Gadgets

Fruity Watches Provide Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Awesome

Although these fruity watches from Seiko aren’t gadgety in the sense that they allow you to communicate with a talking car, they are pretty neat. Designed like 10 different fruits—kiwis, oranges, grapefruits, coconuts, lemons, limes (that’s all the fruit we know)—these watches use the seeds to mark 5 minute increments on their sliced-open faces. Best…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 15

Exclusive Dyson Slim Photos: Meet the Barracuda of Cyclone Vacs

Here’s the latest, sleekest Dyson ever, which landed in Giz HQ (“The Dump of Cardboard Boxes and Gadgets”) early this morning. The coolest thing, aside from thes new form factor and all that clear/neon plastic detailing all Dysons have, is the flexible foot ball wheel, not found before in a slim vac, and a extension…

Gadgets Brian Lam Mar 15

The Waiting Light Announces Your Frustration

If you’ve ever been waiting at Planned Parenthood, you’d know just how hard it is to strike up a conversation. With this waiting light, however, you can announce to the world that yes, you are in fact waiting and you would like someone to talk to to pass the time. “Oh, so you’re waiting, I…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 15

Bringing Back the Fanny Pack: Sound Box Waist Bag

I never thought the fanny pack died off, but the kids at the arcade continue to ridicule me nonstop. I’ll show those bastards. Just wait until I hit the Galaga machine wearing the Sound Box Waist Bag hooked up with my Sony Cassette Walkman. The Ace of Bass will be blaring and all of the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Mar 15

Whose Round is it Anyway?

There are many ways you can use this Whose Round Is It Anyway “Simon” game from Gadgetz4all. You could decide that the first person to incorrectly repeat the sequence of colored lights has to buy the next round. You could also use it to decide who’s going to take the next shot. Hell, you could…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 15

Technosexuals: We’re Heeeeeeeere!

As our khaki-wearing cousin Valleywag reported, the term “technosexual” is becoming replacing metrosexual, ruralsexual, and ludditesexual as the “sexual” term of the moment. In this video from our local news channel, some guy named Ricky explains that being a technosexual is all about having the sexiest gear and setting up wireless routers for women. If…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 15

GPhone Kinda, Sorta Confirmed by Google Spain, But Not Really

It wasn’t the kind of grand announcement we were expecting, but Isabel Aguilera, CEO of Google Spain and Portugal, has supposedly spilled the beans on the GPhone, confirming for the world that our favorite search engine is indeed working on a mobile. She also mentioned they were working on 18 other projects, many of which…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Mar 15

Never Lose a Screw Again with Magnogrip

Whether you are a gearhead or a computer repair monkey, dealing with small metal parts is inevitable. The Magnogrip is a powerful, wrist strap that can hold all things metal with the help of magnetism. It may not hold a sandwich (unless you enjoy an aluminum hogie), but the Magnogrip will make sure you never…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Mar 15

Tiltrotor is One Wacky Helicopter

The picture above is of a crazy helicopter concept by Billy Baldwin Technology. Designed to lift heavy object, it can bust out wings, tilt its prop forward, and turn from a helicopter into a pseudo-plane for faster travel. Will it ever get made? Beats be, but it sure looks neat. Check the video after the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Mar 15

Hands On with the HairMax Laser Comb

Click to view They say balding guys will do anything to keep the hair on their head from falling, but does anything include throwing $400 down on a laser comb? Albeit, an FDA-approved laser comb? Cause that’s the starting price for the HairMax Laser Comb, which claims to stimulate and maintain your mane before it…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 15

Scientists Create Diode Propulsion Engine for Bloodstream-Swimming Microbots

Science fiction edges ever closer to reality as researchers at NC State University devise a form of propulsion that can accelerate microbots through the human bloodstream. The challenge: not only finding a way to create this engine on such a tiny scale, but to provide power to it. The solution? Diode propulsion, using current sent…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 15

Reaction Time Test: Let’s See What Giz Readers Are Made Of!

How fast is your reaction time? Schoolkids and their teacher are doing a study for the 2007 Yahara Elementary School Science Fair, measuring how quickly participants can click on an icon as a traffic light graphic turns green. The group is collecting data, trying to determine correlation between reaction time, age, gender, athleticism and whether…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 15

Brando KingMax USB 2.0 Super Stick: World’s Smallest Flash Drive?

