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If you're looking for some wireless freedom without the bulk, Jabra is coming out with a set of Bluetooth headphones the company's calling HALO, though it's not officially endorsed by Master Chief. Due out in May for $130, the stereo...
POSTED Thursday, April 2, 2009
Channel your inner John Madden by turning your regular PC into a tablet PC telestrator with Hantech's Tablo. An IR/ultrasonic sensor gets jacked into your PC via USB and gets clipped to the top of your screen. Using the...
POSTED Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Sure, there are plenty of cute webcams on the market, but few make you feel like a movie star. Are you ready for your closeup? This webcam looks like a Hollywood movie camera, but it's a USB webcam, compatible with...
POSTED Friday, March 27, 2009
Thanko, a crazy company from Japan that makes all manner of wacky gadgets, has a new one for us today: the USB Cigarette. Yes, it's an electronic cigarette that plugs into your computer to charge. The benefit of an electronic...
POSTED Friday, March 27, 2009
Shanghai-based computer peripheral maker Evergreen has released a new potential addition to your mobile arsenal called the Fingertip Mini Mini USB Trackball. Despite its diminutive square shape the unit supports all normal mouse functions including click, scroll and cursor mode,...
POSTED Wednesday, March 25, 2009
There are tons of USB gadgets devices, some more useful than others. Many force you to waste a valuable USB port to use them too. This one is different. This is a four-port USB hub with a battery-powered clock, but...
POSTED Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Someday we'll all gain access to our homes through eye scans and vein analysis, but in the meantime you might want to wave your geek flag via your keychain with the USB Robot Flash Drive. Able to hold up to...
POSTED Tuesday, March 24, 2009
When Finnish software developer Jerry Jalava lost his ring finger in a motorcycle accident (bike versus Bambi), his doctor replaced it with a thumb — a USB thumb drive, that is. Concealed under the prosthetic fingernail is a 2GB USB...
POSTED Thursday, March 19, 2009
No, this is not a digital drum set. It's a Vision One Computer Workstation, configurable with padded armrests, speaker stands, mousing pads, mounting hardware for one to three monitors, and even a Porsche (or any other) car seat for your...
POSTED Friday, March 13, 2009
Behold, the hard drive of the future. Most of today's hard drives are metal boxes with rapidly spinning disks nestled inside, but this Fusio-io ioDrive Duo is all solid-state, has no moving parts, and reads and writes data ten times...
POSTED Thursday, March 12, 2009
Microsoft improves its fold-up Arc mouse in a subtle way today, piling on the organic colors to its 2.4GHz (not Bluetooth, thank goodness) wireless pointer and giving us one less excuse to avoid buying one of the somewhat-pricey $50 devices....
POSTED Tuesday, March 10, 2009
This custom keyboard is supposedly "steampunk," but it doesn't look all that steampunky to me. No, without any brass or leather, it doesn't quite fit into that category. That's not a bad thing, however. With steampunk being one of the...
POSTED Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Not everyone has the luxury of using their computer in their office, and anyone who's tried to work on a laptop in open sunlight knows how hard it is can be to see the screen. Think Tank Photo has...
POSTED Wednesday, March 4, 2009
It looks like '09 is going to be an innovative year for Asus. The company, which heralded the age of the netbook in the US with its original Eee PC, is turning that keyboard-in-a-PC concept we showed you into a...
POSTED Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I love simple innovations. You don't need to be flashy to be useful, and that's just what this USB cable with a built-in SD card reader is: useful and modest. After all, most people have USB cables kicking around, and...
POSTED Friday, February 27, 2009
The brain-to-computer barrier continues to fall with the introduction of Korea's new HIMS Brain HUBI biofeedback device. The unit connects to your computer on one end and offers biofeedback ports for your fingertips on either side of its housing. The...
POSTED Thursday, February 26, 2009
SanDisk rolled out a couple of attractive card readers today, and the company says they're blazing fast. We're skeptical of the claim of 30MB/s (that's megabytes per second!) reading, and writing at 27MB/s, but even if those numbers are exaggerated,...
POSTED Tuesday, February 24, 2009
In case you didn't see this extraordinary Logitech G19 keyboard with its 320 x 240 color LCD screen at CES last month, here it is, now available for pre-order at Logitech's website. Taking the idea of a keyboard to the...
POSTED Monday, February 23, 2009
The legendary Fender Stratocaster electric guitar has now been reduced to an 11-inch-high USB mini-lamp. Plug it into a USB port and its six ultra-bright LEDs will light up your stairway to heaven. We're wondering about the level of detail...
POSTED Friday, February 20, 2009
Microsoft is officially wading into competitive retail with its own slew of storefronts, and the company just hired David Porter, the new VP of Retail Stores, to lead the charge when he starts on February 16th. "Defining the time frame,...
POSTED Friday, February 13, 2009
If you're fond of the plug-separating PowerSquid power strip, or its pricier big brother, PowerSquid Calamari, you'll really like these anthropomorphic alternatives from Urban Outfitters. Electric Man separates the sockets for easy plug-in of even the bulkiest wall wart, and...
POSTED Friday, February 13, 2009
Remember all those ghosts you loved to hate in Pac-Man? Well, now you can immortalize that love forever with the Speakal iBoo iPod speaker dock — not officially licensed — out now for only $90. The iBoo comes in red,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Intel is moving beyond the 45nm chip into denser territory. The company gave a first-ever demo of a 32nm Westmere chip — though no performance benchmarks are available at this time — and rumor has it that the packed processors...
POSTED Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Is there a love burning so deep inside you that you feel the need to express it in the most ostentatious way possible? Look no further than this USB Plasma Heart from Brando. Set this up beside your computer and...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
It's a well-known scam in computer retail: printers are cheap, but ink for said cheap printers is outrageously expensive. It's a lousy situation, one that leads many people to just not get a printer. But what if you could use...
POSTED Monday, February 2, 2009
This Fast Fingers 3-in-1 keyboard is a regular QWERTY keyboard, yes, but it also lets you type in two other ways. At the push of a button you can turn the QWERTY keyboard into an ABC keyboard, and with the...
POSTED Monday, January 26, 2009
Nothing says "I love you" on Valentine's Day like a flash drive, right? Well, maybe an expensive-but-beautiful drive would do the trick. Mimoco is rolling out another one of its popular MIMOBOTs, worked over by famed Tokidoki artist Simone Legno....
POSTED Friday, January 23, 2009
Operative word: chance. Razer, which has made a decent name for itself with its gaming gear (or at least for the Boomslang), is running a contest — make a video of you laying waste to your current mouse and you...
POSTED Thursday, January 22, 2009
Catering specifically to the serious PC gamer, Logicool has announced the G13 Advanced Gameboard. The sexy black controller features a fully programmable keyboard, a soft rest pad for your hand, an embedded bright LCD display for game stats and system...
POSTED Thursday, January 22, 2009
In an age of sleek white Apple everythings, ad nauseam, a keyboard made from real Scrabble playing pieces is a true standout. Who doesn't love Scrabble? This Scrabble Keyboard really works, too — it's basically a regular USB keyboard with...
POSTED Wednesday, January 21, 2009
The multi-screen setup is the sign of a true computer, uh, aficionado, someone who spends more time staring at their computer screens than they do at so-called real life. But only a storied few can take it to the next...
POSTED Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sometimes modding out your game system isn't enough, a sufficiently over-the-top joystick may be needed to give you that comfy feeling. To that end XCM has introduced the Dominator PS3 joystick. The Dominator allows you to program rapid fire and...
POSTED Wednesday, January 21, 2009
When Windows 7 is released later this year, it'll have support for multi-touch screens. Since there really aren't any multi-touch screens out for desktop computers yet, this means you'll need to buy one if you want to be able to...
POSTED Tuesday, January 20, 2009
If you think about it, solid state drives are still living under the shadow of their antiquated hard disk cousins. SSDs are manufactured to take on the same shape as an HDD, fit into the same slots and generally pretend...
POSTED Monday, January 19, 2009
Until everlasting batteries hit the market, we'll constantly be looking for ways to enhance battery longevity. Now you can wear your power jones on your sleeve (or just under it) with the $25 Wrist Band Battery, carrying enough juice...
POSTED Monday, January 19, 2009
The Eee PC Keyboard is, from what we can tell, just a concept that the company was or is throwing around. It's billed as a full computer inside a keyboard, and even has a 5-inch touchscreen off to the side...
POSTED Friday, January 16, 2009
Logitech's G-series of peripherals are super-high end, design for gamers who want the best equipment for their pursuits. And it's not just the features like extra buttons and surround sound headsets that make it so nice: it's the design. Design...
POSTED Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Everyone's seen those questionable curved keyboards that are supposedly more ergonomic. A new company called Smartfish has now created a questionable curved keyboard with an extra ingredient: motorized keys that move with your fingertips. The Smarfish Pro:Motion keyboard imperceptibly...
POSTED Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Are you one of the biggest nerds in the world? If so, you probably know the fake Klingon language from Star Trek. And maybe you want to write things in this fake tongue. But here you are stuck with...
POSTED Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Scanning photos is so easy that it's done on pretty much every office desktop. Hell, even picture frames can do it. But scanning objects? That's still something most people think of as science fiction (tricorders, anyone?). But it's about...
POSTED Tuesday, January 13, 2009
I'm normally pretty skeptical of "gaming gadgetry" as usually it's just repackaged, cheaper tech sold to a niche market. Calgary-based Psyko Audio Labs, however, has a bona-fide draw: the speakers aren't in the earphones, but along the headband. That's because...
POSTED Sunday, January 11, 2009
The promise of CES is to show off cool new gadgets that can improve all aspects of your life. But the Real Touch is just taking things too far: It's a computer-controlled "stimulation" device that uses specially encoded content...
POSTED Sunday, January 11, 2009
Altec Lansing is trying to do an extreme makeover. They've taken a new approach to their design, trying to distinguish themselves from the boring array of computer speakers. They were showing off their award-winning Expressionist Bass computer speakers at CES....
POSTED Sunday, January 11, 2009
Taiwanese electronic manufacturer Ozaki had a curious little character on display: President-Elect Barack Obama. We found him wearing a shirt that said "change" and Ba-rocking out to his iPod One, which played videos of his promotional campaign material including...
POSTED Saturday, January 10, 2009
Callpod is releasing the successor to its wonderful Chargepod 6-way charger. The Chargepod V2 will be able to handle your laptop (either PC or Mac, surprisingly) and four gadgets, with room to spare to act as a three-port USB...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Vuzix is planning a second generation of its head-mounted displays that look like "something people would actually want to wear," according to a representative of the company. Stylin' or not, the Wrap 920AV improves upon the iWear VR920 by...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Bug Labs is adding six new BUGmodules to its lineup including 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity modules; a chat pad; a speaker/microphone module; von Hippel Module (for interfacing with I/O ports with your creation) and even a Pico projector....
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Available this summer for around $500, this 2.5-inch SATA drive is as fast as it is affordable. Using a marketing term SanDisk invented, the drive is rated at 40,000 VRPM, or Virtual Revolutions Per Minute. What that means to...
POSTED Thursday, January 8, 2009
Fancy some stargazing? If you do, the ETX-LS telescope by Meade Instruments makes it virtually effortless. You barely have to lift a finger. That's because the ETX-LS uses GPS range-finding coupled with CCD imaging to automatically align itself. It can...
POSTED Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Sign Language Translator by Krown does just what its name implies: it takes the words you feed into it and, on its modestly sized touchscreen, plays a video of the proper hand sign. If you type in "happy,"...
POSTED Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Is hard disk space getting cheap, or what? This minimalist LaCie Hard Disk MAX USB drive can hold 2 terabytes of your favorite files, combining a couple of 1TB drives in a RAID configuration that gives you either formidably...
POSTED Tuesday, January 6, 2009
We all know that going green is good for Mother Earth, but the truth is that green tech will only truly take off when it gets as easy and cool as your iPhone. The UK company Solar Technology takes us...
POSTED Tuesday, January 6, 2009
James Bond always has the coolest toys, and I can just picture a scenario where he defuses some deadly situation by downloading secret codes from the hidden flash drive in this watch. The 4 GB USB memory card slips...
POSTED Sunday, January 4, 2009
With only one day left on the 2008 calendar Softbank finally released the highly anticipated 1-Seg TV tuner and battery for the Apple iPhone. Say what you will about the iPhone's steep challenge in Japan, but Softbank has come through...
POSTED Friday, January 2, 2009
If you don't have the premium gadget cash to shell out for one of those pricey tablet PCs, the Airpen Mini might be the product for you. The tiny clip-on device uses an infrared beam to detect and convert your...
POSTED Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Nothing beats two items combined in one package, giving you one less thing to carry around. Especially when it's done in a particularly clever way. That's why this eraser flash drive is so great. Yes, it's a USB flash drive...
POSTED Monday, December 29, 2008
Unless you happen to be an impressive 500 times the size of your average human being, you'll probably use these oversized earbuds as regular speakers. Vaguely called the 500XL Desktop Speakers, there's nothing much here besides a gimmicky design...
POSTED Friday, December 26, 2008
Encasing the wiring and circuitry of a gadget in a transparent shell is pretty popular, but a lot of the concepts we see — such as Nokia's morphing cell phone, pictured above — take it all one step further...
POSTED Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Toshiba is firing the next salvo in the Solid State War with a drive that's an impressive 512 GB large. As it pretty much always is in the wild world of tech, that's double the size of the last SSD...
