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PowerBook Earrings Are Totally Geeky But Totally Classy, Too

What to do with an old PowerBook when you replace it with a shiny new Santa Rosa MacBook Pro? Make jewelry out of the power buttons, of course. While these are of the dangly, girly variety, they would make a pretty killer pair of gauges, too. [Flickr via MAKE]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 10

Sundance Teardrop is Stylish, but Still a Trailer

More than just a glorified tin can on wheels, the Teardrop trailer from Sundance is a little pocket of retro heaven – provided your pockets are deep enough to afford the wonga needed to snap one of these up. With an aluminum exterior and maple interior, the 1,000-lb trailer has a whole heap of things…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jul 10

Guitar Hero III Controllers Look Sweet But PS2 Gets the Last Riff

It’s official: You should keep your PS2 around for Guitar Hero III since it picks up the most badass guitar of the bunch, a black Kramer. The PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 all get boring white Gibson Les Pauls. But at least now you can swap the faceplate out for something that shreds a bit…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jul 10

Taser’s Shockwave Cannon Array Like Many Little Bottles of Lightning Bolts

Taser just introduced this multiple projectile taser cannon as part of its 2007 Tactical Conference, appropriately named the Shockwave. Each one of those little green boxes can light up an assailant’s ass like any particular day happens to be the fourth of July. As you can see in the video, the biggest advantage of the…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Jul 9

CarryCool Tote Bag: A Cooler You Have To Plug In

When a cooler full of ice can’t handle your mobile refrigeration needs, reach for the CarryCool refrigerated tote. The bag‘s adapter plugs into a standard car lighter and draws enough power to keep everything inside nice and cool. When would you actually use this thing? Perhaps you’re in the business of smuggling dinosaur DNA samples…

Gadgets Kthompson Jul 9

Kimberly-Clark First to Elusive Hands-Free Toilet Paper Dispenser Market

Who but the greatest public-restroom aficionados knew that the “final touchless restroom frontier” was the electronic toilet-paper dispenser? I for one am surprised that no one has tried to market this already. But sure enough, I just heard from public-restroom mainstay Kimberly-Clark, who announced the JRT* Electronic Coreless, the world’s first touchless electronic bath-tissue dispenser.…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Jul 9

Video of XREP Wireless Taser Shotgun Shocking Some Dude

What do you get when you combine a Taser with a shotgun shell? Something you really, really don’t want to get hit with. The new Taser XREP is a tiny wireless Taser that can be fired from a standard issue 12 gauge, taking down perps from up to 100 feet away. And hey, if you’re…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jul 9

“Electric Man” Cooks Fish, Cures Rheumatism

This 71-year-old Chinese man goes by “Electric Man” to his friends and neighbors. Why? Because he routinely has 220V of electricity flowing through his body for “exercise.” While he’s charged up, he can do a number of things, such as light lightbulbs and cook a fish in a mere two minutes. He also uses his…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jul 9

Paper T-Rex is Bang-A-Gong-Tastic

We’ve already had some paper synthesizers today to get us in the mood for wonderfully useless products (Gizmodo, not just here for the shiny things in life) and now there’s a paper T-Rex. Crank the handle and T-Rex munches on Captain Caveman—or whatever object you place in his path. https://gizmodo.com/cardboard-audio-gear-is-coolest-useless-thing-ever-276222 Flying Pig is the company…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jul 9

Seetron TP2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System

If you ever have that sinking feeling that your tires are running out of air, this Seetron TP2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System gives you a real-time readout of the psi (pounds per square inch) present in each tire. Once you’ve placed a sensor in each tire, the data is transmitted to this dashboard-mounted readout, giving…

Gadgets Charlie White Jul 9

Rubik’s Cube from Strapya Simple Enough for Dubya

This mini Rubik’s cube from Japan is one of those little phone straps that you attach to your mobile. As well as giving you hours of fun, it will scratch the back of your cell, annoy you when you talk, and give people an insight into your beliefs and how your brain works. Slowly. The…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Jul 9

