I ’m still doing some unpacking in the new Gadgetbox headquarters ; I ’m render to decide between a Bond villain motif or a Jetsons - meet - Flinstones sort of vibe . But that can hold back until after this week ’s installation . Digging around inla boîte d’instrumentstoday , we ’ve stimulate the down - and - dirty on a fresh assortment of Xbox 360 ; the late on everybody ’s favourite ( still vaporous ) luxury keyboard ; and a gadget for the speed daemon inside all of us .
Black Xbox 360 lacks stealth capability
Note to Microsoft : just because you ’re get a mordant adaptation of the Xbox 360 does n’t stand for we ca n’t see it . The scoopsters atGame Informermagazinehave a cattle farm in April ’s issueabout a new limited edition high - death version of the Xbox 360 on its way at the ending of next month . The magnanimous plus ? HDMI onboard , for that delectable high definition experience , and a 120 GB unvoiced drive ( up from the Premium theoretical account ’s 20 GiB ) .
None of this should be a surprisal to those who ’ve been following Microsoft ’s other motility : last year they unveiledan HD telecasting download serviceon their Xbox Live Marketplace , and at CES Bill Gates himself announce that the console would bepicking up Internet Protocol video ( IPTV)fuctionality , include DVR features . Since HD content would fill up a 20 GB hard drive pretty quick and HDMI is the tardy and greatest standard for HD video , the addition of both technologies is more or less a foregone conclusion . The black-market colour scheme harken back to the original Xbox , and black peripherals will purportedly be available as well , for those interested in keeping their colour scheme stringently black railroad tie .
With this ontogenesis , Microsoft continues to pose the Xbox 360 smack in the Apple TV ’s realm . At a rumored price compass point of $ 479 , this new Xbox 360 poser might be a little more expensive than the Apple TV , but the HD content and DVR features — not to mention the games — thrown in on top make it more than militant . Though it sounds like there still wo n’t be wireless included — humans , how 20th hundred can you get ?
For the Optimus Maximus, color is key
I wish I had a Ni for every time I ’ve mentioned Art Lebedev ’s Optimus keyboard . Maybe then I ’d be able to open one . The crazy - like - a - fox honcho of Art . Lebedev Studios has divulge a small more oftheir forthcoming flagship product , which now bears the name the Optimus Maximus ( I ’d secretly been confine out Leslie Townes Hope for OptimusPrime , but alas that was not to be ) .
Having antecedently dial back expectation by announcing that the Optimus would have 103 keys with black and white displays , the team has now reversed themselves , stating that they will indeed be shipping a keyboard with 114 key , each featuring a 32×32 pixel full - color organic light-emitting diode display . Holy moo-cow : If this affair was any hotter , it ’d set off your hummer warning machine . The keyboard will also play as a aggregated storage gadget , allowing you to upload dissimilar keyboard layouts , and the keys will be substance abuser - replaceable .
Of course , this sucker follow with a pricetag that ’ll make all but my buddy who work for Exxon cry uncle . Pre - parliamentary procedure will be pick out by and by this calendar month at $ 1,490 , likely making it the most expensive keyboard without the name “ Steinway ” on it . And I thought $ 50 for a keyboard was pricy . On the upside , it looks like there will be plenty of Mac - compatibility to go around , as evidenced by these epitome shots . [ viaSCI FI technical school ]
Do you know how fast you were going?
Kids ’ toys just get more and more advanced . When I was a boy , we played with pin and rocks , and weliked it . perchance , if were lucky , we ’d incur a piece of broken glass . today , kids have toy that let the cat out of the bag , or dance , or — in the case of theHot Wheels Radar Gun — measure out your velocity .
The radar ordnance lets you prefer between kilometers and air mile per hour , and allows you to change the scale of measurement for Hot Wheels cars or , er , realism . concord to the logical thinking , since Hot Wheels are 1:64 scale of measurement , a toy car that go 10 MPH is actually going 640 MPH.Crazy . This raises some interesting questions about the physics ofHoney , I Shrunk the kidskin .
Of naturally , you could use the radar gun to measure your admirer running , or riding their bikes , or try and prove to that pig that you were n’t doing 55 in a 20 zone ( not recommended ) . Besides the cheap sleazy price of $ 30 that this baby consort , you ’ll also want four AAA batteries , and — if you do n’t want to get made fun of — some Hot Wheels cars .
That ’s it for Gadgetbox this week . We ’ll be back next calendar week with anothergadget - packedinstallment . Now … where to hang the Cosmic Death Ray ?
