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DVICE ARCHIVE FOR October 2006
The first time you ever try to plug a bulky AC adapter into a conventional power strip, it hits you: this is not the right tool for this job. Some hefty adapters will cover up as many as three...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
After announcing Mac support in January of this year, and then consistently missing just about every deadline since "Q2 '06" was announced (and pulling a major no-no by including Mac OS and Universal Binary logos on the new models'...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Winter is coming, suckers. I'm here to help you keep from freezing to death with the environmentally friendly Butteryfly Heater. Keeping you warm and challenging your masculinity, it sends warm air through the butterfly pattern via a process known...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Will you people never be satisfied? Is there no screen big enough to satiate your desire for the largest possible TV? Will you only be happy when your living room is an IMAX theatre? If so, you're one step...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
If you like photographing things from afar with the subject unaware, say hello to your new best friend. A telescope with a built-in 3.1-megapixel camera, it's designed for the wildlife enthusiast/peeper we've all got slumbering deep inside. Wake him...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Music Studio's Stripy Speakers certainly meet the basic requirement of being a gadget in 2006: looking modern and stylish. No matter what their sound quality is (and if the site hawking them is to be believed, the 9 watts...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Japan has seen it all when it comes to digital audio players, which is why they've begun releasing models of questionable design. They've just gotta mix things up, you know? While many players are all about cool features or...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
We've seen lots of Skype phones and we've seen lots of MP3 players, but boy howdy, this is the first time we've seen a shotgun marriage of the two gadgets. The Rimax Mystic is a pretty standard digital audio player,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Call us the power-strip generation: appliances, home theater gear, and all those gadget chargers need to be plugged in, and it's gotten to the point where we just lay down cable after cable without any thought as to the...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
When it comes to home security, there are two schools of thought: you either go high tech to protect your home and spare no expense or you go seriously low-tech and hope it does the trick. If you fall...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
Is it a sin to listen to music on a MP3 player shaped like a cross? Doubtful, although I'd feel a tad guilty listening to any death-metal tunes on the Saint B, a digital music player that's combines a...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
The countdown to the day that you can buy your very own robot exoskeleton for whatever devious uses you can dream up is getting closer and closer. Tsukuba University engineering professor Yoshiyuki Sankai's HAL robot suit is apparently pretty close...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
Nothing says financial responsibility like a $9,000 replica prop from a 20-year-old movie. Impress friends and family by getting Zoltar the fortune teller of Big fame set up in your house, apartment, or boardwalk carnival. Zoltar can sense your presence...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
These days how a phone looks is just as important as, if not more important than, whatever features a phone may come with. People just don't care how many megapixels the camera on a cell phone has as long...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
If you're anything like me, when you get home from a long hard day, all of those portable tech toys — from cell phones to iPods and PDAs — usually end up on the nearest horizontal surface near the front...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
If you're really serious about staying warm this winter you can't go wrong with some electronically heated pants. That's doubly true if said pants have dual-zone controls that allow you to keep your butt and your legs at two...
POSTED Sunday, October 29, 2006
Protecting your noggin — along with other parts of the body — during physical activity is essential if you don't want to end up in the emergency room. The problem is that big bulky pads and helmets can be...
POSTED Saturday, October 28, 2006
Remote car starters I understand. Remote sliding doors for your kitchen are pushing it, but perhaps I could see them being useful once in a while. But a remote shower starter? Come on people. Grohe has created just that,...
