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The setup certainly doesn't make it sound positive: The Redbird Reef off the coast of Slaughter Beach, Delaware is a dump site for retired New York City subway cars, and there are already nearly 700 of them on the...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
NASA posted up some harrowing news to go along with their daily photo: In a surprising and potentially troubling request, the new space station robot known as Dextre demanded that astronauts refer to it in the future as "Dextre...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
We visited the New York International Auto show today at the Javits Center in Manhattan. The show opens to the public on Friday, in the meantime we got to roam the floors ahead of the crowd, which was pretty...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Are you one of the lucky 6.7 million Americans who got a GPS personal navigation device at the end of last year? A whopping 47% of those units were made by Garmin, the U.S. market leader (TomTom is in...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Every week Josh Gates' braves the world of the unknown on SCI FI's Destination Truth (disclosure: SCI FI owns DVICE). As anyone who's seen The X-Files knows, investigating weird phenomena in the field requires quick thinking, unrelenting guile, and...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The world of Dungeons & Dragons needs no introduction. Recently, however, the D&D community suffered the loss of one close and dear as the game's co-founder Gary Gygax passed away after battling for some years with heart ailments. But...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The United States Naval Research Laboratory and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are fixing to put a telescope on the Moon, placed there by robotic rovers. Called the Dark Ages Lunar Interferometer, the DALI mission is still in its conceptual stages,...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
"Could I have some artwork with that cappuccino?" Not exactly something you hear at Starbucks a lot, but if this coffee-printer technology goes mainstream, who knows? Wait, a coffee printer? Yep, Oleskiy Pikalo woke up one day with a...
POSTED Monday, March 17, 2008
Faster, more maneuverable and — let's face it — downright cooler than any skateboard, the RipStik can take your extreme tendencies indoors.
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
What will San Francisco be like 100 years from now? The History Channel sponsored a City of the Future contest for architects to show us their vision of Utopian metropolises from 2108, and the winner for the San Francisco...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
Whatever happened to the Information Superhighway? It was the big talk of the 90s, but now the United States has fallen to 16th place in the world for broadband deployment and availability, according to a survey by the Communication...
POSTED Thursday, March 13, 2008
The sudden popularity of digital photo frames has turned them into love-it-or-hate-it devices. The dichotomy goes like this: Tech-savvy folks tend to dislike them (sometimes intensely), while most others are fascinated by the technology, if statistics are to be...
POSTED Thursday, March 13, 2008
Shoe purveyor Nike dipping into the auto industry may sound disastrous, but the Nike ONE is an undeniably sexy single seater. The Nike ONE design team was led by legendary car designer Phil Frank, who designed classics such as the...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Microsoft was forced to release a slew of embarrassing internal e-mails last month as part of a class-action lawsuit claiming that "Vista Capable" labels on computers sold before Vista was released were misleading. You can download all of the...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
Available in Japan since December, the Wii Fit is scheduled for a spring release Stateside. We couldn't wait that long. Determined to check out the Wii Fit early, we went to Chinatown in New York City to search for a Japanese version. Mission accomplished. But is it any good? Vanessa has the verdict.
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
With the unveiling of the iPhone's software development kit, it turns out the iPhone may be a serious handheld contender in the mobile gaming market on top of being a smart phone killer. We're not just talking Pong and Tetris,...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
Attention all technology companies: you have three months to get your act together. Start pedaling now because in June Apple may steal your business. Why all tech companies? Because Apple's software development kit (SDK) announcement today revealed the real...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
It feels like the world just changed. Apple opened up its iPhone and iPod Touch platforms to developers, and putting muscle behind them is $100 million from Silicon Valley moneybags Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Beyers. With that kind of cash...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Apple opened up the iPhone and iPod Touch for a wealth of new applications today. In a press conference at its Cupertino, California headquarters, CEO Steve Jobs revealed details about a software development kit (SDK) that will finally allow...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
What is this woman doing? Why is her head half-submerged in a bubble filled with bees? The bubble is a prototype of an invention that The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) is currently exhibiting called Design...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Why is it gaming PCs always have to be the craziest-looking machines to ever be sold at Best Buy? Who decided that people who enjoyed PC games also wanted a gigantic computer that looks like it was stolen off...
