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When you watch Star Wars, take a good look at some of the buildings in the classic movie. They still look pretty futuristic, right? Here’s some added proof that the future is now. Designer Jason Mellard delved into the works of George Lucas to conceive the Facility At Sea. The facilities will literally dive into the water, sliding down their ...

Activision has announced three new standalone wireless guitars for Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. The controllers will be available for every console that the game will be on, and will include a sexy new all-black Gibson Les Paul model. These controllers might look sexy, but don’t think you’ll be able to pick one up and be the next Clapton ...

Ahh, robotics. The feeling of being in complete control. This Beatmix Bumblebee Transformer is even willing to dance and sing for you, despite the humiliation it might cause. Beatmix “speaks” music while dancing to every rhythm. The awesome thing about Beatmix, which you won’t get from any other dancing device, is its ability to sample back your tunes with cool ...

Sony has developed a CMOS camera to be integrated into the Nissan “around view monitor”, which displays an overhead view of a vehicle with four cameras video system. The 23.4 � 23.4 � 21.7mm camera will offer 1.3 MP, 30 frame rate per second, with a 186.2� view in a horizontal direction and 147� in a vertical direction. We guess ...

Instead of worrying about buying an assortment of custom lenses for your video camera, why not just add your own SLR lenses on to the one you already own. The problem with adding multiple lenses is that your display winds up upside down because of all of the mirrored images. Joshua Reich fixes this problem with a few harmless tweaks ...

So, say your in a situation where you have no choice but to spend a few days near a recent nuclear waste spill. Never mind the third leg and second head you’re sprouting, what about your precious sperm count? These Disposable (I would hope so) Microscope Cards allow you to view your sperm as much as 500 to 1000 times ...

Toyota has announced that they have created a world-class driving simulator which will “effectively analyze the driving characteristics of average drivers”.� Located at TMC’s Higashifuji Technical Center in Susono City (wherever that is), the simulator apparently offers the most realistic driving experience without being in a car. We must ask, wouldn’t it have been a lot cheaper just to use ...

I never thought I would say this, but I have found a cure for chilly scalps. It’s called a “hat”. Why someone never though about this earlier is beyond me. It seems like the obvious thing to do. The Beanie of Frost Resistance grants you +15 to your coldness protection. And here I was thinking headwear was only made for ...

FlexScan has announced their SX2461W-U HD LCD display. The 24″ screen offers a special colorblind system, which allows those who have problems seeing certain colors to actually see most graphics as they are meant to be seen. The new FlexScan display will come rockin’ 2 DVI-I HDCP ports as well as a USB HUB 2 port. The colorblind feature is ...

Bluetooth handsets are getting smaller and smaller nowadays. So small that they are easy to drop, easy to forget. Chinese company Naxing came out with an idea of having a bluetooth handset hidden in your phone. Jump to find out more.