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The Funniest Microsoft Video YetIts about time we had a Microsoft parody video. This one by fridaypages is really good. Via - Digg... Robots Could Replace Cute Bunnies in Toxicity TestsI don't know how many of you are aware of the torture poor lab animals go through while testing for toxicity of products being developed. Now, I'm not the PeTA kinda person, but I was glad to know that some scientists were working on working on ways to replace live animal testing of everything from cosmetics to pesticides with "high speed, automated robots" and "live cells grown in a laboratory." Apparently samples of chemicals will be dropped onto dishes... The USB Vacuum mouse reminds me of MonicaRemember that episode of Friends where the Monica is blissfully vacuuming her apartment and says "I wish that there was a smaller vacuum to clean the small vacuum", her wish just got granted thanks to Thanko. They have got a USB Vacuum mouse that will make every Virgo (cleanliness freaks) proud! The Vacuum mouse hooks onto the comp via a USB 1.1 port and has an 800dpi sensor. Looking akin to any other three button mouse, the difference lies... The OptoIsolator has its eyes on youCreepy as it may sound, but the OptoIsolator is quite a cool device designed by Greg Baltus from the Standard Robot Company, Pittsburgh. This innovative device consists of a box with an eye in it that can capture your eyes and follow their moves. Quite like Karr the snake, it looks in your eyes while you are watching it. Here is a video of the OptoIsolator that was showcased at the Bitforms gallery, NYC, last December. It can rake... The Epoq EGP-WP88 Watch is a phoneIt's not the case of mistaken identity but simply the concept of marrying two everyday gadgets into one. This cellphone and watch combo from Epoq sees a handsome watch function as a phone and much more. The Epoq EGP-WP88 is an unlocked quad band GSM phone. It features an OLED screen that displays analog watch hands in the normal timekeeping mode but changes to display your contact lists during phone operation. It also packs in a1.3 MP camera, a... Wearable Half-Robotic Device for Carpentry WorkersThe prototype of a wearable half-robotic device for carpentry workers has been designed by scientists and engineers at Nagayo University in Japan. While doing research on how to make carpentry tasks easier for humans the research tem realized that while fitting ceiling boards in place, the carpenter used a great amount of strength to fit the boards into place. Their half-robot theme and design is ideal for reducing muscle output force of the carpenter, thereby reducing his arm fatigue.... MacBook Air blushes with ColorwareNo, it's not enough that you have bought the Apple MacBook Air; you need to prep up the aluminum finish something more spectacular. With Colorware offering 35 color options, it sure will be hard to decide on the finish. You can also get custom logos and designs on it.... Tokyo gets a Contactless Hybrid busBoasting of almost 60% reduction in carbon emissions compared to its predecessors, the new contactless buses running in the Tokyo Haneda Airport region is the latest addition to the efficient Japanese transport system. Their work on the world's fastest maglev train may take a while but till then this new hybrid bus is already in service, and covering a 4.2 kilometer area around the airport. Source... HP iPAQ 210 PDA comingMaking a busy life easy is a handy PDA. It allows you to manage work from almost anywhere. HP is coming out with the iPAQ 210 that features a 4" 640 x 480 VGA touch screen display. Other specs include a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor, 128MB SDRAM, 256MB Flash ROM, 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11b/g wireless, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR. There is SDIO and Compact Flash memory card slots thrown in and Windows Mobile 6 Classic, Windows Mobile... Cosmic MultiGame Upright Arcade Machine for your homeBet none of us have missed dropping a few coins in to these machines at pubs, restaurants or game bars to play Pac-man or Space Invaders. But now you can own one yourself and get unlimited playtime with out worrying about buying more tokens. Cosmic MultiGame Upright Arcade Machine holds about 48 games in one stunning cabinet! Featuring a 20" arcade monitor you can use your joystick to select the game of your choice then hit the "fire" button... HD-DVD is officially deadThe format wars finally came to an end today with Sony's Blu-ray emerging as the winner. After the closing bell rang on Tokyo and Osaka bourses Toshiba's president Satoru Nisida made the announcement that HD-DVD is no more. Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008. (Full press release after the jump)... Amosu Blackberry Pearl Limited Diamond Edition for uber rich Blackberry fansGoldstriker is having a tough fight from none other than Amosu as they unveil their latest Blackberry Pearl Diamond Edition. Renowned for satisfying the uber-rich folk's craving for ultimate luxury, they recreate a bejeweled version of gadgets that are most sought. The 18 karat white gold sides and back is caked with 900 diamonds. The Pearl Diamond edition also boasts of the fact that all if these diamonds are recyclable and reusable. So when you want to discard this... Street Fighter 4 gameplay - Ryu vs. GuileFinally some more Street Fighter 4 gameplay footage. Ryu takes on Guile plus there is a first look at the character select screen. The game runs on the Taito Type X2 arcade board inside a Taito Viewlix cabinet, this marks the first time that a roman numeral Street Fighter game will run on non Capcom-proprietary hardware. A playable version will be shown at the AOU show on February 18, 2008. Source... HERCULES laser fires a new intensity record.The most intense laser beam is to set a new record. The record-setting beam measures 20 billion trillion watts per square centimeter. It contains 300 terawatts of power. That's 300 times the capacity of the entire U.S. electricity grid. The laser beam's power is concentrated to a 1.3-micron speck about 100th the diameter of a human hair. A human hair is about 100 microns wide. If you could hold a giant magnifying glass in space and focus all the... Abu-Dhabi plans to build environmentalist's heavenAbu Dhabi plans to spend $15 billion in the first phase of an initiative to develop green energy, The money will go into infrastructure, renewable energy projects such as solar power, and manufacturing, to position Abu Dhabi as a leader in the global clean energy market. The Masdar project includes plans to start building a zero carbon, zero waste city of up to 15,000 residents in the desert in the first quarter of this year. The project's engineering and... Onkyo APX-2 and HDC-2.0A - HD Audio computersThere are computers specially made for gaming, video editing, home-theater, etc and now there is the audio computer which is a fusion of a high end audio system and a computer. Developed by premium audio equipment manufacturer Onkyo are the APX-2 and HDC-2.0A PC's. The APX-2 is powered by a Core 2 Duo T5500 processor at 1.66 Ghz and comes with 1GB RAM and a 500 Gig hard drive. Coming to the high end audio part it has a... Airbus A380 'Flying Palace' will be gilded with goldFor those born with a silver spoon, it isn't taxing to be proud owners of high-end cars or even jets. But what about those born with only gold all around them? Such is the case of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud. Paying about £160 million ($320 million) for the plane and another £90 ($180) million on luxurious customization wasn't enough for this chap. He wanted some thing more lavish and unique. 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