Jul 21

Eliza is a doe-eyed, graceful dancing machine, lacks maniacal quality on the floor (video)

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Eliza

Unlike the last batch of bots we’ve seen, Eliza is actually quite graceful. The cartoonish humanoid got its start as a guide, shuttling people around shopping malls and the Guangzhou Asian Games 2010 Experience Center. Now it’s finally getting a chance to show off what it’s got — namely some ill dance moves. These four doe-eyed machines spin, perform complicated arm choreography in perfect synchronization, and pause to pose during this epic number. Clearly, the next step is for someone to teach them how to Dougie. Check out the videos after the break.

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Jul 21

Toyota demos augmented-reality-enhanced car windows

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Toyota’s augmented reality enhanced car windows can turn an afternoon drive into a learning experience.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

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Jul 21

Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month?

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What Dell can give, it can taketh away. That’s the story with the Streak, which has quietly vanished from retail as well as the outfit’s online storefront. We first got wind of this when a tipster wrote in to say he had spoken to a company employee, who said the 5-inch Android tablet / phone had been discontinued. When we reached out to Dell’s PR team to see what’s up, we got the pat “Dell does not comment on rumors, speculation, or unannounced products.” So then we called customer service, pretending to order one, and that’s when things got interesting. The rep told us the Streak hasn’t, in fact, been end-of-life’d; it’s just been pulled from shelves while it receives an update. The gentleman couldn’t say how severe the issue is, though he insists it has zilch to do with Android. Whatever it is, Dell isn’t even accepting orders for the 5-inch Streak at the moment. If all goes according to plan, though, we’re told it should go back on sale in early August.

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Dell quietly pulls the Streak to perform an update, might bring it back next month? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 21

Smokers can get a virtual look at their dirty lungs

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A new app from SapientNitro uses augmented reality to show what smoking does to your lungs.

Originally posted at News – Wireless

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Jul 21

Get OS X Lion sans download…on a $69 stick

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It’s not necessary to download more than 3 gigabytes to upgrade to Lion. Apple will be making the upgrade available via USB, for more than twice the cost of the download.

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Jul 21

Watch 30 Years of the Space Shuttle In One Single Launch

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The end. Today it’s all over. Three decades of the Space Shuttle, with its many amazing successes and two horrible failures, are gone forever. This video shows those thirty years in one single launch. More »

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Jul 21

Motorola Droid 3 review

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The third installment of a trilogy is typically the most satisfying. The Empire Falls, Frodo destroys the ring, Cinderella goes back in time. (Okay, that’s a stretch.) Our protagonist in this tale is the Droid 3, which bears an uncanny resemblance to its dad and granddad— but Verizon’s added a few new components and made some minor design tweaks in attempt to improve the overall experience.

Are these adjustments enough to save the series? The original Droid launched with much fanfare, a device that steered Motorola back onto the path of success from its post-RAZR Hades. It had a refreshing gold-laden design that oozed elegance, top-of-the-line specs for its time, and was the pioneer that helped usher Google’s mobile OS into a new era. Each new iteration has received less attention than the one before, however, and the Droid 3 experienced such a quiet launch that we blinked and almost missed it. No matter, though — as long as the phone can speak for itself, it doesn’t need the confetti to accompany it. But is the third time another charm for the Droid? Or will it be buried by other heavyweights like the Droid Bionic or Samsung Galaxy S II Function? Join us after the break to find out.

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Motorola Droid 3 review originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 21

Verizon flips the switch on 28 new LTE markets, Louisville Sluggers now available with 4G

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Verizon flips the switch on 28 new LTE markets, Louisville Sluggers now available with 4G

3G wireless is now less a privilege than a right, and and with any luck our 4G networks will be similarly self-evident soon. Verizon is doing its part, flipping the switch on 28 new LTE markets today. This boosts the total number of covered areas to 102. Added highlights include: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Augusta, Georgia; Louisville, Kentucky; and Hilo, Hawaii. Meanwhile, folks in Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Dallas, San Antonio, and Seattle can now roam a little further from city center without losing LTE. The full list is after the break, but if you’re feeling lucky just go ahead and enable everything on your handset. We’ve got our fingers crossed for you.

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Jul 21

Samsung Nexus S for AT&T coming July 24

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Samsung announces the upcoming availability and presale of the Nexus S for AT&T through Best Buy.

Originally posted at Android Atlas

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Jul 21

Sony’s New Sales Method: Bribery

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This article was written on June 06, 2007 by CyberNet.

Playstation3The next time you go into a Gamestop store, you may get a little extra pressure to purchase a PlayStation 3.  Gamer’s Reports is reporting that their source at Gamestop says that Sony is running a contest for Gamestop managers. In other words, they’re bribing managers to step-up their game and sell more PS3’s.

Essentially, each store will have a target amount of PS3’s that they are supposed to sell based upon previous averages.  The manager within a district whose store sells the most above what their target was will win 20,000 points that will be redeemable for Sony/Gamestop items. Additionally, the manager who is number one for the whole company will get 10,000 more points.

The rewards site requires a username and password, so it’s not clear what 20,000 or 30,000 points will buy. I imagine it’s gotta be something good if it’s supposed to motivate managers to sell record amounts of PS3’s.

Okay, perhaps it’s not bribery. This kinda thing has been done in the industry before, but it does seem like a pretty desperate way to get more sales, if you ask me.

Price Cut?

In other PS3 news, Sony may be cutting the price  on the game console sometime this year. Sony’s president Ryoji Chubachi says that Sony “does not rule out the possibility of lowering the price.” It is rumored that the price would drop $100 before the Christmas season.

So is it the price that’s keeping people from purchasing the Playstation 3? If so, what’s a fair price?

Source: News.com.au

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