It's late, but I hope you guys would still find it useful - it's this week's PSN video content update. While it's not as high-profile as some of the previous updates, this batch has the high-octane Gone in Sixty Seconds in it, which I still think is better than the sell-out Fast and Furious franchise. And for those who missed it, the Oscars-owning Slumdog Millionaire is up, giving you the chance to see what all the hype was all about. Complete list is inside folks!

As unlikely an idea as it sounds, mechanized insects seem to be the next wave of military technology. According to the current research conducted by DARPA, the Hybrid Insect MEMS project aims to transform "insects into unmanned air-vehicles" for various purposes. In other words, they're developing something that you could call pseudo-cyborg insects. Find out the rest of the details of this interesting study by reading our full article.

Honda has recently announced their newest gadget exclusive to their vehicle brand: the Drive Recorder. This versatile car surveillance system detects impacts and saves information 12 seconds before and 8 seconds after a collision.

For more information, check out the full article!

Aside from the story, music, graphics and whatnot, characters found within a game add depth to gameplay. With the release of Dark Sector (Xbox 360, PS3) coming in a few months, the developers have just released four character profiles.

From Hayden Tenno to Yargo Menshik, we are given how the characters will move within the story from their profiles. Profiles of the characters after the jump!

With Wii and DS sales continuing to soar, it's no wonder more and more games are being announced for these two platforms. Case in point: Nikitova Games has just announced two new IP titles currently in development for both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. Learn more about these two new titles at the full article.

Milwaukee residents are scratching their heads at the videogame-related crime to happen in their midst - one involving two 11-year-old boys, a sledgehammer, and the Target store branch located at 8501 Brown Deer Road. Nope, no one was hurt - except for a glass case that held the store's stock of videogames, of course.

Surveillance camera footage shows the two boys breaking into the store with a sledgehammer in tow. Seemingly no older than 11 years of age each, they made a beeline to the electronics department, specifically where the videogames were kept.

Using their weapon of choice, they break open the glass case containing the store's display of videogames. They take one single videogame - it's not yet known just what game it was - and then make their leave.

Police say the boys didn't steal anything else, much to the puzzlement of customers and shop owners everywhere, as well as raising a lot of questions. How did the boys get their hand on a sledgehammer, for instance? And how did they get past the store's security? It may be a while until we know, as the suspects themselves are still at large, and those with information are asked to contact the authorities.

Certainly quite a shocking bit of news. Updates as we get them.

 

Tired of guessing who's been sneaking into your room and getting your hidden stash of magazines, games, or clothes? Then you might wanna consider this gadget to be your new clock radio.

What makes this unique is that it just doesn't tell the time, it also spies for you while you're away. With a surveillance system hidden inside the body of the clock, all you have to do is plug it and then play. There's also a color mini camera with a built-in transmitter, as well as a receiver, for all your spied goods.

The Hidden Camera Spy Clock from China Vision is your for US$ 64. We suggest you take a good hard look at the picture of the Spy Clock, too, so you'll know if the room you're in has got an eye peering at you.

When will they ever learn that crime doesn't pay - not even for these robbers who managed to steal 39 iPods and several PS2 games in 15 second?

The amazing criminal act committed at a Target store in Utah baffled law enforcers with its world-record speed but was caught on tape by the store's surveillance cam. The incriminating video footage showed one of the suspects stuffing 39 iPods down his over-sized pair of pants before walking out of the store undetected.

Target's security department immediately sent out pictures of the three suspects, all from New York, to other stores including their Centerville branch where the suspects happened to be on the brink of another iPod heist. Unfortunately for the robbers, the iPod case at Centerfield proved to be too much of a challenge and the suspects were able to flee before the police arrived. But not before the store's security wrote down their license plate.

When the long arm of the law finally caught up with them, the trunk of their getaway car contained a bag full of iPods (worth about US$ 7,000) and PS2 games (about a few hundred dollars) and the oversized pair of pants (available free wherever reformed fashion victims throw out their out-of-fad clothes).

Had the police not caught up with the robbers, the group had plans of raiding every Target store in Utah, Nevada and possibly Arizona.

The Crusher, a robot developed by the National Robotics Engineering Center and Carnegie Mellon University, is an off-road military vehicle that can travel over extreme terrain (including 4-foot vertical walls) and can carry up to 8,000 pounds of supplies. While Crusher's specs have not been released, the bot is reported to be able to operate without human interaction, and move about using its cameras, GPS receiver, and sensors for motion, balance and monitoring the environment.

The military bot is also capable of learning ."In time actually the vehicle will learn things, like it will learn when it's spinning wheels, it will learn when it's losing stability, and can slowly adapt to try to do better as it moves," says its head creator John Bares.

Although not the first of its kind, Crusher's high mobility is innovative. Its six-wheel drive, large tires, very high travel suspension and adaptive ground clearances allow it to travel over a tremendous variety of terrain obstacles. Its silent hybrid-electric engine and the ability to lower its suspension makes the Crusher suitable for surveillance operations.

The Crusher, while a military unit, is not designed to attack enemy forces. Its ultimate role is to provide surveillance and supplies and even function as an automated ambulance."Medevac is a great one because that's a very dangerous application and we tend to lose many more troops going in to pull out a fallen soldier," says Bares. "So to be able to take in a vehicle and scoop up and pull out a wounded soldier is great ... and that's also a good application for autonomy, it can be a somewhat slow and deliberate operation."

But don't fool around with the Crusher.  The developers say they might equip it with weapons for self-protection.

If you're looking to secure your home, then Panasonic's VL-W811K wireless security camera with LED lighting should be right up your street. Despite the unattractive name and the unorthodox styling, the VL-W811K is the perfect compliment to your home security arsenal with 6 LEDs to light the area under surveillance at night as well as a wireless remote control. For those of you interested in statistics the camera has an image pickup range of approximately 50° horizontally and 37° vertically.

The camera is due to go on sale November 1st for 67,200 Yen which translates into approximately $578. For a home security system which has LED lighting, a great image pickup range and a wireless remote control, the price is relatively cheap. However, don't bargain on this camera being a deterrent to burglars as they probably wouldn't know what the thing is. At first glance it just looks like an ordinary spotlight! Still, we think it's one effective way to make your home more secure.