Archive for July, 2008
Team overclocks Core 2 Quad to 5.1GHz, claims world record — too poor it’s not
Filed under: Desktops
So we hate to break it to the good guys at Tom’s Hardware, but while we’re impressed that they managed to overclock a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 to 5.1GHz using a cryogenic cooling system, it’s not nearly close to the world record they’re claiming — we’ve seen P4’s at up to…
Casio gets fancy with LED-infused rigid Movement
Filed under: Wearables
robotic movement? Sweeping hands? Pish posh. Casio’s looking to impress a few watch aficionados itself with the all new hardy Movement. Designed to slip inside its Oceanus and G-Shock series of timepieces, the new movement “features a high shock resistance and a hand position …
AOKI’s deodorizing suits keep you so fresh, so clean (clean)
Filed under: Wearables
We’re not even going to front — some seriously bizarre air conditioning-related gizmos have emerged from the great nation of Japan. The latest concoction to deal with heat wave side effects actually has nothing to do with keeping folks cool; rather, AOKI’s deodorant suits are…
Researchers find ways to squeeze light into spaces never thought possible
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsIt looks like a team of UC Berkeley researchers led by mechanical engineering professor Xiang Zhang (pictured) have found a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever though possible, which they say could lead to breakthroughs in the fields of optical communicatio…
KNGT offers up Windows XP-powered icom MK1 carputer
Filed under: Desktops, Transportation
We genuinely hope you don’t value your dash very much, considering a great deal of it will vanish whether you opt to install KNGT’s icom MK1.The full-fledged car computer wows passengers and drivers alike with its 6.95-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, on-scree…
Hacker stuffs a wired 360 controller in a DualShock 3 shell
Filed under: Gaming
Console modders out there have been doing crazy things with controllers for a while now, and while that latest piece isn’t as crazy as the one-handed Access Controller, it’s still good for a double-take — check out that wired 360 controller shoehorned into a DualShock3 shell, co…
Scrabulous Returns to Facebook as Wordscraper
It’s back! Scrabulous, the impostor Scrabble game on Facebook which was shut down after a lawsuit filed by Hasbro, which owns the U.S. and Canadian rights to the original Scrabble board game, came back to life Thursday as Wordscraper.
Its return pursues a drawn-out battle within the copyright holde…
