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Charging Station Holds a Quintet of Energy-Thirsty Devices in Orderly Fashion

There’s no shortage of charging stations, but this $49.95 Five Device Recharging Station that starts shipping next week looks especially orderly with its differently sized places at the ready for your various devices. There’s four AC outlets, and even two USB ports from which you can gather juice. And, it’s all shielded from electro-spikes with…

Did You Know? 500 Pairs of Disposable Earbuds = Fine Art

Half DJ and musician, half avant-garde artist, all geeky engineer, Andr Fernandes Avel s is the daddy of the Headphones art project. A one-night display in Stavanger, Norway this past month, the installation consisted of 500 pairs of earbuds tied together electronically and controlled by a mixer to create a controlled cacaphony of mind-altering sound.…

A Lightshow Worth Freezing Your Ass Off Over

The super bright Comet McNaught loses its tail among the Southern Lights during a geomagnetic storm over New Zealand, in this photo from Minoru Yoneto. Comet-hunting requires a good telescope, a “Dobsonian reflector,” and the willingness to freeze your ass off for hours. But then occasionally you get amazing photos like this one. There are…

Video of the Backyard Airline Experience in India

Remember the retired Indian Airlines engineer whose stationary airplane parked in his backyard was pulling in the punters? Well, Reuters toodled off to Delhi to clock Bahadur Chand Gupta’s Airbus 300 experience for themselves, alongside a bunch of underprivileged kids who are flying for free. Anyone who scoffs at the idea, just check out the…

The Saddest iPhone We’ve Ever Seen

In Japan, even with their 500-foot mechs and supercomputer cellphones, some people are craving Apple’s smartphone. One fanboy went so far as to transfigure his Sony Ericsson Walkman W52S slider to…is “resemble” being too generous?…an Apple iPhone. From it’s horribly scuffed face to the hammered-on metallic edging, it’s confirmed. We need to get Japan some…

New Pics From Hulk, Possession, X-Files and More

Want to see what Edward Norton will look like as Bruce Banner in Incredible Hulk? Or how intensely Jason Statham will stare at the windshield of his makeshift jalopy in Death Race? The studios have released a ton of new promo pics. Click through for pics from Possession with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Terminator: The Sarah…

Wrong-Way Balloon Behaves in Unexpected Ways

We don’t normally go driving around with helium balloons in our cars, so we weren’t aware of this strange phenomenon: The dang things go the wrong way when you accelerate and turn! Besides that, we find something likable about the explainer, Robert Krampf, the friendly scientist who seems like the kind of guy from whom…

Honda to Mass Produce Hydrogen Cars in 10 Years

While I desperately could use a new car (OK, it’s fine and I barely drive, but my ego could certainly use it), I have a hard time buying into any technology in the auto market. Gas prices are only getting worse (as we run out of the stuff) and hybrids are a bandage where we…

SmartSink Uses Height-Calculating Software to Save Your Back

MIT student Leonardo B has come up with an idea for a sink that positions itself depending on the height of the user and adjusts its temperature depending on what you are putting in it. (This is useful when you are nudging 6’0″, while your husband struggles to hit the 3’6″ mark*, even when he…

This Is What a Nokia E90 Blasted With a Shotgun Looks Like

Someone blasted their Nokia E90 with a 12-bore shotgun. And then decided to put the bent and twisted piece of telephony up for sale on eBay “for parts.” Or for laughs, because then someone decided to buy the remains of the smartphone for $20.50. Apparently, he didn’t realize that not a single part of this…

How To Install an Internal 3G Card in the Asus Eee PC

Click to viewHardware hacking genius and electromagician JKK has published a video tutorial showing how to add an internal 3G HSDPA card to the Asus Eee PC, allowing you to connect at high speeds to the internet from anywhere in the world with 3G cellphone coverage. We talked with JKK, and according to him “it…

Dealzmodo: T-Mobile Waiving Activation Fee Until 12/31

A hot little birdie just told me that T-Mobile is waiving all activation fees (usually $35) for new customers from tomorrow (12/28) until the end of the year. If you’ve been waiting for whatever reason to switch to the Tee Mobe, now’s the time (to save 35 bucks). In addition to that, the Samsung Beat…

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There are a lot of ways to consume io9 RSS feeds. First, there’s the regular RSS feed that will give you every piece of crunchy goodness we post every day. For that, subscribe to our full feed (with ads) or a partial feed (without ads). But there’s more! But you can also get more creative.…

Are Apple Stores a Retail Utopia?

Is going into an Apple Store like entering some sort of Pleasantville where everyone is happy and things are always perfect? The New York Times seems to think so. According to a recent article, customers are enchanted by “relentlessly smiling employees,” interesting architecture, and an atmosphere that feels like more of an event than a…

Lightning Review: Belkin 2-in-1 HDMI Switch

The Gadget: Belkin’s 2-to-1 HDMI Switch that’s not only small and IR-remote controlled, it’s also self-powered—meaning you won’t have to take up another slot on your already crowded home theater power strip. The Price: $54.99 The Verdict: Fantastic. We tried it on both an upscaling DVD player and a PlayStation 3 and noticed no signal…

Chair Lifts and Separates Your Butt Cheeks For Maximum Comfort

The makers of this unique looking Ayur Chair claim that it can provide “perfect lumbar support while ergonomically lifting and separating your butt checks for optimum comfort.” Since I have never sat in one, I can’t really back up this claim. However, I can see how it would be beneficial when you have a serious…

Digital Foci Set To Launch 3 New “Image Moments” Digital Frames

Digital photo frames might not be the most exciting gadgets on the planet, but they’re one of those products everyone can get into —even Grandma. So lets get to the newness, shall we? Digital Foci is set to introduce three new frames at this year’s CES. The best of the bunch is definitely the Image…

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GPS Jesus Nabs Christmas Thief

Just before Christmas we learned that a baby Jesus statue in a Bal Harbor Florida nativity scene was being equipped with GPS to ensure that a theft earlier in the month would not be repeated. Apparently, a similarly equipped statue from a nativity in Wellington Florida actually resulted in the arrest of 18-year-old Danielle Santino…

Road to CES: What Do You Want to See?

Now that you know what CES is and why some of us go, here’s a question for you: What do you want to see? We already know that there’s going to be a big-ass TV there (and you can bet we’re going to cover the hell out of it), but what are you interested in?…