Jul 18
Stephen Mark hopes Kickstarter will help him realize his dream of a Bluetooth-controlled RC car driven by Android.
Jul 18
Robot band covers Marilyn Manson, renders sullen teenagers obsolete (video)
Posted in: hack, Music, robot, robotics, Robots, Today's Chili, video
Sure, we’ve seen robot bands before. But even when insecure and egotistical, they never quite capture the youthful disaffection we want from our mechanical pop stars. Until now. End of Life is a robot band consisting of a cello, and electric guitar, drums, and, for some reason, a flat-bed scanner — maybe he’s the cute one? The group recently covered Marilyn Manson’s three-string anthem “The Beautiful People,” and it sounds almost exactly like you’d expect: we’ll call it “raw, visceral, and uncensored.” We can’t wait to see them sneer at Rock Band-playing robots too lazy to learn a real instrument. Catch them in the video after the break, and you can tell all your less-cool friends you knew them back before they sold out.
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Jul 18
Reckless Getaway: Ridiculous fun
Posted in: Today's ChiliThis new iOS game, from the makers of Reckless Racing, puts you at the wheel of a speeding getaway car for non-stop vehicular carnage. It’s a blast!
Originally posted at iPhone Atlas
Jul 18
Stanford students create a lightsaber-swinging robotic arm for a course in experimental robotics. A Microsoft Kinect tracks the opponent’s lightsaber to help bring the Star Wars experience to life.
Jul 18
7 Tools to Help You Survive the Looming American Financial Apocalypse
Posted in: money, Today's Chili, top
Washington’s got debt ceiling fever!—and the prospect of the US defaulting on its giant shitheap of foreign loans is becoming scarily real. So what happens if no deal is struck? MONEY CHAOS. Time to gear up for econo-hell. More »
Jul 18
Droid 3 disassembled by iFixit Jawas
Posted in: Android, droid, teardown, Today's Chili
It’s time for the squeamish to avert their eyes. The latest entry in Motorola’s popular Droid line has taken a trip to internet Tatooine, getting the classic teardown treatment from the folks at iFixit. As always, there were some interesting findings beneath its shiny, gadgety exterior, including a SIM card and so, so many hidden screws. More gory shots in the source link below.
Droid 3 disassembled by iFixit Jawas originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 18
The M400 played every file format we threw it at without missing a beat. So how does it stand up compared with our list of the best media-streaming devices?
Jul 18
Your smartphone might shoot HD video, but this minicamcorder can go where most phones can’t: 10 feet under water.
Jul 18
Eton Soulra XL review: Mostly sunny
Posted in: Today's ChiliWhile it may not blow you away with its sound quality, the Eton Soulra XL is a sturdy and attractive portable iPod/iPhone audio system that offers a built-in rechargeable battery and solar charging.
Jul 18
Rumor: MacBook Airs, OS X Lion to Arrive Wednesday
Posted in: Apple, macbook air, Notebooks, Release Date, rumor, rumors, Software and Operating Systems, thunderbolt, Today's Chili
Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion and iCloud at WWDC 2011. (Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com)
Apple may be preparing to release two major products simultaneously this week: upgrades for its MacBook Air subnotebook and Mac OS X Lion, the latest Mac operating system.
The MacBook Air refresh and the arrival of OS X Lion will arrive Wednesday, possibly at 8:30 a.m. EDT, sources told AppleInsider. The tip comes in line with a report last week published by All Things Digital, which also claimed the products would debut sometime this week.
The MacBook Air last got a reboot in October 2010 as a 13.3-inch and an 11.6-inch model with super slim silhouettes: 0.68 inches at their thickest point, to be exact. OS X Lion, which was announced at Apple’s Back to the Mac event and previewed at WWDC 2011, is supposed to marry iOS and OS X, merging some of the more successful features in iOS into their new desktop platform. However, early reviews have not been promising.
The new MacBook Airs will feature backlit keyboards and Thunderbolt ports, like their MacBook Pro big brothers, according to AppleInsider. They’ll also include Sandy Bridge processors and come standard with 4GB of RAM and a minimum of 128GB storage capacity — the better to run OS X Lion with.
Apple’s Steve Jobs last year said that both OS X Lion and the superslim MacBook Air are taking lessons learned from the iPad and rolling them into a PC system. Indeed, Lion will incorporate some characteristics from the iPad with new multitouch gestures and a Launchpad for opening apps, which resembles the iPad’s home screen. The MacBook Air’s long battery life and usage of flash memory also mimic the iPad. These two products symbolize the gradual convergence between PCs and mobile products as traditional laptops become thinner, lighter, more low-powered and more dependent on web-based storage.
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