IRL: iPod Classic and the WhoSounds TARDIS Bluetooth Speaker

It wasn't our intention to run a nostalgia-themed IRL on Memorial Day, but here we are. After the break, Dan Cooper relives his fascination with the TARDIS time machine, and Brian swears he doesn't care if you laugh at him for using an ancient iPod. iPod Classic.
A month or so ago, Engadget Show producer Ben mocked me for my insistence on carrying around my iPod Classic at all times, in addition to my phone. And then the unthinkable happened: I left the thing in a rental car, somewhere in San Francisco.



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Japanese Robot Art: Nice to Look At, and Don't Forget the Inspiration!

Japanese Robot Art – It's Good, Man. Illustration, product packaging, statues & sculpture, and even some transhumanist pin-ups; for decades Japan's been pounding out the robot art like nobody's business. Last week's robotics piece examined the artistic legacy influence of giant Japanese robots on the upcoming film Pacific Rim, but this week it's just cool robot art for the sake of looking at cool robot art.

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Evergreen DN-84294 Micro Cube MP3 Player

Check out this newly released micro cube MP3 player from Evergreen, the DN-84294. This ultra-small player (fingertip size of 2cm square) comes with a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm earphone jack, a built-in rechargeable battery and supports for MP3 and WMA audio formats. The DN-84294 sells for just 999 Yen (about $10) in blue and pink color options.

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Soul SL150CB Pro Hi-Definition On-Ear Headphone review

When I review headphones or earphones, I love to be surprised. Soul Electronics can best be described as hip hop star Ludacris's answer to Dr. Dre's Beats lineup of bass monsters. Soul has a good selection of headphones, earphones in many price ranges. This review will cover the SL150CB Pro Hi-Definition On-Ear Headphones. That's a mouthful, but mostly, it's a mouthful of crow that I have to swallow. Before hearing the SL150, I would have sworn that the bass would overpower everything else to the point of distraction. After all, this is a hip hop branded headphone, so that's a given. Right?

Wrong. Very, very wrong.









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Patch.com and Huffington Post appear most in Google News integrations

News integrations in Google US search results have increased by 70% finds studyNew York, April 29, 2013 – More News integrations[1] are being displayed in Google.com search results, with content from AOL-owned local site patch.com, followed by huffingtonpost.com, currently the most likely to appear, according to new research from search and social analytics leader, SearchmetricsDisney property go.com and the nytimes.com and washingtonpost.com sites are also positioned highly in Searchmetrics’ list of top ten sites that appear in Google.com News integrations (see table underneath) according to an analysis of search results

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Watch a rocket-powered bicycle set a new land speed record

Frenchman François Gissy has laid claim to a new land speed record using a rocket-powered bicycle. Yes, you read that right. A rocket-powered bicycle. Gissy and his bicycle managed to hit a mind-boggling 163 miles per hour (263 kilometers per hour) over a vacant stretch of highway in Munchhouse, France over the weekend.







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China continues foreign automotive investment incentives after all

China has reversed a policy that would have nixed incentives for investments from foreign automakers, paving the way for further expansion by General Motors, Volkswagen and others. Legislators had removed automotive manufacturing from the list of industries that would receive government support in the future, but foreign investment fell off significantly in April. The country's National Development and Reform Commission responded by not only reinstating foreign automotive investment but by giving the business "preferential treatment," according to Automotive News.

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