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Who wouldn’t like the idea of a fuel cell car running on clean, pure hydrogen, the universe’s most plentiful element? Its byproduct is sparkling, drinkable water, with none of that pesky pollution spewing out the tailpipe. And then if...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Remember that impressive 730 ton tuned mass damper? Well here's another way to keep buildings standing through winds and quakes by using 100,000 gallons of liquid. The liquid tuned mass damper sits atop of the 60-floor, 641-foot-tall south tower...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Grills are manly apparatuses, showing how far we've come in our domination over meat and fire. It makes you just want to beat your chest and grunt at the mountaintops, doesn't it? No? Well, perhaps you want a nerdier grill....
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
So you've got a bit of a mosquito problem, do you? Well, you could get a bug zapper or cover yourself in some gross chemical spray. But you don't want to do that. I know what you need: even bigger...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Let’s just leapfrog all those other ideas for energy-saving car tech and hop into this magnetically-driven ride, shall we? While Slovak designer Matúš Procháczka’s concept is prettier than sexy four-inch spike heels, it’ll definitely take some major infrastructure modification...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Telemegaphone lets anyone call and should over the mountaintops
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thanks to a multi-national effort led by the University of Arizona and NASA, the team's intrepid geological robot on Mars, the Phoenix lander, finally sent back the message the science community has been waiting with bated breath to hear...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
We were just musing about how megapixels aren’t everything, and then this 56-megapixel Leaf AFi 10 camera comes along. This monster even tops that 50-megapixel Hasselblad H3DII-50 that so impressed us a couple of weeks ago. Pro shooters will...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
That insane Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) we told you about last month isn't going away. Now the Australian government has taken a liking to the idea of this secretly-negotiated fascism, seriously considering searching iPods and MP3 players at security...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
When tinkering with our home theater stuff, we often need a good, bright (but small) flashlight to sort things out in that spaghetti bowl of cables. But who wants to spend three hundred bucks on one of those super-bright...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
The LG BD300 brings a new twist to the Netflix subscription movie service’s streaming video idea: it's the first Blu-ray player that can go slumming, snagging all of those 12,000 oldy-moldy Netflix movies available for instant online viewing in...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
You already know about bicycles and tricycles, so how about the curiously named Bricycle? We're thinking its designer, only known to us as Brian (he wasn't available for comment in time for this post), is naming his creation after...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
The futuristic architectural marvel that is Tokyo's Prada store may soon have competition in the form of a proposed flagship store for Louis Vuitton. Designed by UNStudio of Amsterdam, the building employs a multi-level leaf motif meant to be simple...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
Belgian artist Wim Delvoye's gothic construction vehicle sculptures show what a world after the industrial revolution could have looked like if it was shaped by the same minds that put gargoyles atop imposing spires and buttresses in European architecture....
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The U.S. military has been working on the next generation of weapons for our armed services — from infantry laser rifles to truck-mounted ray guns — so it's understood that we'll also need a defense from such things. That's...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
If you'd like a child without all the responsibility that having a child comes along with, the Childlike Heart Robot was designed with you in mind. This creepy little robot is capable of displaying "emotions," just like a real kid....
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Alarm clocks are a necessary evil. They're necessary because, well, you need to wake up in time for work, but they're evil because they wake you from a restful slumber with a harsh, horrible noise. There's just got to be...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
It's no surprise that NuVa is a Japanese company, because its pneumatic elevator is one of the most stylish and compact ones we've ever seen. It offers its occupant 360° of vision on the journey up and down, and,...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
This is one crazy-looking building. Currently under construction in Tinajin, China and to be completed in 2012, the 1175-foot Sinosteel International Plaza and the 288-foot hotel next to it have hexagonal windows that make them look like the inside...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The NFL has given the cold shoulder to the Internet since Al Gore invented the series of tubes, but now that’s all changed. Starting September 4th, NBC and the NFL will begin ad-supported streaming webcasts with a Thursday night...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
As far as concept cars go, they don't get much more futuristic than this. The Alfa Romeo Bertone BAT 11 is a concept car that looks straight out of a scifi movie. But this is real, and it's actually going...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The evolution of Sanyo Xacti HDTV tapeless camcorders benefits from intelligent design with the DMX-HD800, whose maker says it takes a “huge leap in image quality” over its predecessor that was released last October. That’s saying a lot, because...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Maybe that old jetpack idea is just wrong. If you’re willing to drop $250,000, you can fly around for three minutes at a time in an old-style unit that looks like that James Bond model from the '60s. But...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Take an imaging chip out of a digital camera, modify it a bit, and what do you get? A minuscule microscope that doesn’t even need lenses to see into the world of inner space. The revolutionary imaging system, developed by...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
If you're into audiobooks, maybe having an animated lady-bot storyteller spin you a yarn would make the experience even more enjoyable. Created by the folks over at Kyoto University's Robo-Garage, this foot-tall 'bot will "read" you Murasaki Shikibu's classic...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
If you ever figured you'd hit the pinnacle of the TV resolution mountain once you got that bitchin' new 50 inch 1080p screen set up in your crib, think again. Moving way past what they always told us was...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A fundamental part of being a gadget geek is having the cash to pick up the goodies when they come out, but sometimes saving up your coins in preparation for that next great piece of hardware can be difficult. To...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A Japanese "circuit bender" who goes by Kaseo loves to turn everyday and out-of-date electronics into noise-producing instruments. He's rewired Casio and Yamaha keyboards, retooled Fisher Price playsets and video game consoles, and even turned Japan's iconic rabbit-beast —...
