Kit Eaton, Author at Gizmodo

Eleeno Cyber Digital Watch: Time-Confusion Fashion Fusion

I own a perfectly conventional analog watch, and though I confess to a penchant for these weird or confusing digital ones, up to now I’d probably not buy one. But this leaked set of images is of a watch I’d actually consider wearing: the Eleeno Cyber. With 12 discrete LCD dials to read the time…

Tech News Kit Eaton Jun 24 '08

Panasonic to Have 37-Inch OLED Panels on Sale By 2011?

Adding to the rumors we brought you a few months ago, the Sankei Shimbun daily newspaper is reporting that Panasonic is planning on having 37-inch OLED screens on sale within three years. And there’s more: they’ll be setting up a production line in the IPS Alpha Technology factory in Chiba Prefecture, intend to overtake their…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 24 '08

Readybot is a Robot Maid for Cleaning Your Stuff, Version 0.1

It’s hard not to watch this video of DIY robot Readybot and think "sweet… what’s the next version like?" Looking like everyone’s favorite trashcan-shaped sci-fi droid has collided with a dishwasher, Readybot’s intended to be a home-assistant ‘bot doing a maid’s job, cleaning your house. It may be slow and primitive now, but it looks…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 24 '08

Photographer Puts 189 Non-Existent Spy Satellites on Show

“Yesterday up in the air I snapped a sat that wasn’t there”— so might photographer Trevor Paglen say about his show at the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum. It’s a series of photos of 189 secret satellites: the ones that officially “don’t exist.” Dubbed The Other Night Sky the photos are time-lapse images…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

Daft Punk’s Designer Shows DIY Glowing Outfit Tricks

Almost as famous as Daft Punk‘s electro-tunes are their glowing electro-outfits. And now, thanks to the chap who made clothes for their 2007 Alive tour, and an Instructables DIY page you too could don glowing gear. It looks fairly easy, as long as you’re nifty with a needle and thread: the hardest part seems to…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

SPult Universal Remote is Sleekly Simple by Ditching Most Buttons

Designer Yurii Smitana Perfilov clearly took a look at the chaotic button-fest that is the usual universal remote and thought “uuuugleee.” So the first thing you notice about the sPult remote is its gorgeousness, like a retro-futuristic digital dagger. The second thing is the lack of buttons: that scroll wheel does volume or channels, selected…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

Brando’s Portable Disco Lights Do it Psychedelically with Lasers

Laser beams plus funky light patterns plus party: sounds like a winning combo. It certainly looks that way for this Brando gadget: the green laser light spewing from it can be tweaked into a number of impressive patterns (diffraction grating, anyone?) And though it doesn’t look like it reacts to music, the shifting, changing light-show…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

Greenhouse’s New Headphones, For the “Pig Crashed Through Your Brain” Look

This strange product from Greenhouse is worth talking about, if only so I could share that headline with you. In case you’re wondering, the pig is in soft silicon… to reproduce the texture of a real pig. After that news, you won’t care these weird ‘phones have a 20Hz to 20kHz frequency range, multi-sized silicon…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

Motozine ZN5 Camera Phone Now Official

We’ve been talking about this cellphone for a while, but today Motorola and Kodak officially spilled the beans. As we thought, the ZN5’s a phone that’s as much camera as phone, with a 5-megapixel Kodak unit on its back. This is quick-launched by sliding the lens cover, and has a Xenon flash, auto-focus and even…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 23 '08

Stealth Figher Design Cues In The Kinzo Air Office Desk

The Kinzo Air from Kinzo Architecture might make working in a proper office bearable. Although with its Stealth-fighter design cues, a guy wearing a HUD helmet with oxygen might be more at home behind it than an accountant. It looks like its perched on the ground momentarily, ready to speed off— in fact I’m sure…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

Get Around the Time with Lexon Around Clock

Minimalist clocks pop up from time to time, and while sometimes they’re just good enough for you to know it’s “three-ish,” the Around clock can actually let you know it’s “three fifteenish.” It’s about as simple design as you can get: with a rotating dial and a red wire that tells you the time. From…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

All You Need is Love from Talking, Romantic “Handsome Men” Piggy Bank

Things’d have to be pretty desperate in your love life if you needed one of these Ikemenbank, or “handsome men banks” from Bandai. For each 500 yen coin you drop in the heart-shaped gadget, you’re rewarded with the next step of a virtual love affair with a Tamagotchi-like digital chap inside. He speaks to you…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Data-Stream with USB Flash Drive Carabiner

