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Nikon D80 Hands-On Video Preview

Here’s a live video on what the Nikon D80 looks like in the hands of a real person. At least we think she’s real—we’ve never actually seen a female in person before. She mostly restates the features we listed before, but it’s nice to see how big the screen, body, and lens is in case…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Smarthome Solar Security Camera: Zero-Wire Surveilance

It isn’t as fancy as an IP based camera from D-Link. But this security camera keeps an eye on your property, using only power from the sun. The solar driven device only transmits A/V when it senses movement (up to 26 feet away.) Its video stream transmits over the crowded 2.4Ghz range, which means it…

Gadgets Brian Lam Aug 9 '06

Fujifilm 2GB xD-Picture Card

Fujifilm’s announced a 2GB xD-Picture card for digital camera and camcorders—mostly Olympus and Fujifilm cameras, plus Olympus’s voice recorders. The press release says the 2GB card can store 1,640 5-megapixel pictures of sorority girls gone wild, or up to 58 minutes of drunkenly filmed 320×240 resolution movies. Add to that hours and hours of your…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Cellphone Jump Starter

This dual-ended cellphone power connector from Korea seems a bit weird. You plug one end into a cellphone that’s run out of power, and the other end into a cellphone full-up on juice. Once you hook it up, the downed phone will draw current from the other phone to immediately power it up. Other than…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Credit Card-Sized Wrench For Your Wallet

If you’re always looking to loosen bolts wherever you go, but hate that bulky wrench-pocket look, here’s the credit-card sized wrench substitute from the UK. Easy to carry and easy to use (sort of), the card works on metric sizes ranging from M6 to M14. Does that mean it won’t work on bolts in the…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Sharp MP-S700 and MP-S800 Flash-Based MP3 Players

Sharp throws out some more flash-based MP3 players as if this was 2002. The MP-S700 has 512MB of storage, is powered by an AAA battery, and supports MP3/WMA/WMA-DRM. The S800 is the same except for having 1GB of storage. Other than being available in black, red, and white, the players are sort of lackluster and…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Real-Time Airport Plane Visualization

Reader Michael sent in this link to some web-based Java airport monitoring app. Just go to the site, pick an airport, and see a real-time display on planes flying in and out of your local hub. So far only major airports like Boston Logan International, LaGuardia, LAX, and my local San Jose International airport have…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

The Litter Robot Turns Cat Litter Into Easter Eggs

If you’ve got a cat that weighs more than 5 pounds, this Litter Robot will turn his waste into little pre-packaged eggs for you to easily throw away—no more pee covered hands. Your cat goes into the spaceship-like ball to do his business, steps out, and his droppings automatically get turned into little red and…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

iSkoot Allows Skype Calling On Regular Cellphones

Skype and iSkoot just launched a new co-marketing agreement to allow Java-enabled phones and higher-end smartphones to make Skype calls through the regular cellphone network. While it’s true that using iSkoot will allow you to make calls on the Skype network by going through an iSkoot gateway first, it does not eliminate cellphone fees that…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition

Not content with just the Aston Martin Edition of their 8800, Nokia is producing a Sirocco Edition of it as well. Besides having a 2 megapixel camera and a 831.20 Euros ($1069) price tag, there’s a redesigned keypad and a new grooved sliding cover. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-8800-aston-martin-edition-166805 Available in silver and black, the phone should delight heiresses…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Xbox 360 HD DVD Showcase Roundup

Microsoft’s still being coy about the HD DVD drive they showed off at the DVD Forum in Los Angeles. Despite the tight-lipped policy about not giving out price or launch date, we do know a few more things. The drive is about the size of a large hardcover book, and around half the size of…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Nine-Bladed Shredding Scissors

Five bladeded scissors just wasn’t enough for the Japanese. They’ve went and upped the ante to NINE. Nine blades to help you shred your papers nine times as fast as a normal pair, and 1.8 times as fast as the five-bladed model. Available for $19.80. https://gizmodo.com/shredding-scissors-178128 Do kids these days know who Lorena Bobbitt is?…

