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June 2009 Archive

USB sound device looks like a vacuum tube

USB sound device looks like a vacuum tube

Feeding our vacuum tube fetish is Tube Delight, a USB "sound card" from the guru of gadget gimmickry, Brando. No,...
 
NY Post Video: Star Wars Force Trainer in action

NY Post Video: Star Wars Force Trainer in action

Remember the Star Wars Force Trainer from New York's Toy Fair — the toy that lets you lift a ball...
 
GM: Volt to be sportier than Prius, Insight

GM: Volt to be sportier than Prius, Insight

It's probably no coincidence that the same day ailing GM has its bankruptcy proceedings heard in court, Andrew Farah, chief...
 
Solar Impulse airplane takes flight in '09, circumnavigates the globe next

Solar Impulse airplane takes flight in '09, circumnavigates the globe next

Aeronaut Bertrand "Jean Luc" Piccard (nickname ours) has already been around the world once. The first time he did it...
 
NES controller turned into an iPhone dock

NES controller turned into an iPhone dock

The NES controller may be the most hacked device ever. It's been turned into everything from a cellphone to an...
 
Concept E Ink clipboard: The coach's Kindle?

Concept E Ink clipboard: The coach's Kindle?

E Ink, the display tech used in the Amazon Kindle, is a practical choice in a lot of devices. Since...
 
NES controller refitted, now controls a wireless doorbell system

NES controller refitted, now controls a wireless doorbell system

We're used to seeing people turn their old hardware into stuff like joysticks and robots, but here's something different: a...
 
Touchpad shower controller selects water temperature, music, and lighting

Touchpad shower controller selects water temperature, music, and lighting

How smart can a shower get? The Hansgrohe RainBrain Smart Shower lets you enter your settings on its touchpad, giving...
 
BlackBerry Tour sprouting from Verizon July 12

BlackBerry Tour sprouting from Verizon July 12

Today Verizon put the latest BlackBerry, the Tour, up for preorder. Priced at $200, the smartphone will be available July...
 
This USB hub does more than just offer extra ports

This USB hub does more than just offer extra ports

You could get a USB hub that only offers additional USB ports on your computer, but doesn't that just seem...
 
Solar Vest uses the sun to charge your gadgets

Solar Vest uses the sun to charge your gadgets

When you look at your list of priorities, is "having charged gadgets" placed above "looking fashionable"? If so, this solar...
 
Video mask allows you to film underwater hands-free

Video mask allows you to film underwater hands-free

When the temperature rises (and ain't it just doing that in London this week?) my thoughts turn to a life...
 
Real-life Transformers: 9 shape-shifting objects

Real-life Transformers: 9 shape-shifting objects

Why are the Transformers so compelling? Beyond the surprisingly deep mythology and incredible special effects, the entire idea of something...
 
Elevating Wheelchair concept hopes to change the perception of the physically-challenged

Elevating Wheelchair concept hopes to change the perception of the physically-challenged

Unlike Dean Kamen's ultra-mobile iBot, the design of the Elevating Wheelchair is meant to restore a measure of equality when...
 
'Exploit Yourself' Nike ad turns the average run into rooftop-vaulting craziness

'Exploit Yourself' Nike ad turns the average run into rooftop-vaulting craziness

Visual effects studio Big Lazy Robot has created a new ad for Nike titled "Exploit Yourself," featuring a hoodie-and-sneaker-wearing 'bot...
 

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