CES is over for another year, but the gadget news is still coming in thick and fast. Catch up with all the latest from this fine AM right here in the lunchtime lowdown.
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Your own Tron lightcycle? Now that’d be tricky but your own Tron Segway? Well, that’s within your grasp. Inspired by Tron: Legacy, Ricky Brigante gave his Segway i2 Personal Transporter a makeover to make it look like one of The Grid’s vehicles. The low-tech redesigned uses 2in reflective tape, blue LED Christmas lights and electrical tape. He used Photoshop to help him map the design onto his Segway. You can see the Tron Segway on video after the break…
Tron: Evolution is here for Xbox 360 and PS3 to flesh out the somewhat incomprehensible narrative of Tron: Legacy with a prequel back story, and lots and lots free running. Shameless cash in? Genuinely good game? Read our Tron: Evolution review and find out.
Tron: Legacy is the geekiest film of 2010. That’s no disparagement. It’s brilliant with it. The original Tron infected culture so thoroughly that hints of it can be spotted everywhere from clothes to gadgets and music like Daft Punk (who, appropriately, provide the Tron: Legacy OST). Tron: Legacy is an excellent successor to its iconic predecessor, read our full review to find out why…
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We recently showed you the Tron: Legacy light cycle and talked to the Tron: Legacy light cycle designer but now there’s a real world slice of Tron biking that you can get your hands on. The Tron motorcycle helmet is decorated in the style of the original Tron film and will be available in France from January when Tron: Legacy premieres there. Tron: Legacy opens in Britain on December 17 and we’ll be watching a preview next week.
Out January | £TBC | Ruby (via Superpunch)
Our best iPhone apps of the week is the honey pot into which we pour the sweetest apps created by the iTunes App Store’s busy worker bees. This week’s tasty selection of sugary software delights ranges from a gooey game with a nostalgic edge to the most genius diary app ever and the best camera app you didn’t realise you needed. Buzz through to the other side for the hive marked “home of the best iPhone apps of the week”…
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Steve Jobs comes up at the strangest times. During our trip to scope out Tron: Legacy, we got a chance to speak to Stephen Lisberger, the creator and director of the original Tron movie and now an executive producer on the sequel. As the man behind one of the most enduring visions of virtual reality ever filmed (and created in a time when CGI was in its infancy) we wondered what he thinks of tech today. We got a stunning deconstruction of Steve Jobs’ shtick from the visionary filmmaker…
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Like any modern sci-fi epic, Tron: Legacy comes with its own tie-in game titles. We got hands on with the Xbox and PS3 game, Tron: Legacy, on the same day we took a peek at the Tron: Legacy light cycle. Tron: Evolution acts a prequel to Tron: Legacy and if you’re a fan of Prince of Persia or Assassin’s Creed, this is going to be right up your street…