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Torpedo Projector: You Probably Get What You Pay Only $179 For

Crafted by the makers of TV Poker, the Sweet Thang Plush and the “Original Scoozie Pet,” the Torpedo Entertainment Projector probably isn’t a good choice to form the cornerstone of your home theater. But, for a measly $179 at Target or Wal-Mart, the 920 x 240-resolution projector’s not a bad way to mildly frighten your…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Oct 31 '07

MacBook Pro Is the Fastest Windows Vista Notebook

Looking for a shiny new notebook to slap your shiny new Windows Vista on that’ll run it all super snappy and buttery smooth? According to PC World‘s tests, the fastest Windows Vista notebook this year is (or ever): the MacBook Pro. Yeah, it makes throw up in my mouth a little bit before forcing me…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 31 '07

100 California Households Get to Test Drive Plug-In Priuses

While they’re not getting behind the wheel of the 2009 plug-in Toyota Prius Popular Mechanics took for a spin, 100 households in Northern California are going to put rubber to asphalt next year in the first large-scale consumer test of plug-in hybrids in the country. The 100 green guinea pigs will be picked from the…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Oct 31 '07

Home Theater Produces Waves of Massive, Throbbing…Silence

The acoustic isolating design of this home theater makes it the first I’ve ever read that brags about how silent it runs. Those wall panels hanging from this basement den absorb sound, as do the dense 1-pound per square foot barriers behind the double walls. Then there’s the floating floor made of a plywood top…

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 30 '07

Storm Trooper Dancing in Shibuya

Giz friend Danny Choo is dancing in the streets of Tokyo as a Storm Trooper again, this time in Shibuya. During his routine in the crossing, the famous intersection seen in countless films, he busted his jock strap. (Which meant no running man.) [DannyChoo]

Tech News Brian Lam Oct 30 '07

Wired Gives Us 10 Reasons to Hate Cellphone Carriers

Rob Beschizza at Wired’s Gadget Lab just offered a rundown of why cellphone carriers are essentially evil. His most intriguing argument is that cell carriers operate under a rigid power structure that not only controls prices with an iron fist, but also limits the creativity of hardware makers in the features they offer consumers. I…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 30 '07

Neoprine iPod Belt Keeps The Tunes Going While You Swim

It appears that consumers will not be satisfied unless we can listen to music in every possible environment —even underwater. If you are an avid swimmer, you might be interested in this Neoprene Swimbelt to help you stay motivated with music while you exercise. The belt itself costs $39.99 but you have to buy the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Licensing Problems Wreck Bionic Woman’s Cyber-Limbs

Why are there no cool cybernetic limbs (like on the left) in the new Bionic Woman TV show? Many of us speculated that the creators thought nanobots were cooler, and regular old cyborgs were too old-school. But it turns out the answer has more to do with legalities, according to creator David Eick: Part of…

Television Charliejane Oct 30 '07

Rumored Google and Verizon Talks Keeps Nerds Thinking About the GPhone

According to Reuters, Google is in talks with Verizon about bringing some of its applications to the carrier’s mobile phones. What they are talking about exactly isn’t clear, but one source noted that the talks have been “useful” and they “could result in a deal.” [Reuters]

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Audiovox Introduces “Anywhere” UMPC With Built-In GPS Navigation

Today Audiovox /Jensen announced the release of their new NVX3000PC “Anywhere” Ultra-Mobile PC with Windows XP/ Vista, Bluetooth, and GPS navigation packed behind a 7-inch 800 x 480 dpi screen. But that’s not all — they also managed to cram in other features like: a 30GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, 2 USB ports, 2…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Matryomin Theremin Kicks Out Some Weird Jams

Japanese theremin maker Mandarin Electron has embedded a pitch only theremin inside a Russian matryoshka doll dubbed “Matryomin” as a means of creating art with art. For those of you who don’t know, the theremin is an old-timey electronic instrument that can be played without actually being touched. Apparently, Matryomin can be “easily manipulated” to…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Tin Cans Get a Stylish Makeover as Desktop Speakers

Boost Mobile has teamed up with graffiti artists Mint, Serf and designer Dean Bradley to produce a set of unique speakers shaped like tin cans. Inspired by the tin can walkie-talkies of childhood, these 5-inch speakers won’t crank out a ton of sound, but they will be compatible with just about anything you can throw…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Women and the Year 2000 (1967)

