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Afternoon Delight: Weird Al’s White & Nerdy

Weird Al, of music parody fame, has come out with an pretty hilarious video that all of us geeks can relate to. His song, White and Nerdy of a parody of the hit rap song, Ridin’ Dirty by Chamillionaire. Welcome back, Weird Al. Thanks, Nathan – Travis Hudson Edit: The RIAA has pwnt it. Looking…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Sep 18

BumBakPak Reviewed (Verdict: Looks Odd, Feels Great)

So, I covered the CEDIA show last week. I tried out this BumBakPak, or BBP, while roaming the show floor and I am surprisingly impressed with the bag overall. The BBP is a “Urbanomic” (urban and ergonomic) backpack that can wear like a traditional messenger bag over a shoulder or it can easily convert to…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Sep 18

Netgear SPHP101 Skype WiFi Phone vs. Belkin WiFi Skype Phone

We thought you’d like to see how the Netgear Skype phone compared to the Belkin Skype phone in terms of size. Which one’s Lindsay Lohan before coke and which one’s Lindsay Lohan after coke? You be the judge. Beaver shots after the jump.

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 18

Power Station Traveller is like a Power Strip for Your Car

The Power Station Traveller is a little ditty that can charge all of your gadgets through one 12V DC car connection. It is pretty much a power strip of DC connectors. It could be useful if you do a lot of traveling and don’t want to juggle the power adapters, or to impress the hookers…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Sep 18

Aluminum Thanko eDesk Car Tray Table

More Thanko weirdness for your Monday reading pleasure. Designed for use in your car, the Thanko eDesk clips either to the steering wheel or the back of the front seats and provides a clean working (or eating) area for you while on the road. Granted, placing a laptop that’s atop a desk that’s connected to…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Sep 18

Red Bull London HQ Has Slides Instead of Stairs

I wouldn’t mind having a 9-5 job if my office had a type slide instead of boring old stairs. Red Bull London’s HQ, designed by Jump Studios, is just this EXTREME. Q: How much $3, sugarized caffeine water does one have to sell to afford something like this? They’ve even got a conference table that…

Gadgets Brian Lam Sep 18

Design Concept: LED Garments Reveal Your Emotions

The Philips SKIN project blends LEDs with sensors that reveal the emotions of their wearers. The “blushing dress” on the left has two layers, with biometric sensors next to the skin that transmit their readings to the LED-lighted fabric on the outside. On the right is Frison, a body suit with groups of tiny LEDs…

Gadgets Charlie White Sep 18

Umbrella Design Competition

Our pals at TreeHugger put out a call to re-engineer the umbrella into a less wasteful and more environmentally sound gadget. (33 million umbrellas are sold annually in the U.S., and it seems like I’ve trashed ten thousand of them personally.) More than 100 people sent in original designs —some crackpot, others brilliant — and…

Gadgets Noah Robischon Sep 18

Picco-Z R/C Helicopter is Palm-Sized and Blinky

Another week, another palm-sized, remote controlled helicopter. This one’s special for two reasons: It’s rare to have a 6-inch coptor with an independant rotor, and this one’s blue LED makes it look like a UFO while you do fly-bys in the dark. Click through to watch the copter fly, complete with Airwolf Bg Music. https://gizmodo.com/picoflyer-teensy-rc-helicopter-163156…

Gadgets Brian Lam Sep 18

Plastic Battery Breakthrough: 100x Today’s Alkaline Cells

It’s about time we had a battery breakthrough, and researchers at Brown University say their plastic battery produces 100 times the power of today’s alkaline cells. The technology combines the power surging capabilities of a capacitor with the storage characteristics of conventional batteries. The result is a battery that can be charged quickly but at…

Gadgets Charlie White Sep 18

The Surest Sign of Zune Success: Oriphe MPF2110

Here’s a Zune knockoff from some no-name source in China. Imitation? No longer is it the most sincere form of flattery. I think I’ll make up a new rule: The more fakes a gadget inspires, the better its chances of flying off the shelves. Oriphe MPF2110 [via Engadgy]

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 18

Google Sets Up Foundation to Develop Plug-In Hybrid Engine

Google has set up a for-profit foundation dedicated to fighting poverty, disease and global warming. One of its goals will be to develop a 100mpg plug-in hybrid car engine that’s a triple play of fuel-efficiency, running on ethanol, electricity and gasoline, or combinations of the three. The company will start out with a small fleet…

