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The Sonim XP1 has been lauded as a "tough and strong" phone. CreativeFeed, a digital marketing agency, has decided to put it to the test.

It's launched a Web site that features "The Destroyer"--a machine-operated hammer that will pummel the phone 24 hours a day live over the Intertubes until it breaks.

Visitors to the Web site have a chance to win the Sonim XP1 handset if they can correctly guess how long it will take for the phone to break/crack/explode, and how many hits it will take before that happens. The … Read more

The vast majority of Adobe AIR apps we've seen thus far have been heavy on the eye candy, so what's a better service to give the treatment than Flickr? It's a decidedly simplistic site with jaw-dropping photos uploaded by its users. Some might be looking for a little more though, which is where DestroyFlickr comes in.

The small downloadable AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application, which is a semifinalist in this year's Adobe Design Achievement Awards, lets you plug into your Flickr account and view photos on a virtual canvas. Once it's pulled in thumbnails, it … Read more

The island city-state of Singapore announced a contest to build a Terminator-style robot, able to operate in urban warfare environments independent of direct human control. That's right; no joystick.

Individuals, companies, universities and research institutes are invited to compete in what the country's Defense Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) calls the TechX Challenge. The autonomous robot DSTA has in mind would be an all-weather unit, able to negotiate stairs, use an elevator and generally move and shoot in a search-and-destroy mode without the aid of satellite navigation, just like a human soldier.

"Operation in urban areas represents … Read more

A word of caution: If you have kids, don't get this. And if you do, be prepared to it within the first 24 hours of purchase.

As much as we love this robot USB key, we feel obligated to issue that warning from personal experience. But if you're not a parent, guardian or schoolteacher, then by all means have a look at this neat little device from Japan's SolidAlliance. Sure, 256MB isn't much storage space by today's standards, but how many other USB keys can you dispatch to do battle with Ultraman?