This is Xacti what we need for our next scuba sojourn. It’s Sanyo’s Xacti CA8 waterproof camcorder, which is finally getting a UK launch.

Waterproof for an hour up to a depth of 1.5m it’s the ideal companion for a bit of snorkel action.

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The current swarm of automatons, androids and robots may be due to the impending arrival of Disney’s Wall-E movie, but these past months have seen major breakthroughs in all aspects of robotics. Now YouTube has cottoned on, with a one-day film festival devoted to all things robot-shaped!

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So you want to share your footage with the world, but can’t be bothered offloading, compressing and uploading it? Luckily, JVC has just the thing.

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Yesterday we flagged up a YouTube clip purporting to be the introductory sequence from GTA IV, but apparently it’s fake: Tom Bramwell, editor of top gaming website Eurogamer, says that he’s seen the actual intro movie and “it’s nothing like that.”

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Everybody knows the Wii has an immensely clever motion-sensing remote for controlling its games, but did you know it can be turned to other uses? Yep, researcher Johnny Lee has used the cheap white plastic stick to create a cut-price interactive whiteboard (usually costs a few grand, here about £25) and a motion-tracking headset that could well open up a whole new world of gaming and interactive software.

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