POSTED Saturday, October 28, 2006
Some household goods caught our attention at the 11th hour to give the week a decidedly domestic bent, with high-tech turns of a couple of common appliances. Then there was that sleek TV that would look equally at home...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
The same technology that rattles your jawbone so you can listen to calls on this Bluetooth headset empowers the SwiMP3 underwater headphones. This MP3 player-goggles-headphone combo is sure to make you the coolest kid at the pool… or at...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Personal submarines are old hat. Every billionaire's got one, so you aren't impressing anyone by buying one at this point. What you need is something that'll make you stand out from the crowd at the Easthampton Submarine Docks. Ah, here...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
If I was a refrigerator, I would be feeling pretty unappreciated right now. Spending all of their existence keeping your food cold and fresh and how do we repay them? By trying to hide them by hanging them from...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
If you want a Porsche in your garage but can't quite swing the hefty price tag on a new Boxster, don't despair. You can still get a slick Porsche without breaking the bank. You won't be driving around in...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Generally, videos shot by a cameraphone aren't exactly Scorsese-worthy, though a company that designs digital-camera software wants to change that with a technology called Face Tracker. As you can probably guess, FotoNation's new trick enables your phone's camera to pick...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Tick another development off the list of advances required before robots take over the world: hands that work just like the human variety. Some researchers at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have unwittingly brought...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Despite recent upgrades, Apple's iPod army doesn't quite have the best battery life among all the players out there, with some besting it by an embarrassingly large margin. And if you use your iPod to watch video at all, you're...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
We've been talking about and waiting around for the true video iPod for what feels like years now. There have been loads of rumors about the upcoming device, and it was originally supposed to have come out by now....
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon Ah, Halloween. The only day of the year that it's socially acceptable for you to walk around in public dressed...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
When listening to your iPod at home, do you find its sleek modern lines interfere with your earthy décor? These stony iPod docks might be a little more to your liking. Adding that Japanese-garden element that so many other...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
We've been able to burn messages into toast for weeks now. If that method of communication was just "too convenient" for you, try this: burning messages into seeds so that when they grow, the resulting plants will have words...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
If you've got problems keeping track of where the remote control is and hate having to actually get up off the couch to turn the TV on, perhaps you should get a remote that's a bit harder to misplace. I'm...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
It's nearly November, so I'm going to go ahead and assume surfing isn't near the top of your priority list. What, drowning when your muscles lock up from being in frigid water too long doesn't sound appealing to you?...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
Look out, Band-Aids — you're about to become obsolete. Researchers at MIT and Hong Kong University have come up with a liquid that can seal wounds in seconds. Composed of peptides (fragments of proteins), the liquid forms a gel when...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
If you're a self-hating geek ashamed of your technology fetish, this Cuboglass is the perfect way for you to have your cake and eat it too. It looks like a fancy microwave or perhaps a piece of modern art:...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
It just isn't winter without snow, so with all these SUVs burning up the ozone and raising global temperatures, we snow lovers need to start taking things into our own hands. The Home Snow is your personal snowmaker, spraying out...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
Baseball is pretty much the most boring sport ever. Come on, face it. There's just so much waiting and so little action, it's just impossible for me to get engaged in it. Perhaps if there was a way to...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
True story: I use a pocket watch in lieu of the wrist variety. Okay, you're right — that's not really a story; it's more of a statement of questionable relevance, but hold on sec before you click over to...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Earlier this year, French researcher Robin Lobel amazed a crowd of students at the University of Paris with footage from a camera that creates 3D images from 2D ones. The special camera is programmed to recognize visual cues in the...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Who says portable audio players should easily fit in your pocket? That's the tyranny of the iPod's market dominance talking, you sheep. Why don't you think for yourself for once and open your mind to an audio player that...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Now that it's getting cold, at least here in the Northeast, my thoughts frequently drift to memories of crackling fireplaces that I enjoyed before I moved to a cramped, chimneyless apartment in NYC. If there's one thing I miss about...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Known for its killer gaming PCs, Alienware is taking its line of Media Center machines to the next level. As is the norm with Media Center PCs, the DHS A Series model is made to look just like a...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
