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Tomotaka Takahashi realized a crucial fact about robotics that most have not caught onto. The lack of female bots. The result of his thinking evolved into FT, or Female Type, the girl robot. To nail down that feminine strut, Takahashi consulted with professional models on how to give FT a feminine flare. Her body contains 23 motors and 2 gyroscopes, ...

Now this is what we call a multi-functional mousepad. This swiss army mousepad features a card reader, a calculator, a USB hub, a thermometer, and of course, a mousepad, all in one. So if you’re in accountant that’s interested in meteorology and happen to keep all of your finance files on SD cards, than it looks like you just found ...

If you are as deep into internet culture as most people reading this, then you have probably seen the horrendous Goatse photo (let’s just say it involves a man and his beloved anus). This imaginative, yet disturbing iPod case uses that cultural repulsion and creates the iGoatse. A Goatse theme for your iPod. If you’re browsing at work or something, ...

You’ve got to be an ultimate geek to be interested in a project like this. Thankfully, we ARE very much of the geek persuasion. The maker of the belt also has details on how to craft an entire outfit, but even we aren’t THAT geeky. It’s harder to make than it looks. Just take a look at the guide and ...

Hey, umm, Fred Flintstone called and he wants his tires back. Spotted in Hungary is this soviet car featuring stone age-esque wooden wheels made out of what looks to be tree trunks. Does this car actually drive? That we couldn’t tell you. But one thing’s for sure. It probably goes “Bam Bam” when it moves. Get it? Bam-Bam? Haha, Barney ...

Sometimes we find ourselves laying down in bed and thinking “Wow, I would really love to have a computer here with me right now.” This ingenious sleepy head took matters into his own hands, attaching a desktop computer that can be operated while laying on your back in bed. So what do you do when you’re fried from being on ...

Try explaining what kind of cellphone you have to your friends. “What kind of phone you got, brotha?”, “Yo-yo”, “Um, yeah, hey, what kind of phone do you got?”, “Yo-yo”, “OK, just forget it.” Could cause some minor difficulties. But hell, this phone concept looks cool enough to put up with the loss of friends that might result. The Yo-Yo ...

One thing that holds the iPod back from completely taking over the media player market is its inability to keep a charge for more than a few hours. The MSI MS-5552 is a Bluetooth enabled MP3 player that offers 50 hours of continuous playback using only one AAA battery. Along with the massive playing time, the MS-5552 isn’t to bad ...

Marriage is a beautiful thing. Especially between a robot and a man. And even more especially when the robot is carrying the man soldier bride? Ok, well we tried to make this image funny, but in all seriousness, it’s great to see a robot in action, rather than lifting human sized bags of sand dummies. This particular robot, named Bear, ...

Mmm, more Computex stuff. The MSI GX600 is being dubbed the world’s first Turbobook. Why, you might ask, would they call it a Turbobook? Well, what about the neat little overclock button that kicks the CPU speed up a notch when your computer is in AC mode (and by notch we mean 20%) for when you really need your computer ...