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Yo, Dell, enough with the exploding laptops already! It's a tired plot device, not to mention so predictable. It's getting to the point that whenever I get within 10 feet of one of your notebooks I hold my hands...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Thank you Dateline, for instilling an irrational fear of social networking sites into the technophobic minds of middle-aged parents and politicians everywhere. Let the reactionary counterproductive gestures commence! Yes, the always tech-savvy House of Representatives just passed the Deleting...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Oh, how the British Empire has fallen. What was once the most powerful nation on earth has been reduced to a small island full of people who seem to exist solely to produce comedy shows for us to rip off....
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Slowly but surely, nifty feature-rich phones that were once confined to Korea and Europe are making their way stateside. Verizon has just put up for sale the LG "Chocolate" phone, the VX8500, which until now has been merely a...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
What do you get when one of the top gaming-PC manufacturers crosses the latest top-of-the-line chip from Intel with the hottest hardware from either nVidia or ATI, the granddaddies of graphics-card manufacturers? One expensive gamer wet dream, that's what....
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Archos, the company that's become synonymous with portable video in possibly a few parts of Europe, is at it again. The Archos 604 and 404 portable media players are scheduled to come out in August, and a few leaked...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Doors have many purposes: security, privacy, and keeping you safe from the elements are three of the biggest. If none of those things really matter to you, this is a pretty sweet substitute to a real, functional door. The Watur...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Lots of cell-phone news this week! After the wildly expensive Black Diamond phone kicked things off, Motorola got busy with its release of a trio of new sexy models that update the company's ever-popular RAZR, not to mention a...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
How will people get around in the future? Motorized unicycles? Off-road Segways? Skateboards with treads? Reasonable contenders, all, but much too land-based. No, we're waiting for Rick Herron to finish up his real-deal, so-wild-you-just-have-to-see-it jet pack before we commit...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Okay, Dell stockholders, time to get nervous again: Another Dell laptop has gone kablooie, this one in Vernon Hills, Illinois. An automation engineer named Henrik had his digital camera at the ready when his colleague's notebook exploded, and he...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Kazaa is dead! Long live Kazaa! Yes, long-lasting thorn in the RIAA's side Kazaa has finally caved, agreeing to pay $115 million to record companies and become born again as a legit pay-to-download service. Springing up out of the ashes...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Remote starters are a great way to get your car warmed up, but if you're parked way down the street your remote probably won't work. Having to walk outside in the snow to use your remote starter kind of...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
The Rolling Stones are testing out a new service on their upcoming tour that will allow fans to call in and listen to the show on their cell phones as it's happening live. The service, called Listen Live Now!, will...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Because regular lamps are boring, the Clamp is designed to stand out in a room. Clamping on to a table or flat surface, the Clamp looks like a container you would put gas in or something like that, but rest...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Ticking "useless mouse enhancement" off our lists for this week is the LogiNoki, a computer mouse modified to sport an LCD screen. Working tirelessly to modify a Logitech G5 mouse, Jani Pönkkö was so inspired by gaming keyboards with...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
This strange-looking camera is the Lomographic Fisheye Camera #Two. Much like the name suggests, it takes fisheye pictures — photos that "sphereize" their subjects to put more in the frame and make them look sort of 3D. You can...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. If I had my druthers, I would be able to watch any show, at any time. Add to that any movie. Yeah, I'd...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
Tossing out old laptops and cell phones is a big environmental no-no, but disassembling them for recycling is no easy feat. Nokia is looking to change that, as it's developed a cell-phone prototype that can disassemble in just 2...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
If you're a king of finance, getting across the country fast is important, and the luxuries of first class won't help you. No, you'd prefer to travel a touch faster than a normal plane — say, faster than the...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
One night when I was in college, my car was parked in front of my house and I awoke to find that someone had hit it, scraping all along the side, denting the front wheel well, and ripping off...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
Fruit is not my forte. Do you want your avocados firm or soft? What about peaches? And do you keep them in a brown paper bag to ripen? Bah! Too much work, I say. Luckily, science is coming to...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
You know what sucks? Spending a ton of cash on a tricked-out cell phone only to have your new toy crippled by an unexpected coffee spill. Should you be somewhat accident-prone around liquids, Sony Ericsson's SO902iWP+ cell phone will...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
