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  • Vegetable synthesizers are pretty tasty

    Vegetable synthesizers are pretty tasty

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    Vegetables. As synthesizers. What is this world coming to? Arduino forum member Jochem van Greiken: explains: This is a project I made for the first year fine arts at HKU in Utrecht. It uses 12 nails in a wooden fruitbowl to sense the resistance between different fruits and vegetables. This then goes to an [...]

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  • Verizon launches hardcore Casio G’zOne Rock

    Verizon launches hardcore Casio G’zOne Rock

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    It doesn't sound as hardcore as its predecessor, the Boulder -- but Verizon's just-introduced Rock is actually the company's most functional Casio G'zOne model to date. Though it looks quite similar to the outgoing model, the Rock's headlining addition is the so-called Triple Sensor -- something certain G-Shock owners might already be familiar with -- which allows the phone to offer an integrated thermometer, compass, and pedometer. It also features touch-sensitive music controls, a 2 megapixel cam, and -- you guessed it -- mil-spec 810F compliance for resistance to the everyday ails of the world like water, dust, and sun exposure. It'll be available online starting tomorrow for $199.99 on contract after rebate, while stores pick it up a few days later on the 30th.

    Verizon launches hardcore Casio G'zOne Rock originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Motorola Quantico gets rugged for AWS CDMA

    Motorola Quantico gets rugged for AWS CDMA

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments

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    Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (well, Direct Connect anyway) have all gotten their fair shares of ruggedized Motorola love, but what about the regionals like MetroPCS? The answer to that might very well lie in the Quantico flip that was announced today, bearing support for 1700MHz CDMA in addition to 800 / 1900 with EV-DO. Besides mil-spec 810F compliance for resistance to environmental evils like water dunks, heat, and dust, the Quantico offers up a 1.3 megapixel camera (a little meager, if you ask us), stereo Bluetooth, and microSD expansion. Moto's putting nearly all of its weight behind Android right now, but alas, no Android here -- speaking of, whatever happened to the non-touch version of the platform? Anyhow, look for the phone to hit markets in this quarter; carrier partners have yet to be announced.

    Motorola Quantico gets rugged for AWS CDMA originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • T-Freestyle NW snowboarding controller coming to Wii

    T-Freestyle NW snowboarding controller coming to Wii

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
    So you live in Kansas, and you want to learn how to snowboard before that big trip to the mountains. What do you do? Well, you can always wait to get up the hill to buy some lessons, or you can pick up a Thrustmaster T-Freestyle NW controller, and you'll be carving down a half-pipe in no time.

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  • Samsung Convoy is a rugged push-to-talker for Verizon

    Samsung Convoy is a rugged push-to-talker for Verizon

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments

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    For some reason known only to its users, push-to-talk and mil-spec protection seem to go hand in hand -- and that trend continues with Samsung's Convoy for Verizon. The beefy little flip offers 810F compliance for resistance against shock, dust, vibration, salt, fog, humidity, sunlight, and temperature extremes, EV-DO-based push-to-talk, Bluetooth 2.1, and a 2 megapixel camera plus VZ Navigator support. Verizon's also touting its "long battery life" (we'll be the judge of that) with a 1300mAh pack on board, so you should be able to chirp-chirp your way through the night if you play your cards right and you've got some willing participants on the other end. Look for this one to drop (quite literally -- it's rugged, after all) on November 15 for $49.99 on contract after a $50 mail-in rebate.

    Samsung Convoy is a rugged push-to-talker for Verizon originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Rumor: You might be able to turn off SurePress on the BlackBerry Storm 2

    Rumor: You might be able to turn off SurePress on the BlackBerry Storm 2

    Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
    RIM made an interesting decision in introducing the SurePress screen (which allows them to kinda-sorta-simulate the feeling of pressing an actual button, rather than a touchscreen) on the original BlackBerry Storm. The idea of a touchscreen BlackBerry alone would have been enough to fuel the flamewars - throw in some crazy clicky mechanism, and it’s [...]

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  • Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    Review: Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote

    Posted on August 31, 2009 | No Comments
    I wanted to love this remote. The Harmony One has a great form factor, and I was hoping that Logitech would add its current RF system to the mix. But that didn’t happen with the $400 Harmony 900. Instead, Logitech attempted to simplify the RF setup even though the current method is easy enough and [...]

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  • PlayStation Home v1.3: Universal game launch inbound, little else

    PlayStation Home v1.3: Universal game launch inbound, little else

    Posted on August 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Sony isn’t giving up on PlayStation Home anytime soon and PS Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star has detailed the upcoming fall update, v1.3, and it’s serious business, people, or as Locust_Star points out, “This is the for real deal upgrade!” Yeah, sure, whatever you say, dude (or dudette).

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  • Amazon working hard to get Kindle to the UK before Christmas

    Amazon working hard to get Kindle to the UK before Christmas

    Posted on July 15, 2009 | No Comments
    amazon-kindle-2-uk2Amazon is trying really really hard to get the Kindle out by Christmas in the UK, and you can't hardly blame them. Given how successful the ebook reader has been in the US, you can't help but expect the same results on the other side of the pond.

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  • Meet Betty, a bionic goose with evil intentions (likely)

    Meet Betty, a bionic goose with evil intentions (likely)

    Posted on July 11, 2009 | No Comments
    What have they done?! Soon we will be ruled over by this bionic goose, Betty, and her devious minions. Why in the world did veterinarians in the UK cobble together the first bionic goose when Mother Nature obviously had different plans by leaving her a half a mile from land with a busted leg. It [...]

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  • HTC Hero Fails To Woo T-Mobile

    HTC Hero Fails To Woo T-Mobile

    Posted on July 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Last month HTC introduced its third Android handset, the Hero. The device was billed as a touchscreen phone with a newly designed user interface and carried some sweet specs: GPS, digital compass, a 5-megapixel auto focus camera and an anti-fingerprint coating on the screen for smudge resistance. But U.S. cellphone customers better not hold their breath [...]

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  • Japanese company sells cabinet that converts into a coffin

    Japanese company sells cabinet that converts into a coffin

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    I have no idea who would be cold-blooded (or in fact rational) enough to buy this, but it exists: A cabinet that doubles as a coffin [JP] when the owner or anybody else needs one. Why not?

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