Brian Lam, Author at Gizmodo

Exclusive Video: Philips amBX Gaming Doohickey Shakes Rattles and Rolls

Philips’s gave us a tour of their amBX gaming system last night running on Far Cry. It’s comprised of some LED driven lights that bathe your room in lights similar to on screen colors, fans that blast you with air when your avatar is sprinting or getting knocked around, rumble pads and a 2.1 audio…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 26

AARRRRRRRRR!! (Limited Edition Chewie Mimoco USB Drives)

Like the Lucas-approved Darth Vader USB Drives from Mimoco, this Chewbacca USB thumbdrive is limited to a 2500 run, and is available in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes. No bowcaster?! Awwww… https://gizmodo.com/limited-edition-star-wars-usb-flashdrives-207006 Chewie USB Drives [Coolhunting]

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 25

Camcorder of the Year: Canon Elura 100…WTF?

Surprise, surprise. Camcorder Info just named their favs for this year, and the best of the best happens to be the Canon Elura 100, a miniDV camera that costs under $400. https://gizmodo.com/canon-elura-100-147633 Amazing, considering its company had HDD storage systems, HD resolution, and price tags over $4000. How did this happen? It trumped every challenger,…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 25

Suntracker One Skylight

Regular skylights merely let light in. This Suntracker’s 3 aluminum mirrors track the sun using a tiny solar powered motor. Pretty cool way to get 1000-watts worth of lighting in your house for free. Don’t worry, the 95% reflective mirrors hit a diffuser first, so you won’t feel like an ant under a magnifying glass…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 25

Batteries: Why They Explode and the Multicell Future

Wired has a long long piece by John Hockenberry that covers thermal runaway, the thing that makes all those Sony Batteries explode. It occurs when the touchy elements inside a Li-ion battery heat up to the point where the internal reaction accelerates, creating even more heat. In the case of a laptop flameout, the chemicals…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 25

Exclusive Video: Hasbro Tooth Tunes MP3 Toothbrush

Hasbro’s Tooth Tunes toothbrushes have an MP3 player built in. Ya, they use bone-conduction to rattle the sound through your teeth for 3 minutes, making sure you brush for the American Dental Association’s recommended time. The bristles are a bit hard, the head a bit small, and the handle sucks for reverse grip action, but…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 25

Our Take on NYT’s “Risks for Ears with iPods” Article

Photo Credits Richard B, Ben Longo. NYT Breaking News Again: Loud Music Makes You Deaf [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/nyt-breaking-news-again-loud-music-makes-you-deaf-209849

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 24

NYT Breaking News Again: Loud Music Makes You Deaf

From the Duh section of today’s Gray Lady. Hazards: A Study Gauges the Risks for Ears With iPods [NY Times]

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 24

Sony NV-U71T GPS Likes Finger Caresses

Sony’s second generation GPS came out today, building upon the solid, if not a little boring first system. This one has a few tricks up its sleeves, though. Most notably traffic monitoring, and finger gesture reading. Traffic is par for the course, but the finger gestures are something we”ve never seen before. Essentially, you can…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 24

Zetabyte ZBox: Backup Drive Beams Data to the Heavens

Zetabyte’s Zbox isn’t just a networked storage device. Every bit you put on the drive gets uploaded to Amazon’s S3 storage cloud. So, if an earthquake, tornado, flood, or any other natural or unnatural disaster takes out your pad, your stuff is safe and sound over at Amazon’s batcave. The hardware doesn’t cost anything. Come…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 23

Sony Reader: Exclusive Video of E-Ink Refresh Delay

When I reviewed Sony Reader, an e-ink e-book reader, I mentioned a slight flicker on the screen when it refreshed pages. Here’s a video of that, and here’s all our prior coverage. Despite the flicker, it’s still a pretty little toy that’ll make a great present for the voracious reader and technophile in your family.–Brian…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 23

Working Origami TV

This cleverly named Sharp Pencil Quality TV is a set of the DIY variety. Although its screen is only 2-inches across, the screen resolution can be as precise as your pencils are sharp. It supports premade Video-On-Pulp scrolls for Kill Bill Volume 1, Dirty Harry, and Dr. Strangelove. Pencils and paper not included. Stane’s Island…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 23

