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Parrot Unveils Bluetooth Speakers, Stereo

Parrot knows people hate cables, which is why they’re releasing a Bluetooth stereo and a set of Bluetooth speakers that’ll stream music sent from your phone. The speakers will merely play your music, while the stereo will allow for hands-free calling, FM radio playing and music played off of SD cards. Both will be available…

Want a 60GB PS3? Better Buy it Soon

Sony’s just confirmed that they are out of supplies of the 60GB PlayStation 3 in their warehouses, which means that the only place left to get that specific version of the console is on store shelves. If you wanted a PS3 that can do hardware emulation of PS1 and PS2 games, you’d better get one…

FunKix Merges High Tech With Hacky Sacks

Here’s a cross between a Hacky Sack and a football, and it’s called FunKix, billed as a techno-filled sports sack for your kicking and gadget-lusting enjoyment. Each one of these little kicksters does its own digital trick. The FunKix Digi has a digital counter, recording your time and number of kicks on its LCD display.…

After weeks of leaks, Microsoft’s confirmed that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will be available sometime in Q1 of 2008. [News.com]

Researchers Decode Keyless Car Entry, Can Break Into Almost Every Car

Because virtually all keyless car entry systems run on an encryption system called KeeLoq, developed in the 1980s, researchers have found a way to break into just about every car out there (provided they have a keyless system). By snooping on the transmissions between the key and the car for about an hour, they can…

RFID Microchips Implanted into Alzheimer’s Patients

It looks like some of the first people to be implanted with Big-Brotherish tracking devices will be people who won’t know enough to say no: Alzheimer’s patients. The chips are designed to hold their personal information, so if they end up wandering off looking for a gumdrop mansion or to go see the new Greta…

Progress to Counter Catastrophe Theory? (1975)

The November 24, 1975 Middlesboro Daily News (Middlesboro, Kentucky) ran an editorial countering the “catastrophe theory” predictions made by the Club of Rome. Per usual, neither party got everything right. Excerpts appear below, along with the piece in its entirety. In health care, for example, a cure for cancer will be found by 1995 and…

Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Talk iCar

A Volkswagen spokesperson told German magazine Capital that an iCar may be on the way. Steve Jobs and VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn got together in California a few days ago to “plan an intensive co-operation with the building of vehicles.” It might even be called an iCar. This is against a background of chatter we…

Details on the iRobot Looj Gutter Cleaner Via the FCC

Engadget just noted that the iRobot Looj just hit the FCC. There are some terrible photos but I noticed there’s a full manual detailing its every function: •The Looj does one gutter at a time. •There’s a belt clip for easier transportation of the Looj to rooftops. •There’s a detachable handle used to drop it…

Buy a 46-inch Samsung HDTV, Get a 19-inch Samsung HDTV Free

While one HDTV is good, two HDTVs are clearly even better. That’s why this Dealzmodo is so sweet: If you buy a 1080p 46-inch Samsung LCD HDTV, Amazon will toss you a 19-inch Samsung LCD HDTV (which retails for $380) for freesies. The total price before shipping is $2,019.99, which is pretty damned good for…

Crayola Total Tools Audio Ruler, the Talkative Measuring Assistant

Here’s an odd toy from Crayola that could function as a tool, too. The Crayola Total Tools Audio Ruler lays down a line of disappearing ink, and then blurts out exactly how long that line is as soon as you’re done drawing it. It’s accurate to within a quarter of an inch, but has a…

Apple Rumor: (PRODUCT) RED Shuffle

Kasper at Apple Insider is guessing that a RED Shuffle will be announced at the Apple event on September 5th, citing no sources, but when the man writes, I listen. This isn’t anywhere as cool of a rumor as the sensational iPod Touch and new nano shots we’ve been seeing, but I’d be a cold-hearted…

Get Drunk Mozart-Style with the Riedel Amadeo Lyra Decanter

Many of our oenophile readers will dig this Riedel Amadeo Lyra Decanter, a gorgeous crystal vessel that will embrace your prized vintages in complete elegance. Now we can stop drinking that rotgut straight from the bottle, and maybe pour it into a glass or two. Or we could still quaff it straight from this curvaceous…

Ultimate 103-inch Plasma HDTV Play Date Roundup

So last Friday, Wilson, intern Benny, videographer Alex, and myself ventured out to the putrid hellscape of New Jersey to visit the Panasonic US headquarters. What could entice us out of NYC into the insufferable suburban pits of the Jerz? Panasonic’s $70,000, 103-inch plasma TV, with the promise that we’d get to play with it…

Silly String Rifle Makes War Games… Sillier

Silly string seems to have lost some of its popularity in the past few years, but that might be just from my perspective. It’s kind of a kid-centric toy, as getting covered in stinky foam isn’t the most fun thing in the world when you’re a responsible adult such as myself. But if you’re still…

Honda ASIMO to Return to Disneyland, Run Around and Talk Up a Storm

Honda’s ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) humanoid robot is back on his feet after a conspicuous face-plant late last year, and now he’s returning to the stage at Disneyland, running around at nearly 4mph. Besides all that robo-sprinting, this version of ASIMO reportedly interacts a lot with a live host in the 15-minute Say…

Unearthed: Nintendo’s Pre-Wiimote Prototype

Click to viewIn an alternative Universe, this is what the Nintendo Wii’s Wiimote and nunchuck would have looked like: this is the amazing transforming GyroPod, a motion-sensing gamepad prototype that Gyration made for Nintendo back in 2001. Thanks to a recent chance encounter, we were able to uncover a couple of PowerPoint slides that showed…

Leaked Photo Looks Like Garmin Nuvi 700 GPS Navigator

With the big European consumer electronics tradeshow IFA just around the corner, the leaks are starting, and this spy photo of the Garmin Nuvi 700 pocket GPS navigator is one of the products about which we’re hearing a rumbling or two. There’s precious little information about it so far, but some wags are saying it’s…

New Bose SoundDock Portable Arrives at Our Door

Those sneaky folks at Bose just launched one of their “Press Conference in a Box” initiatives, this time unveiling the new Bose SoundDock portable: It’s a bit smaller than the original, with a new remote, retractable dock, lithium-ion battery and, yes, auxiliary input. You get three hours of battery life at full volume, though it…

Crocs Creates New Sweat-Absorbing Material for Shirts, Calls it Croslite rt

Crocs, a shoe company suddenly famous for its clunky, gummy footwear made of what it calls Croslite, has decided to try its hand at making shirts of a similar material. And no, fetishists, this is not a rubber shirt. Jeez. Since the company’s been notably successful making ugly shoes for luminaries such as Jack Nicholson,…