Gadgets Blog

A quick recap of gadget blogs and news around the Net:

• Looks like another Nintendo Wii Knock Off - Engadget 
• Apple Grants Vodaphone iPhone Deals in 10 Countries - Machines that Go Bing
• NES Coffee Table Controller - Technabob
• Native Orb App Brings Live TV to your iPhone - Gizmodo
• HTC Diamond vs. Apple iPhone - Shiny Shiny
• Check out the new screenshots for SOCOM Confrontation - Kotaku
• Russia’s Zubr is the world’s largest Hovercraft - Naval Technology
• Architect’s home is less than 8 feet wide - Treehugger

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Epson Deal: Save 25% off Select Epson Papers
• The Time Burton Batmobile is on Sale on eBay
• Crutchfield Savings: Save $25 off Purchases of $150
• AT&T Now Offering Free Wi-Fi Hot Spots for iPhone
  

Do you remember when the Star Wars movies would come out and everyone would wait outside in long lines, dressed up in their favorite character from the movies?

With the new Batman movie coming out, The Dark Knight, wouldn’t it be nice to take it up another notch and roll up to the premiere in your own original Batmobile from the Tim Burton Batman movies?

Holy rusted metal! You mean we can!?! (Sorry, that was my poor attempt at a Robin quote).

Anyways, right now on eBay, this Batmobile owner is selling one of the five original cars from the movies. Despite the lack of doors (you’ll have to be limber enough to jump through the roof), it does come with a 5.7 liter engine hidden beneath that 20-feet frame.

Cape, Bat Cave and traits to becoming a vigilante of the night are not included.

To read more and see more pictures at the Autoblog, click here.

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Source: Autoblog

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Original Knight Rider car up for sale on eBay - MSN News
• Air France testing in-flight cell phones - Ubergizmo
• Ram Wing 100 Yacht by Levi Designs will have a submarine - Gizmodo via Born Rich
  
• Keep your mattress hot or cold - Gearlog
• Check out the Carina implantable hearing aid - Engadget
• Want to see what’s behind you? Cerevellum bike rearview monitor - Be Sportier
• Win cash by entering in Kotaku’s Kommenting King Kontest - Kotaku

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save 15% off all orders at SIRIUS Satellite Radio
• Pay GameStop on the 21st, get a Nintendo Wii in January
• Save $200 on a Dell XPS M1330 Laptop
• I am Batman! The Dark Knight movie trailer
• Disposable shoes stick to feet, keep them clean
  

So this week I contributed to the $77.2 million that I Am Legend made in its opening weekend and I recommend everybody to go see it. It was a good flick. But most importantly in the trailers, I got a glimpse of The Dark Knight. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, I had to post it. The only thing now is that I have to wait until next summer to get my Batman and Joker fix.

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A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• iPods and music devices to be banned from New York Marathon - New York Times
• A world of your own in this cubicle - Yanko Design
• Robot boats to sail the seas and fight pirates! - Popular Mechanics
• Smash and mold your own chair for $6,000 - Gizmodo
  

This week in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• How to make a cool spider-sculpture out of scissors
• Dog scares us dressed as an iPhone
• I am Batman!?
• iPhone named Time magazine’s invention of the year

If you’re like most of us who like to wait until the last minute to piece together a cool costume, here’s a little tutorial to help you grow some batwings with an umbrella.

You won’t exactly look like the Cape Crusader, but hey, what do you expect? At least it’ll be a conversation started.

Click here to build your own costume.

Source: Craft

Who said crime fighting, revenge wielding, commitment phobic superheroes don’t have a sense style?

No one actually.

Anyways, here’s is a look at Batman’s new suit he’ll be sportin’ in his movie, The Dark Knight, next summer.

And just when you thought the new Batpod was something to talk about, check out his new wardrobe.

Specs:

• Remember when you watched the movies, Batman was always walking around with a stiff neck like he was auditioning for a role on muscle beach? Well, that’s because the cowls on the suits were attached to the shoulders and neck of the costume and made it nearly impossible to turn his head. This new headpiece is modeled after a motorcycle helmet and separate from the neck, allowing him to move his head in all directions.
• OK, so they did something new to the cape, but they won’t tell us more than “things happen to cloak.” They probably don’t, but hey, I’m still excited! Of course you can give Batman a napkin and staple it to his back and I’ll still drool.
• The razors that are on his forearm’s are part of the suit and can retract and shoot! Batman can turn his head and shoot razors? We have a deadly arsenal developing. But it’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye.
• And lastly, his new suit is made up of over 200 individual pieces of rubber, fiberglass and nylong metallic mesh. This allows the costume to bind more to the actor’s body.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Yes, you read that right.

Batman will be riding a motorcycle in the Cape Crusader’s next film, The Dark Knight.

The LA Times published an article today, releasing photos and information about the new bike and movie that is to be released next summer.

Check out the specs on this thing:

• It’s equipped with grappling hooks, cannons and machine guns.
• The front and rear tires are a huge 508 millimeters and the engines are in the hub of each wheel.
• Steering isn’t by hand, but by shoulder since there aren’t any handle bars. Instead there are shields that fit each arm like sleeves that allow you to steer the whole frame.
• The two foot pegs are 3 1/2 feet apart on each side of the tank, which the rider lies on, belly down. The tankĀ also moves up and down.

For the fullĀ LA Times article, click here.