Rain Computer's Nimbus M2 Workstation Available Now

"Making it rain" has never seemed so appropriate. Rain Computers has just introduced their new multimedia workstation, the Nimbus M2. It's detailed as a "powerhouse" for audio and video production, which -- we guess -- could end up making you enough cash to seriously make it rain. This is the follow-up to the original Nimbus, replete with a 6-core processor, NVIDIA Quadro 600 Workstation Video Card and 8GB or 16GB of memory right out of the box. The Nimbus M2 is built, in part, on the success of the Phenom II X6 6-Core processor developed by AMD, as well as 32GB of memory, an external HDD bay and a new cooling system developed by NZXT that combines...

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Steampunk Pumpkins for the Upcoming Halloween

No doubt, it’s the right time to build several unique arts for the upcoming Halloween. If you like this kind of steampunk style, the following steampunk pumpkins should be able to inspired you. These cool steampunk Halloween pumpkins are created by Yamiguru, an artist living in Pasadena. As we can see from the images, each steampunk pumpkin features those iconic elements taken by various steampunk arts such as brass or silver coating, gears, prominent rivets, spooky lights, goggles and more, and the integrated handle allows you to conveniently show the incredible pumpkin off to your friends. How do you feel about the idea? Fortunately, the...

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Sports Tracker ships Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor

Sports Tracker is now shipping its Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor, a chest-worn unit that pairs with a smartphone app for viewing stats in real-time as well as storing your data on the company website or sharing it with others through social media.The heart rate monitor works via a Bluetooth belt that you must first wet before wrapping around your chest (under your shirt). Wetting the back of the monitor ensures that the electrodes read your heart rate properly. Once connected, grab your smartphone and choose "settings" and then "heart rate belt" on the Sports Tracker app. Once it finds the heart rate belt, click "connect" and then enter the pin...

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Gigabyte Shows Off G1.Assassin 2 X79 Express-Based Motherboard

Although we’re still a while away from the official launch of Intel’s X79 Express chipset and next-gen Sandy Bridge-E processors, Gigabyte has decided to show off their latest G1-Killer motherboard, the GIGABYTE G1.Assassin 2.“Today we have a special treat for those of you who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our forthcoming X79 series motherboards, with a glimpse of the GIGABYTE G1. Assassin 2 in all its glory; the first G1-Killer series board to support Intel Core processors for the 2011 socket.As with all GIGABYTE G1-Killer motherboards, the emphasis is on serious gaming performance, with onboard audio and networking processors...

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Camera drone built for Red Epic

<br /><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-91543" height="204" src="http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/german-effects.jpg" title="german-effects" width="400" />&nbsp;</div><span id="intelliTxt">&nbsp;The world of cinematography has certainly come a long, long way since silent movies that turned out to be hits, with stalwarts such as Charlie Chaplin making us split our sides in the process. How about the Three Stooges that had plenty of eye poking done without causing any blindness? Well, fast forward to today and the kind of special effects that you see on Hollywood would never have been envisioned a few decades ago.<br /><br />The kind...

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BioShock Themed Computer Case Mod

BioShock undoubtedly is a successful steampunk styled FPS video game, while the following computer case mod also successfully inherits the steampunk elements from BioShock. If you’re curious, let’s go on checking.BioShock Centrum, a Hungarian BioShock fansite first introduced the awesome BioShock themed computer case mod created by artist Mórocz Gergõ. As we can see from the images, the case mod features a kind of depressing and decadent color tone and subtle details originated from Rapture, the underwater city in BioShock video game, including a Fontaine Futuristics logo, Rapture emblem, fantastic orange light and more. But we have no idea whether...

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ViewSonic V3D231 Joins 3D Display Lineup

ViewSonic is expanding its 3D display lineup with the addition of the new V3D231 LED monitor. This 23-inch 3D-Ready LED monitor touts a video response time of 2ms and supports a native resolution of 1920x1080. The monitor also has a 20,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and integrated SRS Premium Sound audio speakers. One pair of polarized 3D glasses and one pair of clip-on polarized lenses are included with the monitor. In terms of connectivity, the V3D231 offers VGA, DVI-D and HDMI 1.4a inputs. The V3D231 is available for an estimated price of $349.ViewSonic Introduces New Ultra-fast 3D LED DisplayViewSonic continues 3D display leadership with...

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Nvidia Eyes Server Market With Future Tegra CPUs

AMD's Bulldozer has grabbed CPU headlines since its debut several weeks ago but it's far from the only company eyeing the evolving chip market. Nvidia has been fairly closemouthed about its ongoing effort to develop a mainstream ARM-based CPU (dubbed Project Denver), but the company is still hard at work on its own processors. The first Denver chips are aimed at the traditional Tegra family, but the head of Nvidia's Tesla division, Steve Scott, says the company has plans for that market as well. ""There are some things we are doing that are particularly nice for our purposes. It will likely go into the Tesla line at some point," Scott said.Nvidia...

