Cube U30GT2 Android 4.1 Tablet

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Cube has released another powerful Android 4.1 tablet into the market. Called the U30GT2, the tablet sports a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 Retina IPS capacitive multi-touch display, a 1.8GHz Rockchip RK3188 Cortex-A9 quad-core processor, a Mali-400MP4 GPU, a 2GB RAM, a 32GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (2MP front & 5MP rear), 1080p Full HD video playback support, Flash 11.1 support, 3G external support, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, a mini-HDMI port, an 8000mAh battery and runs on Android 4.1.1 OS. The U30GT2 is available now for $248. [Product Page]

CallingCube Business Cards: But I Want My Card on a d20!

With all of the people we meet in business and our personal lives, sometimes it’s hard to leave a lasting impression. Sure, you could do something outlandish, like juggle kittens or something, but they’ll probably just think you’re nuts.

Instead, most of us just like to leave behind a calling card of some sort. But paper business cards are so easily buried in a drawer or tossed in the trash that they’re not that effective. What you need is the CallingCube.

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This inventive object is a actually a calling card, printed onto a small cube using 3D printing technology. Just pick your color, provide text for the sides, your logo or graphic – and the designers at CallingCube will do the rest. Of course, you’ll get a proof of your design before they’re printed too.

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They’re available in a variety of colors, and will definitely leave an impression wherever you leave them. I certainly wouldn’t throw away a business card this cool. It’d probably be sitting on my desk somewhere.

Keep in mind that CallingCubes aren’t exactly cheap. 20 of the suckers will set you back $99 (USD) – about $5 per cube – though there are substantial discounts for ordering more. An order of 240 cubes runs $799, which works out to about $3.32 per cube. They are also offering an additional $50 off orders of 80 or more cubes until March 1st, 2013. For 5 bucks, you can order a sample CallingCube to get a sense of how they feel in your hand.

That all said, you’ll still want to keep some cheap business cards around and save these for your most important contacts.

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Tetris Sculptures: Get Stacking!

Tetris is an amazing game. I have played that game for hours upon hours on the funky green screen of my old Game Boy. There have been many different versions of the game that have released over the years, but there’s something just so right about the original. The artist behind these sculptures must have felt the same way, with these clearly Tetris-inspired sculptures.

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Swedish artist Michael Johansson has created a series of sculptures, which were assembled using a variety of different household items, stacked perfectly in a Tetris-like fashion. He considered form and function while putting these together. They each ended up as nearly perfect cubes, with different textures and materials.

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The only thing that makes these un-Tetrislike is that in the game they would have all disappeared by now thanks to the perfectly stacked lines of stuff.

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The sculptures are being shown at the Flat Gallery in Milan, Italy through February 24, 2013. So if you happen to be traveling through the area, you should go check these out.

[via designboom]

Interactive LED Cube: Rubik’s Cube 2.0

Thanks to touchscreens and other input sensors, we’re finding more ways to integrate physical movement in electronic entertainment. The Princip Interactive LED Futuro Cube is another example. Its sensors work with the embedded LEDs to amuse – or frustrate – you in all sorts of ways.

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The Future Cube has multi-axis accelerometers, 56 LEDs and a speaker. The accelerometers enable it to detect gravity, motion and tapping, the LEDs are there to, well, light up, and the cube provides feedback, tutorials and score through the speaker. The cube has 12 game modes, including Gravity Puzzle (similar to Rubik’s Cube but with tapping instead of rotating!), Snake (it slithers through all six sides!) and Cubris (Tetris, except it’s way more confusing!)

Here’s a quick demo of Gravity Puzzle:

Did you understand what was happening in that last video? Neither did I. All the more reason to get one of these toys. You can order the Princip Interactive LED Futuro Cube from ThinkGeek for $100 (USD).

Princip Interactive LED Futuro Cube hands-on

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Playing around with ThinkGeek’s table full of toys was unquestionably a highlight of 2013 CES experience, which is (thankfully) nearly at an end. In amongst the always awesome licensed Star Trek and Star Wars toys was the Princip Interactive LED Futuro Cube, a strange game device created with ThinkGeek. The device brings to mind the Rubik’s Cube, if only because its a geometrical puzzle game. In place of colored squares are a series of different colored LED lights.

