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DVICE ARCHIVE FOR January 2008
Recently, two hikers were rescued off of Mt. Hood. They didn't have a GPS or personal locator, yet GPS technology saved their lives. Unable to figure out where they were in blizzard conditions, they built a snow cave to...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time Warner just launched a test of its new HBO on Broadband service, only available so far to residents of Wisconsin who are subscribers of Time Warner Cable, HBO and Road Runner broadband. It so happens that some of...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
French artist and designer Elise Fouin believes strongly in recycling paper, so much so that she's reused old paper to make a lamp, an object that is occasionally used to destroy paper. She's made a chair out of paper...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ever wonder what it’s like to be one of those $100,000 tunas stored in the deep freeze at fancy sushi joints? Well, now’s your chance. The Snow Room is a ten-degrees-below-zero "spa" that will be making its way to luxury...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
While prowling the show floor of photo convention PMA 2008 in Las Vegas today, we spotted this Delkin (not to be confused with Belkin) ImageRouter, a four-slot CompactFlash card reader and powered one-port USB hub. For $250, it lets...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Let's re-consider the light bulb for a moment. Instead of a disposable, soulless compact florescent fixture, why not embrace a re-usable work of art like these dazzling bulbs hand-created by sculptor Dylan Kehde Roelofs? Depending on design, each limited-edition...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
The iPhone may have Google Maps, but it doesn't rely on real GPS— it approximates your location using cell phone towers. And while there are smartphones with GPS out there, none contains a fully-featured GPS device. Garmin's newly-announced nüviphone...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Most manufacturers have a pretty good grasp on the line between design and functionality. You can make a pretty gadget as long as it is still functional, and vice versa. Podera, on the other hand, hasn't grasped that concept...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Add this one into the pile of other pointless gadgets like the USB eye warmer, smokeless ashtray, heated knee pads, greenhouse and shot glass. The one shining moment of this USB paper shredder is the fact that it is...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Eat your heart out, Bob Vila! The tried and true tape measure, which has been a staple of any do-it-yourselfer for more than a decade, is finally going digital. This digital tape measure looks like a fairly standard retractable...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Just when we thought we couldn't stand to look at another iPod dock, here comes the Moderna from Phiaton. We have to admit the design is pretty cool on this one, with nice sleek lines and those tubes on...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
If you're the sort of person who just can't stand wires in any situation ever, even if they're part of the design of an object, this Wireless Wii Nunchuck Converter is for you. Sure, the Nunchuck controller for the...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Despite all their technology advances that often make the West look primitive, Japanese winters are brutal. The homes are rarely well insulated, and the heating systems are generally limited to a stationary wall mounted heater that doubles as an...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
There's a national holiday coming up this Sunday, the day where over 100 million people in America worship football by watching Super Bowl XLII. You might be among the 2.4 million people (according to the Consumer Electronics Association) who...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
There are few things that kids like to do at the beach more than bodyboarding. I mean, it's pretty much the most fun activity ever. I'm no longer a kid, but even I get excited at the mere though of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Bamboo Speaker is a slick little concept design that uses bamboo as an inspiration for its shape. The unique design apparently uses the "natural acoustics of cylindrical objects" to enhance the sound, which may or may not actually do...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
If you loved the Pac-Man Christmas tree, but want something that can stay up year-round, take a gander at this Pac-Man-inspired modular block lighting system. One of the best aspects of classic video games is the fact that most...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
It's no news that thin is in, whether we're talking about computers or televisions. Shouldn't you be able to accessorize your supermodel-sized TV and computer with similarly thin lighting? To that end Think/Thing has come up with the Slenda...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
You've seen the MacBook Air — are you ready for the MacBook Earth, Water and Fire? We weren't either, but then we got our hands on these images of a new generation of notebooks. Ever wanted your computer to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
While you might think of Japan as a land of technological wonders where they live with gadgets a few years ahead of our own, you might be surprised to learn that the iPhone has yet to be released over there,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
I'm somewhat of a gadget fiend, but what really grinds my gears is when an artist creates a seemingly useful gadget, take this MP3 player and lamp concept for example, and slaps some kind of artsy-fartsy labeling with it....
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Car seats are so hard to deal with, or so we hear. We haven't been in one in a while. The designers at Think/Thing were tired of having to hunch into the back seats of their cars adjusting straps...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sure, there are way, way, way too many Simpsons licensed products out there, from t-shirts and lunchboxes to grills and toiletries, but this one seems like a cut above the rest. It's a webcam shaped like Mr. Burns! How could...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Normally I will shun away from any kind of new releases of outdated gadgets, but this is just too amazingly awesome to pass up. Upon first glance this appears to be a simple, yet shiny turkey dinner waiting to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
If you hire a dog walker, how do you know if he’s out and about with your dog, or just sitting around your pad, watching soaps and raiding the fridge? If you need to find out, and a private...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
If you're willing to bite the bullet and drop a big load of cash on a fancy, thin Macbook Air, you'll want the world to know about it. After all, what's the point of spending so much on a flashy...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Softbank just released a brand new batch of cell phones with a special treat included designed to start your child off making calls and texting straight from the cradle. The SoftBank 820T also known as the KodoMobile (child phone)...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Nearly 252 million people in the U.S. have a cellphone, according to the cellphone industry group CTIA. This ubiquitous pocket plaything is increasingly capable of wondrous and heretofore unthinkable technological feats both frivolous and necessary. Just a couple of...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Want to go to space? As we told you last week, that'll cost you $200,000. But maybe there's a back door.
