Sony have now redesigned the PSP (Now called the PSP go) to make it hip and trendy again (at least, to compete against a legion of phones that play games, and of course the new Ninendo DSi), with a large sliding screen.

Officially unveilled at E3, the traditionally large screen slides up to reveal the controls stowed underneath. This is somewhat cool. In Sony’s wisdom, they’ve also removed the UMD slot, meaning that you can only play games you have stored on it’s 16 Gig drive. It also has bluetooth and wifi as expected and a few other small things, but the pricetag is now a whopping $249. Then again, it’s a small price for the coolness of a sliding screen…

The official press release is after the jump…

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The Peregrine gaming glove has been unveiled at E3. Just when you thought clothing-based game controllers were dead and buried, Iron Will Technologies decide it’s not.

Coming out in late 2009, it’s a glove with a random box of electonics on top of it, but it includes the ability to perform actions in-game when you pinch a finger and thumb together. Yes, really. I don’t know how much of it will be used by normal gamers, but I bet a few may get bought by Minority Report fans… Full press release after the jump…

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For the first time in a semi-regular feature we’re asking for your opinion on things. Every so often (most likely on weekends) we will put a question up for you (our glorious readers) to answer, in the hope that something good comes out of it…

This weekend’s query is a simple one: On June 2nd-4th, LA will host E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. As usual, the guys at Gametactics and E3coverage will be there, and again most of the time the show will be devoted to games, but what I want to know is:

What Tech related stuff do you want to see coming out of E3?

Justin Lee may well be filming it already, but if he isn’t, this is a last chance to say what you want to see. Maybe it’s the successor to one of the current consoles. Maybe it’s a neural implant that emits pain when you get hurt in-game. In either case, add a comment about it and Justin could be taking note.