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Nintendo 3DS XL Review: Bigger Screen, Better 3D, Still Kinda Clumsy

When everyone’s already got a smartphone in a pocket, what good is a portable game console? Figuring that out is one of the toughest challenges for traditional game makers right now. Nintendo’s answer is the simplest and best: Just make it nothing like a smartphone. That’s worked so far. But the 3DS XL, Nintendo’s latest,…

Reviews Kyle Wagner Sep 18

Even Small Businesses Can Afford Job-Stealing Assembly Bots Now

It’s assumed that one day factory line robots will eventually take over all aspects of manufacturing, freeing humans from the monotony of repetitive tasks. But integrating a robot into an assembly line is incredibly expensive and complicated—and Rethink Robotics hopes to eliminate those roadblocks with Baxter. At $22,000 Baxter is still priced like a small…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 18

The Nook Simple Touch Can Play Sonic Better Than a Game Boy

Kind of like the modern equivalent of hiding a comic book inside the textbook you’re supposed to be studying, someone has hacked and loaded a Sega Genesis emulator onto the Nook Simple Touch ebook reader. So instead of reading at the back of the classroom, you can spend your time chasing rings. The hack itself…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 18

Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7?

The Kindle Fire HD is out now, and it’s plenty great. But given the choice between Amazon’s latest and greatest and the power packed Nexus 7, which should you choose? Here’s your guide for picking the cheap-but-awesome tablet you should get. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-fire-hd-review-everything-a-tablet-should-be-an-5942283 For just watching some movies or reading some books This is about as…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 17

FujiFilm XF1: Another Very Small, Very Powerful Point-and-Shoot Wants a Home in Your Pocket

When the excellent Sony RX100 came out from hiding, we fawned over its huge one inch sensor, f/1.8 aperture, and positively tiny point-and-shoot frame. Now another has arrived in the form of the FujiFilm XF1, and while it only has a 2/3-inch sensor, it too has a f/1.8 aperture and a diminutive figure draped in…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Sep 17

Bring Off-Key Screeching To Your Living Room With This Smartphone Karaoke Machine

Of course your smartphone (or tablet) can handle Karaoke, but you don’t want to have to hold a screen while you’re rocking out and driving the neighbors insane; you want a microphone, to add to the ridiculous fantasy that you’re worth listening to. Enter the AppToyz AppSing, complete with scorpion-like phone holder. While you’re busy…

Gadgets Eric Limer Sep 16

Have You Ever Demolished a Misbehaving Gadget Out of Sheer Rage?

When you get angry, throwing something at a wall is always the got-to solution that never works. Well, it might work at making you feel better for that split second before the horror sets in and components scatter across the floor. In college, I once split a phone in half by chucking at a wall…

Gadgets Eric Limer Sep 15

Beautiful Maple or Walnut Bluetooth Keyboards: The Wood Makes It Good

If gleaming white plastic and brushed aluminum don’t suit your fancy when it comes to keyboards, a French design shop called Orée will hand craft you a beautiful alternative made from your choice of either maple or walnut wood. But if you thought keeping your current keyboard clean was a pain, imagine having to sand…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 14

This Tiny Keychain Laser Keyboard Is Still a Waste of Space

Being able to project a full-sized QWERTY keyboard onto any surface makes the idea of ditching your laptop for a tablet a lot more plausible. And since CTX Virtual Technologies’ new compact keyboard projector is barely larger than a lighter, it would barely add any weight to your gear. It’s just too bad this technology…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 14

These Working Gadgets are Made of Bread

Currently working on her Masters Degree in Industrial Design at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, Israel, designer Nitsan Debbi‘s latest product combine two unlikely media: bread dough and electronics. “I used the breads’ crust as a new shell for a series of electrical products,” Nistan told Inhabitat. “By replacing the plastic with…

Gadgets Molly Oswaks Sep 13

There’s No Way This Ridiculous Hot Tub Exercise Bike Is Real

The fitness industry thrives by preying on people’s insecurities about their bodies. It means even the craziest of contraptions—from Thigh Masters to Tae-Bo dummies—fly off the shelves. But who in their right mind would drop over $18,000 on this hot tub-wrapped Fit-Wet exercise bike that flushes itself after every use? (What are they expecting people…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 13

AT&T iPhone 5 Will Keep Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans, Verizon Says No

So you’re wondering how your data is going to work on your 4G LTE iPhone. There’s good news and bad news, depending on your carrier—if you’re grandfathered into unlimited data, AT&T will let you keep it. Verizon? Not so much. AT&T confirmed today that you can keep your old as balls $30 data plan. While…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 12

Will Trash Cans That Charge Per Use Just Encourage Littering?

