In Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360, “85% of the audio in the game is new, according to Audio Director Mike Larson.” Video after the break.

There’s also a brief interview with the game’s composer, Steve Jablonsky, who did the music for Command & Conquer 3 and the Transformers movie.

[via Joystiq]

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The 2011 Chevy Volt has now been officially unveiled. This vehicle “combines an electric motor and 16 kWh lithium-ion battery plug-in system with a small engine powered by gasoline linked to a 53 kW (71 hp) generator.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

What we see is a vehicle about the size of the current Chevy Cobalt or next-gen Cruze with a very aerodynamic front end and high rear decklid. There are some futuristic design elements too, including the LED fog lights, black expanse beneath the windows and Volt badging attached to the sideview mirrors.

[via Autoblog - Wiki]

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This nifty iPhone remote hack lets you control an R/C car. Basically, the app “has five buttons: four for traditional driving and one for accelerometer control.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

A couple of young Czech whippersnappers have figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometer to control remote controlled cars.

[via Technabob - iPhone Controlled]

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Finally, Plastic Logic has announced that their flexible e-newspaper gadget will “go on sale during the first half of 2009 with more details, including which news organizations will feed information to the reader, promised for CES in January.” If you missed the video released last year, we’ve got it for you after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Better yet, the device is stated to use “flexible, lightweight plastic” rather than glass resulting in a reader about one-third the thickness of the Kindle at about the same weight — looks rigid compared to that flexible display Plastic Logic has demonstrated in the past.

[via Engadget]

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For those who like skateboarding, but prefer the rush of motorcycles, these motorized boards should do the trick. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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This Microsoft Zune Phone concept features a sleek interface, 5.0-megapixel camera, and even a touchscreen display. No word yet on if Microsoft will actually be releasing a Zune phone. Click here for one more picture.

Until they actually confirm, check out the Zune Contact concept by Adam Huffman. He’s revamped the interface, made the body madly thin, slapped on a 5 MP camera and went all touchscreeny.

[via Yankodesign]

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Approximately 100,000 duplicates of Esquire’s October issue features e ink technology, which looks astounding to say the least — for a magazine anyway. Video after the break.

Just in case you aren’t quite lucky enough to apprehend one of your own, however, The Dastardly Report’s Ryan Joseph was kind enough to snap a few photographs and even host a video of the exclusive mag before tearing it down for hacking purposes.

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Touted as T-Mobile’s first high-speed 3G phone, the Sony Ericsson T 506 features a 2.0-inch display, 2.0-megapixel camera, M2 card slot, Bluetooth 2.0 w/A2DP, and USB 2.0 connectivity. Video after the break. Click here

I tested it in several locations in NYC, one of T-Mobile’s first 3G cities, and we’re talking near Wi-Fi speeds on T-Mobile’s 1700/2100 MHz HSDPA network. I got a crazy average of 5037kbps using DSL Reports’ smartphone speed test, where the iPhone 3G, in the same location at the same time, managed an average of 545kbps.

[via Gizmodo]

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This automatic book scanner, called the ScanRobot, “is able to scan 25 pages per minute by scanning and turning two pages at once.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Pages stick to the center wedge, get scanned as the wedge moves up, and then are gently blown aside with a jet of air. The simplicity makes it reliable and cost effective, and it’s designed for industrial strength book scanning projects.

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Muwi is a next-generation robomower that “calculates the size of the lawn and automatically cuts the grass — as the grass cuttings accumulate inside the machine, Muwi constructs and compresses them into cylindrical blocks.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

The blocks can become balls for children to play with or be combined to make a chair or anything else you can think of. After the blocks are used, they can be left to return to nature.

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