DIY Cardboard Robot takes its first steps
Ever thought of building a hexapodal robot out of cardboard, including servos and controllers for $85 (about £55)? This is a thought process that creator Mike Estee had, and we've got to admit, the DIY, homebrew look of it all (not intentional as it is actually homemade) is awesome.
Origin PC Over-Clocked To A Whopping 5.7Ghz With Help Of Sub-Zero Cooling System
There's precious little else that gets PC gamers all hot under the collar than discussing hardware specifications. In truth, there's nothing we despise more than gamers trying to out-geek the other - from noisy disputes that his AMD Phenom II 850 4 x 3.3 GHZ tops your Intel Core i7 2600K, or arguments kick-started by a debate over cooling systems – but then perhaps we don't care less.
Study shows how animals invented social networking
You'd be correct in thinking that conventional thinking of the moment is the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google+ were human creations. However, a recent 10-year study into how animals behave has claimed otherwise, showing that social networking operates in the same fashion across all species.
Prometheus trailer parody. Audio sync with Wall-E scenes
You probably already know about the the Alien quasi-prequel Prometheus, and also about the the Pixar animated film Wall-E. Two films of opposite polarity in terms of age appropriacy, brought together in a rather humourous parody.
Project Gemini archives the history of space exploration in photos
The Project Gemini Online Digital Archive was released recently by NASA, in conjunction with Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration.
What we have is a collection of high-resolution photos, which have been scanned from the original mission flight films, spanning ten missions between 1965 and '66. The one thing you can probably take note of while flicking through the photos is the beauty of it all.
New Line Studios hire director for Police Academy Reboot
New Line Cinema has hired Scott Zabielski to direct the long-overdue eight iteration of the Police Academy films...you know, the ones from the 80s and 90s with Steve Guttenberg and that guy who made all the sounds.
Father tries to sell son on Facebook for £13 million
This must have come as quite the shock for the son of father and failed businessman Saud bin Nasser Al Shahry from Saudi Arabia, as he found himself on sale for £13 million on Facebook.
The dad claims he was financially stretched, as the local court ruled his debt-collecting firm illegal. He asked for financial help and was denied because of being over the age of 35. After all of this, for the sake of taking care of his wife and daughter, he claimed the only option was to auction his son on the social network, to offer “a decent life to his mother and sister rather than living in poverty.”
Apple's Tim Cook: The Man who earned £464 per minute in 2011
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has earned a pay package worth a staggering $378m (£244m) in 2011. Taking home £1.8 million in salary and performance bonus during the year – quite the generous sum itself we'd agree – that figure is eclipsed by the value in shares he was granted by Apple's board upon taking over from the late Steve Jobs in August.
Panasonic announces MySpace TV app...why!?
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Remember that social network that you haven't used for years? Turns out Panasonic is making an app around social viewing and interconnectivity with the service, called Myspace TV, for it's Viera Smart TV offering.
Justin Timberlake, popstar and Myspace Co-owner joined Panasonic on stage to talk about the service. He spoke of being able to see what your Myspace friends are watching, and make comments through the device.
Nokia Lumia 900 announced
Nokia's Stephen Elop has taken the stage at the CES 2012 keynote and announced the third device in the Lumia portfolio: the Nokia Lumia 900.
Singing from a near identical hymn sheet to the Lumia 800 and the N9 in respects to product design, only bigger. The same polycarbonate design is back; but the 900 has some rather impressive specs for it's America-exclusive debut:
Samsung introduces AllShare Play. Control the washing machine with your smartphone
It seems that Samsung have developed a rather healthy ecosystem of what they call "smart" devices. With this, they've introduced the amalgamation of these different devices into one connected form: a rebranding of the original AllShare into what they've announced to be "AllShare Play" at their CES 2012 keynote.
Intel predict the future of Ultrabooks with concept
So Intel had their keynote today at CES 2012, which confirmed their further investment and specialised efforts into the Ultra portable form factor. They even went to far as to say 2012 is to be "the year of the Ultrabook," as they presented their concept of super-thin and powerful laptops, along with what they think the future holds in the form of a concept called 'Nikiski.'
Sharp's Jaw-Dropping 80-Inch 3D TV Due To Arrive Early This Year
CES 2012 will no doubt bring countless intriguing technology news stories to our shores; both from conceptual ideas of future designs, to ultra-thin laptops (Acer today unveiled the world's thinnest at just 15mm thick), to Microsoft showing off Windows 8-adorned tablets via staggeringly beautiful smartphones.
All rumours point to Next Xbox and PS4 debut at E3 2012
UK games industry magazine MCV has reported on information from a reliable source, claiming that we will see the announcement of Microsoft and Sony's next-generation consoles at E3 2012.
In what would be a strategically sound move to divert at least some of the attention from the imminent Wii U, all signs thus far have directed to an announcement pretty soon, and some of us expected it to be an E3 effort from Microsoft, seeing as it's still the most significant name in video games expos.
Times get tough as Sonic stars in car insurance ad
We understood that Sonic isn't the same video gaming icon he used to be in the past, but we didn't know it was to the point where he was to be the TV brand advocate for car insurance.
NASA unveils hub for open source projects
Continuing with the initiatives NASA has been making to generate an open plain of communication and discussion surrounding scientific research, they have announced code.NASA: a central portal to "continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities."
After just turning Alpha, some of the features are not present yet; but as is there's still much to be done. You can access information and resources from other users looking to make it big via the NASA open source route.
Microsoft builds a new 3D holographic system you can touch
Microsoft Research has unveiled the work they have been doing into a 3D hologram system that allows you to interact with the projections floating in midair, with surprising precision.
The system, code-named Project Vermeer, is able to project a 3D image at 15 frames per second, emulating 192 different viewpoints at a time, and presents a counter-point to what technological implementations there are currently.
Youtube planning to launch new vision for TV on the web
So over the next six months Youtube is planning to launch a new TV service, to change the somewhat grim idea of internet TV thus far. Plans are for it to comprise of over 100 channels, and contain it's own producers, publishers and programmers.
This is to be part of a feature in next week's New Yorker where John Seabrook will be taking a look at the history of YouTube and it's strategy for the future. Seabrooks also writes about VP of content at Google and Head of content at Youtube Robert Kyncl, who is spearheading what is described as the biggest change in television since the cable company led upheaval in the 80s broadcast industry, describing him as "architect of the single largest cultural transformation in YouTube's history."
Microsoft Patent Suggests Next Xbox Will Include DVR Features
With this generation of consoles, all Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have made significant strides in making each of their respective machines an integral part of the living room. It started with movie downloads, but now encompasses everything from live-streamed TV (including Sky TV programmes), integration with rental services such as Blinkbox, LOVEFiLM and Netflix and implementation of social networking.