Tag: tech Digest
Picard solar bag puts a solar fist in a leather glove
The idea of putting a solar panel on a briefcase in order to power a laptop is pretty good, but it does tend to make an already clunky carryall even clunkier. The Picard Solar Bag brings some subtlety to…
SolidAlliance outdoes itself with FoodHub and FoodDish
The rice omelet mouse was the appetizer for strange peripherals, and now, SolidAlliance serves the main course. A Rice-Tomato USB Hub and some Ready Boost 1GB USB Keys: Fried Shrimp, Crab, Hamburg and Purin (flan). Each one is 100…
Wi-Fi enabled aquarium gives you a real fish screen saver
It's not surprising that we're seeing fish webcams, considering the perpetual popularity of fish screensavers, but the elaborateness of fish-computer interaction has reached impressive new heights with the Wi-Fi enabled aquarium that lets you feed your fish remotely. You…
Borat and the BBC hit Twitter, but is it better than Jaiku?
When the twin forces of Borat and the Beeb start using a new Web 2.0 site, you know there’s more to it than hype. Okay, so I don’t think it’s actually Sacha Baron-Cohen posting tweets, and chances are it isn’t BBC News Online either. But still, they’re two of the most popular new Twitter feeds.
Beauty goes Web 2.0 with SimplyCity and Osoyou.com
Proof that the Web 2.0 trend is reaching out beyond geeks: the cosmetics firms and fashionistas are getting involved.
Wii to get a hospital link-up for Wii Health game
Computer games make you fat, slothful and unhealthy. At least, that’s what my parents told me as they locked my C64 in a cupboard and sent me out on a 17-mile cross country run every morning as a child.
Robot employed as sex club tout
Earlier, I was complaining about robots who just sit around and play video games. I didn't know when I was well off. Robots in Osaka, Japan are now touting sex clubs. Osaka law, banned touts from soliciting on the…
Wii Guitar Hero III will use a guitar peripheral AND the Wiimote
Good news for Wii-owning rawk monsters. Not only is Guitar Hero III heading Wii-wards later this year, but it’ll come with the same guitar peripheral as other versions, and the connectivity that’ll allow gamers to play online and download new songs. What’s more, publisher RedOctane says the game will use the Wiimote too.
DXG's DXG-589V: it's the first digital camera with games!
We’re used to the idea of phones that do everything, but digital cameras? Surely they’re best sticking to shooting still pics and videos? Not in the view of DXG USA, which has just announced the DXG-589V, a five-megapixel camera that can also play games.
EA meets Endemol for virtual world, while Lonelygirl15 gets a Bebo spin-off
The games industry has its sights trained on Second Life, that’s for sure. After Sony announced its own virtual world for PS3, called Home, now Electronic Arts has teamed up with TV producer Endemol for a virtual world called Virtual Me, which will let you create an avatar and then compete in Big Brother, Deal Or No Deal and other virtual shows.
