Archive for May, 2010

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 18

Some more stuff is about to go down today.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 19th, 2010 1 Comment

Tech News for the Day, Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Check out this Balancing Cube Robot. It’s not a Cube, and it is not a robot.

These are some Avatar Robots from Anybots. Take a look.

The Internet movie store for Best Buy occurs this month.

Toshiba’s OCB LCD is going 3D. Find out what that means here.

Panasonic Viera can now work with a Skype camera, as of today.

Check out the Photopaddles, for instant effects with cameraphones.

Check out the Sanyo’s 3D projector, the PDG-DWL2500J.

Here is a webcam that can do eye-test.

Apple has 24 million units of the iPhone for its latest version.

Japan’s SoftBank has just announced its summer lineup, and they all have Twitter.

Kindle’s ebook reader has come to Android.

This is the Blue Ant S4 Speakerphone for the car.

Here’s Slacker Radio 2.0 for the iPhone.

NTT DoCoMo is working on an automatic email generator that works with a mobile phone.

This is the cell phone jammer painting.

This is the DAWA D7, a device that does Android 2.1.

Known as the Source, it can charge devices by solar and wind.

Posted by on May 18th, 2010 439 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 17

As you are probably aware, there has been a tragedy. Time for the Mourning.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

Chapter 17
It wasn’t difficult for the starflyer to obtain clearance to Aldonavar. All they needed to do is say that they needed water. After a quick scan, they were instructed to go to some specific coordinates, and they would need permission for going underwater.
Gaius and James piloted the ship toward the coordinates they had been given, and found the large chunk of rock in the middle of a vast ocean. They dropped the landing gear and set the ship down on a uneven ground.
Lydia found the controls that lowered the ramp, and windy air entered the ship. It was almost as windy as Burice. They could hear the sound of the ever-changing ocean tide pounding against the rock.
Gaius powered the ship down. “James, grab his feet.”
Gaius and James lifted Hardy down the small ramp and onto the ground.
“The air might be good for him,” said Lydia.

Gaius didn’t want to say anything, but Gaius didn’t think the air was good for anyone. Aldonavar had a Terraformed atmosphere, and Terraformed air just tasted different. For Gaius, he always had to get used to Terraformed air before he could breathe normally again.
Lydia gestured to a section of rock that had been smoothed by erosion. When they laid Hardy there, a wave suddenly broke, splashing water over him.
Gaius had to yell in order for his friends to hear. “We should move him elsewhere.”
Hardy then held out his hand, signing for them to stop.
He could barely breathe, and speaking was obviously painful. All three of them were surprised that he had woke.
“He’s awake! I didn’t think he—I mean, maybe we should find him some better care,” said Lydia.
“Don’t . . . bother . . . “
Lydia’s hope rose and fell like the waves that crashed around her. She leaned on James.
Gaius knelt down beside Hardy.
“Hardy,” he said, “please listen carefully. There’s something I need to know. When you talked to those Christians on earth, you gave your life to God, right? Not the vague ‘voice of the people’ concept who the Theocrats claim to be God.”
Hardy nodded. And although he was in pain, he was smiling.
Gaius was also smiling in his tears. “I figured that you did. I just had to ask.”
Hardy slowly pointed to Gaius’ jacket. Gaius wasn’t certain what Hardy was referring to until he pulled out his Hardy’s Personal Wrist Computer. He suddenly remembered why he and Bunyan were in the starcruiser to begin with. It wasn’t to find a T-43 tracer, but Hardy’s PWC.
“Oh, Hardy, forgive me. I forgot to give this to you.”
“Put . . . it . . . on.”
“Hardy, if I do, it will detect that I’m not its proper user. It will give me a shock.”
Gaius felt stupid wasting time telling him what he already knew.

