Videos Archive

  • Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Toyota has never been known as an auto maker that's really active in the robotics area (as opposed to Honda, for example), at least when it comes to producing robots with high show value. There are two exceptions though: one is Winglet, the Segway-like robotic vehicle Toyota showed in 2008, and the other is a violin-playing humanoid that made its debut back in 2007.

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  • Kin Media Sync for Mac now available… for free!

    Kin Media Sync for Mac now available… for free!

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Now I know that all you gen-Y'ers out there are all like "Windows? WTF! Mac FTW!" while you text on your Kins. Yes, that's right: you love Mac, so you bought a Kin. And no doubt you agree that the only universally-liked feature one of the best features on the Kin was the included syncing software, "The Studio". So, when you got home and plugged your Kin into your Mac, I bet you were disappointed to find out that there was no simple way to get all those treasured party shots in iPhoto onto your shiny new toy. Well, strap on your best diaper, bud, coz I'm about to drop some news that will blow more than your mind...

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  • Sony Ericsson Aino’s new firmware update is all about the two S’s: stability and stamina

    Sony Ericsson Aino’s new firmware update is all about the two S’s: stability and stamina

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Alright, Aino owners, listen up: firstly, it's a pleasure to finally meet you. Secondly, we thought you might like to know that Sony Ericsson has recently released a firmware update for your phone that should make it a bit more livable. Improved system stability and better battery life are both promised, but that's not all -- it's said that you can also expect the WiFi and Bluetooth to work better at the same time (keep in mind they're both running at 2.4GHz, so interference between the two is a well-understood problem). Oh, and there are new features, too: support for MIME type mpeg4-generic videos, the Bubble Town 2 game, and 3 new Sony Ericsson-designed themes. All told, not a bad haul.

    Sony Ericsson Aino's new firmware update is all about the two S's: stability and stamina originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 11 May 2010 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Videos: Watch Japanese soccer robots scoring “spectacular” goals

    Videos: Watch Japanese soccer robots scoring “spectacular” goals

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember the soccer-playing humanoid we've shown you Monday? Well, the “RoboCup Japan Open 2010″ [JP] he was taking part in during the last few days ended yesterday, but not before the yet to be named robot showed off his (limited) skills as a goalkeeper. And he faced an (apparently) stronger adversary.

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  • AT&T On The iPad 3G Video Restrictions: “That’s something you need to ask Apple”

    AT&T On The iPad 3G Video Restrictions: “That’s something you need to ask Apple”

    Posted on May 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Today in the U.S. people are getting their hands on the 3G version of the iPad for the first time. The hardware is supposed to be exactly the same as the WiFi-only version except, of course, it has a cell chip in it to receive data over AT&T's 3G network when you're not connected to WiFi. Since the hardware is basically the same, all the apps should function the same, right? Wrong. Reports are already coming in that some of the most popular iPad apps -- the ones that stream video -- are being restricted on the new iPad 3G. Specifically, the YouTube app scales videos down to a "dramatically lower resolution over the cellular data connection," according to iLounge. Worse, the ABC Player apparently won't work at all unless you connect to a WiFi network, as a pop-up message informs the user. But apparently iTunes Store streaming video previews are working just fine in full resolution. No word on the Netflix app just yet.

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  • Videos: Tower robot Tsutenkaku conquers Akihabara, meets Asimo

    Videos: Tower robot Tsutenkaku conquers Akihabara, meets Asimo

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember Tsutenkaku, "the world's biggest" robot? Tsutenkaku, basically a 170cm tall robot that looks like a city tower, recently made the journey from Osaka (where he was made and is supposed to attract tourists) from Tokyo. Needless to say, he first went to Akihabara, Tokyo's robot geek paradise, and while he was there, Tsutenkaku met Honda's famous humanoid Asimo, too. Tsutenkaku looks weird on pictures, but he's actually much, much weirder on video.

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  • Video: Android running on the iPhone

    Video: Android running on the iPhone

    Posted on April 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Consider my mind blown. There have been a lot of (poorly) faked videos portraying Android running on the iPhone over the last few years. Lots and lots. Like a ridiculous amount. This one's real.

