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iRig MIDI: Connect MIDI compatible devices with your iOS device
RIM offers Blackberry users free premium games and apps as an apology
Humanoid robots from China can play a game of table tennis against human opponents
Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone announced
A-Solar Travel Pal: A multifunctional solar charger

iRig MIDI: Connect MIDI compatible devices with your iOS device

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:28 AM PDT

Recently we covered Sonoma GuitarJack 2, an accessory for your iOS devices that lets you connect your instruments to your iOS device, and today we have another device that can do the similar thing.

IK Multimedia has released iRig MIDI, an ultra-compact MIDI interface for iOS devices that allows you to connect all sorts of MIDI compatible devices such as MIDI keyboards, drum machines, drum pads, or pedal boards to your iOS device. As for the compatibility, iRig MIDI is fully compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad and the device itself comes with three MIDI ports: in, out, and thru. We also have to mention LEDs for MIDI in/out activity display, and a micro USB port that chargers the iOS device while in use. IK Multimedia also provides you with free apps such as SampleTank and iRig MIDI Recorder that are compatible with the iRig MIDI.

iRig MIDI is an interesting accessory, and if you want one, you should know that iRig MIDI is priced at $69.99.

[via TechFresh]

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RIM offers Blackberry users free premium games and apps as an apology

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:41 AM PDT

Research in Motion “RIM” is offering Blackberry users free premium applications from the Blackberry App World after a couple days of service interruptions. Many Blackberry users were unable to receive or send emails or contact people using Blackberry Messenger for a couple days. RIM held press conferences addressing the matter of downtime and is now offering some compensation by allowing free download of premium applications and games.

Games like Sims 3, Texas Hold Em Poker 2, Bejeweled, Bubble Bash 2 are some premium games that are being offered for free. Many applications are also being offered for free. RIM says over $100 worth of games / apps are being offered as a thank you for being a Blackberry user.

This offer will last until the end of 2011. RIM is also offering 1 month of free technical support for enterprise users. Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis stated: "We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience," added Lazaridis. "We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again."

[via Blackberry Rocks]

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Humanoid robots from China can play a game of table tennis against human opponents

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Robots can do all sorts of things, and some of them, like PR2, can bring you sandwiches, while others, like the ones that we're showing you today, can play a game of table tennis on their own.

Wu and Kong are table tennis robots created by Chinese scientists and two of them can play a game of table tennis against each other with ease. Both of these robots are 1.6 meters tall and each of them weights 55kg, and they can serve, return, and score a point in a game of table tennis. These robots are using eye-mounted cameras in order to track the ball's position, predict the movement of the ball and to choose the right response for the given situation. We have to mention that these robots have 50 to 100 milliseconds response time, which is enough in for most situations in table tennis.

It's great to see that two robots can play a game of table tennis together, and in case you want to play against a robot partner, you'll be pleased to know that both of these robots can work with human opponents as well.

[via Ubergizmo]

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone announced

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:49 AM PDT

The Samsung Nexus has been recently announced and will be the first smart phone running the Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich OS! The phone features a 4.65 inch super AMOLED touchscreen, with a 5 megapixel camera. The Nexus is being powered by a 1.2GHz dual processor with 1GB of RAM. The internal memory on this phone is quite large at either 16-32GB of storage.

The phone has many unique interesting features like an accelerometer, compass, gyro, light, proximity sensor, it also adds a barometer to the mix. On the latest Android 4.0 OS, the phone itself does not have the four physical buttons on the device, they removed the Home, Back and menu buttons. The previous button’s on the front of the device will now be apart of the user interface which is a touchscreen. The device itself is light, small and compact and very sleek looking! You will start to see the Samsung Galaxy Nexus at the beginning of November.

[via iTechNews]

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A-Solar Travel Pal: A multifunctional solar charger

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:51 AM PDT

Solar chargers can be great, especially if you travel a lot or spend a lot of time outdoors, and if you're looking for a new solar charger, company A-Solar might have the right thing for you.

A-Solar has released a new solar charger called Travel Pal, and unlike other solar chargers on the market, Travel Pal can also work as a safety device. Travel Pal comes with all sorts of connectors, so you can easily recharge any portable device, such as smartphone or tablet with it. It weighs only 90 grams and its battery has 800mAh capacity. In addition, it takes 11-14 hours to recharge a phone with sunlight, but recharge time can vary due to capacity of phone's battery. We also have to mention that Travel Pal comes with torchlight and audible alarm that can scare off the attackers in case you're in danger.

A-Solar Travel Pal is one multifunctional solar charger, and it's perfect if you like spending time outdoors. As for the price, A-Solar Travel Pal costs €29.00 ($40).

[via Ubergizmo]

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