Now a RC Helicopter that Shoots Balls

Summer is long gone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look forward to next year’s edition! The Falcon radio controlled helicopter is different from the rest since it not only flies around like an irritating insect, it is also capable of holding BB balls in its cargo hold, shooting it at your intended target to make yourself more of a pest than ever before to the people around you. The batteries are able to last for eight minutes of flight, but I would say you would probably be...

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SONY unveils Blu-Ray Internal Writer

Sony has just released its third generation internal Blu-ray disc writer for the masses without costing too much, ensuring you get to make an affordable upgrade for a cost-effective backup solution. This new model is known as the BWU-300S, and unless you have tons of data to burn and make backup copies at home or at the office, I still think regular DVDs will suffice. After all, not every home has a Blu-ray player at this point in time, but sure as heck nearly every home with...

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Saitek P2600 is ‘Rumble Force’

PC gamers are in for a treat. Here’s a gamepad that could change their perception about how games ought to be played. Saitek P2600 Rumble Force First Person Shooter Gamepad looks brilliant and best of all, it is available for less that five greenbacks. Yup the product pictured above is coming dirt cheap on Woot. The P2600 has Immersion technology that will immerse you in every bit of the game. It is compatible with Vista as well as Win XP. Needless to say, it is supposed to work...

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Rubik's cube gets updated to new form

Everybody knows about the Rubiks Cube and guess what there is now a new model of the famous rubiks cube. The new Rubiks Mirror Blocks puzzle makes things a bit more complicated than the original by making each and every one of its blocks a slightly different size. And instead of pretty colors, each one is covered with a mirrored surface, making it just that much more difficult to figure out.I also found a clip of the new rubiks cube unboxed. Check it out.Source : dgfr...

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Large Collider Operation halted till next year

The world’s newest and largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, will not begin operations again until April, officials at the European Center for Nuclear Research said Tuesday.The machine is built to speed the subatomic particles called protons to nearly the speed of light and then smash them together in search of new forms of matter and energy that cannot be produced in smaller machines. Two weeks ago, the center for nuclear research, which is outside Geneva,...

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Akon and A R Rahman to do an album together

Hip Hop artist Akon's manager is in Mumbai (INDIA). And he is here with a message for A R Rahman. Akon's manager boarded the flight from Boston to Mumbai a few days ago.A source said, "Akon is quite impressed by Indian music especially the bhangra songs, which are in vogue these days. Considering the popularity of Indian music, Akon has expressed a desire to sing Punjabi songs, Hip Hop and R&B for his Indian fans. And he'd like to work with Rahman whose work he really admires."As...

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A walkie that doesnt need a battery

This Walkie has all the functionality of battery ridden chatterboxes such as a 3 km range, 8 channels, LCD display screen and being generally pretty darn rugged, these Walkie Talkies are, as the name suggests, powered by winding them up. The dynamo mechanism knocks past dynamo efforts into a cocked hat, making it simple with just a few cranks to get connected. Features A pair of walkie talkies that can be powered by a manual wind or via the mains.The walkie...

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Projector Phone from China for $365

The china's projector phone is a tri-band GSM model that features all of the options you’d expect on a smartphone these days like a touch screen, bluetooth, digital camera, microSD card slot and what appears to be a bastardized version of the iPhone OS, but it also includes a built-in 640×480 projector, which is definitely something most consumers would not expect. The photo above shows a supposed actual projection from the phone, but the video I’ve included below seems a bit...

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Carry this Cigaret Packet even if you are not a smoker.

Tea bags and pack look like cigarettes. Some fun for you and your friends. See? - you take a cigarette and drop to hot water cup - and you got tea, because its tea in cigarette (not tobacco). Filter works like a float. And there is a common concept for tea and cigarettes and that is, its break to communication between frien...

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Human Skin Cells turned into Insulin

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of medicine, scientists have successfully transformed human skin cells into cells that can produce insulin the Harmone that is used in the treatment of diabetes. This discovery may one day lead to new treatment or even a cure for people who are affected by diabetese. This breakthrough achievement is done by reprogramming skin cells into pluripotent stem cells, or cells that can produce any other cell type, and then inducing...

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World’s Smallest Computer - FIT PC SLIM

Every once in a while, you want some space on your desk and you wish your desktop PC was smaller. The Fit-PC Slim may be the smallest computer of all, as it measures 4.3 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches. Not only is it the smallest, but it might be the most energy efficient yet as it uses only 6 watts of power. It weighs in at a light 13 ounces. So what is inside it? It has processor of an AMD Geode LX800 500MHz, 512MB RAM, plus the option of a 2.5 hard drive. The Fit-PC is set up for Ethernet...