POSTED Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Sure, you could get a traditional fountain to go in front of your palatial mansion, but that's what all the other rich guys are doing. You want to be a true original, don't you? If so, take a look at...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
For those who are thinking it’s not worth it to have a dog because of all that poop you have to bag up and carry around, here’s your salvation. Each biodegradable Dog Poo Bag in the $30 pack of...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Here’s something we’ll be looking at with nostalgia if fuel prices keep rising: In-flight showers. Emerates, probably the world’s best airline, announced “shower spas” that’ll give each of the 14 First-Class passengers a five-minute rinse in-flight. Replacing at least...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Pretty much nobody likes sweeping and cleaning up, but a great many people like playing with remote control cars. I'm sure you can see where this is headed: yes, cleaning and sweeping using remote control cars. It's essentially tricking yourself...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
We can’t seem to get enough of OLED lighting, those glowing paper-thin sheets that our cross-company pals at GE (disclosure: DVICE is part of NBC Universal, which is part of GE) are working on. Now they’ve given us a...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
While we've known about Microsoft's fancy Surface touchscreen table for a while now, the bit M isn't done coming up with fancy new touchscreen devices. Take a look at the new Surface Sphere, a giant ball that's completely covered...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Cloaking technology doesn't only exist in the realm of science fiction: researchers at Imperial College London are trying to create a cloaking blanket to hide objects in visible light — something that has never been done. Visible light's small...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Because sometimes even fanny packs and pocket protectors aren't enough to announce your nerd-status to the world, we bring you the Solar Mini Clip Fan. The problem with this girlfriend repellent device is that it's actually incredibly practical and useful...
POSTED Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Get a bunch of wood, carve it up into gears and other precision pieces, attach a crank and you have this “Nutty Device.” Oh, you’ll also need genius design skills that encompass complete knowledge of how machines work. What...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
Calling the Valtra RoboTrac a tractor is a bit deceptive. That's because it's also a robot, and it's much smaller than its industrious cousins. It's a fully programmable, automated farmhand that is designed to round out a farm team...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
While restraining orders are meant to keep people away from each other, they can't tell when someone has breached the border of how close they're supposed to come. Because of that, sometimes it's too late before someone finds out that...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
We’ve heard of eyeball lights before, those swiveling recessed lights that shine onto fireplaces all over suburban America, but now the term “eyeball lighting” is taken a whole lot more literally. Give glassblower Livio Serena from 5.5 Designers a...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
Earlier this year, Virgin Galactic space pioneers Richard Branson and Burt Rutan showed us a model of WhiteKnightTwo, the workhorse aircraft that will launch SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space. Today in the Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, the space...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
The iPhone is awesome, and it's awesome mainly due to one thing: that screen. The big, beautiful touchscreen makes it stand out from the cellphone crowd and makes it an absolute pleasure to use. But since the entire front is...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
The SofaBox is exactly what you think it is: a sofa in a box. If you find yourself without seating options more often than you'd like, or if you're a squatter who moves from hovel to hovel on a frequent...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
The V1 CPU Cooler by Taiwanese computer parts manufacturer Thermaltake Technologies is so gosh darn beautiful it won an award for being just that. Just look at those sweeping ridges and graceful tubing. It's like Thermaltake designed a metal...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
Did you know that, on average, most people are out to get you? Yes, it's true! You can't trust anyone, even your own family, and especially people you hire to do things in your home like take care of the...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
NEC Corp's PaPeRo robotic buddy is much like the home robots that assist with controlling your household electronics, though PaPeRo won't stop helping you when you leave the house. It also doubles as an assistant in the car, and...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
So, sleep. Select Comfort likes to think it’s cornered the market on it. While other bedding companies sell mattresses and linens, the company markets itself as a vendor of improved sleep. The flagship behind this master plan is the...
POSTED Sunday, July 27, 2008
Looking suspiciously similar to that Cave bookcase we checked out a while back, this design for a modular workstation called The Incubator received 1st honorable mention for Honfray Lui at the 2008 International Designer's Workstation Competition. Taking inspiration from...
POSTED Sunday, July 27, 2008
Those wacky folks at Thanko have long been the kings of questionable USB powered devices, but this fan cooled keyboard looks like it might be a handy summertime tool for people who spend hours hunched over a hot computer....
