Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Frighteningly enough, this isn’t the first (or second) time that we’ve seen scientists pat themselves on the back for creating a mind-reading machine, but a dedicated team from Carnegie Mellon has just announced a computer that “has been trained to read people’s minds by looking at scans of their brains as they thought about specific words.” In a completely unsurprising move, gurus familiar with the development are suggesting that the breakthrough could be used to better understand how the brain organizes knowledge, and eventually, treat language disorders and learning disabilities more effectively. That’s all gravy from here, but when this stuff starts passing as evidence in court, you’ll know it’s time to seriously investigate a relocation to Mars.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Cellphones

Hah, did you really have the nerve to doubt CraigIX? The iPhone gamepad add-on that we heard about just last week is already inching closer to reality, and there’s a video to prove it. In the somewhat unexciting clip posted up after the jump, you’ll see a PCB mockup of the device doing its thang, though it’s quite inelegant in its current form. If you just needed one more something to boost your interest / confidence that this critter was real, you know where to head.

[Via zodttd]

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, NTT DoCoMo, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We know that Nokia’s got a version of its recently-announced 6124 classic midrange S60 candybar designed to support i-mode, but it’s not meant for NTT DoCoMo itself; instead, it’s being shipped off to Taiwan where Far EasTone licenses the i-mode service. New FCC documents reveal that the mothership might want a piece of the action, too, though. Actually, never mind the “might” — the carrier’s logo is pretty clearly emblazoned across the rear, so we’re going to go ahead and say that Japanese S60 fans can look forward to another munition in their relatively thin arsenal sometime soon.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, NTT DoCoMo, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We know that Nokia’s got a version of its recently-announced 6124 classic midrange S60 candybar designed to support i-mode, but it’s not meant for NTT DoCoMo itself; instead, it’s being shipped off to Taiwan where Far EasTone licenses the i-mode service. New FCC documents reveal that the mothership might want a piece of the action, too, though. Actually, never mind the “might” — the carrier’s logo is pretty clearly emblazoned across the rear, so we’re going to go ahead and say that Japanese S60 fans can look forward to another munition in their relatively thin arsenal sometime soon.

Update: Yep, it’s the NM706i that was recently announced. This will be “Mysterious Black,” we presume, alongside the Cloudy White and Passionate Red that we’ve seen pictures on NTT DoCoMo’s site.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

A retailer taking pre-orders for phones that haven’t even been announced is considered business as usual, but there’s something just a little out of the ordinary with Horizon Wireless’ listing for the alleged touchscreen superphone outta Waterloo, the BlackBerry 9500 “Thunder” — it’s accompanied by a somewhat believable picture of the thing. Extreme blur always adds a healthy dose of credibility (we kid), but more importantly, the picture shows no telltale signs of being a render and looks essentially like what everyone’s expecting it to look like. BlackBerry addicts who’ve been desperately fighting the urge to go to the dark side, consider this your shot of willpower for the day.

[Thanks, Yasim M.]

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Wait, you did name your guppy Dory, right? Whatever your household fish is named, you can certainly give it a fresh purpose in life with the RhythmFish — if it were more than a mere concept, of course. The setup surrounds your fish with webcams and monitors its movements via sensors in order to translate all of that data and put forth a visual interpretation. In all honestly, it’s probably just some sort of randomizer hooked up to a Windows 95 screen saver, but a boy can dream, can’t he?

[Via OhGizmo]

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Original post by Darren Murph

Filed under: Handsets, Pantech, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Rumors of a successor to Pantech’s Duo for AT&T just got a little more believable this week thanks to a new FCC filing for a device matching the model number we’d been told to look out for. The C820′s posterior here certainly looks the part of a dual slider smartphone, and the inclusion of WCDMA 850 / 1900 pretty much locks up AT&T as the destination — so the only question left is whether it’s the 2 megapixel Windows Mobile 6.1 baddie we’re hoping for, or just some random milquetoast messenger for the low end. The smart money still says it’s the former, but Murphy and his stupid law just love to prove us wrong in these sorts of situations.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

Filed under: Cellphones

It’s being reported that Hutchison (aka 3) snagged the iPhone for distribution in Hong Kong and Macau, which could come as early as next quarter according to the South China Morning Post. Like the rest, this was supposedly another one liner un-announcement with no real info, but you probably wouldn’t want to anger Steve before WWDC. Besides, in Hong Kong 3 doesn’t sell anything but 3G phones — so put that in your iPipe and smoke it.

[Thanks, Chris]

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Original post by Ryan Block