The Remote Microsoft Media Center Keyboard pictured above, for Windows XP Media Center edition got an excellent review by the folks over at Trusted Reviews yesterday. Here’s a snippit:
In fact the chief benefit is not the interface, great as it is, but the MCE remote control. The works so well, and ties in so nicely […]

This R/C Tarantula Spider would make an excellent stocking stuffer for your arachniphobic loved ones this Christmas.
Nothing itsy-bitsy about this spider! Send shivers down the spines of your family and neighbors when they see this giant, hairy tarantula crawling toward them! Remote-control spider is so real — each of his 8 legs moves independently! Creeps […]

You know you’re a nerd when…something really silly like this comes out and you get way too excited about it.
Due out sometime this month, may I present the Dr Who Dalek Battle Pack. Yes, you heard correctly. The Dalek Battle Pack, with which you too can engage in epic Dalek battles. You […]

Gateway recently announced that they’re installing security and tracking devices in some models of their laptop computers. From the ZDNet news article:
Gateway is plugging two security devices into its machines, including a LoJack-style technology to help customers track down lost or stolen laptops. The Mobile Theft Protection product is now available in Gateway’s M250, M460 […]

To boldly go where no kids wagon has gone before. It appears NASA is readying their next generation robot to search for life on the red planet.
A 3-year NASA project to test a “search-for-life” robot will soon come to an end, but not before one last trip to the Chilean desert. “Zoe,” a solar-powered rover […]

Check this out! A Mini Cooper racer (1:32 scale) that you control with your fancy new remote control watch. The watch itself features the standard digital time and date display and control of the racer is achieved via infra-red.
The Cooper has got functional head and tail lights, doors that open, and an operable […]

Nasty, creepy crawly critters beware, RoboRoach is on the loose! According to this News.Com.com story :
Insect “extermination” may soon involve mini robots that can befriend and lure cockroaches from their dens. Scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland, have successfully infiltrated a colony of roaches with a micro robot that has enough intricacies to interact with the world’s […]

If freaking out your permanently stoned, Project Bluebook/Area 51/Trekkie obsessed neighbors is on your list of favorite things to do on a sunday night, you need to take a serious look at the X-UFO. Firebox.com says:
A stabilising gyroscope and four independent rotors are suspended on an ultra-light, yet durable carbon-fibre frame, giving the X-UFO […]