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Living in a crowded urban neighborhood, I often see kids driving around in their mobile sound systems on wheels, setting off every car alarm on the block. That's annoying enough, but at least I know that as painful as...
POSTED Sunday, August 31, 2008
Traditional Japanese style folding screens can be handy for dividing a large space into two separate areas, or for hiding that unsightly stack of boxes when guests are coming over. But let's face it, the screen itself is usually...
POSTED Saturday, August 30, 2008
Senator Obama, may we humbly submit 20 tech proposals that would have us voting for you. Besides writing presidential hopefuls, we also took a look at the history of Olympic structures, from 776 BC, up through the ages, and...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
When there's a disaster that knocks out lines of communication and power, or in a country that isn't so technologically advanced, UNICEF busts out its prototype "Bee." The Bee was designed to be mobile and versatile. It can be set...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
The Experience Recorder is a high tech glove that will actively and passively archive everything about your day. On its automatic setting, it'll record sounds around you, touch sensations and even take pictures of things that may interest you...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
You can hear the "potato-potato-potato" roar of Harley-Davidson motorcycles all over Milwaukee this weekend, coming here from all over the world to visit the company’s hometown and its huge celebration of the 115th 105th anniversary of the fabled big...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
At the NVIDIA’s NVISION '08 event, Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage demonstrated the difference between the graphical power of a CPU-based unit and a dedicated graphics processing unit, which NVIDIA makes. The GPU stole the show, of course,...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
We’re nuts about the open-wheel design of this GYM electric car, but might be too lazy to get it to go anywhere. That’s because inside this far-fetched design concept of a rowdy-looking roadster is also a gym full of...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Designer Vivien Muller's Solar Cell Tree Charger takes a page from nature, using solar panels as leaves that'll allow it to soak up energy from the sun. Leave it by your window and you have a renewable solution for...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
A watch, made out of skateboards? You’re looking at it: this special edition of the Nixon Rotolog RePly has a band crafted of slivers of old skateboards, just looney enough to earn its maker’s Nixonian name. We’d be obstructing...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Fruit flies are magnificent flying machines, and here’s a high-speed video to prove it. Not only can the little buggers react to your flyswatting attacks within 100 thousandths of a second, their micro-brains are smart enough to plan an...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
If you’ve fallen in love with the MacBook Air but just can’t stand the thought of muddling through OS X, becoming a snooty Mac user, or suffering through Apple’s skin-deep quality and often-shoddy workmanship, Samsung is aiming its .66-inch-thin...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
A recent survey by Parks Associates showed that two thirds of people use a computer as their primary home music system. That's pretty sad, especially when you consider how desperately crappy most computer speakers sound. Now Creative want's to...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
We like our sinks weird, spooky and magic, and now here’s a faucet to match. High-end plumber Graff designed this gorgeous work of art it calls Luna, appearing to be more ski jump than faucet. Its hot and cold...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
We can hardly wait for GM to roll out its $40,000 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid car in late 2010, but the company is teasing us. After showing off an early prototype, we heard the company was trashing that first...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Everyone and his grandma has an opinion on Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention. Well, here's our nickel review: Too light on tech. The man may generate hype like the second coming, but we suspect tech-savvy voters...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
When I was a kid, my Mother would warn me about the dangers of mixing electricity and water, so a bathtub where you lie in water while watching an LCD TV seems like something Mom would have a problem...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Korean designer Jin Woo Han recently worked up a brilliant concept design for what he calls the Snow Mobile Portable PC Theater. The all-in-one device would allow you to easily carry your desktop PC with you anywhere and then project...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Internet radio — remember that? It's still around, and after years of being an also-ran in the digital-media arena, it's recently started to offer some services worth listening to and could, God willing, completely reinvigorate the music industry. That...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
Remember Gak? It was that Play-Doh-like ooze that's easy to picture drooling out of rusty sewer grates. Now imagine pressing that all over your iPhone to get it clean. Nope, not gross at all. Still, Cyber Clean (which comes...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Seat Brisa is a sports car, but not the kind that'll burn rubber down the road with a gas-guzzling roar. Instead, its hood is covered with photo-voltaic cells that power an electric engine tied to the rear motor....
