Hasta La Gadget!

Look at this crazy K’Nex machine. It took 8 months to create, has over 450 feet of track and it includes over 40,000 K’Nex pieces, 8 motors, 5 lifts, 21 distinct paths, and a computer-controlled crane. That’s insane.

This crazy contraption is called “Clockwork,” a giant K’Nex ball machine created by YouTube user austron. This is his fifth major ball machine and their largest, most complex K’Nex structure.

Check the video. It’s a wild ride that takes a full 5 minutes! It’s insane to me that people create this stuff. I just wish I had the talent to make a massive machine like this. I don’t know about you, but I could watch it do it’s thing all day long.

[via Geekosystem]

This morning you’ll want to head back to our LG Intuition hands-on before we ramp up for our full review later this week – phablet giganticism! A column you may want to peek in on as this week continues with tablets before the massive smartphone storm is Tablets are for fun, Laptops are for work. Then jump in on our hands-on action with Everything Everywhere 4G LTE – brand new and speedy quick!

There’s a lovely strange new little device out there now called the BlueAnt Ribbon for music streaming. The device known as Instacube is ramping up to Facebook photo support – but only if their demands are met on Kickstarter. There’s a whole new YouTube app out there today for iPhone and iPod touch!

Back to Everything Everywhere – aka EE – the Galaxy S III and iPhone 5 will be part of their lineup – with the first confirmed and the second heavily hinted. They’ve also shown 4G LTE roll-out plane and have let it be known that both 4G and Fiber are on the way “in coming weeks.”

Then down the gaming tube you go! Don Reisinger adds a column entitled Is 2014 too late for the PlayStation 4? Those of you planning to play Pokemon Black and White 2 will be glad to see a pre-order bonus in a Genesect – an exclusive catch! Electronic Arts has been tipped to have tried to purchase Valve in the past as well – too late!

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: September 11, 2012 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Heads up YouTubers on iOS, it seems like Google has officially released a new YouTube app for iOS. This YouTube has  been designed to be more friendly to use and just like Google, it will come with search suggestions why you type, allowing you to get to your videos faster. Google has released the app for the iPhone first, but rest assured iPad users as the YouTube app for your tablet is expected to be made available in the “coming months” – seems a bit long but we guess it’s better than nothing, right? Anyway if you’d like to check out the new YouTube app for your iPhone (or maybe even on your iPad if you don’t mind the slightly weird dimensions), head on over to the iTunes App Store for the download.

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There was much (some?) tearing of clothes and gnashing of teeth when Apple pulled its YouTube app from iOS 6. That pain was lessened by Google’s promise of a standalone app to replace it, and now Big G’s version has arrived, ready to be installed on the legions of new iPhones to come. YouTube’s touting the app’s fresh channel guide — that lets users swipe from left to right to reveal a screen with easy access to their channel subscriptions — and better search features as the main attractions of the new software. Oh, and for folks with ten-inch Apple screens, YouTube has assured us that its engineers are back in the lab cooking up an iPad-specific version set to show up “in the coming months.” Until then, the phone version will have to suffice, and you can grab it at the iTunes source link below.

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YouTube releases standalone app for iOS, tablet-tailored version in the works originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now that the Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps show in London is well behind us, it’s time for this summer’s Paralympics to get started — in fact, they’ve been underway since this past Wednesday, August 29th. But in case you’ve been missing out on all the action due to shortage of viewing options, YouTube just announced it’ll be streaming over 500 hours of live competitions to folks in the US of A and Canada. The real-time streams are being brought to you via the ParalympicSportsTV channel, which will also offer more than 1000 hours of on-demand content, such as daily highlights, behind-the-scenes footage and athlete interviews. The only thing left to do now is grab some popcorn and hope your country of choice leads that glorious medal count — so far, it’s China with the celebrated number one spot.

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YouTube live streaming this year’s London Paralympics in the US and Canada originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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