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Life with Playstation Officially launched

Many fans of Wii news have been complaining about the lack of good graphics and a friendly format for real-time news and information. However, PS3 fanboys have a reason to feel great, for the new Life With PlayStation service has been launched and gives the user instant access to news and information in a cool way. This program would work along with Stanford researchers’ Folding@home and hence, help them as well, to develop the technology further. You could download this service...

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Now WII uses ISO Loader to Run Backup games

Finally a hack is upon us, one that promises to run ISOs without a need to obtain legal original copies of the game. Developer Waninkoko has released a video that shows the application in action. The “work in progress” v0.1 backup ISO loader is demonstrated running The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess from Wii Homebrew Channel. And yes there’s no modchip involved! The plan of action instead involves creating a legal backup (yeah right) of the title, then converting the ISO...

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XBOX 360 Arcade gets Cheaper

Here is some good news for gamers. Xbox 360 Arcade, which is a non-hard drive model of the console, will cost only £129 and the 60GB hard drive based console is also coming down in price to £169. If this was not enough the all black elite version will cost only £229. Seems like a new price war is going to happen among the major consoles. The slashing of prices would definitely have worried PS3 and Wii. They may have to slash prices too, very soon. However, what most gamers are...

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Elephant cured from Drug Addiction

An Asian elephant that was fed bananas laced with heroin by cruel smugglers to keep him under control has been put through a detox program by Chinese vets in Beijing. Big Brother is four years old and has suffered much in his young lifetime. He was illegally captured in 2005 in southwest China and when police arrested the smugglers some months later and freed the elephant, authorities noticed that the poor creature was displaying repeated signs of distress.The elephant was suffering...

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Real Life Pikachus Auctioned for $925 Million

If you are a fan of anything Japan, then you have to know about Pikachu, the main character from the internationally famous cartoon Pokemon. Some lucky people received the chance of a lifetime last new years eve, when a man claiming to have discovered a Pikachu forest offered to catch live Pikachus for around $925 million each through a Yahoo! Japan Auction. The auction limited the number of Pikachus that would be caught to 20 and with the purchase of 3 months of Pikachu food,...

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Batman Arkham Asylum screenshots

Recently, the really awesome Batman Arkham Asylum was announced and a lot has happened ever since it was announced. However, in case you seem to be distracted by all the other newer games, Eidos has decided to keep you hooked to Batman Arkham Asylum and hence, has released a number of screenshots to lure you back. You can check out cool gameplay and artwork in these screenshots. Batman fans and Joker fans can fight against each other as some really disturbing pictures...

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Skull screaming out of your PS3

Hey there gamers, ever thought of making your PlayStation 3 look even cooler? Not that it doesn’t look cool anyway, here’s something that might interest you. I know it does interest me. Its a very cool skin/cover for your PS3 which not only looks good, but protects it as well. For $10.99 (from Sourcing Map), you’ll get a skin shaped with a skull trying to come out of the machine. Although it looks as though it might be a soft, plastic skin, it’s actually...

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Unicorn of Africa Photographed

The okapi, a creature so strange and rare it was once thought to be a unicorn, has been photographed for the first time in the wild. The images were captured by a motion-triggered camera in Virunga National Park, deep in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Some had feared that the okapi -- a close relative of the giraffe, though mottled with zebra-like stripes -- had been driven extinct by habitat loss and human predation during the decade-long central African...

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Girl kills self over Big Bang fear

BHOPAL: A teenage girl in Madhya Pradesh herself on Wednesday after being traumatised by media reports that a "Big Bang" experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said.The 16-year old girl from Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but later died, police said.Her father, identified on local television as Biharilal, said that his daughter, Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on news programmes."In the past two days, Chayya had asked me and other relatives about the world coming to an end on Sept. 10," Biharilal was quoted as saying."We tried to divert her attention...

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Google is 10 years old

Google applied for incorporation as a business 10 years ago =D> Thursday, according to a timeline supplied by the company. The application was accepted on Sept. 7, which is Sunday.In that decade, the search engine company has quickly emerged as the most successful business on the Web, and many expect it to dominate the next era of computing as thoroughly as Microsoft dominated the era of personal computers.Here's a quick snapshot of Google by the numbers along with some comparisons...

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Doomsday this week? Black hole on the earth

A project has been built unobtrusively underground. It is believed a sum of Rs 31,000 crores has been spent in creating a tunnel. A test will be conducted on Sep 10, 2008. Many scientists believe that this may lead to a black hole on the earth..THIS WEDNESDAY (September 10), the world will end. This is revealed by the hunt for truth behind the origin of the universe. A machine has been built which will bombard protons at 14 Tev of collision energy and reveal its secrets. This study will reveal what happens to an atom when it is bombarded. This is a study of particle physics which is a simulation of the big bang and reveals the truth behind the...

