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NaturalNano Develops Cellphone-Blocking Paint

NaturalNano has used nanotechnology to develop a type of paint that stops cellphone signals. It’s done by blending particles of copper that are inserted into nanotubes, and then mixing and suspending these tiny particles into a can of paint. NaturalNano’s idea is to completely block cellphone signals with this paint, and then provide a radio…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 2

Speaker/Headset Switching Hub

If you’re tired of crawling under the desk every time you want to switch from speakers to headphones, unplugging one for another, here’s a little box that will truly improve your quality of life. There s a volume control and you also get a button that mutes the microphone. Includes jacks for both 3.5mm and…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 2

Grohe Wireless Digital Shower

Now you can start the water flowing in your shower from any room in the house, and precisely control its temperature, too, with the Grohe Digital Shower Grohtherm Wireless. The remote connects wirelessly to a base unit in the wall in the shower area, which mixes the water according to your preferred temperature. Each member…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 2

TomTom Go 910, Go 710 and Go 510 Navigation Devices

Tom Tom introduced three upcoming members of its Go line of GPS navigation products, the Go 910, Go 710 and Go 510. The company said it has improved the accuracy of its navigation units, and added new features such as the ability to connect to a PC and the TomTom Home application via its Home…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 2

Timeflex: Oh, That It Were Real

The Timeflex is a mock-up of a stickable watch. Using some sort of epaper—not yet invented—and an ultra-durable time IC—not yet invented—and the stuff they put on sticky notes, you’ve got yourself a watch you can stick anywhere. Designed by Igor Solovyov and Maria Solovyova—what is it with Eastern Europeans and vaporware?—this thing could be…

Gadgets Johnb Mar 2

Sagem MyW-7 Multimedia Cellphone

Sagem announced the MyW-7, a mobile handset that has two cameras that can be switched between during video calls. It has a 176×220 display with 256K colors, and one of its cameras is dedicated to video calls at VGA (300k pixels) resolution. Making it particularly well-suited for live TV is its 3G/UMTS compatibility that spits…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 2

AVN6600 Dual DVD Drive

Have a problem choosing between listening to your music or using your satellite navigation? Well, all your prayers have been answered. The AVN6600, a new DVD entertainment deck developed by Eclipse Fujitsu Ten, allows you to listen to MP3 files from a DVD without taking out your navigational DVD. The new dual DVD drive features…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Mar 2

DIY LED Pressure-Sensitive Coasters

This is an extremely simple, but cool idea for a coaster. It works by placing small watch batteries inside an acrylic coaster. Then connect one end of the LEDs to the battery while bending the other LED into an L-shape. Once a full, frosty beverage is placed on the coaster, the other LED contact will…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Mar 2

Keg-a-Que

I’m almost sure this is as old as my grandma, but summer’s around the corner and that means one thing—flame! And meat! OK, two things. The Keg-a-Que is a propane grill made from a beer keg. This $64.99 grill is completely portable and can hold up to 18 succulent hot dogs or up to 15…

Gadgets Johnb Mar 1

Orla PK-400 Accordion Monstrosity

I used to play accordion as a kid, but I’m sure that I’d have stuck with it to this day if I had had the Orla Pk-400. It looks like a crazy Casio keyboard/concertina mash-up with hundreds of buttons, strange piano keys, accordion bass buttons, and weird organ draw bars. It even has a disk…

Gadgets Johnb Mar 1

Automatic Blood-Toxin Detection

A pair of scientists from the University of California at Santa Barbara and two high school students have developed a sensor that can detect cocaine in the bloodstream along with other biotoxins. The sensor can be built into portable devices and can perform the entire detection process real-time in just a few minutes. It works…

Health Travis Hudson Mar 1

Vodafone 904SH Cellphone with Face Recognition

Vodafone has rolled out an unusual 3G and GSM cellphone that gets to know you as well as your dog does. It performs this magic trick with an OKI face recognition sensor that does away with the need for entering a pin number. With a swiveling 2.4 inch screen and an 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera, the…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 1