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  • Videos: See Robovie-R Ver. 3, the robot for the elderly and disabled, in action

    Videos: See Robovie-R Ver. 3, the robot for the elderly and disabled, in action

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    We've given you some early information and a first picture of Robovie-R Ver.3 (a robot that's supposed to make life for older and handicapped people easier) last week. And today, the makers of the robot, major Japanese robot maker Vstone and Japan’s Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR), made Robovie-R official [JP].

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  • Another WePad demo video appears and makes us forget about our iPad blues

    Another WePad demo video appears and makes us forget about our iPad blues

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    We have already seen a few interesting WePad videos -- an official interface demo and then a hands-on video. But this new video goes a bit deeper into the interface, showing how the gridtastic home screen works and what appears to be a larger prototype. Click the read link below to check it.

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  • P4: Honda’s Asimo humanoid gets a re-design after 13 years

    P4: Honda’s Asimo humanoid gets a re-design after 13 years

    Posted on March 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Honda’s Asimo is probably the world’s most famous humanoid robot. The company today leaked the first technical details and pictures of the fourth version of Asimo, the P4. And the new and improved Asimo, which took 13 years for Honda to develop (P3 was unveiled in 1997), looks much more elegant and human astronaut-like than the previous models.

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  • TwitCasting lets you stream live video and tweet simultaneously from your iPhone

    TwitCasting lets you stream live video and tweet simultaneously from your iPhone

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Late last year, Ustream and qik launched iPhone applications that let you stream videos from the iPhone to the web and allow others to watch them as they're being recorded. And now there is an iPhone app called TwitCasting Live (iTunes link), which offers the same basic functionality, but is - as the name suggests - much deeper integrated into Twitter. The free app is essentially a live streaming app and Twitter client rolled into one. TwitCasting Live splits the iPhone screen in half, allowing you to view your Twitter timeline, update your status, access the web etc. on the bottom half, while recording (broadcasting) video on the top.

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  • Official HTC step-by-step video for disassembling the HTC HD2

    Official HTC step-by-step video for disassembling the HTC HD2

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Well this is interesting. Generally end users need to rely on 3rd party manuals and a bit of experimenting to tear apart a gadget. But this appears to be an official HTC guide for disassembling and reassembling the hot HTC HD2. Chances are HTC didn’t release it, though. Many thanks goes out to the enterprising [...]

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  • Video: Hasty hacker hobbles together a Windows Phone 7 skin for older WinMo phones

    Video: Hasty hacker hobbles together a Windows Phone 7 skin for older WinMo phones

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Wowza. Consider me impressed. It took Microsoft 3 years to develop Windows Phone 7 Series -- but its only taken 2 weeks for some far-too-talented dabbler to recreate the look and feel of the new OS as a skin for older Windows Mobile handsets, relying on nothing but screenshots and demo videos. Get ready for tons of fake Windows Phone 7 videos and people saying "No! Seriously! I swear my buddy has Windows Phone 7 on his 3 year old WinMo handset!".

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  • Symbian^4 shown off on video, seems.. uninspired

    Symbian^4 shown off on video, seems.. uninspired

    Posted on February 26, 2010 | No Comments
    All around the world, the Symbian-loving chunk of the population is waiting on the edge of their seats for Symbian^4 (pronounced “Symbian Four”). Intended as a complete overhaul from Symbian past, it could very well slingshot the visibly aged Operating System into modern times. The first videos of Symbian^4 have just been released for public consumption, [...]

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  • Video: HTC Legend, Desire, and HD mini promo spots (Update: More videos!)

    Video: HTC Legend, Desire, and HD mini promo spots (Update: More videos!)

    Posted on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
    We’re not sure when HTC plans to make these videos available through their own channels, but we just got a trio of videos showing off the three handsets they just announced at Mobile World Congress: the HTC Desire, HD mini, and Legend. Check out all three after the jump. HTC Legend Promo Video: HTC Desire Promo Video: HTC [...]

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