Noah R, Author at Gizmodo

Hydrogen Training Pants

The dream of mass-produced hydrogen-powered cars is still far away, but the folks at United Nuclear are not waiting on the future. For around $8,000, their Hydrogen Generator transforms your polluting lemon into a clean, environmentally friendly, hydrogen burner. Now you can sneer at hybrid loyalists and forgo the waiting time for hydrogen vehicles at…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

1,000 Watt Bicycle Can’t Drive 55

Watching the Tour De France this year, I realized that no amount of artificial hormone and blood transfusion will ever turn me into Lance Armstrong. The only way to compete is with one of these electric bicycles. The new io Cruiser has a turbo mode that can go 25 MPH, and they have a model…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Solar PSP

There is nothing finer than trekking to base camp, roasting marshmallows around a campfire and climbing into the tent to snuggle inside the sleeping bag and watch Team America World Police on my PSP. Trouble is, the batteries run out after the first night. At least that was the case before I discovered this Solar…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Keep Your Eyes On The Road and Your Hands Upon the Wheel

Someone at Toyota has been sitting shotgun with me. And to prove it, the company has come up with what my friends and family have wished for since I [somehow] got my license many years ago. A new image-processing computer system using a camera near the steering wheel will detect when a driver stops looking…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

mPower SynCH Universal Adapter

Not all MIT grads are making AIBO fat-busters and Jerk-O-Meters. Take the folks from Malleable Devices Inc., who created a nifty universal adapter known as the SynCH. This tri-tentacled gewgaw lets you sync and charge, or charge and charge, or just about any combination therein. One end plugs into the USB 2.0 port on a…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

IMPAMP: World’s Smallest Tube Amp?

This 4-inch x 3-inch analog amplifier, with 1 watt per channel, is intended for studio use or “with small sound sources such as iPods, mini-disc/cd players and laptops.” Perfect for when you want to get that good old tube amp sound out of the Fraunhofer compressed music stored inside your digital portable audio player. I…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Biggest Plasma Screen That Will Still Fit Through The Front Door

Yes, that’s right, this is really, truly the biggest home plasma screen I’ve seen to date. At 102-inches, Samsung showcased a 1920 x 1080 resolution screen with 6.4 billion colors at the IFA show. What else can really be said? It’s huge, flat and new. But I wouldn’t suggest you run out and look for…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Sharp Goes WideNote

Weighing-in at 3.7 pounds and setting you back about $1,800, the newly announced Sharp M 4000 WideNote notebook is supposed to be as bright and clear as any desktop PC. It’s got an Intel Pentium M Processor 740 with 1.73 GHz and 2MB of Level 2 Cache. But forget all that, I love that it’s…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Psychedelic Panoramic Diving Mask

I thought it was a Burning Man flashback, but then realized this SCUBA mask is more than just a trippy Playa costume. The Hydrooptix Mega 4.5DD has a Double-Dome lens designed by the same engineers that NASA hired to fix the Hubble telescope. The mask not only offers a panoramic view five times larger than…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Sony LocationFree: Big Brother Anywhere

So you’ve just returned from a long weekend at the beach house thinking: ‘If only I could have watched Big Brother from inside the cabana.’ Well, lucky for you Sony has just updated its LocationFree line with the LF-PK1 place shifter. Unlike the previous LocationFree devices, which were essentially WiFi TVs, this does not have…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Pocket Projector Plays Lint-Based Movie

Epson pulled a mini-projector out of its pocket on Friday. The postcard size prototype would use a 3LCD light source—assuming it ever gets made. And as of now there are no plans to sell this, or the teensy brush that you’ll need to remove all the pocket fuzzies from its lens. And, while we’re on…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Atom Chip’s Quantum-Optical Computing

The leaves aren’t even turning and it’s already time to start talking about what we’re going to see at this year’s gadget gonzo-fest, CES 2006. First up is the crazy quick-sounding 6.8Ghz laptop by Atom Chip Corporation. With a solid-state drive replacing the traditional hard disk, it should be able to blow other competitors away—but…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

PSP-uhleeze!

