Gizmo of the Day: Remote Control UFO

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By Chief Gizmateer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
We found out a couple days ago that other Geeks are as interested in indoor remote control flying contraptions as we are when FARK picked up our Gizmo of the Day article on the Remote Control Indoor Butterfly Flyer. While searching our favorite sites, we ran across another [...]

Asus Luxury Leather Clad Laptop For UK!

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Asus will begin shipping a luxury PC which is a leather covered laptop, for UK customers next month. These upscale Asus Model S6F laptops will sell for £1,700 and will come with leather cowhide in Light Camel or Dark Chocolate Brown colors. This laptop has a 1.6GHz low-voltage dual-core [...]

Genibo Bounds Into the Spot Vacated by Aibo

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
About four months after Sony put Aibo to sleep, a South Korean company has stepped into the gap with its own version of a robotic dog. Named “Genibo” or “genius robot”, the canine will enter the market next year at a still unspecified price.
The Genibo, which stands a foot [...]

Take Off the Training Wheels with GyroBike

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Ah, those days when you first learn to ride a bicycle. Most start with training wheels, but eventually have to take them off and deal with the scrapes and cuts you first get when you start to learn to balance on two wheels. GyroBike, a start-up spun-off [...]

Voice Analyze your Lover

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.

An Israeli company, Nemesysco Ltd., has taken voice analysis technology previously only used by law enforcement and the like, and applied it to the business of ‘love’. They’ve come up with a line of products that supposedly can tell you whether or not your Significant Other or [...]

The “Revolution”-ary Sports Shoe

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The Rotasole: Australian invents Sports Shoe with Rotating Disc in Sole
By Martin Regtien
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I just watched the latest episode of Beyond Tomorrow, the Australian technology show, which featured the Rotasole. This innovative sport shoe will be able to massively reduce the number of sports injuries from twisting and turning one’s feet in sports like [...]

Oui (or Wii), That IS the Name

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By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
The Nintendo Revolution is now known as the Wii. And that’s pronouned “we”, or “oui” or “whee” … but you get the point. Honestly, I figured Revolution was a good name, and based on today’s Nintendo statement, so did they … to a point anyway.
“While the code-name ‘Revolution’ [...]

First-Ever Case of an Entire Company Being Pirated

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RealTechNews
Piracy is a problem in the tech world and a major strain on doing business with China in particular, but what about when your entire company is pirated? And what if it isn’t a little company, but a huge electronics behemoth as big as NEC? Sounds strange? That’s what we thought until we [...]