The Netherlands is rolling out some 6,000 smart garbage cans that can only be used when residents scan an RFID-enabled ID card. Besides monitoring just how much trash someone disposes of, the cans will also measure and charge the user based on how much refuse they tossed. Alongside the new garbage cans will be recycling…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 12

Would You Actually Wear the iPod’s New Lanyard?

Yes, the iPod Touch has been updated and it’s better than ever. And the feature Apple is trumpeting from the rooftops? A Loop. A loop that goes around your wrist. Because that’s how clumsy you are. https://gizmodo.com/theres-finally-a-new-ultra-skinny-ipod-touch-5942386 The burning question is, would any of you actually use this? Maybe you’d strap it to your kid…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 12

There’s (Finally!) a New Ultra-Skinny iPod Touch

Remember iPods? The things that switched Apple from a computer company to the electronics company, the most valuable in company in company history? There hasn’t been a new one in two years. Today, it’s back, upgraded, widescreen-ed, and super skinny. Unlike previous models, the new iPod Touch looks more like the new iPod Nano than…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 12

Speaker-Packed Bed Is Everything Teenage Guys Think Grownup Sex Will Be Like

There is a time in every young man’s life when a jam-pumping bed with a hi-fi leather headboard would seem like a great idea. It represents success, it represents excess, and when used to play Barry white, exclusively, the ladies would love it. But when you grow up, you hopefully realize that it is foolish…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 12

How the iPhone 5 Stacks Up to the Competition

The new iPhone is finally here. Yes, people would line up to buy it even if it was made of bottle-caps and dog-poo, but it isn’t. It’s predictably a very good phone. How good? Let’s see how it compares to the top competition. The following chart is a look at how these phones measure up…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 12

This Is the Ugly iPhone 5 Lightning Adapter You’ll Need For All Your Old Accessories

If you’re gung-ho on upgrading to the iPhone 5 and have a mountain of old accessories from previous generations of the iPhone and iPod, this is the ugly adapter you’ll need to buy for all of your deprecated gear. The iPhone 5 introduces a new, and considerably smaller, Lightning connector that’s incompatible with every single…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 12

Apple’s New A6 Chip Is Smaller, Lighter, and Mightier

Apple announced it’s got a whole new chip for the iPhone 5. It’s called the A6, which is a semi-surprising upgrade to this year’s iPad’s A5X. No word on whether it’s quad core or not, but it’s 22 percent smaller than the old A5 and has twice the GPU and graphics power. The A5 to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 12

Adaptive Resonance Technology Could Make Wireless Charging Far Less Finicky

Even though the companies involved have finally come together in a consortium and finalized a standard, wireless charging is still struggling to gain acceptance. But a new technology called adaptive resonance from Fulton Innovation promises to bridge the gaps between devices, and make wireless charging pads less difficult to use. With current hardware a device…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 12

Nintendo 3DS XL Review: Bigger Screen, Better 3D, Still Kinda Clumsy

Even Small Businesses Can Afford Job-Stealing Assembly Bots Now

The Nook Simple Touch Can Play Sonic Better Than a Game Boy

Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7?

FujiFilm XF1: Another Very Small, Very Powerful Point-and-Shoot Wants a Home in Your Pocket

Bring Off-Key Screeching To Your Living Room With This Smartphone Karaoke Machine

Have You Ever Demolished a Misbehaving Gadget Out of Sheer Rage?

Beautiful Maple or Walnut Bluetooth Keyboards: The Wood Makes It Good

This Tiny Keychain Laser Keyboard Is Still a Waste of Space

These Working Gadgets are Made of Bread

There’s No Way This Ridiculous Hot Tub Exercise Bike Is Real

AT&T iPhone 5 Will Keep Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans, Verizon Says No

Will Trash Cans That Charge Per Use Just Encourage Littering?

Would You Actually Wear the iPod’s New Lanyard?

There’s (Finally!) a New Ultra-Skinny iPod Touch

Speaker-Packed Bed Is Everything Teenage Guys Think Grownup Sex Will Be Like

How the iPhone 5 Stacks Up to the Competition

This Is the Ugly iPhone 5 Lightning Adapter You’ll Need For All Your Old Accessories

Apple’s New A6 Chip Is Smaller, Lighter, and Mightier

Adaptive Resonance Technology Could Make Wireless Charging Far Less Finicky

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