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ViewSonic VX2250WM-LED 22in Widescreen Full HD 1080p Monitor Gets Liquidated

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In addition to featuring an incredible 10,000,000:1 Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio, the ViewSonic VX2250WM-LED offers up to 40% energy savings compared to traditional CCFL backlit LCD monitors, Full HD 1920×1080 resolution, and a quick 5ms response time. It’s currently being liquidated for just $149.99 shipped (normally $279.99). Product page. Continue reading to see what you can do with three of these monitors, three Xbox 360s, and Forza Motorsport.

Should you choose to mount the display, it can be mounted on a VESA compliant stand or wall mount bracket. Another great feature is the display’s automatic aspect ratio adjustment, that allows inputs from 4:3 signals to be accurately represented in the center without stretching.

[via Amazon]

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Leaked Pictures of New iPod Nano with 1.3MP Camera Surface

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According to sources, the device you see above is a prototype of Apple’s next-generation iPod Nano. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera while “retaining its clip-on design.” This was made possible thanks to “a metal housing for a camera assembly protruding from the back of the main case and sitting flush with a hole in the device’s clip.” Continue reading for more pictures.

The design would allow Apple to squeeze a camera into the current diminutive form factor of the iPod nano by moving much of the lens and sensor hardware outside of the main casing but still within the overall device envelope by utilizing a small portion of the gap between the device and the clip.

[via MacRumors]

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Nano Quadrotor Robots Create Real-Life Version of Galaga

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Photo credit: Desktop Nexus

Galaga fans rejoice! In this demonstration, experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania create a real-life version of the game. Continue reading to watch.

Each precision flying ‘bot is capable of perfectly balancing itself, but their true power is in their ability to fly in formations, and even adjust to new 3-dimensional patterns on the fly and avoid obstacles autonomously.

[via Technabob]

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Stunning Jaguar C-X75 Has Satin Chrome Body, is Turbine-Powered

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More than just eye candy, the stunning Jaguar C-X75 boasts four separate electric motors located in the wheels, delivering 196 horsepower each; these engines are run on batteries powered by two micro-gas turbines. Click here to see more. Continue reading for a test drive video.

The Jaguar engineers estimate that the car could reach 205 mph with a driving range of 560 miles.

[via DesignBoom]

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Rare Look at an Unreleased Resident Evil Game for the Game Boy Color

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Here’s something you don’t see everyday: an unreleased port of Resident Evil for the Game Boy Color. Due to quality control issues, Capcom decided to forgo the public release of this game. Fortunately, “an Assembler forum member named kiff claimed to be in contact with someone who has two cartridges containing unfinished builds of the canned game.” Continue reading for a video preview.

That someone will be kind enough to upload the contents of said carts online for public consumption, but not kind enough to do it for free. The person is asking for $2,000 (USD), hence the fundraiser.

[via Technabob]

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What Happens When Luigi Meets Waluigi for the First Time

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For those who don’t already know, Waluigi is basically “accompanies Wario in spin-offs from the main Mario series, oftentimes for the sake of causing mischief; he was created by Camelot employee Fumihide Aoki and is voiced by Charles Martinet, who describes Waluigi as being someone who has a lot of self-pity and would ‘cheat to win.'” Continue reading to see what happens when Wuluigi meets Luigi for the first time.

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New Acura NSX Featured in Super Bowl Commercial

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In this just-released Super Bowl commercial, “Jerry Seinfeld is so excited about the new Acura NSX that he will stop at nothing to acquire the very first one.” Continue reading to see what he goes through in order to get the very first vehicle off the production line.

Though we wouldn’t think the creator and namesake of the hit TV show Seinfeld would need any more money (syndication ftw!), here he is shilling for Acura, obsessed with being first in line for a product that the Japanese automaker isn’t expected to begin selling until 2015.

[via Autoblog]

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