POSTED Saturday, July 26, 2008
Try as it might, the iPhone 3G couldn't eclipse the biggest tech news of the week: The announcement from multiple electronics companies that they would support WHDI, a new standard for wireless HDTV. Beyond just getting rid of cables,...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
If you're bored this weekend, looking for a project, and happen to have a bunch of old, useless hard drives sitting around, here's a project for you: hard drive wind chimes. Yes, it's definitely the nerdiest thing you could possible...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
We’re looking for a nearby dead tree branch where we can hang this $60 Melting Clock, but even placing it on the mantelpiece will remind everyone of Salvadore Dali’s famous painting, The Persistence of Memory. Plop it on the...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
Sort of like a laser pointer with super powers, the Flowlight is a design concept that lets you write in midair with streams of light. Sounds like pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen, though it has one...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
While this might look like a guy holding a gigantic Sea Bream, that's only half right. In reality, it's a guy holding a gigantic robotic Sea Bream, which is much cooler. Designed by engineers at the University of Kitakyushu, this...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
You know we must have been right about the iPhone 3G’s short battery life when now there are suddenly several solutions to that problem. Here’s another from Hong Kong dealer in cheapness Brando. This iPhone Power Station doesn’t make...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
Here’s a clever idea for those who like to go around unplugging everything. Hang On Outlet gives you a place to dangle those plugs after you’ve disconnected them, keeping things neat and tidy and maybe encouraging you to vanquish...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
Dr. Dre isn't just a world-class hip hop artist and producer — he’s a perfectionist. That must be why these Dr. Dre Beats headphones took seven years for him and overpriced-cable maker Monster to design. These $349 cans were...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
There are no two ways around it: cow burps and farts produce methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Growing meat in a lab is one way reduce this problem, but it's hardly an immediate solution. How...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
From the department of "you know this cool tech is going somewhere sleazy fast" comes the Cyber Figure Alice from Geisha Tokyo Entertainment. The kit, along with your own Windows XP PC and webcam, gives you the ability to manipulate...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to witness the beginning of the end of MP3 domination as we know it. Yes, it was surprising to me, too… at last count, I had 3,763 songs in the MP3 format across...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
If you've been waiting to get your hands on an iPhone 3G, be prepared to keep waiting. AT&T only takes advance orders, and Apple stores are sold out across the country. You've got two options: go through AT&T's direct...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
If you’re a member of the Long Now Foundation, you think about vast spans of time. That’s why the futurist think tankers put a 0 before every year to show how cool and forward-thinking they are (for example, this...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sometimes, you just need a breath of fresh air. You'll always have one with you if you're wearing the O2 bag. It's essentially a backpack containing a battery-powered oxygen generator, making sure you've always got fresh oxygen in tow. It's...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
When it's hot out, I've got two things on my mind: cooling down and always knowing what time it is. Unfortunately, these two tasks generally require completely different sets of equipment. Now, thanks to Hong Kong's crazy Brando, I...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Anyone who's seen Murderball knows how serious wheelchair athletics can be, but it's always struck me as more than a little inefficient that the athletes need to use their hands to both play ball and steer their wheelchairs. Short...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
If you have carpal tunnel syndrome (also known as repetitive stress injury, or RSI), are you going to trust Microsoft to ease your pain? Heck no. It’s time to call for some otherworldly assistance with the Alien Mouse. Everybody’s...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Nobody likes getting a speeding ticket. For some people, the solution is, you know, not speeding. For others, it's constantly searching for new technology to help them evade the cops, finding fancier and fancier radar detectors to know just when...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Called "Sharewear" by creator Di Mainstone, this pair of dresses light the area around them in different ways depending on how they're linked up. Both costumes feature a floating, halo-on-a-stick-style lamp above the wearer's head, as well as a...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
No need to hang a Wet Paint sign on this table, because it's just an illusion. Designer John Nouanesing must have thought up this design concept while having fever dreams about painting his house. What's next? Space-saving chairs that...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Any way you slice it, they just don't make arcade games like they did in the '80s. The variety, creativity and value (25 cents!) of that golden age have never been matched. So if you were going to immortalize...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
In an age when our gadgets often appear to give us magical powers one can never have enough mystical trinkets cocked and ready to astonish. The GOD Ability wireless Ultrasonic Distance Measurer and Digital Thermometer are both well suited to...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sure, you could drink your wine out of a normal-looking carafe, but isn't that boring? You're edgy. You need to impress everyone with how out of the box you're always thinking. And for people like you, there's the Droppa carafe....