San Francisco is ordering up a couple of eco-friendly, futuristic boats for their fleet of ferries toting fannypack-clad tourists to and from Alcatraz prison. The two trimarans will be able to tote 600 passengers apiece and will run on...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
It seems like someone with ADD designed this mouse, as it's got a random set of features that seems like it could only be dreamed up by someone who can't stay focused on one thing for too long. Firstly,...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Cops will no longer have to just follow their ears to the scene of a crime when they hear gunshots as a new device called the ShotSpotter can tell them exactly where to go. A network of noise sensors,...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Despite anecdotal evidence of its crappiness, LG's Chocolate phone is, by all reports, a smashing success thanks to its slick design — another fine example of style trumping substance. So you can't really blame LG for spreading the Chocolate's...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
No, they won't dock your iPod. And the company that sells them knows their sound quality probably can't compete with that of "high end" speakers like these. But really, who could resist spending $1,295 (including shipping!) for a speaker...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
If you want your home to have nice eastern exposure for the sunrise, southern exposure for the afternoon, and western exposure for the sunset, you could certainly do worse than having a rotating house. Luke Everingham built himself just...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
If you really, really need to cut external noise out of your life every day, you could buy some noise canceling headphones or move away from the honking horns and sirens of the big city. Alternatively, you could buy...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
What do you call a big group of iPod accessories? An iHerd? A Podmob? In any case, there's a really long playlist of iPod speaker docks out there, but the Ion iPa03 PA system doesn't quite belong in that...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
GPS navigation devices are all well and good, but unless you shelled out some extra cash to get Mr. T's voice on yours they're distinctly without personality. But why get your directions from a disembodied voice when you can get...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
It took them long enough, but Apple has finally gotten around to putting Intel Core 2 Duo processors in their MacBook Pros. Upgrading both the 15-inch and 17-inch models, you can now get what you've been able to get...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Time Warner Cable is rolling out a new feature to its customers called "Start Over" that will let viewers start a program from the beginning when they flip to it halfway through. While DVR units allow people to rewind shows...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
We're long past the deadline for building the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1992 in the movie, '97 if you prefer the book), and a computer that can actually have a conversation with you is still a...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
The Upravlator, shown here with an optional stand, is a neat-o (if somewhat over-the-top) "keyboard" for graphic designers, video producers, photo editors, and the like. The 10.8-inch, 800 x 600-pixel LCD screen, is divided evenly into 12 clear buttons....
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
If you've always dreamt of being a rock 'n' roll drummer and want to finally fulfill your dreams in the most half-assed and lame way possible, pick up this drum set mousepad. Yes, drum set mousepad. When you aren't...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
Call us predictable, but we just can't say no to rocket-powered vehicles. They've got the perfect combo of technology, insanity, and danger that we just can't get enough of. Tim Pickens, creator of the rocket-powered bike, had gone and...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
You have to think Albert Einstein would have appreciated the Open Edition LED Clock. After all, one of the central tenets of relativity is that time isn't rigid — it's malleable, flowing differently depending on who's looking at which...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
News flash, sasquatch: women don't like your hair sweater. While the idea of shaving your own overgrown back and shoulders might not be too appealing, neither is living the rest of your life alone. Enter the Mangroomer. This embarrassing...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
Carrying on the lazy legacy of the electric ice cream cone is the electric marshmallow toaster, bringing unnecessary convenience to your snacking-related activities. Ending the tyranny of the found twig in your hot sugar cookery, it has three prongs to...
POSTED Monday, October 23, 2006
Think you're cool, Mr. Art Critic? Feeling nice and secure in your high-and-mighty ivory tower, getting paid to tear down other people's work? Well you've been rendered obsolete. The Art-O-Meter is here to take over, showing us all we need...
POSTED Sunday, October 22, 2006
If you thought the Wii controller was revolutionary, check out these futuristic motion-sensing game controllers from In2Games. What separates these "Fusion" controllers from the Wiimote is the fact that they operate using sound waves "and other technical wizardry," so...