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Touch Gloves for Smartphones and Tablets

Winter is coming. Apparently it’s the right time to introduce a pair of practical gloves that are friendly to your smartphones or tablets. If you feel the same, let’s go on checking Touch Gloves.This is a pair of touch screen-friendly gloves designed for those who use smartphones and tablets in winter. Each glove measures 21.5 x 12 x 0.5cm, and is made of acrylic material, polyurethane and conductive fiber. As we can see from the images, the positions of pointing fingers, middle fingers and thumbs on the gloves comes with different color, of course, not only that, the white parts features special conductive fiber in order that you can conveniently...

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Nikon DSLR Lens Styled Portable Speaker

You have taken thousands of photos with your Nikon camera? How do you feel about the DSLR camera? Great? Then maybe the Nikon DSLR lens styled portable speaker can catch your eyes. This is a unique DSLR lens styled portable speaker that measures 110 x 85 x 160mm and weights 165g. As we can see from the images, the portable speaker is shaped as a Nikon AF-S 55-200mm 1:4-5.6GED lens, and the built-in 5.0 stereo loudspeakers can deliver you loud sound. The integrated 3.5 mm audio jack allows you to connect the portable speaker system with any music player with 3.5mm audio jack. Even you have no music player,...

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Intel Release User Friendly SSD Toolbox 3.0

Intel today made available version 3.0 of its Solid State Drive Toolbox software designed to help Intel SSD owners optimize and keep their drives running in tip-top shape as if just unboxed. This new version makes it easier than ever to update firmware, run diagnostics, and perform optimizations right from within Windows with a redesigned and streamlined user interface.This free utility also includes a system tuner that makes system configuration recommendations geared towards squeezing the most performance out of your SSD. It does this by detecting and determining if things like SuperFetch/Prefetch should be disabled, and whether or not to turn...

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WikiSensor app turns an iPhone into a peripheral-free radiation detector

The WikiSense app and some black tape turns an iPhone 4 into a radiation detector Earlier this month, we reported on the Scosche RDTX-Pro that connects via a dock connector to turn an iPhone or iPod touch into a radiation detector. That device is set to go on sale in Japan from next month but if you're not in Japan or just don't want to shell out extra cash on any peripheral hardware, then the WikiSensor app might be worth a look - it won't be as accurate, but the only extra bit of kit you'll need is some opaque black tape.To convert your iPhone into a radiation detector all you need to do is install the WikiSense app and stick...

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Polar Ice cups helps you pause and think of the environment

Have you watched the documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth”? Well, I must say that viewing it certainly jolted some folks into action to help clean up the earth. As for Japan’s Atsuhiro Hayashi, he decided to take a different direction – by offering silicone ice cube “molds with a message” which will create a solitary frozen cube at a time. The white one will result in a polar bear, while the black one aptly churns out a pair of penguins.These ice cubes will probably look so nice, you might think of it as an affront to see them melt. Why not let them bob about gently in your favorite beverage, with the inevitable coming as they melt into...

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Samsung Ships 830 SSD Drives

Samsung's new line of advanced internal solid state drives (SSDs), the SSD 830 series, is now available. The Samsung SSD 830 Series utilize a high-performance Serial ATA Revision 3.0 interface which doubles the data bandwidth of its predecessor, the SSD 470 series. With this new interface, the drives can offer random read speeds up to 80,000 IOPS and sequential read and write speeds up to 520 MB/s & 400 MB/s respectively. The drives also use 20-nanometer-class toggle DDR NAND chips which enable data transfer rates up to 133 Mbps. The SSD 830 series are available in capacities of 64 GB ($129.99), 128 GB ($229.99), 256 GB ($429.99) and 512...

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ASUS Unveils X79 Motherboard Lineup

ASUS has revealed details about its upcoming lineup of Intel X79-based motherboards, and they’re looking mighty fine. Essentially every member of the ASUS motherboard family is getting an X79 version, from entry to mainstream boards to workstations to high-end enthusiast boards. These include the P9X79 Series, WS Series, TUF Series, and RoG Rampage IV Extreme.All of the boards enjoy an updated UEFI with increased granular controls and a variety of minor spruce-ups that make it even easier to navigate.The P9X79 boards (pictured left) feature ASUS’ latest Digi+ Power and Digi+ DRAM technology for precise control over tuning, Dual Intelligent Processors...

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Nvidia Eyes Server Market With Future Tegra CPUs

AMD's Bulldozer has grabbed CPU headlines since its debut several weeks ago but it's far from the only company eyeing the evolving chip market. Nvidia has been fairly closemouthed about its ongoing effort to develop a mainstream ARM-based CPU (dubbed Project Denver), but the company is still hard at work on its own processors. The first Denver chips are aimed at the traditional Tegra family, but the head of Nvidia's Tesla division, Steve Scott, says the company has plans for that market as well. ""There are some things we are doing that are particularly nice for our purposes. It will likely go into the Tesla line at some point," Scott said.Nvidia...