POSTED Friday, December 19, 2008
We may have just found the perfect replacement for that klunky Bluetooth keyboard we've been using in our home theater. Brando's outdone its tiny keyboard we touted a couple of months ago with this new backlit model, scarcely larger...
POSTED Wednesday, December 17, 2008
We've seen some pretty interesting mouse designs before, but none have taken their moniker quite as literally as this insane and relatively-morbid specimen. That's because it incorporates the skeleton of a formerly living and breathing mouse. Yes, it's a mouse...
POSTED Thursday, December 11, 2008
Before you think you're looking at some obscure and geeky computer part, realize this: You're looking into the future. This Fusion-io ioDrive prototype is a solid-state hard drive that plugs into the PCI bus, that place inside your computer...
POSTED Thursday, December 11, 2008
We've seen people stuffing webcams into all kinds of strange and cute places, but most of the time they were designed to capture your face for other to see. That's why I'm kind of confused by this headphone/webcam combo,...
POSTED Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Grippity is a crazy-looking device that's designed to completely change the way you type. You hold it in your hands and type from the back, as you're able to see through the keyboard to your fingers behind it. There...
POSTED Friday, December 5, 2008
When we first saw this picture of three Microsoft Arc Mice all painted up like so much oriental pottery and interspersed with same, we thought someone had smashed an expensive bowlful of ginger roots. Not so. It's a beautiful...
POSTED Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Amid all the talk of online video downloading and streaming, the optical disks still get bigger. Pioneer's future-looking roadmap now boasts of a 400GB optical disc, spread out on 16 layers and read by a head that's almost the...
POSTED Monday, December 1, 2008
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas over at New York City's Grand Central Terminal. Sharp helped deck the halls by sponsoring the Grand Central Terminal Kaleidoscope Light Show, which lit up the main concourse with a holiday-themed...
POSTED Monday, December 1, 2008
Now that biometric and RFID chips are set to be embedded in all of our Orwellian state ID cards, you might as well put the technology to good personal use with the Mir:ror device and Ztamps from France-based Violet. Simply...
POSTED Monday, December 1, 2008
Securing the loyalty and gratitude of friends this holiday season won't be easy on a budget, but with a little clever gift picking anything is possible. Along those lines we present you with the Kinnikuman Warriors. These state-of-the-art USB devices...
POSTED Friday, November 28, 2008
In the still overtime-obsessed offices of recession-plagued Japan, living at your desk just got a little easier courtesy of Thanko's new Hot LunchBox Pouch. The USB pouch easily connects to your desktop PC and warms anything up to the size...
POSTED Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The buzz about 2.5-inch 256GB solid-state drives (SSD) is building, and now Micron tells us more about its entry, the C200. At first, the company said its 256GB SSD would ship this Fall, but now it's been delayed until...
POSTED Monday, November 24, 2008
Samsung is now cranking out the 256GB solid state drives (SSD). When the company ambitiously proclaimed in late May of this year it would deliver such a beast in quantity by the end of this year, most of us...
POSTED Thursday, November 20, 2008
The I-Dog by Tiger is undeniably adorable, but if you try to give it a squeeze you're likely to end up with a broken I-Dog or a bruised rib. Luckily the LED-faced, ear-wigglin' speaker now comes with a cuddly...
POSTED Monday, November 17, 2008
We've been hearing about it for years, and now it's finally happening: There's a new version of USB on the way, and it's going to be ten times faster than its predecessor. Launching next Monday is USB 3.0, and...
POSTED Friday, November 14, 2008
Those who don't have the patience to wait for Softbank's iPhone battery/TV tuner can pick the far more practical Pocket Power phone charger from Panasonic. The device features two Evolta rechargeable batteries that only take a few hours to retain...
POSTED Thursday, November 13, 2008
Parrot's Specchio, a wi-fi enabled digital picture frame designed by Parisian Martin Szekely, sure is shiny — it could double as a mirror. We dig how slick and modern it is, and that it doesn't slack off despite being...
POSTED Wednesday, November 12, 2008
S1 Audio's BudBud MP3 headphones make sharing one iPod a lot easier — or any MP3 player. That's because each set of ear buds comes with a second pair of piggy-backed buds built right in. No need to uncomfortably...
POSTED Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Despite Disney's recent economic woes, Japan's SegaToy has decided to partner with the company to unveil the Mickey Mouse Digi-Pod. Besides offering you yet another cute curio from the land of fantasy, the 1.5 LCD photo frame can store 43...
POSTED Friday, November 7, 2008
Whale song and the odd noises other underwater creatures make are alluring and interesting, but how about a fish-controlled MP3 player? Submerged Songs is a sound installation by Vivian Caccuri, with the help of Alex Tyson and André Perrotta....
POSTED Thursday, November 6, 2008
Typing on the iPhone's touchscreen is just downright awkward. That's why we're excited about this BTKeyMini, a Bluetooth keyboard for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The diminutive device has a cover that doubles as a holder for your iPhone,...
POSTED Thursday, November 6, 2008
Gadzooks! A steampunk keyboard with modern sensibility? That's a whole fistful of Splenda in my Darjeeling tea. Dubbed as the Ergo, a mysterious fellow known as Datamancer cobbled this clacking wonder together from an old IBM M-15 ergonomic split...
POSTED Wednesday, November 5, 2008
iZ3D has been making 3D gaming monitors for a while, but now they want to enhance your gaming experience even more by replacing your boring dark gray monitor case, with something that looks like it came straight out of...
POSTED Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It's easy to scare kids, but when you're older it's hard to think of a Halloween gag that could actually give you chills. Well, it was. This pumpkin is making the scariest face imaginable this Halloween: one that displays...
POSTED Thursday, October 30, 2008
Curiously dubbed "YO," this attractive iPod and MP3 stereo speaker dock is a concept by American-born designer Victor Vetterlein. The speakers are detachable and wireless (as well as waterproof), and charge at the dock just like an MP3 player...
POSTED Wednesday, October 29, 2008
If you're a 3D modeler, a video game developer, or just a nerd who likes to scan 3D objects into your computer for whatever reason, you probably would like a 3D scanner. The problem? They're expensive, and you are not...
POSTED Tuesday, October 28, 2008
We all went nuts over that hardcore computer submerged in mineral oil last week, but recoiled at its $11K price tag. Now you can get your own favorite components together and submerge them in an attractive aquarium-like enclosure from...
POSTED Tuesday, October 28, 2008
We took a look at the Quake Catcher Network back in its infancy and now it's making a real impact. QCN takes advantage of the accelerometers most modern laptops have built-in for protection, and puts them to use measuring...
POSTED Monday, October 27, 2008
Bearing a funny Japanese name and a UK origin the Minoru is designed to deliver the Internet experience in 3D. The webcam, cleverly molded to look like a cutesy alien robot, uses two lenses to form one image that appears...
POSTED Friday, October 17, 2008
Plug one of these 7-inch Mimo displays into a USB port, and you have instant convenience. The Mimo UM-710 shows up in your Display Settings control panel just like any other monitor, and you can drag any window or...
POSTED Thursday, October 16, 2008
You go through your day half-heartedly doing your work, trudging through what you've gotta do to get paid, waiting for some pleasant distraction to pull you away from your spreadsheet data entry. That distraction is called email, and as soon...
POSTED Monday, October 13, 2008
You remember the floppy disk, I'm sure. A once-useful storage device with a drive built into every computer, it could hold just over 1MB of data, which is basically nothing nowadays. That's why you never see them anymore. But come...
POSTED Friday, October 10, 2008
You sit at your desk all day, typing away for the man without any encouragement at all. Wouldn't it be nice if you had something that made you want to type faster other than your general fear of getting laid...
POSTED Friday, October 10, 2008
Using a mouse to navigate a computer is certainly convenient, at least it is if you have working arms and hands. For the disabled, however, it's much harder. That's why researchers from the University of Washington have developed a mouse...
POSTED Thursday, October 9, 2008
Antec is taking the idea of a bare-bones PC to a whole 'nother level with its upcoming Antec Skeleton open-air PC case. It won't wall in your parts like a normal PC tower, which can improve airflow (or, at...
POSTED Monday, October 6, 2008
If you thought the Herman Miller Aeron chair was the top-dog place to park your posterior, take a look at this. Now it's 14 years after that ultra-comfortable chair's debut, desk jockeys — time for Herman Miller to top...
POSTED Monday, October 6, 2008
Someday soon, most of us will have computers in our home theaters, and we'll be needing a mini keyboard like this one from Brando. What's so great about it? Two letters: RF. Its radio frequency control works up to...
POSTED Friday, October 3, 2008
As loyal DVICE readers know, we've been looking for the perfect lie detector for the presidential/vice-presidential debates, and just in time for tonight's bout we find Presidential Polygraph 2008. However, if we're looking for perfection, this may not be...
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
Remember that six-PCs-in-one-sweet-glowing-box setup we showed you? Well, designer Fredrik Perman isn't all about raw processing power. He also has a softer, sweeter-smelling side: flower-shaped USB fragrance oil warmers. The units are designed to burn all kinds of fragrant...
POSTED Tuesday, September 30, 2008
If your computer or laptop is the centerpiece of your media center then here's something to get excited about: The new Slingbox PRO-HD can send a 1080i HD signal to both. (Yeah, it's no 1080p — hopefully that comes...
POSTED Thursday, September 25, 2008
USB drives are pretty ubiquitous these days, but why would you want to add yet another item to your list of things that you carry around with you every day? Aren't your pockets and bags full enough? What we need...
POSTED Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Got some friends over who dig the picture you have displayed on your digital photo frame? Print out a copy for them. HP has a whole slew of digital frames that are PictBridge enabled so you can hook them...
POSTED Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Here's one swanky mouse. This fancy stainless steel number by Grands of Dalvey takes you back to the old days of Apple iMac puckitude, but this one's so fine it's suitable for engraving. It's more than just a pretty...
POSTED Friday, September 19, 2008
I have little tolerance for hippie dippy new age crap, and even less for useless USB gadgets. So when the two come together in some kind of USB hippie amalgam, the result is hard to resist. This device is...
POSTED Saturday, September 13, 2008
SanDisk's new 32GB SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card hopes to draw folks such as serious video professionals, who often have to store and access large, raw files. At 32 GB, it has almost as much storage as plenty of...
POSTED Thursday, September 11, 2008
Whoa. Microsoft blasted its mice into the next level yesterday with its BlueTrack laser tech, and one of the first out of the gate is this seven-button SideWinder X8 gaming mouse. Gamers will be skeptical of its wireless nature,...
POSTED Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Love it or hate it, the iPod has blazed quite the trail in the MP3 player world. Every other player wants to be the iPod, and Apple has managed to stay ahead of the pack by continuing to innovate...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
If you're going to carry around a USB thumb drive that has a bunch of data on it, you might as well choose one that offers more in terms of functionality than mere data storage. After all, with so...
POSTED Monday, September 8, 2008
Designer Ashley Payne decided to add some colorful lighting to the Zune scene with a Zune-branded, MP3-playing nightlight. The Zune Bug works in any outlet and will stream music from your Zune over your home's network when it detects...
POSTED Thursday, September 4, 2008
I've always wondered why the My Documents folder existed. I mean, it's your computer, aren't all the documents yours? It's not like things saved outside that folder aren't yours. Technically, your entire computer is comprised of your documents. Finally, someone...
POSTED Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Somewhere in Asia, there must be rooms full of people who's incomes depend on coming up with a steady stream of questionable USB powered accessories. For a while they were cute, like the alarm clock fan, and head massager,...
POSTED Monday, September 1, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Pro photographers take thousands of pictures, filling up their flash memory cards quickly. Giving them a solid platform on which to quickly dump and view all those pics are the 80GB Epson P-6000 and its 160GB brother, the P-7000....
POSTED Tuesday, August 5, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The interactive table race is on, and here comes Interactive Scape, a 58-inch touch surface that’s a whole lot like the Microsoft Surface table that’s being shown all over the world but sold nowhere. Yet. Well, there is the...
POSTED Monday, June 30, 2008
The Sensear SP1 Electronic Ear Plugs work a lot like your ordinary noise-canceling headphones, merged with a hearing aid. The 'phones are designed for professionals who work in dangerous environments — on a carrier's flight deck or at a...
POSTED Wednesday, June 25, 2008
How precious is your data? I'm guessing it's not precious enough to require the ludicrous toughness of the GoldKey USB drive. This thing is designed to hold up under way, way more pressure than any USB drive you own...
POSTED Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Lego kits such as the Mindstorm NXT line help prove the point that the toy bricks aren't just for kids. The kit sells for an impressive $250, and includes all manner of goodies, from programmable software to ultrasonic sensors....
POSTED Monday, June 16, 2008
The No-key Keyboard is a design concept by Kong Fanwen, whose graphical artwork is so compelling that we couldn’t resist showcasing his dubious idea. The keyboard’s edge-lit glass has the keys etched into it, and a small camera and...
POSTED Thursday, June 12, 2008
HP just scored some big points with graphic artists with its DreamColor display, giving those eagle-eyed pros a relatively cheap LED-backlit 24-inch display that can show them astonishingly subtle differences between a billion colors. Usually, displays this good cost...
POSTED Tuesday, June 10, 2008
If you trip whenever you try to walk anywhere near your desk or entertainment center, then you've got a problem there my friend. Luckily, rehab is quick and easy in the form of the CableBox by BlueLounge. The CableBox...