“Put…it…” Hardy coughed before he could finish his sentence, but he didn’t need to.
Gaius reluctantly slapped the PWC on his arm, and it instantly came on without the electronic shock. A hologram of a young lady was in the default screen. She looked below the age of twenty, with long brown hair and blue eyes. “Your daughter?”
“Niece…I’m…the…closest…thing…to–” Hardy’s coughing fit made him unable to finish his sentence once again.
He used all his strength. “Tell . . . Rainbow . . . the . . . gospel!”
“Rainbow?”
Hardy’s feeble hand pointed to the hologram. Gaius suddenly realized that the name of the Hardy’s neice.
“Hardy,” said Gaius, “I promise that we will find Rainbow, and share with her the gospel.”
“Not…just…her…tell . . . everyone.”
Gaius produced a disk from his pocket. “We will.”
Once Hardy saw the disk, he knew that his death was not in vain. Suddenly, Hardy’s face turned from agony to joy. His eyes were looking up, and it looked like he was gazing upon wonders beyond belief. All that the others saw was an alien sky.
“I see . . . the heavens . . . they’re opening.”
Lydia began to cry. James comforted her.
Gaius looked up at the sky, and saw the bright two suns of this world. The Binary stars shone very brightly, and Gaius wondered what sort of things Hardy was seeing dancing in between the radiance.
Gaius began to weep. “If He’s calling you, then you must go to Him.”
“I’m…so…scared.”
“You don’t need to be. All of your sins have been pardoned.”
“James, can you play that song?”

James still had his stringmat in his pocket. He pulled it out, unfolded it, and began to play notes that caused Gaius to think of Hardy’s soul, rising into God’s seat of judgment, and to be pardoned for his former life.
The song was one that Hardy had taken from the Theocrat files. It was a beautiful tune called “Amazing Grace.” James played it awkwardly, since he had just learned it a few hours ago. It was just one of many lost songs that had been found, thanks to Hardy and the brave sacrifice of many.
Halfway during the song, Hardy’s neck went limp, and all the life drained from his eyes. Gaius checked his pulse, but found nothing. Lydia began to weep, but it was silent.
Gaius turned to his followers and wiped back his tears. “I realize that while we are on the starcruiser, there was no time to mourn. Now is that time.”
He went over by the water and brought a stone with him. He laid it on top of Hardy.
“This stone is for Phillip, who led the school with courage.” He went back to water, and picked up another one.
James walked over to the water, retrieved a rock, and placed it on Hardy.
“This stone is for Bunyan, my brother, who helped lead me to Christ.”
Lydia walked to the water, and retrieved two stones. “This is for Debra and Caleb, my adoptive parents. You’ve been the best examples I know.”
One by one, they took out stones, and laid them on Hardy’s smiling form. As they laid them there, they would call the stone by the name of a loved one, and remember them. There were ninety names, and the project took over an hour. By the time the sun had set, Hardy’s body was barely discernable under the pile of stones.
In the end, they sat in silence. Gaius suddenly realized that James and Lydia were looking to him, for guidance. He felt rather put on the spot, and was wondering why they were looking at him like he was their leader. They did not decide it by election, and Phillip did not choose him to lead them. Rather than question it any more, he made a decision to simply accept this new role that the young couple had given him, if only for a while.
Gaius took up Hardy’s PWC and took his disk out of his pocket. He inserted it in the drive and looked over to James and Lydia.
“We have lost many today, my friends. But our native Burisian friends are still alive and well. However, we’re not as large as we once were. It is up to us to carry on the legacy. I also think we need to carry out Phillip’s orders. We will remain here for a week, and then head back to the school.”
“Are we going leave Hardy here?”
“We will come back for him when we can.”
“In the meantime, I think we should find the nearest port, and sell this ship. We should have enough money for a week’s stay, as well as transport to Burice. We’ll need to contact Fischer from a secure location, and tell him the news. After that, we should read up on the information that Hardy and all these others died to give us.”
James saw a light in the sky, one that was coming closer. Lydia saw it, and was filled with a feeling of dread. When Gaius looked at it, he recognized it immediately.
“That looks like a Martian Cargo Vessel. I don’t think it is armed.”

