PlayStation 3 slim listing pops up on Amazon Germany

Here’s something fun to start your weekend with. Amazon’s German site now has a listing for ” PlayStation 3 Konsole slim” from Sony Computer Entertainment, and really, it doesn’t take years of foreign language class to figure out that English translation. It’s listed as “platform independent” (har) and has its own Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN), but on the flip side, we’re lacking a picture, release date, or any other tangible details.

Brain Carpet microelectrodes could help translate thoughts into actions more effectively

Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a new, more precise way of placing microelectrodes on the surface of the brain to enable patients to turn thoughts into action. Led by Bradley Greger, a professor of bioengineering, the “Brain Carpet” as it’s called, represents a “modest advance” in techniques already in use

FCC queries AT&T, Apple on Google Voice iPhone app rejection

Yeah, we’re pretty much all peeved by Apple suddenly ejecting all traces of Google Voice from the app store , but now it looks to have drawn the ire of the Federal Communications Commission, as well.

LEDSAUR Tyrannosaurus Rex desk lamp makes chewing through paperwork less monotonous

We’ll be straight with you: it was pretty much love at first sight for us and dinosaur bones, and while we’ve always harbored a secret desire to someday acquire a real T-Rex fossil for our private collection, the LEDSAUR is probably our best shot at anything even close to that. Besides taking on that famous shape we love, this carnivorous piece of lighting is pretty stylish, with each of its vertebrae represented with an LED. The lamp is made of stainless steel, it’s bendable, and it comes with a remote control.

PS3 manufacturing costs down 70 percent? Strange, it doesn’t feel that way

We understand that Sony has a long way to go in making up the losses it’s incurred by selling the PS3 at a loss — even if it was commanding the highest price in the industry the whole while — but if this latest word on manufacturing costs is correct, we’d say Sony has some room to get the console under that dastardly $400 mark. During an overseas call with investors over Sony’s Q1 financials, Nobuyuki Oneda, Sony’s CFO and Executive VP, apparently stated that manufacturing costs for the PS3 are down 70 percent, which is right “on schedule.” While there’s no official cost published by Sony, those in the know estimate the console originally cost around $800 to produce, and should be down to roughly $240 at this point.

Movie Gadget Friday: Strange Days

Ariel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday , where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema. On our last episode of Movie Gadget Friday, we rode around the robotics-dependent world of Runaway . Traversing from robots-gone-wrong to “wire-tripping”-technology-junkies, this week jacks-in to the cyberpunk streets of LA in Strange Days .

Reminder: vote for your favorite Kindle design by Monday!

Our Kindle contest that we’re running in cooperation with our good friends at Adafruit Industries and Amazon has drawn to an epic conclusion, and there’s simply no other way to put it — we’re blown away.

Nokia 5800i XpressMusic hits the FCC: it’s like the 5800, only less so

Over the years we’ve found that usually, when a company takes a model number and slaps an extra letter on the end of it, there’s some sort of feature or update they’re highlighting. iPhone 3GS

HP debuts 2709m 27-inch 16:9 display

HP’s just announced its new 27-inch, 16:9 display, the 2709m. This giant puts out a native 1080p picture, and boasts two HDMI inputs, one DVI and one VGA port.

Take Back the Beep: how to disable voicemail instructions on Sprint

While we wait for all the carriers to get on board with nixing their endless, unhelpful voicemail pre-beep messages , we’ve already got instructions from Sprint on how to disable it for your own particular voicemail box on that network. It’s pretty easy: Call your voicemail.

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