POSTED Friday, June 6, 2008
With everyone talking at SSD drives as the future of hard drives, those old platter based drives aren't looking too attractive anymore. But that doesn't mean they're going down without a fight, oh no. Western Digital has announced that its...
POSTED Friday, June 6, 2008
While I'm a fan of bright, shiny keyboards that make me feel like I'm typing at the control console of a spaceship, I don't really think such aesthetics are worth the $1,100 that they charge for the Optimus keyboard. I'm...
POSTED Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Open up your palm. That’ll give you an idea of the minuscule size of this Honlai Technology MP100 mini LED projector. The company says this mighty mite can toss a 37-inch 640x480 image onto a nearby wall or screen,...
POSTED Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Silence that keyboard! That clickety-clacking all day long gets annoying, so that’s why these absolutely silent keyboards exist. Not only is the full-sized ReallyCool Keyboard quiet, it’s waterproof, so you can scrub it with soap and water if you’re...
POSTED Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Security cameras? Who needs ’em? That was my opinion until a neighbor’s home was invaded. One morning, a suburban housewife a few feet from our Midwest Test Facility walked into her kitchen only to find a strange man standing...
POSTED Monday, June 2, 2008
This isn’t quite as mind-boggling as the tallest LEGO tower in the world, or as peculiar as that LEGO Cylon we showed you last Friday, but these two trinkets might move you one step closer to your own LEGOland....
POSTED Monday, June 2, 2008
We have discovered the Holy Grail for programmers and desktop gamers with a snacking fetish and it's called the USB Mouse Vacuum. Now, after spending 72 hours cemented to your chair parsing through code, instead of straightening up your desk,...
POSTED Thursday, May 29, 2008
If you've been waiting for emoticons to fall out of favor and be dismissed as a fad, it's time for a reality check. They've become a permanent fixture of online communication, so you may as well surrender and embrace...
POSTED Tuesday, May 27, 2008
While we’re lusting after this 256GB solid-state drive (SSD) just announced by Samsung, it's a frustrating piece of news. Why? Because the main piece of info, the price, is a secret. Adding to the want-fest is the blazing speed...
POSTED Monday, May 26, 2008
What else can you do with a guitar and amplifier, besides playing "The Star Spangled Banner" in honor of Memorial Day? Hey, let’s make a PC out of that git-box, and flank it with a tiny replica of an...
POSTED Monday, May 26, 2008
Any one who has ever used a laptop the way its name suggests, knows that these things get pretty hot after a while, so having some kind of support that keeps the computer and your body separated and cool...
POSTED Sunday, May 25, 2008
Got a custom vinyl doll you love? Ed Lewis, also know as Fungus Amungus over at Instructables, certainly does. Here's where your love and his love are probably different: he melted its face off and put a speaker there....
POSTED Thursday, May 22, 2008
While most of the world has settled on either a standard mouse or a touchpad, there are still plenty of designers trying to reinvent the wheel. Personally I prefer the old IBM style pointing stick on my laptop over...
POSTED Monday, May 19, 2008
We don’t usually follow what all the other blogs are doing, but in the case of this Samsung OLED laptop prototype, there’s good reason why everyone’s jaws seem to be dropping. First of all, there’s that 12.1-inch 1280x768 OLED...
POSTED Friday, May 16, 2008
Maybe you're a spy or you've got schematics for the next hot gadget locked away on your hard drive, but either way you're going to want to lock your files down. That's where the DataLocker Drive Enclosure comes in....
POSTED Wednesday, May 14, 2008
How do you get 5.1 PC sound into your home theater without breaking a sweat? Creative decided to make it easy, rolling out the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1. The cheap $60 outboard unit plugs into a USB port...
POSTED Tuesday, May 13, 2008
We've seen plenty of designs for computer mice — from the innovative the ridiculous — but never one so… contoured as the City Mouse (or is that the Village Mouse). Designed by d-Vision, the City Mouse has a shape...
POSTED Monday, May 12, 2008
Getting all tangled up in wires when playing games or making a call on Skype is not our idea of fun. Bluetooth headsets can help, but they have an annoying lag that gamers and phone talkers won’t tolerate. That’s...
POSTED Friday, May 9, 2008
There's certainly no shortage of odd, annoying, beautiful and unusual places to store books, but we’re betting you never thought a bookshelf could also function as a internet-connected, live-updated display. Prepare for enlightenment, because WaSnake has four panels on...
POSTED Thursday, May 8, 2008
If you love precious metals in your computer peripherals, you'll love SteelSeries 7G keyboard, designed specifically for PC gaming. Belying the company's name just a bit, the 7G has 18-karat gold plating in every key switch to reduce latency,...
POSTED Monday, May 5, 2008
In a study just published by Britain's Which? Computing magazine, alarming levels of dangerous bacteria and other gross-out biological matter was found on many computer keyboards. A microbiologist examined and measured bacteria levels on 33 keyboards in an office,...
POSTED Saturday, May 3, 2008
You know, technology and gadgets don't have to be so cold and impersonal. Even good design usually involves a lot of plastic and curves and smooth surfaces; where's the warmth? The softness? When was the last time you felt like...
POSTED Friday, May 2, 2008
If you have to copy some data to a whole batch of USB flash drives, you've got a tedious day of work ahead of you. Copy, paste, eject, repeat. Over and over again until the job is done. Doesn't sound...
POSTED Tuesday, April 29, 2008
If you're the type of person who has no qualms with pirating all the music and movies you can get your hands on, you'll be really excited to hear about the Planex DigiJuke NAS. It's pretty much designed with the...
POSTED Monday, April 28, 2008
One thing most Westerners still find it hard to get used to when visiting Japan is the widespread use of surgical masks by pedestrians. Whether chasing away a cold or avoiding spring hay fever, Japanese citizens think nothing of accessorizing...
POSTED Thursday, April 24, 2008
Who knew what was going on inside inkjet printers? Yikes. A lot of that ink, which costs three times more per milliliter than a $350 bottle of the finest Cristal champagne, is seeping into a gummy well of useless...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
Here's an idea for a USB drive you're not likely to see very often: one disguised as a torn cable. The twisted minds over at Evil Mad Scientist have hidden a tiny KingMax USB flash drive inside the end...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I find the most interesting designs to be those that take mundane objects that are designed with utilitarian impulses and make them aesthetically pleasing. Take this WirePod, for example. Essentially, it's a fancy surge protector, but it looks so cool....
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
We’re not big fans of printing anything — trying to keep everything digital and virtual — but if we were, we’d use a tiny mobile printer like this Canon Pixma iP100. Set up for true power-printin’ road warriors, it...
POSTED Monday, April 14, 2008
Good news! IBM scientists have been hard at work on a new type of memory that holds 100 times more data than the memory we're dealing with today. Dubbed "Racetrack" by the eggheads at IBM, this new memory has no...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
If you’re a Second Life player, you know how cumbersome the keyboard and mouse feel when you’re trying to move around that virtual world, interact with others and construct stuff. Second Life creator chairman and designer of groundbreaking spreadsheet software...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
We’ve tested all of Saitek’s backlit keyboards, and laud their excellent touch response and attractive, helpful illumination. Now the company’s outdone itself with the Saitek PK17U Cyborg Gaming Keyboard. This baby reaches to a new level of backlighting coolness,...
POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
Here’s a new take on the keyboard. The Kensington Ci70 Keyboard gives you a couple of USB ports right at your fingertips, and hidden behind a nifty sliding door is a compartment holding a built-in USB cable with that...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Multifunction card readers are a dime a dozen nowadays, but the latest microSD card reader takes multifunction devices to a completely new level. Surprisingly, the ladybug-shaped exterior is probably its least-compelling feature. The big draw is that this card...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Whenever David Bue Pedersen looks over at the pictures of his loved ones, he'll know exactly which of them are online. That's because his picture frame is no ordinary frame. Known as the "DIY instant messenger online contact signalizer...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Here’s a reality check for you: Drives are shrinking even more. That 8GB Super Talent flash memory drive in the picture above is the smallest one in the world; it's barely an inch long. It’s easy on your pocketbook,...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Pinnacle’s seen some success with its PCTV HD Sticks over the past year, letting you turn your PC into an HDTV and TiVo-like digital video recorder (DVR) for peanuts. But we weren’t really interested until now. The change? This...
POSTED Monday, April 7, 2008
I find the best designs to be the most simple and intuitive. You don't need a lot of flash to be impressive, just a good idea implemented well. That's just what this FLX drive is: a tiny USB thumb drive...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
Having more than one monitor is undoubtedly cool, but, if you play video games or watch movies, then you know that the gap between displays — formed by the casing that borders each monitor — can really take you out...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Despite being inspired by a snail, this keyboard concept, named the Caracol, would be great for amputees and just regular keyboarders alike. It looks a bit like a snail and uses a rotating keywheel. The keywheel has a 5:1...
POSTED Monday, March 31, 2008
How fast do you need your printer to be? 30 pages a minute seems pretty reasonable to me, putting out a page every couple of seconds. But what if you're printing enough to be producing 19th-century Russian novels, and you...
POSTED Monday, March 31, 2008
I would like to be the first to welcome the trackball, yes the trackball, back to the world. The trackball has been revived thanks to the EZ Commander, a remote control that makes excellent use of this dying peripheral....
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
There's no doubt why this design concept for a garish USB hub is called “Asterisko,” is there? The asterisk-shaped peripheral keeps that spaghetti-bowl of wires separated while making itself useful, offering a male USB plug along with its four...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The Smartparts SP8PRT is a two-headed beast. It displays photos like any other digital picture frame and prints them up, too. Does it deliver on its bi-polar promises? We were got our hands on the $280 digital photo frame,...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
You can beat this Transcend StoreJet 25 mobile hard drive to hell and it’ll still work. The 5.3-inch-tall drive is said to be able to survive the U.S. military's notorious MIL-STD-810F Transit Drop test, which means it can be...
POSTED Friday, March 21, 2008
Computers are getting quieter and quieter, what with silent SSD drives replacing traditional hard drives. Cooling fans, meant to keep the CPU cool, are becoming the only moving parts left in computers, and even their days are numbered. That's because...
POSTED Friday, March 21, 2008
The Jupiter Mouse, created by the mad scientists at Daru Mouse Japan, looks like the computer interface Grizzly Adams might use if he were immortal and living in the 22nd century. By simply moving the warm wooden sphere around in...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
I'm pretty sure there's nothing romantic about shoving a USB flash drive into a Swarovski engagement ring. First of all, if you're buying a Swarovski engagement ring rather than a diamond one you're probably already in trouble. But adding in...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Ever get that feeling when you read that you're missing something? Meet the the Dixau from Korean company Unichal: this text-scanning gadget agrees with you 100%. That's why it'll read along, scanning words with a camera and displaying them back...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
Maybe it's a guy thing, but I can't really figure out why some people think that slapping a bunch of Swarovski crystals on an object somehow makes it more glamorous. The latest victim is this optical travel mouse, which...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
Sony's decision to roll out the decidedly retro PS-LX300USB USB Stereo Turntable (available for 28,350 yen, or $286) might baffle some western consumers, but this move makes complete sense in Japan. While iPod Djs rule New York's hipster club scene...
POSTED Saturday, March 15, 2008
All right folks, we've got this pretty simple frame here: it draws power from your PC to light your photo, and it has a 4-port USB hub on the back of it. That's it. Time to get those thinking caps...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
Style and USB flash drive are words you rarely see used in the same sentence, but Poland's Zana Design thinks they can work together. While anyone can slap a few gems on a tech device to make it expensive,...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
Okay, gentlemen, this USB flash data storage device designed by Joel Escalona is for your desktop, not your suitcase. Our Transportation Safety Administration officers won’t think this iconic trinket is very funny, no matter how many “all your base”...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
Do you sit at a computer in your cubicle all day, ears perked up listening for oncoming unexpected visitors? Even if you're one of the many office workers who wastes company time poking around on Ebay, YouTube or Dvice.com,...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
At this point, in the age of the iPhone, it takes a lot to wow someone with a gadget. It used to be that a RAZR could draw a crowd, but these days there are very few gadgets out there...
POSTED Tuesday, March 11, 2008
This Mini Speaker is about the size of a hockey puck, and probably sounds about like most of the other small speakers you might plug into your cell phone or iPod. But wait just a minute. This one expands...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
You know how people who work on small crafts have small tools to accommodate said craft? It would seem the same idea would apply to small computer work now that the Swiftpoint Slider is here. This is about as...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
We've seen computer peripherals that look like Legos before, but these Japanese USB flash drives are actually compatible with standard Lego bricks. Just the thing for your kid when he or she wants to add a little realism to...
