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NEC Phone Translates Spoken Voice Into Touristy Demands

A newly developed phone from NEC will take the spoken words of Japanese tourists and turn them into an English translation on the fly. The translator’s 50,000 word vocab is geared towards the typical tourist pleas: “Can I have a subway route map?” “How far away is the hotel?” and “Where can I find decent…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Nov 30 '07

What YouTubeHD Might Look Like

We know that a higher definition version of YouTube is on its way. But just how hi def will YouTube go to keep video streaming instantly and a bit of bandwidth coin left in Google’s pockets? Above is an example of a precompressed 960×540 video (not even HD) at 6000kbit/s that’s been snuck onto YouTube…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 30 '07

Creative Confirms that its Zen is Coming with 32GB Flash Memory

Last week we showed that Creative was upping the memory of its Zen to 32GB — well, now it’s official. According to the British version of Crave, the powers that be are still being cagey about the launch, but they did say this: https://gizmodo.com/32gb-creative-zen-leaked-325652 Don’t expect it anytime before the second quarter of 2008. There’s…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 30 '07

Deutsche Grammophon Shows How Digital Music Stores Should Really Work

Deutsche Grammophon has opened an online digital music shop and although most people think about invading Poland when they listen to Wagner, the classical music label is showing all those punks and hippies from Apple and Microsoft how to do a proper online music store: • First, their store is international. You can buy from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 30 '07

Recycled Xmas Decorations — May All Your Christmases Be Geek

Are these the perfect tree decorations for green geeks? Possibly. Made from recycled CDs and circuit boards, they are heinously expensive (around $6 for a circuit-board dangler, $9 for the CD version. Or you can get a set of three for $16 or $21 respectively. Or you can not bother. What do people who buy…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 30 '07

Polonium Pen a Pocket-Sized Must-Have for Anti-Putin Russians

Those of you who fear they’ve got on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin just might find the Polonium Pen a must-have. Basically a hand-made ion chamber with LED read-out, the Polonium Pen will sniff out excessive doses of the radioactive element in your cocktail, dim sum, or caviar when held over the suspect glass…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 30 '07

Bel-Air Filtration System Uses Plants to Purify Our Environs

With more than a nod to NASA and James Dyson, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s Bel-Air purifying system uses plants to keep the atmosphere inside your house clean from nasty pollutants. The pint-sized air-filtration system acts as a miniature greenhouse, stripping the benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene from inside your home using three natural filters. The Bel-Air…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Nov 30 '07

Minigigi MP3 Player a Cross Between Old-Skool iPod and Bubblegum

Kitsch lovers — and I can’t be the only person on the site who’s put in an order for the light-up Virgin Mary flash drive — may be interested in Minigigi’s oneQ MP3 player, available in Korea. Tiny wee, inside its rounded hot-pinkness lurks 1GB of internal memory, a battery that gives you six hours’…

Tech News AddyDugdale Nov 30 '07

Sony PS3 Beats Nintendo Wii Four Weeks in a Row in Japan

According to game magazine publisher Enterbrain, the Sony PlayStation 3 has beaten the Nintendo Wii for the first time in Japan: Sony sold 183,217 PS3 while Nintendo sold 159,193 Wii consoles in the four-week period ending November 25. Not a lot, yes, and while this is hardly a a sign of things changing anytime soon—and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 30 '07

Every Era Produces Good Music (1968)

The August 31, 1968 Daily Review (Hayward, CA) ran this article about the possibility that future generations may one day consider music of the 1960s to be good. The article turns into a very specific endorsement/advertisement of a new LP by The Sandpipers. Do you think there was some payola going on in the newspaper…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 29 '07

Mysterious HTC CLIO200 Data Device Appears on FCC

The closest HTC device we could match this to is the Shift, a UMPC device that runs both Vista and Windows mobile—but the connection’s tenuous at best. What we do know is that the butt-side of this thing has air vents and a battery pack, which makes us think that this is a data-device instead…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 29 '07

Optoma’s Cheap 1080p HD803 Projector and its 720p Friends, the HD65 and HD71

Optoma’s got a new 1080p projector coming out in December, dubbed the HD803. It’s new but it sits right below Optoma’s HD80, one of the first to break the $3000/1080p barrier, in price and performance. The crib sheet on the HD803 reads as follows: 8000:1 contrast ratio, 1200 lumens of output, and a DLP DMD…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29 '07