POSTED Tuesday, March 4, 2008
If you think Bluetooth headsets provide great functionality but are just too dorky to wear around in public, you're not alone. Bluetooth headsets are downright embarrassing, and many people wouldn't be caught on the street wearing them. But what...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
As another week comes to a close, get your tech fix with 10 car features we want to see in automobiles by the year 2020 and check out our review of Sony's MDR-NC500D noise-canceling headphones. We also took one last...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
When Warner Bros. announced in early January that it was pulling the plug on the release of HD DVD discs and going solely with Blu-ray, everyone could read the writing on the wall without even squinting. Last week, speculation...
POSTED Thursday, February 28, 2008
Hey, automobile industry, we need to talk. You've been making a lot of promises lately and, well, we're not really sure if we believe you anymore. How can you even ask why? Remember that whole "flying car" thing? Yeah, It's...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sony ships its MDR-NC500D headphones on March 21, touted as groundbreaking technology. The company sent us a pair just before we hopped on a plane to the annual Sony Open House in Las Vegas, inviting us to take a...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Q, the letter, confounds you in Scrabble. Q, the character, amuses you in James Bond. And Q, the subway line, frustrates you in Brooklyn. Now, Q, the fan, can keep you cool in the summer. Swiss designer Carlo Borer...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Morph is a concept device designed by Nokia and the United Kingdom's University of Cambridge that explores the future of portable gadgetry when married with nanotechnology. Ever wonder what technology designers see when they dream at night? This is it.
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
We read every comment, whether you're just giving us a thumbs up or offering a bit of constructive criticism, and this week we received a lot of outstanding feedback. We work hard to make DVICE an interesting place for you...
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
Want to see how cars might run 20 years from now? Look no further than Corgi's H2Go, a toy car that runs on the most common gas in the universe: hydrogen.
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
We are all so petrified of germs, we turn to the highest tech to get rid of them, every last one. But that's not going to be easy. In sheer numbers, there are 20 times more creepy crawlies in...
POSTED Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Apple lowered the price of the 1GB iPod Shuffle today to the ultralow price of $49. That’s pretty damn cheap. Like, not-even-worth-stealing cheap. If price is the deciding factor for your MP3 player, you’ve got to get an iPod...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
A Virginia Tech student has won the Greener Gadget Award for a clever LED lamp that gets all of its power from gravity, which is a seriously renewable resource. Working kind of like a grandfather clock that needs to be...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Not going to be able to get out to New York City's Toy Fair 2008 this year? Don't worry, DVICE has your back — whether you're browsing the Toy Fair halls for the first time or simply clicking back to...
POSTED Sunday, February 17, 2008
Dear Vonage, I've been meaning to tell you this for over a year, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I mean, you've been such a cheap date, costing me about $19 per month compared to those...
POSTED Friday, February 15, 2008
When Apple rolled out the MacBook Air with its solid-state disk (SSD) inside, it felt like a new era in laptop computing had begun. Are solid-state state drives poised to replace those spinning hard disks we've become accustomed to...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
For all you girls who are alone on Valentine's Day — or you guys who want to get your GFs a little something more than just chocolate and roses — vibrators personal massagers are always a good option. The...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
With the help of some seasoned jumpers, Vanessa learned the basics of bocking on some Poweriser stilts in just one afternoon. We also set the bockers loose on the unsuspecting masses Central Park, including one cocky cyclist.