POSTED Saturday, March 8, 2008
Your mouse, it's boring. Why should you, a unique and beautiful snowflake, us a pointer for your computer that's just like the pointers everybody else has for their computers? It's just plain criminal. You need to show off your totally-unique...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Yes, kids. The day and age of buying USB-this and USB-that as individual entities has come to an end thanks to this USB desk assortment now available from Thinkgeek. The bundle includes a four-port USB hub to power and...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
"Surely you backed up?" well-meaning bystanders will ask, the next time you happen to drop your laptop down a flight of stairs to its doom. But you probably didn't — it's such a bother. So to help you say...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Okay you twitchy gamers, here’s a gaming mouse that just might be faster than you are. The Razer Salmosa has a lightning-quick 1ms (that’s millisecond for mere mortals) response time, faster than any game, display, and certainly quicker than...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
There’s a quiet revolution happening right under your fingertips. Breaking free of the bonds of wires and short-range wireless Wi-Fi networks are EV-DO (Evolution Data Only) modems, letting you use your laptop virtually anywhere there’s cell phone service. The...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
Having your hard drive crash and losing all of your data is a serious bummer. If your data is really important and not just a bunch of pirated music and funny pictures you found on the Internet, there are companies...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
The purpose of a digital photo frame is too look at it as it shows pictures, right? So what happens when the digital photo frame is capable of looking back? The universe could possibly collapse in on itself, or...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
Unless you are operating on a MacBook, webcam usage on a laptop can be a tough one. You're always fumbling around with the little tripod-mounted spherical camera to get it in the perfect direction. Brando has a cheap and...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The UberTracker is an accessible way for just about anybody to add a GPS tracking system to whatever they want. It'll send GPS tracking updates to an email address or web server by way of a cellular antenna. You'll need...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
We've seen our fair share of steampunk around these parts. The light saber, laptop, eye glasses and scanner are all the same—a device decked out in wood, copper, pipes and other industrial bits to be given a steampunk look....
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
On the one hand, putting a tiny screen on USB flash drives so you can quickly and easily see just how much space is available without having to plug them into a computer is a good idea. And if they...
POSTED Friday, February 22, 2008
The Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display by Humanscale gives you an easy way to attach anywhere from two to eight screens onto its unfolding monitor arm, no tools required. Everything snaps into place, including the displays. The screens are curved toward...
POSTED Friday, February 22, 2008
Print is cheap — that's Kodak's message. The company is trumpeting its line of EasyShare inkjet printers that use cheap $10 black and $15 five-color ink cartridges. Using these cheap inks, trumpets Kodak, can cut your printing costs by...
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
Now you can dock with the Space Station without even leaving your desk. This one's even cleaner-looking than that hodgepodge of glorified tin cans floating in low Earth orbit, and it actually has a purpose. Imagine that spaghetti bowl...
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Veho Film and Slide Converter turns 35mm negatives and slides into files that you can store on your computer. Just plug it into your USB port, load in a slide and convert it with a touch of a button....
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The One-Click Recorder from Sharper Image is the ideal accessory for the teacher or boss that would prefer to sleep during lectures or presentations. One-Click is a tiny and obscure microphone. It plugs into the line-in on your laptop...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
You may have seen this little guy floating around the blog world being billed as a USB Morse code machine. For a tech writer, the excitement of such a find is understandable — after all, our careers get made and...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
There's nothing we hate more than filing, which explains why our floor is strewn with papers most of the time. Organizing is neither fun nor easy. The XamBox promises to change all that. The French invention scans documents and...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
If you have a job where you need to record phone calls on a regular basis (like, I don't know… a journalist), it can often mean ending up with piles of tapes or MiniDiscs lying around. Not so with...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
The Genius Navigator 365 by Evergreen works like your standard cheap mouse, but you can flip it open to reveal a little gamepad on the inside. It's eight buttons and d-pad will most likely satisfy your needs if you're...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
These Cylinder Travel Speakers are a pretty nifty way to take a bit of stereo power with you wherever you go. Packed up, as a tube, they fit neatly into your bag and will even still work as speakers....
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Damned if I didn't just buy a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0 when the company rolls out a newer, upgraded Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 (pictured above left) that I'm lusting after right about now. Besides looking a lot...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Maybe I've been doing this too long, but there is something about simple innovation that brings the biggest smile to my face. It is particularly satisfying seeing a company take something as simple as a USB hub and innovate...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Most printers that people buy these days are cheap little things that cost less than the ink that you need to buy to get them to work. I mean, who prints stuff these days? Besides the occasional article or tickets,...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
While prowling the show floor of photo convention PMA 2008 in Las Vegas today, we spotted this Delkin (not to be confused with Belkin) ImageRouter, a four-slot CompactFlash card reader and powered one-port USB hub. For $250, it lets...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Most manufacturers have a pretty good grasp on the line between design and functionality. You can make a pretty gadget as long as it is still functional, and vice versa. Podera, on the other hand, hasn't grasped that concept...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Add this one into the pile of other pointless gadgets like the USB eye warmer, smokeless ashtray, heated knee pads, greenhouse and shot glass. The one shining moment of this USB paper shredder is the fact that it is...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sure, there are way, way, way too many Simpsons licensed products out there, from t-shirts and lunchboxes to grills and toiletries, but this one seems like a cut above the rest. It's a webcam shaped like Mr. Burns! How could...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Great ergonomic strides have been made in the past few years in the field of pointing devices, but this Moldable Mouse design concept by Lite-On takes user-friendliness to its limit. The mouse is made of lightweight modeling clay with...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Adding to the ever-expanding multitude of USB-powered thingamajigs is this Smartech USB Aroma Radio + Speaker. It lights up your abode with seven soothing colors while playing music from its internal AM-FM radio, or lets you plug in your...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Pens are one of the cheapest, most disposable members of the office supply family, but Livescribe is looking to change that. It wants you to view your pen like a gadget, much like you view your computer, cellphone, or MP3...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Two is, generally speaking, better than one. At least in the computing world, where the more chips and such you have the faster you'll be running. That's the idea behind AMDs new ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, which has not...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
If you consider the material on your computer to be so valuable that you need to turn your computer into a veritable safe, the computer padlock is for you. Sure, it's tough to compare your family photos and pornography collection...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
You don't see trackball mice around much anymore. Why is that? I feel like they're more awkward than regular mice, but then again I think trackpads are pretty annoying and I use one every day. Maybe there was some conspiracy...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
The Flexii Finger 3D USB Optical Mouse is a replacement for your usual pointing-and-clicking apparatus. See if you can picture this: you slide your index finger into an elastic ring along the Finger Mouse's underside and use your thumb...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
With this Buffalo keyboard and built-in Skype phone, otherwise known as the — get ready for it — BKBU-SKJ109/SV, you'll have everything you need to communicate right in front of you. It's like a little nerve center for the...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
With iPods of all colors and shapes available, those little white earbuds that have become more of a fashion trend than legitimate audio accessory and you know a product like this was bound to happen. The 500XL is, guess...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
If your desk is located inside a pirate ship, these "Goth Style Speakers," shaped like skulls with knives through them, are sure to look just perfect with all of your other decorations. If you live in a normal-looking house or...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
For a little under $60, the STYSEN enclosure adds RFID security to any hard drive — though the drive's not included. And the security it adds? Well, maybe it's a bit too much. So you've got an RFID-enabled enclosure...
POSTED Friday, January 18, 2008
iTornado is actually an update of a PC-to-PC transfer product that came out last year under the brand Data Drive Thru, but with the rate of Windows-to-Mac switchers, there's now an omnidirectional version that works with any combination of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Why settle for iPod speakers that just sit there? Dragon I (that's "eye," not 1, or so I was told) is a system with four speakers mounted at the end of flexible tendrils. It's got a 3.5mm audio jack...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
This, my friends, is how you make storage sexy. These new LaCie Little Disks are like shiny black Zippo lighters, but instead of creating a flame, they hold 30 or 40GB of your data. It's completely pocketable and will allow...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Backing up your data with Apple’s Time Machine is easy — as long as you have a hard disk permanently attached to your desktop. With those sleek MacBooks, it’s more of a hassle, since you need to plug your...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Leave it to the creative and ingenious to find ways to take boring everyday gadgets and turn them into something fancy and spectacular. Take the ho-hum plastic optical mouse; introduce it to a clever case modder who's willing to...
POSTED Monday, January 14, 2008
Lightweight (1.5 pounds) and easy to carry, The PrintStik portable printer syncs with your laptop, PDA, and mobile cellphone when you have a document that you need a hard copy of right now. First you transfer them to the...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
If the Wi-Fi you're stealing from your neighbor just isn't cutting it for the hardcore raiding sessions, it may be time to look at a Wi-Fi signal booster. And the Hawking USB Wi-Fi Adapter has to be one of...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Belkin will ship the $100 Podcast Studio in June 2008.
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Call me crazy, but I don't really get what the point of this strange dual-monitor contraption is. A 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor with a 7-inch LCD attached to the side for some unknown reason, it supposedly gives you more space...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Creative showed off its new videoconferencing system here at CES, and it's pretty cute. This portable VoIP phone/web-cam combination has a 7-inch screen, dual microphones with echo cancellation and a high quality camera with wide-angle lens. It's meant to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The Powerblock organizes your cables right at the source: your surge protector. Ordinarily, a cable organizer simply bundles your cables into a tube and, while there's nothing wrong with that, at either end of the tube things can still...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Voltaic Systems has been in the solar bag business for quite some time, but one of the only prior downsides is the inability to charge a laptop with a backpack's solar panels. The Generator is the latest in Voltaics...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Any pro photographer will tell you that getting a photo of a product or other small object from the right angle can make all the difference in the world in the presentation. Getting the perfect shot has just gotten...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
People put some pretty important files on their flash drives, so it's only fitting that they'd want a little peace of mind when it comes to keeping it protected. While some companies market drive with keypad protection or other...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The current crop of next-generation consoles support high-definition resolution, but for users who have limited budgets or just haven't made the jump to HDTV there's an alternative option: Put that PC monitor to use as a high-resolution gaming display....
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Leave it to Allsop, mousepad manufacturer extraordinaire to not give up on the mousepad business yet, even though it the true purpose of the mousepad went out back in the 1990s when ball mice were retired. Allsop's latest mousepad...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
When I used to work at a magazine, we used a page-layout program called Adobe InDesign. The program is very "palette-heavy" — it has several tiny little windows for its various tools, which inevitably lead to much clutter on...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
CES is barely underway, but I can already determine one of the biggest trends of the show, and even the upcoming year, and that is media steaming set-top boxes. SanDisk bestowed the TakeTV a couple months ago and now...
POSTED Saturday, January 5, 2008
For a lot of us, having grubby hands on a mouse for most of the day is a common occurrence. That can usually result in some dirt and grime, which Belkin is ready to tackle and more. This mouse...
POSTED Saturday, January 5, 2008
While almost any USB hub helps you manage your messy workspace by giving you a central unit to plug all of your USB cables into, they are often so light that they swing all over the place. The 7-port...
POSTED Friday, January 4, 2008
The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus aims to keep whatever files you need to take with you both in your pocket and online. Coming in a 4 GB package, anything added to the flash drive will also appear on the...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
Trackballs are a peculiar gadget. Back in the 90s they were all of the rage. I still remember that big, red trackballs that many people would have and swear by. Flash forward a decade later and the trackball is...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
This insanely slick-looking monitor is a new offering from Dell. Who knew they had it in 'em? Featuring a transparent plexiglass frame that has speakers and a webcam built-in, it's one of the coolest monitors we've ever seen. Unfortunately, you'll...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
Oh come on! It's not even New Years and now Easter-themed USB peripherals are showing up. Easter is still four months away for crying out loud. This USB egg cluster looks like something that would pop out of a...
POSTED Monday, December 31, 2007
Being stylish and always having to carry around a USB flash drive aren't two traits usually associated with each other. This Olinari Silver Dog Tag wants to think otherwise. This dog tag is loaded with style including the 24-inch...
POSTED Sunday, December 30, 2007
You may be familiar with our toaster fetish around these parts, but did you also know about our love with all things Boynq? Boynq's latest gadget is as simple as a memory card reader, but what makes it above...
POSTED Saturday, December 29, 2007
Here's the next forward-thinking keyboard idea from the Art.Lebedev Studio—this Optimus Tactus is a keyboard that has no keys. Along with its touchscreen substituting for physical keys comes flexibility, giving you choices of how big those graphic keys can...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
You know CES 2008 is just around the corner when companies start unveiling new digital photo frames. Digital Foci is primed to introduce three new frames that range from the small 5.7-inch (640x480) Image Moments 6, the medium sized...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
The DVD Coach Single Target Duplicator by EZ Dupe is both a mouthful and a computer-free solution for creating copies of DVDs and CDs. Just put whatever disc you want duplicated into one drive and a blank one in...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Having all of your CDs out on a bunch of shelves may look impressive, but it can be a pain if you don't have them organized in any way. The CD Carousel Plus holds 150 CDs at once, has...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Although this Netgear ReadyNAS hard disk enclosure looks almost exactly like a dehumidifier that's buzzing away in our basement right now, it's a whole lot more useful. That's because it's a well-known fact that you can't be too rich, too...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The NaturalPoint SmartNAV 3 allows you to control your computer cursor without using your hands — an obvious boon for those who suffer from debilitating pain or hampered mobility. Instead, you plug in the USB sensor, put it atop...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
There are some downsides to technology, and those being ridiculous items like this. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's tough to find at least one individual lazy enough to need a swiveling USB card...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
As digital picture frames move beyond mere autonomous devices and onto the Web, they become easier to use and more interactive. Here's an example of that, Ality's updated Wireless Pixxa frame, which lets you send and receive pictures to...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
Mixing business and pleasure must be a common occurrence at Asus HQ. Its new line of 2-megapixel webcams include the added feature of being able to scan business cards with ease. This is thanks to the webcam's base, which...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
So how many gigabytes do you have in your pocket? If you had a Buffalo SHD-UHRS 100GB solid-state hard drive, you'd probably have more than anyone you come across. Take note of the USB plug at the end of...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
PC gamers, you know that in order to run the latest games such as Crysis and Unreal Tournament III, you need a really serious computer. And to run them at top speed, you need a really, really serious computer with...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I always love it when designers take what are normally pretty boring devices and add a simple yet elegant element to them that makes them immediately more desirable. That's the case with this IVY external hard drive, which features...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
For some neat-freaks out there, being clean could be treated as a matter of life or death. That must be the inspiration behind the design of the BigGun Brush. Either that, or the daily frustrations of the cubicle warrior...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
Hey SanDisk, I have some beef with you! This SanDisk Photo Album is only going to make my holiday experience that much more painful. Let me set the scene — it's Christmas day, everyone is sitting around talking, that...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
The Kanguru USB Duplicator allows you to plug in up to 24 thumb drives at once and dictate what information goes onto all of them. An LCD on the unit helps you to know what you're doing, and you...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
Nicholas Tavlas has spent a lot of time developing a keyboard that perfects keyboard ergonomics. The unfortunate fact is through the creation process he never took a step back to see what an ugly duckling has been created. A...
