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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 47).

Cute Qbo robot learns about himself

December 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you check out the homepage to Thecorpora it looks like some sort of mysterious company. “Are you a bot?” it asks. The good news is that they have a friendly blog run by Francisco Paz. There’s even a Twitter account to follow at @QboRobot. Ah, the cute Qbo. In this video we watch the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: robots

The Miniature Wonderland is huge

December 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When I first saw the title Miniatur Wunderland I thought about minotaurs. A minotaur wonderland? That doesn’t sound so wonderful at all. The good news is that my German is terrible. This is actually supposed to be a miniature wonderland. There’s still a catch. I don’t think this is miniature at all. This is the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: models

Free to Download: iOS and Android Apps at #t3appvent

November 30, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve been given the heads up that gadget website T3 will be doing a Christmas give away of iOS/iPhone and Android apps. I hear rumours that iPhone 4S handsets might also be up for grabs. Details are scarce but the URL free-apps.t3.com is the one to watch. I’m also told the hashtag #t3appvent will be […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, apps, competitions, iphone

Giant mutant mouse DJs for an animated building

November 30, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This an ad for Nokia Lumia 800. I’m still trying to talk someone I know into buying one as I suspect it’ll be pretty good. I’m sure WP7 is a much better mobile OS than people fear it is. This is Millbank Tower in London – so I’ll always call it the phone building from […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: ads, Windows Phone 7

Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Transformer Prime

November 22, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Transformer Prime is a very tasty looking Android tablet from ASUS. It’s expected to ship in December. I suspect the Christmas rush might even sell it out. It’s a remarkable bit of kit in that it may look like a small laptop until you lift it up from its docking station keyword in which […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: android, asus, nvidia, tablets

How do you screen grab from a Xbox 360?

November 21, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you a PC gamer or a console gamer? My choice of platform is strongly connected to the type of game. However, in one aspect PC games have the advantage – they’re far easier to take screen grabs from. If you’re trying to review a game then your life is made much easier if you […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Skyrim LEGO god or cheating backsturd?

November 20, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I can’t decide whether this is fair play or cheating. After all; no software hacking was involved. Now, bare with me as I’m yet to get my hands on Skyrim so I might slip on the details but the premise is this – the more you practise your healing, the better you get at it. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: lego, Skyrim

Geek Christmas: Hex Bug has a larva

November 17, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As part of Geek Native’s brave and bold effort to help you slay the evil Christmas shopping demons we’re looking at stuff you might buy for folks – or stuff that you might demand for yourself. Okay! Okay! Ignore that we gave you 10 reasons why you should buy the Doggie Doo game. That was […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: christmas, robots

This is a Tesla Coil hat playing the Mortal Kombat music. What of it?

November 17, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Some people have all the talent. Some people have all the talent but don’t know what to do with it! This dude may be a good example. For Halloween this MIT student build a Tesla Coil hat. No. He didn’t die but the hat did explode the day before Halloween – unlucky. I’m also pretty […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: halloween, mortal kombat

Furry cosyplay goes futuretech robotic

November 14, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Japanese inventors are brilliant. This example may, at first glance, look a little odd. A giant and robotic cat head that seems like something that can only be used for furry cosplay. Not so; the eyes and mouth move without the person inside touching them. There’s a visual mapping going on. As the video points […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cosplay, furry, Japanese genius, robots

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