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Myth: Women hate gadget gifts. Truth: We know (from experience, believe it or not) that isn't true. While the old adage about never giving a woman a gift that plugs in is generally good advice, it's more rooted in...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Today, making a cup of wakeup juice is so easy a zombie could do it. You could even forgo all the machinery and buy the instant stuff, or hit up Starbucks. Yet those who still practice the art of waking...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
Last year when Steve Jobs announced Apple TV at Macworld 2007, I wasn't impressed. I expressed my displeasure at the fact that the media was basically giving a free pass to a product that I predicted would be an...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
At this point, having a 60-inch TV won't win you any neighborhood mid-life-crisis contests, as everybody is getting giant TVs these days. Now, you need to take it to the next level if you really want to prove to everyone...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Just in time for the looming global recession comes Bandai’s Bubbly Bubble Bath, a product that allows you to literally bathe in cash. The fake cash comes in the form of ten chemical tablets that expand into 100,000 yen...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Let's say you're ready to chuck your DVD player and make the jump to renting digital content from a box near your television. Congratulations! You've discovered Pay Per View. But PPV has few choices and even less flexibility: What...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
A bit like the Cornershot, the Concealed Engagement Unit, or CEU, will allow nearly any rifle to be fired around or over an obstruction, keeping the shooter relatively safe and still allowing them to aim. Designed by Aimpoint, it...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Just when we thought we'd seen the smallest personal helicopter in the world, along comes this one that's even smaller. It sits there, growling on its little tripod until some intrepid flyer with a death wish squats down, revs...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Considering both the iPhone and iPod Touch are great devices to watch video on, they need all the memory they can get. After all, what good is a PVP if you can’t fit all three seasons of Lost on...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Super Bowl, that pageant of 63 advertisements with a football game hidden somewhere within, has become an incubator of commercial creativity. Many of the most popular spots have something to do with animals, but we're more interested in...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
Megapixels are so over. They've lost their marketing mojo. Now that sensors have stopped growing exponentially in terms of megapixels, new cameras don't even bother advertising their size. But we're cool with that, since it lets other camera technologies...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
When Super Bowl XLII game hits the eyeballs of 158 million Americans this Sunday, its television images will have winded their way through enough high-tech gee-gaws to launch a squadron of space shuttles. The super broadcast racks up some...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
R2-D2 is now starring in his most important role ever, a peppermill. The projector, soy sauce dispenser and mailboxes have nothing on R2's latest job, which is too keep your food nice and seasoned with pepper. This R2-D2 isn't...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
Recently, two hikers were rescued off of Mt. Hood. They didn't have a GPS or personal locator, yet GPS technology saved their lives. Unable to figure out where they were in blizzard conditions, they built a snow cave to...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
The iPhone may have Google Maps, but it doesn't rely on real GPS— it approximates your location using cell phone towers. And while there are smartphones with GPS out there, none contains a fully-featured GPS device. Garmin's newly-announced nüviphone...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Nearly 252 million people in the U.S. have a cellphone, according to the cellphone industry group CTIA. This ubiquitous pocket plaything is increasingly capable of wondrous and heretofore unthinkable technological feats both frivolous and necessary. Just a couple of...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
We've heard of a white-hot spotlight, but this flashlight is ridiculous. Manufacturer Wicked Lasers calls this monster The Torch, and the 4100-lumen light packs enough punch to literally set the world on fire, starting up a pile of loose...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
The MacBook Air may be one of the thinnest laptops ever made, but Apple had to make some sacrifices to shed all that poundage. Did the company go too far? Some reviewers on the Web think so. Of course,...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tech mavens love toasters enough that the first screensaver ever made was full of them (flying, of course). And while we don't see a lot of crazy original concepts for new washing machines, refrigerators or air conditioners, designers are...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
So you've heard all about Virgin Galactic's new spaceship, but the big thing you want to know is when will tickets be cheap enough so everyone can afford them? Only one man knows that: Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the company.
