Hasta La Gadget!

A while back, toy modder KodyKoala built an epic Yoshi mech and an equally awesome Luigi. I was poking around over on Etsy this morning when I stumbled onto another great build by Kody.

The vehicle is a mashup of a Pac-Man bank and a non-functional R/C 4×4, among other bits. I’m not sure what the deal is with the bunny rabbit sidekick though.

I’m pretty sure if Pac-Man had this monster truck in the maze, he would have been able to run down every ghost, whether blue any other color for that matter.

Unfortunately, the Pac-Man Monster Truck was a custom build for a customer and has already been sold. I’m hoping to convince Kody to build a massive Q*bert with wings, so it could fly over that entire pyramid and skip the whole swearing thing.

After months of development and a rather successful crowd-funded venture last year, the folks behind the game Redux: Dark Matters are ready to bring their game to the public. This … Continue reading

It looks like HTC has already published the UA Prof file for the HTC M8, which is better known as the next version of the HTC One as it takes over the position of being a flagship device for the beleaguered smartphone company. The HTC M8’s UA Prof file points to a 1080 x 1920 pixel display on the device, which means it will be able to handle Full HD video playback the way it is meant to be without any issues.

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HTC M8 UA Prof FIle Published original content from Ubergizmo.

Speaking at the Television Critics Association summer press tour yesterday, J.J. Abrams talked about his upcoming Star Wars efforts, as well as elaborating on some things to the folks over … Continue reading

Not too long ago word broke that the company behind popular wireless smart thermostats, Nest, had been acquired by Google for $3.2 billion. This is actually one of Google’s most expensive acquisitions, its right up there with YouTube and Motorola. Despite the fact that the Nest team is now part of a much bigger company with significantly more resources, not a lot of people are happy about the acquisition, in fact some have heavily criticized it due to privacy concerns. Addressing those concerns, Nest CEO Tony Fadell has revealed that any future changes to the company’s privacy policy will be opt-in, and that Nest will be “transparent” about the changes made to the privacy policy.

Fadell made these comments at the DLD Conference in Munich. He said that right now no changes are planned, and that all user data will remain in “Nest’s world.” Though he doesn’t rule out the possibility of changes being made to the privacy policy down the line entirely, saying that whatever changes are made, Nest will be transparent about it and that customers will be able to opt-in to them if they want to. Its not hard to understand why Fadell wants these concerns to subside, part of the reason why Nest would have agreed to an acquisition would be the opportunity to expand exponentially, and with Google writing the cheques, its going to be a lot easier than ever before.

Nest CEO Tony Fadell Promises That Future Privacy Policy Changes Will Be ‘Opt-In’ original content from Ubergizmo.