Filed under: Robots
While we thoroughly enjoyed hearing of EMIEW’s (presumably) short-lived career as a hotel clerk, it looks like Hitachi’s EMIEW 2 has some seriously large aspirations. In a recent demonstration in Hitachinaka, the two-wheeled robot wowed onlookers as it received commands wirelessly and happily ran office errands without too much trouble. The creation, which stands some 31.5-inches tall and weighs 29-pounds, did crash into a desk and stand motionless momentarily while being previewed, but developers didn’t hesitate to inform the crowd that kinks were still being ironed out. Nevertheless, it was able to avoid obstacles while rolling about, understand and respond to human speech and move around for an hour before needing a recharge. The company refused to spill details surrounding its eventual price and release date, but we’re hearing there may soon be an open spot in Scranton that this fellow could certainly fill.
[Via Inquirer]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
There’s nothing like a little B- and C-list star power to get your holiday offerings the bump they need to bounce out the door, right? Check in with Dell‘s shameless “Yours Is Here” promotion, wherein you can pick from an array of celebrities (Ice T, Burt Reynolds, Vivica Fox, Brooke Burke, Estelle Harris, or Chuck Liddell), and get their flash-avatar to pitch your product of choice to friends and family. Sounds like a hit, right? Well, only if you think a stiff, unhappy-to-be-here Burt Reynolds can sell your girlfriend on a laptop purchase better than a dozen roses and a cut-out of a Dell circular can. Point your browser in the direction of the read link, and hear all the tongue-in-cheek action for yourself.
[Via Notebooks.com]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio
Now that the Zune has upped the ante by including WiFi syncing out of the box, it looks like owners of other devices are starting to rig up solutions of their own — and the iPhone setup developed by eddanx seems to come closest to the ease of the Zune. The system relies on the WinAmp plugin ml_ipod, which supports syncing to shared folders, and requires a jailbroken iPhone and a little SSH / SFTP softshoe. Of course, by giving up iTunes, you give up contact, calendar, movie, and phone syncing as well, but who cares — you’re wireless now, baby. Check the read link for the full instructions.
PS: We’d imagine this would also work on an iPod touch — anyone care to try?
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
It’s inevitable that we’ll see a 32GB Zen sooner or later, but we’re not quite ready to call this little nugget on Creative’s website anything but a typo — especially since the available capacities listed a couple other places on the page don’t make any mention of a 32GB unit. Still, food for thought if you’re one of those who’s always waiting for the perfect device.
[Via EpiZENter, thanks Ramon]
Update: False alarm, looks like the site admins may have pulled one too many late nighters. Maybe Creative and SanDisk should go on a hot date and talk about their faux 32GB ambitions. Thanks, Cody.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Features, Peripherals
The legendary Optimus Maximus is chilling out at the Wired Store in SoHo as of this week, so we dropped by to snap a few pictures. We’ve gotta say we’re pretty impressed, the build seems as solid as a rock, the screens are crazy bright and all the glossy keys catch the light just right. We could even say that we’re glad they took the time to get everything right, but it has been a painful decade, so we’ll see. Everyone’s tastes in keys are different, so we’ll let you make up your own mind on the clickity clackity the next time in your NY — or at least once our crack keyboard review team gets some quality time with a unit of our very own — but color us impressed so far.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