Glenn T. Seaborg, former chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, wrote a piece for the April, 1967 issue of the Futurist (the second ever!) titled “Women and the Year 2000.” An excerpt appears below. In the year 2000, I think that our society will be much more enlightened than it is today with respect…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 30 '07

LG Touch Design Combines iPhone and Palm Foleo

This design for the LG Touch seems interesting if just for the fact that they took a bunch of different technologies and shoved them into one piece of gear. The Touch looks like a Prada-ish phone on the outside, but takes the iPhone’s touchscreen capabilities and combines them with a dockable base reminiscent of the…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 30 '07

Black iPhone Mod Costs $2000 For Some Reason

This matte black iPhone or “ccPhone” as the designers at Citizen:Citizen have dubbed it, comes loaded with a “curated series of information,” screen art, video, music, and CCs personal address book in v-cards which is updated twice a year. Why you would pay $2000 for a iPhone that looks like an iPod Touch is beyond…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

Rock Band USB Hub Makes Guitar Hero III Dongle Look Like Wireless Wonderland

If you weren’t a fan of the PS3’s Guitar Hero III donglage, you’re probably going to shoot yourself in the face over the USB hub for the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band. It requires external power, so it comes with a power block that you have to plug in (obviously). Not totally unexpected, given…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 30 '07

CamcorderInfo Picks Canon HV20 As Best Camcorder of 2007

Those amateur pornographers over at CamcorderInfo really know what they’re talking about when it comes to video recording, which is why their pics for Camcorder of the year have a good deal of weight behind it. This year they select the Canon HV20 as both the Camcorder of the Year and the best under $1000…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 30 '07

Buffalo Banned from Selling 802.11a and 802.11g Gear in the US

Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has won a patent infringement suit against Buffalo in a US district court, enjoining sales on all 802.11a, g and n products made by Buffalo as of Oct. 1 (full list here). CSIRO is apparently suing the entire wireless LAN industry, so Buffalo has the quite the list…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 30 '07

Pistol Cams May Keep an Eye on Trigger Happy Cops

Police in both Orange County, California and Newburgh, New York are on the brink of field testing the PistolCam —a 1.5-ounce camera fitted below the barrel of sidearms. As soon as an officer draws the weapon, the PistolCam begins recording both video and audio. Naturally, this technology could prove extremely useful for clarifying events during…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Oct 30 '07

The Pirate Bay Developing New P2P Protocol to Replace BitTorrent

The Pirate Bay’s pretty busy these days, reviving dead sites and whatnot, but their latest scheme is even bigger: They’re working on an entirely new P2P protocol designed to replace BitTorrent, since BitTorrent Inc. is no longer making additions to the source code entirely open, which TPB believes grants them too much influence. The new…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Oct 30 '07

Torpedo Projector: You Probably Get What You Pay Only $179 For

MacBook Pro Is the Fastest Windows Vista Notebook

100 California Households Get to Test Drive Plug-In Priuses

Home Theater Produces Waves of Massive, Throbbing…Silence

Storm Trooper Dancing in Shibuya

Wired Gives Us 10 Reasons to Hate Cellphone Carriers

Neoprine iPod Belt Keeps The Tunes Going While You Swim

Licensing Problems Wreck Bionic Woman’s Cyber-Limbs

Rumored Google and Verizon Talks Keeps Nerds Thinking About the GPhone

Audiovox Introduces “Anywhere” UMPC With Built-In GPS Navigation

Matryomin Theremin Kicks Out Some Weird Jams

Tin Cans Get a Stylish Makeover as Desktop Speakers

Women and the Year 2000 (1967)

LG Touch Design Combines iPhone and Palm Foleo

Black iPhone Mod Costs $2000 For Some Reason

Rock Band USB Hub Makes Guitar Hero III Dongle Look Like Wireless Wonderland

CamcorderInfo Picks Canon HV20 As Best Camcorder of 2007

Buffalo Banned from Selling 802.11a and 802.11g Gear in the US

Pistol Cams May Keep an Eye on Trigger Happy Cops

The Pirate Bay Developing New P2P Protocol to Replace BitTorrent

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