Hillcrest Loop Hands-On Video: Better Than the Wiimote
OK, I have to apologize here. I called the Hillcrest Loop remote vaporware the other day, and boy was I wrong. I just got a chance to sit down and play with it today, and that accusation couldn’t be farther from the truth. This thing is amazing. The video really demonstrates it better than I…
Touch Me, Tease Me: HP TouchSmart PC
Throw out the bulletin board and the post-it notes, HP’s new TouchSmart is designed to be parked in your kitchen or living room and help coordinate your life. 19 inches of touchable goodness on top, 320 gigabytes of space for your porn document collection underneath. See the interface shot we snagged after the jump. One…
Get In The Backseat; Sirius Announces Mobile TV service
Sirius finally let the cat out of the bag that they are going to be launching their satellite video service, Backseat TV. As you can see from the screenshot up top the quality is pretty good, it’s no HD but hey its only going to be on a 10-inch screen (The recommended maximum screen size).…
Tornado Survives Gadget Thunderdome
Yahoo Tech hosted its annual Last Gadget Standing competition at CES this morning. Ten gadgets entered, but only one left victorious: Data Drive Thru’s USB data transfer cable, The Tornado. https://gizmodo.com/the-tornado-usb-direct-transfer-kit-208526 Facing down challengers like the RS Media Robosapien and the Nokia N95, the Tornado wowed an aging media that appeared more interested in last…
Video: R2-D2 Robot Does Everything You Could Want
OK, this is sweet. This R2-D2 robot pretty much does everything. Check out the laundry list of features it has. My favorite part? That Millennium Falcon remote control, which has to be the most insane and incredible remote that I have ever seen. So dorky, so awesome. –Adam Frucci with video by Richard Blakeley CES…
Forget Screen Size: It’s Contrast That Matters
Big TVs, schmig TVs. We saw lots of sets that are bigger than we can (currently) imagine ever having. And we saw some crummy image quality on them, as well. https://gizmodo.com/sharp-108-lcd-screen-aint-perfect-227089 But the mind-blower was the advance in contrast ratio on LCD TVs—which were traditionally a poor cousin to plasma in that respect. Sharp, for…