Having a really sexy phone is all well and good, but having it plugged in to a plain old cable snaking behind your desk kind of ruins the mystique when it's charging at home. Not so with the BenQ-Siemens...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
Digital technology has made cameras and camcorders ubiquitous. Most of the time this is great news, except when someone snaps a pic of something they shouldn't (just ask Cameron Diaz) or — in a big pet peeve of the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Leave it to gadget makers to create a way to capture all of the exercise of skateboarding without the benefits of being outside, having fun, or looking halfway cool. Yes, the brilliantly named iJoy motorized balance trainer is just like...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
No one likes the sound of that underpowered computer fan choking its way through the piles of dust bunnies under your desk, or your ancient hard drive loudly searching through your many gigs of illegally acquired MP3s as it...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The smug sense of satisfaction that comes from using a TiVo and knowing how much your commercial skipping infuriates network execs might be a little ill-founded, according to a New York Times report. Apparently, TiVo has been compiling detailed reports...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
As we approach 2015, the year Marty McFly traveled to in Back to the Future, Part II, we're still woefully far away from the dream of having a flying car in every garage. The Terrafugia Transition hopes to change...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Okay, you've played around with an entry-level HD camcorder, graduating to the level of auteur. If you're looking for a new cam worthy of your talents, this fall Canon's debuting a couple of high-def camcorders aimed at prosumers just...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
We likes us some slim cell phones, so of course we have to tell you about the new Motorola MOTOFONE. While it might be a bit light on other features, it is really thin — a mere 0.35 inches....
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Giving the iBar a run for its money as today's most bizarre drink-related gadget is this set of "sangria" speakers, created by indie winemaker Carlo Rossi. All his wines are bottled in glass jugs, and we guess one day...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
If you're not a rich guy with fancy GPS navigation and some built-in computer analyzing traffic in your new Benz, don't worry. Google has just announced yet another feature for its Maps service: GPS traffic information for anyone without GPS,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Along the same lines of the amazing human locator comes the iBar (enough with the lowercase i prefix already!), an interactive bar surface that detects and reacts to anything placed on its surface. It's a two part setup: the...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Remember playing Monopoly as a kid? Getting scammed on a lousy deal by your weasely dad is a rite of passage, as is having to hand over stacks of precious orange $100 bills after falling victim to his cruel hotel...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
If you just rushed out to buy that new 103-inch plasma TV and now brag that you have the biggest screen around, avert your eyes. A horseracing track in Tokyo has just installed the largest HDTV in the world,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
If the RAZR family gets any bigger, Motorola is gonna need to buy a minivan. Mama and papa Moto have been busy, announcing three new slim and sleek additions to their ever-popular RAZR line. First we have the previously...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Brilliantly cool if not super gadgety, the Morph Pad takes one of the most common office accessories — the note pad — and turns it into a fun toy. Now whenever Dave from accounts payable rings you up to...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Even though the iPod is the undisputed champion of portable music right now, it's had the unfortunate side effect of getting people to listen to the same damn few hundred songs over and over and over again. Sure, there's...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
I've always wanted to combine my bicycle with an engine or motor, but I just don't know if it would catch on. First of all, what would you call such a crazy contraption? An enginecycle? That would never catch...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
After weeks of rumors and speculation flying around the Internet, Microsoft has finally made official what we've assumed for a while: they're releasing a portable music player called Zune to take on the iPod. Not just a player, Zune...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
For those of you out there who might not pay attention to the speed limit as much as you should, this license-plate "blurrer" is a surefire way to avoid the cops, or at least get in a lot more...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
It has the goods and the looks to be a decent sports MP3 player, but LG must have known its MFFM20 portable would have to boast some pretty unique features to convince folks to not just buy an iPod...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
If you thought using a skywriter to propose to your girlfriend was a clever way of spelling something out, take a look at this. Researchers at Akishima Laboratories have developed a way to spell out words and draw pictures...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
Do people actually buy these limited edition phones with their jaw-dropping price tags and not-worth-the-price feature lists? Well, apparently someone is buying them, as more keep getting released. I suppose you need to sell just one cell phone for...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
Hey rich guys! In case you missed it, we found a couple must-have toys for you this week. First, there's the largest plasma TV on the market, a whopping 103 incher that will set you back a solid $70,000....