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
So you've got a pile of old cassettes sitting around that you can't get yourself to throw away. The memories, man! But you don't want them cluttering up your closet anymore, as you, understandably, never listen to cassettes anymore. What...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Nothing calms the anxious mind like curling up with someone, or at least something that simulates a fellow human, and the Beating Heart Stress Relief Pillow will do just that. It's a heart-shaped pillow that not only generates a...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Professor Tomiki Ikeda of Japan's Tokyo Institute of Technology has been working on light-activated motors since 2003, and it looks like his research is yielding some amazing results. The research team has completed a plastic motor, powered only by ultraviolet...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Atmos clocks have been running on thin air since 1928, but never have they looked like this. Now its storied maker, Jaeger-LeCoultre, has teamed up with famed Aussie designer Marc Newson to make this newest clock in the collection,...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
We were impressed when GE engineers showed us OLED (organic light emitting diode) lighting that was twice as efficient as regular incandescent light bulbs, but get a load of this: Princeton and U-Michigan scientists have just beaten that by...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The problem with shooting a gun at someone is that you just can't control how fast the bullet is going. More than likely, it's going very fast and will seriously hurt or kill them. But geez, you didn't want that!...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Who says a PC has to be rectangular, or even square? Designer Apostol Tnokovski thinks the PC world is round, and conceived this 6-inch orb-shaped number as his proof. Not only is E-Ball oddball shaped, it’s called “the smallest...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Getting shot seems like it would be pretty lousy. So does getting stabbed. But getting shot by the knife/gun combo that just stabbed you? That's the ultimate indignity, my friend. That's a potential danger, however, if you get in a...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Imagine watching any HD video wirelessly from any Blu-ray player, PC, TiVo, set-top box, video camera, Xbox — any video source, anywhere in your house, up to 100 feet away. Now add the ability to instantly control that video...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Americans generally like their gadgets made of slick black plastic and shiny chrome-like surfaces (yes, we all want to be Batman), but to make it in Japan your device has to offer a bit of "kawaii" (cuteness) to appeal to...
POSTED Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Visitors attending Santa Monica's GLOW festival found a stunning surprise in artist Shih Chieh Huang's Recycled Robots, simple sculptures made from odds and ends including plastic bags and bottles, computer fans, portable DVD players hooked up to screens, and...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Conceived by design firm Architecture and Vision, the Moon Base Two is an inflatable lunar habitat that'll keep up to four astronauts safe and sound as they work for six months. While an inflatable base probably isn't what most...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A boon to welders and solar-eclipse fans, the Speedglas SL helmet has an auto-darkening filter on the shield and four selectable levels of light filtering. The helmet's strong, non-absorbent material also happens to be very lightweight, making the SL...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Some of you may be wondering about the results of DVICE's Make a Cylon contest that closed a little while back. We're sorry to say the results have been delayed a bit longer due to some unforseen scheduling conflicts...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Even though we’ve made it through the statistically hottest day of the year — July 19th — how the heck are we going to keep our beers cold for the rest of the summer? Until you can finally get...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
If you want your bed to feel a little more exciting, you have a few options. One is buying a race car bed, which has been making little kids excited for years. Two is to not sleep alone. Three is...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Looking like something from the next Transformers movie, this slick motorcycle concept toggles between two and three wheels at (presumably) the touch of a button. For highway driving it uses all three wheels, but when things get a little...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The wellspring of spectacular tech ideas that is Art.Lebedev Studio has just come up with another dance along the lunatic fringe, and this one’s a smaller keyboard called Optimus Pultius. Positioned between the not-yet now-shipping Optimus Maximus keyboard ($1877)...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I've seen floating trampolines before, as they've been around for some time now. They look insanely fun, as what could be better than launching yourself off a trampoline and into a lake? Nothing, that's what. But these Aqua Jump Water...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tired of waiting for an affordable and simple touch screen tablet to surf the web, Michael Arrington, the Silicon Valley maven of influential blog TechCrunch, decided to take matters into his own hands. He wants to create a $200...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
This collapsing Foldoub caravan concept by Dutch designer Niels Caris gives you a lot more space with a lot less to tow. While the frame of the camper is made of lightweight, flexible materials, it all folds into a...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Britain's ubiquitous CCTV video surveillance network has nothing on Japan's Orwellian nightmare in the making. One of the country's top electronics firms, NEC, has just announced a new plasma display fitted with a tiny camera that can accurately identify a...
POSTED Tuesday, July 22, 2008
When space agencies start undertaking more ambitious projects on the Moon, it'll be important that their astronauts know where they are. Recreating the most reliable global positioning technology we have Earth-side for the Moon's surface is tricky, as our...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
You've got 10 seconds to wakeup. If you aren't up by then, the Rocket Alarm Clock will blast its rocket across the room and won't start stop beeping until you retrieve it and place it back on the launching...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
Panasonic rolled out the DMC-LX3, a new flagship for its point-and-shoot line of Lumix cameras today, and this is not just like all the others. Finally, somebody breaks this stupid vicious circle of the megapixel wars. If you haven’t...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
This Zero-Gee Ergonomic workstation doesn't seem like it'd be very good for, you know, working. I mean, I'm sure that it's extremely comfortable, as it's essentially a recliner that can go completely horizontal with a computer monitor attached to it,...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
LCD screens have their plusses — they're cheap; don't consume as much power as, say, plasma displays; and look totally sleek and hot — but their weaknesses are just as plentiful: They have difficulty displaying true blacks. Their pixel refresh...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
Korean designers Sungchul Yang and Woonghee Han think we’re going to be living in waterworld some day soon, so that’s why they put together Aqua. It’s a design concept for a versatile little one-person runabout, equally at home skimming...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
Green office buildings are all the rage these days, with big companies finding them the perfect way to create a physical presence for their brand while also coming across as environmentally friendly. In addition, they allow for architects to create...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
Looking to save a few bucks? Plumble has an idea that’s long overdue: Listen to two 22-second ads, and make a two-and-a-half-minute call anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for free. Currently in beta testing, the service promises to...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
Looky here: it's an old NES that's had its guts ripped out and crammed inside a light gun. I'm not quite sure why, but hey, they did it! Now, if you're so inclined, play Excitebike right off this gun. The...
