Converting Old UMDs for the PSPGo Is a No-Go on Sep 26, 2009A few months back, Sony's John Koller broke to us that PSP owners who wanted a PSPGo would be able to digitally acquire those games for the PSPGo's built-in storage. Now Sony has reneged on that offer. Sort of.Koller never claimed that users would be...
PSPGo Converter Cable Turns the Tiny Console Into a Big Wheel on Sep 26, 2009No, what you see is not the PSPGo's upcoming Gran Turismo steering wheel adapter. It's Sony's solution for backward compatibility on all your old PSP peripherals.Personally, I never picked up the PSP's camera kit or a 1seg tuner (since the US lacks t...
Surrogates Reviewed: Bruce Willis' Robot Hair Is Ridiculous on Sep 26, 2009If your weekend plans include checking out Surrogates, you will be interested to know that io9 thought it was fun despite the weak plot—and even weaker Willis' robo hair. Check it out if you don't mind the spoilers.
Screw Cooking: Grow Your Own Meat From Animal Cell Capsules on Sep 26, 2009The Cocoon Cooker isn't just some fancy steamer or something like that. No, it's a machine that actually grows meat and fish from heated animal cells. A-whaaa?It's a mere design concept, sadly, as we don't have the science of growing animal proteins...
DirectX 10.1 vs. DirectX 11: Can You See the Difference? By Jason Chen, 6:00 PM on on Sep 26, 2009Like with the jump from DirectX 9 to DirectX 10, you'll have to really concentrate hard to see what's changed between the two versions. If you can even really tell which version is which.In that first shot with the swine flu guy, it seems the one on...
ArcAttack: Lightning-Proof Musicians Share Their Tesla Coil Secrets on Sep 26, 2009When Nikola Tesla invented his coil in 1891, he probably never imagined the ominous structures taking the place of the violin or French horn. But with time, anything's possible. Music trio ArcAttack adds its own spin to Tesla's dream machine.We gathe...
Make Your Own USB Powered Gadget on Sep 26, 2009I've found my weekend project. Maximum PC has published 9 awesome DIY projects, one of them being the steps to turn different gadgets into USB powered ones. They teach you how to make a USB powered fan or book light.I'm thinking my blowdryer would fr...
Callpod's Fueltank Uno Charges One Thing On the Go on Sep 26, 2009The Callpod Fueltank Uno is basically the same as the previous Fueltank we reviewed, except that it charges one device instead of two. Not to call it the poor man's version, but it's cheaper and holds less charge.The upside is that it's $40, and you...
Electromagnetic Car Drives Us Crazy and Nowherev on Sep 26, 2009If we lived in a world so sweet that anything artists could draft was instantly a functional product, you still couldn't drive the "Peugeot" ELA.Powered by a diminutive solar panel on the roof, the car glides over air without the hindrance of frictio...
Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard on Sep 26, 2009Oh, those smart rascals at Microsoft are on a roll. I love their Courier tablet concept, and now they may have found the way to make on-screen multitouch keyboards actually work great—even for touch typists like me.The problem with screen keyboards...