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
French public transportation company SNCF is getting 1,000 customers to help it test an RFID-enabled smart card that's also a USB drive, known as the Weneo ID Smart. It's a push by SNCF to expand its contactless payment system,...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
This speedy Sikorsky X2 helicopter completed its first test flight yesterday, proving that next-generation helicopters have leaped way beyond that old criticism of them as “a collection of spare parts flying in formation.” When it’s done with testing, this...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
Our recent post about the upcoming iPod nano attracted some of the craziest comments we’ve ever seen, many of which must have oozed from the steaming cracks of some hellish Internet from an alternate universe. We feel your pain,...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
If you’re the father of a 15-year-old social butterfly like I am, you’ll understand the brilliant concept behind Dad’s Cab ($18). This realistic taxi meter makes you feel like a New York cabbie, counting up the hours you spend...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
There’s a battle of TV thinness going on right now at the world’s largest consumer electronics show, across the pond at IFA in Berlin, where manufacturers continue the war started last January at CES. The idea is, these are...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
The reality of Blu-ray being the video medium of the future is starting to sink in now that the wave of fall product announcements is cresting. Samsung's latest player, the fifth-gen BD-P2500, is pretty much the company's most advanced...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
If you're reading this site, it's a good bet a big chunk of your music is on your PC. It doesn't have to stay there, though. Whether it's ripped tunes, downloads or streaming music, all that audio can go...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
Now you can service your crazy USB device fetish and ignore the haters at the same time using Thanko's new Sound Lives Stereo Earphones. The USB-powered earphones feature a small external microphone designed to pick up and cancel ambient noise,...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
On the left you've got the Room Tech Beingz Alarm Clock, and its buddy, Mood Lamp, to the right. After a short warning of its feet lighting up, the Alarm Clock will throw its mouth wide open and blare...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Just when you thought ice cube-creation technology had peaked, a team of engineering students from San Jose State University has come up an ice maker that has zero carbon footprint. It’s more than an eco-party trick — consider it...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Here come the three-channel remote control helicopters, giving you more precise control than ever. The best news is that this $30 Black Stealth the cheapest one yet. The Think Geeksters say it’s the easiest one to fly ever, and...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Solar panels are starting to show up on a few new cars such as the upcoming version of the Prius, but until now there have been no options for upgrading existing cars. Now a company called Sunrise Solar plans...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Harmonix explained how they're implementing the promised feature of Rock Band 1 owners being able to play that game's song in Rock Band 2: by charging you a fee to cover the complicated licensing issues. Because I'm sure Harmonix...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Christened the Signterior by its creator, Shanghai-based architect Nobuhiro Nakamura of A-Asterisk, the name is a blend of the words "signage" and "interior." All of the floors, walls and ceilings on every level within the Chinese structure are painted...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Details are sketchy this far, but Microsoft is teasing us about saying “goodbye to laser” on September 9th, and now we have a picture of a product that showed up on Amazon’s Germany site that might have the answer...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
What happened to the drain on this sink from Italian company Axolute? The water either magically disappears, or it slips away via patented “Horizontal Integrated Siphon” technology. You decide. Okay, all you party poopers, if you lean forward and...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Gaming machines can get pretty loud with how much cooling they require, and the powerful components they are often packed with. Custom case builder NZXT kept sound in mind with its upcoming Whisper case, which is insulated with 10...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Here’s the long-anticipated the Nikon D90, the first digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera that can also shoot high-def video. The 12.3 megapixel camera has Live View, letting you see your framing on the 3-inch viewscreen just like a point-and-shoot...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Now that broadband Internet access is almost ubiquitous in most top tier nations, the race is on to offer the perfect VOIP phone for those ultra-cheap international Skype sessions. The latest entry into the race is the award winning Tatung...
POSTED Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Shooter is a conceptual fire extinguisher thought up by designers Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim and Junyi Heo. It makes putting out a fire as easy as aiming and pulling the trigger, which will send a cannon round full...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
When you buy a Falter 2D Pen, don't expect to start writing with it immediately. That flat sheet of iron you see pictured above is what you'll start with. The pen under it is the goal. You'll have to...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Peugeot 888 is billed as the "personal vehicle for the future Metropolis." For designer Oskar Johansen from Norway, that means a car with space for two with room for luggage, as well as a nifty shape-shifting body. On...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
GPS systems are getting to be such a commodity, purveyors of such gadgets are looking for some way to differentiate themselves. Navigon nailed it with its 7200T, due to hit the road for $449 in October. Its 4.3-inch screen...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Surely the result of a computer glitch at HQ that mixed up the latest design briefs with some old files from the '80s, Panasonic has just announced the DMR-BR630V, combining a Blu-ray recorder, VHS recorder, and 320GB DVR into...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
If its 1500 scrolling LEDs don’t give you a clue about what time of day it is, this timepiece by Dutch designer Peter van der Jagt will bark out the time in three languages. Want to learn how to...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Instead of piercing the tongue with metal barbells, let’s embed a tiny magnet and use that mouth muscle as a pointing device. That’s the idea of Georgia Tech researchers who’ve turned the tongue into a joystick that could steer...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Those hip Europeans. They make the sleekest cars, and now they’ve taken that chic design sense into space with the Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE), perhaps the most badass satellite to ever ply the cosmos. This shiny space ornament is...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
