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Homemade Conan the Barbarian Booby Trap Almost Stabs Verizon Agent to Death

Long Island is a dangerous place, filled with bad accents and crazy people wandering around, like Verizon technicians. Eric Stetz knows mere deadbolts won’t keep them out. No, you’ve gotta get medieval, Conan the Barbarian style. So he built a booby trap out of a massive knife, crutch and elastic trip-cord to poke intruders in…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 8

Spy Camera Sunglasses With 1.3-Megapixels Means Nothing’s a Secret

Sunglass spy cameras were previously relegated to actual spies and weirdos that subscribed to those spy equipment magazines, but ThinkGeek has brought such covert voyeurism to the average man with $99 and change. The camera’s triggered wirelessly via remote, which is very discreet, but has a fat camera on either side of the lenses, which…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 8

Pioneer Giving Kuro Brand to LCD TVs and LCOS Projectors

Pigs officially fly today: Plasma king Pioneer has announced their LCD lineup for Europe, and yep, they’re getting the coveted Kuro distinction (equivalent to a “best TV on earth” badge) as is the already released KRF-9000FD LCOS projector. The 1080p LCD sets are on the smaller side (leaving big boy TVs to plasma) in 32,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 8

Asus Eee PC 900 Getting Early Launch

In order to beat the increasingly heavy cheap subnotebook competition from Acer, HP and everyone’s mother to the market, Asus is pushing its Eee PC 900 out the door a month earlier than originally scheduled, according to our favorite Asian rumor mill, DigiTimes. They were set to launch in June, but Asus is speeding it…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 8

Mossberg Takes Back 3G iPhone in 60 Days Quote

The Walt Mossberg clip that made the rounds this weekend, proclaiming the 3G iPhone a mere 53 days away? He just backpedaled on it, swearing he has no better idea than we do. And if he did, he’d give himself scoop: “If I knew when this date was, why would I announce it in the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 8

Tu Fin Combines the Elliptical Machine with a Rowboat for Some Reason

Do you love elliptical machines at the gym but just hate how darn stationary they are? I feel you. Not moving while you’re exercising just makes exercise that much more boring. Well, luckily for you, some crazy inventors have slapped an elliptical machine on top of a boat and dubbed it the Tu Fin. Sure,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 8

Every Memory has a Silver Lining with USB Jewelry

See that little glittery thing ’round her neck? Yes, I know she’s attractive… but listen: it’s a 2GB USB memory stick. Yup, in sterling silver nonetheless. I mean, forget hiding a tiny memory chip on your keychain, this has got to be the way to go. For that “posh” feeling, anyway. The limited edition collection…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Philips Won’t Sell TVs in North America Anymore

If the rampant out- and cross-sourcing between LCD and plasma TV makers didn’t tell you that it’s a nasty and brutish time in the TV biz, this should: Philips is officially pulling out of the US market, and is licensing its brand name for TVs over to Funai—best known for supplying Wal-Mart’s Black Friday TVs…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 8

DIY Pocket Theremin Out-Classes Beamz with a Wave of Your Hand

Forget the crapness of the Beamz laser-harp music thing with a real touchless music system: the Theremin. The guys at Popsci have a MAKE-style DIY project online that shows you how to build a pocket-sized version of the classic device. Since it uses a light-level input system, it’s a little simpler to build than the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Buffalo’s Petite LinkStation Mini NAS Has 1TB Storage, a DLNA Server

Fitting a 1TB into a box measuring 5.31 x 3.22 x 1.57 inches isn’t all that easy (most NAS boxes we’ve seen would crush a squirrel easily) but Buffalo seems to have not only accomplished this but shoved in a whole bunch of other features as well. The Mini’s got a Gigabit Ethernet port, support…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 8

Wal-Mart Refunding HD DVD Players Bought On or After Nov. 1

Wal-Mart is a little late to the HD DVD pity party, finally deciding to offer tokens to suckers who threw in with the dead format. Until April 30, they’ll refund any HD DVD player bought after Nov. 1, as long as you’ve got the original receipt, though you don’t need the original packaging. If you…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Apr 8

Cornell Ranger Breaks Walking ‘Bot Distance Record, Falls Over

When a team of Cornell students put Ranger to work tottering around the running track it just kept on walking, eventually achieving 45 laps before its batteries died and the poor thing toppled backwards. This 5.6-mile hike smashed the previous 20-lap record. The kneeless Ranger is designed to investigate aspects of locomotion so that robot…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Hal the Robot Hamster Loves Dancing to Styx, Sniffing Stuff