POSTED Saturday, December 15, 2007
USB flash drives have become the portable storage medium of choice for, well, pretty much everybody who knows about them, offering a relatively cheap, rewritable alternative to blank CDs with an increasingly large capacity. And while most affordable models...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
The Chocolate Portable HDD is made up of modular flash memory blocks that you plug into the central unit as you need more space. The hub features a touchscreen display so you can manage whatever files you have loaded...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
Lets face it, some hand motions are just more natural than others, and operating a standard mouse isn't one of them. With the SafeType mouse you can hold your hand in a natural position, a grip with the thumb...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
Some of your best ideas might just come to you when you have nothing but a pad of paper handy, be they plans for a flying car, an angry letter to your boss, or an absentminded doodle of an...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Technology has come quite a long way since the original USB Missile Launcher was unveiled a year ago. It was so popular that biggie Microsoft wanted some USB desktop weapon action and has teamed up with Dream Cheeky for...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
One of the most common factors surrounding all of the amazing steampunk mods we have seen in the past is the fact that they are all custom built. Now a Chinese company by the name of ChinaVision has produced...
POSTED Monday, December 10, 2007
Personal computers get a lot of love, what with all the crazy case modifications we've seen. So why not CD towers? Designer Kwang Hoo Lee out of the United Kingdom made the Light CD Tower and it's half lamp,...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
First it was the cellphone industry and now portable storage? LaCie has gotten involved with designers as of late for collaboration on unique external hard drives that look and feel a little bit classier than external hard drives of...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
Remember these little guys? Kids these days don't know just how vulnerable data used to be. Heat, magnets, pressure, and so on and so forth. The computer literate used to give out bundles of dead floppies as coasters at...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The Transcend StoreJet OTG has a two-color OLED display that will let you manage what you've got on it, as well as interface with computer peripherals — minus the computer. Want to transfer data to and from a flash...
POSTED Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Nothing says "I'm a nerd" like the combo of cats and technology, but hey, why not embrace it? If you've got an old CRT monitor kicking around, you can use your mad DIY skills to turn it into a seriously...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
Standard tablets are great for graphic designers and artists who hate being forced to use a mouse for their on-screen drawing. By giving them a pen, it gives them the freedom to draw as they learned to. But there's still...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
Find yourself juggling USB devices without enough ports to use them all? Getting yourself one of these EZ Yego USB Drives by RiData may help — not only do you get one to four gigabytes of storage, but each...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
Because computer mice are designed to be ergonomic and not as small as they can possibly be, they contain a lot of unused space. While others have tried to enhance mice with LCD screens and label printers, a Swiss...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
There really is no end to what you can do with USB power. While these old USB-powered Christmas trees annoyed your office mates with relentless Christmas carols, this USB-powered string of lights is a classier hand-made (it uses Legos!)...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Matias iRizer lifts your laptop up at four comfortable angles by sliding a stand into the cutouts on the base labeled 20°, 30°, 40° and 50°. Nothing fancy about this one, but your keyboard will be at a...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Creeping on your neighbors just got a little more intense with the Meade MAX00 Robotic German-Type Equatorial Mount with Tripod. This is a pretty big name for a seemingly simple robotic telescope mount. This mount can hold up to...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
RSI getting you down? You could use voice recognition software, but that usually still involves a mouse, which can suck if your wrists and fingers are in terrible pain. Enter the orbiTouch keyboard, an ergonomic keyboard that lets you...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
USB drives have become one of those must have gadgets, as it allows you to take gigabytes of data with you where ever you go. The calculator function on a laptop is all well and good, but what happens...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
That's how the world goes. Once a company thinks of a genius idea, it has to go and mess it up with something completely ridiculous. The SliMouse Slimpad is a great idea because it replaces the traditional and sometimes...
POSTED Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Maxtor has teamed up with famous fire-safe manufacturer, Sentry Group, to develop an external hard drive with capable of withstanding fire and water. This partnership was a two-team deal. Sentry designed the casing to withstand 1550 Fahrenheit degree temperatures for...
POSTED Saturday, November 17, 2007
Manufacturers have forced to go above and beyond to make their flash drives really pop, especially now that said drives are handed out like candy nowadays. Asian manufacturer TwinMOS is making its flash drives stand out by essentially turning them...
POSTED Saturday, November 17, 2007
If your hands get cold during those long hours slaving away at the computer, you could always wear USB heated gloves, but those seem like they'd make it hard to type. Why clog up one of your precious USB ports...
POSTED Friday, November 16, 2007
If you're particularly interested in tracking the temperature in your home or office over a period of time, you could keep a thermometer at your desk and mark down the temperature every few hours and then draw a graph....
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
You can always rely on our friends Thanko in Japan to be there to help us control our temperatures via our handy USB ports. From their USB Butt Warmer to their USB Heated Slippers, they're aiming to get every...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
Fujitsu, the company that brought us the world's smallest laptop, has come out with an external hard drive that is the worlds smallest— for its capacity. Its creatively named External Hard Disk Drive has 300GB storage space in a 3.3x4.7...
POSTED Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Samsung has just unveiled its "Chic & Smart" speakers, which beat out the other name they were considering, "Tacky & Stupid." Well, technically the speakers are dubbed the SMS-M1000s, but they're also known as Chic & Smart. Whatever, it's...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
Pack your bags because the apocalypse is coming. This is apparent by the creation of the Cre8txt. Kids nowadays that would rather rock out T9 text messaging rather than using a full QWERTY keyboard can now do so anywhere,...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
Unnecessary gauges are all of the rage now with kids decking out their 1983 Honda Civic CRX's with a dashboard chock full of gauges, and now that trend can be brought home with Gigabyte's Visuals USB gauge. This gigantic...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
You can get the Internet on your laptop in many places now due to the wonders of WiFi hotspots, but your car is one of the last places to be a virtual dead zone of Internet access. Sure, your cell...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
Solid state flash drives (SSDs) will be the standard format for hard drives before too long as soon as the prices come down thanks to continual innovations in the flash memory field. Samsung is leading the charge in this...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Don't deny it, you are probably munching on a donut right now, getting crumbs all over the place. The previous task of just wiping the crumbs onto the floor just won't work, especially when there is a completely ridiculous and...
POSTED Monday, November 5, 2007
It's ideas like this that make me question my blogging career and ponder the entrepreneurial field instead. Someone out there thought: "Hey, why don't I take this simple thermal label printer and put it in a mouse?" and is...
POSTED Saturday, November 3, 2007
When trying to impress your geek contemporaries sometimes having the fastest processor and the most outrageous case-mod isn't enough. That's when you have to add those edgy small touches like the Sanwa keypad mouse. While the Sanwa keypad mouse...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
There's something about this odd-looking Saitek Cyborg gaming mouse that we really like. It's similar to the Microsoft Sidewinder gaming mouse, reminding us of a shoe sizer. Available in two different versions as you see here, notice how the...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
There are few objects loaded up with more nostalgia than a cassette tape. At least for people in my generation, it represents sharing music via mix tapes as well as discovering music for the first time, as it was...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
I think we can safely say that the recent barrage of USB crap has gone too far, which has been made apparent by this cellphone holding and ring-detecting ferris wheel. We've seen items like this in the past, but...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The MP-170 speakers from Miraeplasma are computer speakers, yes, but just look at them! They're the thinnest speakers we've seen. And not only do they play music from such a thin profile, but they cleverly double as photo frames,...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
If our favorable impression of Razer products such as the Pro|Type keyboard and Mantis gaming mouse pad is any indication, these Razer Mako speakers might be worth the wait for their December ship date. This THX-certified 2.1 speaker system...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Here's a brilliant gadget: a USB alarm clock shaped like a blender. First of all, why would you want your alarm clock to be USB? Do you sleep next to your computer? No? Then this thing is useless. Also,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Skype announced today that it will release a software upgrade in November (v.3.6) that allows users to chat using "high quality" video with a few select webcams. The new video calling standard will be 640x480 pixels (as opposed to...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Pictured above is the iconic SCV-70 White Base from the wildly popular Gundam series of Japanese anime. While you might expect such a cool looking ship to do something like fire missiles or hold a few toy mechs, the...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Thumb drives are completely awesome, making the data CD basically obsolete by allowing us to carry around gigs of data on tiny, rewriteable drives that can plug into any computer. Who doesn't have at least one small thumb drive kicking...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
Having trouble finding room for all those unwieldy AC adapters that seem to proliferate like amorous bunnies? While you might like the excellent Power Squid ($11.95), a more-conventional yet precise approach is this Tributaries T10 Power Strip. It aims...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
This laptop stand made from laser-cut acrylic may just be your new best friend. It lifts your notebook up at an angle, allowing for better ventilation as well as a more ergonomic typing experience — though a lot of...
POSTED Thursday, October 25, 2007
Ahoy, me mateys! This Nexpeaker FS-701SW sloop (or "Nexspeaker," as it's commonly being called) cleverly integrates 2.1 channel sound into a sailboat design. Each sail is actually a 7.5 watt speaker, and the hull is a 15 watt subwoofer....
POSTED Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Hey lefties, the years of gadget discrimination are slowly coming to an end. Peripheral manufacturer Kensington has given in to the riots and demands by the lefties with the SlimBlade Media Notebook Set. Sure, they may be selling the...
POSTED Monday, October 22, 2007
Now you can hook up a dirt-cheap SATA disk drive to your PC or Mac by simply plugging it into this USB desktop adapter that works just like an iPod dock. Until now, if you wanted to add a...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
There are a lot of fun and useful do-it-yourself projects out there, but a DIY wooden keyboard, like this one from HACOA, really takes the DIY cake. Now wood gadgets, they don't even phase us. This keyboard by Japanese...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
The list of cornball USB gadgets has become embarrassingly long lately, thus some basic handy ideas have fallen by the wayside. Making up for all the goofy gadgets is the SpyDisk Pen, a decidedly James Bond-esque piece of equipment....
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
I'm sure game fans of the world will salivate at the mere sight of this multi-screen display. Instead of requiring three different monitors (with three power cords, three cables, and so on), this display folds up into a neat...
POSTED Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Remember back in the day when having something with crystals on it was trendy and cool? Yeah, me neither, but that is what Etsy was going for with this crystallized USB flash drive. Call it good fortune or a...
POSTED Saturday, October 13, 2007
Posh Prezzies (one heck of a name) is getting its film noir on with this pair of retro-style USB peripherals. The USB web cam is pretty mediocre at 300k pixels and USB 1.1 connectivity, but it sure does look...
POSTED Friday, October 12, 2007
Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. Hard-disk drives gotta crash. Even executives of companies who make hard-disk drives admit they have a life of between three and five years. They're mechanical. They wear out. Any hard drive still chugging...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
Flash drives, or SSD drives, might be the wave of the future, but they're still much to expensive to really be practical in today's computers. Even though they save energy and are faster than their platter-based cousins, we just aren't...
POSTED Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Once in a blue moon a gadget strolls in that causes eyebrows to raise at first, but after further investigation, could be really useful. Enter the Deluo MouseGPS. It looks like a fairly basic travel-sized mouse with retractable cable...
POSTED Monday, October 8, 2007
We're always interested in unusual-looking USB outboard boxes for PCs, especially when it comes to great-sounding audio. That's because the farther away your audio components are from all that electronic noise and static inside your computer, the better. That's...
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
Above all, the one thing that really gets me about gaming-centric peripherals is how sweet they can look. Check out that gallery! Your standard keyboard isn't quite as functional as it could be for serious gamers who enjoy playing...
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
There's a pretty fine line between convenience and laziness, and this USB peripheral definitely teeters on that line. The USB Pagescore Turner does essentially that — turns the pages of digital sheet music with the tap of the foot....
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
Hot on the heels of its Gateway One all-in-one PC, the cow company today rolled out another whopper: a 30-inch Extreme HD display, calling it "quad HD" because it's four times the resolution of that garden-variety HDTV broadcast by...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
The Replug utilizes the magical power of magnets to protect your expensive audio equipment. I hate to do the comparison, but think of it like the Magsafe adapter on Apple's MacBook, minus the proprietary functionality, and it's for audio...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Regular mice are boring. Why control your computer's cursor with what everyone else has when you can pretend to live out your violent fantasies, one click at a time? That's the question that's raised by this Pistol Mouse, a...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
EVDO modems are a great way to stay connected to the web when you aren't near a WiFi hotspot, allowing you to access the Internet via high-speed cellular networks rather than cable or DSL. You simply need to get...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Nowadays people will cram a lighter into anything and the Memlight is no different. This is a USB flash drive with an attached lighter. The lighter is refillable, so when the butane is gone, it can be easily refilled....
