Filed under: Robots
Turn away before it’s too late, we beg you. Don’t make the mistake we did by watching WowWee’s Alive Lion Cub get splayed for the chuckling amusement of ol’ Pig Eye Jackson. Should you choose to proceed, choose to hit that read link then be warned: you’ll never eat bot-sausage again.
[Thanks, Robert O.]
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Filed under: Robots
Turn away before it’s too late, we beg you. Don’t make the mistake we did by watching WowWee’s Alive Tiger Cub get splayed for the chuckling amusement of ol’ Pig Eye Jackson. Should you choose to proceed, choose to hit that read link then be warned: you’ll never eat bot-sausage again.
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Filed under: Transportation
Okay, so maybe it’s not a huge deal if your Civic Hybrid only hums around town, but when behind the wheel of say, a Lightning GT, you’re going to want that bad boy to make some serious racket. Lotus is taking a somewhat fresh concept and kicking out an idea of its own in order to give some grunt back to battery-filled whips. Currently, the auto maker is utilizing a Prius (what, couldn’t net an Elise loaner?) in order to show off its “Safe and Sound” technology (video after the break), which integrates a speaker setup just behind the front bumper in order to alert pedestrians just before they’re mangled by an ultra-green, eco-friendly vehicle. Wonder if we’ll ever be able to purchase new exhaust tones from our in-dash navigation system — ‘69 Shelby GT500, anyone?
[Via Wired]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Don’t look now, but your point-and-shoot is about to get a whole lot smarter if it’s rockin’ a DSC-T700 or DSC-T77 label. Starting with the latter (which is Sony’s thinnest model at less than 5/8 of an inch), you’ll find a 10-megapixel sensor, ISO up to 3,200, eleven scene modes, in-camera image management, face detection and a 3-inch touchscreen to boot. Moving on, the brainy DSC-T700 does everything the T77 does but throws in 4GB of internal storage and a 3.5-inch LCD — you know, so you can have a “photo album in your pocket.” Both units sport a Carl Zeiss lens, 4x optical zoom, image stabilization and even an anti-blink function that snaps two successive shots if it notices anyone dozing during the capture. Also of note, the T700 packs a Picture Motion Browser application that “lets you downsize images from full-resolution to VGA and export them back to the camera’s internal photo album.” A bit gimmicky, sure, but a welcome addition nonetheless. Look for the T77 to land in brown, green, pink, black and silver in late September for about $300, while the T700 hits around the same time in red, champagne gold, pink, dark gray and silver for a Benjamin more.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless
While we’re still on the fence with the name — we can’t decide if the urge to call it the FrenchScope is a good or bad thing — there’s no hating on the tech, a simple as it might be. The FreedomScope is just like a normal stethoscope, minus the bothersome tube part. Freed from tethers by a little bit of Bluetooth magic, the FreedomScope allows first responders to diagnose folks in viral, biological, chemical or nuclear emergencies that require hazard suits or other separation on the part of the health care personnel. The auscultator, if you will.
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Another minute, another couple of cameras from Nikon. This time around it’s the P6000 and S60. Starting with the P6000, there’s 13.5-megapixels crammed into the sensor, along with a 4x NIKKOR lens zoom, plus inbuilt GPS which might surprise a few of you.
Stealing technology from its D-SLRs, Nikon has placed the EXPEED image-processing system in the P6000, along with a whole host of other professional specifications. The ISO goes up to 6,400, and the screen measures 2.7-inches. An integrated Ethernet connector will help aid with uploading photos to the internet, supposedly the world’s first consumer camera to do so.
Launching on the 12th of September, it’ll retail for £429.99. Meanwhile, the S60 will be a far cry cheaper when it launches just seven days later, at £299.99.
A 10-megapixel camera, NIKKOR 5x zoom lens and massive 3.5-inch LCD screen are the big feathers in the S60’s cap, along with an HDMI output.
Rolling out the snappers, Nikon has announced four new digital cameras for its Coolpix range. We’ve got the S610, S610c, S710 and S560 models in store for you, below.
The first two cameras feature a 10-megapixel sensor, wide-angle 4x zooms, ISO of up to 3200 and the privilege of having the world’s fastest start-up time from within their class. The usual specs are included, such as 3-inch TFT screens, Lens-Shift Vibration Reduction and Best Shot Selector.
As you’ve probably guessed, the lowercase ‘c’ on one of those models suggests inbuilt wireless technology, with the S610c supposedly being the world’s first compact camera which is compliant with the Wi-Fi Protected Set-up, or WPS. Priced at £249.99 for both models, we have to wonder why anyone would want the non-internet capable S610. Unless the fact that the S610 is launching on the 29th of August, and the internet-ready model is a few weeks later, that is.
Moving on, the S710 stores an impressive 14.5-megapixels in the sensor, along with a 3.6x optical zoom, an ISO of 12,800 and the usual host of scene modes etc. Shoot video at 12fps, and view it on the 3-inch screen, all for £299.99 when it launches on the 12th of September.
Last but not least, the S560 will retail for £179.99 when launching on the 29th of August. Nikon’s stocked it with 10-megapixels, a 5x NIKKOR zoom lens, and 2.7-inch TFT screen. We like the colour choices - “warm silver”, “sakura pink” and plain old “black”. We love Nikon’s colour names, is it obvious?
If your computer annoys or amazes you, and you yell at it or congratulate it, you’ll be met with silence. But if you direct your feedback to the company that made it, will you have any more of a dialogue?
Filed under: Displays
It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Canon’s legal troubles with SED, but it sounds like things are taking a turn for the better — the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Canon had not broken its contract with Nano-Proprietary (now called Applied Nanotech Holdings) since Canon is now the sole owner of its previous joint venture with Toshiba, SED Inc. The court also reinstated Canon’s license to the SED tech, but since Canon stopped working on the tech last year, it’ll probably be a while before we see any SED displays actually show up. We’ll see how it goes down — hopefully those rumors of a skunkworks SED project inside Canon will make this all seem like a bad dream someday.
[Thanks, Alex]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Well, well. What have we here? A few new Nikon’s in the run-up to Photokina, based on looks alone. Up first is the previously rumored Coolpix P6000 (£429; $835), a high-end point-and-shoot with a patently absurd 14-megapixel sensor, a 4x optical zoom, 2.7-inch touchscreen monitor, geotagging support, full manual mode and the ability to capture in RAW. If that’s a bit much for you, you can check out the ultrathin Coolpix S60 (£299; $581), which packs a 3.5-inch 16:9 touchscreen that controls just about everything, a 10-megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom and an HDMI output. Next up is the S710, which unfortunately gets the aforementioned 14-megapixel sensor, a 3-inch LCD and a 3.6x optical zoom. Bringing up the rear is the 10-megapixel S560 (£179; $348) and the S610 / S610c (£249; $484), the latter of which includes WiFi for instant uploading. Look for most, if not all, of these to show up on shelves next month.
Read - Nikon’s Coolpix P6000
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