FROM GAMERTELL - Akihabara, the epicenter of all that is otaku, has got some stiff competition coming from a little place in the western city of Osaka named Nipponbashi, or now better known as Den-Den Town. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: video, hi fi, MP3, gadgets (Read the full post about ‘Welcome to Den-Den Town, Osaka’s Akihabara’…)
FROM GAMERTELL - Akihabara, the epicenter of all that is otaku, has got some stiff competition coming from a little place in the western city of Osaka named Nipponbashi, or now better known as Den-Den Town. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: cellphone, lcd, DVD, equipment (Read the full post about ‘Welcome to Den-Den Town, Osaka’s Akihabara’…)
Supercomputers are great, in fact even the name is great: conjuring images of CPUs in red capes flying to the help of damsels in distress. However, in the real world they are hundreds of cabinets stuffed full of computer stuff and do in fact look incredibly dull. The opposite can be said of what they actually do as they push the boundaries of what is capable using solely 0s and 1s to solve complex calculations, help define new theorem, and play Crysis on full graphics. (Read the full post about ‘Supercomputer race gets faster’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 10:40AM Earlier this year, we were fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on perspective) enough to get our rumps on one of the famed ButtKickers. For those unaware, these devices are meant for installation underneath a seat or sofa in order to provide chair-rumbling effects to help you “feel” the film. Now, the Guitammer Company is making them even easier to install by cutting the wires, bringing low frequency audio transducers just inches from your derriere without any cords necessary. (Read the full post about ‘Wireless ButtKicker kit ready to rumble your posterior’…)
Apple has issued MacBook Pro Trackpad Firmware Update 1.0, a fix for the trackpad troubles experienced by many users of the new glass-trackpad equipped unibody notebooks. Many owners have reported that the muti touch trackpads were failing to register clicks on the giant, full-pad button, with some seeing a failed click around one time in 10 (Kevin Rose and Leo Laporte both mentioned this on the This Week in Tech podcast). It’s an odd firmware update which acts more like a plain calibration fix — normally a firmware update requires a restart. Our suspicion is that Apple was a little conservative with the click-detection settings in the original release to stave off complaints about accidental clicking, and has simply tweaked them with this release. (Read the full post about ‘Apple Fixes Wonky Glass Trackpads’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 8:26AM We’ve no clue what kind of sick, demented parent would ever put their child through this, but for those with offspring who like to, say, swallow their hamburgers whole, we suppose it may come in handy. From the wide, wacky and utterly bizarre world that is Japanese gadgetry comes this: a bite counter from Nitto Kagaku. As you’d expect, the headgear keeps track of how many bites your kid takes, and it even plays a little jingle every 1,000 chews in order to celebrate the occasion. ‘Course, there is the proven side effect of obesity, but at least they’ll be making mincemeat out of everything they can get their hands on while gradually growing to 385 pounds.[Via Engadget German]Read PermalinkEmail this61 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘Kami Kami bite counter keeps your kid masticating’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Nov 17th 2008 at 7:27AM If you’re the type who looks at the Pandora and scoffs at the simplicity, you’ll find oodles to adore in the Meggy Jr RGB. Deemed the “little sister” of the Peggy LED display kit, this gaming handheld from Evil Mad Science is only as fun as you make it; in other words, it provides all the incentive you need to sharpen those programming skills in order to craft engrossing pixel-based titles. The portable unit packs a fully addressable 8 x 8 RGB LED matrix display, a lo-fi audio transducer and plenty of buttons for controlling the action. The unit comes pre-loaded with a single game (isn’t that sweet?), but from there, it’s up to you to put those soldering / coding skills to good use. (Read the full post about ‘Meggy Jr RGB handheld: only as fun as your programming skills allow’…)
A new suite of free iPhone games turns the handset into a controller, potentially creating competition for Nintendo’s Wii.
Social Gaming Network’s iFun consists of four sports games — golf, baseball, basketball and bowling — that you’d play on your computer screen, taking advantage of the handset’s accelerometer to use it as a controller.
The Polaroid insta-photo system was supposed to die a natural death last year but the popularity of the kitchy format is persuading opportune companies into creating new versions. Fujifilm announced today that it is bringing the Instax 200 instant film camera to the U.S., which makes 3.9 × 2.44-inch instant photos, costs $70, and will use Polaroid film similar to the classic rig. After taking a picture, the photo will immediately come out undeveloped, and the user will see it come into focus in real time. There is no word on whether you will have to shake it in order to pretend it accelerates the process, but there’s no question older folks will do so out of habit. (Read the full post about ‘New Insta-Photo Cameras Seek to Ride Long Tail of Polaroid Nostalgia’…)