Hal is no ordinary hamster. While other hamsters find themselves confined to the dancing gifs of 1990s novelty websites, Hal has grown into an autonomous force of the entertainment world. Dancing to Styx’ Mr. Roboto on command, Hal is recommended as a loyal companion in all environments not including pod bay doors. For those of…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Apr 8

Thanko Face Mask Cools You With Fan, Ties You to USB Socket

Ever feel the need to wear a face mask? Ever felt hot inside one? Well, Thanko’s new fan-cooled mask may be just the ticket, with its USB power. USB? I’ve only ever worn a face mask when working with chemicals, and I’ve never strolled around in public wearing one. Both of which, presumably, would be…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Lipstick Stun Gun Comes In One Shade: Frazzled ‘Nads

Forget DIY camera stun guns: they’re just a stunt. If you want real pocket protection, these charmingly disguised stun guns can deliver 350,000 volts of agony to an assailant. Will they think it looks like you’re just brandishing a tube of lippy at them? Probably not an experiment to try. They have an LED flashlight…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Is It A GirlPurse? Is It A ManBag? No, Silly, It’s an Urban Performer Unit

Hello, I’m a sexy lady who has been Swarovski-encrusted by my PR people in order to publicize something called the Urban Performer Unit. It’s basically a handbag with a little pocket for your iPod which enables you to control your music from the outside of your bag. Nice idea, don’t you think? There is, however,…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 8

Sony’s New Blu-ray Recorder Moves TV (not BD) Vid to PSP

Does this make up for the “no PS3 Blu-ray to PSP” transfer story? Kind of. Sony’s new BDZ-A70 Blu-ray recorder system won’t do that either, but will record your TV shows, and can transfer that video content to your PSP or Sony Walkman. That’s kind of a consolation, and there’s even a “one touch” button…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 8

Local River Aquaponics System—But You Can Call It “Refrigerator-Aquarium”

The Local River is an aquarium-vegetarium (hang on a minute) by Mathieu Lehanneur, the same guy who thought up last year’s Bel Air plant filtration system. Using the same curved white design that tickled our fancy with the Bel Air last year, the Local River is a home storage system for fish and greens that…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 8

Samsung D780 Dual-Standby Cell for People Important Enough to Have Two Numbers

Samsung’s follow-up to its D880, the D780, launched today. Available in Russia from next month, followed by SE Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the candy-bar cell has Dual Standby, meaning you can receive calls to your second number even while taking a call on your first. Full specs and a pic of its two-in-a-bed…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 8

Panasonic SDR-S7 Lightweight Camcorder Is 5 Oz, Japan-Only

Those of you into teeny-tiny gadgets might like Panasonic’s latest SD camcorder aimed at the Japanese market. The SDR-S7 weighs in at just 160 grams—that’s 5.6 ounces—and shoots MPEG-2 format in 640 x 480 resolution, storing on either SD or SDHC cards. More specs below. There’s a 10x zoom, a battery life of 70 minutes,…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Apr 8

Homemade Conan the Barbarian Booby Trap Almost Stabs Verizon Agent to Death

Spy Camera Sunglasses With 1.3-Megapixels Means Nothing’s a Secret

Pioneer Giving Kuro Brand to LCD TVs and LCOS Projectors

Asus Eee PC 900 Getting Early Launch

Mossberg Takes Back 3G iPhone in 60 Days Quote

Tu Fin Combines the Elliptical Machine with a Rowboat for Some Reason

Every Memory has a Silver Lining with USB Jewelry

Philips Won’t Sell TVs in North America Anymore

DIY Pocket Theremin Out-Classes Beamz with a Wave of Your Hand

Buffalo’s Petite LinkStation Mini NAS Has 1TB Storage, a DLNA Server

Wal-Mart Refunding HD DVD Players Bought On or After Nov. 1

Cornell Ranger Breaks Walking ‘Bot Distance Record, Falls Over

Hal the Robot Hamster Loves Dancing to Styx, Sniffing Stuff

Thanko Face Mask Cools You With Fan, Ties You to USB Socket

Lipstick Stun Gun Comes In One Shade: Frazzled ‘Nads

Is It A GirlPurse? Is It A ManBag? No, Silly, It’s an Urban Performer Unit

Sony’s New Blu-ray Recorder Moves TV (not BD) Vid to PSP

Local River Aquaponics System—But You Can Call It “Refrigerator-Aquarium”

Samsung D780 Dual-Standby Cell for People Important Enough to Have Two Numbers

Panasonic SDR-S7 Lightweight Camcorder Is 5 Oz, Japan-Only

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