This paper AK-47 has good intentions. According to the item description at the A+R Store, its raison d'être is to remove the gun's function by making it completely nonlethal. Since it's made of just $42 of construction paper, the...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The high-art trend of launching mobile museums into the wild is gaining steam with the latest "artcraft" coming in the form of the H Box. The structure was produced by fashion brand Hermès and designed by architect Didier Fiuza...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I like using a Bluetooth headset when I use my cellphone. What I don’t like is noise, or having to take off the headset to figure out how to turn up the volume or or voice dial. The BlueAnt...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Pyramids and ziggurats represent an oddly survivable form of architecture. Built by civilizations such as the Egyptians, Mayans and Babylonians, several of these testaments to ancient ingenuity are still standing after thousands of years. Timelinks, a design firm based...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
When you’re a pro audio editor, you want exceedingly accurate speakers that are good enough to be called “reference.” These M-Audio Studiophile DSM1 and DSM2 Reference Monitors fit the bill, each with two on-board amplifiers and a digital sound...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
This is a sneaking mission, agent. You've been cleared to take the Super Soaker Bottle Shot pistol with you, though how many enemies you'll be able to get wet depends on what kind of bottle you find. That's right,...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
We've looked at quite a few cool gaming rigs rigs recently, but none can match this dedicated Gran Turismo 5 Prologue pod for sheer awesomeness. Built around a 40 inch Sony Bravia LCD display, and a Playstation 3 complete...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
We have to applaud the ambitious Art. Lebedev Studio. The forward-thinking designers of those futuristic Optimus keyboards with a video screen on each key have created Folderix Drives, simple flash storage devices that look like cute little folders. Pick...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
Internet game company NHN Japan thought of an absurd way to get people to talk about HanGame, its mobile phone gaming website: Place half-submerged statues of video game characters all over Shibuya, Tokyo. The statues, such as the wrestler...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
Normally we’re not rumormongers here at DVICE, but this time we have two pieces of supporting evidence of a new iPod nano in the works, so here goes. First we hear Digg’s social networking guru Kevin Rose saying he’s...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
Never mind strapping a flashlight to your head like an old miner, or around your ear like a Borg — this fiber optic light glove brings the light literally to your fingertips. Powered by a battery pack embedded in...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
As we say goodbye to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, let's take a look back at the glories of Olympic architecture from the past, and look forward to even more innovation to come. The competition for the honor of...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
The delicate aircraft you see here just broke a world record for the longest-lasting unmanned flight. It stayed aloft for 83 hours, 37 minutes, charging up its lithium-sulfur batteries with its solar panels during the day, allowing it to...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
It may seem a bit odd to wrap something as 21st century as an iPod dock in a nostalgic 1940s style package, but we've seen plenty of retro style iPod tech before. The difference with the Xi Classic Jukebox...
POSTED Sunday, August 24, 2008
Without a wife or girlfriend around to keep me in line, my laundry pile tends to build to frightening proportions before it receives the attention it deserves. So perhaps I need a washing machine that can work without needing...
POSTED Saturday, August 23, 2008
They look like everyday objects, but each one highlights a cutting-edge technology. Clothes that won't stain. Pizza cut by a laser. A light bulb that gets power from the air. And a woman who can speak and move but...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
What do you get when you bring together a pizza oven, some nail polish and inkjet printers? Solar cells. You and I may be scratching our heads, but the woman behind the process known as iJet, Nicole Kuepper, won...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
Samsung gave Olympic fans an alternative way to see the games in Beijing: with their very own monitor, enclosed in a periscope-like apparatus. Details are scarce, but the picture says enough. If you saw one of these weird fixtures,...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
You don't need to spend thousands of dollars to get a classy, beautiful light fixture. Sure, you could drop a lot of coin on a crystal chandelier, but come on. Who are you, Louis VI? You can save money and...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
The final frontier of wireless tech is upon us, with Intel showing off its electricity flying through the air with better efficiency than ever. While it’s not the first wireless power transmitting device we’ve seen, this one uses resonance...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
When superdesigner Philippe Starck creates a household object like a lamp, he doesn’t mess around. His Miss K table lamp, designed for fancy-schmancy Italian lighting company Flos, plays peekaboo with the diffuser that only shows up when the light...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
Imagine talking to your computer and having it transcribe everything you say without even touching the keyboard. That's the promise of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 ($99.99 for the Standard Edition, up to $1,599 for specialized medical and legal editions), the...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
So this is what they do at parties in Germany? Plunk down a sizable sum of Deutschmarks, and you’ve rented yourself an AirKick, a catapult that spews out a jet of water that can sling a brave rider 26...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
Being in a foreign city can be an intimidating experience. You don't know your way around, you don't know the language, you don't know where the good restaurants are. You need a little help. This portable search engine concept device...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
One of the most annoying things about carrying around a portable music player like an iPod everywhere you go is that when you're finished listening to music, you need to find a place to put your headphones. Do you bunch...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
