the marketers but an ad prior to an urgent call is not what I expect.
Enrolled users are already been given the bait to try the service in exchange of discounts and offers.
Mimicking a successful product is today’s mantra for successfully selling your own product. Check the Klik-on Candy dispenser resembling Wiimote which shoots out the candy on pressing the B button. Selling on eBay for under $4.