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Spore - New Advertise Technique by EA

EA has come up with a unique marketing plan by making one of the world’s tiniest billboards to market their new title Spore. In San Francisco’s Union Square, they have set up a 14″ by 6″ billboard with the new advert.However, the board was placed at the top of one of buildings, making it impossible to read with the naked human eye. It would require a telescope to actually see it. EA has also done us the favor by placing a telescope aimed directly at the board, so users could...

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Self Destructing Email - Fun and Secure

This note will self-destruct in five seconds! No longer do the spies in movies get to be the only ones sending or receiving notes that self-destruct. Now, you can send notes that destroy themselves as soon as your recipient reads them. Let's check this out!It's a three step process. Step one: write the note. Step two: send the link for the note to the person the note is intended for. Step three: they read it and it's destroyed right away!So, start by typing your note in the blank...

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Dolphin speedboat - A Millionaire plaything

A dolphin-inspired cross between a jetski and a submarine is the latest millionaire plaything making a big splash. The Seabreacher can glide on top or below water at high speed - and it has enough power to soar out of the water and fly through the air and perform stunts. The two-man £30,000 craft has been designed to mimic the shape of a dolphin and self-rights whenever it splashes down. The mini-submarine has a top speed of 45mph over the surface of the water and...

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Ghostbuster Makes a comeback

It appears that the hit movie franchise from the 1980s, Ghostbusters, is set to make a comeback. Reports state that Columbia Pictures is hard at work to bring back Ghostbusters with a brand new film. The hope is that the new Ghostbusters will feature all four main characters from the original two movies. This could mean that we may soon see the return of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harol Ramis, and Ernie Hudson as the Ghostbusters yet again. This time out, the executive producers...

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Ghost Busters Movie on 2GB Pen Drive

The 1984 comedy Ghostbusters is one of the funniest movies ever made, and it will now be remembered as the first film ever to be released in USB flash drive format. PNY and Sony Pictures Entertainment recently announced plans to pre-load the film on specially marked 2GB USB drives. The film is put on flash drive in a DRM format, so a user cannot copy it. However, you can download it to your PC in case you need your ectoplasmic fix for the day. Unfortunately, if you try and play...

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Planetarium from our couch

Stargazing. Man has been doing it since they looked up and wondered what those little pinpricks were in the sky. The stars change with the seasons, they change with the passing of the clock, they change whether it’s day or night. But sometimes, it’s down right difficult to either get up at “oh dark thirty” or when it’s too cold to look into the lens of a telescope. But that doesn’t mean budding astronomers have to miss out. This HomeStar Planetarium Projector gives stargazers...

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Street Fighter IV has an infinite combo

Infinite combos have always been argued about and many of us don’t seem to like it. The reason is, a player can go ahead and win a match by continuing one combo until the opponent dies, and here we are talking about fighting games. Street Fighter IV’s El Fuerte also has an infinite combo. It starts at 0:27 and ends at 0:38. Fuerte starts the infinite again when we just think his time is up. Now we must see how the gaming community would react to this important revelation. Street Fighter IV has been talked about a lot these days and is really popular among the gaming community and now, that might chan...

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Partially biodegradable laptops - Asus

Asus introduced partially biodegradable laptops that come with either 11.1- or 12.1-inch, 1,280 x 768 pixel displays, your choice of 3/6/9-cell batteries, and ASUS' Super Hybrid Engine allowing you to dial down the power when the wails of the Arctic penguins become too much to bear. The 12.1-incher is the relative powerhouse of the pair offering Vista a ride atop your choice of Intel T9400/P8600/P8400 Core 2 Duo processors, 256MB of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS graphics, a 320GB hybrid...

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RC Hovering Space Surfer

Looks a whole lot like Boba Fett to me at first glance, this Remote Controlled Hovering Space Surfer. This is the remote controlled 9″ space surfer that hovers in the air, spins 360, and moves left, right, forward, and backward - all while levitating parallel to the ground. Capable of indoor or outdoor flights, the space surfer has dual propellers that generate enough thrust to send the device from a stationary position to 66-feet in the air without requiring a hand-launch....

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Draganflyer X6 - A Eye in the sky

I’m not too sure if the Draganflyer X6 was not spelt properly on purpose, but whatever it is, the name isn’t really more important compared to what the Draganflyer X6 offers. The Draganflyer X6 is a remotely operated, unmanned, miniature helicopter designed to carry wireless video cameras and still cameras. Operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter with the easy to use handheld controller while viewing what the helicopter sees through video glasses. The Draganflyer X6 helicopter...

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