R2-D2 speakers beep beep bloop beep
By Evan Blass 
posted Oct 19th 2007 8:23AM
posted Oct 19th 2007 8:23AM
[Via TechDigest]
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lights!! what about lights.. will they blink :D
Not just blink, but also fly. Project princesses. Talk. And hack into you computer with a tiny robotic arm that plugs in your USB, exactly in time to save you from the trash compactor in your bedroom.
George Lucas needs more money...quick, what can we make this week?
I find their lack of a subwoofer disturbing...
LOL!!!
The C3P0 subwoofer idea was eventually dropped because it would occasionally spurt out extremely lame puns, albeit in the 25-400Hz range.
but can it run the binary language of moisture vaporators?
Cool stuff. Very geeky though...
uh... isn't that what most of us are?
that's a macbook! how rare!
Um, I think its a Powerbook, not a MacBook. See, no webcam. ^_^
actually its called and iSight ^_^
Watch your mouth kid, or you’ll find yourself floating home.
Cool. Pretty geeky though...
It would sound a whole lot better if the speakers were plugged in to the computer.
Bill, I'm guessing you're not a lawyer either.
If I decide that my iPhone will work better with a nail through the middle of the screen, then Apple will gladly replace it when the performance suffers?
The point is not whether they will replace or repair a factory defect (that is another can of worms with Apple products...)--but rather whether they will bail you out when you break the rules of the warranty agreement (which you are not legally bound to follow) and end up with a $500 piece of plastic. Someone else posted a quote of the warranty agreement earlier and it is hard to deny that any sort of 'unlocking'/hacking/whatever is not part of the intended use of the product and therefore relieves Apple of any liability.
If you buy a new car and fill the gas tank with sugar water (even though the owner's manual says not to use anything but gasoline), the manufacturer is not responsible for your stupidity.
It isn't the drivers you should be worried about... it's the motivators! (watch the Red one fail first!)
I LOVE how the Japanese ad line at the top states the obvious... DIRECT TRANSLATION: "With one, you get monaural, with two it becomes stereo speakers!"
*motions hand* These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Can I get a Kenny Baker thumb drive to accompany that?
@oshean: brilliant! Go about your business
I wonder about lead paint . . . . .
This would be way cooler if instead of a red R2-D2, the second speaker was in fact an R5-D4 from Episode IV...
It would be funny if people paid $40 for these things, and all they did was munge up whatever audio signal you pumped through them into R2D2 sounds.
i'd rather have a deathstar sub woofer so i can ultimately secure my virginity.
On DL TV they showed R2D2s from CEDIA ( I think it was) that had integrated webcams and also had a type of remote watchdog software function that allowed you to have it turn on and track a target at any time you choose.
They also had a life size R2 that had a projector built into it.
the comments are just too much... lmao
thank you everyone, you just helped me get thru my day