If you're racing down the street on a bike equipped with a speedometer, you're well aware of how fast you're going. But who cares about that? What about the people you're passing? Don't you want to rub in their faces...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
If you thought mere instant messaging would be enough to slake the digital thirst of children in this age of emerging tech you haven't been paying attention. Apparently, even children must now be equipped with multi-function smart devices and Bandai...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
As we smoothly segue from a carefully choreographed sports convention to carefully choreographed political conventions, we stop examining the medal count and start examining the political polls. As red- and blue-staters do, Obamaniacs are having bleeding-heart palpitations and McCainiacs...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Designer John Paul Rishea has a gallery of wild and outlandish clothing, if you've got the balls to wear them. He's created futuristic-looking collars, sets of wings and robotic gauntlets that would make robo-rockers Daft Punk drool, all sold...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Next time you're gone, your friends may end up replacing you with a robot. At least, that's what happened to Steve Ganz. The Ganzbot may not look like much, but it's the most expressive block of cardboard you're likely...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Cool Earth’s inflated solar concentrators may be the lightest power plants around. Looking like a biggie version of those shiny helium balloons you might see at someone's birthday party, the concentrators weigh just 20 pounds and, tethered to lightweight...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Of all the electric car designs we’ve seen, this one is the most puzzling yet. The Hinterland Project starts with the shape of an airplane fuselage and turns it into a sustainable vehicle. However, it looks more like an...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
A couple of Japanese companies just announced a giant leap in OLED (organic LED) screen tech, making the displays last 30 times longer and use a tenth of the power. Toshiba Matsushita and Idemitsu are showing off a high-performance...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Are you sitting in your vault full of your millions of dollars, bored? You have everything and are just so over it all? Well, you probably don't have a submarine. That's something that could keep you entertained for a...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Are we detecting a hint of desperation from those companies still making landline phone equipment? Maybe it’s just a coincidence that the OpenFrame Platform from OpenPeak has a piano-black touchscreen with icons that display that familiar iPhoney shininess and...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
You aren't still using a pizza cutter to slice up your pizza, are you? That is so 20th century. We're living in more exciting times these days, times in which we don't need stupid blades to cut our food....
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Want to make Sunday morning chores fun? Or fool your kids into thinking mowing the lawn is a game? If a mower like the Muwi existed, you'd find your yard trimmings transformed from garbage-bag-filler into different, usable shapes such...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
In case you weren't aware, below the surface of the earth there's a sea of insanely hot material that's constantly swirling around. When tapped, that heat source can be used as geothermal power. With so much down there, why aren't...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Want to add some extra realism to your Wii racing? Today Logitech announces its Speed Force Wireless racing wheel, a wireless controller that you can use with racing games. Well, racing game — it's currently only compatible with Need...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Always keeping one eye on the future, Japan's KDDI AU Design Project has a fresh batch of concept devices on display in Tokyo. Perhaps the most intriguing of the bunch is a phone called the Box To Play. The sleek...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
While most people believe that vacuum tubes went away decades ago along with propeller-driven airliners and rotary telephones, in truth hardcore music lovers (and guitar players) have long embraced tubes for their sonic properties. After the Cold War ended,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sony has a new version of its PlayStation Portable coming out, called the PSP-3000. If you were hoping for any major changes — such as a redesigned button layout for a more comfortable grip or even more power than...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
When your aim is to travel across the great ice plains of Antarctica, a normal car or truck meant for highways and regular streets probably isn't going to meet your specific needs. You need a vehicle designed for the wide...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
You normally don't hear the terms green friendly and land speed record in the same sentence, although that may change if a group of tree hugging speed freaks from Britain get their way. Currently, they are poised on a...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Looking at the Sonance Kayak speaker, my first thought isn't "personal watercraft" but "museum pedestal from 2567." But that could be just me. Whatever you think the speaker looks like (the comment field awaits), here's what it does: stereo...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
You can’t be too rich, too thin or have too many USB ports, so this positively architectural USB hub is bound to be a welcome site on any desk. The Boynq Swing suspends four USB receptacles underneath its graceful...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
We’ve got to teach the kiddies about alternative sources of energy if we want them to clean up the mess we've made of this planet. We're off to a good start with the H-Racer, which did a great job...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Big sound doesn’t usually come in small packages, but this Soundmatters foxL Pocket Monitor might be able to overcome that limitation. Besides its two “Linear Magnetic Drive Twoofers,” if you hang this bauble around your neck its bass radiator...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Invision phone doesn't look like much. I mean, there's no touchscreen, no slide-out keyboard, no celebrity voices — why should you care? Mainly because it's the cheapest cellphone you can get that includes AT&T's Mobile TV service. We checked...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The above video is of a woman named Emily discussing the new process that allows company Image Metrics to create highly-realistic computer animations of people. Sound boring? Maybe, until you realize that Emily is a product of that system....
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The NASA concept car (which, as far as we can tell, has nothing to do with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, though it looks like astronauts are driving it) has some pretty radical features that are immediately appealing....