Asus Shows Off Nova P22 mini-PC, Looks Like a Mac mini Dressed Up in Orange

It’s probably not going to take the desktop world by storm like the Eee has with notebooks—cause it’s not $400 for one—but Asus’s Nova P22 mini-PC certainly isn’t a bad looking machine. It’s got a form factor sorta like the Mac mini but it’s more angular and less curvy, with a Sunkist accent wrapped around…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 29 '07

The Virgin Mary Keeps Your Data Safe…in Her Womb

If you have some really precious data that could use a little protection from above, you are in luck. This Virgin Mary flash drive will store up to 512MB of data and safeguard it from evil. When connected to the computer her LED heart will glow and “beat” —increasing in intensity when information is being…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29 '07

Comic Mocking Universal Music CEO Sadly Not Far From Reality

This webcomic’s almost more like a webtragedy. Why? Its depiction of Wired’s conversation with the confused CEO of the world’s largest record label, Universal, isn’t all that exaggerated. I mean, sometimes it seems like they’re still searching for this whole “internet” thing. [Hijinks Ensue via Boing Boing]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29 '07

Orgasmo Clock: Wake Up to a Female Orgasm Everyday

Long for the sound of a female having an orgasm while in bed? Well, it is time to make that dream a reality, my friend. Not an actual, living woman mind you—I mean, let’s be realistic here. I’m referring to this sleek-looking Orgasmo Clock. Just set the alarm and you will be gently coaxed from…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29 '07

Cop Tases Pregnant Woman for Trying to Leave Police Station

As tasers turn into must-have gadgets for self-defense and police officers alike, dubious tasings have apparently also gone epidemic, making taser-proof clothing a must for any activist’s, driver’s or breathing human’s Christmas list. Today’s exhibit: A woman walks into a police station, wants to give up her one-year-old, then tries to leave. Guess what happens?…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29 '07

Double Pourer: Serve Drinks Like James Bond

Pouring two drinks at once using this double pourer will certainly impress the ladies. Plus it will you save like six seconds of work. That is time you could be using to charm her with your wit, good looks and sophisticated tastes. Not bad for only $13. Too bad you actually have to be English…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29 '07

Once More, With Horniness

The Southland Tales soundtrack includes Sarah Michelle Gellar singing “Teen Horniness Is Not A Crime.” I’m going to have this song stuck in my head for weeks. MP3 is here. [Slashfilm]

io9 Charliejane Nov 29 '07

One Cellphone For Every Two People

According to research firm Informa, cellphone subscriptions have passed the 3.3 billion mark—half the world’s population. In 59 countries, penetration’s over 100 percent because people have more than one cellphone, so not quite half the world actually has one. Yet. [Reuters]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29 '07

NEC Phone Translates Spoken Voice Into Touristy Demands

What YouTubeHD Might Look Like

Creative Confirms that its Zen is Coming with 32GB Flash Memory

Deutsche Grammophon Shows How Digital Music Stores Should Really Work

Recycled Xmas Decorations — May All Your Christmases Be Geek

Polonium Pen a Pocket-Sized Must-Have for Anti-Putin Russians

Bel-Air Filtration System Uses Plants to Purify Our Environs

Minigigi MP3 Player a Cross Between Old-Skool iPod and Bubblegum

Sony PS3 Beats Nintendo Wii Four Weeks in a Row in Japan

Every Era Produces Good Music (1968)

Mysterious HTC CLIO200 Data Device Appears on FCC

Optoma’s Cheap 1080p HD803 Projector and its 720p Friends, the HD65 and HD71

Asus Shows Off Nova P22 mini-PC, Looks Like a Mac mini Dressed Up in Orange

The Virgin Mary Keeps Your Data Safe…in Her Womb

Comic Mocking Universal Music CEO Sadly Not Far From Reality

Orgasmo Clock: Wake Up to a Female Orgasm Everyday

Cop Tases Pregnant Woman for Trying to Leave Police Station

Double Pourer: Serve Drinks Like James Bond

Once More, With Horniness

One Cellphone For Every Two People

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