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
Getting all of your peripheral devices un-wired from your computer tends to be a pain, usually involving an extra peripheral device wired up to your computer in order to get the deed done. Now Mustek is introducing a plug-and-play device...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
If you're always on the hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot to mooch some free Internet access from but don't like walking around with your MacBook out, this Wi-Fi pen will make your life a lot easier. Featuring easy to read...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
In a big kick in the pants for early adopters, it's been discovered that the first and only Blu-ray player on the market, the Samsung BD-P1000, has a defective noise reduction chip which lowers the HD quality discs down...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
Making free Internet phone calls with Skype can be a great thing, but not so much if you have to be tethered to your PC to do the dialing. Finally there is a Skype phone on the way that will...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
It's never too early to start teaching your kids about the importance of always being available to superiors, which is why it's so nice to see the Fuse Box available, a sort of Blackberry Jr. for the future desk jockey...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
If you thought that lifelike female robot Korea was working on was creepy, get a load of this. Hiroshi Ishiguro, a senior researcher at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories in Japan, has created a robot that looks exactly...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon The iPod is the clear leader in digital audio players and has been since its launch for a reason —...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
If you're worried about that important phone call waking up your baby or interrupting your dinner party, this Silent Light Phone Sensor could be an elegant solution. Hook it up to your telephone with the included 7.5-foot cord, and...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
I was once at this killer Cuban place on the Upper East Side with entrées that looked so good, I actually snapped pictures of them with my cameraphone and sent them to a friend. As I was devouring my double-size...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
If you're a forgetful person, you know that always misplacing your wallet, keys, PDA, or children turns from an endearing foible to an infuriating and expensive curse pretty quickly. Perhaps you could use some help, and your options are...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
Those holding onto their bulky old CRT monitors might finally have a reason to make the switch to an LCD model with the Samsung SyncMaster CX930B. While it might not include a gimmicky feature like a swiveling neck, it...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
Has the Jetsons-evoking Zooop electric car got you fired up for an elecric vehicle, just not one so dorky? 21st Century automaker Tesla Motors is way ahead of you, working tirelessly on its Roadster: a sports car that can...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
If you're a serious PC gamer, the standard keyboard doesn't really cut it for intense frag sessions where every second counts and every slam of a sweaty, Cheeto-dusted finger into a key is important. Taking your eyes off the...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
If you live in a huge, ostentatious house, a security system is a necessity to keep your family and precious bling safe. But why settle for a boring gray panel in the wall when you could have an animated butler...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
Is there really any such thing as "too big" when it comes to a television? Panasonic obviously knows that most guys don't think so. The company just unveiled a new 103-inch high-definition plasma TV that'll arrive under the Christmas...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Trying to one-up movie downloading service Vongo, rival CinemaNow has just given customers the ability to burn downloaded movies to DVD. Offering over 100 films for your burning pleasure, each download will give users all the menus and features...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Need to add some geekiness to your gambling addiction, but don't have the brains to count cards? Build yourself a couple of LED Shaking Dice and make sure no sexy women in cocktail dresses will ever saddle up to...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The next-generation iPod, rumored to be due early next year, may add another feature to the photo-, video-, and music-toting little device: 3D gaming. Graphics-chip manufacturer Nvidia has reportedly signed on to make 3D technology for the upcoming "true...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Samsung released its rugged sports camcorder — an extremely compact model that shoots basic, e-mailable video — over a year ago. Its coolest feature was the remote lens unit, which you could mount separately to anything you wanted, letting...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Using sharpies to label that mix CD you made to woo the pretty girl down the block makes you look like you don't really care, and that early onset of Parkinson's makes applying label stickers a frustrating ordeal. What's...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Carrying a full-size keyboard around with your mobile device makes it significantly less portable in most cases. Not so with this Eleksen Fabric Keyboard, which rolls up and weighs a mere 2.3 ounces. When rolled out, it's about the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Take those earbuds that came with your iPod and throw them in the garbage. No, wait. Cut the cords into little pieces, then throw them in the garbage. Then go out and buy one of these great-sounding earbuds or...