Filed under ‘Gadgets’
Sega’s robotic Dream Chick
You haven’t seen cute until you’ve held one of these tiny robotic chicks from Sega. The ‘Dream Chick’ responds to touch – pat it’s head or back and the chick will chirp, or pick it up and will flap it’s little wings. The Dream Chick is an absolutely adorable little friend for kids, or for anyone who just loves ultra cute things.
They’re mostly sold out all around the world, but Play-Asia has them for $12.90 on back order from Japan.
Learn how to pick locks!
I recently bought myself a simple lock pick set from LockPickShop, and have been slowly learning how to open all sorts of locks. For anyone interested in lock picking or ‘locksport’ – Locksport International have a fantastic guide (in PDF format) on the mechanics of lock picking. It’s a great way to introduce yourself to how locks actually work, and just how vulnerable pin tumbler locks are to anyone with basic lock picking skills (or a bump key).
Locksport International visual guide to lockpicking
Egglings
We all know eggs are cool, but anything called an Eggling has to be really cool. Egglings are made from porous ceramic, and are filled with nutrient-enriched soil and some seeds, all you have to do is gently crack the egg, water, place in sunlight, and wait for your new eggy plant friend to grow. ThinkGeek.com have them in Prickly Cactus and Spicy Red Pepper varieties for an eggy $9.99.
USB turntable
If you’re too lazy to dig out your ancient turntable (if it still works!) and hook it up to your computer’s soundcard, then the USB turntable is probably the only way you’re going to convert those old vinyl rarities to MP3. It can handle 33.33 and 45 RPM playback speeds, and although it’s not a super high end audiophile turntable, it’s only $150 – which is nothing once you’ve transfered a few of those “vinyl only” recordings to MP3.
» Available at ThinkGeek.com
PSX emulator for GP2X
It may only be at Beta 4, but there’s now a real world PSX emulator for the GP2X. PSX4GP2X can run many original PlayStation games, with several listed as running at “full speed”, with “no noticeable problems”. There’s a few videos of the Beta 4 version of PSX4GP2X on YouTube, and although most of them run painfully slow, it’s still impressive to see so many PlayStation games running at all on the GP2X.
» More info at the PSX4GP2X wiki page at GP2X.org.