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
So you say your iPod went up in flames due to Apple’s recent janky batteries woes? Have no fear, all iPod refusniks can find a little salvation in two new multi-media player called the Pleigo from Korean manufacturer Axxen. With...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Technology is touching all parts of our lives, our nether parts being no exception. These days there are toilet seats that clean you up like a car wash, and we have one right here from Kohler that we’ve been...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The industrial safety and security experts over at BriarTek Incorporated got the green light (and $19 million) to test a Man Overboard Indicator, or MOBI, on 105 US Navy vessels. The Virginia-based firm's MOBI, known as the ORCA (for...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sick of recharging your phone every day? Sick of the battery slowly losing power all day long? It comes with the territory with batteries, unfortunately. That may not always be the case, however. Imagine if your phone charged itself up...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Here’s a extraordinary concept: a car without wheels, instead using three spheres to move in any direction. Designer Andrei França created the Peugeot 360 with an electric motor driving each sphere, using a system of pulleys coordinated by an...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
As adults, we need to take the time to remember to have fun sometimes. It's not all working and going to and from work, you know! And fun doesn't necessarily involve drinking out at a bar somewhere, at least not...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
While most crazy fast concept cars use aerodynamics to keep the wheels firmly planted on the ground, designer Iman Maghsoudi has taken the opposite tack with his wild Ferrari Monza concept. Once you reach a predetermined speed, an onboard...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Strap on this Lunocet Monofin, and you're instantly the fastest swimmer in the world. You’re not going to be moving through the water at 60mph like a sailfish, but its 8mph top speed would beat the measly 5mph of...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Achieve total geekitude with this very special window, called Fenêtres 3.1, French for, you guessed it, Windows 3.1. This design concept for a Windows window might take some serious construction to install, but maybe it could also be offered...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
We've seen some pretty ludicrous heated USB gadgets, from slippers to kneepads to mice, and now we have yet another addition to the hallowed line of insane gadgets: the USB heated shawl. Yes, a shawl, the thing that grandmothers everywhere...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
There's not a lot of info on this Yang Ying digital camera — just a few pictures of it on the designer's website. Still, that was enough to pique our interest, mainly because the idea is so damn cool:...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
California’s BottleStone wants to take your old bottles and recycle them into a beautiful new countertop. Their eco-friendly stone counters are made of 80% recycled glass pulled from curbside programs and 20% cement and ceramic, all of which is...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Concept devices are sometimes made stronger when the design is kept simple and the focus is a great new idea. The Touch Sight is just such a concept that would essentially revolutionize the world of the blind by giving the...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Built by a father and son for cruising around at this year's Burning Man festival, this giant people powered quadbike called The Dogsled, makes most other similar vehicles we've seen look kind of wimpy. While it would be tough...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Everybody loves hovercrafts. They're one of those fun, impractical vehicles that make much more sense as a remote controlled toy than as a legitimate mode of transportation. But what if you don't want to pay top dollar for a fancy...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
One of the best developments in consumer electronics I've noticed over the last year or so is the spread of wireless technology to devices that didn't used to have it. Take, for example, this Epson WorkForce 600 all-in-one printer/scanner/fax...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Here’s a breakthrough in video effects. Researchers at the University of Washington have figured out a "Spacetime Fusion Technique" that uses pictures from a digital still camera to enhance video in a variety of ways. For instance, you can...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
I'm sure it's a quandary you're familiar with: there you are, out in the wilderness, hungry, but without any way to cook the freshly killed animals you plan on eating. Sure, you could build a fire on the ground, but...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Monday morning is often a rude awakening, especially with an obnoxious alarm jarring you out of sleepy-time paradise. That must be why designers keep flirting with the idea of a silent vibrating alarm clock for two, complete with twin...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Feeling powerless? Escape to the captain’s chair from the Star Trek original series, and start barking out orders and making dramatic pronouncements as your family rolls their eyes. Just don’t let the missus see that credit card bill when...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Now that you've grown up and no longer live with your parents, the chances are good that you no longer have someone around telling you to stand up straight and not slouch. That might seem like a good thing at...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have come up with a nanoparticle coating that could make self-cleaning clothes a reality. The particles, made of anatase titanium dioxide, will coat fibers in wool and silk. Once the fabric is coated, you need...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
What combines transforming 1940s tanks and airplanes, Wolverine claws, The Matrix-like slow motion robot kung fu, and an atomic bomb with a clock ticking backwards to zero? A new digital short by animator Vincent Chai, a recent graduate of the...
POSTED Monday, August 18, 2008
Over the years we've seen plenty of solar powered accessories that can give your various gadgets a much needed energy boost. The problem is that most of them make you look like a starving student or hippie. Now a...
POSTED Sunday, August 17, 2008
While car fans will recognize the Italian design firm Pininfarina for their hyper-cool automotive creations like the Enzo Ferrari, who knew that they also have a division that designs all kinds of other cool stuff. New from them is...