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Apple TV project said to be led by Jeff Robbin

Yesterday we reported on rumors that an Apple TV was indeed in the works. This flurry of news surrounding a television set built by Apple seems to have stemmed from a quote from the recently released biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. The quote suggested that Steve Jobs may have finally come up with an Apple TV, and the rumor suggested that prototypes of the product were already in the works.Now more news surrounding the device have started to surface, this time seemingly adding a bit more credibility to the entire affair. The previous rumors have cited anonymous sources and faceless corporations, but now it looks like if this...

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Pioneer releases PotterNavi GPS system for bicycles

Cyclists in Japan will be pleased to hear that Pioneer will be launching the PotterNavi, which is a GPS gadget designed for cyclists in mind, and for those who use bicycles as their main mode of transportation, which is not uncommon in countries like Japan and China.Apart from just GPS, the PotterNavi will also come with an ANT+ sensor, which can be mounted on the rear wheel of your bicycle and thus provide more information, such as the speed you’re traveling at and cadence, which sounds awfully a lot like the Garmin ANT+ addon for the iPhone we reported on earlier. For those who cycle for fitness, the ANT+ sensor will also provide you...

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Logitech AirPlay speakers outed by Amazon UK

Oops, it looks like Amazon UK may have let slip details of an upcoming set of Logitech speakers even before the company has gone ahead and made an official announcement. The page has since been taken down (feel free to try and access the page), probably thanks to all the buzz surrounding the purported leak which alerted Amazon UK to that little slip up.Not much is known about the speakers, apart from its Air Speaker name and the fact that it will be using the AirPlay protocol, while providing a hidden dock which can be revealed to dock iOS devices. Pricing was not revealed as well, so apart from a name and some vague marketing fluff (below),...

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Sapphire Unveils Flex HD 6970 Battlefield 3 Edition Graphics Card

Have you ever tried to kill two birds with one stone? It's not always easy, and pet stores tend to frown on such things. But if you happen to need a videocard upgrade and are interested in picking up the just-released Battlefield 3 game from EA, well, Sapphire might have just what you're looking for.The new Limited Edition Sapphire FleX HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 BF3 Edition graphics card gives gamers access to a free copy of the full game everyone's talking about. And the card itself is pretty rad with 1536 stream processors, 96 texture processing units, and a dual BIOS switch that lets users switch between two performance settings. When set to Normal,...

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ZyXEL Announces "Post-It Sized" MWR102 Router ZyXEL Announces "Post-It Sized" MWR102 Router

A post-it sized router? Now that's something that'll pique our interest. ZyXEL has just released their MWT102 portable router/access point. The tiny, USB-powered device enables business travelers and other users to connect multiple Wi-Fi devices to the Internet from a single connection. It's said to be ideal for business travelers, who typically carry several mobile devices, such as a smartphone, tablet and laptop, and require constant Internet connectivity. The MWR102 also boasts dedicated LAN and WAN ports, so it may be used as a wireless access point in hotel rooms, conference rooms or other locations that have a wired connection...

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Cooper bicycles: Retro rides for the urban commuter

The Cooper name is probably best-known for its revolutionary 1950s and 60s Formula 1 and Indy race cars, or for its association with both the original and current versions of the Mini Cooper. Following in the tire treads of other high-performance auto brands (such as Porsche and BMW), in recent times the British company has turned its hand to bicycles. While it might be reasonable to expect its creations to be race-oriented, Cooper Bikes has instead decided to focus on speedy urban commuters - all of them featuring gloriously retro Reynolds steel frames.There are eight models of Cooper Bikes, although these are divided into three groups - the...

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Solar Ship: The hybrid airship with a low-carbon twist

In recent times there's been a resurgence of interest in airships for military and commercial uses as evidenced by Lockheed Martin's High Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator (HALE-D) and Hybrid Air Vehicles heavy-lift variant of Northrop Grumman's Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV). Like HAV's design, this concept from Canadian company Solar Ship is a hybrid airship that relies on aerodynamics to help provide lift, and like the HALE-D, it would have its top surface area covered in solar cells to provide energy and minimize its carbon footprint.Although the Solar Ship aircraft would be filled with helium, under normal circumstances...

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Husqvarna demolition robots to help clean up Fukushima

Sweden's Husqvarna Construction has announced that two of its remote-controlled demolition robots are to help with the massive clean-up operation at the site of the failed fourth reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The recently-featured DXR-140 and its bigger brother - the DXR-310 - will be used in heavy demolition work such as tearing down concrete constructions and dealing with contaminated materials.Both robots have been shipped to Takenaka Construction, the company in charge of the cleaning up the plant's fourth reactor after its failure in March of this year. They've been specially optimized for the demanding conditions they'll...