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Great ergonomic strides have been made in the past few years in the field of pointing devices, but this Moldable Mouse design concept by Lite-On takes user-friendliness to its limit. The mouse is made of lightweight modeling clay with...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Like toasters? We really do, but the despite how it looks, Bratespiel is definitely not a toaster. Rather, Bratespiel is a work of art by Katharina Holzer. Bratespiel is an electric campfire, more or less. You can skewer any...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We've seen a steampunk light saber, so who's to say that there shouldn't be a contemporary light saber—especially with how contemporary design is all the rage nowadays? Okay, in all reality, this isn't a contemporary light saber, but rather...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
If there's anything people have been clamoring for, it's a more complicated remote control. I mean, sure, you might have a bunch of remotes that all run different things and all with tons and tons of buttons, but you need...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Panasonic rolled out numerous point-and-shoot digital cameras today, and we think this TZ5 is the best of the lot. Sure, it's a capable camera with all the right numbers including a 10x optical zoom, 28mm wide-angle lens, 3-inch viewscreen...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
In terms of building designs that are actually going to, you know, be built, I don't think they get much cooler than the new Hamburg Science Center and Aquarium. Yes, this thing is going to really become a reality. A...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sorry, let me pick my jaw up off the table. It's not often that a simple consumer electronics doodad is as beautiful and magnificent as the Alfie Audio iPod System. I'll start with the downsides: This is a pretty...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
While game consoles are a much cheaper and easier way to play video games than getting a full-fledged gaming PC that costs three times as much and needs to be constantly upgraded, for some games the controllers leave a bit...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Any allergy sufferer can tell you that pollen is the bane of their existence during the spring months. In Japan, they're taking a proactive approach to monitoring pollen and letting people know just where and when it's safe to leave...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Adding to the ever-expanding multitude of USB-powered thingamajigs is this Smartech USB Aroma Radio + Speaker. It lights up your abode with seven soothing colors while playing music from its internal AM-FM radio, or lets you plug in your...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
If you're worried about getting slammed by some distracted driver while riding your bike in the dark, Puma's Glow Rider should put those fears at ease. Part of the shoe company's Urban Mobility line — athletic products and programs...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We were just wondering what to do with all these old cell phones, laptops, PCs and flat panel displays that have been accumulating around here in a steadily rising junk heap that seems to have taken on a life...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Pens are one of the cheapest, most disposable members of the office supply family, but Livescribe is looking to change that. It wants you to view your pen like a gadget, much like you view your computer, cellphone, or MP3...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
For those of us not casually sitting on new car money, unable to partake of some of the new refinements offered in today’s autos, there are always options for the enterprising geek. The GP-PD107 allows you to affordably fit...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We've heard of a white-hot spotlight, but this flashlight is ridiculous. Manufacturer Wicked Lasers calls this monster The Torch, and the 4100-lumen light packs enough punch to literally set the world on fire, starting up a pile of loose...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Sony really has problems keeping its Playstation 3 lineup stable, with adjustments seemingly being made every few months, keeping itself in the news and consumers on their toes. The latest adjustment? The 80GB model has been splashed, soon to be...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Aquavision already impressed us with its combination LCD TV and heated towel rack, but now the company goes a step further, creating the world's largest waterproof TV for your bathroom. Measuring a generous 57 inches diagonally, it doubles as...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
You can tell fuel cells are just about to hit it big. There are toy cars (and real cars) that run on the things, and heck, they might even be safe enough to take on an airplane. NEC wants...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Two is, generally speaking, better than one. At least in the computing world, where the more chips and such you have the faster you'll be running. That's the idea behind AMDs new ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, which has not...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
How many times have you gone out for a bike ride, only to have the frame crack in half right in the middle of your journey? Ya, me neither. In any case, Delta 7 Sports, a Utah-based bike manufacturer,...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
MIT's Media Lab is always looking for new and creative ways to mess with our heads, and at a recent corporate event in Tokyo, it came up with a doozy. Lab researchers pinned sociometric badges on 70 attendees to...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
It's only taken a couple decades, but a mobile manufacturer has finally decided to try to mainstream the cellphone and AM/FM radio combination. Sure, there's been cellphones in the fast that include some gimpy FM radio, and there has...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
LED lights are far more efficient than standard light bulbs, using a half of the energy and burning five times longer than their rudimentary cousins. It's a wonder, then, that we don't see them used more. Ann Arbor, Michigan is...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Woo Seok Park is the designer behind Capsule, a different type of fire extinguisher. Initial impressions would suggest that Capsule is a pretty good idea. It's a fire extinguisher that includes small capsules that are tossed into fires, allowing...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
If you had to stare at the back of a rack of blade servers and find just one wire, which of these examples would you rather deal with every day? Thought so. In what might not be a bad...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
How does the famous quote go? Why settle for e, when z is available? It's something like that. Polaroid is looking to eliminate the hassles of ink, ink cartridges and the like with the Zink printing products. Zink stands...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
If you consider the material on your computer to be so valuable that you need to turn your computer into a veritable safe, the computer padlock is for you. Sure, it's tough to compare your family photos and pornography collection...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Sony teamed up with the Nichia Corportation, a Japanese manufacturer and supplier, and the happy result is a smaller Blu-Ray laser. Measuring in at 3 millimeters, the new laser is cheaper for Sony to manufacture, and anything from laptops using...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
We've seen shipping containers that have been converted into small living or business spaces before, but now architects are getting serious about this novel solution to the US container glut. The problem is that as a country we buy...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
In a show of MacGyver-esque brilliance, a 14 year old boy in Poland managed to use scavenged odds and ends to hijack a tram system in his country's city of Łódź. Sadly, a bit like MacGyver's nemesis Murdoc, the...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Have you ever been in a snobby restaurant where when it comes to dessert time, the offerings include some highly unlikely frozen concoction like camembert sorbet? If so, chances are the dessert chef got a Pacojet for Christmas. This...