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I’ve always thought that space travel was a project for big government due to the complex physics and the huge amount of money involved. But I’m wrong. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson (above in the pic) along with designer Burt...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Students at the University of South Australia have spent several years developing an environmentally friendly car that they call Trev: it's meant to be the ideal commuter vehicle. Trev is fully electric vehicle that uses 1/5 the energy of...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The hype is over, the news has broken, and the backlash is in full swing. We're talking about the MacBook Air of course — the big gust of wind coming out of Cupertino this week. It's one of the...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
People grow up dreaming about becoming musicians, but chip musicians? Gareth Morris sure did, adapting some 1980s Atari hardware (an 1040ST keyboard) to make "chiptunes," music created using just the raw sounds of the original equipment. Vanessa recently rocked out with from Morris and his modded PC to see what it was like to be an Atari DJ. Groovy.
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
The Apple iPhone is 202 days old, and that means we've had plenty of time to really live with it. Tuesday's firmware update added some welcome new features, but the coveted iPhone still isn't perfect. If you're thinking maybe...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Athlete Oscar Pistorius, a 21-year-old from South Africa, has been ruled ineligible to compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on the grounds of an unfair mechanical advantage. Pistorius lost both his legs when he was 11 months old...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Do you just love getting up in the morning? Does the sound of your alarm clock going off, shocking you awake from sleep, fill your heart with joy? I don't know what the hell's wrong with you, but congrats on...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Sir Steve of Cupertino just dropped some bombs at Macworld, the biggest of which being the announcement of a new MacBook Air ultraportable laptop. The thinnest laptop in the world, it measures a mere 0.16 inches thick at the...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Apple and Steve Jobs like to tease. The signs adorning San Francisco's Moscone Center hint at something ephemeral, but Jobs is likely to introduce something more solid during his annual MacWorld keynote, due to start any minute now –...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Wow, is it actually over? The Consumer Electronics Show has pretty much wound down, and we saw plenty of cool stuff — Killer TVs, megacool camcorders, and the most expensive speakers you've ever seen. Yeah, the 2008 Consumer Electronics...
POSTED Thursday, January 10, 2008
Well, it's actually a trick questions. Nothing can increase the flavor of something that is already perfect, like toast. Like most of the toasters we feature around these parts, this toaster does not have any kind of increased functionality,...
POSTED Thursday, January 10, 2008
When it comes to serious gaming, LCDs are kind of slow. And most screens are just so square. This week Alienware introduced a 2880x900 curved monitor. It's a DLP rear-projection monitor that lit by LEDs, so it's easier on...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Mitsubishi, the people who invented the 35-inch television and were first to market with 1080p DLP HDTV, today showed off their Laser television. And a new TV category is born. I must admit, this rear-projection TV tech looks very...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Dean Kamen, Lucy Lawless, Walt Mossberg and Neal Stephenson speak at DVICE's panel, "Science Fiction's Influence on Technology", at CES 2008, moderated by SCI FI Channel Executive Vice President and General Manager Dave Howe. Topics include helicopters, jet packs, Robert Heinlein, and the threat of biotechnology.
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Earphone cords are sooooo 2007. Sure to be a hit with gym nuts and joggers, Sennheiser’s new MX W1 earbuds ditch the wires, using Kleer’s (pretty killer) wireless technology to deliver excellent sound quality. I saw and heard a...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Bill Gates has given ten keynote speeches at CES since 1994. Tonight at 6:30 pm PST he'll deliver his eleventh CES keynote, and some say his last. After all, Gates spends more time trying to cure malaria than he...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
Thought those new LG TVs were thin? Honey, Pioneer's shrunk the flat panel even further with its Advanced Design Kuro Concept plasma TV. I haven't clocked it, but I'm pretty sure the 50-inch set is the thinnest plasma ever,...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
CES hasn’t even started yet and I already found a must-have toy to buy. It’s the new Rovio by WowWee, and it’s hands down the best of the remote patrolling robots out there.
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
Nothing says fun like classic video games, and luckily, even if you haven't kept your old Nintendo or Sega Genesis from 20 years ago, there are plenty of ways to get your retro gaming fix on. Ways such as this...
