Sony has announced an improved version of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) that will go on sale October 16 in Japan and a little later in the U.S. and Europe.
The new version will have an improved liquid crystal display and a built-in microphone that will probably be used with Skype.
The PSP has had some tough competition from Nintendo DS. Sony has sold about 41 million PSP machines globally and Nintendo has sold 77.5 million Nintendo DS so it’s time for Sony to upgrade their PSP.
[Via CNN]
A Swiss airline pilot flew over the English Channel yesterday. His name is Yves Rossy and the 22-mile flight took him only 10 minutes.
“He started by jumping out of a small, French plane and quickly flipped on the jet pack. From there he attempted to follow the route Louis Blériot took 99 years ago when he became the first man to cross the Channel in a plane. Once over his target, he simply parachuted down.”
[Via CrunchGear]
This is called the Cocoon could possibly be the ultimate office computer setup. It features six monitors, several PCs, and a couple of Kinesis Freestyle keyboards.
“The six monitors include four HPs, one ViewSonic, and a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. The Mac Pro has three video cards. The whole shebang is served by two APC uninterruptible power supplies. Nice.”
Pictures after the break.
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has posted a new video which shows how we will create tiny little persons that will represent ourselves on Xbox Live. This will all be possible when the new dashboard update arrives this Fall
[Via Joystiq]
You may think these dinosaurs are animatronic robots, but they’re actually wearable suits.
Raptor Suit
The Raptor suit was created for Walking with the Dinosaurs, a BBC mini-series. The Raptor has a flexible exoskeleton and hundreds of articulation points.
T-Rex
The T-Rex suit may not be as technically advanced as the Raptor suit it features some cool sound effects
[Via TechEBlog]
This Gorenje fridge is an official Apple-licensed Made for iPod refrigerator.
What’s even more awesome than a fridge with iPod dock and speakers is that you can control the fridge with your iPod touch or iPhone using an application called iGorenj.
QuarkBase offers complete overview of any web site. It gives information on popularity, ownership, traffic information, and even recent blog posts.
It’s a good place to start looking if you want to know something about a website.
[Via Lifehacker]
Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the International Space Station (ISS) in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG.
The virus lurks on infected machines waiting to steal login names for popular online games.
Nasa said that the ISS was not at risk from the virus.
The laptops infected with the virus were used to run nutritional programs and let the astronauts periodically send e-mail back to Earth.
[Via BBC]
Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, has agreed to make a film about the founders of Facebook.
Sorkin opened a Facebook account to help him understand Facebook because he admitted he did not really understand Facebook, or how he is going to write the movie. He is even relying on fans to help him.
“I have a fairly specific idea of what the first 15 pages of the screenplay will be and no idea what will happen on pages 16 thru 130″ Sorkin wrote.
Some people like racing games and some people really like racing games!
In this $15,000 Gran Turismo Prologue Pod there’s an integrated PS3, 40″ screen, surround sound, racing seat, Logitech G25 wheel (with pedals) and a Plexiglas window.