Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix basically “maintains the integrity of the popular game by utilizing the original game code while upgrading the graphics with new artwork and high resolution 1080p images.” Videos after the break.

..all of the art, from character animation to stage backgrounds, will be completely redrawn by Udon Entertainment, the company responsible for the official US Street Fighter series of comics. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix includes both online and offline competition for one to two players

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In this latest Speed Racer movie trailer, “we get a look at the young, daydreaming Speed; racetracks that look like life-sized Hot Wheels playsets; Racer X being mysterious; and attacking ninjas.” Video after the break.

It’s very tempting to dismiss the Wachowski brothers’ live-action Speed Racer film as a hopeless exercise in ridiculousness. But the problem is that both trailers released show a movie that’s utterly drenched with style

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Sure, there’s nothing special about the Apple iPod other than the fact that space-bound players’ “usual lithium battery must be replaced with specially designed alkaline alternatives to ensure safety standards are met.”

The hawk-eyed reader spotted the iPod from official NASA photos, which showed the device, barely visible, through a cabin window

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With dual cameras, meaning more creative ways to snap pictures, this high-tech Motorola phone is strong on both aesthetics and features. No word yet on if this concept will go into production.

You could put a red transparent gel over one lens and blue over the other to create some pretty sweet 3D style pictures. One camera could be set up for video and the other for pictures for multitasking. I wonder if using side-by-side cameras could create 3D pictures somehow?

The Call of Duty 4 experience is not complete until you create a custom music track composed entirely of the game’s gun shots, or at least for this gamer. Video after the break.
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This nifty Anti-gravity Globe from ThinkGeek uses a “combination of sensors and micro-processors help to calibrate the embedded electromagnet in the base to properly suspend the globe.” Video after the break.

There is a thin, but extraordinarily strong, column of precisely engineered nano-simians between the base unit and the globe that keeps the appearance of the globe hovering above the base unit

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Powered by a Mac Mini, the “Clickable World Interface” lets users control a robot arm using only a laser pointer. Video after the break.

Just point the laser at what you want, and a robot will go and fetch it for you, like a humane and useful sort of of GBU-24. After the robot has picked up the object, use the laser a second time to tell the robot where to put it, or point the laser at your feet and the robot will hand you the object

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A modder decided to make use of an old “Days of Thunder” NES cartridge and turned it into a functional clock — “mounted to a recycled acrylic stand.”

This geeky clock is manufactured from an original Days of Thunder NES cartridge. The clock features black hands and a quartz motor. The clock stands 5 1/4 inches high by 4 1/2 wide

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If Nintendo were to produce a real-life Mario movie that stays true to the game, the main character might resemble the 3D render above.

If Mario was real, that’s one creepy plumber. Created with Photoshop CS2 and a bunch of random faces pasted over a 3d render of Mario from Nintendo

No, it doesn’t travel at warp speed, but what sets this UFO apart from the others is that you can actually live in it. Featuring “three floors, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, living room and scenic view.”

UFO house, which has a single entry point via a button activated stair case, curved bar area and customized bathtub, as well as various UFO paneled controls throughout that are simply priceless, or so you would think

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