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Mapping Your Room Through Sight and Sound [Art]

A digital media artist by the name of Henderson wants that will help you reconsider your environment. To this end, he's created Radius Music, an art project that scans its surroundings and uses what it finds to create an audiovisual map. Henderson himself describes Radius Music as synthesizing " ideas of cartography and graphic scores as ...

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This May Be the Best Xbox 360 Modification to Date-Or a Honest Scam In Plain Sight [Xbox]

I ponder whether this \" Modded Xbox 360 with red LED lights\" is truly a totally working Xbox-with modified LEDs permanently displaying the Red Ring of Death-or just a dead Xbox. Either way, this eBay auction is a winner. The seller says it really works: A cool great working xbox 360 with modded L.E.D lights. NO ...

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Little Spiderman uses vacuum cleaners to climb buildings, win the hearts of the ladies

The enterprising youngster you see above had a dream. A dream to become like his superhero, Spiderman, who isn’t real. Nobody really believed him or thought his ideas about how to achieve his goals were very good, but, as you can see from the photo,…

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Microsoft Kinect technology laid bare

For those who are wondering just how does Microsoft’s Kinect hardware works, it sure as heck ain’t pixie dust. This $150 peripheral’s capabilities have been scrutinized, where you get 57 degrees of horizontal and 43 degrees of vertical sight, complete…

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This day in Engadget: waiting in line comes to an end as the iPhone 3GS launches

Welcome to ‘This day in Engadget‘, where we crack open the archives and take a whimsical look back at the memories and moments of our storied past. Please join us on this trip down random access memory lane.

Try to recall if you will, June 19th of 2009, a rainy, ugly day, when the iPhone 3GS launched. People had pre-ordered, sure, but a few hundred people lined up at the cube in New York City anyway, and our very own Paul Miller braved the elements to document the proceedings for us lovingly. And here we are, in 2010, on the cusp of the launch of the iPhone 4, which has pre-sold about 600,000 units by last count. We’ve heard random reports of a few people already waiting in line (see the photo below of two early birds snapped by a reader in Santa Monica), but we’re going to stay inside for now and take a look back at June 19th in the history of Engadget below.

Also on this date:

June 19th 2009: The Zune HD was confirmed to have a Tegra processor, Microsoft extended Windows XP’s downgrade availability to 2011, and Nokia’s N86 MP and N97 launched to great fanfare in the United Kingdom.

June 19th 2008: The Mars Phoenix lander discovered ice on Mars, Chevrolet’s Volt plug-in hybrid got priced at $40,000, and Dell launched its UltraSharp 2709W 27-inch LCD.

June 19th 2007: A man was confirmed to have gotten two Zune tattoos, Sony’s Ken Kutaragi, father of the PlayStation, stepped down, and Apple was rumored to have a cheaper (and possibly smaller) iPhone in the pipeline.

June 19th 2006: Taiwanese company Foxconn denied operating sweatshops, Steve Jobs was rumored to be fighting for $9.99 iTunes movie downloads, Verizon sued Vonage for patent infringement, and we caught sight of a Batman Begins casemod.

June 19th 2005: Monks were reported to have started using hyperspectral imaging to retrieve ancient texts, and Engadget took a little aggression out on the mainstream media.

June 19th 2004: We checked out the SciFi Museum in Seattle, Washington, caught sight of a 70 megapixel, panoramic camera, and were introduced to a product called the Pixie.

[Thanks to Craig for the photo of the store in Santa Monica]

This day in Engadget: waiting in line comes to an end as the iPhone 3GS launches originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Toughest Case/Clipboard for iPad Has Arrived, is called “Hard Case for iPad”

Perfect for the guy whose job requires him to be out in the field, the Hard Case for iPad is “tough as nails”. Inside of the construction grade clipboard, there is a secure paper tray and below that, houses the iPad, out of sight and in the protection of high-density polyurethane foam. The case is made of high strength aluminum and has anti-skid strips on the back to keep your case in place.

After the jump for pricing and availability, and a youtube video how nice.

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Apple suggesting you head into a store if things aren’t working out online

Oh, to be tapped into the conference call going on between Apple’s and AT&T’s server tech teams right now!