Gadgets Jason Chen Aug 9 '06

Zune + XM, the Confusing Link

A recent Associated Content article is suggesting that XM and Microsoft are working together on some kind of satellite radio functionality for the Zune. Unfortunately their logic is a bit flawed. The WiFi antenna also will help Microsoft to support XM radio on the Zune, something they’ve been looking into. Both XM and Sirius have…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 9 '06

Ford to Ditch Gas Cap in 2008

Ford has announced their Capless Fuel Filler. Basically meaning that stupid cap that you have to unscrew will be no more. No more forgetting to screw it back in. Their new Capless Fuel Filler eliminates the need for a cap and prevents gas fume escapes. The new filler will be deployed in the 2008 Ford…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Aug 9 '06

Design Concept: Comfort Sphere for Captive Audiences

The Comfort Sphere was designed by Volkswagen for trade shows, but might be a great idea to enhance the work and concentration required of writers, think-tankers, and hey, maybe even a blogger or two. Winner of a RedDot Design Award for 2006, it’s a self-contained audio and video womb which invites you into it innocently…

Gadgets Charlie White Aug 9 '06

Griffin Apple Hi-Fi Carrying Case

Hot off our 18-hour Apple ban—it was a long and rough night without Apple—I would like to present you with the most highly anticipated Apple accessory ever made. Remember the Hi-Fi iPod speaker system from Apple? Yeah the same speaker system that caused riots in Apple stores nationwide. The one that was being hocked for…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 9 '06

CaddyAid: PDA Golf Cheats

Suck at golf? I sure as hell do—except for Tiger Woods golf for Xbox, I can kick all of your asses at that. The Caddy Aid can help your weak golf game. This gadget will provide aerial images of the links, GPS-powered distance guides, rules, regulations, flyovers and any other golf information you could want.…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 9 '06

Sony TA-DA3200ES Receiver Brings Serious Power

As the HDMI spec filters throughout the home theater landscape, more and more receivers fall into line supporting that high-definition audio and video I/O scheme, and now Sony’s TA-DA3200ES receiver joins the crowd with the ability to move 1080p video from one place to another with plenty of power to spare. The thing that will…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 9 '06

Disney D100 Cellphone Gets The FCC’s Green Light

The FCC approved the D100, a Disney-branded, quad-band GSM cellphone sure to be a hit on the playground. Interestingly, the 12-button keypad can be switched a a more simple four-button one since kids have be proven to be unable to operate more than four buttons at a time. The usual parental controls are here as…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Aug 9 '06

Toshiba TDP-TW100U: Good for Conference Room or Bedroom

Toshiba’s cranking out some pretty good projectors lately, and its latest is the TDP-TW100U, a DLP projector aimed at mobile professionals and shining a white-hot 2700 ANSI lumens—that’s enough light to mesmerize a whole roomful of people with your presentation even if it’s brightly lit in there, better to keep everybody from falling asleep. A…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 9 '06

Nikon D80 Hands-On Video Preview

Smarthome Solar Security Camera: Zero-Wire Surveilance

Fujifilm 2GB xD-Picture Card

Cellphone Jump Starter

Credit Card-Sized Wrench For Your Wallet

Sharp MP-S700 and MP-S800 Flash-Based MP3 Players

Real-Time Airport Plane Visualization

The Litter Robot Turns Cat Litter Into Easter Eggs

iSkoot Allows Skype Calling On Regular Cellphones

Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition

Xbox 360 HD DVD Showcase Roundup

Nine-Bladed Shredding Scissors

Zune + XM, the Confusing Link

Ford to Ditch Gas Cap in 2008

Design Concept: Comfort Sphere for Captive Audiences

Griffin Apple Hi-Fi Carrying Case

CaddyAid: PDA Golf Cheats

Sony TA-DA3200ES Receiver Brings Serious Power

Disney D100 Cellphone Gets The FCC’s Green Light

Toshiba TDP-TW100U: Good for Conference Room or Bedroom

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