Google has set the bar pretty high with its homepage doodles - the search giant's playable Pac-Man logo remains one of our favorites - but today's Jules Verne example is perhaps the best yet. Celebrating Verne's 183rd birthday, the Google logo has been transformed into viewing windows from the Nautilus, from the author's famous 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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Pentax K-r Bonnie Pink Model DSLR: limited edition, limited taste
LG will be giving G-Tablet buyers a pair of glasses so they can see the tablet's 3D display; maybe Pentax should give K-r Bonnie Pink Model special edition buyers a pair of sunglasses to protect their eyes from the garish, clashing colors? Named after Japanese popstar Bonnie Pink, this new K-r limited edition DSLR is based on the same 12.4-megapixel camera as announced in September last year.
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XPERIA Play advert leaks: Gaming so good you’ll graft on thumbs
Sony has built something of a reputation for itself by putting together unusual, odd or vaguely unpleasant commercials in the past, but Sony Ericsson has outdone itself with its latest Android spot. Just in time for launch of the XPERIA Play at MWC 2011, everybody's favorite Android mascot gets a set of human thumbs grafted on in a leaked spot caught by DROiDNYTT.
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Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 promo: Our Win7 tablet is as obvious as a hammer [Video]
A video demo of Fujitsu's Stylistic Q550 tablet has been released, and the company seems pretty keen to differentiate the slate from other Windows 7 machines. According to director of mobile product Meinolf Althaus, Fujitsu's custom UI attempts to mimic the usability of a hammer: not in that you have to thump it, but in that you automatically recognize how to interact with the tablet, rather than needing to remember what does what.
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FIfteen display MMOG gaming rig allows for massive multiplay [Video]
You might remember an EVE multibox hack from mid-2010 which allowed one arguably-too-dedicated gamer play as up to fourteen characters simultaneously, while still skating on the allowed side of the MMOG's rules. Now Zhek Kromtor is back with a new game and an even more crazy setup: fifteen suspended monitors playing browser-based MMO Nodiatis as fifteen different characters.
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BMW 1-Series gets Nokia C7 remote-control [Video]
Nokia's C7 proved a respectable business handset when we reviewed it, but then we didn't try remotely-controlling a BMW with the Symbian smartphone. That's just what two engineers from Nokia Asia have apparently managed, taking just twenty days to create the necessary software and remote control hardware to operate a 1-Series' steering, brakes and accelerator, as well as all the regular gadgets inside.
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Moog OMG-1 custom synth is twin-iPad, twin-iPod touch and all awesome
If you're into musical instruments then you've probably heard of Bob Moog, and the Bob Moog Foundation created in the synth maker's honor is doing a solid job continuing his awesome work. The foundation has collaborated with Spectrasonics' Eric Persing to create the OMG-1, a custom, one-of-a-kind synth that pairs a Mac mini with two iPads and two iPod touch PMPs.
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Macintosh Plus + iPad = Daft Punk alternative helmet [Video]
Daft Punk is well known for the eye-catching helmets that have become synonymous with the group itself, but that's not to say a keen DIYer with an iPad and a hot-glue gun can't compete. DJ Kid Chameleon has given up face recognition in favor of a home-made helmet that mixes a classic Macintosh Plus with an iPad faceplate and sound-activated LEDs.
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Laser popcorn cooking is awesome (but time consuming) [Video]
You're desperate for popcorn, but you've only got a pair of Arctic Spyder III lasers to play with; can you still enjoy a movie theater style treat? According to WorldScott, the answer is yes, as long as you also have plenty of time on your hands or very little appetite. His video shows that with some patience - we're talking kernel by kernel here - you can create popcorn using just the strength of the two high-powered lasers.
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Antimatter thunderstorms surprise NASA
Last we heard, matter and antimatter couldn't be put together in the same picnic basket lest the universe explode; now scientists are telling us that the stuff is actually streaming out of storms. Researchers manning the Fermi telescope have discovered that violent thunderstorms are giving out both gamma rays and positrons, the antimatter-equivalent of electrons.
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Tokyoflash Kinsai Console welcomes 2011 with indecipherable time
New year, new bizarre Tokyoflash watch. The Kinsai Console is the latest special edition from the Japanese company, and this time around it's based on a fan-voted concept called Bright Time. A full three separate screens are squeezed into the stainless steel casing, taking on hours and different portions of minutes.
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Mindflex Duel pits brain against brain
Brain-monitoring mental agility game Mindflex has spawned a new version, Mindflex Dual, and as the name suggests it allows two players to go head to head and see who has the most powerful brain. Expected to ship on August 15, Mindflex Duel uses the same "mind-eye" concentration headbands as the original Mattel game, but allows you to battle it out against an opponents mental skills.
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