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
There has always been something relieving about bashing in a mole's head as it pops out of its hole — maybe it is just our carnivorous instincts. Now all of that fun of bonking mole heads at the arcade...
POSTED Monday, October 1, 2007
Gateway introduced an iMac-style "all in one" computer called the One at Digital Life yesterday. Our editor thought it looked promising, and he wasn't alone. Desktop computers, even other all-in-ones rarely garner so much attention (unless they're iMacs, that...
POSTED Sunday, September 30, 2007
Winter will be here before you know it, so to prepare you for those long nights of chilly Internet surfing we introduce you to the USB Warmer Cushion from Thanko. Attach the cushion to your computer's USB port and...
POSTED Saturday, September 29, 2007
Even when your computer is off, all those peripherals you have plugged into it continue to suck up precious energy. Be it your printer, your speakers, your monitor, or an external hard drive, they all just love wasting expensive,...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
Skype and other VoIP services are nice and cheap, but you're usually stuck using a headphone attached to your PC or specialized phone. Start-up MagicJack simplifies your VoIP life with a matchbox-sized USB modem into which you plug any...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
With IceRage, Virtuu USA isn't out to wow you with the technology inside their gadgets. After all, a mouse with a laser pointer isn't exactly new. But the sleek styling of the IceRage Pocket Mouse and Pocket Presenter, coupled...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
The personal media player world is still rocking from Apple's avalanche of new releases, and now more than ever it's important for opponents of the immortal iPod to stand and deliver if they want to survive. While rumors hint...
POSTED Wednesday, September 26, 2007
There are altogether too many memory-card formats out there, and if you're somewhat of a gadget fetishist, chances are good you have piles of them that you use for different devices. With all those cards, you'll need a memory-card...
POSTED Tuesday, September 25, 2007
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is so very true. While I could talk until I'm blue in the face about the amazing advancements technology has made over the last few decades, I think the...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
These days, USB memory sticks are so cheap and handy that you might have a few of them lying around — I know I do. While it's nice to be able to carry around several dozen gigs worth of...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
Number pad? We don't need a stinking number pad when there's a mysterious "handwritten identity feature" integrated into this keyboard from A1Pro. There aren't a lot of details regarding the specifics of the handwriting pad, but I would assume...
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
Psst! You with the laptop. Wanna watch some TV? And I'm talking HDTV, pal, not that standard-def garbage. All you need to do is plug in Pinnacle's HD Ultimate in your USB port and you're done. Yep, that's it....
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
Got an older monitor sitting around in your closet? Chances are pretty good that you might be able to pull it out of retirement as a secondary display using one of DisplayLink's docking stations or adapters. Some desktop computers...
POSTED Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Right when you think you've got a cable standard down that works with most of your devices, some committee or commission of some sort goes and releases a new, better standard to upgrade to. It's pretty annoying, but it's one...
POSTED Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Meet Lili and Oscar from United Pepper. These two little gems are constructed entirely from sustainable material that won't explode the planet and anger Al Gore to the point of no return. Lili happens to be an octopus and...
POSTED Friday, September 14, 2007
Until now, the largest flash-based SSD hard drive has been 160GB, and it was insanely expensive. Right now, the largest you're going to find in a consumer product such as a laptop is 64GB, which generally adds around $900 to...
POSTED Friday, September 14, 2007
Generally speaking, webcams suck. I mean, they're fine for what they do, which is take grainy photos of you sitting shirtless at your computer, but they don't take the kinds of shots you'd want to print out and frame....
POSTED Thursday, September 13, 2007
I guarantee that there is absolutely nothing a keyboard could possibly offer that would justify a $28,000 price tag. But hey, that isn't stopping a company named Fairlight from trying, as that's exactly how much their new XYNERGI keyboard...
POSTED Thursday, September 13, 2007
If you want to feel more secure when you travel with a laptop and also kind of want to feel like the guy that travels with the president with the nuclear codes handcuffed to his wrist, you'll probably love...
POSTED Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Hard drives are being put into some interesting enclosures these days. Take the fanless Golden Disk from LaCie, for example. Teaming up with designer Ora-Ïto, LaCie continues its practice of trying to rethink the shape of PC peripherals. But is...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Saitek's new Cyborg Rumble game pad is customizable, letting you swap the positions of the left-hand thumbstick and directional pad. It's perfect for people who are used to the positioning of the PS3 or Xbox 360 controller layouts and...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
If you've got a sneaking suspicion that your boss/girlfriend/mom has been less than honest with you, there are plenty of ways to sneak a look at their activities without them ever knowing. If you think what they do on...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
As shockingly high proportion of PC users don't back up their data. Honestly, myself included. Why? Are we retarded? One hard-disk failure and we're out all our music, photos, and all those e-mails to our college sweethearts (in my...
POSTED Thursday, September 6, 2007
One of the coolest features of Windows Vista is ReadyBoost. It allows you to expand the memory on your computer by plugging in a flash drive; your computer will use that space as extra RAM, allowing you to use...
POSTED Thursday, September 6, 2007
We've seen Skype phones crammed into computer mice before, but few of them look like anything we'd ever want to use. This new one looks perhaps a bit more usable, but it still has the same issues that plague...
POSTED Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Printers aren't exactly the sexiest devices around, generally speaking. They tend to get the utilitarian treatment, placed in boring grey boxes best suited for your boring grey office. But with computers these days getting the full-on design treatment, why...
POSTED Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Why settle for speakers that pump sound out in just one or two directions when you can have sound emanating from your speaker in 360 beautiful degrees? That's what the conceptual Quasar speaker asks, and it asks it in...
POSTED Tuesday, August 28, 2007
There are two important things to consider when looking to purchase new computer speakers: The first, and most obvious, is how they sound. The second is how they look, as you'll have to look at them all day as they...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
There are few things worse than deleting something only to realize a few minutes later that you really, really needed it. But once it's gone, for the most part, it's gone, and it's not coming back. This Tempo concept...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
Using a laptop as a desktop computer is becoming more and more common, with laptops dropping down to prices comparable to desktops and offering the convenience of portability. The problem is, working at a laptop sitting at a desk...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
Do you have a green thumb yet are constantly tethered to a computer? Do you yearn for the sweet, oxygen-providing presence of a plant in your florescent-tinged cubicle? I feel your pain. Well, you don't need to work in a...
POSTED Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Once the joy and excitement of your steampunk computer wears off, you'll probably want to expand some of its capabilities for all those steampunk images you've been downloading. Those crafty Canadians have come up with an external hard drive...
POSTED Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Earlier this year we gave you a preview of the Fujitsu hand scanner called the PalmSecure, but at the time the device was a just another creepy/cool gadget bound for the clearance bin of some Akihabara recycler. Now news...
POSTED Monday, August 20, 2007
IOGEAR, renowned maker of underwhelming PC gear like switches and adapters, makes a half-decent grab for attention with its Digital Scribe pen. It has a straightforward mission — to take your handwritten notes into the digital domain without having...
POSTED Monday, August 20, 2007
There's nothing more frustrating when you're working on the move, whether you're walking or driving, than hunting for a Wi-Fi hotspot. And just finding one isn't going to cut it — is it a closed personal one, or a...
POSTED Saturday, August 18, 2007
For those who keep your sensitive data on a USB flash drive, and constantly fear the info will fall into the wrong hands, you might think about putting a padlock on your data-storage device. Corsair's Flash Padlock features a...
POSTED Friday, August 17, 2007
There are plain old keyboards and then there are fancy, overly useful keyboard. The problem is, both varieties just look so boring. If you really want to add some spice to your desktop, you've got to add more than...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
There's something very pleasing about the looks of the Boynq Alibi. Looking somewhat like an alien peeking out of the top of a vase, the Alibi is a combination of speaker and webcam. The speaker part uses the next generation...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
Here we have yet another insanely stupid USB device from the sunny shores of Japan. This time, it's a USB necktie with a built-in fan in the knot. Oh, how very stylish! Did I say stylish? I meant horrible....
POSTED Thursday, August 9, 2007
When it comes to computer peripherals you keep at home, printers just take up too much space for how often you use them. I print something maybe once every few weeks, yet a printer takes up a huge chunk...
POSTED Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Since technology is inescapably intertwined with all of our lives these days, parents pretty much have two options for their kids: work on getting them tech savvy, or join an Amish community. Since you're reading this post here and...
POSTED Friday, August 3, 2007
Looking like some kind of high-tech alien house plant, this hub from designer Oro-Ito is one of the few that most of us would be proud to display on our desk, rather than trying to slip it under a...
POSTED Thursday, August 2, 2007
Japan has a much lower threshold for insane gadgets hitting the market. That is to say, it takes a lot less for something to hit the shelves in Japan than it does in the States. Whether or not that's...
POSTED Thursday, August 2, 2007
With the proclamation "one size does not fit all," Logitech released a long list of features for their upcoming G9 customizable mouse. The G-series of mice previously raised some eyebrows with the G5 by letting gamers load different weights...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
There isn't a lot of variation when it comes to keyboards. Basically, it's got keys, sometimes the shape is a little different, and it probably has a number pad on the right if it's a full sized job. Maybe...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
I know if I were trapped under tons of rubble, or buried under a mountain of snow, I would want rescue workers to find me as quickly as possible. But even with dogs and sonar, the chances of survival...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
It's time to face facts: you don't exactly smell like a bed of roses. No offense or anything, but all those hours sitting at your computer and eating take-out isn't making your desk smell all that great. You could...
POSTED Monday, July 30, 2007
The Lomak (Light Operated Mouse and Keyboard) is an ingenious design for a computer that could be used by people disabled and unable to use a regular mouse and keyboard. A pointer that's either controlled with a hand or...
POSTED Saturday, July 28, 2007
I don't know what kind of stuff you could have to hide that you'd need this level of security, but if you're an insanely secretive person, the IronKey might be right up your alley. Billed as the world's most...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
We all know about using magnetic levitation (that's maglev, yo) for transportation, but a Korean company is bringing the technology to you desktop. Embotec has created a maglev keyboard that actually floats the keys, using magnetic force to provide...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
Need a 100-page report fired off in 5 minutes? A laser printer can do it easily. Want a few 8x10s for your friends? That inkjet is up to the task. Got a hankerin' for a 12-foot scroll? The Roller...
POSTED Monday, July 23, 2007
Logitech's Revolution VX mouse, which debuted last year, did a decent job of keeping true to its name by bringing some new abilities to the point-and-click table. One of them — hyperfast scrolling, which lets you blaze through a...
POSTED Monday, July 23, 2007
Sick of wasting time switching your hand between your keyboard and your mouse? Well, you've got a couple of feet that aren't being used, don't you? You might as well enlist them in your fight for efficiency. This foot...
POSTED Friday, July 20, 2007
If you don't mind walking around looking like a cross between a pirate, a cyborg soldier and a member of the Borg hive, this DataGlass HMD head-mounted video display might be for you. Hook it up to your portable PC...
POSTED Wednesday, July 18, 2007
You can never have too many screens, that's what I say, which is why I like this kind of crazy dual-LCD setup. It looks like some kind of fancy laptop, but it's just two screens and a laptop built...
POSTED Wednesday, July 18, 2007
There's lots to like about the Gyration Ultra R4000 remote control. First and foremost, there's the sweet gesture-sensing technology that the company's known for, letting you wave the remote like a wand to control your gear. While that may not...
POSTED Monday, July 16, 2007
The Q-Bean-ST by LTB audio claims to be my PC's new best friend. Well, at least it'll have one, since my computer and I are rarely on speaking terms. Having gotten that off my chest, the Q-Bean is a...
POSTED Monday, July 16, 2007
Behold the Logitech MX Air Mouse, a $149 rechargeable cordless pointing device with a gyroscope inside, letting you operate it either on a flat surface or in 3D space. If you want to use it on a desktop like...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
Wired headphones are a huge inconvenience, with the wires getting tangled in everything and causing your precious MP3 player to come crashing to the ground should you venture too far. Wireless, and more specifically Bluetooth, headsets are a step...
POSTED Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Nobody likes wires. They create clutter, they get tangled up, and they get caught on things. People who love having a clean and organized desk see cables as the enemy. Well, for those people there's a new weapon against...
POSTED Wednesday, July 11, 2007
For the tech-unsavvy, setting up and using a wireless router is a daunting task. Those faceless grey boxes don't provide much in the way of assistance in their setup, and getting the job done never really goes smoothly. Why...
POSTED Wednesday, July 11, 2007
If you're looking for an alternative building material that doesn't harm the environment and isn't on the endangered list, then bamboo is the wood for you. OK, so it's technically a grass, but cut it down and polish it...
POSTED Monday, July 9, 2007
I know that powering devices via USB is all the rage these days, but don't you think we're taking it a bit too far when we're using it to power things that didn't need power in the first place?...
POSTED Monday, July 9, 2007
There's small and then there's small: This Bluetooth dongle is less than a quarter-inch thick. People will have to look pretty closely to see that you've added wireless connectivity to your PC with this little guy. Plugging into a...
