Tag: Katherine Hannaford
You too can have thighs like this if you use an ASUS Eee PC…
If this photo, above, isn’t the most compelling argument for purchasing an ASUS Eee PC notebook, then I don’t know what is.
Look! Using the Eee turns one thigh into two! You’ll magically find overnight that your left thigh will have a circumference the size of a breadstick. Just £219.95, and you don’t even have to do any leg presses down at the gym!
The aspirational thinsperation photo is available at I4U News in a downloadable 800 x 480 wallpaper….
Wiimote-controlled KUKA robot can play tennis and stab you if you ace it
Able to lift 1,000kg and with a reach of 3.2m, you could say the KUKA robotic arm is being put to waste when wielding a tennis racquet or sword for an intense Wii session. In the video above, you can see a couple of chaps controlling the KUKA with a Wiimote, which has been hacked with some light pattern recognition so it’d duplicate their arm swings.
The instructions on how to create a Wiimote controlled KUKA are over on their site, but first you’ll need to cough up a fair bit – here’s a second-hand one on eBay for $10k…
PS3 firmware upgrade 2.3 will give DTS-HD Master Audio support, hurrah!
It’s official – the PS3 is now the best Blu-ray player you could throw your money at, and one of the cheapest too, at £299.99.
Sony has just announced the PS3 now has DTS-HD Master Audio support, which is one of the highest resolution audio formats for films, with Dolby TrueHD being the only other contender. Support for that format, and DTS-HD High Resolution, will become available in the latest firmware upgrade, version 2.3, due out on April the 15th.
Most new Blu-ray players can output DTS-HD MA, however only a small amount of AV receivers can actually decode it. The popular (amongst audiophiles) format gives the user a 7.1 audio channel, which is as close as you’ll get to the original studio master. The update will output all 7.1 channels via HDMI,…
Shiny Video Review: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for the Nintendo Wii
Simon’s taken out a good few hours of his life to bring you a video review on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for the Nintendo Wii. He did it for you. He probably would’ve preferred doing the dishes or cleaning the mud off his bike, but no, he’s an unselfish type of chap who thinks nothing of sitting down for an eight-hour session playing the Wii, just for you. You should thank him, really…
Pop some popcorn and settle down to read the top ten Apple movie moments
Have you noticed that pretty much any film you watch these days includes a Mac? It’s become as ubiquitous as music leading up to a crescendo when a couple leans in for a kiss. Does the CIA really use Macs? According to Transformers, it does.
Hot Fuzz shows the police using a mid-1990s Mac, Jurassic Park (above) a Macintosh Quadra 700, heck, even in Zoolander Macs get a nice spot of product-placement in that all too infamous scene that caused many of you sleepless nights. The full list is over at Mac|Life, with knowledgeable details on each of the models the ten listed films…
Take your pick from the Electrolux ZSH730, ZSH720 or ZSH710 vacuum cleaners
It’s a vacuum cleaner, granted, but doesn’t everyone need one? Particularly a bright orange model like the ZSH730, from Electrolux.
With a 2000W motor, hard floor nozzle and 1.7L capacity dust container, you shouldn’t have any problems concerning performance here. That particular model is £79.99, but if you’re looking for something slightly cheaper (and blue), the ZSH720 is only £69.99 and has a slightly lower 1900W motor. Both this…
Shiny Video Preview: Panasonic HDC-SD9, HDC-HS9, SDR-S7 and SDR-SW20 camcorders
Yesterday I grabbed a few quick minutes in a noisy room to show you the four models Panasonic has recently launched/announced for their camcorder range, the HDC-SD9, HDC-HS9, SDR-S7 and SDR-SW20.
The former two models offer lovely, scrumptious full-HD, whereas the latter two are standard-def. Take a look above for some…
Yo! Sushi is now offering Cooking Mama 2 amongst the raw fish on conveyor belts
Normally PR stunts leave a sour taste in my mouth, but whoever is behind the marketing of Cooking Mama 2 on the DS has given me a favourable wasabe flavour.
Why wasabe? Well, Publisher 505 Games has collaborated with British sushi chain Yo! Sushi and from the 14th of April will put DS consoles with the Cooking Mama 2 game (released back in February) on the sushi conveyor belts for customers to have a play whilst they munch on Futomaki. It all starts at…
Shiny Video Preview: P80, S52 and S52c digital cameras from Nikon
You’ve read up on the P80, S52 and S52c models from Nikon (down below), so if you’d like to get – ahem – up close and personal with them, now is your chance!
Check out the video above for key features…
Wanting a slim compact camera? Nikon's S52 and S52c should do the trick
In addition to the P80 I just mentioned, Nikon has also designed the S52 and S52c compact cameras.
Shown above, the S52 will be available in plum black or silver, and features a 9.0-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom with a NIKKOR lens, and extremely high ISO of 3,200. Yes, I said 3,200. With its contoured body and periscoped lens, it’s very pocket-friendly yet still manages a 3″ LCD screen….
