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Sony busts out metallic-blue Madden NFL 09 PSP Entertainment Pack {Engadget}
Aug 21st 2008 3:58AM Hang on. A bulky-ass handheld console that's getting thoroughly trounced by Nintendo is getting a sports-themed rerelease in a becoming shade of blue? I could swear I already bought that...
Oh, here it is: http://avsegd.sites.uol.com.br/gamegear_blue.jpg
Tony Hawk's Motion leads to DS peripheral speculation {Engadget}
Aug 19th 2008 10:18PM I can confirm that Activison subsidiary Vicarious Visions was playing with a DS motion widget of some sort about a year ago. Having lived with a former employee who was fairly excitable, it slipped out the same month as the On Tour keypad. Honestly, I've been really surprised by the lack of news regarding the add-on - accelerometers are kind of a solved technology, and the components should be easy enough to squeeze into a GBA-size cart.
This next bit is pure speculation on my part: Nintendo wants motion controls for the DS. They're clearly big on the technology, what with the Wii and now the lightsaber-enabling add-on for the Wiimote. It would be in their best interests to ensure that the first DS motion device on the market is done right and made available for other first- and third-party games. I think the long wait and radio silence have been carefully orchestrated for maximum PR leverage when this finally launches.
Making packaging part of the product {Hack a Day}
Aug 16th 2008 9:19PM Not a bad concept, but as therian points out, artists are not engineers. What would be more practical is a flat-pack lamp that can be shipped in a simple envelope and assembled according to instructions printed on its own 'inside.'
Obsolete technology band {Hack a Day}
Jun 6th 2008 12:02AM It brought a tear to my eye. The slow start with the program loading and the printer clunking away left me completely unprepared for how wondrous the scratchy hard drive recreation of Thom Yorke's voice is, and that scanner is perfect for the song.
I agree with jack. This piece belongs in a museum, where it can chime out the hour.
Hackit: Laser cutters - with a prize! {Hack a Day}
Mar 11th 2008 1:58AM Extremely detailed information on the side of cylindrical glasses. Volume by depth, estimated calories for various drinks, estimated weights for common dry measure, etc. Dense information presented with clear marks and easy-to-understand notation. These could be quite personalized if you're picky and exact - for example, choosing Yuengling and Sunkist instead of generic beer and soda.
In a classic nerd move, you could turn anything into a highly accurate ruler.
Hackit: Laser cutters - with a prize! {Hack a Day}
Mar 10th 2008 3:38PM I'd decorate my Thinkpad with a trace of the keyboard, so it looked open when it was closed. The colors count for a lot in making the iconic laptop design recognizable, but the three-button arrangement below the spacebar and off-color function & Enter keys should be enough.
I'm a little disappointed you can't cut serious metal with it. My original thoughts were along the lines of rapid-prototyping: cut out slices of a solid object-to-be, align them, and braise them together.
You could turn a decent profit laser-etching cheap swords. Anime fan favorite katanas are out thanks to the 26" diagonal, but knives and tantos are game.
1200 DPI's pretty sharp... maybe take a page from NASA's book (no pun intended) and sneak some softcore porn-laden glass slides into the nearest convenient laboratory? Most Chem-E's I know are female, so be sure to choose your images with the right target audience in mind. At this resolution, you could engrave "HACKADAY.COM" on your staples, maybe even paperclips.
Oh, here's a good one - coins. Technically illegal, but let's say you're using Euros or pounds sterling. What can you fit into the flat spaces on either side of a portrait? A QR code for Hackaday, maybe? A skull-and-crosswrenches tattoo for the Queen? Perhaps hand out flat-edged coins with your name & phone number on the rim in place of business cards.
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup can feel it coming in the air tonight {Joystiq}
Jan 12th 2008 7:01PM The new format is a mistake. Instead of scrolling through as usual and enjoying weekly webcomic wrapups as they come, I have to click through - which wouldn't be such a disjointed experience compared to before if you didn't also separate the links from the voting. This last part is terrible. It's enough that I have to re-open some of the links to remind myself of how the link relates to the subject line, now I have to play a matching game with the titles I ignore in the first place? Consider for a moment how much of your readership is borderline ADD while they're vegging out on your site.
The new WWW format detracts from usability, makes voting less intuitive, and feels like a MySpace-inspired ploy to increase raw page loads and push more ad content. I see no pros to balance against the cons. Kill it.
Microwave beam car stopper tested, fries cars in nanoseconds flat {Engadget}
Dec 6th 2007 12:07AM s/vintage/Citroen/
There are still places in Europe where you can buy brand-new diesels without any electronics but the lights, radio, and wipers. Some of them might even be capable of winning a high-speed chase... for certain values of high.
Nokia's N810 internet tablet hits store shelves {Engadget}
Nov 19th 2007 10:40PM Flash definitely counts. If it can run Doom in a virtual machine, it can definitely run it natively.
Reviews of the underclocked N800 show that it could also play Quake II... not that the N800 has enough buttons for it.
Rock Band DLC 'splosion: CCR, Radiohead, Bowie, and more! {Joystiq}
Nov 9th 2007 9:32PM Woo Bowie! Now if only that pack included Teenage Wildlife.