POSTED Monday, July 21, 2008
If you've been going through hell over the last week trying to get your new iPhone 3G up and running, perhaps a nice cold brewskie could help calm your frazzled nerves. Just don't be tempted to try and get...
POSTED Sunday, July 20, 2008
While we can all speculate about ways to recreate Batman's ultra cool gadgets, a French design company called Enzyme has shown a motorcycle concept that would look right at home in the Dark Knight's hands. Sure, that amazing Batpod...
POSTED Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Car Camera Voyager Pro comes coupled with a GPS logger, and altogether the unit will keep recordings of your driving and track where you went. Depending on what you want to use it for, it could help in...
POSTED Saturday, July 19, 2008
The iPhone 3G dominated the news this week, and we found unique angles to the story, showing you 10 things nobody’s noticed yet about the coveted cell phone. We put it all into perspective for you, and then discovered...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
Graphene is an extremely common material that scientists are continually discovering new properties of. It's somewhat of a wonder material, apparently! A few years ago it was discovered that due to its electrical properties, one-micron sheets of it are ideal...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
We’ve gotten so used to beer cans, why not put wine in pop-top cans, too? Swedish designers Jens Andersson and Jonas Forsman tried to make their recyclable wine cans slightly resemble a wine bottle, and now these prototypes are...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
Never mind that this solar-powered car looks like a streamlined humpback whale covered with high-tech barnacles. The SolarWorld No.1 can hit a top speed of 75mph, and averaged 45mph over an 1864-mile race course without once stopping at a...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
Out of ideas? Sounds like you need to get to your nearest Fun-O-Meter. Feed it 50 cents, and you'll get a vending machine ball filled with a fun suggestion. Example: "Write 'B' and 'R' on opposite ends the back...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
There’s something fascinating about unusually-designed staircases, and we’ve shown you a few. We’ve even displayed one that goes nowhere at all. But this one at the Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia goes somewhere, alright, making you navigate 6.5 revs...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
While yes, that basement subwoofer was pretty big, I guess, it was no Matterhorn. The Matterhorn is the most powerful subwoofer ever created. It was commissioned by the military for some reason (Friday movie nights at boot camp, perhaps?), and...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
How do you know whether or not McDonalds is still serving breakfast? Well, usually you just check your watch. If it's earlier than 10:30 am, they are. If it's later, they aren't. Pretty simple. But what if you don't have...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
What happens when you make it illegal to buy a gun? Besides stimulating a lively black market for criminals to find guns anywhere and anytime, weapons such as the Wasp Knife start popping up. Originally designed to kill sharks...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
Step back for a few seconds and take a look at Earth from 31 million miles away. What were you doing on May 29th? On that day, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft was wandering around space at 23,000 miles per...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
Popular Science has a feature on the sports stadiums of tomorrow, one of them being Cisco Field, future home of the Oakland A's. Apparently Cisco needed something to do with a bunch of spare cable it had lying around,...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
If the warm and fuzzy looks of the Chumby turned you off, there's now a more aesthetically sophisticated alternative multi-function device available called the Anobar. Developed by Anodos Inc. of Japan, the Anobar uses a Field Emission Display to show...
