How will we play tennis in 2083? From the looks of things, Lacoste believes we will be in a virtual room with collapsible rackets and cool looking robotic suits. Although, I have to admit that the video after the break portrays it as more like a futuristic version of racquetball to me—but either way, it is a sport I could definitely get into.
This is the Vertebrae, a vertical bathroom with everything you need inside it. Let’s take it from the top, shall we?
Shower
kids’ shower
toilet cistern
storage space
sink
can
bog brush cupboard
And do u wanna know the cost of it, its 20,000 USD.
This unnamed robot by SRI International has a useful trick—it can climb walls using the principle of electro-adhesion (what we generalized as “static electricity” as kids, when we’d rub balloons on our heads and stick them to walls). But what’s most promising is that the robot needs only a “very small amount of power” to stick to surfaces that can be covered in dust and other debris.
There are laptop cooling pads, and we’ve got to hand it to Enermax for building the biggest and silliest one we’ve ever seen. The Aeolus cooling pad features just a single fan, but it’s an 8.66-inch diameter monster, capable of reducing temps by 22 degrees Celsius (71 degrees Fahrenheit) while only putting out 20dB of noise. On top that, it’s got integrated blue LEDs for additional nerd cred — although we’re wondering how you’re supposed to actually see them while your furnace of a laptop is parked on top. Should be around now for about $70, we hear.
With its sassy orange and black body, the Predator is Acer’s riposte to HP’s Voodoo and Dell’s XPS and Alienware lines. Running an Intel Quad-Core processor, the desktop PC also has liquid cooling, a Blu-ray Disc drive and four swappable SATA disk drives, and uses Nvidia’s SLI graphics technology. Full stats below the gallery.
Windows Vista OS
Intel Core 2 Extreme or Quad processor
Nvidia nForce 780i SLI chipset
8GB memory
1TB SATA hard disk
4 x 3.5-inch Easy-swap HDD drive bays with either:
BD+ SuperMulti burner
BD/HD DVD reader
Supermulti
Multi-in-one card reader
TV tuner card
Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement
Gigabit Ethernet
56K modem
Front ports:
4 x USB 2.0 ports
Headphone and microphone jacks
Rear ports:
4 x USB 2.0 ports
IEEE 1394 port
PS72 keyboard and mouse ports
2 x Ethernet ports
2 x eSATA ports
6 x audio jacks
S/PDIF jack
Clear CMOS button
TV-out port
2 x DVI-D ports
Acer Empowering Technology software
Acer eRecovery Management
Acer Arcade Live
McAfee Internet Security Suite 2008
Adobe Reader
eSobi
NTI MediaMaker
Dimensions: 490 x 430 x 190 mm
The Predator also has a bunch of accessories, including a Logitech G11 gaming keyboard, GS gaming mouse, remote control, and an Acer LCD monitor and stereo speakers. No word on pricing or availability as yet.
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