Some lucky folks in Amsterdam were fortunate enough to have a go with this giant touch screen plasma air hockey table. The display: Panasonic. The U-Touch overlay is from uicentric. The end result is brilliant.

Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma repurposed as multitouch air hockey table [engadget]

At the Mexico-Texas border, a giant x-ray machine has been installed. It uses extremely low level radiation to detect hidden… stuff in vehicles. If this was used more widely, immigration attorneys might need to start thinking about a career change. The x-rays are extremely weak- dousing vehicles in about such low levels of radiation that it is considered safe to be inspected by it daily. This is the same technology being used at airports, only it is a much larger machine.

This beastly R/C Tank is 1/4 scale, the world’s largest commercially available remote controlled tank. It’s powerful enough to tow a car. It also costs ten grand. And you can’t even ride in it. Well, you probably can, but there aren’t any seats. This R/C tank is cool, but ten grand can buy a whole lot of vroom vroom.

1/4 Scale King Tiger RC Tank – It’s Time To Rewrite My Christmas List [OhGizmo!]

Hackers have really done a number on the Left 4 Dead multiplayer game. You can become a giant, you can jump insanely high, you can spawn or delete pretty much whatever you want and you can have infinite health. It’s like god mode on steroids!

Left 4 Dead Gets Exploited On Xbox Live [ohgizmo!]