User Hot4darmat1 pointed us to an interesting video showing exactly how to upgrade your kid: turn them into a mech robot. Unfortunately, the prototype is “made of cardboard and toilet paper rolls and spray paint.” Video after the break.
Here’s a first look at the new GMail interface, which looks very similar to the Google Wave UI. An insider claims that the goal is to “provide a consistent experience throughout all Google Apps and blur the line between the browser and the website.” Continue reading for more pictures.
Something that certainly makes sense to us based on what we know about Google’s tender approach to its Chrome browser and its future “lightweight” Chrome OS.
[via Engadget]
For those who have always wanted to use their iPhone or web browser to pilot an r/c car, there’s a web-based app for that. Called Joker Racer, “the system uses a custom wireless computer that receives digital information via a Wi-Fi connection and translates your maneuvers into servo control signals for R/C cars.” Video after the break.
[via Technabob]
Called the SlipCOVER, Troll Touch touts that it’s the “world’s first and finest externally mounted, user installable, USB connected, analog resistive touchscreen system for Apple’s latest generation aluminum iMac.” Continue reading for the video.
Now that the DROID Eris has officially been released, the reviews have started coming in, and one of the first we came across was by MobileTechReview. They think “HTC’s Sense UI polishes Android’s rough edges with user-friendly software customizations, useful widgets, apps for popular things like weather, twitter and stocks and it greatly expands Android’s syncing capabilities.” Video review after the break.
Looks great and feels great in the hand. Fairly easy one-handed operation. Display is quite bright and sharp. Capacitive display is responsive and HTC has added pinch zoom in the web browser.
[via MTR]
Simply put, gamer MsFrizzyHair “realized that you can play instruments into a Rock Band microphone, and it works.” So, she put her use to flute and got 98% on the song. Continue reading for the vidoe.
Yes, as with SingStar, Rock Band can’t understand your actual words while singing. It just picks up the pitch and tone and runs with it.
[via Kotaku]
Mobile advertising company AdMob has just been acquired by Google for $750-million in stock. CEO Omar Hamoui says that despite the acquisition, the company “will keep working to maximize ad revenue for the more than 15,000 mobile web sites and applications that make up AdMob’s publisher network.” Continue reading to see how AdMob works on the iPhone.
We are not going away. After our deal with Google closes, we will work together to accelerate the pace of innovation in this area. Our product and engineering teams will keep building great products for all of our customers.
[via AdMob]
File this under: custom portable gaming systems. Created by modder Trstn18, the SNESGEN P not only features a transparent case, but it plays SNES, NES, and Genesis games. Video after the break.
The SNEGENES P is powered by six 2600mAh batteries, which let it play for somewhere around 5 to 7 hours on a single charge.
[via Technabob]
Amazon is selling the Magellan RoadMate 1412 for only $119.99 shipped, originally priced at $299.99. Its “expanded Points of Interest database offers 6 million built-in destinations for an incredible value.” Product page.
SmartDetour prompts you to route around sudden slow or stopped freeway traffic and automatically re-calculates the fastest detour.
[via Amazon]
Walmart has just revealed their first batch of Black Friday 2009 deals, and we can only hope these are just the beginning of many more electronics deals. You’ll find HDTVs, gaming consoles, computers, and more; be sure to also check out the Kmart Black Friday ad. Continue reading for the list, as of today.