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Just when you thought that the city which you live in is too congested and more needs to be done by the government to provide affordable housing to the masses, here comes what is dubbed as the “One-Sqm-House”, which is actually the brainchild of Van Bo Le-Mentzel. Van Bo Le-Mentzel is a long-time Berlin resident, and architect, having dreamed up this unique house which was described by Van himself as “no one other than I, myself, can decide what happens with this one square meter of mine in the world. It’s the only square meter in the world where I can decide what direction the window looks in, what direction the door opens in, what neighbors I have.”

This young architect has worked with the BMW Guggenheim Lab, so that he is able to share his vision for a tiny home with the rest of the world. Le-Mentzel has already invited all Berliners to come and assist in building as many One-Sqm-Houses as possible, where he offered to pay for the bill of materials for those who are less fortunate, as long as these people gave permission to the Lab to rent them out until the end of July. Those who are interested in renting out the One-Sqm-House will see it listed on Airbnb for €1 per night, although when the experiment comes to a conclusion on July 29th, the builders are able to return and pick up their “babies.”

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If you’re keen on picking up a budget-friendly Google TV set top box, you might want to check out Vizio’s Co-Star Google TV unit. Announced at the beginning of last month, the Vizio Co-Star will give your TV access to Google TV – which means Android apps, games, YouTube, Google Chrome, and more – all in the comfort of your living room. The Vizio Co-Star is also touted to be the first stream player in the market to offer video games with OnLive. So this means you won’t have to play “mobile” versions of games – instead, you can indulge full blown console/PC titles on the set top box.

If you’re keen on picking up the Vizio Co-Star when it goes on sale next month, be sure to place a pre-order for the device. The Vizio Co-Star will set you back $0.99 and will ship on August 14th. Check out the advert for the Co-Star below:

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Toshiba knows that there are different kinds of users when it comes to the world of consumer electronics, which is why where the TV market is concerned, they have decided to position their most recent addition to the Regza family as an entry level device. Known as the Toshiba Regza Dynamic 40S5, it will clearly target the entry level market by offering adequate bang for your hard earned buck in the form of a 40” LED backlit TV. If your wallet is on a diet, fret not – after all, this particular bad boy is going for a mere 85,000 yen, which translates to roughly $1,090.

As for the features found in the Regza Dynamic 40S5, you can expect to enjoy the aforementioned 40” LED backlit panel in addition to a 5,100,000 dynamic contrast, Toshiba’s very own Regza Engine, USB hard drive recording capability, a 10W x 2ch speaker setting, and a Digital TV Tuner. Since it walks on the budget side of things, you can forget about add-ons such as DLNA support and 3D capability.

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This summer’s main sporting event that will be watched by billions around the world would be the London 2012 Olympics, and thanks to the advancements made in technology, we have since moved on from High Definition broadcasting to 3D High Definition live streams. This will be made available to nearly 80% of US TV households in the US thanks to the joint efforts of NBC Olympics and Panasonic, where they will work hand in hand with AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Verizon amongst other cable, satellite and telco providers to deliver 3D Olympic Games coverage right to your very doorstep.

Later this month, the 3D broadcast of the games can be accessed by subscribers of MVPD’s (multichannel video programming distributors) who as of press time, make up nearly 80% of US TV households. This daily 3D programming is not live though, but rather, will be shown on next-day delay. Approximately 242 hours of the 3D broadcasts are said to be distributed through the Media Center. I cannot wait for the day when live 3D broadcast of sporting events will happen in Full High Definition glory on such a global scale though, leading us to ask the question – what’s next after that? [Press Release]

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LG does seem serious on peddling their massive, massive 84-inch ultra-definition 4K HDTV that was first spotted at CES earlier this year. It boasts a stunning level of resolution – we are talking about 3,840 x 2,160 (UHDTV) pixels here, where it is capable of maintaining a full 1080p picture for 3D movies, and this happens even as you use the LG’s FPR Cinema 3D passive glasses technology. Not only that, this particular TV will come with a standard range of Smart TV features. Well, LG would by no means want to be left behind in Samsung’s wake, as the latter has just announced the 75-inch ES9000 that carries some Angry Birds goodness along with it.    One thing is for sure though – this bad boy is not going to come cheap by any means, so you might want to start saving up for one like since yesterday! [Korean Press Release]

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