POSTED Saturday, October 21, 2006
The ghost of Technology Yet to Come paid us a few visits this week. From what we saw, it looks like TVs in the future will be really tiny, RAZR… er, razor-thin, and ultra-high-def. We want one now. Plus...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
If you're prone to getting spinach stuck in your teeth, then Senko has a product for you. ScreenMirror is a sticker that makes your cell phone (or iPod) screen reflective when the backlight is off, which is great for checking...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
There's all sorts of technology coming out recently to get you out running to the best of your ability. First there was the Nike + iPod kit to get your music synced up with your running, and now comes a...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
It might come as a surprise to many, but there was a time when the desk wasn't just the place where you use a computer. Yes, desks have a variety of other purposes, such as actually reading a book...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
"Sometimes I get so embarrassed I wish I could just disappear." Sound familiar? Are you a sad person that wants to just disappear? Well, stop your sniveling, cause science has your back. We told you it was possible, and...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
There's always that one person that calls you who just keeps talking… and talking … and talking. You want to figure out a way to get out of the conversation, but your damned manners keep you from just hanging...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
For many, the Volkswagen Microbus is a priceless collector's item, bringing with it a welcome dose of nostalgia. VW is hoping to turn that fascination with the past into excitement about the future with its "Chameleon" vehicle, a classic...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
It's never too early to get your new infant interested in shiny gadgets and Metallica, and this predictably-named iCrib is just the thing to do both. Hooking onto the edge of Junior's crib, the iCrib will brainwash your newborn...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
You know when you're hiking Mt. Everest and you drop your phone, how annoying that is? They always friggin' break after hitting some snow or being up too high or whatever. Then there's no way to get in touch...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon Technology has swept in to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, from medical science to entertainment to travel. However,...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Whoever you are, whatever kind of computer you use, someday your hard drive is going to fail. Yep, all your photos, videos, music — all of it — will be toast in a blink of an eye. You already know...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
East Japan Railway Company is set to begin testing on the first ever fuel cell hybrid train in the world. Running on hydrogen and emitting only water, the train doesn't need to get any juice from wires or electrified tracks...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Thin is still in, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Samsung has finally, at long last, created a TV so thin you could easily use it like a Frisbee. Yes, at less than half an inch thick, their...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
It seems D-Link got tired of waiting for IEEE to get its act together and finalize the new Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n, and has released a slew of products based on the not-yet-final draft version. The N standard, of course,...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Is it me, or do we post a lot of items to aid the would-be pervert and peeper? It's not because we support the peeping arts here at SCI FI Tech, no ma'am. We just try to put interesting...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Full HD, the supposed best-of-the-best of video quality, has a paltry 1,920 x 1,080-pixel resolution. Pah! I spit on your pathetic resolution, full HD! I want resolution so high you could see the feathery moustache wisps of a nerd...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Attention chat room occupants: you might think you can hide behind your keyboard and mouth off to anyone and everyone with your misspelled insults and dry, referential wit, but don't be so sure you're safe. In England the first...
POSTED Thursday, October 19, 2006
Although it masquerades as a poorly designed tent, the Lastolite Cubelite measures up as a portable studio for your photography. In fact, the measurements of the largest model (6.5 x 6.5 x 7 feet) could even fit that vintage...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
As kitchen gadgets go, these adjustable measuring cups are actually pretty damn handy (they beat the pants off that silly scroll pan, anyway). Doing away with a whole arsenal of spoons and scoops, the pair of cups will save...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Staring at computer screens and dealing with shiny plastic gadgets all day can make one feel more than a little bit disconnected from nature. Sure, I could go take my laptop to a park and work from there, but...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
If you've been hitting the desktop deep fryer a bit too hard, there's a decent chance your heart isn't too pleased with you. An unhappy heart leads to heart attacks, which I've heard are far from a good time. If...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
And so it begins. Well, not really begins — Monster is hardly the first manufacturer to announce it'll be making accessories for Micorsoft's Zune player. But Monster's official announcement today of its half-dozen or so Zune add-ons sure makes...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Some owners of brand new video iPods may be getting more than they bargained for with their trendy new purchase — a windows virus preloaded on the music player. Yes, now you have more than just RIAA lawsuits to worry...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
LG did so well with their sassily named Chocolate phone that they decided to keep the fun name train going, announcing their new Shine phone to South Korea. A slick and slim slider, Shine comes loaded with a 2-megapixel...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
This here is no fancy iPod rip-off, nor is it a portable HAL 9000 computer. No, this is a mouse. New from Samsung, that ring around the middle button is actually a new horizontal scroll wheel. Designed for laptops...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
You know what they say about guys who drive Ferraris: they're clearly trying to compensate for something. So what would they say about Acer's Ferrari line of laptops? Maybe that the user has a speedy and powerful PC housed...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Old people. They just can't wrap their heads around new fangled technology, and who can blame them? When they were growing up all they spent enough time figuring out stuff like automobiles and televisions that we take for granted, and...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Night vision might be designed for use by Navy Seals, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's used a lot more by perverts and pranksters these days. Adding credence to my theory are...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I'm no dietician, but if you have a personal deep fryer sitting at your desk you might have a problem. While I can see the appeal to frying food that normally isn't fried, such as candy bars, tomatoes, or cuts...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
In a move that possibly takes the obsession with small, sexy gadgets too far, Sanyo has created a 7.1-inch LCD panel with full HDTV resolution, at 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. Nice job, Sanyo — what the hell was every...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
If you were worried you would have to go on eBay and spend over $1,000 to get a PlayStation 3 once it came out, don't worry. You can just go on eBay now and spend over $1,000 on a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I have seen the future, and it is lame. Just take a look at this video helmet created by Toshiba. Do you really think people are gonna be wearing things like that in the name of entertainment anytime in...
