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You know what’s fun? Napoleon: Total War

An idea of how much I enjoyed playing The Creative Assembly’s, by way of Sega, Napoleon: Total War pretty much all weekend long: I just ordered all four parts of Max Gallo’s biography of Napoleon from Amazon France. I don’t even speak French! (Well, a very little bit, but certainly not enough to read a four-volume biography written by someone who’s a member of L’Academie française.) That’s a pretty big endorsement: the game re-kindled my interest in Napoleon so much that I bought books that I can’t even read. Wild.

Desktop lamp powered by hamster cells

This seems a bit odd, but here’s another take on alternative power; Dutch designer Joris Laarman came up with a concept for a desktop lamp that glows from bio-luminescent hamster ovaries. Seriously, I’m not making this stuff up.

Dell Adamo XPS order page falls off Dell.com, discontinued for life?

Where art thou Dell Adamo XPS? That’s the question this poor error page seems to be asking when customers attempt to order the insanely thin laptop on Dell’s site. Though it only went on sale back in late November, Dell.com no longer has the crazily designed, $1,799 laptop up for purchase. We’re currently trying to get official word from Dell, but all is not lost for those that feel they’ve made the biggest mistake in the world by not ordering the ULV laptop that only lasts less than two hours on a charge — it’s still available from Best Buy and Amazon.com. Stay tuned for more news as we do a bit of digging on this one.

Dell Adamo XPS order page falls off Dell.com, discontinued for life? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Thomas Prescher floating tourbillon

What can you do to make the tourbillon even more precious? How about you skeletonize it until it is completely hidden in the bezel? This amazing one-off piece was made by Thomas Prescher and that little wheel in the middle there is the tourbillon mounted balance wheel. It is wound by the spinning of that [...]

Segmentus clock concept

The folks at Art Lebedev have done it again with a really different looking timepiece known as the Segmentus clock concept. It has hands that form numbers similar to those found on a digital display, reflecting true post-modern art right smack in the middle of your living room (or wherever else you decide to place it). Hopefully if it were to hit the market, it won’t take as long as the Art Lebedev Optimus keyboard that too ages and suffered from numerous delays.

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The blind camera shows you someone else’s pictures

Here’s an interesting item, from artist Sascha Pohflepp. It’s called Blinks and Buttons, and it’s a “blind camera.” Possessing no lens and no viewfinder, the “camera” still takes a picture when you press the big red shutter button.

Conceptual 4010-Overdress router covers can’t materialize soon enough

C’mon, let’s be honest with ourselves here — we all think our current router is unsightly. Like, truly hideous to look at. In fact, the bulk of us spend the first 20 minutes post-unboxing trying to figure out how to best hide it. Berlin-based designers Johannes Laue and Johannes Schroth have done what should’ve been done by multi-national corporations years ago, with the 4010-Overdress project delivering an array of delectable wood and metal enclosures that simultaneously make your router / set-top-box beautiful while maintaining all of the core functionality. There’s no indication of when (or if) these beauts will ever be produced for public consumption, but seriously, someone at Netgear or D-Link should ping these fellows as soon as possible.

Conceptual 4010-Overdress router covers can’t materialize soon enough originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Paparazzi Bots will chase you down until you love them

Sony’s Party-shot dock is fun and all but it suffers from one major limitation: it’s fixed in space. Oh sure, it’ll pan and tilt around its base until the last reveler is unconscious, but it won’t go to where the action is. That’s where the Ohio State University developed Paparazzi Bot comes in. The autonomous, sensor-laden, mobile robot stands at human height and decides for itself whether or not to snap your photo based upon your facial expression (hint: it likes smiles). If chosen, the bot stops, aims, shoots and uploads your image to a social networking site for other robots to mock, presumably — a kind of fleeting celebrity anointment as described by the bot’s inventor, Ken Rinaldo; or a kind of precursor to robots with automatic weapons, if you ask us. Video demonstration after the break.

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Paparazzi Bots will chase you down until you love them originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy? There’s an app for that

Procedures: Hospital Collection, where have you been all my life? I remember back at Webelos camp in grade school when I needed to do an Arterial Line Placement to get my “Arterial Line Placement” badge and if I had had this charming, $19.99 app I would have been able to blow in that arterial line without anyone getting hurt (sorry, Frankie!)

This app is clearly for professional doctors, not diletantes like myself, but 80 minutes of video plus plenty of images and diagrams make this quite a steal.

Multi-Tab concept elevates power strips to an art form

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Multi-Tab concept elevates power strips to an art form originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Leech Plug disconnects when your gadget is charged, does Ma Earth a favor

The TrickleStar line of products does a good job of killing vampire power drain already, but all of those still require you to lift a finger and flip a toggle switch to “off” in order to stop the flow of energy when nothing is there to be charged. Conor Klein’s Leech Plug, however, does the dirty work for you. Thanks to an integrated timer circuit and a mysterious array of “electromechanics” within, his AC outlet physically ejects the charging cord when the device on the other end is done charging; granted, that leaves you with quite a mess in your dining room floor, but hey, at least you’re doing your small part to keep this fragile planet from imploding on itself, right? Peek the video after the break.

[Thanks, Kevin]

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Leech Plug disconnects when your gadget is charged, does Ma Earth a favor originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google Shopper for Android

Google’s latest step in world domination comes in the form of Google Shopper for Android devices, allowing you to shop smarter. The application relies on your Android’ smartphone’s camera to scan majority of barcodes out there, alongside its ability to scan cover art of CDs, DVDs, video games and books. Once done with the scanning, Google Shopper will offer product-related information including the place to make your purchase as well as a price, if possible. Alternatively, you can always speak the product’s name although non-native English speakers might find this option to be a tad troublesome. Google Shopper is available via the Android Market, and plays nice with all Android OS versions.

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