Engels looked at the patch of land and saw the starflyer, as well as three of his missing persons standing by a pile of stones. Hardy was absent, but he could easily be inside the starflyer. He hoped that the other three hadn’t dropped him off somewhere else. It might be difficult to extract that information from the others.
“See? The starflyer landed right there, just like their records said.”
“Benito, I honestly believe that there is nothing that you cannot do on a computer. So tell me, are you good at computer games?”
“Yeah, I guess so. Why are you asking now?”
Engels put the Cargo Vessel into auto-hover.
“Come on!”

“Why is it just hovering there?” James asked.
“Get to the starflyer.”
Gaius began to run. After a few seconds, the others followed.
The top of the Martian cargo vessel opened, and a warfighter came out.

“I don’t know if I can do this.” Benito sat in the gun turret, and saw that the controls were very simple.
Engels called from the pilot seat. “Just aim and shoot it. I’d do it myself, but I can’t let you pilot this thing.”
Benito turned on the targeting computer, and the screen showed a view of the island with the cross-hairs at the center. He turned the gun toward the left, and noticed three figures running to the starflyer. The crosshairs centered on the young man.
Benito turned the cannons back to the starflyer.

James yelled as he panted. “Gaius, even if we get the ship airborne, what do we do then?”
“Maybe we can take it underwater, and somehow evade him. The starflyer is a very fast ship.”
As they were meters away from the entrance ramp, mammoth laser bolts from the warfighter hit it from the opposite side. At first, it seemed like the starflyer’s armor could withstand the barrage, until the fuel cells ruptured. The ship exploded in dance of flame and light. The second explosion bounded it up in the air, and it fell off the island in a giant roll.
Gaius and his friends hit the ground. Flaming debris rained on them. A piece of shrapnel nearly missed James by centimeters. It stuck into the ground like a massive, burning blade.

“Oh, yes!”
“That was good shooting, Benito. I’ll bet no computer game ever gave you that feeling, did it?”
“Not on your life. Then again, this was the real thing.”
Engels turned on the loudspeaker. “YOUR SHIP IS USELESS. YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SURRENDER.”

All three of them got up and ran the other direction.
“Now what?”
“Head for the water.”
“Okay. Then what?”
“Then I’ll think of what to do next.”

“Hey, Engels, they’re headed for the water.”
“We can’t let them reach it.”
“Engels, I don’t think I can—”
“Relax, Benito, I don’t want to kill them. I just want to scare them a little. Actually, a lot. Here’s what we’ll do. Position your targeter thirty meters in front of them.”

As Gaius ran, he wondered if there was a greater chance of escape in the water. He knew that the soldier would simply blast the water if they dove in. He hoped that he and his friends would somehow be missed.
How long can we hold our breath?
Suddenly, large blasts tore into the ground, creating miniature explosions everywhere. Dust and rocks were heaved into the air and fell like rain. The trio dove to the ground and prayed that the mad gunner would stop before he switched to organic targets.
Minutes later, when the firing stopped and the dust cleared, they saw the intention of the gunner. He had carved out a perfect trench between the island of rock. Water was flowing within the groove, so what was once one small island, became two smaller islands.
“THE NEXT SHOTS ARE AIMED DIRECTLY AT YOU. PLEASE STAND UP, RAISE YOUR ARMS, AND DROP YOUR WEAPONS.”
Gaius realized that this was not the time to fight, even when he would lose. He stood up, and the others followed his lead. He then took off his PWC and threw it in the water.
“Gaius!”
“Don’t worry, James. The PWC is waterproof. The disk should be safe in there. We’ll come back for it later.”
Gaius wondered if there was a later.

