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Sure, this picture could be a fake, but my money is on it being absolutely real. A new Mac Mini is due, and shots of Apple’s bits and pieces are leaked with astounding regularity, so let’s take a look at what we can see back there. From the bottom row, we have an Ethernet port, [...]

By Evan Ackerman This week on BotJunkie, we seriously considered moving to Singapore after watching some footage from the 2009 Singapore Robot Games, seriously considered moving to South Korea on news that they’re building a 9 million robot theme park, saw an interesting concept for a robotic delivery system that operates in a network of [...]

By Evan Ackerman The biOrb SpyOrb is a generally unremarkable spherical eight gallon fish tank of the self-contained variety, meaning that besides changing filters every once in a while you don’t really have to do much. What makes it kinda neat are some of the accessories, like the biOrb Timer () which will flash its [...]

By Andrew Liszewski I’m not a coffee drinker, at all, but those who indulge in the brown sludge tell me that instant coffee is the worst way to enjoy a cup of brew. But Starbucks claims to have developed an instant coffee that doesn’t taste like instant coffee. Here’s a blurb of marketing-speak from their [...]

Astonishing popularity of iPhone draws attention of not gadget lovers only. Even concept makers began to use Apple’s smartphone for their interesting and futuristic designs. Due to its advanced connectivity and large multi-touch display, iPhone provides excellent remote control possibilities. Many iPhone users started to develop this side of their device: there already are iPhone [...]

By Evan Ackerman With all of the nuclear power plants in the US pushing 25 years old or more, the obvious solution to keep them from disintegrating into piles of radioactive dust is duct tape. But not just any duct tape: 3M’s Performance Plus Nuclear Grade Duct Tape. It doesn’t appear to be particularly radiation [...]

By Evan Ackerman Looks like the recession hasn’t had much of an effect on California sea otters, one of whom was recently spotted in Monterey Bay with his own video camera. “I was like, did I actually see an otter with a video camera or was I hallucinating?” [Aguirre] said. The screen on Aguirre’s digital [...]

Sure, he says he isn’t going to do all of those things, but we all know that nice guys finish last and chances are he won’t return your phone calls. Price: $13.90 [T-shirt Alert via Fashionably Geek] Link to the original article…

The GreenWheel is an interesting concept design that was developed by a group of scientists at MIT. It is a self-contained system that contains a motor, a generator and a battery that can be attached to a standard bike to give up to 20 miles of pedal free riding. Electric bikes cost a fortune, and [...]

By Andrew Liszewski Those of you who still need a night light and a glass of water next to your bed will appreciate the Nite Coaster. With a simple wave of your hand the generously-sized coaster-like device will illuminate a glass or plastic bottle full of water creating “a beacon of light to safely maneuver [...]

By Andrew Liszewski I was so excited when the big ‘N’ extended their Club Nintendo to North America, it meant I could finally get my hands on the Wii Super Famicom controller. Then I signed up and discovered that the majority of my games were ineligible for points, and the dream was dead. Thankfully though, [...]

By Evan Ackerman He’s green, he’s bendy, and he’s got a noggin stuffed with two gigs of USB memory. It’s the Green Man USB Memory… Um… Man! You may think it’s silly to carry around an entire body when all you really need is the head, and the serial killer in me totally agrees with [...]