POSTED Tuesday, October 17, 2006
If you needed any more proof that electronics are getting smaller and smaller, Toshiba's just provided Exhibit A: a front projector so tiny, it fits in the palm of a gorilla's hand (well, a human's, too, but isn't it...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
You just have to love Russia for its love of selling off stuff more respectable countries never would. First they started cashing in on nerdy billionaires wanting to go into space, and now they're allowing surplus military equipment to...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
If you need some motivation in the form of technology to get your serious weight problem under control but are just too lazy to go jogging, you could always use this USB scale to track your weight over time. While...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
This Mobile Surveillance Robot looks like the Mars Rover and has the pretty much the same job: gathering data on its environment and relaying it back to a home base. In this case, though, that home base is your...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
It might be October, but that doesn't mean we can't show you one last insane inflatable object for summer fun. This thing is actually the court for a game called Bossaball, which is apparently popular in Spain. They've combined...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
If you're an easily distracted driver, always chatting on your cell phone, fiddling with the stereo, or putting on your makeup in the rearview, you could probably use a little help paying attention to, you know, driving. Well, Siemens...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
Into cell-phone skins? Here's the ultimate — a phone casing made from hand-carved ivory. A trio of Chinese craftsmen worked for three and a half months on this phone, earning it a price tag of $23,000. Makes for a nice...
POSTED Sunday, October 15, 2006
If you love playing arcade games but don't feel like investing in a huge cabinet that will make your apartment feel like either some rich kids basement or a frat house, the Arcade-in-a-Box could allow you to feed your...
POSTED Saturday, October 14, 2006
First off, what's up with this dress? Is there anyone outside of a Philip K. Dick short story who's actually going to wear clothes that change shape? Also from the head-scratcher department: this Scroll Pan, which makes a fine...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
Here's one digital photo frame that goes way beyond just showing the sights from your last vacation. Sure, the 10.4-inch display on Digital Spectrum's MemoryFrame MF-8104 Premium is nice, but its secret weapon is having its own IP address....
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
This might look like a sculpture or a prop out of a David Cronenberg movie, but it's actually a fully functioning steampunk laptop with all the fixings. Lovingly crafted by someone with a lot of time on their hands...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
While those customised rings that force people to listen to Jay-Z when they call your cell phone didn't catch on as much as service providers might have hoped, a new service called YouMail seems like it has the potential...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
Apparently, kids grow quickly. Because of that, buying new clothes and shoes for them every 6 months gets to be an expensive proposition. I can't help you with the clothes, but these INCHworm shoes might help you out in...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
There are about ten million speaker docks out there for the iPod with all varieties of gimmicks, but there aren't so many speaker docks for cell phones. That seems like it'll change as soon as the whole music phone thing...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
Got some annoying neighbors? Feel like getting them into some trouble with the government so they'll stop playing their music so loud? Well, if you live in the U.K., the government might just help you spy on them to get...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Matt Krueger MySpace and Facebook are technically "social networking" sites, but are they really that social? Sure, you can get in...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
The investigators on both CSI and CSI: Miami have the ProScope HR in their toolkits, but that doesn't mean fictional forensic analysts get to have all the fun. The same handheld microscope is sure to be a favorite gadget...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Always liked PDAs and BlackBerrys, but never thought you were part of the crowd who actually uses them? Has Palm got a smartphone for you. With much hullabaloo, the company today unveiled the Treo 680, a model that does...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Attention nerds! Do you like Star Wars? Do you like electronic gadgets? Do you like electronic gadgets in the shape of popular Star Wars characters? You're so predictable. Mimoco plans to get rich off your little obsession, releasing a limited...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
If going out and spraying weed killer on weeds in your yard is too much of a hassle for you, why not get a friendly robot to do the dirty deed for you? Engineers at the University of Illinois...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
You've gotta love it when an electronics manufacturer has the gall to charge an arm and a leg for a version of a product that actually has less features than what generally comes standard. Take this keyboard for instance....
