Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

We’re onto your game, ZVUE. Just days after giving us a reason to laugh with the introduction of the 1GB Journey DAP, you’re delivering yet another media player with yet another icon on it. This go ’round, we’re looking at none other than The King — an Elvis Presley-emblazoned media player with 1GB of Elvis video clips, a 2.4-inch display, FM tuner, voice recorder, photo / text viewer and USB connectivity. Those looking to shake things up can toss in a microSD card for additional tunes, though you’ll be forced to hand over $49.88 to Wally World in order to claim your own. We’re tempted to say it’s now or never, but really, it’s from August 12th onward.

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Filed under: Robots

The Elvinator Project is just one of many attempts to recreate The King as a robotic being, but based on the video posted after the jump, we’re really wondering if this isn’t Elvis reincarnated. From what we can glean, the idea here was to create a masterfully sculpted rendition of Big El that sung and conversed with mere mortals, but there’s just something absurdly creepy about seeing him carry on without a face. Oh, and Mr. Presley — your lip syncing could use some serious work.

Continue reading Video: Elvis robot takes his face off, continues to sing the blues

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