POSTED Sunday, January 27, 2008
A few special, privileged news sources got review copies of the MacBook Air this week. When the reviews first came out, we published a list the machine's five biggest drawbacks: strong criticisms that nearly every reviewer agreed on. What...
POSTED Sunday, January 27, 2008
There's been plenty of discussion over the last couple of years of NHK Japan's's plans to develop a 7680 x 4320 high definition video system called Super Hi-Vision, but most reports I've seen tend to gloss over the associated...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
Toilet tech might sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but we've seen evidence before of Japan's obsession with incorporating as much technology as possible when performing the most basic human function. Toto says that their Neoflush 600 'turns...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
Here's an interesting technical upgrade for prosthetic legs that I never thought about before: giving them the ability to "talk" to each other via Bluetooth. The future is now! Outfitted out double amputee Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Bleill, they use...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
If the Australian Tourist Board wants to dispel the Crocodile Dundee bigger is better, Texas with a funny accent image many of us have of their country, they'd better slap an export ban on Lenard Audio speakers pronto. I...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
Among the myriad doodads that populate the gadget space promising to enhance your iPod experience, the DPJ-08580B stands out as a winner. The device acts as a portable DVD player with an embedded iPod dock that allows you to...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
This week we gave you 5 ideas to get more out of your TiVo while the writers strike, took a hard look at the 5 biggest drawbacks of the MacBook Air and reviewed the $250 Harmony One, Logitech's universal...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
Next time you find yourself lost in Japan, don't be alarmed if a friendly robot rolls up to you and tries to get you where you want to go. The Robovie, designed by Osaka's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute, uses...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
Conventional x-ray machines, as invasive as they are, can leave a lot to be desired when it comes to telling what, exactly, is going on in there. For example, a block of chocolate is indistinguishable from some kinds of...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
There's nothing worse than taking a sip of coffee and finding it ice cold, you having left it to sit for too long. Or is there nothing worse than taking a sip of coffee and having it burn your tongue...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
If you didn't see the guy standing next to this scale model Airbus A380 in this video, you'd think it was the real thing. The massive radio-controlled airplane could hardly be called miniature with its 18-foot wingspan and four...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
Wait, what happened to wireless gadget charging, period? I'm not sure, but design firm, Frog Design, is already working on a clothing concept that is capable of sustainable charging without the need for batteries or plugging into a wall...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
While it looks a bit like a motorcycle helmet with PC fans slapped all over it, researchers at the University of Sunderland in England believe that patients affected by Alzheimer's who wear their apparatus will experience improvement. The helmet...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
There are a metric ton of digital cameras out there, but practically none of them deviate from the standard formula. They're all basically the same, save some slight adjustment in specs and maybe a couple negligible features. Not so with...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
The Museum of Wisconsin Art is currently displaying this set of motorcycle-inspired pizza cutters. Even though the pizza cutter names suggest otherwise (Mantis, Psycho Pizza Cadillac, Easy Rider, Pizza for Life, Phatboy), these works of art were indeed designed...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
Sure, real music is great and all, but do you ever take the time to listen to the natural music of the world around you? Everything has its own sound, and when you really listen to it it's its own...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
Put away the fancy and overcomplicated professional DJ equipment, there is a simpler option out there. The Micro Mixer DJ-4 is as bare minimum of a DJ setup one can get. It has two plugs that can connect to...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
There are lucky fish out there, and then there are unlucky ones. The lucky ones swim wild and free, living until fishy old age takes them and they peacefully drift into coral reefs somewhere. The unlucky ones end up as...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
I have, on two occasions in the past, gone to Staples or the nearest local pharmacy to purchase a $10 replacement "universal" remote control. These remotes aren't pretty. They take a bit of finagling to set up. But they...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
The city of Haifa, Israel is built largely on the slope of Mount Carmel, so its geography calls for an unconventional underground solution. And thus the Carmelit was born. The Carmelit is one of the smallest subways in the...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