POSTED Tuesday, January 1, 2008
We spend a good chunk of our time here at DVICE writing about fun gadgets and cool pieces of gear (the butter cutter notwithstanding), and occasionally we come across something that’s truly amazing: a piece of technological wizardry so...
POSTED Monday, December 31, 2007
What's the deal with the sport of discus anyway? A glorified Frisbee throwing contest? Are you kidding me? I can throw a Frisbee a solid 100 yard and even a dog can catch it in his mouth. This watch...
POSTED Monday, December 31, 2007
Santa may be done writing his lists for the year, but we aren't — check out these laser-etched laptops, some of tomorrow's technology in Battlestar Galactica, and the everyday gadgetry used to snoop out specters. We also took our...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
So, you want to be a Ghost Hunter? There's never been a better time: a lot of the tech tools hunters use in the field are available to everyone, letting you start your search for the paranormal as soon...
POSTED Friday, December 28, 2007
Can you imagine a world before the iPhone? It's difficult, isn't it? But there was a time earlier in the year when instead of reviewing the iPhone, we were making predictions about it. In April I wrote a column...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
The year may be coming to a close, but we're not slowing down here at DVICE. We've got an exciting sweepstakes going (love the Wii, much?), a list of 101 gift guides for any late shoppers, 11 gadgets for...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
The iPhone, while certainly one of the top gadget's of 2007, has one big downside: It's expensive. You seemingly get a lot, but $400 is up there for a cellphone. Is it possible to get all the same features for $300 less? We put the Apple's darling head to head with Palm's bargain smartphone, the new Centro to find out.
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
Now that most of us are finishing up our holiday shopping, we have a chance to reflect on those less fortunate… and those much, much more fortunate. That got us wondering: Just what are the ultra-rich getting their gadget-loving...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
Why purchase a generator for your compound when you could power your home or apartment building with a mini-nuclear reactor, built by a reliable, brand name company? Why indeed. Toshiba has designed what it calls a micro nuclear reactor....
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
We're all in the same boat: It's one week to go before Christmas, and you've still got a ton of shopping to do. Stumped about what to get some people, you turn to the Web. But where to turn?...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
It starts off as an ordinary shipping container, but throw a switch and ninety seconds later the Illy Push Button House has magically expanded into a five-room abode. Architect and designer Adam Kalkin created this jack-in-the-box-like dwelling, whose sections...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
We're at least a year into the release of the three next-generation gaming console — the Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. That has given you plenty of time to brush up on your knowledge. Put your...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
This week we saw nine crazily shaped buildings, 10 do-it-yourself projects that fall short, 12 geeky presents that cost less than $30 and 18 whacky Christmas trees. We also reviewed Pleo the cuddly dinosaur (without all the slapping and......
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
We could scarcely believe it ourselves, but Batter Blaster is a real product, and the company that makes it was kind enough to send us a sample can for testing. The good news is that it works. If you spray Batter Blaster batter onto a hot greased pan, you will get pancakes. The first bite of pancake was surprisingly delicious.
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
'Tis the holiday season. While not everyone busts out the real or fake tree, it is always a symbol of the beginning of winter and the end of the calendar year. With the latest generation of kids striving to...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Honda Motor Company's midget-spaceman-robot Asimo went from operating solo to working in a collective. By communicating wirelessly, the Asimo units know what tasks nearby robots are carrying out, how much battery life each one has and who will pick...
POSTED Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Architecture these days has never been more advanced: Buildings are making their own energy and using ice as air conditioning. Creative buildings don't always involve special technology, however. One could build a home shaped like a giant toilet or...
POSTED Monday, December 10, 2007
This week we saw Facebook playing spy games, the top 10 technologies on the horizon and four downers when buying a plasma TV. We've also got a new episode of DVICE TV for you, and, in Shift, game guru...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
If you're a major gamer you probably know that Nintendo's DS Lite is the best-selling gaming machine of the year. Here are some more stats: During the recent Thanksgiving week consumers bought 9,200 DS Lites per hour. Over 57...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Sony Rolly is an egg-shaped MP3 player that can dance to its own music. The Rolly isn’t officially available in the U.S. and probably never will be, so we couldn’t pass up an opportunity to see it in action.
