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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 39).

This is the OUYA developers will get

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

This video shows the developers’ edition of the Ouya leaving its box. Over a thousand have been shipped which might be why the company is saying that any gamer who’s lept in this early will not find any games yet. The developers’ edition is transparent plastic. The main version of the Ouya will not be. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Ouya, unboxing

Making a Starman Christmas tree

December 17, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This year some of the Geek Native team took a geeky approach to the Christmas tree. Let’s have a star on top. Let’s make this a famous geek star – let’s having a glowing Starman star. The first step was easy and fun – buying a Starman from Lime Llama on etsy. The second step […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: christmas, mario

HTC and EE partner for 4G HTC One SV launch

December 11, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today the government run auction on the 4G space in the UK starts. However, EE is already active (in some cities) and there are already some 4G LTE phones. HTC has timed this well; announcing their new 4G LTE phone that’ll be available via selected operators and retail partners. The launch partner is EE. The […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, htc, smartphones

Xenomorph USB drive

December 9, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

An impressive USB mod with design details and photographs on Facebook. Not sure this is a piece of business safe tech but it’s still impressive.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: aliens

Real life robotic Pixar Lamp

December 2, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you think the Pixar lamp character is cute? It’s a cheeky lamp that bounces around and investigates the start of the movie. It clearly had an impact on Shanshan Zhou, Adam Ben-Dror and Joss Doggett. They’re responsible for this very clever, real life, robotic Pixar lamp. The technologies used are Arduino, OpenCV and Processing. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Pixar, robots

Combat Kitchenware

November 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Quirky picture? This isn’t an one off. This sword-meets-pan is actually the first combat kitchenware proposed by Morlock Enterprises and the centre piece of their Kickstarter. That’s right; if you want one of these “fighting man frying pans” then you can donate to the product and perhaps qualify. Morlock are asking for $7,000 in order […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household, kickstarters

The xenomorph mouse

November 19, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The xenomorphs from the Aliens series always take on characteristics of their host species. That’s not what happened to this computer mouse; it didn’t meet a face-hugger.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: aliens, casemod, H.R. Giger

Je-ee-esus! Fenton remake

November 13, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

That ad for ee is based on this YouTube clip which had the UK in stiches. EE is the new name for “Everything Everywhere” which came about from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile networks in the UK. EE got in the news again because it managed to wrangle permission to launch its own 4G […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: smartphones

Sponsored Video: Shiny tech is helping to evolve education

November 2, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Technology is helping to shape education and this geek thinks it is a good thing. Gadgets are helping in two ways; through application and through culture. I think it’s important not to forget the cultural impact of technology on education or under estimate it. Late last year, a survey said that 60% of students wouldn’t […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, ipad, samsung, tablets

Mad scientist builds working Tesla Gun

October 16, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The mad scientist in question is Rob Flickenger. Dangerous Rob had help from Hazard Factory and Hackerbot Labs to make this gun – and it’s a real gun. Sure, it may look clunky and something out of a comic (actually, it’s out of The Five Fits of Science) but this device can shock at 20,000 […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: science, weapons

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