Engels landed the warfighter on the bigger chunk of land. He opened the side-door, which slid away with a small whish. He saw the three of them and knew without a doubt that he had found what he was looking for. He aimed his Stunner/Launcher pistol directly at them, and was prepared to use either setting.
“Well,” said Engels, “unless you think God will part the water for you, then you are trapped.”
All three of them looked at each other. “How do you know that story?”
“Where is Hardy?”
“You’re too late for Hardy, he’s in heaven.”
Gaius pointed over to the grave site.
“Obviously ‘heaven’ must be a codeword for ‘dead’. This would explain some things. Benito!”
Benito exited off the ramp, awaiting the next thing he would do. “Yes?”
“Hold this.” Engels handed his SLP to Benito, who promptly stepped back.
“Whoa, Engels. I told you that I won’t–”
“It’s set to stun. Just aim and fire if they get out of line.”
“Is this how they trained you?”
Benito grabbed the gun, and almost dropped it.
“Careful,” Engels whispered, “it’s heavier than it looks. I need to investigate something down there.”
“Why couldn’t I do that?”
“Do you know what Hardy looks like?”
“Who?”
“My point exactly.”
As Engels walked toward Hardy’s body, he couldn’t help but laugh. Normally, he would never give a civilian a firearm, but he figured Benito couldn’t hurt anything. After all, if the three of them tried to swim, then even Benito’s misses would electrify the water enough to stun the victim. The only problem then would be fishing them out of the water before they drowned. Even then, they were expendable.
He felt that he had truly risen over his failure. Only one thing remained to be seen. Engels stooped down at the long pile of rocks and saw the body of someone underneath the stones. He then removed a few stones from the face and saw Hardy sleeping a dreamless sleep. Engels grin matched Hardy’s as he saw that his mission was accomplished.
As for Benito, he was enjoying his role as the victor also. He had not ceased talking tough as soon as Engels had handed him his pistol. “That’s right, keep your hands up. I don’t care if your arms are tired. Look at me, my arms aren’t getting tired.”
Benito lied, for his arms actually were getting tired by the gun’s weight. He then made a terrible mistake when he tried to adjust his grip on the pistol. He accidentally pulled the trigger, and a ball of lightning shot out from it. The shot was wasted, and passed meters away to right of James. However, the recoil knocked Benito to the ground. “Whoops. I mean, that was a warning shot!”
Engels walked up to Benito and grabbed the pistol before he could hurt anyone else. He then whacked him on the back of his head as he rose to his feet.
“That’s not how you do it. It’s like this.”
Engels shot Gaius, and electricity filled the old man’s body. He fell limp to the ground, totally stunned.
The woman and the younger man ran up to his fallen form. Engels shot the woman, and she fell.
The younger man ran toward the edge of the water. Engels shot him in the back. He fell face first, and fortunately never reached the water.
“See,” said Engels, “easy as one-two-three.”

Engels blew on the barrel of the pistol. It was a useless gesture, since electro-shock pistols did not smoke in any way.
“Help me get them on board, Private Benito.”

Posted by on May 18th, 2010 1 Comment

Tech News for the Day, Monday, May 17, 2010

Here’s a wedding officiated by a robot. Check it out.

This is the TIM (Time is Money) clock and it shows how much money and time is being wasted.

Disney is closing its Star Tours, but it will be re-opening soon.

This is the Canon 550D hooked to an Atari Joystick.

Amazon has a JVC PICSIO GC-FM1A Camcorder for sale.

Some of the Iron Man armor in Iron Man 2 was made by a 3D printer.

The UFC is coming to the Roku.

This is the iiyama ProLite E2410HDS and E2410HDS-B.

The LG HX300 Projector is now available in South Korea.

This is the PMP from South Korea Viliv HD5.

The HP TouchSmart tm2 is on Amazon.

This is the Calypso Crystal iPhone Stand.

Here’s the summer’s 10 cell phones from KDDI.

The Resonance Speaker from Chinavision can turn any flat surface into a speaker.

In case you are interested in Scarface Last Stand (full of blood and other M-rated stuff). It is free today for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Is it possible to have Android for the iPod Touch? Possibly.

This is the KiwiChoice U-Powered USB portable solar charger.

This is the BenQ Joybook R48.

The American Heart Association has approved of the Nintendo Wii.

