Archive for October, 2009
October 31, 2009
And now… fighting out of the red corner, weighing in with two Evergreen GPUs, and wearing black trunks and red trim, it’s the Radeon HD 5970. ATI’s latest challenger for the title of undisputed graphics champion has been snared in the wild, and its photo shoot reveals a suitably oversized beast. Measuring in at 13.5 inches and requiring both an eight- and six-pin power connector, the pre-production sample can fit inside only the roomiest and best-powered rigs around. It’s named somewhat confusingly, with AMD dropping its X2 nomenclature for dual GPU setups, but it features two HD 5870 chips running in onboard Crossfire on the same PCB, and foreshadows a HD 5950, which will combine a pair of the more affordable HD 5850s. Performance figures available earlier have been pulled, at the behest of AMD, but we’ve got plenty of eye candy to admire, and there’s also no price tag in sight to spoil our daydreaming pleasure.
[Via PC Perspective]
Gallery: ATI’s dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970
Filed under: Desktops
ATI’s dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 pictured in the wilderness originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 31, 2009
We’ve seem a simple game controller for games such as Pong, controllers for the Playstation and also Nintendo’s Wiimote, but will the gaming in the future see the absence of controllers? Well, with the muscle-computer interface technology being investigated by Microsoft, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Toronto, it just might be a possibility. The gesture recognition software can decode muscle signals from the surface of the skin, which in turn can trigger events, or even be used to play games. Simply put, we could unlock our car, change the track on your MP3 player, or even play (air) Guitar Hero just my flexing our muscles or twiddling our fingers. Check out a cool demonstration of this technology in this video.
Permalink: Are Muscle Sensors The Future Of Gaming? from Ubergizmo | Hot: Zune HD Review
It belts out severe weather alerts as storms are barreling towards your domicile. It acts as a decent bedroom stereo. And it wakes you and the SO up to your own favorite jams — all while charging your iPod or iPhone throughout the night. If those amenities sound like must-haves in your own life, you might be interested in knowing that iLuv’s iMM183 dual dock alarm clock is now shipping, nearly a full year after being originally announced at CES. The pain? $149.99 — but hey, that’s a small price to pay to keep your dear media player / handset out of a tornado’s eye, right?
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Portable Video
iLuv ships weather-watching iMM183 dual dock iPod / iPhone alarm clock originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 31, 2009
We’ve put many different items in the microwave before, but we certainly haven’t done what Kenny Irwin has done. In a world where many people queue up for long periods in order to get their hands on a Nintendo Wii, it certainly seems wasteful to microwave the whole Nintendo Wii, but that’s just what happened here, and there is even a video detailing the whole gory process. To top things off, this item is going for nearly $6,000 on eBay. Of course, if you think that it’s too expensive, you could always just stick whatever console you own into your own microwave. Note: We’re joking on that! Fire hazard!
Permalink: Microwaved Nintendo Wii On Sale from Ubergizmo | Hot: Zune HD Review
October 30, 2009
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. That’s what Nokia did with the N-Gage brand, moving on from a gaming-centric cellphone all those years ago to a software platform some time back, but to no avail after exhausting either avenue. The Finnish cellphone company has decided to shut down the N-Gage platform from next year onwards, choosing instead to offer its entire gaming selection via the Ovi Store content portal. Would that mean all your hard earned high scores on the server will be wiped out as well?
Permalink: Nokia nixes N-Gage for the second time from Ubergizmo | Hot: Zune HD Review
[Via Macworld]
Continue reading Apple’s main ad man thinks different, steps down as Macs battle PCs like its 1984
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Apple’s main ad man thinks different, steps down as Macs battle PCs like its 1984 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times, stop trying to make robots into “friendly companions!” MIT must have some hubris stuck in its ears, as its labs are back at it with what looks like Clippy gone 3D, with an extra dash of Knight Rider-inspired personality. What we’re talking about here is a dashboard-mounted AI system that collects environmental data, such as local events, traffic and gas stations, and combines it with a careful analysis of your driving habits and style to make helpful suggestions and note points of interest. By careful analysis we mean it snoops on your every move, and by helpful suggestions we mean it probably nags you to death (its own death). Then again, the thing’s been designed to communicate with those big Audi eyes, making even our hardened hearts warm just a little. Video after the break.
Continue reading MIT’s Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy’s lovechild (video)
Filed under: Robots
MIT’s Affective Intelligent Driving Agent is KITT and Clippy’s lovechild (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 29, 2009
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Chris, who is deathly afraid that making the wrong choice on an Android phone will ruin his life completely.
“Listen, I am an obsessed gadget hound who needs some real help. I just switched to Sprint from Verizon about three months ago for the Pre. Mostly because they said that they weren’t getting an Android anytime soon (ha!). Anyways, I like the Pre but Sprint in my area is spotty at best. I have been intrigued with Android and have had HTC in the past with some good success, so I went for the Hero about a week ago. Now, I miss my hardware keyboard and am thinking about switching to the Moment. After Chris’s pithy review of the Moment it seems that that may not be the correct choice either. So, I am still able to switch back to Verizon if I want and get the Droid when it arrives. Should I just trade up to the Moment when it comes out, see if I like it, and if not switch to the Droid? Or something else entirely? Help!”
Wow Chris, that’s a pretty compelling story. Really engrossing. So much so, in fact, that we’re sure you’ll have no issue getting all sorts of helpful replies in comments below. Right, Android lovers? Right?
Filed under: Ask Engadget
Ask Engadget: Which Android phone should I get? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
October 29, 2009
[Via Android-France]
Continue reading LG launches official site for GW620 Android phone, sort of
Filed under: Cellphones
LG launches official site for GW620 Android phone, sort of originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 29, 2009
[Via Red Ferret]
Filed under: Handhelds, Household
Qooq recipe and cooking tablet pc launched for French speakers only originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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