Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
The Kinect for Xbox has been hacked to make you invisible. The effect allows you to use the Kinect to make you invisible as you walk past it in a way similar to what looks like the Predator on the movie from the late 1980’s.
The invisibility hack was created by Takayuki Fukatsu and uses OpenFrameworks, open source C++ tool kit and a Microsoft Kinect. [Read more…]
Sony has developed a new system that allows LCD screens to respond quicker to changes. The new technology is called Hybrid FPA (field-induced photo-reactive alignment). What this allows the screen to do is achieve a response time of under 3ms. The technology also improves on stability through the manufacturing process.
The new system follows on from the original FPA technology, but in this case it is now able to align the crystals better with the Hybrid method. [Read more…]
The Dell Streak tablet has recently been getting updated to Android 2.2. The roll-out started out for customers who purchased the tablet without a contract. We now hear that those on the AT&T network in the US are now beginning to receive the new Android 2.2 update.
A number of new features are included in Android 2.2 that enhance the user experience on the Dell Streak, mainly with performance increases across the board. [Read more…]
PeeWee has launched the PeeWee Power 2.0 laptop that is specifically designed for children.
Each of the PeeWee models has been designed to be used by children at home and at school. The PeeWee 2.0 is a basic model that is essentially a netbook that has been made more rugged so it can take a bit of a beating from time to time. [Read more…]
Archos has announced that a good number of its Android tablets will be getting an update to Android 2.2 (Froyo) shortly.
Model numbers that will get the update include the 23, 32, 43, 70 and 101 series. The new version will be Android 2.2.1 which allows for better performance on the tablet, better battery life as well as a few other new features. [Read more…]
Amazon is currently offering some good discounts on a range of LG HDTV’s ranging from 22 inches all the way up to 55 inches in size.
Some examples of the discounts include the LG 32LE5300 LED TV that is normally priced at $799.99 but is now $549.00 with a 31% discount. You can find this particular deal over here. [Read more…]
If you are looking for an alternative to the iPad this christmas then Expansys in the UK have a voucher code available for the Huawei S7 Android tablet that knocks £20 off the price tag.
Full price for the Android tablet is normally £299.99 but drops to £279.99 with the voucher code below. [Read more…]
The Xbox Live Rewards program has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all in the UK and the US.
Joystiq describes it as being like Club Nintendo although you get Microsoft points in return for various things like extending your membership, activating netflix as well as getting points for doing surveys. [Read more…]
The picture you see here shows 1760 PlayStation 3 consoles networked together to form the 33rd largest computer that currently runs, in the world.
The Blu-ray drives have been ripped out leaving just the main inside boards to work together to give a fairly powerful amount of CPU processing. The system joins up to “168 separate graphical processing units and 84 coordinating servers” and is used by the Air Force in the US. [Read more…]
More pictures of the Motorola Olympus have been sent in to Gizmodo. This time, the phone was found in a flea market. The person managed to capture some pictures of the device, in a good resolution and not blurry which makes a change.
Things known about the phone show that it runs Android 2.2 as the OS. Its model number is MB860 and inside, a Tegra 2 chip can be found. [Read more…]
According to an alleged email sent from Steve Jobs, we will be seeing AirPlay move over to Safari and 3rd party apps sometime in 2011.
The question was asked by a user of iOS 4.2 on both the iPad and iPhone 4 who asked if the ability to use AirPlay on the said apps would be possible. Another brief but positive answer came back as seen in the email below. [Read more…]
The Softbank carrier in Japan has pushed out a subsidized iPad 16GB WiFi + 3G deal that allows folk to pick the iPad up for free. The deal does require you sign up for a 24 month contract and pay out ¥4,725 per month which converts to about $56 at todays exchange rate. [Read more…]