Posted by on May 17th, 2010 1,155 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 16

Something happens with Engels that will start something new. The last words of this will take the book in a whole new direction.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 17th, 2010 2 Comments

Tech News for the Day, Weekend Edition, May 15-16, 2010

Yeah, we were late last time. Can’t be really late on a weekend.

See this Magic Mover App for the iPhone.

Know your Android. Check out this handy chart.

Nexus One will no longer be sold online. Nice strategy, Google!

WinTV available is available for the iPhone and iPad

The game HotField for the iPhone and iPod Touch is free for a Limited time.

The Wii Vitality Sensor could be announced on Monday.

Palm Pre Plus comes to AT&T today, despite some problems yesterday.

Here’s a demonstration of Windows Phone 7.

Nissan’s Leaf has an iPhone integration. Yeah, I hyperlinked the whole thing.

Toyota turns an IQ car into a mouse.

Posted by on May 16th, 2010 No Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 15

Engels finally has his target in sight, and who knows what will happen next?

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 16th, 2010 132 Comments

Tech News for the Day, Friday, May 14, 2010

I realize that this posting is a day late, and all I have to say to that is…oops.

Well, better late than never.

This is the Teddy Bear Robot from Fujitsu.

Welcome to the Sony NEX-7, which does 1080p recording.

Samsung CL80 and ST5500 cameras will have three months of the Internet service Boingo.

Here’s a Google Photo collage, made by Google Workers in the UK.

Check out Dell’s low budget LCDs, the U2211H and U2311H.

James Cameron is seriously wanting more 3D Content.

This item may look like a Bluetooth headset, but it is actually a Personal Television and Theater Amplifier. See for yourself here.

There might be a new PSP2 on the way.

Here is the Samsung WIPI Phone. Not your average landline phone.

Those who are having problems with their iPad keyboard might like Keyboard Upgrade.

Want to look at your feet while you’re texting? There is an App for that. It is called On the Go SMS.

This is the Sprint Samsung Moment, and it has Android 2.1.

Old-school video game Karate Champ is coming soon for the iPhone.

Here is the Solid Gold iPad.

The Dell Mini 5 is coming soon to Europe and the States this summer.

Wi-Fi Sync is available on Cydia for $9.99.

Here is the Tivoli Model 10 and The Connector

This is a Mini Bluetooth Keyboard from Chinavision.

This is the Yuhua X2 Smartphone.

Plastic Logic is working on color displays.

This is the NoiseHush N450 Bluetooth Headset.

Maybe you may or may not be interested in this, but SpeedDate has come to the iPad.

Posted by on May 15th, 2010 118 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 14

Okay, today is going to be full of some serious action!

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 15th, 2010 398 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 13

Today is the chapter where the two parties meet up. It’s pretty exciting.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 14th, 2010 1 Comment

Tech News for the Day, Thursday, May 14, 2010

First, let’s look into walking across the water. You might not be Peter, but man, it is cool.

Here’s something to raise your cholesterol: The Desktop Donut Factory.

NY Photo Festival will give you four hours free with a Leica M9.

Brando is making a camcorder with many interchangeable lenses.

Want to go around the world in 80 seconds? Click here.

This is the Netflix Stealth, to give HD streaming to both the PC and the Mac.

This is the Samsung SyncMaster MD Series.

The LA Cable Show is going to have some serious Panasonic 3D.

Sprint announces the pricing and release date for the HTC Evo 4G. I was actually supposed to attend this event in New York, but I had problems with my flight.

This is a Quirky iPad Cradle.

Here’s some fancy Bluetooth accessories from Novero.

Those who want an App about the iPhone should check out TapTilt magazine.

Here’s a removable dial for touchscreens.

There are plans to get the entire continent of Africa to get Free Wi-Fi.

It is amazing what you can do with a Wiimote and projector. See this Glasses free virtual reality game here.

This is a two-story tall BlackBerry, and you should see its features.

This is a GPS device known as the Garmin nuvi 295W.