Brando says that its KingMax USB 2.0 Super Stick is “probably the world’s smallest flash drive.” We know that Sony makes some Micro Vault Tiny drives that are even smaller than this, but still, four gigs fitting into a package that’s less than 3.5 inches centimeters long is remarkable in our book. https://gizmodo.com/sony-shrinks-usb-drives-184260 You’ll pay…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 15

Asus Gives its UMPC a Rugged Makeover

They won’t say exactly how rugged it is, but Asus’ follow up to the R2H Ultra Mobile PC is being touted as a “semi-ruggedized” UMPC. It’s one of the first we’ve seen with a swiveling 7-inch 800×480 display (so you can use it like a tablet PC) and it also comes with integrated GPS, Wi-Fi,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 15

Novatel’s V740 Coming to Verizon March 30th

Novatel’s offering another option for all you mobile broadband lovers out there. The V740 Rev A ExpressCard will go for $179 when it comes out on March 30th and it’ll be compatible with both Windows and Mac laptops (the latter will require Apple’s WWAN updates). The card will offer between 450 to 800 Kbps download…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 15

Garmin Announces nüvi 200 Series GPS Navigators

Usually Garmin announces its latest compact nüvi GPS devices for around $1000, but the company’s just announced three version of its 200 series that cost a lot less than that without sacrificing too much. Each has a 3.5-inch touchscreen and turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions, and are differentiated by the amount of NAVTEQ map data installed. The…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 15

Rumor: Apple TV Ships March 20th?

Netgear may have won the race to the FedEx truck (now that their wireless streamer is out and shipping), but Apple is reassuring their eagerly awaiting fanboys with confirmation e-mails that list March 26th as the delivery date for Apple TV (The units will ship on the 20th, according to a reader who submitted a…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Mar 14

Netgear 1080p Digital Entertainer HD Official

Netgear’s EVA8000 that we saw in January has finally become official. Not only does the Digital Entertainer HD have 802.11g and can stream MP3, WMV, WMA, MPEG1/2/4, AVI, WMV, and XviD, it can play back video at up to 1080p over HDMI or component. https://gizmodo.com/netgears-1080p-streamer-caught-on-video-229621 Its other cool features are a PVR extender for PCs…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 14

Redesigned Boeing Aircraft to Replace 747s?

It may look like a stealth fighter jet, but Boeing is hoping its new X-48B aircraft will become the commercial airliner of the future. The blended-wing plane—a name given to planes that merge the fuselage and wings into one—eliminates the tail part of a plane (which is usually the part of the plane responsible for…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Mar 14

Is it an Ear Infection?

Save money and spare your child from a trip to the doctor with this EarCheck ear infection diagnosis kit. Just stick it in, press the button, and you’ll be able to diagnose on a scale of 1 to 5 whether or not your kid’s in any danger. The LCD also gives you a reading that…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 14

Fruity Watches Provide Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Awesome

Exclusive Dyson Slim Photos: Meet the Barracuda of Cyclone Vacs

The Waiting Light Announces Your Frustration

Bringing Back the Fanny Pack: Sound Box Waist Bag

Whose Round is it Anyway?

Technosexuals: We’re Heeeeeeeere!

GPhone Kinda, Sorta Confirmed by Google Spain, But Not Really

Never Lose a Screw Again with Magnogrip

Tiltrotor is One Wacky Helicopter

Hands On with the HairMax Laser Comb

Scientists Create Diode Propulsion Engine for Bloodstream-Swimming Microbots

Reaction Time Test: Let’s See What Giz Readers Are Made Of!

Brando KingMax USB 2.0 Super Stick: World’s Smallest Flash Drive?

Asus Gives its UMPC a Rugged Makeover

Novatel’s V740 Coming to Verizon March 30th

Garmin Announces nüvi 200 Series GPS Navigators

Rumor: Apple TV Ships March 20th?

Netgear 1080p Digital Entertainer HD Official

Redesigned Boeing Aircraft to Replace 747s?

Is it an Ear Infection?

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

The First ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Reactions Are Most Solid

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Is Doing What You Hoped

Wearables Are Getting Very Messy

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