Cyborg Beetles

Now the Army has made a remote-controlled beetle. Scientists at the University of California developed this cyborg beetle. Flight plans are wirelessly sent to the beetle via a radio frequency transmitter that is controlled by a laptop that has to be nearby or else it would be to far. The battery is on the bug's optic lobes and flight muscles. If the army uses this bug, the insect will keen to carry a small camera and probably a heat sensor but for right now, scientists are still doing work on the cyborg beetle. Below is how the beetle looks like with the battery on it.

Battery Powered Unicycle?

The Honda Company have come up with different transportation automobiles for about 30 years. They make motorcycles, cars and high-end lawn mowers. The Japanese firm has now come up with a battery powered unicycle. This unicycle is mainly for transporting the elderly around. You movie it with leaning to whatever side you want to go. It also comes with a seat and pedals. the picture to the right is how the unicycle looks like when someone is on it.

Netflix on your iPhone?

The Netflix entertainment source is now coming to Apple's iPhone. We all know that iPhone has a lot of applications so you can watch movies, but having Netflix would be better and a lot more interesting watching movies on the iPhone. They haven't yet finished working on the application but they are hoping to try to put the Netflix application on the iPhone soon. The picture above is how the Netflix application would look like.

The New Four Screen Laptop

Intel has now come up with a new four screen laptop which includes a 15-inch screen and 3 OLED touch screens below. The main idea is to run passive apps on the little screens, even though they are integrated with the main screen. You can get content up to view it full-sized. You can also use a mouse instead of using your fingers. This laptop is most defiantly going to be a hit, but some people think it would be hard to run this computer so we will just have to wait and see.

Harry Potter coming to Universal in Orlando, Florida

Harry Potter and his friends are coming to Orlando, Florida. It will feature Hogwarts castle, Hogs meat station, and shops where visitors can purchase a variety of stuff. It is pretty much a theme park inside a theme park. It will tie in with all seven of the Harry Potter books: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The ride is supposed to open between December 15, 2009 and June 30, 2010. For more information, you can go to this website: http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/

Renewing Star Tours!

The very famous Star Tours attraction at Disneyland is soon getting a face-lift in 2011. The attraction has been there for nearly 3o years. Frank Oz, voice of Yoda, and Anthony Daniels, voice of C-3P0, have fueled speculation about a new attraction by telling the news anchors in news interviews. The Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris wont be apart of the renewing the Star Tours attraction.

The Longest Geekiest Name in the World

Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov is the record holder for the longest geekiest name in the world. He was formally known as Andreas Jankov. Jankov was born in Norway and how is a bus driver. The picture above is the very entertaining Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov.

Genius on the iPhone and iTouch

The Genius application on iTunes has now come to iPhone and the iTouch. This application recommends songs, movies, apps, etc. They tell you what songs would go with the songs on you library. Steve Jobs talked about this in the Apple Event.

Kanye West ruins Taylor Swift's moment

On September 13, 2009, at the Video Music Awards(VMAS), Taylor Swift won Best Female Video for "You Belong With Me" and while she was saying her acceptance speech, Kanye West went up on stage and interrupted her to say that Beyonce's video was one of the best videos of all time. Swift was left standing there, speechless while the crowd booed West. For the rest of the night, every time is name was brought up, the crowd booed him. When Beyonce won the award for Video of The Year, she called Taylor Swift back up and let her say her acceptance speech. Right below is the picture of Kanye West taking the microphone away from Taylor Swift.

Music helps you live longer?

A new study shows that listening to your favorite music can help your heart. The results show that a person who listens to music every day has a better blood pressure, heart rate, and has a less of a chance of heart failure. Studies also show that music has a good chance of lowering your anxiety level. Some doctors say that they would rather their patients to listen to happy songs rather than heavy metal songs so that you can be calm and your blood pressure doesn't go up.

The New Ipod Nano

In the Apple's Event in San Francisco yesterday, Apple announced that they have come up with a new set up for the Nano Ipod-the fifth dimension. They have made the screen wider and have put new applications in the ipod, which will increase the amount of people buying them, rather than the third dimension which was a huge step backwards for Apple. The new ipod nano can come in a 8GB and a 16GB. Now on the back of the Nano, there is a video camera. So now, you can record a video, take pictures, and voice record on your ipod. There is a built-in microphone and speaker in the nano so it is easier to watch and listen to your recordings. You can get more information by going to the apple website below.

http://images.apple.com/ipodnano/

Monopoly goes to computers.

Monopoly has now come up with a new version of the family friendly board game. Google and Hasbro teamed up to try to make the Monopoly game global on Google Map, named Monopoly City Streets. In the beginning of the game, you start with 3 million dollars and then you will be able to go into the virtual world of Monopoly with real-world streets, money, and many more cool virtual applications. In this game, you play with people all around the world. Below is a picture of how it looks while playing in the game.

Beatles Rock Band

One of the world's best video/music game has come together with the world's greatest band ever. Rock Band gives you the chance to play with the legendary Beatles. The Beatles Rock Band allows you to view unseen photos and songs from the band. Some of the songs you can play to are "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Hey Bulldog", "Something", and "Taxman". This game will come out on Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

Facebook Lite

Facebook has now come up with an entirely different version of the original Facebook website. It is mainly made for the people that dont understand what to do with the Facebook original. All you pretty much do on Facebook Lite is update your status. Facebook Lite is pretty much exactly like Twitter. They have become almost like enemies. They have been competing with each other and Facebook Lite will eventually be better than Twitter since you can check your Wall, Info, Friends, and Photos & Videos. If you look up that is what Facebook Lite looks like.

T.V. turns 3-D

Sony Television hopes to get a 3-D television into your house by the end of 2010. They will be making a third dimensional televisions, laptops, and PS3 consuls so they can all play third dimensional media. Of coarse there are many forms of 3-D out in the world but Sony is using the active shutter message which can make you watch something in third dimension on your television.

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