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Posted Feb 17th 2008 3:03PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: LaptopsEverybody and their mother’s got a super-budget laptop these days (see: OLPC, Eee PC, Cloudbook, Pixel Qi, etc.), and next at the table will apparently be Elonex, which intends to introduce the £100 (~$200) One on February 28th at The Education Show in Birmingham, England. Obviously the intention here is to sell to education markets, but the One is also going to be up for grabs for “adult learners, business users, people who are constantly mobile, elderly people and first time internet users.” We don’t have any better shots of the thing, but apparently this One (not that One, or the other One) will weigh “less than a kilo” (2.2 pounds), has a 7-inch screen, three hour battery, 1GB of flash memory, and runs on Linux. Apparently there’s also a more expensive £120 model that has double the memory (2GB) and Bluetooth, to boot. Both will also have access to a service called ONEunion, which will “feature artwork and music for download, opportunities to get your own content added to the club as well as a range of competitions,” presumably for the kids. More on this thing later this month, aye guv’na?

[Via Times Online]

Posted Feb 17th 2008 2:00PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Surely you knew what today was, right? No? Fret not, as Engadget HD has taken the time to consolidate the plethora of 2009 analog shutoff information into one handy guide. Are you ready for the DTV transition that will be going down exactly one year from today? Find out right over here.

Posted Feb 17th 2008 2:29PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Home EntertainmentThere isn’t (yet) a way to hack Apple TV v2 (aka take 2), but if you were patient enough to wait for the “safe” PatchStick upgrade on your hacked unit, Safari HD is ready to go. Good luck, and take care, after those weeks of waiting for the new update it sure would suck to brick that device.
Read - Safe update for Apple TV v2
Read - Safari HD available

Posted Feb 17th 2008 12:07PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: cellphones, Gaming
The gaming community is buzzing this morning from some supposedly leaked scans of a possible PSPhone would give it a full 480 x 272 display, mini-analog stick, and drop UMD in favor of playing full PSP games via M2. Turns out they’re scans from Stuff magazine from months ago, which seems to have passed under everyone’s radar (including our own, initially) because so few people seem to actually read it.

[Via PSP Fanboy, with help from Engadget Español]

“New in 2008: July-Dec
Top box: Between both keyboards there is a 3 inches screen with the same resolution of the PSP (480×272 pixels) which guarantees a good gaming experience. Good as well for movies.

Lower right box: PSP functionalities were replicated in this architecture, making possible that all PSP games can be played. It won’t have UMD slot, but it’ll have M2 cards instead

Left box: Slide on one side and you’ll find a joypad with analog stick for PSP controls. Slide to the other side and a number keyboard will show up enjoying the ergonomics of Sony Ericsson.

Plenty of opinion, final word: Probability of existence: 35%”

Sony Ericsson first launched the XPERIA X1 just over a week ago, now some more details are leaking out. The X1 was noted from Sony Ericsson as running Windows Mobile 6, but thanks to these new images we can see it has the newer Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. In addition the X1 will also have 128MB of internal memory,and 800 x 480 display and will be powered by a Qualcomm 7200A 528MHz CPU.

Keep reading for some more images of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1…

Via [Terminal.hu]

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The last video for YouTube Sunday is a little something for all of you Steampunk fans out there. This impressed me, I must say. A radio control tank powered by steam. This really is a great job of combining steam with radio components. The last entry into Questioneering’s blog was October 2007, so we are hoping that he is still around and working on ever greater projects.

Video after the jump.

The completed Steam Powered Radio Controlled Tank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlrhw3fFyc

R/C Steam Powered Tank Prototype

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BLpwfNVXFE

R/C Steam Powered Tank Prototype II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4vkjcRG9g

Source: Questioneering

Fancy tanning yourself out under the sun? Why not have some quiet personal time in the privacy of your own backyard with this solar-powered bullet vibrator, courtesy of Libida? Should you feel shy about baring your bits in full view of anyone with a good pair of binoculars or telescopes, there is always the option to use it indoors as it can also function via artificial light as well. This eco-friendly device retails for $29.95 a pop.

Product Page via Popgadget

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I love motorbikes, though I do not currently own one, I am planning on getting one. It has been a long time since I have ridden anything with less than two wheels (not counting my mountain bike) so when I do get back on the saddle, it will be with something fairly mild. The Kawasaki Ninja 250R is a zippy looking 250 at a price that suits my meager resources. Kawasaki has done well with this one, it is a complete redesign of a classic model.

I am not posting up any stats or things, because there is so much useful information in the video that it would be redundant.

The video, price and a few more pictures are after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlzKWAnQzI

Price: $3,500

Source: About.com (images)

Posted Feb 17th 2008 6:05AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Robots
Nonhuman chefs are far from extraordinary, but the latest culinary guru crafted in Japan has a taste for the extreme. Reportedly, the EZ Order Robot was spotted in Osaka whipping up octopus balls (of all things), but apparently, the creature was able to concoct the dish totally from scratch. Interestingly, the demonstration wasn’t really established to showcase its kitchen prowess, but rather to highlight other capabilities such as speech recognition and the ability to perform routine tasks without human intervention. Click here for the video, but remember, we’re not responsible for ruining your appetite.

[Via Live Science]

It is a while since we told you about the MiniCAT, but now we have the OneCAT, costing just £2,500 ($5,000), weighing 350kg, and running on Air!

Well we don’t exactly have it yet as it is a proof of concept, but an engineer is promising to bring the car, powered by compressed air, to the market within the year.

So what do we know about air compressed powered cars…

• The tanks can be filled with air from a compressor in just three minutes - much quicker than a battery car.
• Alternatively, it can be plugged into the mains for four hours and an on-board compressor will do the job.
• For long journeys the compressed air driving the pistons can be boosted by a fuel burner which heats the air so it expands and increases the pressure on the pistons. The burner will use all kinds of liquid fuel.

Naturally there is no MPG, but the equivalent on a long journey would be 120 mpg! I would actually like one of these to run around in, especially as it claims to seat five people. 

Via [BBC]

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