Looking for a pinch of adorable, a taste of augmented reality and a shiny new peripheral for your PSP ? Look no further, mate. Sony’s EyePet title is now shipping in the US of A, and a required camera will come bundled in with each UMD. Amazon and friends have it listed for $39.99, and if you’re hoping to avoid the otherwise unavoidable “sold out forever” sign during the final week of December, we’d recommend getting that order in now. Oh, and PSPgo owners need not apply — this one’s too cute for NAND. Continue reading Sony ships EyePet for PSP, complete with camera Sony ships EyePet for PSP, complete with camera originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Revue owners, have you been frustrated by some of the framerate issues? We hear ya, as do Google and Logitech. The latter said in an official post earlier today that an over-the-air update would arrive to fix such an issue, and like that, our Google TV box prompted us to download a 163MB file denoted update 39953. We’ve heard from a number of tipsters, too, who claim to have received the patch. Will this fix all the stuttering? We’re hearing mostly yeas in that regard, so don’t be shy, give the set-top another go — and let us know if you see anything else that’s new or improved. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Logitech Revue gets OTA update, a cure for the framerate jitters? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Hard to say if this is the direct (or indirect) replacement to the Creative X-Fi2 we toyed with 13 months ago, but the new Zen Touch 2 has snuck out behind the cover of two ZiiO touch tablets . This here PMP sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen, Android 2.1 underneath, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, an accelerometer, inbuilt speaker, two megapixel camera, microSD card slot, GPS, digital compass, FM radio tuner and a run-of-the-mill plastic enclosure. That last bit is according to Pocket-lint ‘s brief hands-on with the device, noting that the touch panel is of the resistive variety and the user interface was jumpy and problematic to say the least. It’ll be landing soon in 8GB and 16GB sizes for S$279 ($216 in Greenbacks) and up, but we get the impression that price and availability may not matter much in the grand scheme of things. Creative gets official with Android-based Zen Touch 2 PMP originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We’ve been waiting on this one for quite awhile… and well, we’ve got awhile longer. Fender has come clean with the price and release date of its Squier-branded Stratocaster for Rock Band 3 will hit the road on March 1st for just a penny shy of $280. The six-stringed warrior — which also serves as a MIDI controller and a real instrument — has far and away been our favorite method of playing the rhythm game’s new pro guitar mode, and though the button-laden Mustang is available now for just over half the price, it really doesn’t compare to the real thing here. Even the January 1st pre-order seems a ways off — guess we’ll be brushing up on our keytar skills in the meantime. Squier Stratocaster for Rock Band 3 set to tour March 1st for $280 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates
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February 2010 has come and gone , and we’re still not seeing a heck of a lot of traction with regard to CFast . Hailed as the next major leap in the CompactFlash standard, CFast cards rely on the SATA interface versus UDMA / IDE, with Transcend’s latest expected to boast transfer rates of 108MB/sec. As with other CFast cards, these too are shaped exactly like existing CompactFlash units, and while it seems as if the company is pushing these towards enterprise and industrial applications right now, it’s just a matter of time before they make the jaunt to your local camera shop. Expect four sizes (2/4/8/16GB) to pop up in the next few months, and feel free to let your imagination run wild with respect to prices. Continue reading Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates Transcend issues four new CFast 500 memory cards, promises 108MB/sec transfer rates originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video)
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Oh PALRO , you’d already won our hearts with that dirty dancing routine you learned over the summer, and heaven knows you’re cute as a button. Now, though, you have the brains to match those looks. Fujisoft has upgraded PALRO’s software to version 2.0, which comes with some impressive face, body, and object tracking. The little guy can now identify a face and track it even if someone turns their head, and likewise can identify a person’s body at a distance while walking through a crowded room. With a quick scan of its dome-shaped head PALRO can locate all the objects in a room and, when told to walk to one, will start swinging its arms and strut right to it, dodging wayward keyboards and mice along the way. It’s as impressive as it is adorable, and while PALRO still isn’t available for sale to the world at large, a price of roughly $3,300 makes means he’s well out of our league anyway. Continue reading PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video) PALRO the robot gets upgraded to 2.0, gets improved face & body tracking, is as cute as ever (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Yeah, kind of a good news / bad news type of situation here: the user’s manual for the rumored Android-based LG enV Pro for Verizon has leaked, showing off the latest incarnation of the long-running QWERTY clamshell line in all its dual-screen glory. That’s the good news. The bad news, though, is that Android and Me is reporting that it’s apparently been pulled from the launch roadmap for failing to wow the folks testing it. At a glance, we can’t say we’d blame them — it certainly doesn’t look like anything special, but then again, canceling a device at the last second is probably a small-scale contractual and financial nightmare for Verizon and LG alike… and we’re guessing it’s a situation they’d both like to avoid. Could it be sent back to the shop for retooling, or is it toast? And more importantly, does the Android-buying public care? [Thanks, Aaron] LG enV Pro pictured, canceled for failure to ‘impress’ testers? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Researchers tout progress with ‘skin printers,’ hope to one day treat battlefield wounds
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We’ve already seen that living tissue can be printed using what amounts to a bio-inkjet printer , and some researchers from the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine now say they’ve made some considerable progress that could bring the technology one step closer to use on the battlefield. Specifically, they’ve been able to speed up the healing of wounds on mice using a “printed” swath of tissue and completely heal the wound in three weeks, whereas an untreated wound did not heal itself in the same time period. Of course, there’s no word on any plans for tests on humans just yet, but the researchers do plan to take one more step in that direction by moving on to tests on pigs next. Researchers tout progress with ‘skin printers,’ hope to one day treat battlefield wounds originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Tokyoflash Wasted watch offers a safe, legal high that’s much more expensive (and much less effective) than street drugs
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Just when a Tokyoflash watch has reached the pinnacle of unreadability , it looks like the company has scaled things back slightly — very, very, very slightly. Kisai’s Wasted watch makes “your senses [come] alive” by turning the time display into a sort of psychedelic light show, one that it would take a modern day Timothy Leary to decode. It’s apparently supposed to simulate some sort of hallucinatory state, although we’re guessing that it’s much more likely to give you a migraine. Rechargeable via USB, and available now for $85 plus shipping. Turn on, tune in, and click the source link to get started — or peep the video after the break if you’re uncertain, man. Continue reading Tokyoflash Wasted watch offers a safe, legal high that’s much more expensive (and much less effective) than street drugs Tokyoflash Wasted watch offers a safe, legal high that’s much more expensive (and much less effective) than street drugs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It’s not often we get to mark a ten year anniversary… in space, but that’s just what the International Space Station is now celebrating. It was ten years ago today that the first crew arrived for a stay on the space station (which itself had been in orbit for two years prior), and it has been continuously occupied by humans ever since. It’s also, of course, expanded considerably during that time period, and seen its share of bumps along the way , but it’s not ready to de-orbit any time soon. The anniversary also marks the halfway point of the ISS’s expected lifetime and, if past history is any indication, it could well end up getting an extension beyond that — even if it’s with an all-robot crew . Hit up the source links below for NASA’s own retrospective on ten years of life on the station. International Space Station marks ten years of continuous habitation originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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