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Move over MySpace, there's a new king of social networking sites in town, and it's ready to put all the mom and pop sites out of business. That's right, Wal-Mart has entered the crowded field of youth-oriented social networking...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Motorola's update to their ubiquitous and oft-copied RAZR phone is getting ever closer, with the model we showed you recently just getting approved by the FCC for use on our golden shores. Formerly codenamed "Canary," the slim phone will...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
It sounds like the battle between Steve Jobs and Hollywood executives over the price of movies at the iTunes Music Store has ended with a compromise. While Steve wanted to sell movies like he sells music, at a flat...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Whenever my commando squad is on a night mission and it's time to report back to CENTCOM, my CO often complains that the video quality coming from my MacBook Pro's iSight cam is just too grainy. Promising to keep...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
If you'd like to add an air of high-tech danger to your desk without actually being that high-tech or dangerous, this Self Destruct Button USB hub will bestow the illusion of risk-taking quite nicely. It has all the keys,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Target, the Wal-Mart that it isn't taboo to shop at, knows what its customers like. Spending millions on market research to figure out exactly what consumers do daily that could be improved by purchasing new products at Target, they've...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Just slightly larger than a pen, this Personality Scanner can detect the general mood of a room when you come in, giving you both an overall reading as well as the emotional state of any individual within a 25-foot...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
If your gadget pool has grown beyond the obligatory cell phone and iPod (and really, whose hasn't?), chances are the place where you plug them all in for recharging is looking pretty tangled. That is, if you even managed...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
With all the technology designed to keep us connected to each other, sometimes the need for separation and privacy becomes intense. You just need to get unhooked from all the cell phones, social networking sites, and e-mails that keep...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
If the next time you're at the doctor's office getting an X-ray after a freak Embrio accident he spends a lot of time staring at his PDA, he actually might not be ignoring you. In between games of solitaire, he...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
It's a mobile phone. It's a watch. It's a desk clock. It's really a bit too bulky to be any of those (well, except maybe the desk clock) from the looks of it, but we have to give the...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
The State Department plans to add wireless RFID tags to passports starting this August, worrying security and privacy experts. Meant to make it easier for travelers to go through customs, the new "e-Passports" would broadcast your personal data from an...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
Nothing will impress the neighbors at your next summer barbecue like emerging from the garage on an awkward, four-legged robot vehicle. Yes, Robot 3's R7 is the ultimate summertime accessory, featuring a comfy plush seat and four full legs...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
Environmental issues cropped up in a number of stories this week, as we discovered a solar-film technology for keeping beer cold, a power company that generates energy from cow manure, and a new, ultradorky take on the electric car....
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
Now this is exactly what we had in mind when we first heard about Dell absorbing gaming-rig maker Alienware: some seriously house-rocking new designs for desktop PCs. This baby, called the XCS, comes from Matthew Ritter, and resembles… ah,...
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
The trend in digital music creation over the past few years has been to use software-based systems that work with you PC, but the downside is that you typically needed to bring your computer along anytime you were working...
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
I know what you're thinking: "I've always wanted to get into extreme sports, but they're just not high-tech enough for me." Let me introduce you to the Moov, a seriously badass concept bike conceived by student Jean-Michel Raad. He...
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
We love technology that makes things more convenient (that's the point of it, really), but the price of such convenience can often be reduced security. I mean, who's ever heard of cloning a landline? Used your neighbor's Wi-Fi lately?...
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
Has the movie version of A Scanner Darkly given you a hankerin' to feel watched all the time? You may want to pick up one of these eyeball robots from Japanese company Systec Akazawa. Muu Socia 3.0, as it...
POSTED Friday, July 14, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. The Nintendo Wii has surprised a lot of people, generating loads of buzz from its strange name, unique controller, and low price point....