You don't see trackball mice around much anymore. Why is that? I feel like they're more awkward than regular mice, but then again I think trackpads are pretty annoying and I use one every day. Maybe there was some conspiracy...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
You, faithful DVICE reader, have nothing to fear from the digital TV transition, when the FCC is due to officially "switch off" the analog-TV spectrum next February. I’m sure if you don't already have an HDTV, it's high up...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
The MacBook Air may be one of the thinnest laptops ever made, but Apple had to make some sacrifices to shed all that poundage. Did the company go too far? Some reviewers on the Web think so. Of course,...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
You know that big honking flashlight you keep in the trunk? Yeah, that one that is a pain in the ass because the D batteries that always seem to be dead? It's time to toss those flashlights to the...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
On the Left Coast, the coffee subculture spins on its own caffeine-fueled axis, and cafés are constantly trying to one-up each other with new ways of roasting and brewing the perfect cup of coffee. The Blue Bottle Café in...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Despite how much you wish your work day was a never-ending dream, face the facts — it's not. This is your life and I'm sorry to say that it is real, very real. This Whirled Clock may not be...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
That's not a UFO lighting up your shower stall—it's the Hansaclear Lux, a shower head with LEDs that let you choose a different lighting color every day. The prettiest color-changing shower head we've seen yet, its unique design clearly...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tech mavens love toasters enough that the first screensaver ever made was full of them (flying, of course). And while we don't see a lot of crazy original concepts for new washing machines, refrigerators or air conditioners, designers are...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
While it's safe to say you'll never do any Superman-style flying under your own power, the dream of being able to fly isn't really that unrealistic these days. I mean, heck, you can already buy a sweet commercial jetpack if...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
It's day two in our impromptu oversized gadgets series. Today we pay a trip to Canon to take a look at one hell of a gigantic lens. Blowing by the previous largest telephoto lens by 200mm is this 800mm...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
If you're the kind of flashy guy for whom a Lamborghini just isn't unique or distinctive enough, you'll probably get pretty excited about this new MCE MC1 supercar. Stocked with a 600bhp v10 engine, it's got an all-carbon fiber monocoque...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Sure, gigantic Gundam robots aren't real, existing mainly in the imaginations of Japanese youths, but what if they were? What if we really could build building-sized robots to do our bidding? How much would such an endeavor cost? Important, heady...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
You want your home furnishings to be as unique as you are, right? Well, why not take that notion literally by getting a flower vase that's custom-made based on the design of your fingerprint? It's an idea so crazy it...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
The VW diesel station wagon I had in high school was the most unsexy car imaginable: it took about 5 minutes to warm up, rumbled like a farm tractor, and did 0 to 60 in about 2 minutes flat....
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
At first glance, we've got a winning combo here: Robby the Robot, one of the most famous 'bots around, and his robo-chariot from the science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet. The transport helped Robby ferry characters from the flick to and...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Day-for-Night solar dress is made up of 448 white circuit boards that can be swapped out for all kinds of goodies — kinda like Batman's utility belt, but a hell of a lot sexier. The tiles can be solar...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Flexii Finger 3D USB Optical Mouse is a replacement for your usual pointing-and-clicking apparatus. See if you can picture this: you slide your index finger into an elastic ring along the Finger Mouse's underside and use your thumb...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
What online site has the biggest authorized selection of music? Is it iTunes? Nope. Amazon's MP3 store? Wrong again. It's actually Last.fm, an online radio station that's managed to snag music from all four major labels as well as music...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Get your tin foil hats out because we’re about to get spooky with yet another cool spy device from the mysterious land of Asia. The Mini Video Audio Spy Camera is basically your run-of-the-mill tiny spy camera meant to...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
So you've heard all about Virgin Galactic's new spaceship, but the big thing you want to know is when will tickets be cheap enough so everyone can afford them? Only one man knows that: Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the company.
