The Pro Con Pad

If your having problems with making decisions, then maybe this is for you.

- The Pro Con Pad

[Via. The Red Ferret]

The Borg Saussage

Z Lab created a video series between 1996 and 1998 called "2 minutes of experimentation and entertainment." One of the stories is the "Cybernetic Parrot Sausage". In this project, a German sausage is combined with the internals of a talking parrot toy to create a sausage who repeats whatever you say to it, twice, and who's end spins at 300 rpm.

Due to the biodegradable nature of its body, this robot has a short lifespan.

The Video on the site is CLASSIC!

- Cybernetic Parrot Sausage
- 2 minutes of experimentation and entertainment
- Z Lab

[Via. Gizmodo]

Intel DRM Inside

Intel will be including on-board DRM (Digital Rights Management) into its next line of Pentium D and 945 chips. This was kept quiet at the Australian launch of the new processors but has since been confirmed. The chips will support a Microsoft flavoured DRM and makes it one step closer to the entertainment industry controlling copyright through the hardware.
- Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips

[Via. Gizmodo]

Its An Enigma

This uniquely shaped fan is available from Fanimation, and appeared in i,Robot

- Enigma Fan

[Via. Gizmodo]

Dont Even Blink

Masahide Kaneko and colleagues at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, has created a system designed to eliminate the annoying blink camera shots. The system works be taking a rapid fire 15 frames in the half second after the shutter is pressed, and then software analyses the photos and selects the best one. The developers say that it can even handle shots of 30 people, with the system selecting the shot with the least blinkers.
- Sensor prevents shut-eye in digital snaps

[Via. Engadget]

Better Make Myself Look Big!

J. Meejin Yoon, a professor of architecture at MIT has created the 'Self-Defense Dress'. Inspired by the porcupine, it has spines that extend when someone steps too close and triggers a proximity sensor.

- Self-Defense Dress

[Via. Engadget]

Siemens Freak'n Huge Monitor

Sold as the "Remote Expert Center for Power Plants", look at the damn size of the wall mounted monitor!

- Siemens

[Via. Engadget]

CRASH!

Well, as you may have noticed IorS? has not been updated for a couple of days. This is because my PC shat itself. Ive fixed the problem and will get back to updating ASAP.

Gaming Goodness

Heres a bit of a round up of some cool gaming news

Spore
First off, the Spore site has launched, with a whole lot of no info, but a cool flash animated intro.

- Spore

Odama
Odama is a "pinball strategy war game" coming out on Nintendo.

- Odama

Grand Theftendo
Grand Theftendo is a homebrew NES tribute to Grand Theft Auto.

- Grand Theftendo

Hapland and Hapland 2
These are some CRAZY puzzles. I still cant figure them out.

- Hapland
- Hapland 2


[Via. Joystiq, The Independant Gaming Source]