Logitech Budget 5.1

 Engadget report on budget 5.1 system which should retail under £70!

Logitech 5.1 System

Android Tablet set for September

New tablet from Velocity Cruz set for release this September. Could be interesting for those who want to develop apps for android with Google's new app making software.

Android Tablet

Piezo Electric Fiber

Link to interesting Engadget article on the development of Piezoelectric fiber which could act as a microphone or loudspeaker.

PiezoElectric Fibers from MIT

Dancing Robots!

10'000 Euros will get you one of these programmable robots.

From Wired/GadgetLab:

The Nao robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics weighs about 9.5 lbs and is about 23 inches tall. The robot comes with x86 AMD Geocode 500 Mhz CPU, 2 GB flash memory, two speakers, vision processing capabilities, Wi-fi connectivity and ethernet port. It has 25 degrees of freedom, which means it can do a lot more than just tilt is head, look right, left and take a few steps –which is the ability being showcased with the dancing.

Nao Robots dancing in Sync

Wiki for Processing

Good place to start for programmers...

New Wiki for Processing