There’s been a lot of noise about StarCraft 2, and a plethora of screenshots floating around, but this particular image is definitely more than meets the eye. It’s actually a “hulking bipedal war machine is actually built from the combined pieces of an entire Terran base.”
As if its sheer mass and weapons load-out weren’t enough to intimidate Zerg and Protoss adversaries, the thing speaks.
[via Joystiq]
At $450,000 on eBay, this Aston Martin prototype is the “same version of that won overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona.” It’s powered by a 4.7L V8 engine and boasts a full-carbon frame. Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
It has just had a complete rebuild done by Rocketsports. They have also built 2 spectacular Aston Martin engines that come with the package, as well as five sets of Fiske wheels.
[via eBay]
Put simply, the NVIDIA Ion platform is a “system/motherboard platform that includes NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M (MCP79) GPU and Intel’s Atom on a Pico-ITXe motherboard designed for netbook and nettop devices.” Continue reading for the video.
NVIDIA is promising optimized software support from powerhouse developers in an effort to signal the platform’s suitability for serving up 1080p video over HDMI in nettop- and netbook-sized devices.
Reader Jackson sent in an interesting Super Mario World clip that shows what a Rube Goldberg-inspired level would look like. Though it’s custom, this must have taken countless hours to get just right. Video after the break.
The problem with iPhone cases/skins, or most of them, is that they actually take away from the phone’s sleek and minimalist design, but this Game Boy skin aims to change that. No word yet on pricing or availability.
Sadly there is no information on where you can buy the above iPhone case from. All we know is that it was spotted in Japan.
[via Newlaunches – tgs]
This strange air-conditioned shirt from Japantrendshop is “powered solely by your powered USB drive; great for any hot office or even for portable action with a laptop.” Available now, priced at $214. Video after the break. Product page.
There’s simply nothing else out there like it! This was highly featured in the press and you can have it yourself here.
[via Japantrendshop]
Sure, it may not look like a Murcielago from the front, but a group of China-based Nissan tuners might have created the next best thing. No word yet on if this body modification will be released in kit form. Click here for first picture in gallery
Some joker in China thought it would be fun to build a Verde Ithaca Lamborghini Murcielago out of a paltry donor-Nissan 300ZX. Dude, you really are doing it wrong.
[via Jalopnik]
File this under: creative R/C planes. Basically, “an 8-foot wingspan R/C aircraft [was] festooned with six lengths of 5-meter LED strips powered by three battery packs.” Video after the break.
Isn’t it amazing what you can do with a radio-controlled plane and 1800 LEDs? Watch the night flight of Walter Colby’s Lanzo Record Breaker.
Samsung unveils the Propel Pro, a new business phone that’s packed with features. Including: a full keypad, Wi-Fi, “GPS, stereo Bluetooth, 3-megapixel camera and a 2.5-inch screen with 320×320 resolution.” Continue reading for one more picture.
WinMo 6.1 runs fine on the phone. It’s not blazing, but it hardly lags. The hardware itself looks beautiful , and I’ve always been a sucker for squarish, slider phones.
[via Gizmodo]
Google aims for energy efficiency with their web servers, that’s why “everything has been planned for optimum power use, from the 1AAA shipping containers (sporting over a thousand servers each) that make up the core of its operations, to the servers themselves.” Video after the break.
This design is said to boast a staggering 99.9 percent energy efficiency, as opposed to a standard centralized UPS setup which at best would only score 95 percent.
[via Engadget]