iRobot’s Adorable New Scooba 230 Is Designed To Tackle Your Most Unpleasant Cleaning Tasks
By Andrew Liszewski
Cleaning the toilet, and the area around the toilet, isn’t exactly the most exciting way to spend your free time. But up until today, pawning that task off on automatons hasn’t been possible because none of them are small enough to squeeze into those tight spaces. But the new Scooba 230 from iRobot, which is downright adorable, should have no problem making its way into every crevice of even the tiniest of bathrooms.
It’s just 3.5 inches tall and 6.5 inches in diameter, but it still features a three-stage cleaning system that washes, scrubs and squeegees the floors as it does its thing, and it will even vacuum up the excess liquid so floors dry even faster. And in order to remain compact it’s got a clever active reservoir system, where the clean water reservoir shrinks as it’s being used, freeing up space to store the dirty water that’s been sucked up. It also seems to pack all of the features of its larger vacuuming brethren we’ve come to rely on, like smart navigation and Virtual Walls to keep it where you want to it to clean.
It’s expected to be available sometime this Spring for $299, which is about $50 more than the Mint Sweeper revealed at last year’s CES, but the 230’s advanced features seem to make up for the difference in price.
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Spiderpodium Travel Dock (Arachnophobes Might Want To Look Away)
By Andrew Liszewski
It can’t be easy to make your product stand out in the vast ocean of iPod & iPhone accessories. But Breffo manages to do just that with their rather unique Spiderpodium, so named because of its 8 flexible notched legs which allow it to grip any compact device. It won’t do much for your laptop or iPad, but it can be used to prop up or hang smartphones, MP3 players and even compact P&S digital cameras. If you ever had one of those wire & rubber Gumby characters as a kid you won’t need to peruse the instruction manual to figure out how to use it, and at $19.99 I’d say it’s about $10 above being an impulse buy.
Analarm Watch Quietly Wakes You In The Morning
By Chris Scott Barr
If you’ve ever shared a bed with someone who has to get out of bed hours before you, then you probably hate the sound of an alarm more than most. Not only do you have to hear it when it’s time for you to get your day started, but you get to hear it when someone else is getting up as well. The best part is when the other person likes to hit the snooze button a few times. Not that I’ve experienced this and am bitter or anything.
Anywho, back to the matter at hand. One way you can wake yourself in the morning without disturbing the other person in bed is with a vibrating watch like this Analarm Watch. This timepiece is rather simple, with just a very basic face and no frills. The only thing out of the ordinary is the alarm feature, which instead of beeping, vibrates. Well, the $450 price tag is pretty out of the ordinary too. I think I’ll find a better way to quietly get myself up in the morning.
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Microsoft attempt to take on Go
Microsoft has recently released a video discussing the challenges behind the creation of “The Path of Go”, an Xbox 360 game based on the ancient Chinese game called Go. The Microsoft Research team took charge of developing the AI for the game and used the F# programming language for the task. In chess, players have about 20 moves per branch to analyze, while in Go, players have around 200 – talk about the complexity of the game! With the world’s best chess player being the computer, Microsoft is attempting to accomplish the same thing with the game Go, a game that is currently dominated by human beings. It’s only going to be a matter of time before they figure out how to beat humans, but when that day is, we can’t say for sure. Watch the Microsoft Research video here to find out more about the AI behind “The Path of Go”.
Microsoft attempt to take on Go, By Ubergizmo, 03 Jan 2011. Top Stories : Toshiba Android Tablet, Hands-On, Olympus XZ1 With OLED Screen, Samsung Galaxy Tab firmware update touts ‘unhackable’ status,
The Dobbertin HydroCar is amphibious
If you’ve ever wanted to drive a car into sea or a boat onto land, you must be a terribly confused person, or just someone who owns a Dobbertin HydroCar. The $777,000 car that is on sale now on eBay took nine years to create, and is the only one of its kind in the world. The HyrdoCar is a hybrid between a car and a boat and works on both land and water with the flick of a switch. Caught in a traffic jam? Just head for the nearest sea and drive out of the mess. If you’ve got the money to spend and the HydroCar speaks to you, it can be yours. Just head over to eBay – lots more detailed information, pictures and videos of the vehicle are available as well.
The Dobbertin HydroCar is amphibious, By Ubergizmo, 03 Jan 2011. Top Stories : Toshiba Android Tablet, Hands-On, Olympus XZ1 With OLED Screen, Samsung Galaxy Tab firmware update touts ‘unhackable’ status,
Opera previews tablet-optimized browser
[CES 2011] Looks like Opera is jumping onto the tablet bandwagon as well. Not content with creating browsers just for phones, the browser company has decided to join the likes of Skyfire and have come out with their own tablet web browser. No details were released about the browser, but we get a short 26 second video to compensate. Opera will be revealing more about the browser at CES this week, so stay tuned for that. In the mean time, check out a video of Opera for tablets after the break:
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Opera previews tablet-optimized browser, By Ubergizmo, 03 Jan 2011. Top Stories : Toshiba Android Tablet, Hands-On, Olympus XZ1 With OLED Screen, Samsung Galaxy Tab firmware update touts ‘unhackable’ status,
Mount your iPad on your car
If you’ve always fancied having a TV in your car but didn’t want to spend the extra cash on one, especially if you own an iPad, GripDaddy’s latest accessories are just for you. GripDaddy has just launched their new Headrest Mount and Arm Mount for the iPad. These mounts will allow you to attach your iPad to the headrest of a car or between the two front seats. If you already own an iPad, this is going to be the cheaper solution to getting in-car entertainment system. Not to mention, the amount of fun your kids will have playing Fruit Ninja on the back of your set’s headrest. If they’re entertained, you can enjoy a long smooth ride without having to hear them complain! GripDaddy’s Headrest and Arm Mounts are both available for $80 each online.
Mount your iPad on your car, By Ubergizmo, 03 Jan 2011. Top Stories : Toshiba Android Tablet, Hands-On, Olympus XZ1 With OLED Screen, Samsung Galaxy Tab firmware update touts ‘unhackable’ status,
Camera on a Sword Video Lets You Know What It’s Like to be the Sword
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This video shows the impressive results of a bunch of guys taping one of those Go Pro Hero cameras on the end of a broadsword. The results are impressive from a cinematic standpoint – even if their technique is a little wanting.
Toshiba NB550D Comes in Weird Colors, Looks Awesome
The problem with most netbooks is that their lack of power makes it a challenge to use them for anything more processor demanding than a bit of light browsing. Toshiba’s NB550B stands out from the netbook crowd with a dual core 1GHz AMD C50 (Ontario) processor, Radeon HD 6250M graphics chipset, Harman Kardon speakers. The battery is good for 9.5 hours of run time and there is HDMI out, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 1GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive. The screen is netbook standard at 10″.
The color selection includes green, orange, or brown and it runs on Windows 7 Home Premium – no word on price. [Slippery Brick]
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