4 Jan
Warner Bros. to release its films exclusively on Blu-ray
Posted on 2008 under iPod Maintain | No CommentTime Warner’s Warner Bros. studio Friday said it would exclusively release high-definition DVDs…
Archives for the day Friday, January 4th, 2008
4 Jan
Nintendo says no full DS game downloads coming to Wii, just demos
Posted on 2008 under Other Gadgets | No Comment
Well, that didn’t take long. Just over a day after The New York Times got all our hopes up with word that complete DS game downloads were headed for the Wii, comes word that the big N’s Reggie Fils-Aime actually said no such thing, and that only DS game demos would be available, as expected. In issuing the correction, Nintendo also confirmed that, like other content that that currently be beamed to the DS, the demos will be erased once the handheld is switched off. Unfortunately, there’s still no word as to when that service might actually be available, with Nintendo only going so far as to say that it’s coming sometime “in the future.”
4 Jan
iRobot shows off PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit before delivery to the Army
Posted on 2008 under Other Gadgets | No CommentAs Danger Room reports, iRobot’s currently working hard to churn out the bots that’ll form the so-called “robot surge” the Army has planned, but the company did recently take the time to show off the robot at the center of it all, an updated version of its standard PackBot dubbed the “PackBot 510 with FasTac Kit.” This one’s apparently smaller and lighter than the company’s other battle-tested bots and, as you can see above, it’s capable of performing some fairly impressive contortions (more pics are available at the read link below). That light weight and agility apparently make the bot ideal for infantry use, with it also able to identify roadside bombs and other IEDs and dispose of them accordingly. Still no home version though, although we’re suppose a similar iRobot Create mod isn’t entirely out of the question for the particularly skilled bot-builders out there.
[Photo courtesy of Danger Room]