Rumor has it that there is a PSP2 on the way, to be unveiled at E3.

Posted by on May 13th, 2010 No Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 12

I’m sure you know that since I split up the chapters and am following two sets of characters, it is only a matter of time before their paths cross. Unfortunately, this is not that chapter, but still very exciting.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 13th, 2010 No Comments

Tech News for the Day, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

This is the Dragon Quest Controller, and it is quite different from what you might expect.

Check out this 3D miniature camera from Sharp.

Brando presents the Wildlife Photography with Tactical Four Reticle Sight. Wait until you see what it does.

Pentax K-x camera has a Rainbow version.

The movie Avatar has 6.2 million in Blu-ray sales. Dang!

The Sony Walkman W Series has a Metal Gear Solid version.

Here’s a device that could make it big. The Litl Web Connected TV device.

Something similar to the iPad or iPhone is this iiView M1 Touch.

Google Maps has added Biker directions.

The mobile purchasing program Square is available for the Android, iPad, and iPhone.

At long last, Gmail has a Drag and Drop image feature.

The PlayStation Move motion controller has a release date and a price.

This is Pioneer’s iPod dock, the XW-NAC1, with two ports.

For starters, you had better hurry if you want to get iDroidsMania App/game is free until the end of the day.

This is the Crocodile-skinned VAIO P.

Microsoft’s is working on the T3 (actually T-cubed) Translating Phone.

Here’s another iPad Clone, simply called the TabletPC.

This is the iANGLE, for “propping up the iPhone, and wrapping up the headphones”.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad L Series has had some changes and will be available sooner than previously expected.

Posted by on May 12th, 2010 995 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 11

Okay, we had to back away from Engels and Coglin at a pretty important part in the story, but we are back on track with where we left off with them.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 12th, 2010 No Comments

Tech News for the Day, Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Blue Skies for the iPhone/iPod Touch is free today.

Project Natal has a release date in October.

This is a a square phone, the Motorola Flipout.

You can discover that Apple and AT&T do have an exclusivity contract.

Here is the Canon IXUS 300 HS.

Here is a new and mysterious HD camcorder from Sony.

Here is the Amazon deal, the Polaroid t1031 for just $59.99.

This is the XBox 360 and the LG, working together for 3D.

It is possible for Showtime to go online.

Here is Monster Beats headphones to support charity.

Here is the Kolelinia 2.0, a way of traveling via cable.

Motorcyclists can behind them with the Reevu Helmet.

Check out these Speech Bubble helmets.

Posted by on May 11th, 2010 No Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 10

Today’s chapter is short, and it is a good read. Check it out.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 11th, 2010 238 Comments

Tech News for the Day, Monday, May 10, 2010

For starters, the Nintendo 3DS will be able to do 2D as well.

There is more details about the Meizu M9, coming August 18th.

Here is the iMini Cute IP830RAINBOW iPod dock.

Welcome to the Aigo 7007 Tablet.

Here’s the iPad working with a Magic Mouse.

HMB TEC has some interesting iPhone accessories.

Here is the iWatch concept phone.

Here’s the X170, Samsung’s Barbie-themed laptop.

This is Quake III for the Nexus One.

And the Sony VAIO P is getting an update.

Here’s the Samsung WB5500.

I’m not certain whether you want to see this video which features “hand tracking”. Let’s just say the future is looking too good for webcam gropers.

Amazon has a deal on the Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000.

Here’s some designer 3D glasses with the Look3D Eyewear.

Here is a Home Theater PC with a casemod that looks like an NES.

This is the Newslight 70-inch 3D display that requires no glasses.

This is the Barbellfish, making it easy to put on weights on the dumbell.

This is the Crows Nest Anti-Pirate UAV.

Lastly, the Loftbox 101. Wait until you see what it does.

Posted by on May 10th, 2010 3 Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 9

All right, let’s see what Engels and Coglin are up to today.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 10th, 2010 399 Comments

Tech News for the Day, Weekend Edition, May 8-9, 2010

Here’s something interesting, the Nintendo game Donkey Kong Country is playing on Droid now.