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Taking photos in dark places oftentimes leaves you with a lousy choice: either use the flash and potentially have a washed-out foreground and dark background, or go without the flash and get nothing but shadows. Fujifilm's new 6-megapixel F20...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Russia has become the place for the extremely rich to live out their astronaut fantasies, and hotel magnate Robert Bigelow has taken full advantage of the Ruskies willingness to accept money for pretty much anything. The Genesis I rocket...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Think you're real tough, riding around on that street bike of yours, popping wheelies and showing off? Try scooting around on this Bombardier Embrio, a combination of motorcycle and unicycle, letting you show off that remarkable balance all the...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Listening to your iPod while cycling would be fine if it weren't for all those predatory motorists who drive like they're playing Grand Theft Auto. If you have your earbuds in while you're on your bike, there's a good...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Next time you're shopping at Amazon for books and cereal, perhaps you'd like to add this Badonkadonk personal tank to your shopping cart. For a mere $20,000, you get 6 blistering horsepower and enough intimidation to keep those kids...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
With Sony's proprietary UMD format pretty much dead in the water at this point, the electronics blunder-king is looking for new avenues to overcharge for digital copies of movies. Well, if one proprietary format didn't work, what about trying a...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Pretty much camera-ready for a cameo in the next Steven Speilberg movie, the Zooop is everything you'd want in a car from the future, minus the coolness. Its round orange chassis may lull you into thinking the Zooop is...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Miss boomboxes? Yeah, being able to share your music with an unwitting public is pretty sweet, but with the advent of iPods and all these teeny-tiny music players meant to be used with headphones, the boombox seems to have...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
We just reported on Ricoh's new optical device to make dual-format players an easier undertaking, and nary three days later the same company has announced its plans to build one. Unfortunately, the player won't be available this holiday season, instead...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
New thin-film solar-power technology could come in handy in a field that I personally have a lot of personal investment in: keeping beer cold. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working on Active Building Envelope technology, a new science that...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
This Manoi AT01 robot has a soft, rounded body that makes him seem really cute and cuddly, deceptively hiding his serious innards. Manoi can run around, stand on one leg, pick himself up after he falls down, and other...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Oh, we're definitely getting some of this in. These iDrops promise to restore your iPod to looking like new, letting it relive the glory days of its youth by wiping away all those smudges and scratches. How can a...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Good news for all you sneaky perverts out there: James Bond-esque spy glasses are now available for your unscrupulous needs. Featuring a tiny camera between the eyes, the camera runs its video down wires into the small viewing device...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Drifting in from the "What the hell?" department comes the Frisbee camera. Yes, in case there aren't any pretty young things around to impress with your acrobatic Frisbee tossing, now you can record all your amazing jumps and throws...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Boeing has upgraded its trademark 747 airplane with the new 747-8, coming in both passenger and freighter flavors. Featuring new, more aerodynamic wings that curve at the tips and a sleeker body shape, the 747-8 looks almost cartoonish (perhaps...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Pitching a tent is a pain, especially after a long day of hiking and being without your precious electricity. Outdoor-goods peddler Quechua has come up with a solution for people who like camping except for all that work and...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
If you think sources of alternative and renewable energy are BS, well, you may be right — just not in the way you've been thinking. Central Vermont Public Service (of course it's Vermont) is now offering Cow Power: energy generated...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
If you fondly recall riding the rails in your youth, debating the merits of Teddy Roosevelt and his cockamamie Panama Canal plan, you are probably very, very old. Because you grew up in a simpler time, computers and the...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
This just might be the first sign that the trend of making all gadgets smaller and sexier has gone too far: the finger mouse. Made by LG, this mini mouse — which is apparently just called "Finger" — works...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
There's been lots of buzz around the Web about Microsoft's plans to take Apple head on in the portable audio market, but today all sorts of info has been leaking, specifically from "insiders" to our buddies over at Gizmodo...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
I guess I'm pretty lucky, but I hardly ever get headaches, so it's never really occurred to me to look beyond pill-form relief. But I suppose if migraines targeted me daily, I might seek out these headache-preventing sunglasses from...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
With cell phones becoming more and more ubiquitous on college campuses, the phone jacks in dorm rooms are becoming just another patch of wall covered by empty Keystone Light cans and Bob Marley posters. Since college administrations care about...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
Designers are always trying to find creative ways to fit big screens in small packages, and this Tripod MP3/video player is a neat twist on that goal. A small triangle that fits easily in your pocket when used for...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
From the putting-robots-where-they-don't-belong department comes the "Breeze," a robot in the form of a Japanese Maple tree. What improvements does a tree get when it comes in robot form? Why, it can "visually sense and react through 360°, allowing...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
Remember Combat, the game cartridge that came free with every Atari 2600 console that was sold back in the '80s? There was something satisfying and pure about a simple duel between a couple of low-resolution tanks, but it was...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
Finally, good news for consumers in the asinine format war currently raging everywhere but in peoples living rooms: Ricoh has announced an optical device that will make it much easier for manufacturers to create players that can play both high-definition...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
Repetitive stress injuries are no joke, and if you spend all day typing away without taking a break to give your fingers a stretch, you're at risk. But what if you're so busy, so important, that you can't take...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
The July 4th holiday meant a short week for us, but there were still plenty of new and exciting high-tech items that we were drawn to — like some kind of giant magnetic slab you might use as a...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
It's not often that a printer can claim to have a new and unexpected twist, but the Lexmark P450 can. Featuring a built-in CD burner, it has the ability to create photo CDs directly from your camera, memory cards,...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
ABC, apparently sick of losing precious ad revenue due to people skipping commercials on their digital video recorders, is trying to convince DVR manufacturers to make fast-forwarding through ads impossible. ABC's president of advertising sales, Mike Shaw, apparently thinks...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
Dustbusters are ugly and are always kept hidden in the laundry room or a closet, which is why designer Karim Rashid has created the Kone vacuum for DirtDevil. Meant to be kept out in the open for all to see,...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
Everybody loves gadget convergence — when a clever manufacturer sticks two or more pre-existing toys together — but this one has me scratching my head a bit. It's called the Jam 'n' Shred pen, and it's a pen with...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
Seeing the Barry table lamp in someone's living room might tempt you to ask if the owner has a pet ostrich. The futuristic-looking light resembles a big egg, and most likely a soft-boiled one since it has a chunk...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
In good news for boozehounds and bad news for bartenders, it seems that robots have learned to tend bar. Yes, the Robobar by Motoman is a fully robotic bartender that pours perfect drinks every time, without any of the annoying...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
You're looking at the aquatic version of the International Space Station: the Sea Orbiter, designed by French architect Jacques Rougerie. A 170-foot-tall vessel, it's designed to float across the ocean with the help of currents and wind, taking a...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
With energy prices through the roof, taking advantage of the elements around you to supplement your power needs seems like a pretty smart idea. That's the thought behind the Skystream 3.7 wind generator, the first wind-power generator designed for residential...
POSTED Friday, July 7, 2006
As electronic gadgets have evolved and multiplied, the typical wall power outlet has remained a stubbornly primitive and occasionally elusive beast. Power strips can help, but most get too crowded too quickly — especially when you have more than...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
Finally there's a way to make removing unsightly nose and ear hair a more shameful and embarrassing experience. Yes, this is just what it looks like: a nose and ear hair trimmer shaped like a finger. Your 6-year-old nephew...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
Part virtual-reality controller, part hamster ball, the VirtuSphere is a new attempt to make total immersion in video games possible. By sticking the player inside a giant sphere, it allows a player to walk or run without ever running...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
The new Nintendo Wii may be hitting store shelves much earlier than anyone anticipated if CNN Money columnist Chris Morris is right in his predictions. Citing an analyst that says that as the Wii has already been in production for...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
If laying yourself in a sweatbox cocoon sounds like your idea of a relaxing time, have we got good news for you. The Solo single-person sauna tent is exactly that, a tube-like unit that you lie in to get...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
If you rushed out to get your very own pair of waterproof headphones as soon as we told you about them last week, here's a player to complete your underwater experience. The Fusion Digital Media Player is built to...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
If you like your timepieces to be simple yet still stand out on your wall, this Timesphere clock should fit the bill nicely (not to be confused with that other Timesphere clock). Designed by industrial designer Gideon Dagan, It...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
Having a fancy video iPod isn't all that special unless you actually, you know, watch videos on it. However, converting video to play nice with your iPod is a pain, usually forcing you to stick to the overpriced iTunes...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
There are few things more annoying than answering your phone in a loud place like a concert and then having to put a finger in one ear and scream, still unable to be heard over the roar of the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
If you're in the market for an HDTV, you've probably heard the term "1080p" once or twice. The cryptic number refers to the highest of high-definition formats, rarely sighted in the wild (Samsung's just-released Blu-ray Disc player is one...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Taking some inspiration from Herbie the Love Bug, Volkswagen has developed a self-driving Golf GTi and named it the "53+1" in homage to the adorable sentient Beetle's racing number. Developed by VW engineers and Lindsay Lohan, the fancy GTi...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
We've reported about phones designed to track your kids, but we've never seen anything as sneaky and disingenuous as these Spy Phones, which is why we love them so much. What look and act like normal, run-of-the-mill mobiles are actually...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Make roughing it a little less rough by harnessing the power of the Sun to give your tent some juice. This solar-powered tent will provide you with 2 to 4 hours of light via the built-in LED lights after...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
One day, we'll all be carrying around hydrogen fuel cells for powering our portable gadgets. At least that's the vision of Voller, a British energy company, which created this Automatic Battery Charger (ABC) to supply power to things like...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Waterbeds are so out of style, and the rotating, cheetah-print, heart-shaped mattress hasn't impressed any ladies in any time period, past or present. This floating bed, however, is pretty much guaranteed to astonish anyone you lure into your bedroom....
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
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