Gadgets

Sony Ericsson Phone Cradle Turns Your Mobile into a Mini PC

You can’ have a new phone without some new accessories. The folks at Unwired View have dug up some details on Sony Ericsson’s multimedia cradle, a dock meant to complement your Sony Ericsson phone. The cradle hooks up to your phone via a system bus and includes a large 7-inch display, built-in mic and speakers,…

Boston Mooninite Fetching $5k on eBay

We’re not sure whether it’s the real deal or not, but if you want one of those LED Aqua Teen Hunger Force Mooninites up in your room, you can get one via eBay for a cool $5001 (as of the time of this writing). The seller claims it’s leggit (he pulled it from Commonwealth Avenue…

Beatles ‘Let it Bii’ Shirt Lacks Words of Wisdom

Nerdy Shirts came up with a lamebrained idea: let’s mix up the Beatles with the Nintendo Wii, supposedly combining the best of both worlds. Let it Bii? Certainly the Beatles didn’t authorize this. We’re thinking the creators of this T-shirt will soon find themselves in times of trouble of the legal variety, and Mother Mary’s…

LifeView SkyChat Puts Skype Calls and Land Lines on Equal Footing

LifeView just rolled out a black box it calls SkyChat, and it lets you mix up regular old phone lines with Skype calls. It has a call waiting function that switches between landline calls and Skype, and can join two calls for a three-way conference, too. Plus, it can show you caller ID info with…

Promotional Gadgets Grip Boston in Fear and Loathing

Gadgets practically turned the entire city of Boston upside down yesterday. Fourteen of these horrifying and obviously dangerous devices were found throughout the city, and it turns out they were light boards depicting a “Mooninite,” an outer space delinquent who shows up on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. As Err the Mooninite…

The Lighting Stick

If a standard halogen floor lamp is too boring for you, take a look at this Lighting Stick. It’s a stand-up model that blasts light onto a wall with numerous LEDs. You can set the lights to one solid color—Murderous Red for example—or have them cycle between colors like a rave in slow motion. Except…

Is Dell Prepping a Game-worthy UMPC?

Well, if you ask Dell’s global gaming chief, Abizar Vakharia, it sure sounds like they are. When drilled on the question of a future gaming handheld Vakharia admitted it was on their radar screen. He didn’t give up any other details, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have an Axim-like gaming handheld in the…

Latest PSP Firmware 3.1 Carries Hidden Hack Fix

Looks like Sony tried to slip us one in their latest PSP Firmware update. Sure it’s got a new memory saving mode for the PSP’s web browser and support for new PlayStation Network games, but what they didn’t tell you is that for homebrew fans Firmware 3.10 will secretly brick your PSP. Anyone out there…

PQI Chinese New Year Inspired Credit Card Drive

Good news pigs! PQI is releasing a limited edition Fortune Pig Edition flash card drive. It’s a 2GB flash drive in the shape of a credit card adorned with dragony-ish Chinese-y designs on the front to make you believe that storing your Firefox bookmarks is some kind of ancient Chinese secret. They’re only making 500…

Adventures in Ugly Design: The Cable Carpet

Most of us try to hide cables under the carpet or along the walls or inside the walls, but this weird cable carpet displays them prominently. Designed by a German student, this rug has cable patterns cut out of it, designed for you to pass your cables through. In our opinion this is pretty ugly,…

What’s in Jack Bauer’s Gear Closet?

Attack of the Hunter-Killer Grim Reaper Robots

What’s not to like about the sneaky and efficient drone, a robotic aircraft controlled from afar that can put the hurt on enemies while assuring that none of us good guys die in the process? The radio-controlled warplanes have come a long way since those first Predator surveillance drones, and now the more-powerful Reaper hunter-killer…

Matsushita Fire-Massage Chair Not Working out as Planned

Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The incidents are supposedly extremely rare and only happened in demo chairs that are constantly being used. That’s too bad—it’s cold as hell here in the Midwest and I could use a good fire massage. Massage chairs recalled after fires…

Hot Jugz Portable Shower is Golden

Okay, enough of this teasing you with a babe shot here and there. We’re going to show you some really hot jugz, right here, and you won’t be sorry, either. They’ll soothe you, make you feel warm and fuzzy all over, and if you pump them just right, they’ll actually do some squirting. They’ll comfort…

Canon Unveils HV20 High-Def Camcorder

Just when we thought we’d have to wait another month before getting the full details on the new HV20, Canon took us by surprise this morning lifting the veil off its latest HD camcorder. The new HV20 is capable of recording 1080 high-def video in 16:9 format. It doesn’t have a built-in hard drive like…

Racing Grannies Going Nowhere Fast

Go, Granny, go! Not sure how PC this is, but we know our whisky-swilling grannies would laugh at these Racing Grannies slot cars, pitting one wheelchair-bound octogenarian against another on this 10-piece oval. Look out, you grannies, when you hit those two crossover tracks there could be thrills, chills and spills. Each little Granny keeps…

Jewelry Made from Computer Parts

Tired of spending time and effort on buying the latest gadget gift for your lady (okay, for you) only to disappoint her and have yet another round of the “you never buy me jewelry” conversation? How about a gift that satisfies your urge to geek out and her biological need for jewelry? Try Zelle jewelry,…

Annoy-a-tron: lose friends for cheap!

Attn: terrible human beings. I have a product here that will really appeal to your god-awful sense of humor. Yes, you might think you have a great sense of humor because you make yourself laugh so much, but if you took the time to look around and notice how no one else ever laughs with…

Gaffer’s Bounce Lamp Illuminates Your Desktop With a Soft Glow

If you’re looking for some soft light, the Gaffer’s Bounce Lamp looks like the way to go. It was designed by Edward Cohen, who the guy who did the lighting for movies such as Spiderman 2 and A Beautiful Mind. The fixture has a nautical theme, and uses the well-known principle of bounce lighting, taking…

Lightsaber MP3 Player: The Opposite of a Chick Magnet

How many times a day do you say to yourself, you know, if only some company would combine an MP3 player and a lightsaber my life would be so much better? Hopefully the answer to that is “zero times,” but if not there’s hope yet. This lightsaber comes with 8GB of flash memory in addition…