Like Rubik’s famous three-dimensional toy, the Futuro isn’t particularly easy to master. It has a menu system and offers up a series of audible commands to access its different games. Getting started takes a quick shake and it can be put to sleep with couple of taps. There’s also a USB port on one side for downloading software updates, including new games.

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Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with Sifteo’s Dave Merrill

We’ve been hearing a fair amount about the Sifteo Cubes over the past couple of years, but we haven’t had nearly enough opportunities to actually see the things in action. The company’s president and co-founder Dave Merrill will be kicking off the second day of our CES stage by taking the unique and uniquely adorable gaming platforms for a spin.

January 9, 2013 12:00 PM EST

Check out our full CES 2013 stage schedule here!

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Eyes-on with 3D System’s CubeX and next-generation Cube (Update: video)

Eyeson with 3D System's CubeX and nextgeneration Cube

3D Systems isn’t exactly new to the consumer 3D printing space, but its history lies in professional additive manufacturing. Its machines have found homes around the globe in high profile businesses like Boeing. That hasn’t stopped the company from rolling out a pair of impressive home options at CES. The company’s CEO Avi Reichental stopped by our stage chat for a while and let us play with the two new devices, the CubeX and the second-generation Cube.

The Cube X is a rather beastly device. While technically it might able to sit on a desk, we wouldn’t exactly call it a desktop printer. The 1,030 cubic inch-build platform is large enough print a basketball, though, one that wouldn’t bounce very high. Such a build would take quite a long time however, with the lower 500 micron resolution taking up to 12 hours to spit out. If you bumped it up to 125 microns an easily breakable sphere would be yours in about 24 hours. Still, that’s quite a bit faster than some printers out there, and it can accomplish the feat in three colors — something no other consumer model we’ve seen is capable of. Even though we’ve seen high resolutions out of machines like the Replicator 2, the difference 25 microns makes is practically indistinguishable. Everything from chain mail to mugs are within reach. Rather impressively, just like its little brother, the CubeX relies on cartridges instead of spools for dispensing plastic — either ABS or PLA. 3D Systems even calls them “smart cartridges” since it can distinguish between the two plastics and adjust the properties accordingly.

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3D Systems second-gen Cube 3D printer boasts faster prints and more materials

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Everybody loves a sequel, right? And what better place to launch a followup than in shiny Las Vegas? Exactly a year after launch the first generation of its consumer-friendly 3D printer, the Cube, 3D Systems is getting ready to unleash its successor on the world. The second-gen Cube offers a number of enhancements over last year’s model, including the ability to print up to 1.5 times faster and printing in both ABS and recyclable PLA plastics. The printer maintains the earlier version’s easily-loaded cartridges (which can be sent back empty for a discount), touchscreen controls and WiFi connectivity.

They’ll start shipping on the 21st of this month to interested makers who pre-order one now for $1,399.

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Y-cam’s HomeMonitor and Cube camera helps you monitor babies, burglars from the cloud

Ycam launches HomeMonitor and Cube cameras to help you monitor babies and burglars from the cloud

The downside of a consumer society is that we need to protect our smartphones with as much vigor as our babies. Fortunately, the price of freedom isn’t eternal vigilance, but $200, paid straight to Y-Cam, makers of the WiFi Baby. It’s releasing the HomeMonitor, a secure, cloud-connected camera that lets you stalk / observe your offspring or prized possessions over the internet with a smartphone or tablet. An indoor variant is $200, while a weatherproofed version for scanning the frontiers of your home will set you back $350 and both will drop shortly. At the same time, you can pick up the Cube, a night-vision IP camera designed for professionals that’ll cost you between $200 and $350, depending on the resolution you plump for, when it arrives in February.

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Cube U9GT3 Cherry Android 4.0 ICS Tablet

Cube U9GT3 Cherry Android 4.0 ICS Tablet

If you’re in the market for a new Android 4.0 ICS tablet, be sure you check out this new Cube U9GT3 Cherry. Priced at just $169.99, the tablet comes with an 8.0-inch 1024 x 768 IPS capacitive multi-touch display, a 1.6GHz ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor, a Mali-400 GPU, a 1GB DDR3 RAM, a 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a 0.3MP front-facing camera, 1080p Full HD video playback support, Flash 10.1 support, 3G external support, WiFi, a 4500mAh battery and runs on Android 4.0.4 OS. [Product Page]