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Maingear Introduces Intel 2700k In SHIFT and F131 Desktops

Well well well, Origin PC isn’t the only system builder to quickly adopt Intel’s new Core i7-2700k processors; Maingear announced today that it will offer the new chip in its SHIFT and F131 desktops.Buyers can expect the 3.5GHz CPU to be overclocked to over 5GHz, and combined with Maingear’s EPIC liquid cooling, the system should be quiet nonetheless. For $1,228, you can have the F131 with the 2700k inside; the SHIFT model starts at $1,985.MAINGEAR GETS READY TO TAKE OVERLCOCKING TO NEW LIMITS WITH INTEL CORE I7 2700KKenilworth, New Jersey – October 24, 2011. 12:01 EDT - MAINGEAR, an award-winning PC system builder offering custom desktops, notebooks,...

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Kingston's urDrive Transforms Flash Drives Into Active Storage Devices

Kingston, the same company that could very well have their label on your RAM or SSD, is introducing something a little different today. The company's latest is an effort to transform the USB flash drive into an active storage device. It's called urDrive, a cleverly named, free pre-loaded application available on a variety of its DataTraveler USB drives. urDrive transforms USB drives from passive storage to engaged, active storage, allowing consumers to easily access and organize their personal files, photos, music, games and videos. A built-in photo viewer and MP3 player makes looking at pictures and listening to music easy.urDrive enhances security on the PC with Norton PC Checkup, which cans for virus infections (including spyware, worms and adware) and checks for slow performance and risks...

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Sony's PlayStation 3D Display Shipping Nov. 13th For $500

Remember that PlayStation 3D display that was unveiled way back at E3? It hasn't vanished. In fact, it's shipping soon. Very soon. Sony just announced via their own blog that PS3 owners can hunt one down in the U.S. (and a few other, unspecified places) starting November 13th. The 3D Display will cost $499.99, which includes the screen itself, one pair of 3D Glasses, MotorStorm Apocalypse Blu-ray game, and an HDMI cable. All you need to do is hook up your PS3 system and you’re ready to go. It'll support both 2D and 3D content, and with active 3D, you can get Full HD 3D playback; with passive 3D, you will get half the resolution. Active 3D displays...

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Nintendo Bringing Hulu Plus To 3DS And Wii, 3DS Preps For 3D Video Recording

Nintendo may be struggling to move a serious amount of 3DS handhelds, but this just might help. Hulu Plus is coming to the 3DS and Wii. According to a new release from the company, 3DS and Wii owners will soon have the ability to access even more of their favorite TV shows and movies: the Hulu Plus service will be added to both systems by the end of the year. Nintendo is also announcing new features being added to the Nintendo 3DS system, including the ability to record 3D videos, new musical artists coming to Nintendo Video and a new animated 3D video from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. Additionally, Nintendo 3DS owners will soon see four inventive...

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GoPro HD Hero2 camera delivers Wi-Fi remote control

You know for sure that you are going to get some awesome looking recordings with the GoPro HD Hero2 camera, where it will be twice as powerful as its predecessor (which rolled out in 2009), being capable of shooting 16:9 videos in Full HD glory (that’s 1080p for you!) in narrow (90-degree), wide (170-degree) and medium (127-degree) angles. Video is not everything, as sometimes it is also better to express a situation or emotion with stills, and the GoPro HD Hero2 camera is more than up to the task as well, being able to snap up to ten 11 megapixel photos each second. Yes, you read that right.Connectivity options on the GoPro HD Hero2...

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Remington Touch Control Beard & Stubble Trimmer

 It seems that men of the celebrity kind these days tend to keep a little bit of stubble all over the place, not too long to make it look messy, and yet not too short so that it won’t end up unsightly. I mean, take a look at the late Steve Job’s biography, that picture on the cover is hypnotic to say the least, and I would say the man himself would give a nod to the Remington Touch Control Beard & Stubble Trimmer that clearly marks the future of trimmer designs, sporting an LED touchscreen for a futuristic set of controls.Capable of offering up to 175 different lengths that range from 0.4mm to 18.0mm, it is also able to handle just about...

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Space Invaders Styled Couch

Do you remember those awesome Space Invaders styled chairs? Now we have found an available Space Invaders styled couch. If you like those cute aliens, let’s go on checking. This is a limited-edition couch based on the classic 1980′s arcade game Space Invaders, and designed by American industrial designer Igor Chak. As we can from the images, the Space Invaders styled couch looks like an extended space invader, and features pixellated design. And the entire couch is made of premium materials, fine leather and even memory foam cushions. In addition, the retro invader couch measures approx 196 x 84 x 75.8cm,...

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