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
Plasma TVs used to cost a fortune. Then, after a while, only the big ones cost a fortune. And now we've finally reached the point where only the crazy-big ones cost a fortune — even reasonably big ones like...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Like fast cars? Here's one for you, and it's a looker to boot. The updated Brabus Mercedes McLaren SLR Roadster goes from zero to 60 in a smidgen over three seconds, features a 650 horsepower engine, carbon fiber forward...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
We're constantly searching for these electronic monstrosities so far ahead of their time that only concept designers dare tackle giving such products a face and a name. After the jump, take a peek into our future fetish and 10 nonexistent — but awesome — tech toys that take our gadget lust to a more advanced level.
POSTED Tuesday, December 4, 2007
To get your air clean and purified, you could always get some high-tech purifier that has fancy filters and fans and the like, but that doesn't seem all that natural. You should eschew the fancy-pants high technology and go with...
POSTED Tuesday, December 4, 2007
It doesn't matter if the Amazon Kindle e-book reader is the first e-book reader that makes sense. It's not a question of whether the unique un-backlit monochrome screen technology works, if the Sprint-powered wireless online bookstore and download of...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
Here's one to help get you going in the morning. The On Off Mug is coated with a heat sensitive pigment that turns the mug from black to white as it gets hot. Without any liquid in it, the...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
For most of us, walking into a cellphone store to buy a phone is an endeavor on par with trying to order a vegetarian meal at a Texas barbecue joint… in France. Convoluted abbreviations, myriad technologies, and Madeleine L'Engle-esque...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
I know, I know — you didn't know it was broken. Neither did I, until I tried to switch cellphone providers earlier this year. Or when I wanted to watch a downloaded video on my new HDTV. Or tried...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
The one time in his life that David Hasselhoff was upstaged, it was when working with Knight Industries Two Thousand, or KITT, his super intelligent car featured in the series Knight Rider. For those unaware, Knight Rider is making...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
You love robots. I love robots. With the dizzying variety of them out there, don't you sometimes get down that you'll never be able to get your hands on one? After all, most of the 'bots we see are for...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Gadget lovers can't resist browsing the catalogs of the Sharper Image and SkyMall, especially around the holidays. Both have fun products: funky stuff like spy cameras and everyone's personal favorite — turbocharged nose-hair trimmers. And then there are those...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Is alcohol consumption good or bad for your heart? Scientists will probably argue this issue for decades to come. In the meantime, to remind you that wine probably affects your arteries in one way or another, you can ponder...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tokyoflash watches are ultra-stylish but have deliberately cryptic faces that are notoriously hard to read. In fact, you probably need a scientist to tell what time it is. Testing that theory, our own Vanessa Rae takes two of their most mysterious models to scientist Dr. Michio Kaku — a theoretical physicist, futurist and professor at CCNY — to see if his awesome brainpower can decipher them. Hint: It's not going to be easy.
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
If you came here looking for SCI FI Tech, don’t worry, you’re in the right place. SCI FI Tech has become so popular that we’ve expanded it into its own site, now called DVICE. And DVICE has a lot...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Powered by biofuel, the Koenigsegg CCXR is a new alternative fuel automobile setting out to show how eco-friendly designs can still have plenty of muscle. When building its new car, Koenigsegg made a happy discovery: the ethanol found in...
POSTED Monday, November 26, 2007
Classic game nuts will be sure to love this Nintendo DS Famicom Adapter, a hulking cartridge adapter that'll let you play old Famicom (NES here in the States) games right on your fancy little handheld. You might need an...
POSTED Monday, November 26, 2007
Video games have come a long way from the days of the side scroller and computer-generated voices. Gaming companies like Halo 3 creator Bungie Software have been nabbing top voice talent for years, and you may not have noticed,...
POSTED Thursday, November 22, 2007
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