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While most games seem to have migrated to the iOS app store and specifically the iPad, some games just don’t fit a flat screen.  While there are Pac Man style games on the iPad, the Joystick is better suited for that style of game.  Same thing goes for Foosball.  You just need to have the real handgrips for this type of game.

The creative folks at New Potato Technologies have merged the iPad with Classic Foosball ($99).  They did this by making a mini foosball table that uses the iPad (version 1/2/3) as the screen with real handles.  Hard to imagine, but pretty damn cool.  Check it out in action after the break.

The Pebble E-Paper SmartWatch is about to hit the market (later this month?) for $150.  The watch shares data and tech with your iPhone or Android phone and has the ability to install watch apps.

Say you are a bicyclist, you can use the Pebble Watch as bike computer to keep track of your speed, distance, elapsed time, etc…  The watch uses your phones GPS for precise tracking.  Similar apps are available for runners as well, track your pace, distance, control your music, etc…

Some other features of the Pebble E-Paper SmartWatch include caller ID, music controls for iTunes, Pandora, and Spotify, an accelerometer, Bluetooth, and a battery that lasts about 7 days.

Remember the waterproofing company Liquipel from last year?  Well they just got some competition from a new company named HzO.

The HzO coating is called WaterBlock and claims that it protects better than the competition (aka Liquipel).  The WaterBlock technology is applied via a “chemical vapor deposition process” and protects against most liquids (water, beer, soda, juice, etc…).

“The coating process offered by other companies sprays a thin hydrophobic coating on both the interior and exterior of the device which can aid in driving away light splashes to the device, but leave microscopic gaps and openings that allow water, humidity and moisture to eventually seep through and damage the internal sensitive circuitry, especially when submerged.”

Currently HzO is going after the OEM (original equipment manufacturers) instead of the users.  This means that you can’t send in your current gadgets.  You can only hope they are successful selling to companies like Apple, Canon, etc… 

Watch out Nintendo and Sony, NVIDIA is coming for you with their latest gaming gadget, Project SHIELD.  Project SHIELD runs full PC games over Wi-Fi, has a 5-inch display, and can run Unreal Engine 4 tech.  If the 5-inch display isn’t large enough you can output to your TV at 4k resolution.

The NVIDIA Project SHIELD starts off with a beefy Tegra 4 chip, a quad-core ARM

Not feeling the watch-based movement and health trackers? Check out the Withings Smart Activity Tracker ($TBA). Able to slim into a pocket or into the included belt clip or arm band, it tracks heart rate, steps taken, strides run, distances covered, calories burned, and quality of sleep, all in a tiny 8 gram form factor. Other features include an OLED touchscreen display, a rear-mounted heart rate sensor, a two-week battery life, micro USB port for charging, and Bluetooth 4.0 for low-power wireless syncing to the Withings Health Mate App. Arriving Q1 2013.

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Arriving in the United States this March is LG’s Hecto Laser TV, a 100-inch two-piece  projector (screen and projector) that can work from as close as 22-inches.  The LG Hector Laser Projector has a contrast ratio of better than 1,000,000:1 and a lighting system with five times greater life than standard lamp-based projectors.

The Hecto delivers Full HD 1080p resolution, and will have plasma display viewing quality and good ambient light performance.  You get Smart TV functionality baked in and 3 HDMI ports.

The Korean car manufacturers (think Hyundai and Kia) are making a serious go at it.  There cars are improving massively, looking better, and stealing market share from the older goats.  In this case, Kia is going to improve their UVO eServices telematics in a big way by teaming up with Google.  The Google/Kia system will debut in the Kia Sorento CUV and will allow users to send directions and locations (from a smartphone or web) to the cars UVO system.

Read the full Kia press release after the break.

Another worthy competitor in the action cam market is getting serious about product/features.  The latest camera from Drift, the Drift HD Ghost Action Cam ($399) is packed with some cool features.  The two way LED remote control (never wonder if the camera is on/off or recording), a continuous loop recording feature, Wi-Fi connectivity for iOS and Android smartphones, a 2-inch LCD display covered in Gorilla Glass.  Get your pre-order in now here.

The cat is out of the bag… most of the rumor mills were correct… the iPad Mini has arrived.  For those that want a tablet that will fit in their cargo pockets, the iPad Mini might be the one.  Only 0.68 pounds, 7.2mm thick thin, with a 7.9-inch screen, an A5 processor, a front (FaceTime) HD camera, a rear 5MP iSight camera, and the latest tiny Lightning connector.  Yours from $330 to $660 depending on capacity and wireless configurations, shipping November 2nd.

In an effort to show off how realistic the LG IPS Monitors are, and have some fun pranking folks, LG replaced the floor of an elevator with a bank monitors.  That bank of LG IPS monitors essentially made it look like the floor panels of the elevator were falling out as guests were in the elevator.  Quite funny… and scary.  Video after the break.