POSTED Thursday, July 5, 2007
I'm not sure how practical this is, but it's a neat invention nonetheless. A company called Active, Inc. has developed LCDs that turn opaque at the flip of the switch. That means you could stop using your monitor to...
POSTED Wednesday, July 4, 2007
I've got a big pile of business cards on my desk that's built up over the last six months, which I really should to transcribe into the contact list on my computer. But it's time I admitted it: I'll...
POSTED Thursday, June 28, 2007
Have you picked up your mouse and looked at its underside lately? Getting that filthy mouse wet could spell disaster for those trying to get actual work done, which is why Belkin has announced a waterproof, washable mouse. With...
POSTED Thursday, June 28, 2007
Webcams are great for taking low-quality, quick pictures of yourself while you sit at your computer. But as digital imaging and videoconferencing get to be more and more prevalent in the mainstream, people want a webcam that can take...
POSTED Thursday, June 28, 2007
You've got to hand it to Japan: they know how to make a unique gadget. You'd never see something like this USB Engine Hub coming out of America. It's just too nonsensical. But hey, things don't need to always...
POSTED Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Are you really paranoid? Do you fear data theft as well as germs? Do you wish there was some way to protect both your precious computer from hackers and your delicate immune system from disease all in one compact...
POSTED Monday, June 25, 2007
Technology these days is all about convergence. It's about combining devices that work in harmony with each other, making your life easier in the process. Like a camera in a phone or GPS in a car, combining new technologies makes...
POSTED Wednesday, June 20, 2007
As more universities make the move from brick and mortar to virtual classrooms, keeping a close eye on those that might take advantage of the situation is a big concern. Troy University in Alabama thinks it has found a...
POSTED Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Our steampunk obsession continues with this cleverly crafted scanner that's been transformed from the clunky form factor companies are spewing out, to a sleek design that looks like a book. Created by "Doc Datamancer", the leather bound scanner looks...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
Since most paperwork these days involves at least some mucking around on a PC, it makes sense to assume that any shredding you need to do would be going on at the same time. That seems to be the...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
OK, what the hell? Seriously. Why are you doing this to me, Thanko? Sure, your butt cooler was weird, but it was harmless. It didn't keep me up at night. But this? This is too much. It's a USB-powered...
POSTED Thursday, June 14, 2007
Summer is here, and you know what that means: your can getting all sweaty when you sit at your desk all day. Don't worry, Thanko, everyone's favorite Japanese insanity factory, has got your (lower, lower) back covered. The USB...
POSTED Tuesday, June 12, 2007
There's not much a mousepad needs to do to be considered successful. Basically, it needs to have a flat surface that a mouse can run over. That's basically it. Anything above and beyond that is just overboard. And overboard...
POSTED Friday, June 8, 2007
We're big fans of the steampunk craze, where normal everyday gadgets are retrofitted to look like something from long ago, so when we found out Jake von Slatt created a steampunk monitor to go along with the other steampunk...
POSTED Friday, June 8, 2007
What is it about wood that makes whatever its encasing seem just a bit classier? Perhaps its that plastic-covered electronics are just so ubiquitous, any update or difference seems like a pretty big deal. In any case, if you're...
POSTED Friday, June 8, 2007
Sometimes I worry that I take life too seriously. Should I lighten up? Perhaps there's some way I could make my working environment more lighthearted and fun. Oh, what's that, Japan? You have something to solve my problem of...
POSTED Wednesday, June 6, 2007
You can be the hero of the neighborhood with this Meraki Solar Powered Outdoor Wi-Fi Access Kit, spreading a broadband wireless signal up to 700 feet in all directions. Simply mount this $99 weatherproof unit to a high outside...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
OK, kids, it's time to stop trying to innovate the computer mouse. Logitech did a decent job with its Revolution model, but now everybody's doing it — throwing in features that are borderline useless, like LCD screens or dual...
POSTED Thursday, May 31, 2007
Stealing wireless from your neighbors is great and all, but sometimes the connection just isn't fast enough for all the torrents you're downloading. What you need is a Slurpr. This bad boy has six wireless antennas, allowing you to...
POSTED Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Instead of rubbing your hands together or using a USB-powered doohickey, those of you with really cold hands can keep on typing with this heated keyboard from ToolTopia. The AC-powered V8 WK001 allows the user to decide between a...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Will the next advancement in computer-mouse technology involve personal health? Designer Kwok Lau thinks so, conceiving a mouse with sensors and a heart-rate monitor for anyone who wants to check their pulse while they're working. 'Cause, y'know, sitting in...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
PDA pioneer Palm is still chugging along with upgrades and new products. PDA-style keyboards are nothing new and revolutionary, but Palm is attempting to reinvent the wheel with its latest Bluetooth keyboard, and I think they may have successfully...
POSTED Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Pop quiz: What can a group of crazy college geeks do with $700? Answer: Invent a device that may just one day revolutionize the computer interface. That's what a team of students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute accomplished with their...
POSTED Tuesday, May 22, 2007
When we saw this prototype monitor from Dell, it was love at first sight. The company rolled out this high-resolution display at a strategy conference, illustrating how a standard called Display Port will change the way monitors are designed....
POSTED Friday, May 18, 2007
Sure, you could do something boring like plug your gadgets into the wall to get them charged, but that's what everyone does. Don't you want to stand out and be different? Of course you do. That's why I suggest...
POSTED Wednesday, May 16, 2007
This All Weather Station from Honeywell not only keeps track of every aspect of the weather where you are, it receives weather warnings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that lets you know when serious weather is approaching....
POSTED Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Is the scrollwheel a dying accessory? What was once a brilliant innovation in computer mice looks to have replacements creeping up behind it, at least if you consider the new influx of mice to be innovative. Take the Traveler...
POSTED Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Q has probably been handing these spy devices out for years, but for the rest of us having a hidden recorder embedded in a pen makes all of us wannabe 007s. While it looks like a normal everyday writing...
POSTED Monday, May 14, 2007
Sure, you could use your new computer to listen to all the great Internet radio stations out there. Or you could download music from your favorite online store, be it iTunes or eMusic. Then again, you could cling to...
POSTED Saturday, May 12, 2007
Spam is one of the most annoying aspects of email. No, actually, it's more than annoying. It's frustrating. Frustrating bordering on infuriating. Sometimes, you just want to take that anger out on spam physically. Unfortunately, you generally don't get that...
POSTED Friday, May 11, 2007
For most people, the prospect of replacing your computer mouse with a bulky apparatus that's almost a cubic foot in volume wouldn't be something to get excited about. That's because most people haven't heard of the Novint Falcon, a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 8, 2007
By day the A4-Tech PK-333MB is a mild-mannered webcam, doing the things most webcams can do such as beam live video worldwide using the usual complement of features such as automatic white balance, motion tracking, digital zoom and still image...
POSTED Friday, May 4, 2007
These thumb drives aren't your standard portable storage devices. Sure, they could carry around a few albums and videos for you, but they're designed for a higher purpose. That's because they're "virus vaccines," loaded up with anti-virus and anti-spyware...
POSTED Friday, May 4, 2007
Who says webcams have to be ugly? Why can't they be completely adorable? I like my gadgets to be cute, or at least moderately attractive, which is why I like this Bubble Head webcam. Look, it looks like a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 1, 2007
When you're storing your most important data on a flash drive, this Corsair Flash Survivor will give you one less thing to worry about when you're skydiving, scuba diving, mountain climbing, or extreme fighting with your ex. Screw the...
POSTED Monday, April 30, 2007
Need to get access to someone's Mac but don't have the awesome hacking skills necessary to bust through their passwords? Just get a MacLockPick, a USB thumb drive that'll cut through any Apple Computer's security like a hot knife...
POSTED Monday, April 30, 2007
Well, this is kind of upsetting. Along the same lines as that super-creepy beaver computer that we showed you a little while ago is the Mouse Mouse. Yes, it's a computer mouse made out of an actual mouse. This...
POSTED Saturday, April 28, 2007
Want a keyboard that'll make your cubicle stand out from all the other boring workspaces in your office? Look no further than this handmade steampunk keyboard. Meticulously hand-crafted, it'll make you feel like you're typing up those expense reports...
POSTED Friday, April 27, 2007
There are plenty of chess games on the computer that'll allow you to learn the game or play with your friends online, but none of them give you the satisfaction of having physical pieces in your hands. Sure, taking...
POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007
Don't you hate when you're opening a bottle of beer and you wish you had a flash drive in your hands? Well, that common problem will plague you no more, as the Popdrive has arrived. Summer has officially been...
POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007
From the "are you f'ing kidding me?!" department comes the mouse jiggler, perhaps the dumbest and most useless computer peripheral I have ever seen. And that's saying a lot, as my job is basically to find and make fun of...
POSTED Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Remember the Rice Omelet mouse? That giant, uncomfortably realistic peripheral in the shape of a sloppy-looking chunk of Japanese cuisine? Well, if you were hesitating on picking one up until you had a matching USB setup, your long, painful...
POSTED Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Everyone knows that the Internet is very, very bad for children. All that information out there, the ease that they can communicate, it can only end in disaster! That's why it's important to be able to cut your children off...
POSTED Monday, April 16, 2007
Real small — that's a good way to describe the Toshiba TDP-FF1, the company's "ultra-portable" mobile projector. Take it on the road to give presentations and then party with it back in your hotel room. Play some video games,...
POSTED Wednesday, April 11, 2007
When it comes time to run a multimedia presentation from your laptop to an investor who might make or break your Web 2.0 startup dream, those weak, tiny speakers on your budget notebook could kill the deal. One nifty...
POSTED Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Media pirates hate spending money on stuff like music or movies, but put a fancy piece of technology in front of them that'll help them download more stuff in less time and you'll suddenly discover that these people do in...
POSTED Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Backing up your data is a pain, especially if you only want to back up certain things. You've got to either manually do it or have the foresight to set up a program of some sort that will do it...
POSTED Monday, April 9, 2007
Boy, this mouse sure is flashy. It's covered in what I can only assume are fake jewels, the kinds of things you would use to bedazzle a jean jacket if you were a 13-year-old girl in the mid-80s. If...
POSTED Thursday, April 5, 2007
Wireless USB has been on the way for a while now, and now it's finally here. The WiRanger Cable Free USB 2.0 Hub from Icron Technologies is the first wireless USB hub to use the familiar 802.11g band used...
POSTED Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Even if you don't have a ton of memory cards, this USB Piggy Card Reader is just too cute for any animal-loving PC owner to pass up. And hey, you never know when you might need to read something...
POSTED Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Computer desk manufacturers build desks with holes that allow users to run wires from their computers to peripheral devices. I abandoned that access hole ages ago when it became too tight to fit all of the cables and wires...
POSTED Friday, March 30, 2007
The garage band came about in the 1960s, thanks mainly to affordable speakers systems, electric guitars and the rise of suburbia. For today's city dwellers or those with two SUVs in the garage there's still hope — welcome to...
POSTED Wednesday, March 28, 2007
If you really want a touchscreen PC but don't feel like waiting for them to appear in anything but specialty, super-expensive computers, then you're in luck. This Laptop Tablet from NAVIsis will turn any laptop into a touchscreen tablet...
POSTED Saturday, March 24, 2007
If you're always running out of space due to all the (legal, I'm sure) downloads that you love using the Internet for, then you're in luck. Hard drives just keep on getting bigger and bigger, with Hammer Storage coming...
POSTED Friday, March 23, 2007
Well, I thought I had seen the stupidest USB heated gadget in existence with those heated slippers. Or maybe the heated dolphin mousepad was worse — it's hard to say. The USB heated eyepad was pretty awful as well. But...
POSTED Thursday, March 22, 2007
Touchscreens are all the rage these days, what with the upcoming iPhone bringing them to the forefront of the gadget world. They aren't without their drawbacks, however. The lack of tactile feedback generally makes them difficult to control, at...
POSTED Tuesday, March 20, 2007
"Convergence products" like media receivers typically make a lot of promises about magically relaying all your PC's content over to your TV, but they're often complicated to set up and not quite as useful as you'd hoped. Then you...
POSTED Monday, March 19, 2007
Seagate is rolling out a family of external hard drives it calls "data movers," four units in different sizes that not only hold a boatload of data but harbor special applications on board as well. Left to right above:...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
Apple's move to include an Apple Remote with all the company's computers has gone a long way toward making people think of them as entertainment centers. But the thing is, whenever I bring my MacBook anywhere, I always forget...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
What makes a keyboard deserve a $1,500 price tag? Not much, as far as I'm concerned, but here's one that tries pretty hard. It's called the Optimus Maximus Keyboard, and what makes it so fancy is that every single...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
There must be a lot of uncomfortable people sitting at their desks right now, because we're noticing a trend moving away from conventional seating and into some rather odd-looking designs that are endorsed by members of the medical community....
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Do you sometimes find yourself reaching for a nonexistent remote when you miss something a DJ says on the radio, wanting to rewind the broadcast just like you do with your cable-box DVR? Although satellite-radio customers have had this TiVo-like...
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Boxy speakers are so 1995. You need a pair of speakers that say, "Hey, I'm a hip young consumer of the naught-sevens!" Okay, so maybe you shouldn't say "naught" for fear of sounding too much like Secret Agent Jethro...