POSTED Saturday, August 16, 2008
The news was definitely covered in a deep shade of green this week, with plenty of eco-friendly technologies making noise. The biggest (literally) news was this solar array planned for India, said to be the largest ever. Also on...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Here's a creative way to save waste: make the packaging an essential part of the product. The Packaging Lamp by David Gardener, for example, turns into the lamp when opened. The packaging hides the bulb, wires, and plug, but...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
We like to see small objects writ large, and this watch table fits right into that category. Cleverly named Big Time, it’s a coffee table for big shots, made of 24k gold plated steel with a $43,150 price to...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Now I'm not sure if an appliance as widespread and utilitarian as the washing machine is really in desperate need of a radical redesign, but I suppose there's no harm in thinking outside the box and trying to improve existing...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
This mini-motor sounds like it could power a leaf blower, but it’s actually a working scale model of a 1964 Chevy Corvette V8 engine. Jim Moyer built this four-stroke pocket rocket from scratch, fabricating all the parts himself. He’s...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
If you like your espresso hot and fast, it looks like this Brunopasso PD-1 espresso machine could be up to the task. Designer Tadahito Ishibashi wanted to remind you of an Italian sports car, complete with dashboard-looking gauges and...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Now here's a fun little project: turning the high tech into the low tech by converting a video into a flipbook. You remember flipbooks, right? You flip through the pages quickly to create the illusion of motion. Well, now, using...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Everyone knows that Cylons are great at killing humans, but can they make toast? We fired up this Cylon toaster to see exactly what kind of damage it could do to some bread.
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but with the Smart Pet Doorbell, you can teach him to ring whenever he wants in or out. Those swinging pet doors can be okay, but back when I...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
The original Nintendo is turning into the most popular mod in the history of mods. We've seen old Nintendos and Nintendo controllers messed around with more than any other gadget, and with good reason: everybody loves the NES. And now...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Sick of seeing their big brothers having all the fun with their pimped out car stereos, a group of kids in Queens, New York dubbed the Stereobike Crew, figured that with a little ingenuity they could put a thumpin'...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
Good news for all the morally challenged robot fetishists eagerly waiting for the ultimate fem-bot to be created—when they arrive in stores they will have touch sensitive skin. Scientists at the University of Tokyo have created "e-skin" that conducts electricity...
POSTED Friday, August 15, 2008
When we reported last week about how high-tech this year's Olympic broadcasting would be, we didn't imagine that a Chinese newspaper would uncover the fact that some of the fireworks in the opening ceremonies were actually CGI animation. A...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
The Xbox 360 is a hot, noisy beast of a game console. Due to that heat, it's run into some problems with frying itself and getting the infamous "red rings of death." The only way to fix that problem is...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Hate hearing cellphones ring when you're watching a movie or in a bus? Want to ensure that nobody can send or receive calls when they're near you? OK, I'll tell you how, but be warned: it's definitely illegal and could...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Hungry for toast? Too lazy to get up and walk into the kitchen to use your toaster? A common issue, I'm sure. What you need is a way to toast bread from the comfort of your desk chair. What's near...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Been watching the all-HD Olympics? You might be wondering how that magnificent shot is done where the camera follows the divers from atop the 10-meter diving platform all the way under the water. Well, we’re going to give up...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
So you've got your own plane. Big deal. I'm not impressed, rich guy. If you want to really impress me, I want to know how you're going to tote your badass motorcycle around with you while you're jetsetting. Enter the...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Just as the world is getting used the cool-glowing, coil-shaped Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs), Seattle-based Vu1 has come up with a whole new bulb technology that's even better… and greener. Instead of heating a filament like in an...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Quit wasting your time building LEGO models of Death Stars and LEGO space ships from moldy and childish movies that are decades old. Leap back a few centuries and build the Taj Mahal, the most beautiful structure ever created....
