Archive for July, 2008

iShoe promises to detect balance problems before it’s too late

There’s plenty of devices out there designed to keep folks from falling over, but this so-called iShoe developed by some MIT researchers takes a slightly different tact, with it promising to detect balance problems long before a person actually falls. That’s apparently possible thanks to some sensor-laden insoles that measure the pressure distribution across as [...]

Samsung’s i900 Omnia launching next week in Italy Omnia launching next week in Italy

If you’ve had your eye on Samsung’s forthcoming Omnia, you’ve known good and well it was coming to Europe sometime this month. Thankfully, Sammy has removed the mystery by announcing that Italy will get first dibs when it launches in said country on July 22nd. We aren’t told who will be second, third or last, [...]

Panasonic loads Centrino 2 into Toughbook CF-52 / CF-74

We’re beginning to wonder if Panny’s long-standing CF-52 and CF-74 will ever be replaced, but so long as folks keep biting, we suppose there’s nothing wrong with perpetual makeovers. As with nearly every other laptop manufacturer, Panasonic has also decided it prudent to freshen up the aforesaid pair of Toughbooks with larger hard drives, 802.11n [...]

BMW working on M3 CSL with 470 hp

The rumormongers at AutoZeitung are reporting that BMW plans to unveil a stripped-out, track-ready M3 at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The E90-based M3 CSL will use many of the same tricks BMW employed on the E46 model in an effort to shave the coupe’s curb weight. Luxuries like air conditioning, stereo and navigation won’t [...]

Lightning Poker Table – The automated table of the present

No longer can we say that automated poker tables are the future for live poker. In fact they are the present of the poker gaming. Though in the past, poker has required several physical elements to play: chips or money, a table, some chairs, and a deck of cards, it was only a matter of [...]

Fracture Hands-On

E3 2008 is literally earth shattering, thanks entirely to one game — Fracture. That’s right, in Fracture you actually shatter, flatten, deform and swell the earth upon which you run, jump, crawl and hide behind. At its core, this upcoming shooter from LucasArts is a pure shooter with lots of cool weapons, intense gunplay, and [...]