POSTED Tuesday, March 13, 2007
LG, ever the format-war peacemaker, has added to their Super Blue line of combo drives with their new GGW-H10N Super Multi Blue, an internal drive that can burn Blu-ray discs in addition to playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD...
POSTED Tuesday, March 13, 2007
If you're looking for an easy way to keep the inside of your computer cool while also letting everyone know that you enjoy tacky and awful things, the iFlash+ PC fan has your name written (in flashy lights) all...
POSTED Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The Amex Touch Senses TSK-V7 keyboard sure looks sleek, and, hey, it's wireless — both nice perks, to be sure — but the seemingly biggest "gotta have it" factor is that it's made for PCs running Windows Vista. But before...
POSTED Sunday, March 11, 2007
A Rice Omelet is an omelet wrapped around some rice with ketchup on top. It sounds OK, I guess. It's a Japanese dish, so we don't have them at our local diners here in the States. Oh, and someone...
POSTED Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Apparently there has been an insanely large leap forward in computing technology and it somehow has been kept under wraps. Remember when I reviewed Dell's Quad-core XPS computer and said that it was too powerful for today's applications? That...
POSTED Monday, March 5, 2007
You've gotta love companies who go out on a limb and try to do something different with a product that is pretty well designed already. The mouse, for example, is already doing pretty well. It's got a couple buttons,...
POSTED Friday, March 2, 2007
When you're traveling by plane or train or using your laptop away from your desk, it's sometimes awkward to find a convenient place to mouse around. Attach the Logisys Optical Finger Mouse to your finger with its Velcro strap,...
POSTED Thursday, March 1, 2007
Witness the power of the Control Glove from U.K.-based Engineered Fiber Structures. This spinoff from the University of Manchester looks to have designed a topnotch wireless-gaming gadget which is much cooler looking than a homebrewed Wii gaming glove. The Control...
POSTED Monday, February 26, 2007
Adtron accelerates the race to change the way all data is stored, rolling out 160-GB solid-state flash disks in both IDE and Serial ATA (SATA) configurations. They're the highest-capacity solid-state disks (SSD) yet, besting those small UMPCs' 32-GB drives, and...
POSTED Friday, February 23, 2007
Russians love their vodka, but unfortunately there's a big social taboo on drinking alone. Well, I guess it's not that unfortunate, as drinking alone tends to be kind of pathetic. Unless you're in the shower. Drinking beer in the...
POSTED Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Internet is a scary place, and you need to be protected from all the goons and shady folks that call it home. Sure, you might think that you're safe when you're at the keyboard and therefore guarding the gates,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Seriously, just how important is your data? What are you carrying around on flash drives that you're so paranoid about losing that you go to extreme measures like this to protect? The IronDrive has been "tested for high temperature, shock,...
POSTED Tuesday, February 20, 2007
If you like having lots of screen space to play with when you're working, I've got your new monitor right here. It's called the CineMassive MasterPlex 21T, and it's comprised of a half-dozen screens stacks all on top of...
POSTED Monday, February 19, 2007
USB flash drives are becoming the freebie of choice for companies who want to get on the good side of their customers. After all, they're cheap and you can load them up with marketing material to try to catch...
POSTED Monday, February 19, 2007
Gaming is a lot of fun. Few people will argue with that. But for people who have been paralyzed, it's not as easy as just sitting down at the computer and playing. That's why the Gravitonus was created — to...
POSTED Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Yesterday Kodak announced their new ink and all-in-one printers. Boring, right? Not so fast, coach. This is no ordinary ink. When you think of ink, what do you think of? Me, I think of feeling like I'm getting raped...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Of all the things to stick a solar panel on, why a keyboard? When was the last time you had a computer keyboard outside, especially a computer keyboard functioning and hooked up to a computer? I certainly can appreciate...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Think your Wi-Fi range sucks? Well, you could always upgrade to an N router from your measly B or G, but it still won't give you a really insane amount of range. What you need is one of these...
POSTED Monday, February 5, 2007
Good-sounding multimedia speakers aren't hard to come by these days, nor do they cost a lot of money. But the problem with many systems is that they're designed for games, digital audio files and watching YouTube. As a result,...
POSTED Friday, February 2, 2007
Sick of using a mouse? No? Well, uh… maybe you should be? I dunno guys, I got nuthin'. This here contraption is all about ditching the mouse for some reason, but I personally enjoy using a mouse. But hey,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 31, 2007
If you have lousy posture and your mom isn't around to hound you about it anymore, perhaps you need a little help being reminded to sit up straight like a big boy. The Visomate is designed to act like...
POSTED Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Many towers, especially those with really beefed-up specs, sound like a jet engine while running. All those fans crammed in there to keep your computer from catching on fire are far from quiet, and they can really become annoying....
POSTED Thursday, January 25, 2007
We've seen no end of USB-powered heating gadgets — from mousepads to cushions to drink warmers — so why has it taken until now for someone to put forward the USB heated mouse? I mean, you're plugging that sucker...
POSTED Wednesday, January 24, 2007
We welcome any and all ideas to combat repetitive-stress injuries, and this vertical mouse promises to do just that. The Evoluent Vertical Mouse 2 said to keep your hand in a more relaxed position than a regular mouse, since...
POSTED Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Until Draft N wireless gear is more universally implemented and the standards are finalized, most people are stuck with boring old G standard gear. It's all well and good, but the range leaves a bit to be desired. That...
POSTED Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Oh man, do I need one of these. The Ergopod 500 is designed with the lazy blogger in mind, allowing us to shorten our commute from 20 feet to no feet. To be fair, the trek from bed to...
POSTED Monday, January 22, 2007
Do people still use mousepads? With optical, wireless, and gliding mice out there, the pad seems to be more of a unnecessary limitation for the modern mouse than a valued accessory. I mean, I still use my Brandenburg Gate...
POSTED Sunday, January 21, 2007
For the last couple of decades, game controllers have been sprouting more and more buttons, party because today's games have tons of fancy 3D graphics. For PC games, though, you're relying an awful lot on the mouse, which is...
POSTED Friday, January 19, 2007
It's kind of ironic that webcams, gadgets designed to take pictures from your computer, are generally pretty ugly and unphotogenic themselves. Why wouldn't manufacturers put a bit more effort in so people aren't stuck having to buy a gray eyeball...
POSTED Thursday, January 18, 2007
Bluetooth is becoming more and more ubiquitous, as various mobile devices use the wireless protocol to transmit data quickly and easily. If you have a computer that didn't come equipped with Bluetooth, it's now easier than ever to give it...
POSTED Monday, January 15, 2007
The Oyster Wi-Fi speaker system from Avega Systems can accept wireless music streams from your PC or media server, game consoles, or anything equipped with Wi-Fi, really. Now when you want to play PC music over your stereo or...
POSTED Friday, January 12, 2007
Sometimes the most simple ideas and designs turn out to be the best ones. Case in point: these Memory Infinite USB thumb drives. By sticking a female connector on one end and a male connector on the other, designer...
POSTED Thursday, January 11, 2007
Eleksen, maker of the technology in Kenpo's iPod jackets and that flexible keyboard, is opening new doors for its fabric-interface technology. Or rather, new Windows. The company's Wearable Display Module, which can be sewn into a sack or handbag,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Making a mix is more than just picking which songs you want to rip to your iPod. Belkin is giving you a chance to make your own original music, using the iPod as your master recorder. The TuneStudio, which...
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
In the old days, radios were big pieces of furniture, with the family gathering around to have a listen. That was when milk was delivered directly to your door, but in this new millennium there's no reason to be...
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
Highlight of the new products Netgear touted this morning was the Digital Entertainer HD (Model EVA8000), a media receiver that promises to give you "any content, anywhere, anytime." So what does that really mean? Essentially it's media receiver —...
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
Demanding PC games and laptops usually don't mix so well (unless price is seriously no object), but Asus developed this sexy external graphics card for just such a situation. After you connect the card to the express card slot...
POSTED Saturday, January 6, 2007
Love 'em or hate 'em, emoticons — those ubiquitous smiley and frowny faces that have conquered the end of all sentences outside of Harper's magazine — are part of our vocabulary now. Artist/designer Mauricio Melo decided to take them to...
POSTED Friday, January 5, 2007
We've seen terabyte hard drives before, but they've typically been restricted to posh high-end music servers that your rich uncle Darrell has in his second living room. Hitachi's 1-TB drive, announced yesterday and sure to be touted mightily at...
POSTED Friday, January 5, 2007
There are USB-powered drink chillers out there and there are USB-powered drink warmers out there, but until now you had to make a tough choice: are you a cold beverage man or a hot beverage man? And who can...
POSTED Friday, January 5, 2007
You could plug your raging speakers into your tinny laptop, but that would involve either a really long cord or keeping your computer in the living room. Siren has attempted to solve this problem with its Screamer, a device...
POSTED Thursday, January 4, 2007
Forget AC power! Digital Xtractions' SCIRC t1 webcam plugs right into the sun, joining the legions of solar-powered gadgets out there. For a ghastly $450 you can get your hands on the camera, but the solar panels are an additional...
POSTED Saturday, December 30, 2006
We all have them — days at work when rearranging paperclips, drawing cartoons of your boss, and walking to and from the vending machine occupies the majority of your time. Now you can take office boredom and aggravating your...
POSTED Thursday, December 28, 2006
Printers are basically the last genre of gadgets to get treated to the aesthetic shrinking that everything from MP3 players to cell phones to speakers have gotten over the past few years. There's a pretty good reason for that: paper...
POSTED Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Like Obi-Wan Kenobi once said, "you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." Unlike old Ben, I don't mean Mos Eisley Spaceport, people. I'm talking about computer keyboards. They're a breeding ground for bacteria, harboring...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
Having a gadget die in the field is a terrible thing to have happen. Sure, you could tote around some fancy charger with you to resuscitate you fallen comrade, but that doesn't seem strange enough for my tastes. What...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
I'm all for the convergence of gadgets, but come on. I know it's exciting to create a new device that's never seen the light of day before, but you've gotta take a minute and think about what reasons there...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
The great thing about following hard drives and media capacity is that there's always something newer, smaller, and bigger. There will never be a time when we can say "ah, finally. The smallest and highest capacity hard drive ever created....
POSTED Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Personally, I am pretty happy with my standard keyboard. Even when I'm playing a game I never feel like I would be that much better off with a slew of extra buttons or something. But I guess some people...
POSTED Monday, December 11, 2006
You think you're a serious gamer? Well, do you have a fancy keyboard that was designed exclusively for serious gamers? No? Then you're a shell of a man, my friend. Get with the program. The Ideazon MERC Gaming Keyboard...
POSTED Friday, December 8, 2006
Another day, another ill-conceived USB-powered heater gadget from the Far East. I'll be honest, I'm running out of ways to spin products from this new and doubtlessly idiotic niche market, so I'll just cut to the chase here. This...
POSTED Thursday, December 7, 2006
Southpaws have it rough. Everything is made for right-handed people, so if you want to drive a stick shift, write on a spiral bound notebook, or use a can opener you're at a serious disadvantage. And computer mice, they're...
POSTED Thursday, December 7, 2006
If Steve Jobs bedded down with Doc Ock, this is probably what their offspring would look like. While most of us try to hide unsightly cable clutter, this chic USB/FireWire hub from LaCie turns what's ordinarily a mess into...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Unless you use EV-DO to connect to the Web on your laptop, chances are you aren't using that PC card slot on your laptop. It's generally used for connecting to the Internet, and most laptops have built-in wireless, making...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Belkin is gonna start selling their new wireless USB hub in a couple of weeks after much delay. What's so special about it? Take a seat, son. It utilizes ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless, giving it speeds around 480 Mpbs. That's...
POSTED Monday, December 4, 2006
Lunching at your desk is pretty much an essential ritual in today's workplace, though I'll bet your keyboard isn't a fan. Those pretzel flakes have to land somewhere, and the cracks between your keys are often the prime drop...
POSTED Friday, December 1, 2006
Any aspiring animators out there may want to add the NextEngine Desktop 3D scanner to their Christmas lists. The cereal box-size gadget will quickly scan an object (most scans take about 2 minutes) and render it onscreen for you...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
There's not a lot of info on this bad boy, but you know how much we love ridiculous, oversized screens here at SCI FI Tech, so I figured it'd be worth sharing with you anyhow. Just take a look...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Getting prints made of your digital photos can often show you why it's important to have your monitor properly calibrated: what looked great on the screen can look quite different on paper if your screen isn't showing you accurate colors....
POSTED Friday, November 24, 2006
If you bore people to death with crappy, lazy powerpoint slideshows on a regular basis, you should waste some more of your company's time and money by buying a fancy mouse created just for that purpose. The Sigma SGM2...
POSTED Wednesday, November 22, 2006
I don't know about you, but I never turn off my printer. Yeah, I'm terrible. Over the course of a year, the "vampire power" it sucks might toast a whole loaf of bread. That's toast, people — toast I could...
POSTED Tuesday, November 21, 2006
We've covered some pretty gimmicky gaming mice before, but none of them come close the the awesomeness of this (also gimmicky) hover mouse. Actually hovering above your mouse pad, the hover mouse certainly stands out from all other mice,...
POSTED Tuesday, November 21, 2006
If your office is so cold that you can't click a mouse button properly, it's time to get a new job. If that isn't a viable option, just buy a heated sleeping bag for your hand that's shaped like...
POSTED Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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