Jason Chen

PlayStation 1 Turned Into a Light-Detecting Insect Robot

Harold Ilano was tired of playing Final Fantasies Seven through Nine on his PS1, so what did he do? He took the thing apart, salvaged its innards, and made a robot insect out of it. Not only does it have light sensors in order to follow light sources, it looks freaks out Mrs. Harold Ilano,…

Target Ad Scoops Blue Zune Release

Next week’s Target ad shows both a $199 price cut in the Microsoft Zune player—something we’ve covered before—and a brand new Blue Zune. We haven’t seen this anywhere yet, but it looks like it’s blue with light blue doubleshotting, and will be the same $199 that all the other Zunes are priced at. If Target’s…

Thanko’s USB-Powered Laptop Fan Stand

Not only does this aluminum/steel laptop stand from Thanko look both solid and functional, it’s got something Thanko’s known for—USB Power. Inside the stand are two fans that blow room-temperature air into your hot laptop, which means you’re keeping the laptop away from your tender gonads and helping your computer stay cool at the same…

T-Mobile Mobile Internet Price Drops Leaked

One of the main draws of getting T-Mobile internet, even though it’s EDGE compared with the other three provider’s 3G, was its low price. Now that price is getting even lower, with the Total Internet plan going down to $19 from $29, which is the plan you use with your smartphones like the T-Mobile Wing…

More Treo 500 Leaked Pics Confirm Two Colors

These leaked Treo 500 ad shots from Alles Windows Mobile confirm the two-color rumor we posted about earlier. The two colors are grey/charcoal black and white, but the white one has its keyboard censored out for some reason. These are the best shots we’ve gotten so far, so drink them in, Treo fans. [AllesWindowsMobile] https://gizmodo.com/new-palm-gandolf-photo-surfaces-redubbed-the-palm-treo-298355

Microsoft’s Rap History Continues Past Windows 386 to MS-DOS 5

I’m glad I never have to watch that Windows 386 video again, but this MS-DOS 5 promo video is just as bad. If not worse. Okay, it’s probably worse. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/the-most-ridiculous-windows-video-ever-234831

Jaeger LeCoultre Watch Unlocks Aston Martin DBS

If buying a $332,000 Aston Martin DBS is in your budget for this year, why not spend a little more and get a $35,000 Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch. It’s not just a watch that looks great, it can actually lock, unlock and possibly activate the alarm (maybe) from a distance. Even though Bond has dabbled in…

Sony pumps out PSP firmware 3.70, with custom themes, remote play button assignment, sequential playback in movies, and listening to music while browsing photos. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/arms-race/psp-firmware-370-emerges-from-mother-sony-298454.php

How to: 8 Ways to Get Ringtones Onto Your iPhone

Click to view[Depreciated since iTunes 7.4.2] Purchasable iPhone Ringtones are officially here. However, with the discovery of free iPhone ringtones from inside iTunes 7.4 (and the rediscovery of them in iTunes 7.4.1), most of you won’t want to pay $0.99 for the privilege of using a 30-second version of a song you’ve already purchased. Here…

iSaber Makes Your iPhone a Lightsaber

Although it’s a super- early beta and doesn’t really work all that well, this iSaber app actually turns your iPhone into a lightsaber. The developer, who made the MacSaber and the WiiSaber, has tapped into the iPhone’s accelerometer and designed the app to have your phone make lightsaber noises when you swing it around like…

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: Gasoline-powered cars are probably the most inefficient devices we all use almost every day, but no electric cars that actually resemble conventional cars exist yet. What to do? Convert your ride to electric power; we’ll show you how. Solar powered lights at your house: you know you want some. Volvo dances…

Unlock RAW Mode on Point and Shoot Canons

Some low-end Canon cameras actually share more than just the name and some internals with their high-end Canon DSLR brothers. They share DIGIC II image processing chips, which can support RAW format and some various other advanced features, and can be unlocked by getting a CHDK firmware onto the camera. The suite shouldn’t destroy you…

Wireless Scale Weighs Food, Acts As a Clock

Although weighing your food is only really important if you’re a chubster watching your weight, this wall-mounted digital scale clock can do so much more than tell you how heavy your bananas are. It also locks in place onto the wall, next to the clock, in order to function as a room temperature display. The…

How to Make a Shopping Cart Bike

Whether this bike is used for really fast travel inside a Safeway or really slow travel from Safeway back home is irrelevant. It’s a bike attached to a shopping cart, something poor people and the homeless (and enviro-nerds) have been dreaming of for years. This instructables guide shows you how to create one with all…

Custom Electric Table Has Plugs Right in the Table

Forget Lifehacker tips for cord organization to make your desk neater. When you have a custom Electric Table by Broberg & Ridderstrale of Stockholm, your entire desk is your outlet. These guys custom create a desk that plugs into the wall, which powers custom outlets embedded all over the face, sides, and legs of the…

Smart Drive System Takes Big Knobs in Cars To Its Logical Conclusion

With big knobs in cars that control the audio system being all the rage these days, designer Hao-Chun Huang wants to take the knob joke all the way to its logical conclusion and make a super, all-purpose metallic knob to control everything in your vehicle. Not only does this smart drive concept tilt, turn, and…

Anti-Seasickness Yacht Ensures You’re Not Vomiting That Expensive Champagne

If the one thing keeping you from buying a luxury yacht is the fact that you vomit uncontrollably whenever there’s a stiff breeze, this Ferretti 630 is something you may want to consider. The yacht has an Anti Rolling Gyro to stop side-to-side swaying, which means that whenever the thing tilts to one side, the…

It took less than a month for hackers to break open the PSP Slim firmware and release a custom version that’s Homebrew friendly. [DCEmu]

Car Subwoofer World Record Set at 180.5db

When you’re trying to picture how loud this 180.5db subwoofer that set the world record for the loudest sound for a single sub is, you can’t picture jet planes or chainsaws or firecrackers. No, you need to go a bit higher—into the realm of atomic bombs and nuclear disasters. So yes, this Digital Designs 9918Z…

How to Comment: Win a Free iPhone Software Unlock

Did you hear? We’re giving away a free iPhone Software unlock. To enter, you have to make a comment. Here’s how: 1) Click on the “Register” link on the top right of the page. Fill out the form by choosing a username, password and email for your eventual comment account. 2) Choose a post, click…