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
We all know about wearing a music player to the gym, but the spa? OSIM's iGoGo would be right at home there, though, since it brings a new innovation to the MP3-player bag of tricks: massage. Yep, with the...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Big ol' LCD monitors are a beautiful addition to your computer setup, and there's nothing sweeter than replacing some giant clunker of a CRT monitor with something that takes up a fraction of the space. Unfortunately, big LCDs tend...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
While many cell phones that are designed to be tiny computers on the go are generally bulky and unweildy due to their full QWERTY keyboards and all the junk inside to make them run, newer phones are trying to...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Philips' amBX system promises to bring your gaming environment into the "real world." While that sound like a bad pitch for a sequel to Tron, the amBX is actually a bit more low-tech, aiming to make the space in...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
If you're a member of a family that bonds by cooking meals together, you know that jockeying for a position at the sink can add some tension to prep time. This KWC Waterstation could solve these little disputes, as...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
If you've ever stood on top of a tall building, you know that winds are a lot stronger higher in the atmosphere. Hasn't it occurred to some smart skydiver that it might be a good idea to use those...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
You gotta love thumb drives, those diminutive devices that let us carry significant amounts of data around without needing to deal with burning CDs or any other type of write-once media. They have pretty decent capacities too, with sizes...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Rubik's Cube is a kitschy 80's throwback and sometime-inspiration to strange gadgets, but does it deserve to be a centerpiece of your interior design? Apparently some people think so, as in Japan they're releasing this monstrosity upon the...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Man, if the busses in New York were a bit more like this I'd probably skip the subway a lot more often. This is the "SuperBus," a 30-passenger electric vehicle that can move along at up to 155 mph....
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The toughest part of taking a shower is being away from a screen for 10 minutes. It's hard, I know. But fortunately, there are benevolent companies out there working hard to make sure you are never without access to...
POSTED Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Except among the golden-eared, pride of ownership in a music player rarely extends to the part that vibrates and makes noise. Earbuds are a necessary evil, tolerated only because the player would be useless without them. Anyone interested in...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
If you live in a shoebox studio apartment where your bathtub's in the kitchen and every cubic inch of space is at a premium, the Scroll Pan was conceived just with you in mind. Made of flexible diphenyl silicone...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Why do people feel the need to spend their hard earned money on fancy setups for the purposes of gaming? Wouldn't your money be better spent on a faster computer or a new video card rather than on a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
As you've probably heard by now, Google went ahead and made YouTube an honest woman by dropping $1.65 billion on the online video site. What sorts of changes can we expect now that YouTube has the richest of sugar...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Cell phones are becoming less phones and more catch-all gadgets every day, with very few models available that can just make calls well without taking on a bunch of price-increasing bells and whistles. What about those of us that aren't...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
There are some aspects of our lives we don't expect much innovation in, and I think it's safe to say that butter-related technologies are something assumed to have reached their pinnacle some time ago. Well, your assumption is dead wrong....
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Natural light has a lot of plusses: It's free, saves power, and helps prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder. But if your home can't accommodate a skylight, a sunlight-focusing lamp from Sunlight Direct can get you basking in the sun's glow while...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
If you're sick of taking terrible, blurry photos with your cameraphone, it might be time to upgrade to a phone with a serious camera inside. Take this Samsung SCH-B600 for example. It comes loaded with a 10-megapixel camera… yes,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Someone brushes against you as you walk across the hotel lobby. You reflexively feel for your wallet. It's there. But when you get back from dinner, the contents of your suitcase are all over the floor of your room...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
This here USB hub rotates to let you plug your gadget of choice into it from any angle. It takes the brilliant Hungarian engineering that brought us the Rubik's Cube and combines it with the American love of freedom...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
If you want amazing sounding speakers, you don't need a setup the size of a compact car to get your music sounding great. Onkyo's D-TK10 speakers are small enough to fit on your shelf but use a unique method...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
In what was surprisingly not a promotion for the upcoming live-action Transformers movie, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan last week in Paris showed off clothes that can change form. Before the eyes of the astonished people in the audience, one...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
With our pockets full of MP3 players, cell phones, PDAs, and handheld gaming units, running out of battery power while out and about is an unfortunate and annoying reality. While there are plenty of portable rechargers out there in...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
We love us some touchscreen concept phones here at SCI FI Tech, going gaga over the BenQ Black Box last week and now getting ready to pee ourselves over Nokia's Aeon. Like the Black Box, this guy is all...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
If you take your mini golf very seriously and can't handle the embarrassment of losing to your kid again, this DiXX Blue Digital Instructor Putter should improve your game significantly. Line up the club with the ball and when...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
A jet-powered laptop may sound like the sort of gadget Q would give James Bond for his next adventure, but Professor Alan Epstein at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been working to make the concept a reality....