Shocking Knife Set

Yesterday we showed you Fully Loaded, a chair whose back and seat were made entirely of shotgun shells by Brooklyn designer Alexander Reh, and today we follow up with another one of his constructive witticisms, this one a design concept called the No-No Knife Set. https://gizmodo.com/fully-loaded-shotgun-shell-chair-157273 The design includes four electrical-themed knives that plug into…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 1

Sanyo HD1 Camcorder’s Video Quality Called “Disastrous”

The as-yet-unreleased Sanyo VPC-HD1 Xacti camcorder, a small-form-factor HDV shooter that records 720p MPEG-4 high-definition video onto an SD flash memory card, was negatively reviewed by Akihabara News. The reviewers liked the build quality and design of the groundbreaking $800 high-definition camcorder/5.1-megapixel still camera, but called its video quality disastrous. So what can we say?…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 1

DIY Pink Toolbox for the Ladies

If you’ve been to a Home Depot lately, you know that chicks are into hardware, so it’s no surprise that Tickled Online is offering this pink toolbox, a comprehensive array of tools for the enterprising do-it-yourself lady. There are pink phones, pink everything else, why not pink tools? In addition to a two-toned pink hammer,…

Gadgets Charlie White Mar 1

Zorb: It Feels So Good When It Stops

I’m seeing some serious fun here. Get really drunk, pop yourself in one of these big rubber balls, and roll down the nearest hill. The resulting vortex of vomit and gravity will remind you never to do Jaeger shots again. See, these things are part of some sort of new extreme sport created by Andrew…

Gadgets Johnb Mar 1

Revolutionary “Plug and Turn” Outlets Spin 360

Sometimes a simple yet elegant idea comes along that solves a pressing problem, and here’s a perfect example of that: 360 Electrical’s Plug and Turn, a two-plug wall outlet that can rotate in any direction and maintain power even while being rotated. Each receptacle has 18 click stops around the full 360 rotation, giving you…

Gadgets Charlie White Feb 28

WorkLife Table

Charlotte Friis Design Studio has developed a dining table that is radio controlled and battery-driven that ticks and tells time. The table symbolizes the importance of time, and reminds the family about the balance of work and family. The different number of nuts at the joints between the legs and the tabletop, indicate the different…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Feb 28

TrendNet TEW-429UB is a Soccer-Themed WiFi Sniffer

Soccer fanatics will snap up this TrendNet hotspot detector, a $68 USB 2.0 adapter that not only sniffs out WiFi hotspots but connects you to them at the same time. Festooned with an arty-looking soccer motif, the TrendNet TEW-429UB has an LCD screen that shows you signal strength and type of encryption present, and its…

Gadgets Charlie White Feb 28

BOB: Tears Your Stuff Up

No, this isn’t Microsoft’s Bob. BOB stands for Battery Operated Barrier and it’s a set of vehicle containment devices that cause severe tire damage. This BOB consists of two products. First, there’s the barrier itself, a bright yellow arm that swings down over the road, and then there’s the TRAP. The trap is an instantly…

Gadgets Johnb Feb 28

NaturalNano Develops Cellphone-Blocking Paint

Speaker/Headset Switching Hub

Grohe Wireless Digital Shower

TomTom Go 910, Go 710 and Go 510 Navigation Devices

Timeflex: Oh, That It Were Real

Sagem MyW-7 Multimedia Cellphone

AVN6600 Dual DVD Drive

DIY LED Pressure-Sensitive Coasters

Keg-a-Que

Orla PK-400 Accordion Monstrosity

Automatic Blood-Toxin Detection

Vodafone 904SH Cellphone with Face Recognition

Shocking Knife Set

Sanyo HD1 Camcorder’s Video Quality Called “Disastrous”

DIY Pink Toolbox for the Ladies

Zorb: It Feels So Good When It Stops

Revolutionary “Plug and Turn” Outlets Spin 360

WorkLife Table

TrendNet TEW-429UB is a Soccer-Themed WiFi Sniffer

BOB: Tears Your Stuff Up

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