Tech News Charlie White Sep 18

Discovery 1000 Personal Submarine Dives to 1000 Feet

We’re developing a major submarine fetish around here, and there’s no shortage of objects after which we can lust. Here’s one more, the Discovery 1000 from US Subs, a serious underwater yacht that can dive to 1000 feet. This one’s good for overnight adventure, where you can stay underwater for up to 28 hours and…

Gadgets Charlie White Sep 18

Water-Cooled Football Players

We post pretty regularly here about

Gadgets Travis Hudson Sep 17

Real First Class Flying

I just flew first class from Seattle to Dallas and it was horrible. I was upgraded during a full flight only to get drink service once (I’m actually using their horrid vocabulary) in 90-degree cabin heat. The only luxury was a seat designed for a normal human being. Next time I go first class, it…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Sep 17

Normal Person’s Lighter, Pyro’s Fire Extinguisher

If only this were full-sized, it would make for the best pranks. “John, toss me the extinguisher!” “Don’t be a hero.” “I wasn’t put on this earth to sit in a cubicle all day…tell my kids I love them.” “Don’t!” “I need to – get the hell out of here while you still can.” “Ok,…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Sep 17

CropCam – Prequel to Fertilizing CrapCam

The CropCam is a self-guided GPS plane for keeping up with your crops. The farmer tosses it into the air, and the CropCam will fly around in a preset pattern around his fields, snapping precise stills marked with latitude and longitude of the ground below. The six pound plane can cover 160 acres per launch,…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Sep 17

Toyota and Nissan Make Drinking and Driving a Little Harder (It’s Already Pretty Hard)

Both Toyota and Nissan are trying to come up with a technology in their cars to make drinking and driving impossible. Nissan is thinking of requiring a really long PIN for drivers to enter before their car starts, and Toyota is thinking of placing breathalyzers somewhere in the cabin. Both are interesting, but may not…

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 15

Bathys Automatic Watches Withstand Pressure Better Than Jessica Simpson’s Bras

The Bathys Automatic is a surfer’s watch that’s actually for surfers. How do we know this? Because it was designed by John Patterson of Hawaii, who actually is a surfer himself and needed a watch that could withstand all the pounding he gets out on the water. The automatic watches have an ETA-2824-2 movement, a…

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 15

Digimate III Flash Memory Backup

The DigiMate III is useful for photographers on the go who need to dump their flash drives into larger storage without having to turn on a laptop or PC. The device fits 2.5-inch laptop-sized hard drives, which as of now are available in up to 160GB sizes—much larger compared to 2 or 4GB flash cards.…

Gadgets Jason Chen Sep 15

Afternoon Delight: Weird Al’s White & Nerdy

BumBakPak Reviewed (Verdict: Looks Odd, Feels Great)

Netgear SPHP101 Skype WiFi Phone vs. Belkin WiFi Skype Phone

Power Station Traveller is like a Power Strip for Your Car

Aluminum Thanko eDesk Car Tray Table

Red Bull London HQ Has Slides Instead of Stairs

Design Concept: LED Garments Reveal Your Emotions

Umbrella Design Competition

Picco-Z R/C Helicopter is Palm-Sized and Blinky

Plastic Battery Breakthrough: 100x Today’s Alkaline Cells

The Surest Sign of Zune Success: Oriphe MPF2110

Google Sets Up Foundation to Develop Plug-In Hybrid Engine

Discovery 1000 Personal Submarine Dives to 1000 Feet

Water-Cooled Football Players

Real First Class Flying

Normal Person’s Lighter, Pyro’s Fire Extinguisher

CropCam – Prequel to Fertilizing CrapCam

Toyota and Nissan Make Drinking and Driving a Little Harder (It’s Already Pretty Hard)

Bathys Automatic Watches Withstand Pressure Better Than Jessica Simpson’s Bras

Digimate III Flash Memory Backup

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It’s Unexpectedly Glorious

RFK Jr. Will Take on Joe Rogan for Podcaster Supremacy

The Spymaster’s Guide to the Secret Agencies of ‘Star Trek’

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HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

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