Mark Wilson

Nintendont Wee DVD Player

Found at a Tokyo retailer, the “Wee” is not everyone’s favorite Nintendo console, but a DVD player that can…play DVDs. Yeah, it’s a pretty half-assed knockoff that had better at least come with a “Weemote.” Japan, we’re disappointed in you. Even if you imported the Wee from China. [kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/fake-shit/this-wee-plays-dvds-300193.php

Bullseye Extinquisher, Useful in Fake Fire

The Bullseye Extinguisher Training System is a practicing system made for those who aren’t so sure about their mad extinguisher skillz. A digital panel responds to a laser emitting from the extinguisher, assumable responding just as a real flame would to a real flame extinguisher. We’re not sure what it costs, though the system is…

AMD To Make Tri-Core Processors

AMD, in a move to differentiate their processor line, has decided to begin selling three core processors. Is it weird? A little. But customers will see speed boosts. And, as the Inquirer points out, the tri-core could allow AMD to salvage bad quad-core chips while offering consumers a wide range of models at various pricepoints.…

iPod Touch Definitely Has No Bluetooth, So Enough Already UPDATED

The iPod Touch has been dissected by the ace mechanics at iFixit. And unless they overlooked something—actually, nevermind. There’s no Bluetooth in the iPod Touch. That’s it. Final. iFixit didn’t mention a trace of Bluetooth and that’s enough for us to call this silly rumor the result of an overzealous photoshopper who has probably already…

Immobilizer Cameraphone Stun Gun (Also Works as Flashlight)

While the Immobilizer’s cameraphone exterior is not so functional, its 900,000-volt stun gun works just fine. Packaged with holster that is realistic enough to make you look like a douche, the feature that we most appreciate is the 12 LED flashlight, allowing you to closely inspect your victim for ID, cash, credit cards, etc. after…

UBS analysts are predicting 3 million iPhones sold by the end of the year, expecting 2 million sold in Q4. [gigaom]

Sony, Sharp, Hitachi Team Up for Green LCDs

Sony is big on making friends in the LCD business. First they open a joint manufacturing plant with Samsung, and now they’ve announced an initiative with Sharp and Hitachi to create an LCD display that can be powered through only half the electricity needed by today’s models. Re-engineering LCD architecture coupled with advanced LED backlighting…

USB Greenhouse May Save the World

Get a leg up for the day Man blocks out the sun to block the harmful potentials of skin cancer (due to the extreme inconveniences of wearing thick SPF 1000 that simply refuses to rub in). Because the USB Greenhouse allows you to grow plants without the reliance on aging nature. Including marigold seeds and…

Bomb Detector Powered by Bee Tongue

A company named Inscentinel Ltd. has developed Vapour Detection Instrumentation with the promise of detecting explosives, cancer, drugs and basically anything you’d like to smell. And for this advanced olfactory detection, Inscentinel is deploying the world’s most advanced techniques—trained bee tongue. The company literally trains bees as a police force might train dogs. Using Pavlovian…

The Ideal Wedding Present (Hint: Includes Glass Dildo)

The world of conceptual design often generates products that will make our lives easier and more fulfilling. For newlyweds, Katherine Gray has designed this combination wine goblets-plates-bowls-urinal-dildo kit. Plus when the deeds are done, the container can be used to store the ashes of your loved one. And while we admire Gray’s enthusiasm, we can’t…

Motorola TLKR, No Vowels for Walkie-Talkies

You know Motorola is stepping up their game when they begin ripping the grammar-strained vowels from a product line. Take the TLKR, it’s Motorola’s new line of walkie-talkies meant to convey a sense of style while you are calling in for airstrikes on the cootie patrol. The first version will be the T3, offering eight…

Google’s Jet Blasts Off From NASA

If you’re a Google god like Larry Page or Sergey Brin, you already own a double-wide Boeing 767-200 for personal use—which is less the equivalent of a stretched Hummer limo than, say, a stretched school bus limo. Once one has reached the level of stretched school bus limo airplane, how much higher can luxury ascend?…

Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 Stores 1GB

Microsoft’s new Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 has a secret: it packs 1GB of flash memory for secret files (porn), you wife’s pictures (porn) and even the occasional Excel spreadsheet (cataloging your porn). Running off 2.4ghz or Bluetooth, the mouse is adjustable with the flick of a switch. And while the idea of storage in a…

10 Takes on the iPod Classic

Renaming Apple’s sixth generation of iPod the “iPod classic” cemented the device into our cultural history. Beyond mere music or video device, Apple acknowledged that their once humble MP3 player had grown to cultural icon— just like Coca Cola. But is the new iPod classic really an improvement? Or are we just a bunch of…

Palm Fesses Up to Treo 500

We’ve seen enough legit-looking pictures to know the Palm 500v was real, but now we really know that it’s real because Palm has confirmed the product. Coming in “glacier white” and “charcoal black” as we reported earlier, the new WM6 Palm will abandon touchscreen in favor of a Blackberry-style setup along with full QWERTY. https://gizmodo.com/more-treo-500-leaked-pics-confirm-two-colors-298714…

The digital picture frame market is projectedto surpass $42 million by 2011. [tgdaily]

Update: iPhone Updates Will Probably Break iPhone Apps

No one should expect 3rd party apps to continue running on the iPhone after the next update. Much like Sony with their PSP, Apple refuses to be as progressive with a portable computer as they are with a clunky, traditional system. Yesterday, a lot of us took some of Apple VP Greg Joswiak’s comments to…

NASA Develops Inferno-Proof Chips

Today’s processors have one fundamental weakness: heat. But NASA may have overcome that issue with their new super heat-resistant, silicon carbide chips that can operate in temperatures up to 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit. An early test proved highly successful, as NASA’s chip operated at 932 degrees Fahrenheit for 1,700 hours of continuous operation. And like most…

Sony Releases New Stereos With Hard Drive Love

Even though Sony probably had the technology lined up fifteen years ago, they’ve just announced that hard drives will be added in an update to their NETJUKE product line (Japan only). Running $529, $705 and $1,058 the D55HD, M75HD, and M95HD will support MP3 ripping to a hard drive starting ranging from 80-250GB. Each model…

Sprint’s Q4 Lineup Leaked?

Sprint’s Q4 lineup looks to have leaked to the public. They’ll be offering the LG Rumor, HTC Touch, Palm Centro and Blackberry Pearl 8130. You may remember the 8130 on Sprint from when it was still called the Pearl 2, and it’s on track to be released at the same time as original intel reported.…