NIF scientists set the controls for nuclear fusion

It looks like nuclear fusion is no longer just for precocious teenagers . Among the flurry of experiments going down worldwide, significant work will start rolling at the US National Ignition Facility sometime this June. Under construction for twelve years, the lab will focus 192 giant laser beams on two forms of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium

Digital Album: it’s a digiframe, just more capacious

Okay, so maybe this mysterious Digital Album really is nothing more than a relatively plain 7-inch digital photo frame , but the included 4GB of storage is certainly appreciated. If, for whatever reason, you honestly feel the need to keep more than a thousand or so shots of little Joey on there, the integrated SD card reader can help you take things up to 20GB overall. Also of note, there’s a rechargeable battery that can show off slideshows for around three hours, and if you leave your AC adapter at home, you’ll be thrilled to know that this one can rejuvenate via USB.

Samsung Instinct S30 now official, coming to Sprint on April 19th

That didn’t take long.

Moixa Sphere multitouch orb bends minds, credulity

Ordinarily we’d take one look at Moixa’s Sphere interactive display ball around this time of year and immediately dismiss it as an April Fools joke, but something tells us not even the most dedicated would-be pranksters take the time and expense to patent their little diversions.

Samsung Instinct S30 in the wild

Samsung’s officially announcing the Instinct S30 for Sprint as we speak, but why wait for all that jazz? We spied a dummy unit in the flesh out and about in Samsung’s mobile charging center here at CTIA , and while we would’ve preferred it not be behind a thick plate of glare-tastic glass, we’ll take what we can get

Clearwire’s Clear Spot portable WiMAX / WiFi router now official, coming early April

Good news for those who happened to live in Portland — and elsewhere in the years to come.

Ion-based Acer Hornet nettop specs leak out: 1080p HDMI playback, Wii-like gaming, $299

Well, well, what’s this?

Dreamcast tablet is a handsome, portable solution for your discontinued gaming needs

This isn’t the first Dreamcast mod we’ve seen around here, not by a long shot — but it’s surely one of the most elegant. Built around a 15-inch LCD, this guy is a scant 2 1/4-inches thick, but it gets up to 3.5 hours of playtime on a full charge, sports an A/V out, one watt stereo sound, and a custom-built tray loading GD-ROM — just the thing for playing House of the Dead 2 on the go. We won’t belabor the point — just make sure you check out the mod-licious video after the break.

Emulator runs Wii games in 720p while we wonder what might have been

Using PCs to do what Nintendon’t, YouTube user renebarahona is running Wii games in HD resolutions through the Dolphin emulator.

Mechanical heart built from Sony gear still pines for AIBO

As much as we’d like this to be a still from a new, secretly-in-development Cronenberg movie, it’s actually an image of the nightmare-inducing mechanical heart that stars in a new series of Sony ads set to air during England’s World Cup qualifying campaign on ITV. The hook, of course, is that the heart is apparently built (by special effects house Artem) almost entirely from Sony gear, including parts from BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray players, VAIO laptops, Cybershot cameras, PS3s, and even the odd Walkman. No word of any public showings of the heart just yet, but you can check out one of the commercials after the break, and another by hitting up the read link below

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