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
With this Buffalo keyboard and built-in Skype phone, otherwise known as the — get ready for it — BKBU-SKJ109/SV, you'll have everything you need to communicate right in front of you. It's like a little nerve center for the...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
We've heard lots of guff about the kitchen of the future, but French designer Antoine Lebrun takes the concept to the next level with Aion. His fanciful concept for the Fagor Brandt group works the way the earth does;...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Feel like driving someone insane in a malicious way? Come on, everybody knows at least one person they'd like to drive bonkers. This Wrong Number Generator is a brilliantly simple way to do just that. How's it work? Well, you...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Pentax announced a whole new line of cameras and lenses today, including two new SLRs, the K20D and the K200D, which will replace the K10D and K100D respectively. The company is pushing hard to be a top competitor with...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
We've seen some really strange tales of convergence in the past, but this one may take the cake. Eye Play is a sunglasses or eyeglasses case and an MP3 player. What do glasses have to do with MP3s? Absolutely...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
So, on one hand, grass is pretty lame. Yet, on the other, it's a low stress form of vegetation that won't demand too much from you and, when arrayed as artfully as it is with the Sensory Lamp, it...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I’ve always thought that space travel was a project for big government due to the complex physics and the huge amount of money involved. But I’m wrong. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson (above in the pic) along with designer Burt...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It may be right in the middle of the bitterly cold winter season, but that doesn't mean it's not too early to start thinking about the summer. And what comes with the summer? Parties that involve booze and large...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
This thing right here is a solar powered MP4 player and Nintendo emulator. Yes, Nintendo emulator. You can load an SD card up with songs, videos and less-than-legal ROMs and have it handle them all. It can play NES, SNES,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
With iPods of all colors and shapes available, those little white earbuds that have become more of a fashion trend than legitimate audio accessory and you know a product like this was bound to happen. The 500XL is, guess...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The skies are about to get a little friendlier: American Airlines has begun installing WiFi equipment on its planes, starting a pilot program that'll bring internet connectivity to the air. The first plane was just equipped with the new setup,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The design of the Globus Artifort work station helps enforce the view that the worker is insignificant by giving them all they need in a tiny space, and then folding said tiny space into an even more compact ball....
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
LawnBott has been upgraded. When we covered the previous incarnation of the lawnmower robot, we weren’t sure the concept would fly — but we were wrong and congratulations are in order. KA Home Robotics announced a new model, the...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Son Mocci designed this set of salt and pepper shakers. They look kind of like idea bubble clouds and kind of like bathroom doorknobs, but they're special because their Neodymium magnet bottoms let them hover above a matching base....
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Want a super fancy fish tank but can't quite afford one that's 80-feet tall? A Canadian company called Aquarium ASP has created the Spacearium, a thin, hanging aquarium that be used as a room divider, lighting element, or for...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I hate to break it to you early adopters who gambled on HD DVD as your choice in the HD disc format war, but it looks like Blu-ray won. After Warner Bros announced that it was going exclusively with Blu-ray,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
For gaming warriors constantly trying to find the latest way to get a leg up on the competition we bring you the FPS Gun Mouse. Now all that machismo you display during your virtual shootouts can be backed up...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Although Apple's new pink iPod Nano will make the company's girly-girl customers happy, there's another demographic whose demands are going unmet. According to a study from industry group NPD, 30 to 40% of kids ages 6 to 10 already use...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Students at the University of South Australia have spent several years developing an environmentally friendly car that they call Trev: it's meant to be the ideal commuter vehicle. Trev is fully electric vehicle that uses 1/5 the energy of...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
There's nothing worse than being honked out of bed early in the morning by an obnoxious alarm clock. The Dawn Alarm solves that problem with an array of exceedingly bright LEDs on top that start out as soft as...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Polymer Vision Readius received a release date of sometime toward the middle of this year, and the cell phone/e-reader hybrid is shaping up to be an enticing contender against Apple's iPhone and the new wave of e-readers. It...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
One of the big announcements from last week's MacWorld keynote was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. This upgrade included Mail, Google Maps, Weather Stocks and Notes, all for $20, which was odd given that new iPod Touches would...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Despite the total impracticality of this LED concept watch, I'm kind of in love with it. Sure, sliding the band open to reveal the time would get annoying after a while, and the thing looks like it'd break without much...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
While I'm of the mindset that traditional remote controls don't need too many updates, what with them being loaded up with buttons that all do specific tasks, not everyone agrees. Specifically, designers love reimagining remote controls as overly-simple things that...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The PeanutBot is a sound-seeking robot that ended up helping a team of three programmers finish their course in microcontrollers at Cornell University. PeanutBot listens to the space around it by using three microphones and, by measuring the amount...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The United Kingdom is taking extreme measures to ensure that the Gulf Stream stays protected. The measures feel a little fictional, but alas, true. An army of underwater robots will be monitoring the Gulf Stream between the Canary Islands...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
CuePrompter.com is a free teleprompter service website. I bet you never thought you'd need one of those. But think about it: if you have a speech written up on your computer, you could read it from a Word document...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