For the launch of the PSP in March, Sony hired famous design labels including J. Lo and Baby Phat to craft some of the ugliest, least useful portable gadget cases ever to grace the technosphere. And now they are doing it again: On September 10, Sony is hosting a Pret-a-PSP fashion show with accessories made…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Drones Arrive In New Orleans

Five unmanned aerial vehicles are headed to NOLA to search for survivors. The 8-foot long Silver Fox drones are equipped with thermal cameras that will help searchers find Katrina survivors. The UAVs were obtained from a private company—the feds still do not have their act together enough to deploy something like this, according to Pennsylvania…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

Millennium Falcon Mini: She Makes The Kessel Run in Less Than Twelve Parsecs

I have seen some crazy Star Wars gear in my day, and even some fine mods that use the Millennium Falcon motif. But this one is point five past light speed nicer. The reason? As Han Solo would say, a lot of special modifications. There is a jack for an iPod Shuffle between the mandibles,…

Tech News Noah R Sep 6

TiVo Pays You $51 For a PVR

TiVo is now offering a $150 cash rebate for buying one of its PVRs between now and November 27. The rules don’t specify where you have to buy the box from, which means you could go to Amazon.com or Dell—and purchase one for $99. That’s right, buy a TiVo for $99, send in the $150…

Tech News Noah R Sep 5

Study Proves What Everyone Knows Already

The BBC reports that a European technology PR firm known as Hotwire polled 6,000 people in France, Germany and the UK and found that—gasp!—young males are embracing technology faster than women and over-45s. The PR flak went on to explain why technology companies are doing it all wrong: “Unfortunately the way that they’re trying to…

Tech News Noah R Sep 5

Meta-modo Review Crib Sheet

Gizmodo reads reviews so you don’t have to. This week: the Kodak EasyShare V550 and Creative Zen Touch. Kodak EasyShare V550 Price: $345-$399 Sleek, stylish and easy-to-use, the new 5 megapixel Kodak EasyShare V550 “brings some much-needed style to Kodak’s line of point-and-shoot cameras.” For $400, you get a 3X zoom lens, AF-assist lamp, and…

Tech News Noah R Sep 2

Digidesign Busts Out the Mbox 2

We all know that if you own a Mac and plan on becoming the next hip-hop star, you will need Digidesign’s award winning hardware/software combination: ProTools. Well now Digidesign is releasing the Mbox 2, a step up from their original entry level Mbox. It’s of course packed with features and inputs while maintaining simplicity. The…

Tech News Noah R Sep 2

Kawaii Doraemon Phone

Begging for an ass kicking from your pals? Grab the Doraephone. Based on the GIGABYTE gx-5 (not to mention the manga comic about a robotic blue cat from the future who has a pocket to the fourth-dimension in his stomach) this phone is decked out in all things annoying. Don’t fret though. Even if you…

Tech News Noah R Sep 2

Noah R

Hydrogen Training Pants

1,000 Watt Bicycle Can’t Drive 55

Solar PSP

Keep Your Eyes On The Road and Your Hands Upon the Wheel

mPower SynCH Universal Adapter

IMPAMP: World’s Smallest Tube Amp?

Biggest Plasma Screen That Will Still Fit Through The Front Door

Sharp Goes WideNote

Psychedelic Panoramic Diving Mask

Sony LocationFree: Big Brother Anywhere

Pocket Projector Plays Lint-Based Movie

Atom Chip’s Quantum-Optical Computing

PSP-uhleeze!

Drones Arrive In New Orleans

Millennium Falcon Mini: She Makes The Kessel Run in Less Than Twelve Parsecs

TiVo Pays You $51 For a PVR

Study Proves What Everyone Knows Already

Meta-modo Review Crib Sheet

Digidesign Busts Out the Mbox 2

Kawaii Doraemon Phone

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