Dec 12

Tetra the micromouse needs no cheese, completes maze in under five seconds (video)

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Lab rats beware — there’s a new turbo-charged robotic cousin of yours on the block. This little autonomous fellow, Tetra, has just wowed micromouse hobbyists with a 4.766-second finish time in a maze (which had to be mapped by the micromouse first) in a recent demonstration, beating the previous All Japan Micromouse contest record by a big margin of 1.6 seconds. Sadly, Tetra wasn’t the winner of this year’s contest as it failed to complete the final Expert Class event — probably something to do with the lighting conditions which affected its tracking. We can still admire Tetra’s awesomeness in the video after the break though, followed by some thoughts from a few micromouse experts.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part eleven: win a 32GB Zune HD!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have a 32GB Zune HD on offer! You know you want it!

Special thanks to Microsoft for providing the Zune!

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Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part eleven: win a 32GB Zune HD! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part ten: win an HP Envy 15!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have an HP Envy 15 on offer! You know you want it!

Keep checking back all day — we’re doing a giveaway each hour!

Special thanks to HP for providing the giveaway!

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Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part ten: win an HP Envy 15! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part nine: win a Dualshock 3 Wireless controller for PS3!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have a Dualshock 3 Wireless controller for PS3 to give away. Just admit it: you want one (we can tell you that our dog really digs those little dudes).

Keep checking back all day — we’re doing a giveaway every hour or so.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part eight: win a copy of Lips Number One Hits for Xbox 360!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have a copy of Lips: Number One Hits for Xbox 360 to giveaway. Just admit it: you want this.

Keep checking back all day — we’re doing a giveaway each hour!

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part seven: win a copy of Squeeballs Party for Nintendo Wii!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have a copy of Squeeballs Party for Nintendo Wii to give away. Just admit it: you want one (we can tell you that our dog really digs those little dudes).

Keep checking back all day — we’re doing a giveaway each hour!

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part six: win an HTC HD2!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have an HTC HD2 to give away. Just admit it: you want one!

Keep checking back — we’re going to step it up here and do one every hour or so, and we have a bunch of great stuff to hand out! Good luck!

Special thanks to HTC for providing the HD2!

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Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part six: win an HTC HD2! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part five: win one of five Nyko Charge Base IC units!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Up now we have five Nyko Charge Base IC units to give away to five lucky winners. Just admit it: you want one!

Keep checking back all day — we’re going to do one giveaway every hour or so, and we have some great stuff to hand out!

Huge thanks to Nyko for providing the gear!

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part four: win a copy of Brutal Legend for Xbox 360!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Now we’ve got a copy of Brutal Legend for the Xbox 360. Just admit it: you want this.

Keep checking back all day — we’re going to do one giveaway every hour or so, — and we have some great stuff to give out, including an HP Envy 15!

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Nov 27

Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part three: win an Aliph Jawbone prime!

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Black Friday is one of those days you wish you could skip right over sometimes. The long lines, the disappointing deals, the stampedes and the arguments over Cabbage Patch Kids. We can sympathize. That’s why we’re hanging out here all day, with you! And we decided to pull out some things we stocked up on just to give away to you, our devoted readers. Read the full rules after the break and get commenting to win. Now we’ve got an Aliph Jawbone Prime. Just admit it: you want this.

Keep checking back all day — we’re going to do one giveaway every hour or so, and we have some great stuff to hand out, including an HP Envy 15!

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Engadget’s Black Friday giveaway, part three: win an Aliph Jawbone prime! originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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