Those who have been playing Pokemon games since the late 90s may remember the Pokemon Pikachu, a pedometer (that's peDOmeter, not PEdometer) that could unlock data on the original Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal games. For the Gold and Silver DS remakes, Nintendo is once again bundling a pedometer with the games, this time calling it the PokeWalker.

Good news for those who have been missing AhMan's iR Shell after updating to Dark AleX's latest CFW update. According to the man himself, he'll be releasing an update that will be compatible with CFW 5.00 M33. Details after the link.

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Thanks to Syafiq for the tip!

*UPDATE* AhMan has released iR Shell 4.7! Get it while it's hot!

Download: iR Shell v4.7
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Finally, a practical homebrew for the PSP user who just wants to 'know' without a lot of awkward questions. Introducing the Gaydar v1.5 for the PSP. This is Locofocos's first release and is compatible with 1.50, 1.00 and custom firmwares.

Download: Gaydar v1.5
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There just might be another way for us to harvest solar energy and infrared radiation for us to be able to transform it into viable energy. Yes, as in we can use it for electricity - charge our iPods with it, make our cars run on it. This technology is the nanoantenna and the scientists from the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory thinks this just might be it.

For most of our readers, their introduction to developer Johnny Chung Lee was his work on the headtracking mod for the Wiimote. Aside from that, Lee's also responsible for a couple of other Wiimote-based projects, such as an interactive whiteboard, which developer Bg ported to the Wii console. Details are available in the full article.

Download: WiiWhiteBoard

Are you having problems with the infrared features of your 3.80 CFW-powered Sony PSPs when using homebrews such as PSPWrite or AFKIM? Worry no more as homebrew developer Angelo of the unofficial piKey team has released IrDA (infrared) Patcher to solve these issues. More details over at the full article.

Download: IrDA (infrared) Patcher

Homebrew coder Art has released a new version of his Time Baby homebrew application, bringing the version up to 14b. If you want to know what's changed since the previous iteration of Time Baby, visit the full article.


Download: Time Baby v14b
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If you thought that we've seen the last of Time Baby, then think again - homebrew developer Art has just rolled out a new version of the time-keeping homebrew for the Sony PSP, and this one has a new feature that's as awesome as it is convenient. Waking up will never be the same again. Check out all the details in the full article, if you think you're ready for it.

Download: Time Baby v14
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Remember this toy? That's the Picoo Z infrared helicopter model. Coder pacopad's homebrew application picoozIR lets you control this toy through your Sony PlayStation Portable with its previous build. Now on its version 4, you have a new flying engine among others. More details after the jump.

Download: PicoozIR v4

It's time for another update of Time Baby for the Sony PlayStation Portable by homebrew developer Art with less bugs and a better MP3 alarm. Time Baby version 13d, a rather quick update and the latest in the line that introduced infrared remote control compatibility, has sorted out most issues according to its creator. Learn more at the full article.

Download: Time Baby v13d
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