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Physical and virtual worlds are coming close faster than ever before. Everything has doubled in pace, and when no individual has time for the other, we need robots and machines to spend time with. Therefore, this virtual Pong-playing robot is a real thing to be with. Embedded with a webcam for eyes, the bot has solenoid fingers for typing, and a laptop installed for the brain. The bot here will be a better opponent than the computer itself, because you’ll never lose to this guy, blind him when he’s winning or remove his arm from the keyboards, and thus you could also keep your superior integrity intact. Hit the jump to see the bot in action against the maker.

The best possible feature that all personal communication devices can offer is security. When a gadget renders security on data sharing functionality it gets highly impeccable. They call it the PSD and it is a Personal Sharing Device from Leyio that boasts of a fingerprint scanner for added security on a 16GB flash drive. The PSD uses ultra-wideband radio technology to help the device run at low levels of energy, yet it is capable of transferring data at a relatively fast 10MB per second rate, and can be synced with a PC. Scheduled for a release in spring, the Leyio PSD is perfect for sharing all types of data @... even we are still guessing.

Via: TechDigest

It seems time for another stride forward in high-end robotics. We’ve seen them in the movie Terminator and with Cyclone Power in collaboration with Robotic Technologies, Inc (RTI) contracting to develop the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR), we could see such self-sufficient robots in real life. The purpose behind developing EATR is perhaps to have autonomous robots with long endurance and high working capacity, thereby not depending on manual or conventional refueling.

Backed by DARPA, the EATR draws advantage for long-endurance, tedious and hazardous tasks from biologically inspired energy-harvesting behavior, which means it extracts energy from biomass and conventional and alternative fuels that work as food.

You’ve had the best in LCDs and plasmas gracing the empty space of the walls back home. Yet, you would think twice before trading any of those high-prized possessions for this super widescreen TV from Philips. A sneak peek into its design reveals the Philips Cinema HDTV boasting a 56-inch LCD panel with an amazing 21:9 ratio sans black bars. No real specs are available, but we read that it has 5 HDMI ports, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, along with Ambilight on three sides and 1080p compatibility. Hang around for a perfect release date, more on features and the price tag, until then just check out the video showing the 56-inch HDTV on a roll after the jump.

Clicking on the move in itself is difficult, and no appropriately matching cameras to complement in producing a good image only help in further deteriorating the quality. The GoPro Hero Motorsports Wide is, however, an addition in cameras that visions to minimize the flaws in mobile photography. It is a vehicle-mounted camera that lets you record video and take still photographs of a vehicle in motion in real time. Featuring a large suction cup, the GoPro Hero is shockproof and water resistant but consumes a set of AAA batteries in an hour. Good on looks and design, the camera with 5 megapixels resolution is small enough to be easily placed anywhere on the vehicle for awesome photography.

Who doesn’t wanna fly with a minimum of effort, and what better than jetpacks to do so. Wearable technology in practical life has come clear as a commercially viable advancement, and it’s now time for green jetpacks, yes literally. It goes without telling what this man wearing the jetpack must feel. It’s a jetpack that uses a conduit system to push water from an engine below the surface of a lake through thrust nozzles built into the pack.

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There are so many new MP3 players hitting the market every now and then, that making any major improvisation in their crafting is utterly complicated. But this cube-shaped MP3 player is a master prototype from a Japanese engineer. It is a masterwork created out of scratch, and is an MP3 player that is entirely motion controlled. Not the first of its type in functionality, but the idea here is one out of the box that allows the user to tap in the direction in which he wants to move in within the player’s song playlist. The player efficiently does away with buttons and stuff, and therefore all the commands are executed by motion sensors replacing them. To shut it off completely, just put the cube face down and it will utter no music anymore. Check out the video below to know it better.

If you somehow missed the Steampunk guitar we featured here just yesterday, you have another chance to live upon the Steampunk mania with these Steampunk Lamps handcrafted to perfection by Etsy seller Curious Inventions. Each of these lamps are adorned in the Steampunk style, yet made recycled and scrap stuff. The lamps use antique radio tubes, barometer parts and pieces of antique radio sets in the making, and these also have an LED light in frosted glass attached to the side of the lamp. You can get these as sale for $90 over at Etsy and can have them as retro-themed addition to your steam dwellings.

Everyone isn’t actually well versed with those keys on the keyboard. I just very well remember what a bad time I would have typing on the keys as an early beginner. And still I cannot fathom typing on a plain keyboard. I still fumble at times, in spite of having letters and numbers printed on the keys. Yet for the likes of all prolific keyboard users, and Apple keyboard scunners, Essell spray painted white the entire white and silver Apple keyboard, bequeathing it in minimalist attire. Perhaps Essell’s the best typist around, that he wanted to see no keys on the board, or was he so scuffed with the monotonous Apple keyboard? Advisory, try this only if you are a nerdy touch typist.

Via: Essell/NotCot

Using lighters and Zippos often, I never visualized them as multi-utility gadgets beyond the preview of a mere fire spitting device. Way ahead of my personal revelation is this perfect lighter in disguise, which is an extraordinary cigarette lighter with a Digital Video Recorder and a camera hiding in the build. Playing disguise as a normal lighter, Ajoka’s cigarette lighter video camera is perfect for the spy in you. The spy camera in the lighter supports a microSD/T-Flash card up to 8GB capacity and can record 640 x 480 QVGA in AVI format at 30 frames per second. Boasting of high quality digital voice recording, the spy cam has no internal memory but features an USB charged lithium ion battery with 6 hours of backup.

Via: ProductPage/SlipperyBrick