Update: Seems folks have been seeing this message intermittently since the wee hours — first time we’ve seen it here, but then again, we’ve seen no fewer than five or six unique failure modes today. Quite a sight.

Apple suggesting you head into a store if things aren’t working out online originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ITRI’s display manages 2D and 3D at once, set to challenge Toshiba for hybrid supremacy

We’re still not really sure how Toshiba managed to do both 2D and glasses-free 3D in a single display, but we do now know that it isn’t the only company to have achieved this stereoscopic feat. Engadget Chinese caught sight of ITRI’s similar composite display, which is able to add depth to individual sections of the screen whilst leaving the rest of it stuck in Flatland. It’s a 22-inch, 1680 x 1050 panel and, while 3D content is said to be rendered in much lower resolution than the rest of the display, SecondLife doesn’t really require that many pixels to freak you out anyhow. No word on a possible retail release, so you’ll just have to keep crossing your eyes at your current monitor.

ITRI’s display manages 2D and 3D at once, set to challenge Toshiba for hybrid supremacy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Garmin upgrades its doggone Astro tracking system with DC 40 collar GPS tracker

Chances are the closest you’ve come to hunting with a pooch is swearing at that giggle-happy mutt who shames your every miss in Duck Hunt. In the real world, dogs are sent out to flush game and track down new things to shoot at, often way out of sight. Garmin’s Astro receiver, combined with the DC 30 collar tracker (pictured above), made it easy to keep the all seeing eye on your very own mutt even when miles away, and now the DC 40 makes it even easier. The DC 40 sports a redesign that should make it a more reliable companion, including a new charging connector that won’t get clogged with mud. Also new is the ability to create a PIN so that other Astro users can’t spy (and possibly even steal) your pooches. The Astro receiver can track up to 10 hounds at once at seven miles of range, and will even let hunters mark where their companions scurried up some prey for future reconnaissance. The price? Garmin isn’t saying just yet, but the current DC 30 and Astro receiver package goes for $599, and we’d expect this to cost about the same, though the DC 40 collar unit itself is also said to be available separately if you just want to make sure your hound has the latest couture.

Update: Garmin was kind enough to send us a picture of the new DC 40, above.

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Garmin upgrades its doggone Astro tracking system with DC 40 collar GPS tracker originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI rolls out GT660 gaming laptop with Dynaudio sound system

We caught sight of this one back around CeBIT time, but MSI’s just officially dropped some fuller details on the GT660. The HD16-incher will be powered by a quad core Intel i7 CPU, a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and a standard 500GB hard drive. It also boasts two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI output, plus a 9-cell battery and a Dynaudio sound system. There’s no word on pricing or availability yet but we’ll let you know when we do.

MSI rolls out GT660 gaming laptop with Dynaudio sound system originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chin Hua solar glass generates electricity, lets (most of) the sun shine in

Putting solar panels on the roof will do your energy bill a lot of good, but won’t necessarily help any other aspect of your house. Install a fleet of solar windows, however, and you could have more natural light to go right along with your additional enviro-smugness. At Taipei’s International Optoelectronics Week, the Engadget Chinese crew caught sight of the Chin Hua solar window, a small, slightly foggy pane that delivers 2W of light in the configuration you see above. The glass can apparently be manufactured with more or less haze, delivering greater or lesser solar power efficiency. This means you could install the most efficient windows on the side of your house facing your nosy neighbors, making you feel better about the environment and better about not bothering to put on pants in the morning.

Chin Hua solar glass generates electricity, lets (most of) the sun shine in originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TwistDock Adds More USB Ports To Your PS3 And Charges The Controllers

Do you think that your PS3 looks great by the side of your HDTV, but the controllers are unsightly? If that’s the case, TwistDock might be something that could help you solve that problem. It’s an accessory for your PS3 that allows you to keep your console in its upright position, and also allows you to dock your PS3 controllers behind the console, keeping them out of sight, but charging at the same time. TwistDock also offers you a few additional USB ports to connect the various peripherals, and if that isn’t enough for you, there is also a USB hub accessory. The TwistDock is currently going for €79.99 ($97) in Europe, though there isn’t any mention of what the official US price will be.

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