Rockband is a truly amazing game, especially since its arrival in the Apple app store, but I don’t think it was designed to be played by robots, except this one. Created by Joe Bowers, the robot racks up the highest amount of points in the least amount of time. It seems Mr. Bowers has way too much time on his hands. Bowers made the painstaing process of creating the robot look rather easy. The base for the entire project is within a simple iPhone Pelican case, where a mess of wires, a light sensor, and a bunch of Servos are housed. More »

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Sports have finally hit the iPhone hard, with the new NBA League Pass Live streaming app. MLB recently allowed live game streaming on their iPhone app, priced only at $10, now the NBA followed with their live streaming app. The app streams all 40 games a week, streamed live or from a 48 hour archive over 3G or WiFi, meaning you’ll be able to watch two back to back games in case you missed them. More »

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Just in time for Halloween, something spooky and gadget related has popped up, the tesla radio in a jar. Posted on instructables.com user mrfixits, this non powered radio unit, dubbed “crystal radio circuit in a jam jar”, brings in all sorts of things, from soundwaves, radios, plaser pulses, and even thunder storms. Check out the spooky video of the radio in use. More »

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Thanks to Ms. Jinra over at Ningin & Girlybubble, we have one of the coolest Halloween Costumes in a while. Check out these two guys dressed up as iPhone 3GS’ but make sure you see them using their iPhone’s to change the screens they’re wearing. More »

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Having a tower PC is a pain, you have to have a table with one of those annoying keyboard sliders that break off really easily. Well, Ericsson is getting ready to begin manufacturing their new Spider PC concept and laser projected keyboard. The Spider PC concept uses a pico-projected screen and a laser projected keyboard that completely eliminates the need for a screen or keyboard with half the problems of a full desktop. More »

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Green energy is the new buzz, so popular that London decided to harvest it into their streets. It works like this, every step that a person takes on these special streets, it generates 2.2 watts of power per hour which is then stored to power the cities gadgets and houses. More »

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Coca-cola is getting a new kind of praise, not for its refreshing taste, but for its spy abilities. This Coke Zero can has a built in camera that allows you to watch anything around it through the small camera built right into the aluminum. No one at work will be stealing your lunch after you bust them with your new Coca Cola spy cam. More »

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From Wirebot: Just two days after Japanese business newspaper Nikkei Shimbun published a rumour that Nintendo will update their current DSi with a larger 4 inch screen, Nintendo announced the DSi LL. This update was planned after customers wanted a larger screen. More »

Tokyo’s Thanko, famous for its overabundance of USB related gadgets has released their newest unnecessary gadget, the GPS watch. The USB 2.0 enabled watch brings the world of GPS and Google Earth to one simple device on your wrist and makes it a lot easier for you to get places. More »

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Speaking Spanish puts you on a whole new level these days. Spanish is spoken almost everywhere and we know you’ll need it when you go on that vacation to Spain. Well, there is nothing better to help you speak the native language over there than the Jibbigo Spanish translation app, available for the iPhone. Jibbigo makes even the hardest Spanish phrase seem easy to say, all the way down to individual letters and entire sentences. More »

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The iPhone has competition but from some unlikely opponents, international car brand BMW. The luxury car brand, BMW is currently working on their own App Store which they will implement in all Beamers. This new app store will provide Beamer owners with the ultimate iPhone like car experience and will carry a variety of apps, ranging from travel guides, geowikis, podcasts, Xing, Facebook, and Twitter. More »

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Apple is full of tricks, always releasing gadgets that wow the tech community. The latest news from Apple, since the release of their new iMacs is the Bluetooth headset patent that they recently filed While reading about one specific patent from the millions out there is not fun, this one did raise the eyebrows of quite a few people who saw it. This Bluetooth headset patent was originally filed in April of 2008, but wasn’t published and officially released until today. More »

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Nintendo is hiding a secret and we’re about to blow it wide open to everyone. A French website, Logic -Sunrise reported earlier today from a source within the inner workings of Nintendo, that an update for the Nintendo Wii is in the works and is to be announced in 2010. More »

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With the near release of the upcoming L4D sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, special features dealing with the Xbox Live concepts are starting to take shape. Valve confirmed today that there will be a list of special awards to use on your gamer avatar on Xbox Live that are to be earned from completing various tasks in-game. Some of these items are crazy, ranging from a med kit to a garden gnome, and others are things like T-shirts. A detailed list of the items and how to get them was provided by Valve (Woot!):

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9 years ago this week (October 26, 2000 to be exact), the PS2 was officially launched by Sony. It started at a hefty price of $299, and I remember paying that much for my PS2. This system was one of the best releases during it’s generation of new consoles, and some statistics released by Sony Computer Entertainment America shed light onto just how successful this product has been. More »