POSTED Friday, July 18, 2008
It's iPhone 3G + 1 week and I have PPD — post-party depression. I feel as if it's the day after a three-day dorm party except without the cleanup responsibilities, vise-like hangover with residual nausea and vague memories of...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
You'd probably think the Proxima is a car if you saw it from the front, or a motorcycle — albeit an odd-looking one — from the rear. You'd be right, both times. A concept by Alvino Design, the Proxima...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
What's with the fancy watches today? I mean, I agree that the trust old watch might be a little past its prime, but I'm not sure that reimagining it with a bunch of gimmicks is really what's needed. But hey,...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Bingo is serious business. It's one of the most widely played games in America. It's played in retirement homes, churches, in grammy's den and anywhere else people are generally inclined to fall asleep. The Bimbo Bingo Box keeps things...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Now we can stop whining about short battery life in the iPhone 3G. As long as you don’t mind hanging a matching two-inch appendage off the end of your iPhone, this iPhoneck Backup Battery might do the trick. Just...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Besides being in tip-top shape and having a detective's intuition that rivals Sherlock Holmes, billionaire Bruce Wayne has an arsenal of high-tech toys and vehicles that would make even James Bond's Q drool. It's part of the Caped Crusader's...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
This ridiculous contraption is the Parajet Skycar, a carbon neutral "flying car" that's essentially a dune buggy with a propeller on the back and a parachute. While by looking at it you may think that it can only fly when...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Video on demand is coming to Amazon, replacing the company’s Unbox service that’s been in place for the past two years. Amazon’s service will start out with 40,000 movies and TV shows that can be watched instantly, instead of...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Watches may be going out of style a bit due to the fact that most people carry around cellphones that can tell time just as well, but that doesn't mean Timex is going to stop trying to come up with...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Meet the curious "M.01," otherwise known as the Car for Paris 2030. It's described by its designer Ashley Chichocki as exploring "what is really necessary in a vehicle," and as such it addresses a major issue that cities are...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Here's a concept fish owners (or fish who are owned by children) wish was real: a robotic fish feeder. A unit like the Fifer would probably serve a pond better than a fish tank as it's designed to deliver...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
As China continues to ramp up its status as an industrial global power, some of its best and brightest are working to come up with innovative new auto solutions to serve the new middle class. Yet another concept vehicle...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
While I'm sure that DeWalt makes a very high-quality nail gun that's perfect for any job that could be completed using a nail gun, this is not it. No, this is an M16 assault rifle that's decked out to look...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Thinking about getting an iPhone 3G? If you live a major city, you'll be in for a wait: Lineups at Apple stores across the country range from 10 minutes (in Glendale, Wisconsin) to 5 hours (the 5th Avenue store...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Stihl Yard Boss, you've served me well, but it's time for a new weapon to combat these zombie hordes. I think this Mowercycle is a pretty good candidate — it'll turn the living dead in your path into mulch...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Remember the trusty old VHS tape? You know, the thing we used to watch movies on. You had to rewind and fast forward it, the quality kind of sucked, and sometimes the tape would get eaten by the machine, ruining...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
When audio designer Roberto Delle Curti wanted the world’s biggest, baddest subwoofer, he didn’t go prancing off to some snooty audio store. He got out a shovel. Underneath his world-class home theater lurks the Real Total Horn, consisting of...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sometimes, as neat as steampunk objects can be, I think they're better left in photographs than used in real life. After all, modding electronics to look like they came from some alternate Victorian history is all about aesthetics, not function....
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Most of the scientists at NASA say they have the design for the Constellation program with its Ares moon rockets nailed down, and they’re set for flight testing a year from now with hopes for a moon landing by...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
This trend of alarm clocks that torture you while waking you up is puzzling. Here’s the latest one, called Shape Up, a Fred & Friends design appearing in the form of a dumbbell that keeps honking out its maddening...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) may have just inadvertently introduced the future of the 3D movie experience with the debut of the gCubik. The tiny box feeds video through a batch of lenses on each side,...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
My iTunes library is a mess. Half the album covers are missing and many of the tracks have cryptic names, making iTunes even worse than it already is. Here’s where TuneUp can help, seeking album cover art and music...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sony has just announced a new addition to the ever-changing Playstation 3 lineup: an 80GB model. The new 80GB Playstation 3 won't come bundled with any games, but it will come with the new, fancy DualShock 3 controller, which brings...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
We've seen some huge shower configurations before, but this must be the most enormous shower head in the world. Charade World by Italian designers Fornara & Maulini is the centerpiece of a crazy idea, turning a humble shower stall...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Nintendo just announced the Wii Speak, the newest peripheral for its wildly popular console. The Wii Speak is essentially a big microphone that sits atop the sensor bar that attaches to the Wii. It allows you to have a group...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Just look at this beautiful Dell E laptop. On a news day with a sea of press releases about me-too lappies from Sony, Lenovo, Acer, Samsung, Toshiba, HP and Fujitsu packing Intel’s Centrino 2 mobile platform, this tiny 8.9-inch...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Just when Japanese watch purveyor TokyoFlash had gone completely off the deep end, determined to never sell a watch that could be easily deciphered by earthlings, the company adds this Nekura Tumbler to its eclectic collection. Even grandma could...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
While using a Bluetooth headset in public can make you seem anywhere from rude to crazy, it's not the most attention-grabbing thing you could do. After all, you've just got a little piece of plastic clipped to your ear. That's...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Among the legions of new iPhone consumers, I personally know at least five people who will never buy the iPhone due to what some gadget mavens refer to as "fat finger syndrome." For these unlucky souls, no amount of maneuvering...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
After waiting in line for what seemed like an eternity, we finally got home with our shiny new iPhones 3G. Meanwhile, we had time to peruse all the other rah-rah, hand-picked reviewers fawning all over Apple’s new baby, and...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Nobody likes mosquitoes. Sure, you can use bug spray to try to keep them away, but then you'll be covered with a greasy, chemical film that smells so bad that it'll repel as many people as bugs. What's one to...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Braggadocio about electric car designs runs rampant, but the CityEl’s claim of 200mph beats all. This working prototype was built for a mere $2500, and spends most of its life as an ultralight 3-wheeled electric runabout. But if its...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Eventually, wars will be fought between robots owned by different countries, with soldiers sitting safely away from action holding remote controls. The latest step towards that future is with new chemical-sniffing robots that are currently being prepared for duty in...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
If you constantly need to stop typing to take a sip of water, adjust your hair, fix your glasses, take a bite of a sandwich, or any other process that requires one hand, you might think that having to use...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
This Wireless Arc Mouse from Microsoft was supposed to be a big secret, but our friends at MaximumPC spilled the beans. Since we’re not beholden to any embargos from Microsoft on this product, we can freely tell you that...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
You probably saw this propaganda photo from Iran last week, showing a quartet of dangerous-looking missiles simultaneously launching in a test exercise. It became immediately obvious to anyone with half a brain that the shot was Photoshopped, with an...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Now we see why the first iPhone didn’t have the much-faster 3G network inside. Although 3G web browsing is at least 7 to 10 times faster than the speed we got with the EDGE network on the old iPhone,...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Outdoor lighting is nice and elegant, but a pain in the rear — what with all the stringing of cable under the ground and disturbing the groundhogs. These cool Solar Deck Lights get you yard illumination without the hassle,...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Sweden's Hasselblad is one of those companies whose products seem to exist on a plane far above anything else on the market. Their medium format film cameras have been the standard for professional photographers for decades, and while they...
