Desk Pets TankBot With Android And iOS Support

Exhibited during Toy Fair 2011 in New York, Desk Pets’ TankBot has joined the likes of the HELO TC, Sphere and AR Drone in the growing ranks of smartphone-controlled gizmos and the US$25 bot has individually powered tiny tank-tracks and infrared sensors for free-roaming and maze solving modes. Remote control works using a dongle that plugs into the smartphone’s headphone jack along with the free iOS 4.2 and Android compatible app and the ange is quite limited though, offering up to 3m (9.8ft) and the remote must be pointed toward the front black screen of the Tankbot to work properly. A single 40-minute charge allows the toy to operate for 15 minutes and it has headlights for eyes that flash when the toy is idle………………

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Piloting Now Possible On Android

AR.Drone control finally comes to Android, lazy quadrocopter enthusiasts rejoice and it certainly took long enough, but pre-made quadrocopter fans no longer have to reach for unofficial solutions to pilot their unmanned vehicle with their Droids. Users are said to experience something that is beyond a video game as they transform into literal pilots of the device and the AR.FreeFlight app can be downloaded for free from the Android Market…………….

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World’s First Turbine-Powered Batmobile (Video)

Man builds World’s First turbine-powered Batmobile, brags about having the only one. This car created by the auto restoration guru Casey Putsch , and to launch himself further into super-fanboy status, he upgraded the engine with a Boeing turboshaft snatched out of a naval drone helicopter.

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Boeing Phantom Ray Aircraft

Boeing’s little delta wing is all grown up and flying on its own for the first time and drone took to the skies for 17 minutes over Edwards Air Force Base last week, proving its airworthiness and also showing off Boeing’s ability to quickly design and build a prototype advanced unmanned air system.Boeing will be running additional tests on the autonomous vehicle in the coming weeks in attempt to prep it for possible future surveillance and attack missions…………

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Hasbro My3D ViewMasters

Hasbro unveiled a cool 3D holder that looks a lot like the old View-Master from my youth a while back and the updated version is called the MY3D.My3D promise to…

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Homefront :Game Pre-order in Amazon

Play first-person shooter that challenges players to survive. Homefront impact a fictional future scenario in which America has been economically devastated and occupied by a foreign power. To face of overwhelming oppression, you have to choose whether to submit to military forces, take the fight to the enemy or even throw your lot in with the invaders. Additional features include: a single player campaign written by Hollywood screenwriter John Milius, online multiplayer support for up to 32 players, ground and vehicular combat, and much more.

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At Engadget Awards iPhone 4 Wins Phone of the Year, Kinect Peripheral of the Year, and iPad Gadget of the Year

Engadget has announced winners of the 2010 Engadget Editor’s Choice Awards. Apple iPad wins “Gadget of the Year” award, Apple iPhone 4 is awarded as “Phone of the Year”, Apple iPod touch wins best “Portable Media Device” award and Microsoft’s Kinect wins both “Game Accessory of the Year” and “Peripheral of the Year” award.

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Nano Hummingbird

AeroVironment, the California-based company behind the largest, highest and longest flying unmanned aircraft system (UAS), has now achieved a remarkable technical milestone with a much smaller aircraft which named Nano Hummingbird, is world’s first fully operational life-sized Humingbird like unmanned aircraft for SARPA.Nano Hummingbird features two wing,flapping aircraft hovers and flies in any directionand weighs in at 19 grams.This battery-powered drone has a front-facing camera and can fly for up to eight minutes at a time…….

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