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JooJoo Tablet Now in Production, Looks to Give iPad CompetitionYesterday

The $499 JooJoo Tablet is now in production, according to manufacturer Fusion Garage. Unlike the iPad, this tablet has full Adobe Flash support and features a 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen as well as an integrated ambient light sensor. Video after the break.

Joojoo developers announced yesterday that they were on schedule. Not to be out shined by the iPad, Fusion Garage is expecting the first shipment to go out by the end of February.

[via ZDNet]

More Amazing Pictures of Earth Captured from the ISSYesterday

Aside from Twitter, exercise, and research, astronauts aboard the ISS have "used hand-held cameras to take more than 450,000 photographs of Earth as seen from their orbiting outpost about 220 miles up in the skies since November 2000." Video after the break. Click here for the first picture in gallery.

The flexibility to look off to the side, change lenses and choose interesting features to photograph are some of the advantages over stationary Earth-observing cameras on satellites.

[via MSN]

Heineken Robot Serves BeerYesterday

Researchers at Middlesex University have built a Heineken robot that's capable of serving beer. Basically, it uses "sensors mounted on its top portion [to] detect when your beer mug is topped off with just a wave of the hand." Video after the break.

When you're served, the lonewolf continues to wander along its pre-programmed path, probably waiting for the assassination signal from Skynet.

[via Dvice - Engadget]

ZombieHunter iPhone, iPod Touch Game Free for a Limited TimeYesterday

ZombieHunter by StormBASIC SL for the iPhone and iPod Touch is free for a limited time only. This game features amazing 3D graphics / animations, online scores, and two gameplay modes: history and survival. Video preview after the break. Click here to download now.

Deal of the Day: $99.95 Altec Lansing UHP606 Backbeat Pro Reference Earphones for $19.99Yesterday

Amazon has the Altec Lansing UHP606 Backbeat Pro Reference Earphones for $19.99, originally priced at $99.95. Its "armature is a high-precision microstructure that generates and moves the natural sound through the earphone chamber." Product page.

High listening volumes not only distort sound, they're not healthy. A superior seal to block out ambient sound is critical. Once that's achieved, only the highest definition micro-speakers will do. BackBeat Pro earphones deliver both.

[via Amazon]