Here are two amazing TED Talks from Tan Le, John Delaney and Jeb Corliss. Le heads up Emotiv Systems, which is bridging the gap between computers and humans and how we might one day interact with them. Delaney is building a network of HD camera rigs deep under water. Corliss addresses fear and how to overcome it. You can check out Jeb’s …
Abrams To Bring History’s Mechanical Marvel To The Big Screen
JJ Abrams’ production company may be called Bad Robot, but its latest project is the story of a very good robot indeed: Boilerplate, History’s Mechanical Marvel. The Hollywood Reporter has news that Paul Guinan and Anita Bennett’s alternate history tale about the world’s first robot and his full “life” will be turned into a movie by …
Check Out the New Trailer for Halo: Reach
Still not convinced about the impending awesomeness of Bungie’s Spartan swan-song? Try this new trailer on for size. It shows off snippets of the game’s Campaign mode with the trademark Halo choir emoting in the background. You can see snippets of the space battle sequence that we’ve covered previously and signs of a massive Covenant …
NERF Sniper Rifle. This Headline Needs No Further Work.
NERF’s Blast-a-Ball system was about as advanced as I got when it came to foam-based childhood gun fights. This $50 NERF Longstrike Sniper Rifle would have rendered my shotgun-like Blast-a-Ball shooter utterly useless.
The three-foot Longstrike is capable of picking off targets from up to 35 feet away and can be broken down into two …
BlackBerry 9780 and OS 6.0 Shown Off
RIM and AT&T are holding a BlackBerry event on August 3 in NYC for an unannounced handset launch but Driphter may have spoiled the fun for us all with this video of a Bold 9780.
According to Driphter.com, the 9780 is nearly identical to the Bold 9700 with the exception of it running OS 6.0. Besides the hardware, the real meat is …
The Comic Book Club: “Wonder Woman” and “Action Comics”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams, Graeme McMillan and Lev Grossman discuss Wonder Woman #601 and Action Comics #891.
DOUGLAS: Wonder Woman #601 is J. Michael Straczynski’s first full issue, and at the end of …
What Happens When You Mix Inception And Toy Story?
Yes, this really might be the greatest thing on the internet right now.
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(From ScreenRant, found via JokeandBiago’s Twitter)
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With The New Smallville Trailer, So Comes Superman (Almost)
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Panel of the Week 7/28/10
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Two Minute Video: Quick Look at Madden NFL 11
EA Sports’ Madden NFL 11 hits stores August 10th but the playable demo is available now on Xbox 360 and PS3 systems. Here’s a quick look at the demo and some of the game’s new features.
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RIM Stokes BlackBerry Tablet Rumors with BlackPad.com
I can’t imagine that Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the venerable BlackBerry smartphone, would name a tablet the BlackPad but, hey, just about everyone and their mother railed against the “iPad” name at first.
Whatever the case, the Waterloo, Ontario company recently purchased the domain BlackPad.com, as evidenced in a WHOIS …