POSTED Sunday, October 8, 2006
We generally avoid the sci-fi related posts around here despite the fact that we're run by the SCI FI Channel, but we can't pass up on two super-nerdy Star Trek-themed posts in one week. It may have taken 40...
POSTED Saturday, October 7, 2006
Here's an imaginary day in the life of someone who happens to have all the stuff we covered this week: first, he wakes up to an unnatural sunrise and eats some burn-printed toast. He then hops in his $117,000...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
If you use RSS feeds to follow your favorite blogs and news sites, you probably use an aggregator such as Bloglines or Google Homepage to keep 'em organized. Well, the problem with those sites is that you need to...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Hard disc based music storage and distribution systems have been around for a few years now, but few seem to offer a solution quite as sleek and integrated as the Sooloos. Rather than just providing an empty box that...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Sweaty palms must be an epidemic among gamers, as we've already seen a gaming mouse and Xbox controller with fans built into them and now here's a PS3 controller that does the same. Now when you get home from waiting...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Cold feet really takes the fun out of being outside in the winter, be it for skiing or shoveling the walk. Nothing makes you want to get inside faster than having frozen toes. These electronic insoles should keep you...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Toshiba and Matsushita have developed the thinnest LCD yet, coming in at just under a millimeter thick. It doesn't get much smaller than that. The diminutive screen can be used in portable gadgets like cell phones where people just can't...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
If you like computer gear that not only looks really nerdy, but has a really nerdy name as well, check out this Heäd$h0t mouse. Designed for the most 1337 n00b killin' illiterates around, the Heäd$h0t has a LED arch...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Matt Krueger With DVRs popping up in more living rooms every day, the advertising industry is scrambling to figure out how...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
With one main camera, several remote cameras, and a bit of magic (read: Wi-Fi), last week Fujifilm made it possible to click the shutter on one camera and have all the other cameras tripped at the same time. Besides...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Ultimate Ears, makers of some of the finest earbuds in all the land, are preparing to unleash the triple.fi 10 pro headphones upon the world this December. As an owner of a pair of Ultimate Ears earbuds (albeit a...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
If you don't have the patience to wait for a smoking vaccine to hit your local pharmacy and don't have the willpower to quit smoking on your own, this fancy keychain could help you to stop slowly killing yourself....
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Really impress any dates you manage to trick into coming to your apartment by replacing your recliner with this Ultimate Game Chair. She'll be attracted to the way you don't skimp on nice things, and the fact that you...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Star Trek nerds rejoice! Teleportation is getting closer to being a reality, with a couple of scientists in Denmark successfully transporting an object about a foot and a half. Don't squeeze into that monochromatic jumper just yet, Scotty — they're...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Ever wanted to write a quick message to yourself, but no pen and paper are handy? You could write yourself a text message on your phone, but punching away on that keypad can get a little tedious. With Sony...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Here's a cool way to use those useless 9 volt batteries you have cluttering up your junk drawer: Richard Lawson's 9Vo(l)tive lights. Turning any 9V battery into a small candle-like light that can be placed anywhere, they're a clever...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Uh, let's see. Cabbage. Baked beans. Marmite. Paper towels. Word processor. That's how your grocery list might read if you shop at Tesco, one of the U.K.'s two biggest supermarket chains. Already selling Internet access and mobile phones, the company...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This lens is quite spectacular. The built-to-order Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700mm F4 lens weighs in at 564 pounds. To put that in perspective, llamas rarely break the 450-pound mark. This gargantuan lens now holds the record for "the...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
I hate to break it to you, but your HDTV is slowly but surely falling off the cutting edge. Yeah, when you bought it you must have thought it didn't get any better than that, but guess what? It's...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Waking up early is harder to do when it's pitch dark in your room, as your body still feels like it's the middle of the night. Philips has developed an alarm clock that replicates a sunrise to wake you...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This Fossil FX6001 watch combines classic watch styling with Bluetooth technology, allowing you to see who's calling you without getting your phone out of your pocket. When you get a call the watch will vibrate and show you the name...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Since the books are invading our high-tech gadgets, it seems only fair that technology is beginning to find its way into books themselves. A new tech called TouchBook will make it possible to touch a graphic or URL on a...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The hardest part about traveling abroad is feeling cut off from locals because you don't know the language. That could change as soon as by the end of the year, at least if you're traveling in Japan, due to a...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
If the medium is the message, I'm not exactly sure what you'll be conveying by custom-printing your toast. Time for breakfast, perhaps? In any case, the Zuse toaster allows you to burn custom images into your toast. While it...