If you aren't happy with traditional lamps, what with them being so boring and lacking the sorts of technical doo-daddery that you look for in all of your purchases, you might like this unique Jellephish Lamp. Not only does it...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Now that our favorite television shows are on a writers-strike hiatus, that TiVo Series 3 you spent your hard-earned money on is sitting there begging to be used. While your To-Do list may be bare, fear not as there...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
This morning Olympus announced a slew of camera updates for spring, including some updates to its waterproof line and to its smallest pocket cameras. We thought the most interesting addition was to its SP line: the new SP-570 is...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Now that it's looking like Blu-ray has finally and definitively won the high-def format war, it's time to finally give in and invest in some new HD gear. If you've been waiting for a HD camcorder, the new Hitachi DZ-BD9H...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
For people suffering from blindness, a highly trained seeing eye dog is a welcome companion when it comes to getting around. RED the robotic dog, its name an acronym for Reading Eye Dog, seeks to offer the same kind...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Plans are underway to build what is being called the "first sustainable city" in the United Arab Emirates. Masdar, which means "the source" in Arabic, will be nearly three square miles large, be walled in, house 50,000 residents and...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
You know, a cell phone doesn't need to have a fancy touchscreen or a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to be slick looking. Simple design is oftentimes just as good, if not better, than complicated, flashy design. Just take a look at...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The latest grenade thrown in Japan’s never ending cute war has been issued by Softbank with the debut of its new Disney mobile phone. While some skeptics might balk at a Disney phone’s chances of success in the land...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Library of Congress is archiving a considerable volume of photos on the photo sharing site Flickr from the annals of American history. Its Flickr account already has over 3,000 pictures, in both black and white, and the welcome...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Here's a pretty sweet gift idea for the Wii owner in your life: a cast-in-chocolate likeness of two Miis, with heart-shaped Red Hots on their shirts. You can pick any combination of Miis that you want, from two boys,...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Are you constantly afraid of being caught in a very tiny fire? Well, you should protect yourself against such completely unlikely events! Just carry around one of these PinQy, a tiny, completely impractical fire extinguisher that's sure to help you...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
If you lived through the 1980s and early 1990s, you probably have a soft spot in your heart for cassette tapes. Sure, just dragging and dropping your favorite songs into a playlist in iTunes is the easiest way to make...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Those who spin turntables for a living will dig this FludWatch that looks just like a Technics 1200 turntable, a fave of DJs the world over. While we wish the turntable itself would spin on the watch face, alas,...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
HBO is testing a new Broadband On Demand service on Time Warner Cable in Wisconsin right now, allowing current HBO subscribers to download any of its movies or shows whenever they want. It includes pretty slick features like season passes...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Tokyoflash, the company that makes watches so difficult to read that one even confounded a theoretical physicist, introduced a new model today, the Tibida. That means if you've already learned how to tell time on an older Tokyoflash model,...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Sure, the idea for the Eco-cook may be based around energy consumption. By using one pot and convenient dividers, less energy is requires to cook food and less water is needed as well, which in turn saves the earth...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
If your desk is located inside a pirate ship, these "Goth Style Speakers," shaped like skulls with knives through them, are sure to look just perfect with all of your other decorations. If you live in a normal-looking house or...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
It would seem that designer Erohina Yulia has a bit of a paranoia problem, as apparent with this chair design. First and foremost, the chair looks like something that inmates wouldn’t even want to sit on. The smooth surface...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
It's always fun to experience the language barrier between Asian countries and good 'ole United States and the English language. This cat from toy-giant Sega was introduced at the Tokyo Toy Forum last week. It is named Yume Neko,...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Though some of you may have seen it in science class as a kid, we love this video of hydrophobic sand in action. The sand (sometimes known as magic sand) was originally invented to help contain large ocean oil...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
What's the most painful part of everyday life for you? For me it is grocery shopping, easily. Remember Supermarket Sweep? That show made shopping seem so glamorous and in all reality shopping is a giant pain in the rear....
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
The big brains at DARPA are at it again, this time teaming up with Oklahoma State University to develop unmanned aerial vehicles that will be small enough to fit into a soldier's pocket. The heart of the project is...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
You know that feeling when you gaze into the eyes of your iPod or iPhone and imagine spending the rest of your life with that device? Who wouldn't want to lock into a endless bond with a gadget from...
POSTED Sunday, January 20, 2008
We here at DVICE were all over MacWorld this week. But we weren't the only ones. While there are some writers (and many commenters) who are vehemently positive about every announcement Apple makes, the general consensus about Steve Jobs's...
POSTED Sunday, January 20, 2008
Once in a blue moon a company will step up its game and produce a product that is capable of knocking the socks off of anyone who sees it. Whether it be a keyboard, MP3 player or clock, the...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
Sure, it may be Saturday, a day you regularly reserve for reading and catching up on your favorite technology blog, but despite what my editor says, there are better things to be doing with your weekend, like fixing the...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
This Visual Dual Gear Gadget Clock is downright awesome. I mean, who doesn't love seeing the inner workings of a clock? And when everybody has the same old boring digital alarm clock, why not get something a little bit different?...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
It still boggles my mind that we can develop amazing technology, but still have yet to put a man on the moon. Oh wait, we have? Well, then maybe it's the Etch-a-Sketch that is slow to get with the...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
The pet obsession in Japan continues to reach epic levels of absurdity. The latest example of this trend comes from the creators of the Cool&Hot comfort pad for dogs. As the name indicates, the pad allows your pooch to...
