Awesome Tech

The limited-edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 bundle includes a 320GB console and two controllers with  transparent cases. It also includes a wired headset and of course a copy of Halo 4.

While game physics continue to get better and better, we’re truly impressed by the dramatic soft-body physics of the BeamNG engine, capable of making car crashes more realistic than ever.

Not to be confused with Marcus Fenix, Garmin’s latest GPS watch includes route guidance, trip recording, altimeter, barometer, and compass. Also connects with ANT and Bluetooth devices.

An ingenious adapter that lets you wirelessly “dock” your mobile device to any audio system that has an iOS dock. Since it works via Bluetooth, you can also use it with Android devices.

Wacom’s 24HD touch adds intuitive multi-touch commands to your repertoire of design or drawing tools. It has the same viewing angle, resolution, express keys and adjustable stand as the 24HD.

Combining HDTVs, a Mac Pro, and a Kinect sensor, Winscape creates virtual landscapes and scenes in windowless rooms, and can even automatically adjust perspective based on the viewer’s position.

Designer Elie Ahovi’s lightbulb uses clean, modern LED tech for illumination, but pipes it through a fiber-optic tube to provide the illusion of a classic filament. We sure hope these get produced.

From renowned industrial designer Yves Behar and game exec Julie Uhrman comes a low-cost Tegra 3-powered Android game console designed exclusively for distribution of free-to-play games.

Artful, but reasonably priced speakers which break out of the mold of the ordinary black boxes, replacing them with bold decorative stands covered with works by some awesome indie artists.

This 64 pixel RGB LED grid can be programmed to display images and animations based on triggers from your computer or wireless device, as well as temperature, proximity or luminosity.

Maker of custom controllers for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Their range of customizations include both the practical and aesthetic, from modified thumb sticks and buttons to all kinds of paint jobs.

Touted by Pioneer as the world’s lightest and slimmest external Blu-ray burner, the BDR-X04 weighs just 8.5 oz and measures just 5.2″x 0.55″x 5.2″. It can read and write to DVD and CD as well.

Aimed squarely at GoPro, the oddly-named GC-XA1 ADDIXION is waterproof, shockproof, dustproof and freezeproof, captures video at 1080p/30 or 720p/60, and offers Wi-Fi connectivity.

A 13.3″ MacBook Pro modified into a tablet with a Wacom digitizer interface. It retains all of the laptop’s internal hardware and runs OS X (and Windows by way of Boot Camp).

The Z2300 can shoot 720p video or still images and store them in its 32GB memory or on an SD card. Of course it can also print images using Zink paper. It has a 10mp sensor and a 3″ LCD screen.

Japan’s Ishikawa Lab puts their scientists to good use, building a robot which can beat you at rock-paper-scissors every single time, thanks to its lightning-fast reflexes. In other words, it cheats.

Streams media from music, video and YouTube apps on Android devices. It supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and NFC and has micro-HDMI, optical audio out, speaker jacks and an Ethernet port.

A portable generator made of flexible thin film solar panels, a charge controller and a battery. It can produce up to 2500W of electricity and has a built-in 120V AC outlet and 12V car adapter.

It has a 7″ 1280×800 IPS touchscreen, a Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM, 8-16GB storage, NFC, micro USB and will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Looks like a competitor to the Kindle Fire. Available this July.

An amazing visual feast featuring an army of 16 flying quadrotor robots dancing through air and manipulating sound and light. Created for the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’s Showcase.

From Lunatik – maker of the TikTok and LunaTik Nano watch bands – comes a case that’s both protective and pretty. The Taktik is shockproof and water-resistant. Learn more about it here.

The new micro-tower gaming PC from Falcon Northwest. It packs the latest components despite being only 4″ wide and 13″ tall. It has an optional granite base that prevents it from toppling easily.

An Android 4.0 tablet with a 10.1″ 1920×1200 HD screen – not as sharp as the new iPad’s display but still impressive. It also has an NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU, 1GB RAM, 32GB memory and a microSD slot.