Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentThat, friends, is a darn good representation of what a Heckler and Koch MP5 sub-machine gun looks like. And contrary to popular belief, there’s no real ammunition in there — unless you consider the kind required to shoot digital clay pigeons “real munitions.” Spotted at a nondescript trade show over in Hong Kong, this here Wii controller actually comes with Wiimote, nunchuck and MotionPlus functionality built right in (wild, right?), so there’s no need to slip your own Wii controller in before greasing up your face, jumping in the fatigues and mashing that diminutive power button on your console.

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentThere’s a saying that originated in the wild, wild west, and if our memory serves us correctly, it goes a little something like this: “If you can’t convince the cops to do their jobs, just install as many speed bumps as humanly possible.” Oddly enough, that very mantra has mirrored reality down in Mexico, with some 18,000 speed bumps established in central Mexico City alone.

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentAnother season, another Texas Instruments coprocessor for us to wonder about. For what feels like ages now, TI has been pumping out silicon that promises to bring high-def recording capabilities to cellphones, but by and large, most everything has been stuck at VGA or below. Oh sure, we’ve seen our first batch of 12 megapixel cameraphones, but it’s not like those things are replacing DSLRs en masse.

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentPolice men and women of Blighty are about to step into the 21st century, albeit a decade late, with a new weapon in the fight against boredom on the beat. The BBC reports that smartphones will become standard issue throughout the Queen’s realm by March 2010, as a result of successful trials carried out in 30 constabularies through this year. Improved “operational efficiency” and reduced bureaucracy are argued as the key benefits, with a solid 30 minutes less time being spent in police stations each day.

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentThe world needs another VGA pico projector about like it needs another ton of plastic goop swirling in the Pacific, but thanks to FPS, that’s exactly what we’re getting. (The former, just so we’re clear.) The LCoS-based beamer puts out an image between 5- and 66-inches and packs a native resolution of 640 x 360; there’s a composite input, stereo output, USB socket and a microSD expansion slot.

Acer today introduced the extremely compact AspireRevo R3610-U9012 small and energy-efficient nettop that boasts an nVidia ION graphics and Microsoft DirectX, allowing you to view 1080p HD movies and play DirectX 10 games. The computer features a Dual-Core Intel Atom 330 processor with a high-definition audio support, a 160GB SATA hard drive, and a 2GB DDR2 RAM. The cool part of this nettop is that it has the ability to attach to a TV or LCD for additional space savings.

When mood rings and Philips Rationalizer just aren’t enough, Wei-Chieh Tseng’s robotic mood tail should do the trick. Basically, “the tail makes use of the ever dependable Arduino and an RFID reader to detect different emotion cards that set off varying degrees of tail-wagging.” Video after the break.[via Engadget] Via Techeblog

While the new Google Wave application may still be in beta, this Nokia N900 user shows that the Maemo-powered smartphone is most definitely capable of running it, and quite nicely to say the least. Continue reading for the video.There looks to be some lag between the keyboard and text box, but if you’re hankering to mash up Espoo’s latest and greatest with the G man’s latest and greatest, there’s nothing standing in your way.[via Engadget] Via Techeblog

In the mood for a thin-and-light, got $1,300 burning a hole in your pocket? Have we got a lappie for you! The kids at T3 have put the new Sony Vaio X through its ever-lovin’ paces recently and have been kind enough (and gracious enough) to give us the scoop. In short, there’s a lot to love about the thing: thinner than even the MacBook Air (yet packed with an ethernet connection, VGA, and two USB ports) and “super light,” this guy offers an “impressive” 11.1-inch display with “excellent color

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