POSTED Saturday, January 19, 2008
Just when CES 2008 cooled down, Macworld 2008 fired up. Weigh in on how you feel about the iPhone 202 days after its release, and if the shiny new MacBook Air is the right fit for you. Also, check...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Ever wonder how they bore subway tunnels? It used to take a lot of explosives, but Germany is showing the world how to do it nice an easy: just make a massive drill. Several times the size of a...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
For a little under $60, the STYSEN enclosure adds RFID security to any hard drive — though the drive's not included. And the security it adds? Well, maybe it's a bit too much. So you've got an RFID-enabled enclosure...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Your whole life you've felt like you don't really belong. You've escaped your troubles in video games, always wishing you could somehow transport yourself inside of them. Mario and the Princess, they wouldn't make fun of you! You'd have friends,...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Put that credit card down for a second before dropping those big bucks on a super thin and very gimpy MacBook Air. Even after getting our thoughts on it and seeing some reasons you should buy one, it's time...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
You know the old tale about how talking to plants is supposed to help them grow? I've always thought of that as a lot of rubbish, but a project named Cantaro has flipping the tables and enabled the plants...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
What do you do when you're responsible for dozens of the highest-tech television cameras on the planet, which must operate outside in 7-degree-below zero temperatures all afternoon on a national TV broadcast seen by millions of viewers? That's exactly...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Have you always wanted a dog but were unable to get one due to an allergy, totally mean parents, or some other completely legitimate excuse to keep a lovable bundle of joy out of your life? Well, good news!...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
I'm almost positive there are parents out there who would like to box their kids up and ship them somewhere else, and the cardboard crib from the Little Fashion Gallery is kind of giving them an excuse. The crib...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
This roll-up chessboard may not help you defeat a Russian chess legend in a Cold War battle, but it will help you impress your friends a bit and take the game of chess anywhere. The board rolls into a...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
If you're on the hunt for a Nintendo Wii, be careful that you're paying attention; there are plenty of people out there trying to get your hard-earned cash without actually delivering a fun-filled Wii to you. So if you seomthing...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
Imagine if you could have bionic eyes that gave you a display overlaid over your vision. You could see information about things that you were looking at, just like the Terminator. It sure would make life more interesting, wouldn't it?...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
The fight to keep your robot running longer and your electronic doodads powered has a new champion: the Panasonic Evolta battery. The double-A battery is said to have a lifespan 20% longer than its competitors, including Duracell and Energizer,...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
The hype is over, the news has broken, and the backlash is in full swing. We're talking about the MacBook Air of course — the big gust of wind coming out of Cupertino this week. It's one of the...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
From Freedom of Creation, a design firm, comes this meter-long light-up shoe for Onitsuka Tiger, a Japanese shoe manufacturer. It's more than just a funky shoe — all aspects of it are meant to symbolize Onitsuka Tiger's history in...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
This Free Lines design concept is for a sort of strange extension cord/power strip hybrid, something that'll allow you to place outlets wherever is convenient for you without leaving tangles of cables strewn about and long powerstrips sticking out from...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
People grow up dreaming about becoming musicians, but chip musicians? Gareth Morris sure did, adapting some 1980s Atari hardware (an 1040ST keyboard) to make "chiptunes," music created using just the raw sounds of the original equipment. Vanessa recently rocked out with from Morris and his modded PC to see what it was like to be an Atari DJ. Groovy.
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Sure, CES may be in the books, but the National Association of Music Merchants is going on now and Pioneer was ready to bring a new line of products to the table that is contributing to the ever-evolving world...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
While some people want to make their technology as big and as noticeable as possible, people without complexes that demand that they get validation every five minutes would rather make their personal technology more subtle. That's why strange devices such...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Dyson vacuums may seem like the best of the best for the bagless vacuums, but Philips is ready to jump into the ring with a canister vacuum that is more powerful and cheaper than anything Dyson has to offer....
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Are you a water waster? It's certainly possible, but how are you to know exactly how much water you use when you do things like washing the dishes or brushing your teeth? All you can do is make a guesstimate,...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Nothing gets our hearts pumping quite like crazy watches, as you may know, so it's no surprise that we're smitten with the new line of Nooka watches that just dropped. Theses unique, asymmetrical watches tell time with a series of...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Apple iPhone is 202 days old, and that means we've had plenty of time to really live with it. Tuesday's firmware update added some welcome new features, but the coveted iPhone still isn't perfect. If you're thinking maybe...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
If you're trying to send a message with how you decorate your home, and that message is "I am a dork obsessed with a thirty-year-old movie," then I have the perfect new piece of furniture for you. It's the Star...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
In Korea, a game show called Idea - How Much? pits budding inventors against nearly two dozen CEOs of real businesses. The contestants try to secure support for their idea and win a payout based on how good it...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Handpresso probably won't win over any purists since it only works with premade espresso packets, but it'll let you have some fancy coffee wherever you are. Just crank it up with the hand pump, load it with a...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
All you Aibo fans out there crying your eyes out because the Sony robo-dog has been discontinued can finally dry your tears. A new electronic mutt from Sega called the MIOpup hopes to take up where Aibo left off....
