Gadgets

Shoe Pure 100, Glowy Smell Protection

Sweaty feet + shoes = smelly. The Shoe Pure 100 hopes to…balance that equation…by drying out your shoes to prevent bacterial/fungal growth. Shaped like an egg, the Shoe Pure unfolds to reveal two drying hooks. Place your sweaty shoes on, and warm ozone will dry them in about 30 minutes. But what about that light—is…

Xbox 360 HD DVD Price Cut, Free Movies Added

Today at Comic Con, Microsoft announced that their Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on would drop $20 to $179. We guess they mean “at all retailers” because we’ve seen that price before. In addition, buyers between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 will be able to pick five free movies—though out of a collection of just 15…

Device Never Loses Your Cell, Though Maybe It Should

One Japanese company is developing a device to help with those moments (because you were drunk) that you might not remember (due to drunkeness) that you set down your phone (to hold another drink) and forgot to pick it up (surprisingly, just due to a general poor memory). The device fits in your pocket and…

MIT Plans to Steal Your Energy to Light Public Buildings

Two MIT grad students want to install devices in public buildings that generate electricity from footsteps. They want to install a type of floor that will power train stations and other commuter-heavy areas. The problem is that this energy has to come from somewhere – you. This type of floor will depress slightly when you…

Apple Earnings Call Behind the Highlights: iPhone Cannibalizing iPod Sales? (Update: Probably Not)

While we already tossed the rather rosy raw numbers at you, one tidbit lost in the general hubbub over Apple’s obscenely profitable quarter is the fact that iPod sales are in fact down 7 percent from last quarter both in the number sold (10.55 million to 9.815 million) and revenue ($1.7 billion to $1.57 billion).…

Looks like mobile TV provider Modeo’s service won’t be getting any better: it’s dead. [BusinessWeek] https://gizmodo.com/modeo-mobile-tv-service-hands-on-one-day-in-240944

Mtron’s Latest Solid State Drives the Fastest Ever Tested

Flash-based SSDs have come a long way since their 1995 introduction by msystems (now SanDisk). The problem constantly plaguing the motionless, rough-and-tumble drives has always been speed; even though reading data from any point on a flash drive should theoretically be faster than a conventional HDD, real-world performance just hasn’t lived up to the hype…until…

Toshiba to Release 32GB “Limited Edition” ReadyBoost-enabled Flash Drive by December

Diving further into the Windows ReadyBoost market, Toshiba is planning a new line of its TransMemory USB flash drives. The line, called U2K, will consist of 1GB-8GB models due out in October and a massive limited edition (which probably means producing them is so expensive that they need to test the market with a small…

How to Make Your Own $100 Million Diamond-Encrusted Skull

If you haven’t heard, British artist Damien Hirst’s latest work of art is a platinum skull covered in diamonds that’s titled, appropriately, “For The Love of God.” The pricetag? $100 million. What goes into making such an insane item? Supertouch has a breakdown of the process that went into creating it. The best part? Hirst…

Second Rotation Buys Your Old Gadgets

If you want to dump off your old cellphone, camera or MP3 player but don’t want to deal with the hassle of not getting robbed off Craigslist, check out Second Rotation. These guys have a gigantic “bluebook”-like list of what gadgets are worth and will pay you cash money within ten days of receiving the…

Fonejacker Prank Calls A UK Electronics Store

Kayvan Novak probably isn’t a name you’re too familiar with. If you recognized the name as the guy who played Arash in the film Syriana, stop reading this post and go try out for Jeopardy or something. For those of you still here, Kayvan has a new series kicking off in the UK called Fonejacker,…

Greenbox Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Biodiesel

With the billions of dollars being pumped into research every year, is it possible that the auto-emissions problem could have been solved by a trio of fisherman in Wales? It’s possible. Three fishing buddies (who also happen to be organic chemists and engineers) have developed what they call the “Greenbox,” a device that basically neutralizes…

ABC Adds HD Streaming Channel to their Web Player

ABC has just added an HD channel to their online streaming player, allowing you to watch episodes of shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, and The Bronx is Burning in hot, hot HD quality. It’s still in beta, and it’ll obviously require a pretty decent connection to run properly, but it’s pretty awesome that you can…

Bose Sound Dock Vs. Altec Lansing IM7 Vs. Altec Lansing IMV712

In our final match of round 2 in our iPod Bracket Battle, we have the three most expensive systems left. The Altec Lansing “boombox” IM7 faces off against the Bose Sound Dock…while battling the hi-fi slayer, the Altec Lansing IMV712. The winner of this match very well could be the winner of the entire competition.…

Tesla Electric Sports Car Coming This Fall, Not Sold Out Yet

The Tesla electro-roadster that goes from 0-60 in 4 seconds is due to hit the streets this fall, and there are 560 orders for the $98,000 electric sports car already pending. Hey, wait a minute. We thought all the Teslas were sold out. Not so, according to a Tesla Motors spokesman, who says the Lotus…

Toshiba, Fujitsu, NEC are 32nm SuperTeam!

In order to keep up with the competition, Toshiba, Fujitsu and NEC have announced a partnership to develop 32nm chips. Starting in 2010, they hope to have a joint operating plant to develop high powered chips for televisions and various home electronics. Wow, these three companies sound like one hell of a superteam, until you…

Oppo Blast PMP Loves FLV

The Oppo Blast is one sexy PMP. At only 6.9mm thick, its waistline is identical to an iPod nano’s. But the Blast has a few tricks up its sleeve… On top of standard MP3/WMA/MP4/AVI/Lossless audio support, the Blast will play flash video, XVID and animated gifs—yes, animated gifs—the best of Web 2.0 in your hand!…

6-foot Neon Rainbow Apple Computer Logo on eBay for $4500

If you’re a die-hard Apple buff and want the world to know it, place your bid for this massive original Apple Computer sign. This sign comes from the era of the manly rainbow-colored logo and has been hanging on an authorized Apple dealer’s store wall for years. The dealer is relocating and you can be…

Cooler Scoop Prevents Ice Hands

You know how you get the Han Solo shivers after you shove your arm into a cooler to find the last beer in a sea of Diet Pepsis? What you need is the cooler scoop, a scoop that proxys for your arm in order to dig out a drink without freezing to death. The only…

The Birthday Gadget Cookie Basket

Reader Jeremy’s mother knows about his obsession with gadgets, which is why she sent him a gift basket full of gadget cookies for his birthday. The only thing she could have done better would be to include some modern gadgets like the iPhone or a TiVo, but her heart’s in the right place. Jeremy agrees:…