Archive for January, 2008
Cyberpyrot’s Xbox 360 voice recognition controller mod
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Usually we spot console modders adding a few LEDs to their boxen, squeezing in some extra memory or perhaps even changing a form factor altogether, but it’s rare to see these hackers actually hack in some original functionality. Cyberpyrot over at Acid Mods is taking…
MythBuster vents about common tech headaches, offers fixes
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThey’re about as far from myths as you can get, but MythBuster Jamie Hyneman nonetheless took it upon himself to explore seven tech headaches that many of you are likely all too familiar with in the latest issue of Popular Mechanics, and he’s offered a few suggestions on ho…
RIM’s BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway to offer Bluetooth music streaming
Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Wireless
The FCC is on a roll this morning. It appears RIM has a Bluetooth music streaming device in the works, the BlackBerry Remote Stereo Gateway, and the device just got the A-OK from the FCC. The unit works pretty much exactly like yo…
Cell Phone Powered By ‘Supercomputer’ Demoed
Accenture’s research labs in Nice, France, Tuesday showed off an application that enables a cell phone to act as a thin client to massive compute power (well, a Windows XP laptop, anyway) essentially transforming it into a CELL PHONE SUPERCOMPUTER. The picture shows part of the demo where the phone’…
React’s Guitar Hero pedals mean you’re potentially taking this too seriously
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Here’s one that needs little explanation: one pedal activates Star Power, the other one fiddles with the whammy bar. That keeps your arms and fingers free to Guitar Hero, and since the React Standalone Pedal is wireless and works with any PS2 guitar, you shouldn’t ha…
U.S. General to Pentagon: Let Troops Blog
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV wrote — where else? — in a blog that American troops, including those in war zones, should be ALLOWED TO BLOG and post photos and videos. Currently the Pentagon blocks YouTube and major blogs. But Caldwell says that policy kills an opportunity for the publ…
Keepin’ it real fake, part CVIII: the PX-3600 gaming console
Filed under: Gaming
We’re pretty certain middle schoolers across the world have sketched this exact console 10,000 times, but that still doesn’t make it right. Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOriginal post by Nilay Patel