POSTED Sunday, July 13, 2008
While the high price of gas means that many of us are staying closer to home this summer, that doesn't mean we can't still have some fun. The Cinebox system from Open Air Cinema lets you host a movie...
POSTED Saturday, July 12, 2008
It's finally the weekend, so toss some Tetris-shaped ice cubes in your drink, take a deep breath and enjoy yourself some peace and quiet. You're definitely going to need some rest if you were waiting in line for the...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Before his stunning non-acquisition of an iPhone 3G, our early-bird reporter, Stewart Wolpin, took the time to get to know his fellow linemates, querying them on their reasons for wanting an iPhone 3G.
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Roger Clemens and steroids allegations. Larry Craig and his Minneapolis men's room rendezvous. R. Kelly and child pornography. It doesn't matter whether or not the charges are true. It doesn't matter the degree to which the charges are true....
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Nat-2 is a fashion label from Germany, and the group is doing some funky things with footwear. The 2in1 Sneaker can be worn as a sandal or a sneaker, depending on how you zip it up. By adding more...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
What's it like to wait in line for four hours for a phone? Thanks to the magic of video editing, you don't have to actually sit on a street corner all night to find out.
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Here's a robot sculpture that would spark a lot of debate between fans of the Autobots or Decepticons. Autobots' leader Optimus Prime is looking a little thin in all his junky glory, but the sculpture is still really impressive. It's...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
All eyes are on Apple today with the launch of the iPhone 3G, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world stopped moving. Microsoft cut the price of the Xbox 360 pro model from $350 down to $300 —...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
With a big movie like Hellboy II: The Golden Army hitting theaters today, you're bound to get hit by toys and games and other related merchandise promoting the film — most of it a bunch of crap. Sideshow Collectibles...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
We had it all planned: Two people waiting in line this morning, one at an Apple store, one at AT&T. Sure it would take hours, but by the end of it we'd have two iPhones 3G to check out....
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Kodak must be eager to abandon its film roots. Now it’s announced an HDTV player that will bring video as well as music and photos from computers and the Internet into the living room. At first glance, it looks...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Looks like telepresence really will be all the rage in the future. The TMSUK-4 created by Japanese robotics developer Tmsuk will let shoppers enjoy the full tactile experience of browsing shelves without having to step into the store. We...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Good lord. Did an alien spacecraft leave some kind of death-ray weapon behind? Nope, that’s just the latest rendering of the upcoming RED Scarlet camcorder, the ultra high-rez shooter from Oakley founder Jim Jannard that’s due early next year....
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
The iPhone 3G frenzy is in full swing this morning, and the transactions aren’t happening as quickly as Apple would like. The iPhone 3G requires in-store activation, and the first purchaser at the Boston Apple Store walked in at...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Wait, wasn't I just here a year ago? Yup, right near the FAO Schwarz awning again on East 58th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues at 5:30 a.m., waiting for the iPhone to go on sale at the main...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
You probably think you've already seen the scariest robots being constructed in real-life, which probably means you haven't seen the Cyclops. Powered by fifteen spherical joints and fifty artificial muscles, the robot moves its head and torso as it tracks...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Telecommuting. It’s just a bunch a lazy ne’er-do-wells hanging around the house in their pajamas, soaking up a paycheck and doing nothing, right? Why should they get to do their work at home, relaxing in that favorite chair, while...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
When Vancouver hosts thousands of athletes and personnel during the upcoming 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Canada, the city plans to do so in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner. Vancouver wants its Athlete's Village — which is actually two villages...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
The welder is probably my favorite member of a construction team. Not only do they get sweet helmets and send a lot of sparks flying, but I've often marveled at welders I've seen hanging upside-down like ninjas as they...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
While the irony of harnessing solar power to build gas guzzling cars is hard to ignore, GM has become a world leader in the use of solar energy to power their factories. Now they have announced plans to install...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
No one likes the cables and wires that result from A/V gear, but nowhere is it worse than on your TV. That flat panel was supposed to be sleek, elegant, a modern wonder — at least it was until...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
In many developing countries, ambulances aren't readily available to bring injured people to medical centers. With that in mind, Benoit Angibaud designed the Jaambaaro, a pedal-powered ambulance that's designed to help people in rural Africa transport the sick or injured...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
If you're looking for a classy, subtle decoration for your home that'll blend nicely with all of your other décor, I don't think you can go wrong with the "Merciless" gargoyle wall sculpture and light fixture. It's classy. It says...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
Apparently, many cases of food poisoning are spread via dirty kitchen towels. You know, you wipe off the counter after cutting up some raw chicken and then use the same towel to clean off that apple you're about to eat....