This gizmo from Brando is a carabiner with a USB flash drive embedded in it. M’kay. Handy for… um… snapping onto your notebook case, and securing it to your climbing harness as you tackle the north face of the Eiger? Actually no, because despite supporting Windows, OS X and Linux, it won’t support you: I’m…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

iDiamond Headphones Are Forever, Sparkling on Your Little Earlobe

It’s been a while since we brought you some serious gadget bling here on Giz, so now here’s some… and it’s serious. “Headphones encrusted with 204 real diamonds and made of white gold” kind of serious. From designer Thomas Heyerdahl, the iDiamonds are a limited edition of just 1,000 units, so you’d better rush. That’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

AeroCam Turbine First to be Blowin’ in the Wind for Under $1 Per Watt

The “$1 per Watt” barrier may not sound as impressive as the sound barrier, but this next-gen wind turbine is the first, and has an unusual design. The AeroCam’s horizontal-axis, flat-blade shape has blades that’re dynamically angled to maximize wind-catching. It’s also compact, so can fit into urban environments, and captures wind from any direction.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 20 '08

Laser-Cut Scarfs. Verdict: Fashion and Laser Beams FTW!

Taking the words out of your mouth, and wrapping them round your neck: These scarfs are typographic wonders, and they’re cut by frickin’ laser beams! And that’s just cool. Made from microfiber suede, they’re available in Uppercase, Lowercase and Numbers styles and in off-white and black. They may be fashionable, though I’m guessing just a…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 19 '08

Patent Shows Apple Researching Advanced iPhone Sensor Use, iChat Integration

Over at Mac Rumors they’ve unearthed a recent patent that shows Apple is researching cleverer use of the iPhone’s many sensors. More nifty than turning the screen off when you put it to your ear, the new uses may include things like working out it’s in your pocket (by temperature, proximity and ambient light) and…

Tech News Kit Eaton Jun 19 '08

Brando’s Firefly Lamp: For Those Romantic Digital Insect-Light Moments

A non-USB product from Brando, and one that’s surprisingly cute? Good grief, I nearly fell off my keyboard. These Firefly jars are solar-powered, charging up during the day and adding a simulated bioluminescent insect-ass glow to wherever you pop them at night. The kitchen worktop, perhaps—perfect for lighting your way to that midnight snack. Standing…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 19 '08

Ben Heck Mods Atari 7800 into Portable Retro-Gaming Wonder

Modding clever-clogs Ben Heck was apparently daunted by the complexity of the Atari 7800’s internals at first, so he had to summon up the nerve to try this requested mod. Into the custom-built chassis he squeezed a 7-inch color widescreen display, a set of rechargeable batteries, combo driving/paddle controller and an A-V output. Though it’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 19 '08

TI Intros Industry First Lamp-Free DLP Projector

Hot on the heels of the Optoma pico-projector that uses a TI chipset, TI itself has announced the “industry’s first home-theater lamp-free projector.” It uses a PhlatLight LED illumination source instead, and a Brilliantcolor chipset to give a 1080p display. This makes it capable of a 50% bigger color gamut than traditional projector tech (that’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Jun 19 '08

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Eleeno Cyber Digital Watch: Time-Confusion Fashion Fusion

Panasonic to Have 37-Inch OLED Panels on Sale By 2011?

Readybot is a Robot Maid for Cleaning Your Stuff, Version 0.1

Photographer Puts 189 Non-Existent Spy Satellites on Show

Daft Punk’s Designer Shows DIY Glowing Outfit Tricks

SPult Universal Remote is Sleekly Simple by Ditching Most Buttons

Brando’s Portable Disco Lights Do it Psychedelically with Lasers

Greenhouse’s New Headphones, For the “Pig Crashed Through Your Brain” Look

Motozine ZN5 Camera Phone Now Official

Stealth Figher Design Cues In The Kinzo Air Office Desk

Get Around the Time with Lexon Around Clock

All You Need is Love from Talking, Romantic “Handsome Men” Piggy Bank

Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Data-Stream with USB Flash Drive Carabiner

iDiamond Headphones Are Forever, Sparkling on Your Little Earlobe

AeroCam Turbine First to be Blowin’ in the Wind for Under $1 Per Watt

Laser-Cut Scarfs. Verdict: Fashion and Laser Beams FTW!

Patent Shows Apple Researching Advanced iPhone Sensor Use, iChat Integration

Brando’s Firefly Lamp: For Those Romantic Digital Insect-Light Moments

Ben Heck Mods Atari 7800 into Portable Retro-Gaming Wonder

TI Intros Industry First Lamp-Free DLP Projector

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