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Solar cells just keep getting better and better. Day4 Energy is the latest innovator, figuring out how to squeeze higher efficiency and lower costs out of its newest design, which the company says will be ready for market within...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
When you listen to headphones, it's not quite the same stereo effect you get from speakers. Each ear only hears one channel, while both ears hear both channels (just at different points and orientation) with speakers. Want that true,...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Using solar power to run an air conditioner seems like one of those no-brainers that a six-year-old could figure out. After all, hot places are where you need AC, and they tend to be sunny most of the time,...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Some gadgets are so cool they don't need a specific function or grandiose purpose designed to save the world. Such is the case with the DVR Camball. The tiny Death Star-black orb functions as a digital video camera and an...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
When the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica began back in the spring, we asked you to design your own Cylons. We didn’t mind if you created centurions, raiders, skin jobs or something new entirely. Well, did we...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
How serious are you about your coffee? I don't mean how you need coffee to survive in the morning, but how serious are you about roasting it? If you're happy with Starbucks that's one thing, but some folks take roasting...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Sure, while a lot of robots in development are designed to do important tasks that will help humanity, that's boring. What about the more mundane, the more frivolous, and the more ridiculous tasks that we want performed? Don't worry; there...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Looking to turn from a scrawny, basement-dwelling nerd into a muscle-bound lothario? Well, it'll take some work. You'll need to start working out. No weights around to help you do this? Well, just get creative and use the stuff you...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Feeding our fascination for typography and clocks at the same time is Word Clock by Simon Heys, a screen saver that shows you the time of day in your favorite typeface. Take your pick of rotary or linear mode,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Interested in joining the mile high club? Less interested in getting stuck in a bathroom the size of a small closet with your girlfriend and being forced to call the flight attendants to get you out when your pants are...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
We’ve been wondering if installing solar panels on our house would be worth it. Then we found RoofRay, a clever website that lets you accurately determine the solar potential of your roof using Google Maps. You zoom in on...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Here's a deliciously brilliant solution to a common problem — what to do with your extra chairs when you don't need them. When you have friends over, a couple of Pick Chairs will beef up your sitting space. Then,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
We Americans say we like bike riding, but we're too damn lazy to pedal. That’s why we’ll snap up this Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bike with its proprietary power plant that can go 40 miles on a charge with...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m not a big fan of my laptop’s touchpad. When I can, I always opt for a real mouse, but that’s obviously not so convenient when I’m wandering the streets, looking for things...
POSTED Wednesday, August 13, 2008
What are cars going to look like in the year 2015? Well, I'm guessing they're going to look kind of like our cars to day, but maybe a touch more aerodynamic. But hey, what do I know? When asked the...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Feel like warping your kid for life? Of course you do! What could be more fun? Not much, that's what. So it's time to instill a healthy fear of things that should normally be innocuous in him, such as stuffed...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Japanese clothier Aoki is apparently fed up with the fragrance of sweaty salarymen, and attacks the problem with tech. The company is touting Farago Aircool, a line of suits, shirts and socks that quashes that odiferous cloud with an...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Now here's something I bet your current cellphone doesn't do: measure the quality of the air around you and give you a full report. That might not be the case forever, however, as the Interzone designed by Alistair Bramley would...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Hobos everywhere, rejoice! Here's the familiar-looking Swivel Barbecue, a tripod grill that sets up in a jiffy. With a quick half-twist, its three poles form a sturdy stand from which you hang the cooking grate. Adjust its height over...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
When that iPhone runs out of juice again, you can plug it in for replenishment right there in your car with this In-Car Charger. Add your three other favorite USB devices and you’ve filled this baby up, powering enough distractions...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
As if we didn't have enough distractions while driving. Now Maplin, which is sort of the British version of Radio Shack, has introduced a portable microwave oven that runs on 12 Volts DC. Strap one into the passenger seat,...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Now this is a serious laptop. The new Lenovo Thinkpad W700 is not only gigantic, featuring a 17-inch screen and a full numerical pad next to the keyboard, but it also has a Wacom tablet built in. Yes, one of...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
What's the home of the 21st century? Contenders abound — you've got green houses, cool prefab designs and even apartments themed around gadget fads — but none are quite so… modular as these Styrofoam domes. Made by Japan Dome...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The next time you want to play Mission to Mars, and pretend you've got one of those spacecraft tents you see on Star Trek, you'd do well to use the Octagon Tent-in-a-box. Developed by Sago Mokuzai, the portable home was...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
When a ‘50s-style nixie clock isn’t going to cut it, get even more retro-techno with this Scope Clock. Made by nixie wristwatch maker David Forbes in his Cathode Corner laboratories, this gorgeous creation mixes up the old and the...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
At first glance, this ultra-stylish double basin from designer Will MacCormac looks like another one of those designer fantasy creations that seem incredibly cool, but don't work too well in practice. Delve a little deeper, however, and you'll find...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
We’re big fans of those tiny remote-controlled helicopters you can fly around the living room, but they’re hard to steer. While some advances have been made, none give you the 4-channel goodness of the Kyosho Caliber 120. At a...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
As I sit here in Cadman Plaza outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (jury duty blows), tapping into some random Wi-Fi network and watching my MacBook’s battery slowly dwindle, I find myself wishing I had one of these Suntables right...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
The world's largest solar energy project is currently in its planning phases, and it looks like it's going to be absolutely enormous. Planned for Gujarat, India, it'll be producing 5 gigawatts of power when all is said and done. That's...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
The Nintendo Wii is obviously incredibly successful. But that doesn't mean Nintendo is resting on its laurels and not planning for the future! Oh, no! Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, recently said that “The hardware team started work on the...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
The Dry Water Jet Massager is a strange contraption, as you can tell by the name. Dry water? That doesn't make a lick of sense. But this thing is designed to give you the benefits of a water massage without...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
Take a trip with us down into uncanny valley, where animated human faces look almost real. Studio Pendulum's AlterEgo division pasted tiny sensors on actors’ faces and ran that data through their latest facial performance software, and this is...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
For the Olympics-obsessed, here’s an official replica of the torch that was carried 85,127 miles on its way to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This 11.4-inch model isn’t quite half the height of the 28.3-inch real thing, but this...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
Something about this Sun Fold Bike concept really bugs me. Sure, as design concepts go, it's pretty benign — conceived as a green and relatively portable form of commuter transport, it's a fold-up bike that runs on solar power...
