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Buoy in a Keychain Inflates Airbag-Style

Floating keychains are common, but this is the first time we have seen something like the Waterbuoy: you chain it to whatever valuable object and, if it falls into the water, the contact will fire up a gas valve that will instantly fill a balloon capable of lifting 2.2 pounds. The water will also activate…

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Wilson Explains Hot Gadgets, Bedazzles Hot Chick in Today Show’s Holiday Shopping Guide

Here’s our one and only Wilson Rothman getting all Tom-Cruis-eyed with the weekend Today Show presenter. In theory he’s showing what’s hot for purchase in the gadget world these holidays, which looks like last year’s options. He says something about the Wii, then something about the DS, then some more about the Sling (“Sling takes…

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Cellphone’s Secret Compartment Stores Bluetooth Headset, Drugs

Here’s the Star NX788, a cellphone with dual SIM card slots and matching dual dial keys. Brian says that the best feature, however, is the secret compartment that can hold a Bluetooth headset and charge it at the same time—hopefully only when the cellphone is connected to a power source. I say that the best…

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Belkin to Release Wireless HD Product at CES

We have received obligatorily blurry cameraphone shots of an unidentified wireless object by Belkin. According to the guy/girl/chipmunk ninja who sent it, this black box is some kind of High Definition video transmission thingie: Found this new device, taken straight from within Belkin Skunk works (booyah!). Don’t know much about it, but it’s a wireless…

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Nintendo Game Available on eBay for Just $12,000

A NES cartridge is being sold on eBay for $12,000. These limited-edition gray cartridges were given to the 90 semi-finalists of the 1990 Nintendo World Championship, a contest that pitted children in a feast of carnage, Mario worshiping and Tetris psychedelia that apparently was inspired by an equally psychedelic movie: The Wizard, with Fred Savage.…

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UK Could Ban Pirates from Using the Web

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry wants the UK—and probably everyone else on the planet—to follow French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s example and ban everyone who uses the intertubes to share copyrighted files: The plan will force ISPs to cut service if they catch you downloading copyrighted material three times. A spokesman from the Phonographic…

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Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

After a long wait, here is the application that makes the iPhone absolutely perfect: ScummVM, the emulation engine that allows you to play LucasArts and Sierra graphic adventures, is now fully working on the iPhone. After trying it I can tell you that if there’s a platform designed to play these kind of games,it’s the…

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Korg Kaossilator Brings Groovy Music to the Masses (Verdict: Must. Get. One)

The Korg Kaossilator is a dynamic phrase synthesizer, “a new pocket sized instrument that packs Korg’s world-renowned synth sounds along with innovative performance features into an ultra-compact unit.” Whatever. Didn’t make sense to me until it hit Japan last week and some guys started to post amazing demos online, and not only disco stuff but…

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Helicopter Model Lands on 60-degree Slopes

Georgia Tech University’s aerospace engineer Eric Feron has a vision: aircraft which can land at any angle. I’m sure there are dozens of practical reasons for that, but the only reason that counts for me is that the idea of an spidercopter landing on a wall is Pretty Damn Cool™ Right now, only some helicopters…

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Apple Booms Black Friday Deals

Apple’s Black Friday deals out, available for online ordering with free shipping at the Apple Store online. The savings range from $101 for MacBooks and iMacs to $201 to a Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 Waterproof camera or the $21 that put the Apple Bluetooth Headset at $108. The iPod also got some shaving in their price…

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First Supersonic Private Jet Sold to Obviously-Very-Rich Guy

This is the Aerion Supersonic Business Jet, the first private plane that will fly at 1.6 Mach. The first unit has just been purchased by Sheikh Rashid, the ruler of Dubai. This bird will be able to fly the Ellisons, Jobs and Gores of this world from Paris to New York in just over 4…

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Bearfire Offers Year-Round Ski Resort, Looks Like World of Warcraft

The snow is starting to fall now but in 2009 most people won’t care about it anymore. Except maybe Al Gore. The Bearfire Resort will offer a year-round ski resort—complete with ski tracks, snowboard park, snowball caverns, ice rafts, climbing walls and bobsleds—in the middle of Texas, next to Bearfire Mountain. And the best part…

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10 Movies and HD DVD Player for $199 at Amazon