POSTED Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Headphone cables can be a hassle, getting tangled up in your pocket or caught on the treadmill when you're at the gym. Bluetooth wireless technology promises to rid our lives of unsightly and annoying wires forever, and Koss wasted...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Everybody knows that compressed music like MP3 doesn't sound as good as a CD, and everybody seems totally fine with making that sacrifice if it means they can carry 80 zillion songs with them in a gadget the size of...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Vacuum magnate James Dyson has set his sights on revolutionizing the exciting world of bathroom hand driers, so get out of his way. The Dyson Airblade dries your freshly doused hands twice as fast as a traditional hand dryer...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Hey, here's a sensible-looking vehicle. Unlike most of the insane futuristic cars we write about, this one is actually going to be available for sale, although I can't picture this thing tooling down the highway. Not just because it's...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Don't people ever worry about getting distracted while driving? If you happened to install one of Pioneer's new car entertainment systems, you'd have a hard time keeping your eyes on the road. Featuring a built-in 30-GB hard drive, a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Some people like to fall asleep to music, but the Sonic Bed immerses you in it. Kaffe Matthews' Sonic Bed_London has built-in speakers in the elevated frame and the mattress, and when you lie down they help you get...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
This slick little number is a concept phone from BenQ that's basically one big touchscreen. Dynamically changing based on what application you're using, the Black Box looks pretty stunning. A keypad appears onscreen if you want to make a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
There are plenty of headphones out there with noise canceling technology; headphones that analyze the sound of your surroundings and then create sound to nullify it and make your music easier to hear at lower volumes. But what about headphones...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Keeping an eye on the masses with surveillance cameras is nothing new, but one town in England is adding the ability for the watchers to shout commands at any wrongdoers they see. By installing speakers to seven of its 158...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
With the state of air travel the way it is today, leaving the laptop behind almost seems like a good idea. If you do, a new air mouse can still make sure your most important PowerPoint tool still makes the...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
Sony keeps tossing digital audio players at the market hoping one will stick. Their latest attempt at a sliver of the iPod's throne is the NW-S706, a slim little player with a 4-GB capacity. It also has noise-canceling technology,...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
If making your bike rocket powered seems too dangerous to you but you still want to give yourself that extra boost, the Thrustpac could be just what you're looking for. Essentially a giant propeller you strap to your back...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
The Lord helps those who help themselves, and a church in Georgia is doing just that. Pastor Marty Baker of Stevens Creek Community Church in Augusta has developed a "Giving Kiosk," essentially an ATM that keeps your withdrawals. Bringing church...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
So you went out and dropped a few tens of thousands of dollars on a 103-inch TV thinking you'd have the biggest in the world for a while, eh? I have some bad news for you. JVC has developed...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
All together now — that's pretty much the philosophy behind this phone/mouse hybrid from Sysgration. When it's not helping you rifle through Excel spreadsheets, the peripheral unfolds into a Skype handset, letting you chat all you want to other Skype...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
Heard of backup cameras for cars? Think of Mobileye's AWS system as the same thing for the front. Except you use it while driving. And instead of helping you avoid accidents while in your driveway, it helps you keep...
POSTED Sunday, October 1, 2006
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