Spider-Man Speaker Pillow

Finally, pillows to match our pajamas. The $17.99 Spider-Man Speaker Pillow is a simple device. Requiring no batteries, a 3.5mm audio jack is all you need to have the sweet lullabies of Tobey Maguire sing you to sleep. Essentially a headphone speaker shoved in polyester and spandex, we’re not real excited about the audio potential,…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 9

iRiver clix Rhapsody Review

The iRiver clix Rhapsody is, hardware wise, the same iRiver clix we reviewed a few months back. It’s a sexy mini media player, and we urge you to check out what ex-GizmodoGod Travis said about the device in his reviews here and here. https://gizmodo.com/iriver-clix-video-walkthrough-255970 So why do we care? This new edition of the clix…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 9

Solar Frog Light Proves You’re a Man of the People

If there’s one thing wrong with your lawn, it’s that it’s just too classy. Since when did you get too good for tacky lawn ornaments? You think you’re better than me? Screw you, buddy. You need to prove that you aren’t totally pretentious by getting something like this completely horrible yet somehow amazing solar frog…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jul 9

Magic Wheel, A New Transportation System

The Magic Wheel is one Swiss designer’s answer to the long-gone scooter craze. Consisting of one big wheel and one small wheel, the Magic Wheel operates through the rider planting one foot on the Wheel’s platform while pushing with their opposite leg. The idea is best described as unicycle meets skateboard, or maybe, scooter meets…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 9

Another “Minority Report” Touch Computing Interface, But With Less Touching

The “Minority Report” interface is a popular one to namecheck recently. The latest company to do so is the Swiss outfit Atracsys, whose interactive system, dubiously dubbed “beMerlin,” optically (surprise) tracks hand movements and promises to deliver the same intuitive awesomeness Tom Cruise experienced, minus the awesome gloves. But the demo video on their site…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jul 9

M500 GSM/MP3/MP4 Cellphone Watch, In Action

We’ve told you about the ubercool M500 cellphone watch by SMS Technology before, but we were always a little wary of how its advanced functions like text messaging worked with the M500’s miniature touchscreen. Hit the jump for a full video. Skip the first minute or so of the vid, and then prepare to fall…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 9

PS2 Sheds 1/3 of its Weight

While the slimline PSTwo is already tiny, Sony has reduced internal components even further. Shipping now, this updated hardware drops from 900 to 600 grams, while the AC adapter drops from 350 to 250 grams. But despite a massive weight reduction, the PSTwo’s footprint has remained the same. So will this update mean anything to…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jul 9

Japanese Steampunk Watches: Get Meta With Time

God, we love steampunk. A lot. So the few of us that still wear watches wouldn’t mind rocking our wrists out faux-19th-century style with one of these amazing Japanese artisanal pieces which, sadly, are mostly of the too-sweet-to-sell variety. https://gizmodo.com/steampunk-keyboard-mod-for-brazil-re-enactments-238842 Steampunk watches [Eager Beavers via Boing Boing] Still more steampunk [Eager Beavers]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jul 9

What the iPhone Needs

It’s funny because it’s true. [gearfuse]

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 8

PowerBook Earrings Are Totally Geeky But Totally Classy, Too

Sundance Teardrop is Stylish, but Still a Trailer

Guitar Hero III Controllers Look Sweet But PS2 Gets the Last Riff

Taser’s Shockwave Cannon Array Like Many Little Bottles of Lightning Bolts

CarryCool Tote Bag: A Cooler You Have To Plug In

Kimberly-Clark First to Elusive Hands-Free Toilet Paper Dispenser Market

Video of XREP Wireless Taser Shotgun Shocking Some Dude

“Electric Man” Cooks Fish, Cures Rheumatism

Paper T-Rex is Bang-A-Gong-Tastic

Seetron TP2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System

Rubik’s Cube from Strapya Simple Enough for Dubya

Spider-Man Speaker Pillow

iRiver clix Rhapsody Review

Solar Frog Light Proves You’re a Man of the People

Magic Wheel, A New Transportation System

Another “Minority Report” Touch Computing Interface, But With Less Touching

M500 GSM/MP3/MP4 Cellphone Watch, In Action

PS2 Sheds 1/3 of its Weight

Japanese Steampunk Watches: Get Meta With Time

What the iPhone Needs

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