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• The Right Stuff: First Flight of X-48B Blended Wing Body Aircraft Prototype

  Published: July 28, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Aircraft, Blended Wing Body, Boeing, Nasa, Plane, Prototype, The Right Stuff, Top, U S Air Force Research Laboratory, Virtual Presence, X 48b

  for the first time. The prototype, developed by Boeing Phantom Works with cooperation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, flew for 31 minutes, reaching an altitude of 7,500 feet. Check the sexy gallery and jump for more details about the BWB. Boeing is at it again with one of their fantabolous X-designated planes. The plane

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• Concept: Machine Gun Violin

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Concept, Gun, Music, Prototype, Violin, Weapon

  This is a machine gun violin concept by Wei Lieh Lee of the School of Visual Arts. Looks like someone resented their mandatory music lessons. [via the amazing Geekologie]

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• Kitchen: Recycling Washer/Dryer Concept

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:26 pm

  Tags: Concept, Home, Kitchen, Life, Prototype, Washer, Washing Machine, Water Washer

  This concept washing machine by Reed Crawford saves water from one of the cleaner, later rinse cycles for use in a future wash. Smart, but only if there is an override that I can activate when washing soiled underwear. I mean, hypothetically. [Yanko]

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• Concept: "On" is a Huge, Wall-Mounted Spectrum Analyzer

  Published: July 31, 2007, 11:32 pm

  Tags: Concept, Prototype, Spectrum

  This piece of art is a huge, wall-mounted electronic spectrum analyzer that displays sound from ambient noise. It looks to be made up of an array of red LEDs set up in a pattern of 8 to 32 bands. The entire device runs on batteries for 4 hours, or AC power, and is turned on by a switch behind the plate glass face. $8200 for 8-bands. I don't even

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• Google doesn't deny GPhone rumors, has prototype ready?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:14 am

  Tags: Google, Google Phone, Googlephone, Gphone, Partnering, Partnership, Prototype, Rumor, Rumors, Speculation

  search giant is "showing the prototype to cellphone manufacturers and network operators as it continues to hone the technical specifications." Make of that what you will, but it sounds pretty enticing over here.[Thanks, Omar A. and Ala A.]Read - Google sidesteps mobile reportsRead - Google shows phone prototype to manufacturers Permalink

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• PROTOTYPE - New Open World Game from Sierra

  Published: August 10, 2007, 3:11 pm

  Tags: Vivendi, Sierra, Sony, Microsoft, Computer, Games, Open World Game, Prototype, Ps3, Radical Entertainment, Shape Shifting, Sierra Entertainment, Summer 2008 Release, Xbox 360

  and shape shifting called PROTOTYPE. Developed by Radical Entertainment, PROTOTYPE tells the story of Alex Mercer, a man haunted by his past, fighting a secret war in New York City where a conspiracy tied to his origins threatens the future of mankind itself. Mercer's shape shifting powers allow him to become an exact replica and steal the

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• Charmr concept transforms glucose monitoring

  Published: August 15, 2007, 4:26 am

  Tags: Adaptive Path, Adaptivepath, Charmr, Concept, Design, Diabetes, Health, Invention, Medical, Prototype, Video

  Filed under: Wearables Just three days ago, we saw the nifty GlucoPhone receive the FDA's coveted stamp of approval, and now Adaptive Path has conjured up a conceptual device of its own that could transform the way diabetics are forced to live out their lives. The Charmr itself is a small wirelessly-enabled thumb drive (of sorts) that can be worn

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• Radical’s new Prototype game for PS3, Xbox 360 & PC features shapeshifting in an open world

  Published: August 18, 2007, 10:45 am

  Tags: News, Prototype, Prototype Game, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Game, Videogame

  of Vivendi Games, announced Prototype, said to be a completely new kind of open-world game, featuring a rich story line of conspiracy, deception and deadly shape shifting action. Prototype will be released on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC in summer 2008. Developed by Radical Entertainment, a critically acclaimed developer of open-world games,

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• Cool Powers in Cinematic Trailer for Prototype

  Published: August 21, 2007, 6:54 pm

  Tags: Videos, Sierra, Sony, Microsoft, Computer, Games, Prototype, Ps3, Trailer, Xbox

  Prototype Cinematic Trailer (Large) A couple weeks ago, Stephany outlined the details of Sierra’s next open-world game, Prototype. Now there’s a brand new cinematic trailer for it that shows off some of the special powers the main character, Alex Mercer, will have at his disposal. He’ll be able to reshape his body into a

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• Sharp's 52-inch LCD TV prototype: Just 1.1-inches thick!

  Published: August 22, 2007, 5:23 am

  Tags: 52 Inch, 52 Inch Lcd, 52 Inchlcd, Breaking News, Breakingnews, Lcd, Prototype, Sharp

  Then check this, Sharp's prototype LCD which jams a 100,000:1 contrast ratio into a 52-inch LCD display only 20-mm (0.78-inches) thick. Right, we're talking LCD, not OLED. In fact, the entire TV measures just 29-mm (1.14-inches) at its thickest point while covering 150% of the NTSC color gamut and consuming just 140 kWh/year. Shazam!

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• First Prototype game video

  Published: August 22, 2007, 3:53 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Prototype, Prototype Game, Ps3, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Game, Videogame

  used to describe Prototype at a recent press event, where they even promised co-op online play. Prototype won’t be released on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC until August or September of 2008. So for now the first in-game video will have to do. A shapeshifting monster is about to take on NYC and the military. You are that monster.

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• Sharp unveils its super thin, light, next generation LCD

  Published: August 23, 2007, 2:48 am

  Tags: Japan, Kameyama, Lcd, Sharp, Prototype

  factory in Japan. The prototype 52-inch liquid crystal display is 22mm thick and weighs 25kgs and as far as electricity consumption goes, it uses half as much as used for the existing models, about 140kWh (kilowatt hours) per year. The new LCD TV has a contrast ratio of 100,000 to 1, which varies from the existing 2,000 to 1 for their

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• Unearthed: Nintendo 2001 Prototype Motion-Sensing One-Handed Controller by Gyration

  Published: August 29, 2007, 2:40 pm

  Tags: Games, Controllers, Design, Games, Gyration, Gyropod, Nintendo, Prototype

  a motion-sensing gamepad prototype that Gyration made for Nintendo back in 2001. Thanks to a recent chance encounter, we were able to uncover a couple of PowerPoint slides that showed the GyroPod, a prototype design for a one-handed motion sensing controller designed specifically by Gyration for

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• Casio brings world's first 60fps, 6 megapixel camera/camcorder to IFA

  Published: August 31, 2007, 6:08 am

  Tags: 60fps, Breaking News, Breakingnews, Camcorder, Casio, Exilim, First, Ifa, Prototype, World S First, World Sfirst

  Casio has a world's first prototype shooter at IFA sporting what must be Sony's 60fps 1/1.8-inch CMOS sensor. Right, sixty 6 megapixel frames per second for what should be a resolution in the ballpark of 2921 x 2184. It'll even go 300fps if you want to scale things back to VGA mode. The prototype features a 12x optical zoom and 2.8-inch LCD in

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• Hands-on with Casio's 60fps digital camera

  Published: August 31, 2007, 8:35 am

  Tags: 300fps, 60fps, Berlin, Casio, Dslr, Features, Ifa, Prototype

  wild new 6 megapixel Casio prototype. You know the one -- 60fps video at full resolution or 300fps VGA? Believe it or not, the camera is surprisingly light, will use SDHC storage (which won't last long at these resolutions), and is expected to ship sometime in 2008. Hey, that's what they told us. Peep the gallery for all the hotness.Gallery:

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