Awesome Tech

We’re always impressed by effortless looking talent, so check out the exceptionally sick moves from a highly skilled international group of B-Boys at their Battle of the Year. (Thanks Adolpho!)

YouTuber xxmajstor was able to spend some time with the upcoming Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone. The Android phone looks exactly like the pictures we saw earlier. Another video here.

The guys at Razorfish have ported their DaVinci touch-screen interface to the Xbox 360 Kinect, providing users with the ability to create objects in thin air, then interact with them on screen.

An understated version of Teknine’s bad-ass Munitio 9mm earphones. The BLK earphones’ Suppressor [M]ic Control also lets you use them for phone calls on the iPhone or the Motorola Droid.

TDK will release two sweet retro-futuristic blasters in 2011. Both speakers have USB, 3.5mm and RCA ports, touch-sensitive buttons and analog knobs. In addition, the three speaker model has a subwoofer.

We’re intrigued by the small bit we’ve seen in this vid for the new V.I.O. point of view HD camera; the shockproof little machine shoots in 1080p at 50 fps, has 4 recording methods and a modular mount.

Amazing how a tiny piece of plastic can extend the usefulness of a device. Made for the iPhone 4, the Glif serves as a tripod mount but can also be used to prop up the phone in several positions.

The Beats by Dr. Dre brand is no longer just for personal audio. The new Beatbox iPod/iPhone speakers will let a whole room of people enjoy high quality sound, even with the volume maxed out.

Continuing to improve on the point-and-shoot SX series, this new model adds a massive 35x optical zoom lens, ups resolution to 14.1MP and adds dynamic image stabilization for shake-free video.

Traditionally machine made and unseen, the circuit board of this one of a kind speaker takes center stage, thanks to the addition of red glaze patterns by ceramicist Mitsuke Masayasu.

Richard Branson’s new digital magazine for the iPad seamlessly integrates video, motion graphics, audio and text for a truly modern magazine experience. We just love the cover of issue one.

For those who enjoy entertaining at home, the iPad Drinkspiration app offers 3,000+ drink recipes with images; it also creates shopping lists and suggests cocktails based on the ingredients in your kitchen.

The Astro Mixamp 5.8 turns any wired headset or headphones into a wireless one, so you can sit as far away from your Xbox 360 or PS3 as you like while enjoying surround sound.

The Media Computing Group’s BendDesk concept integrates the physical and virtual desktop into one massive curved surface. Combine this with the Document Extractor and you’ve got a winner.

Combining a work desk for your laptop with an audiophile-grade, room-filling 7-speaker, 120-watt sound system, the La Boite Concept LD 120 is a real thing, despite the “concept” in its name.

ColorWare is now selling customized MacBook Airs for those willing to pony up the cash for a sexy, lightweight and snappy netbook with custom-painted parts in their colors of choice.

From the “why didn’t we think of this?” file comes a touchscreen display that doubles as a wide-format printer and a scanner. Byeong Min Choe’s design is only a concept, but it should be real.

The dock of the latest version of the ceramic passive amplifier sits in the middle of the speaker. It boosts the iPhone’s volume by about four times. Works with 1st, 3rd and 4th gen iPhones.

We’ve all played games running on Unreal Engine 3, but from the looks of this new tech demo, we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg of what it can do. Play with this map now in the updated UDK beta.

Acer’s new tablets will run Android 3.0 (aka “Honeycomb”), Google’s “Tablet OS.” They’ll come in 7 and 10.1-inch versions, with 1280×800 resolution, and the 10-inch has 1080p HDMI out.

Go Back to the Future and back up your data with Flash Rods’ 1/18th scale DeLorean external hard drive. It comes with a 500GB Seagate USB drive, and works great with Time Machine. Get it?

Inspired by the Finnish tradition of building snow and ice sculptures during their long winter, a team at Nokia has created the world’s first ice touchscreen using digital projection technology.

Created by Xi3 Corporation, this 4-inch aluminum cube contains a fully-upgradeable modular PC. Runs an Athlon 64 X2 CPU, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, and offers plentiful ports.