POSTED Monday, August 11, 2008
Golf is one of those sports where people will spend huge piles of cash on all the latest gear, but with most of it there isn't a whole lot of cool technology involved. Sure, some fancy clubs use carbon...
POSTED Sunday, August 10, 2008
Are you the type of gamer who needs to get every latest input device and display for your killer rig? If gaming peripherals are just piling up on the floor of your bachelor pad, perhaps this gaming table from...
POSTED Saturday, August 9, 2008
Today being the opening day of the Olympic Games in Beijing, we thought it was prime time for a look at the high-tech athletics gear that's being used at the games today that wasn't around four years ago in...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
There’s no shortage of ways to be jarred out of bed in the morning, but we like the idea of a scent waking us up rather than obnoxious noises or absurd tests. Sure, the Wake n’ Bacon alarm clock...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Scared of doggies? Don't want to resort to extreme measures to keep them off your yard that could get you into trouble with the police? Well, the Animal nuisance Repeller from Viatek is designed to keep animals away from you...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't really understand the appeal of this Freewheel speaker. Let me give you the details: it's gigantic, about the size of a Mazda Miata tire and about twice as thick. It works wirelessly...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Using the Twitter site seems so trivial, where you just type up whatever short and snappy comment comes to mind and hope somebody cares. But our pal Nicholas Deleon from CrunchGear puts it all into perspective with this brilliantly...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
The Bedol water clock adds a touch of green to your timekeeping. You never have to wind it, and it requires no batteries or any electricity. It runs on a touch of salt and few ounces water. The electrodes...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Quick, somebody call an exorcist, because I could swear this candle is hovering above the table. Oh, wait. If you keep it dark enough in the room, maybe nobody will notice that nine-foot line suspending it from the ceiling....
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
That old saying that says a poor workman blames his tools holds true in sports as much as anywhere, but there's no question that having the absolute best equipment can make a big difference for the world's top athletes....
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
The Proton air conditioner, designed by Michael Laut, is not only a lot slicker looking than your standard AC unit, but it's also much quieter and more environmentally friendly. That's because it uses ionization to do its job. And hey,...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
The cry of "Man overboard!" isn't one that'll cause a rush of panic on the decks of the Queen Elizabeth in Turkey. That's probably because people are continually jumping ship: to visit the surrounding pools, spas, bars and the...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Remote controls with dying batteries are so annoying. You never have batteries on hand when they die (what else uses AAA batteries these days?), so you end up walking up and changing the channel by hand until you face your...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Diseases that cause blindness, such as glaucoma, are treatable if they're caught early. Unfortunately, not everybody goes to get their eyes checked all that often if they think nothing's wrong. That's why a couple of researchers at UC Davis have...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Known as the Nike 6.0 Ill Mobile, the monstrous fun wagon you see pictured above came from ad/design firm Hub Strategy, which the shoe company tasked with making something that would make people stop and say, "Holy crap!" The...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
As if the hyper-beauty-conscious women of Japan didn’t have enough societal pressure, now computers are getting in on the practice of judging beauty. In a clever promotional tie-up with cosmetics giant Shiseido, game maker Nintendo plans to release a new...
POSTED Friday, August 8, 2008
Oscar Pistorius isn't competing in this year's Olympics, and that's a good thing. In case you missed it, Pistorius is the double-amputee sprinter who occasionally has carbon-fiber artificial limbs stand in for his missing lower legs. His amazing Cheetah...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008
Hey, let’s get a couple of violins and turn them into speakers! Looks like a clever Korean has already thought of that, and the result is the Sounger Vin 1/8 Violin Stereo Speaker System. While the system's $770 price...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008
How do you tell a cow where to go? It isn't easy, what with cows generally not understanding English and being relatively stubborn creatures. Now, researchers are working on a prototype set of headphones for cows, allowing farmers to control...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008
Nothing says "good times" like scaring kids so badly that they have nightmares for years and develop unhealthy phobias. It's hilarious! If you want to enjoy such wholesome laughs, you should get one of these remote controlled Dead Fred Zombie...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008
Canon’s just announced the U.S. rollout of its updated VIXIA line of HD camcorders, and the best one is the HF11. It keeps that slim and tiny form factor of its HF10 predecessor that so impressed us last January,...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008