Here’s a deal: a Dell Studio 17 for just $399.

This is the IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig for guitar and iPhone (or iPad, iPod Touch).

Here’s the Droid, solving the Rubik’s Cube in 24 seconds.

Here’s the Motorola MT810 Ophone in China.

This is a Solar iPod Speaker (partially waterproof) from Hammacher Schlemmer.

iPad demand is big on eBay, internationally speaking.

This is the Shanshui P72, running Windows XP.

Just wait until you see Metaio’s Augmented Reality Program.

Posted by on May 9th, 2010 No Comments

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 8

Okay, we are going back to the people on Burice today, again. (Still not a spoiler.) We’ll be doing some switching back and forth a lot in the next few days.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 9th, 2010 1 Comment

The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 7

Okay, we’ve got some story to cover.

If you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Posted by on May 8th, 2010 250 Comments

Tech News for the Day, Friday, May 7, 2010

We’ll start with this Titanium projector phone from China.

The game Incredible Sentinel 2 is available for free today, and, if you hurry, then you can get it.

For the weekend, see Neil Diamond played on mobile devices.

With Visa Paywave, you can get turn your iPhone into a Credit Card.

What we have here is the BlackBerry 9670 clamshell, and I don’t know if it is real.

Three little words: Cell Phone robots. Just read the article.

Toshiba is making the “world’s lightest” 13-inch laptop.

This is what you want to know about the iPad International Sales.

Check out this Wristband Battery from Thanko.

Trillian 1.0 is coming with BlackBerry.

You can get some free SpongeBob Squarepants Krusty Comics on the iPhone.

Here’s something interesting: The Olympus SP-800UZ 14 Megapixel camera.

The Minox Digital Spy Camera is getting an update.

Here’s the Canon Scanner 9000F, which is good for 35mm film.

Here is the ViewSonic VFP838-11 Wi-Fi Photo Frame.

South Korea is doing the first stereoscopic 3D TV broadcasts.

Speaking of 3D, a 3D baseball game is coming to DirecTV.

This is the NEC Multisync PA 271W.

This can looks like the Media Pro HD Media Player.

Roku is getting a custom Netflix channel.

Anyway, here is the Rude Gameware Primal Wireless Headset, designed for the XBox 360.

Want your DVDs to become Blu-rays? It is possible with the Warner Brothers ones and the DVD2BLU program.

Check out the Catalyst all-in-one cooking station.

Here is the Centaurus 2 Solar Vehicle Project.

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The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 6

Just so you know, the story shifts to another location, with entirely different characters. So if you think you missed anything, you didn’t.

Here’s a reminder that if you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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Tech News for the Day, Thursday, May 6, 2010

For starters, Bccthis is doing Gmail.

The HTC EVO 4G is available for pre-order.

Some handhelds at NYSE stop working, and there is no explanation for it, unfortunately.

Here’s an App for this. This is iScrub Lite 1.5, which logs your hand-washing time. Seriously.

This is the Mastone Lifespad 3G, another iPad clone, looks like.

Here is a Tripod stand for a laptop from Thanko.

This is the ClamCase, designed for iPad laptop functionality.

This is the Aerial Capture Camera that uses a floating balloon.

Here’s is a DSLR shoulder mount is made of wood.

The iPhone 4.0 is going HD video capability.

Polaroid is going to have an exhibit at MIT Museum.

There might be a way to put Solar cells on paper.

The Hollywood Sign could be getting an interesting Makeover.

Here’s another robot called LOLA which knows where its going.

The Brite-View BV-6000P for sale at Amazon.

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The Messengers Series, Book 1: World’s Apart, Chapter 5

Yesterday, we left off at a pretty exciting point. Hopefully, you won’t be disappointed at what happens next.

Here’s a reminder that if you missed a chapter or two or three, then you should head to the ever-updating index here.

Anyway, the chapter is after the jump.

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