The Pleo isn’t dead. Phew. Although the original company weren’t able to weather the economic climate the cute robotic dinosaur was picked up and saved by Innvo. The next generation of Pleo has just been revealed at the Hony Kong Electronic Show. The new Pleo – known as the Pleo rb – is blue rather […]
Omniwheeled and remote controlled lego tank
This mink tank (aka Metal Grudge) is an example of Lego perfection. Not only is this impressive engineering – those omniwheels allow the tank to drive in any direction it wants and perform impressive changes of direction – the video is an impressive feat of photographer. You see, designer Peer Kreger designed camera cars to […]
Water drops versus superhydrophobic carbon nanotube array
This video wasn’t designed to entertain. This is science. As it happens it’s one of those science videos that will impress laymen too. What’s going on here is that carefully sized drops of water are being exposed to a clever surface material (the superhydrophobic carbon nanotube array). The size and speed of the drop are […]
Best PS3 modding, ever?
Is this the best example of a modded PS3 you can find? If you’ve not seen the video before you may need to look quite closely to see the fine crafting along the edges of the device. However, if you keep on watching towards the end you shouldn’t be in any doubt as to how […]
Rubber Band Gatling Gun
This puppy costs $500 but I’m sure many people will be willing to hand over the cash. It’s a rubber band gatling gun built from machined parts. In case you’re wondering – it can fire up to 100 rounds (er, rubber bands) in a single use and has a mounted flashlight so you can use […]
Project Space Planes
Samsung really want to convince the world that their SD cards are worth paying attention too. In particular, they want to show you how indestructible they are. They’ve previous form here on Geek Native as this video that features a shark attack shows. The current plan is to make use of a weather balloon to […]
Carphone Warehouse first with the Samsung Galaxy Tab
Here in the UK the Carphone Warehouse has become the first mainstream retailer to begin taking pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. This is noteworthy because it gives the Samsung Galaxy Tab an expected by date. Carphone Warehouse are saying November 2010 (but note that may change). There is no expected date for the Android […]
X10 mini review
Mobile phones are important to the geeks of Geek Native so when the opportunity to play around with one of the Sony Ericsson X10 minis popped up, we had to say yes. Our resident expert in Sony Ericsson tech is the Rainbow One who’s been with them since K510i and has designed personal themes, icon […]
Awesome – Tron mouse leaves light trails
The famous light bikes in Tron were okay. What made them so cool was the solid light trails. Don’t you agree? The Tron franchise machine knows exactly what makes the visuals work in the film? Items bound with neon strips are common. Light trails are rare. They’re just hard to do! That’s why this Tron […]
Samsung SD cards in animal testing shocker
Samsung are having a go at proving how tough and robust their SD cards are. In one viral video they’ve even resorted to animal testing. Ha! Okay; so not that sort of animal testing – cute puppies being allowed to try and death-lick the SD card. There’s a shark too. And a flamethrower. What did […]