The Boy Genius Report Goes Live

Boy Genius, master spy of the cellphone world, man who broke the news on the Moto KRZR and Blackberry Pearl among others, has just launched his own site. Within the first few days of launch, he’s already got a multi phone review from producer Just Blaze, leaked internal docs of a Blackberry 8800c, a hands…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 23

How Many Polock Geeks Does it Take To…

…get arrested for growing pot inside a PC? Just one. The police found the mini farm of cannabis growing by means of a lamp and humidity control system. The CPU was underclocked, but hungry for doritos. Polish Pot Plant PC [Tha Boing]

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 23

eStarling WiFi Photo Frames are Back From Dead

You all thought they were crunked outta business, but here’s eStarling, looking us right in the face with their 7-inch WiFi picture frames. ThinkGeek has a limited edition run of the frames going onsale now. You can email the frame photos, as it’ll check a POP account. Or you can have it subscribe to an…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 20

007’s Toys Suck: VGNTX007C James Bond Vaio Lacking EVDO

Following the Casino Royale edition Sony Ericsson cellphones, Sony is dropping an attache case with special 007 Vaio and Cameras inside called the VGNTX007C Limited Edition Spy Gear. Q is on crack to pick this gear for Bond. Sure, that Vaio TX is a nice bit of hardware, with a Core Solo chip, carbon fiber…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 20

Zero-to-Sixty in One Second: Vauxhall Victor

Looks like a piece of shit, doesn’t it? It has a 9.8 Liter V-8 that makes 2200 horsepower. Which gives it a zero-to-sixty time of one second. And it’s street legal. It’s too ugly. I wouldn’t drive it if it took me to space. Video at Jalopnik, though. Vroom. https://jalopnik.com/the-worlds-quickest-street-legal-car-is-a-vauxhall-vict-209029 The World’s Quickest Street-Legal Car…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 20

Ninja Star NYC Subway Map

This four-pointed stainless steel ninja star is useful for added sting to punches when held in your fist. But can also be thrown at adversaries inflicting 1-3 HP of damage, and causing the status effect of “demoralizing defeat at hands of American ninja” ( -2 penalty to move or attack). The ninja can also use…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 20

Walt-emon Chooses Firefox 2.0 Over IE 7.0

Few know that that P in Walter P. Mossberg’s name stands for “Pokemon”. He was the OG pocket monster battler for the WSJ back in the day. When choosing between the new, improved IE 7-point-oh, and the likewise fuh-fuh-fresh Firefox 2.0 Release Candidate 3, he choose one to be his winner: Firefox, for having everything…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 19

DS Lite Crystal Gallery: Why White is Better Than Black

Chen, Chen, Chen. I think you’re right to love the DS Lite. I play it more than my Xbox. But you’re just wrong about loving the black one more than the white one. White is the superior color, because: https://gizmodo.com/ds-lite-onyx-gallery-31-days-left-to-buy-your-wii-con-208835 1. It will actually match the white Wii case. 2. Won’t show fingerprints. 3. Won’t…

Gadgets Brian Lam Oct 19

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Exclusive Video: Philips amBX Gaming Doohickey Shakes Rattles and Rolls

AARRRRRRRRR!! (Limited Edition Chewie Mimoco USB Drives)

Camcorder of the Year: Canon Elura 100…WTF?

Suntracker One Skylight

Batteries: Why They Explode and the Multicell Future

Exclusive Video: Hasbro Tooth Tunes MP3 Toothbrush

Our Take on NYT’s “Risks for Ears with iPods” Article

NYT Breaking News Again: Loud Music Makes You Deaf

Sony NV-U71T GPS Likes Finger Caresses

Zetabyte ZBox: Backup Drive Beams Data to the Heavens

Sony Reader: Exclusive Video of E-Ink Refresh Delay

Working Origami TV

The Boy Genius Report Goes Live

How Many Polock Geeks Does it Take To…

eStarling WiFi Photo Frames are Back From Dead

007’s Toys Suck: VGNTX007C James Bond Vaio Lacking EVDO

Zero-to-Sixty in One Second: Vauxhall Victor

Ninja Star NYC Subway Map

Walt-emon Chooses Firefox 2.0 Over IE 7.0

DS Lite Crystal Gallery: Why White is Better Than Black

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

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This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

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