Callo and Cally cellphone robots
Who would have thought that passion, knowledge and some spare Bioloid parts alongside an old school Nokia N82 handset could outcome in the Callo and Cally cellphone robots? Developed by PhD student Ji-Dong Yim and Prof Chris D. Shaw at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada, these robots are [...]
Lunch.com Launches Communities: Yelp meets WordPress meets Wikipedia
[SXSW] We published about Lunch.com when it launched in April 09 at Web 2.0. Lunch.com connects citizens with similar interests via the proprietary “Similarity Engine” and provides them a platform to publish and share opinions and reviews about various topics. Today, Lunch.com announced the release of “Communities on Lunch” a new feature that allows users [...]
HTC Passion not heading for Verizon that Christmas
Word has it that the HTC Passion is not going to be available via Verizon Wireless in instance for Christmas, despite an earlier rumor floating around concerning a teaser site that promoted the HTC Passion via Verizon Wireless for that Yuletide season. Apparently, some digital sleuthing revealed that the teaser site is a fake, but [...]
Stargate Atlantis home theater
Just when you thought that you were the biggest Stargate fan there is, along comes Jacob Yarmuth who backs it up not only with words but money and a passion, resulting in a Stargate Atlantis home theater theme that costs a whopping $70,000. It comes with two Sony megachangers which can accommodate 800 DVDs, accompanied [...]
DIY Dalek ready to rule the world
Talk about being a true blue fan of the sci-fi series Dr. Who – Rob Bosher managed to put his moment and energy to good use (subjective though) with a full-size Dalek replica. that DIY project cost him around £700, where it is made from wood and some scrap. At its base is an electric [...]
Google Phone Update
This is still firmly in the “rumor” bin, but it does sound interesting, so we brought it up. The Google phone that we mentioned a little while back has the codename “Passion”, which might indicate the HTC Passion. There’s supposedly an expected launch in the first 2 weeks of January (which is just around the [...]
Android 2.1 ROM leak shows codenames
A leak of the Android 2.1 ROM has unveiled a bunch of codenames for current as well as future HTC Android handsets, where among them include (take a deep breath now) Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Passion, Sapphire and Supersonic. We can’t wait [...]