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  • Apple CDMA iPhone 4 rumor given new wings

    Apple CDMA iPhone 4 rumor given new wings

    Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments
    With the iPad unicorn now slain, what other beast can DigiTimes shackle its rumor mongering machine to? How about Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology (and inspiration for the ASUS company name), galloping forth with promises of a CDMA iPhone. According to the Taiwanese rumor rag, Pegatron (ASUStek's OEM manufacturing arm) will begin shipping a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 from its Shanghai plants to Apple in Q4. Right, just in time for the holiday shopping season and perfectly alligned with Apple's annual September iPod event... you know, should Apple want to announce a deal with Verizon.

    Apple CDMA iPhone 4 rumor given new wings originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 07:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    When Think Geek posted this image on April Fools Day, it was apparent that it wasn’t real. While a disappointment to some gamers, it also became an inspiration for one Hideyoshi Moriya. iCade lives!

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  • CrunchGear Week in Review: Machine Amok Edition

    CrunchGear Week in Review: Machine Amok Edition

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Here are some stories from the past week on CrunchGear: Meet the robot enforcer: The Husqvana DXR 310 demolition robot Can you guess the inspiration for the Bionic Handling Assistant? Wicked headphones – you know, for the Hot Topic kids Solar industry creating jobs, not just juice Apple sued over wetness indicators The Amiga is coming back!

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  • Daily Crunch: Demolition Edition

    Daily Crunch: Demolition Edition

    Posted on April 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Meet the robot enforcer: The Husqvana DXR 310 demolition robot This robot appendage could dismantle you before you had a chance to scream This weekend make your own compressed air rocket Can you guess the inspiration for the Bionic Handling Assistant? See a stadium blown up before your very eyes (and ears)

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  • Can you guess the inspiration for the Bionic Handling Assistant?

    Can you guess the inspiration for the Bionic Handling Assistant?

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    What you see here is the Bionic Handling Assistant, a sort of robotic arm designed to improve the interaction between humans and robots. Clearly this thing was inspired by Doc Ock from Spider-Man, right? There can be no doubt! Look at those articulated arms. Look at those pincers. Look at the sheer menace these things give off! Doc Ock all the way, am I right?

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  • Microsoft Stores coming to Denver and San Diego

    Microsoft Stores coming to Denver and San Diego

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Right now there are only two Microsoft retail outlets, one in Phoenix, AZ and another in Mission Viejo, CA. These locations opened last year to much singing and dancing, but soon there will be two more. According to a job posting on Microsoft's site, Denver and San Diego will soon be home to their very own Microsoft Stores.

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  • Your Comments Are Safe With Us

    Your Comments Are Safe With Us

    Posted on February 6, 2010 | No Comments
    About half an hour ago, a post that was published on the Digital Inspiration blog hit Techmeme. The title of that post left little to the imagination: it read “TechCrunch Removes Reader Comments From All Older Blog Posts”. That allegation in itself is inaccurate, as is most of the rest of the article, so I felt compelled to respond quickly and offer our side of the story. Which, on a sidenote, we weren’t asked for by the person or people behind the blog (at least not to my knowledge).

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  • Depot Angel: Japanese company sells pre-fabricated basements (video)

    Depot Angel: Japanese company sells pre-fabricated basements (video)

    Posted on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
    About a year ago, I blogged about Yamaha's portable room that you could set up in bigger rooms to have your well-deserved quiet time. And now another Japanese company called Tamada brings us something similar: The Depot Angel [JP] (what a name), a pre-fabricated basement that can be, again, used to enjoy some alone time, as a storage room or as anything you'd like it to be. The main idea is to create additional space for Japanese households at relatively affordable prices. Seeing that real estate in Japan is (generally speaking) pretty expensive, it might make sense for some families in this country to get one Depot Angel and bury it under their house.

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  • ‘Yay! Scale’ may encourage unhealthy eating habits, poor money management

    ‘Yay! Scale’ may encourage unhealthy eating habits, poor money management

    Posted on September 28, 2009 | No Comments
    This is called the “Yay! Scale” – it’s a $55 scale that has no numbers. Instead, you’re greeted with esteem-building words like hot, lovely, cute, ravishing, and stuff like that.

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  • CrunchGear interviews up-and-coming inventor ‘East Side’ Dave McDonald from ‘The Ron and Fez Show’

    CrunchGear interviews up-and-coming inventor ‘East Side’ Dave McDonald from ‘The Ron and Fez Show’

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    In our continued effort to bring you the best interviews with today's top talent, I'm happy to present my recent conversion with “East Side” Dave McDonald. He's an up-and-coming inventor who can be heard on “The Ron and Fez Show” every weekday, 11am to 3pm, on Sirius XM. He also occasionally co-hosts a show, “Special Delivery,” along with “Prime Time” Sam Roberts (yes, that Sam Roberts) on Sirius XM. He's also quite funny.

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  • British steam-powered car poised to break speed record

    British steam-powered car poised to break speed record

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Once upon a time, I was driving a VW Golf, and was able to get it up to a whopping 80 MPH. I sure felt cool, but I'd look like a complete fool compared to the Inspiration, a British steam-powered car that's about to try to break the land speed record of 170 MPH.

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  • Embrace the coming of Chalkbot

    Embrace the coming of Chalkbot

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Say what you will about Lance Armstrong, his "LIVESTRONG" motto and subsequent foundation does some really great things for people with cancer. On that same thread, fans of the Tour de France frequently, write messages of inspiration to the riders, or for other fans to see. Enter the Chalkbot: designed to combine the inspirational messages of the LIVESTRONG foundation with the tradition of leaving messages of hope and support on the road of the Tour de France, Chalkbot enables people from all over the world to participate.

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  • New service enables total control of factory workers

    New service enables total control of factory workers

    Posted on July 3, 2009 | No Comments
    In principle, any advance in any field of technology is welcome, but I have my doubts about this new service developed by a Japanese company called DSS. It's basically aimed at establishing a "big brother"-like control system [JP, PDF] within factories.

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  • Leopard: Oki starts selling robotic chair in Japan

    Leopard: Oki starts selling robotic chair in Japan

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    I blogged Leopard, a robotic office chair, last November when it still was in prototype status. Now, more than half a year later, the chair finally went on sale in Japan. And it might find its way outside this country as well, as both Japanese companies involved in the development of the chair, office equipment maker Oki and furniture company Okamura, are active overseas.

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