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  • New Japanese soccer robot shows the way to human-less sports is still long

    New Japanese soccer robot shows the way to human-less sports is still long

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    The "RoboCup Japan Open 2010" [JP] is currently taking place in Osaka, and the world's biggest robot soccer tournament has attracted 225 teams from all over the world this time. Started in 1997, the official goal of the RoboCup is to have a team of humanoids play and defeat a team comprised of human soccer players during a "real" world soccer cup sometime around 2050. But judging from what we can see currently, there is still a long way to go. Take the humanoid you can see on the picture and in the video embedded below, for example. It's taking part in the RoboCup 2010 Humanoid League's adult size class, meaning it competes against other robots that stand between 130 and 160cm tall.

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  • Ducati Hypermotard 796. No, really. That’s what its called.

    Ducati Hypermotard 796. No, really. That’s what its called.

    Posted on October 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Seeing as how all of our readers are avid motorcycle enthusiasts who can drop ten grand for the latest crotch rocket, here's Ducati's latest street machine. If you are one of those lucky few, how about purchasing a fleet and donating it to your favorite tech blog?

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  • Digital monkey wrench costs $323, tells you when bolts are tight

    Digital monkey wrench costs $323, tells you when bolts are tight

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    ratchetHo-ly crap. For $323 plus $20 shipping you can get a digital monkey wrench that tells you when whatever bolt you're tightening is tight enough. All these years I've been relying on the old "it doesn't turn any more, so it must be tight" rule.

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  • Review: Wahl Lithium Ion All In One Trimmer

    Review: Wahl Lithium Ion All In One Trimmer

    Posted on July 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Sometimes exotic dancers fall in love with clients. Likewise, sometimes bloggers buy the products they write about. This is one of those stories (blogging, not exotic dancing). Two weeks ago I wrote a post about Wahl’s lithium ion electric razor. Shortly after writing said post, I bought one. I shave maybe once every two weeks and usually [...]

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  • Wahl electric razor packs lithium ion battery

    Wahl electric razor packs lithium ion battery

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    WahlWahl claims to be the first to the lithium ion party when it comes to electric shavers and on behalf of people who shave once a month because we never leave the house, let me be the first to say thanks.

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  • Wahl Reboots Male Grooming with Li-Ion Trimmer

    Wahl Reboots Male Grooming with Li-Ion Trimmer

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    The batteries in electric shavers suck. Charge-times are better measured as large fractions of days than as hours, you can’t use them while they are charging and, even when full, they don’t last long. Wahl’s new trimmer tries to fix this, and Wahl is so proud of the battery technology that it has put it in [...]

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