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Homersapien Looks Buff, Still Sounds Dorky
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies, Science, Toys
We adore WowWee. Their innovative Robosapiens and Dragonbot keep us constantly amused and entertained. So it is no wonder that we fell in love with their London Toy Fair entrants, Spideysapien and the rather buff-looking Homersapien. Both were undoubtedly designed to come out with this summer’s release of the new “Spiderman” and “Simpsons” movies. We expect Homey to utter the inevitable “Do-oh,” but we will be curious to see if he can hand us a Duff Beer.
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CES 2007 Video: Wow Wee’s Remote Controlled Dragonfly
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, Misc. Tech, Toys, Videocasts, Videos
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Make Your Own Paper Transformer
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies, Science, Toys
Cosmic Rust is offering free downloads of prototype paper-created Transformers, so you can relive the whole 80’s experience if you used to be as addicted to the action figures as we were. They come on PDF with detailed instructions, just in case you can’t remember what they were actually supposed to represent. We would give you more details, but we are too busy trying to recreate Ultra Magnus before Dreamworks/Spielberg’s “Transformer” Movie comes out this July and Cosmic Rust decides to charge for the privilege.
Read More | Cosmic Rust
CES 2007 Video: Wow Wee Roboquad and Alive Elvis
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, Toys, Videocasts, Videos
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Chat Diva Barbie Gets Her Groove On
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Toys
Having to compete with Bratz is just too much for every little girl’s old friend Barbie. So Mattel has dreamed up an anorexic-looking Chat Diva Barbie. The doll can move to and lip sync to your music and is compatible with your PC, iPod, or any audio MP3 player with a headphone outlet. She and buddy Teresa also chat on included cell phones, and each doll comes with 3 pre-programmed song clips. She may not look like Celine Dion, but you can make her sound like her and be the star of your next office party. Barbie and her friend Teresa are available at retail stores and online for $29.96.
Read More | Mattel via Sci Fi Tech
NAIAS 2007: The Need For Speed
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Toys, Transportation, Video Games
Not only were the MINI Coopers fun to sit in, we found about 6 more excuses to stick around that area. This remote car racing game was consistently full of business men in CIA-looking suits.
Another tabletop game was more fun to crash and burn than to stay on the road. Finally, Mike had some difficulty finding which way to go in Volkswagen’s “Need For Speed.”
The point here is that if you get a chance to visit the NAIAS, head for the BMW/MINI Cooper/Volkswagen corner.
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Chub City i-Playaz - Welcome to the Hood
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, CES 2007, Misc. Tech, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Toys
Enough of the cutesy iDogs and iFish. How about a Jada Chub City i-Playaz who can move and groove to your MP3 player or CD tracks? With his interactive sounds and lights you can mix your own tunes with beat and scratch buttons. Featured at the CES 2007, Chub C. stands 5.5-inches, has audio in and output jacks, and needs 4 AA batteries (not included) to jam. He’s available for $20.99 at Target and other retailers.
Read More | Jada Chub City via CES 2007
CES Gives Award to Vex System Robotics
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, CES 2007, Misc. Tech, Science, Toys
Ignition has been awarded a CES Best of Innovations with its erector set-like Vex Robotics Kit. Developed in cooperation with First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, the starter kit comes with everything you need to design and build a radio-controlled robot that can lift, throw or just move around in its botty way.
Industrial designer Doug Galleti says that the Vex system can “provide ease of construction at an affordable price point – capturing a larger audience of tech geeks.”
Contact Vex Robotics if you have $299.99 to acquire your very own kit and don’t want to share with your kids.
Read More | Vex Robotics via CES 2007 Awards
CES 2007: iRobot Create: A Roomba That Doesn’t Suck (Literally)
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, Mods / Hacks, Toys
Robotic vacuum manufacturer iRobot has always taken a shine to the modders who hack their Roombas in all sorts of new ways. Delivering an open serial port and full instructions on how to utilize it was a great gesture and a very forward thinking move for them, but their latest, the iRobot Create, might really take off. The Create is essentially a Roomba without all of the vacuuming guts. It’s an open platform, with a bunch of expansion and input and output ports on top, and more room to toy with it, since you don’t have to worry about a place to put all that dust and cat hair. Add-on peripherals will be available, but iRobot expects and encourages users to build their own to interface with it, citing a hamster-ball-driven navigation system one test group has already delivered.
The Create is available right now and is selling for the completely reasonable price of $129.99, with an 8-bit command module costing an additional $59.99.
I can see a lot of educational robot teams and the like buying into this, straight away.
(A picture of a beer-fetching Create, after the jump.)
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SDI Fighting Android Takes on CES 2007
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, CES 2007, Misc. Tech, Science, Toys
Too bad Rocky didn’t have the FA1 Fighting Android for training. SDT (Self Defense Technologies) has created an electro-mechanical fighting droid and boasts that it is the first “true” apparatus that can be used for practicing your boxing, kickboxing, or martial arts skills. The 2007 CES Award Honoree features a human-like shape, size, and appearance as his head moves side-to-side, front-to-back, or rotates. His torso does likewise while his legs stay stationary. Watch out though, as the FA1 hits back and has some sexy-looking legs, in a droid kind of way. Contact SDT for price and availability.
Read More | SDT via CES 2007 Awards
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