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
Like eating potato chips, Tetris was one of those games that you simply couldn't play just once. We've seen other ways to get your Tetris fix before, but these 'Icetris' ice cube trays that pop out cubes in all...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
The Japan release of the iPhone on Friday is likely to spawn a series of touchscreen kanji writing videos online demonstrating the device's new ability to handle finger-drawn Asian character input. But another, decidedly more geeky looking device called the...
POSTED Thursday, July 10, 2008
Meet Gonzo, the solar-powered wing-flapping robot. Put it anywhere where there's sun and its solar cell will charge a battery, and its wings will start flapping furiously. There's also Lilly the robot that, like Gonzo, will flap its wings...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
We love people who take common everyday items you might find at a garage sale, and then turn them into something with real artistic appeal. Canadian artist Graeme Patterson has done just that with his whimsical Hockey Organ, combining...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
One of the things that makes flying saucers so fascinating is that they clearly use some crazy alien technology to zip around. No human-built planes can maneuver like that! If only! Well, now it looks like someone has figured out...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Elaborate cat toys are great, not just because they entertain your cat. More often than not, they're designed not to entertain but to whip your cat into a frenzy, making it more entertaining for you than it is for your...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The XM-7 Spider is a powerful landmine that addresses a lot of problems with self-detonating, static landmines. Since it's guided by an operator, every Spider has a known location — no terrible surprises for friendlies here. Once it's in...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Having a pair of monitors side by side is a handy solution for people who are into heavy-duty video editing or graphics work, but last year we found this massive six-screen array from CineMassive that seemed to be built...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
There are few things more fun for kids to do than build forts. Usually, that entails taking the cushions off the couch, draping a blanket over them, and crawling underneath. It's a small, dark space that they can pretend is...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
We're fans of personal submarines, sure, but anyone with a couple million dollars lying around can get one of those. No, we like stuff more exclusive, more rare, and more resembling marine life. That's why we love the Innespace...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
The brains over at Kyoto University Venture Business Laboratory have cooked up a rather nice ecologically friendly concept vehicle called the Kyoto-Car. The electric car would not only operate on electrical charges but would also function as a power source...
POSTED Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Combining solar power with electric power to run eco-friendly cars seem to be the new "in" thing to do, what with gas prices making driving a downright painful experience these days. Despite the fact that solar panels aren't really efficient...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
If you're looking to really creep out, well, anyone that you happen to run into, you could do a lot worse than by wearing this steampunk gas mask that seems to borrow more than a little bit from bondage and...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Designed by Bang & Olufsen Medicom, the Insulair's attractive design may just save you or your kids from a few beatings out in the schoolyard. Inhalers for diabetics such as the Insulair represent a newer way to treat the syndrome....
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
So, you think you're pretty good at Dunk Hunt, do you? Well, I'm sure it's pretty easy, what with you aiming at a tiny TV and using that lightweight, fake light gun that came with the NES. You're no real...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
As clever names go, Juicebar is up there. It's a battery, so it's got "juice," while its small oblong shape provides "bar" status. Nice one, kids. The Juicebar is made to give your cellphone a quick charge when it...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A British company known as Surrey Satellite Technology is making satellites that are smaller, cheaper and easier to build, which it hopes will open up the orbital market to new interests. About the size of a refrigerator (and looking...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Magnetic fields are all around us, but they're usually invisible. Not when British filmmakers Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt get a hold of them. Their film group, called Semiconductor, created "Magnetic Movie," where they've turned audio recordings of magnetic...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
We would have gotten a programmable thermostat long ago if they were all this flashy. Take your pick of seven interchangeable faceplates, and this wafer-thin Carrier Edge Designer Thermostat covers up the space where that ugly old one sat...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
As summer lurches forward, suburbia becomes a beauty contest of lawns, each aspiring to be the best shade of green. But who's the greenest one of all? The Grass Scanner can tell you. Designed by Alice Wang, this conceptual...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
It must be nightmarish for Japanese “salarymen.” Performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu thinks so, and she’s so convinced of their suffering, she built a (literally) creepy robot to symbolize their plight in the onslaught of the upcoming Asian economic crash....
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008