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Take one MacBook with a 13.3-inch screen. Remove the keyboard. Replace the plastic LCD screen with scratch-resistant glass. Add Wacom graphic tablet capabilities, Apple's Inkwell handwriting recognition software and a digitized pen. Voila, the Axiotron Modbook, a Mac graphics...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
An iPhone, of course, would be a more elegant solution that this Hookup lanyard contraption, but if you insist on carrying a Nano and a cell phone... The Hookup attachment connects to your phone via Bluetooth. A call comes...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
It may not look like much, but this Targus Radius series bag has got to be a first – it's made from recycled polyester and can itself be recycled. Thank-you, Al Gore. It feels like the ballistic nylon that...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
If you can yank your eyes from the flat tummy, check out the Neat Products Hangman. It plugs into an iPod or iPhone and you wind your earbud cord around it. The cord locks into notches, which keeps your...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
This is not a product, but this booth attracted almost as much attention as some of the gadgets and software on display on the show floor. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but the pattern...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Who needs Apple TV Deux or to spend an extra buck for renting iTunes movies in HD? This spring, both DLO and Creative Labs will have iPod docks that connect to HDTVs via HDMI and will upconvert standard def...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Instead of relying on software, this $200 iRecord PMR100 moves video content — broadcast or prerecorded media — directly from the source to an iPod, PS3 or even a USB thumb drive. It's got S-Video and RCA A/V jacks, so...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
It's an iPhone belt clip with a swivel clip. It's an iPhone add-on rechargeable battery that supplies 20 hours of talk time. It's an iPhone add-on small speaker system. It's an iPhone camera flash/flashlight. It's an iPhone earbud cord...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Yes, that's a tent and, yes, inside that tent is a laptop. The idea is, when you're outside, you can't see a thing on the screen in the sun, the tent shades your screen making it as readable as...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
If you're anything like me (and God help you if you are), your tech weighs twice as much as all your other luggage and you pack all your items in bubble wrap and then shove them inside sweaters and...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
This crummy picture was taken with an iPhone (the battery in my regular crummy P&S camera died) at a semi-private concert featuring former Styx vocalist/guitarist Tommy Shaw (right) and former Night Ranger bassist/vocalist Jack Blades (left) sponsored by AKG....
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
I took a short comfort break in this SwingSeat, the second most comfortable computer chair I've ever sat in (I have the first most comfortable at home). SwingSeat maker SmartMotion doesn't claim it's the most comfortable, just the best chair...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
iTornado is actually an update of a PC-to-PC transfer product that came out last year under the brand Data Drive Thru, but with the rate of Windows-to-Mac switchers, there's now an omnidirectional version that works with any combination of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Why settle for iPod speakers that just sit there? Dragon I (that's "eye," not 1, or so I was told) is a system with four speakers mounted at the end of flexible tendrils. It's got a 3.5mm audio jack...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Armband straps for iPods, iPod Nanos, iPod Shuffles et al, are great for exercising… except for those flopping earbud cords. Grandmax's solution is retractable buds built right onto the Velcro-adjustable arm strap. For $30, there are models for every...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
You knew those iPod earbuds had stems for a reason, and now we've found it — to clip cute little earring-like buds to them. These Budclicks are just $10 bucks each and come in 16 different styles, eight for...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
If you did see one of these anti-riot vehicles at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, it's probably time to run. Police all around the world utilize special vehicles in situations where (at least, ideally) large crowds are...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The latest Helio phone, dubbed the Mysto, is now available for our consumption from coast to coast. The super-thin slider, made by Samsung (branded the U600 when they released it in Europe), features many of the same software flourishes that...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
With a pair of Anti-Gravity Boots worn over your shoes, you'll feel taller, have more of a spring in your step, and will probably have a higher chance of getting horribly injured just by simply walking around. The Boots...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
This, my friends, is how you make storage sexy. These new LaCie Little Disks are like shiny black Zippo lighters, but instead of creating a flame, they hold 30 or 40GB of your data. It's completely pocketable and will allow...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Do you have a passion for fine art? Do you also have a passion for weapons and violence? Weird combo, but who am I to judge? These sculptures made out of military weapons should be right up your alley, don't...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Instead of fumbling around for both earbuds and the iPod charging cable, here's a clever combination of the two from a company called Taylor Tech. The thing plugs into the iPod/iPhone 30-pin connector. When you get home, the earbud...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Everybody's gotta be an individual these days. People have been raised with their parents telling them their whole lives that they're unique and beautiful snowflakes, so now they think they need to make everything totally unique to them. From iPod...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Here's a sure sign that the International Space Station is a solution looking for a problem: The space platform might be launching a Space Shuttle-shaped paper airplane that will glide back to earth at 5300 miles per hour. The...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Furnishing your apartment is half about form, half about function. You want your furniture to do what it's supposed to do, be it comfortably support you while you watch TV or store all your books, but it also needs to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
I love the idea of geotagging photos — embedding GPS data into your pictures so you know the exact location where the image was taken. ATP has introduced the Photo Finder to make the process easier without needing to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Sure most Macs come with built-in web cams, but not all do (think Mac Mini, for example). Now, instead of purchasing expensive webcam peripherals, cameraless Mac users can use their expensive iPhones as webcams. The twins over at Mac...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
For the uber-nerd who has everything, the LED Lenser may be just what the fashion police ordered keep you safe from ever becoming one of the beautiful people. Essentially, this head-mounted contraption allows you to beam a shaft of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Athlete Oscar Pistorius, a 21-year-old from South Afr