The iPhone has revolutionised mobile gaming with its small form factor and intutitive motion and touch inputs. However there is a massive legacy of games that just don’t translate well to a touch or motion interface.

Enter the gPod, an iPhone case with integrated gaming control pad. Interfacing with the Apple 30 pin connector and providing tactile buttons in the conventional game pad layout, the iPhone Game Pad allows a massive library of arcade and console games to be ported to the iPhone and not lose that old school interface that people who grew up in the 80′s and 90′s enjoyed so much.

This car right here goes by the name “AMV-R”, an acronym which stands for Automotive Visual Racing. And it’s fantastic. Your eyeballs are going to explode when you peek at the images in this post’s gallery, if you haven’t already. But then again, if you had already, you wouldn’t have eyes. Designer Alexei Mikhailov presents a spectacular vision that mixes Italian and German styling with an “exotic” and precise surface flow.

Alas, this car is but a vision. It is neither a prototype nor is it planned for production. But we can LOOK at it, can’t we? Yes we can. What a shell it is, yes? What a fantastic vision. Theoretically this lightning bolt of an auto would have a highly efficient twin turbo V 10 engine, generating 850hp. That means it’d rock. It’d rock so hard.(souce YankoDesign)

Apple today announced an update to its Mac Pro line, offering up to 12 cores of processing power for up to 50% greater performance than the previous generation. The new Mac Pro also ships with new ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics hardware, with the Radeon HD 5870 available as a build-to-order-option.

“The new Mac Pro is the most powerful and configurable Mac we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With up to 12 cores, the new Mac Pro outperforms our previous top-of-the-line system by up to 50 percent, and with over a billion possible configurations, our customers can create exactly the system they want.”

Also available for the first time are standard display connectivity of two Mini DisplayPorts and one dual-link DVI port, as well as build-to-order options for 512 GB solid state drives (SSD).

Base configurations include:

- $2499: 1x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core / 3GB RAM / 1 TB HD
- $3499: 2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core / 6 GB RAM / 1 TB HD

12-core options at either 2.66 GHz or 2.93 GHz push the starting price to $4999. All models are set to begin shipping in August.

(via MacRumors)

This is a video showing the build of the Welikesmall iPod wall. It was made from 20 iPods over the course of about three weeks. Tasks included building and designing the wooden box, programming an iPhone application that runs off the Game Kit framework, hacking a USB hardware fan together, developing a Python / Django web server application, and designing a quick UI. The wall is constantly powered using a Cambrionix B2 USB powered hub.

The iPod Wall from welikesmall on Vimeo.

The Grove Bamboo iPhone 4 case  features an ultrasuede liner that protects your phone, and allows charging and full access to all iPhone controls without removing the case. Each case is milled from solid FSC certified bamboo.

Three years after it burst onto the supercar scene, Audi has unveiled a hard-core version of its R8 called the GT. Based on the existing mid-engine R8 V10 and incorporating aerodynamic, weight-saving and mechanical developments used by the company’s R8 LMS GT3 race car, Ingolstadt will build just 333 copies of the new 560-hp four-wheel-drive performance flagship. (via Autoweek)

Leica Camera AG has announced the LEICA V-LUX 20.

The Leica V-Lux 20 is the perfect tool with which to capture those wonderful moments in life as high quality pictures.

The Leica DC-Vario-Elmar 1:3.3 – 4.9 / 4.1 – 49.2 mm ASPH. (25-300mm) zoom of the V-Lux 20 is a lens with extraordinarily high performance. Its high-quality zoom enables the use of an enormous range of focal lengths from 25 to 300 mm for both photos and video recording.

Henge Docks($59.95) has created the first truly comprehensive docking station solution for Apple’s line of notebook computers. This means you can quickly, easily and cleanly incorporate your MacBook computer into a desktop setup or your home theater system, so you get the best features of a laptop, desktop and media center PC all from one computer. Henge Docks patent-pending design doesn’t require any hardware, software or settings changes to your computer. In fact, every current MacBook is compatible with our system, right from the factory.

Product Features

* Mini Robot hangs from your keychain and allows you to share music from one audio device with two people
* Pop off his head for audio sharing goodness
* Works with any standard headphones and portable music player
* Headphones not included
* No batteries required

Mini Bot Loses His Head Over Sharing Music

Some robots are evil automatons hellbent on mankind’s destruction, while others just want to help you share music with your friends. The Splitterbot is the friendly kind of robot. Pull off his head to reveal a male headphone plug… he doesn’t mind. Pop his head on top of your iPhone, iPod or other similar audio playing device. robot head Then plug a pair of headphones into each of his eye sockets. Splitterbot doesn’t mind, he simply distributes your music to both sets of headphones so that you and a friend can listen at once. What a selfless robot he is… torturing himself for your pleasure. Seems like you could be a bit more appreciative of his efforts.

Ferrari fans, your wait is over. These are the first official images of the highly anticipated 599 GTO.

Designed to be the ultimate road-going Ferrari, the GTO features a 6.0-liter V12 engine with 661 hp (493 kW / 670 PS) and 457 lb-ft (619 Nm) of torque. It enables the 1495 kg (3295 lb) supercar to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 3.35 seconds, before hitting a top speed of 208 mph (335 km/h). Thanks to the powerful engine, the 599 GTO can lap the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute 24 seconds – a full second faster than the Enzo.

To ensure the car remains stable at 200+ mph, Ferrari added revised bumpers, a new front spoiler, an aggressive rear diffuser and F1-style ‘wheel doughnuts’ (a disc which channels hot air and drag away from the brake discs).  Due to all these changes, the 599 GTO generates 144 kg (317 lbs) of downforce at 120 mph (193 km/h).

Besides the aerodynamic tweaks, the overlords in Modena decided to put the 599 on a diet. As such, the GTO features thinner aluminum, carbon-ceramic brakes, and a lightweight six-speed transmission (which can shift in 60 milliseconds).

Despite the weight saving, the interior is nicely equipped. Goodies include carbon fiber gearshift paddles, a Virtual Race Engineer (a system that monitors the car’s status and gives feedback on vehicle performance), carbon fiber trim, and a leather/alcantara steering wheel.