Guitar Hero World Tour will feature a wireless Guitar Hero drum set and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers gives us a hands-on preview. Video after the break.
There's not a lot of new information to be found otherwise, but as none other than Stuart Copeland helpfully reminds us, the kit is in fact wireless. No headband included though, it seems.[via Engadget - InsideGamer]
LG's enV2 for Verizon, the followup to the original enV, features a larger 2.4-inch display, a microSDHC card slot, and a redesigned internal D-pad. Continue reading for a video review. Click here for the first picture in gallery.
It features a more modern and simplistic design with less bulk and more streamlined appearance, larger front dialpad, redesigned QWERTY keypad, larger internal display, 2MP camera, stereo speakers, and supports microSD cards up to 8GB; with the only thing missing here is an HTML browser and an Autofocus system for the camera.[via PhoneArena]
Called the "Turbitrac", this jet lawn mower runs "off of propane, turbos, and components of a 7.5 ton truck engine -- it can reach temperatures of over 600 degrees." Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Nick Haddock has taken it upon himself to not only design and build his own jet engine from scratch, but to post his instructions and reasons for doing so on the internet[via Environmentalgraffiti - GP3]
When it comes to turntables, there's no shame in going digital, especially if it works as well as the ATTIGO. Continue reading for a video demonstration.
Invented by UK student Scott Hobbs as part of his innovative product design course, ATTIGO is about the same size as a conventional deck set-up, but has all the flexibility of digital track storage.[via Gizmodo]
The LED home theater lets audiophiles enjoy movies while relaxing to the different colors. That's not all, you'll also find a "concession stand with mini-fridge full of candy, and a bar with a stylish brushed aluminum counter top containing a microwave and a refrigerator." Click here for first picture in gallery.
The rest of the setup is just as impressive, with a roomy recessed screen, a hidden wall unit with a DVD player and video gaming consoles, and a Crestron control system.[via Dvice]
Opera have released a report, titled ‘State of the Mobile Web‘ for the first quarter of 2008. The report has highlighted some very interesting data.
Since 1998 Opera have been working to offer a decent web browsing experience on the mobile phone. Over that time they have developed what has become the most popular web browser for mobile handsets, Opera Mini. With the increase in usage of QVGA screens on mobile phones, combined with the excellent Opera Mini web browser, surfing the internet on a mobile phone is no longer hard work. Many handsets now work on 3G data speeds with HSDPA Mobile Broadband becoming more increasingly available. This, combined with how Opera Mini, transcodes web pages to increase data transfer speeds, offers mobile users access to full websites with enhanced browsing experience as opposed to having to rely on cut down WAP or .mobi sites.
As users become more comfortable browsing the net from their phone, they are looking more and more for full internet sites, as opposed to ‘made for mobile’ sites. 77% of all traffic goes to full websites, with just 23% going to mobile specific sites. This matches Opera’s OneWeb idea, where a user will access the same sites on a PC or on a mobile phone. The most popular sites accessed on a mobile phone continue to be Social Networking sites, which accounts for almost 40% of worldwide traffic, with some countries having almost 60% of their web traffic going to sites like Facebook and Myspace.
In the UK, the most popular sites are mobile email access sites, with 11% of the total web traffic going to sites such as Yahoo Mail and Google’s Gmail. In the top ten sites accessed, the large majority were social networking sites, with Facebook leading the way. Here is the top ten in full:
1. www.Facebook.com
2. www.google.co.uk
3. www.live.com
4. www.bebo.com
5. www.mocospace.com
6. news.bbc.co.uk
7. uk.yahoo.com
8. www.itsmy.com
9. www.faceparty.com
10. www.ebay.co.uk
You can download the Opera Mini web browser from here.
Here's yet another interesting Macintosh Mini mod. This person stuffed the computer along with an 'Airport Extreme and "accessory HDD case"', inside a Power Mac G4 Cube. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Of course, he did have to exercise quite a bit of patience and showcase his cutting skills in order to make the optical drive accessible, but the end result is certainly something to be proud of.[via Engadget - G4 Cube]