God bless the Black Friday, as the format war keeps raging on thanks to it: Amazon will give you 10 movies for free when you buy the $199 Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD player (or the HD-A30 or the HD-A35.) And unlike some other offers with dreadful title selection, there’s good stuff to choose from in…

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Mersive 360-Degree High-Definition Humvee Simulator Brings the Holodeck One Step Closer

This 360-degree ultra-high-definition military simulator allows you to drive a Humvee and fire real weapons with absolute precision, including machine guns and rocket launchers, anywhere you want. The 10-projector system achieves a perfectly seamless panorama thanks to Mersive’s Sol system; a calibration, warping and sub-pixel image blending technology that may jump from military sims to…

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Air Drones to Invade the Planet… Now

One of the most shocking things about the Dubai Air Show was the drones. Drones everywhere. Drones in every single booth, drones on the runway, drones in my coffee. Everyone wanted a drone, for surveillance, spying on their neighboring country, starting a war, helping soldiers or to take it out for drinks. The fact is…

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T-Mobile Germany Sells $1,478 Unlocked iPhone to Avoid Legal Troubles, Tells Vodafone That They Suck (Updated)

Responding to Vodafone’s whining and legal action about the iPhone in Germany, T-Mobile has published a press release that basically tells Vodafone to TFSU: T-Mobile thinks that Vodafone’s claims are without merit and only driven by self-interest. To avoid legal trouble, however, they are now offering an unlocked iPhone for $999, just like every manufacturer…

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Included Game&Watch Game Makes Nintendo DS TV Tuner’s Even Cooler

The Nintendo DS TV Tuner was released yesterday in Japan for about $60 and the people from Impress have got their hands on one. The device will let you watch digital terrestrial television on the DS top screen while giving all sorts of controls on the bottom part. The surprise: it includes the all-time-classic Game&Watch…

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16GB Mini-Drive Is Waterproof, Has Rubber, Fits Anywhere

Eye-O Data calls their flash-based 16GB HDMC UZ16ZM a “Pocketable HDD,” but knowing that its 2 x 2.3 x 0.7-inch body is waterproof and can survive under a meter of water, we will call it “Dunkable HDD.” Just because we can and because I feel like doughnuts and coffee. Available for $241 in Japan, the…

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Inside the Biggest Mass-Produced Cargo Aircraft in the World

Click to viewThis beast is the Antonov AN-124 which, until the titanic Airbus A380 came along, was the biggest mass-produced plane in the world. Only 56 were built, but it is still the biggest cargo aircraft in the world. How big exactly? I got into its belly at the Dubai Air Show and I can…

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iPhone Doesn’t Send IMEI Information to Apple

OK, you can take your tinfoil hats off now. German site Heise Online has tested Hackint0sh user XianLi’s claims about the iPhone sending its IMEI to Apple while accessing the web. According to Heise and other sources, this is not true: https://gizmodo.com/apple-spies-on-iphone-users-hackers-claim-324238 While the code says “IMEI,” which stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity, it…

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Buoy in a Keychain Inflates Airbag-Style

Wilson Explains Hot Gadgets, Bedazzles Hot Chick in Today Show’s Holiday Shopping Guide

Cellphone’s Secret Compartment Stores Bluetooth Headset, Drugs

Belkin to Release Wireless HD Product at CES

Nintendo Game Available on eBay for Just $12,000

UK Could Ban Pirates from Using the Web

Native LucasArts Games Emulation Makes iPhone Absolutely Perfect

Korg Kaossilator Brings Groovy Music to the Masses (Verdict: Must. Get. One)

Helicopter Model Lands on 60-degree Slopes

Apple Booms Black Friday Deals

First Supersonic Private Jet Sold to Obviously-Very-Rich Guy

Bearfire Offers Year-Round Ski Resort, Looks Like World of Warcraft

10 Movies and HD DVD Player for $199 at Amazon

Mersive 360-Degree High-Definition Humvee Simulator Brings the Holodeck One Step Closer

Air Drones to Invade the Planet… Now

T-Mobile Germany Sells $1,478 Unlocked iPhone to Avoid Legal Troubles, Tells Vodafone That They Suck (Updated)

Included Game&Watch Game Makes Nintendo DS TV Tuner’s Even Cooler

16GB Mini-Drive Is Waterproof, Has Rubber, Fits Anywhere

Inside the Biggest Mass-Produced Cargo Aircraft in the World

iPhone Doesn’t Send IMEI Information to Apple

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset