Gadgets

Art Lebedev’s Folderix Finger Folder Flash Drive On Sale

We got our first look at the Folderix folder-shaped USB drive from Art Lebedev when it was in the concept phase. It took over a year to bring to market (that’s Lebedev for you), but it appears that they took that time to subtly streamline the quirky little drive. You can pick up a 4GB…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

10 Gadgets That Help You Play Like an Olympian

It has been quite an Olympics hasn’t it? From the spectacular opening ceremonies, to the amazing performances by Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt (not to mention all of the controversy stirred up by the Chinese government). In years past I can’t say that I was all that excited about the Olympics-but I will be kind…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

36-Inch Twitching Spider: Your Worst Nightmare in Lamp Form

I have yet to meet someone who is genuinely not creeped out by spiders, so I would imagine that you could get a lot of laughs out of a 36-incher that features four twitching legs illuminated by purple incandescent lights. It would be great as a Halloween decoration, or for placing next to your partner…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

A Skyscraper So Tall Builders Can’t Use Walkie-Talkies

If you want to build a skyscraper 2,275 feet tall, you will face engineering challenges comparable to those of the Space Shuttle just because its sheer size. One of them is communications. When the unbelievable Burj Dubai started to get really high, the construction workers discovered one problem that seems obvious now: their walkie-talkies stopped…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Scientists Create Smoothest Mirror Surface Ever

A team at the Autonomous University of Madrid have created what they’re calling the smoothest mirror surface ever made. It’s flat down to the size scales of individual lead atoms, and was made by depositing lead onto silicon crystal at freakish temperatures of -173 to -133°C. This messes with the quantum properties of electrons in…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

AirKick Human Catapult Sends Your Flailing Body 26 Feet Into the Air

We’ve seen before how fun getting launched in the air over a body of water can be. Now we have another way to do it: the AirKick Human Water Catapult. Powered by air and water, the AirKick launches people over 26 feet in the air and into either a pool or a foam pit. Creator…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Star Wars Mini-Lightsabre Requires Obligatory “Swooosh” Mouth Effects

According to the manufacturer, this $45 Star Wars USB Lightsabre, which connects to the USB port to charge up its battery and glows in the dark with a blue light, is “a lamp”. Sure. Whatever. We see it and the only thing we can imagine is a mini-Jedi mini-duel to mini-death, doing mouth sound effects.…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Sexual Gadgets Can Now Be Seized at US Borders Too

First it was liquid bottles. Then laptops. And now they are seizing our penis extensors, penis pumpers, and other sexual gadgets. The FDA is saying that they represent a real risk and federal border agents have now a guideline to confiscate them at US territory entry points. The list would be hilarious if it weren’t…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Holeder Earphones Concept Avoids Bacteria By Hanging in Your Ear

These unlikely-looking earphones have been dreamed up by designer Yoonsang Kim to combat the bacteria build-up that normal in-ear ‘phones apparently have. They also hang together behind your neck when not in use, as a neat solution to that “oops my earphones are dangling” issue. There’s just one flaw I can spot: just peering at…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

LG’s KC910 is the New Viewty, With 8-Megapixel Camera

Nearly two months ago we teased you with a mocking mock-up of LG’s upcoming KC910 cellphone, but now over at Phone Arena there’s a real image, and official specs. The KC910 is a successor to the Viewty and it’s no image-slouch: there’s an 8-megapixel cam in that shiny body with a xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach lens,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

SoulArc Skateboard Has One Big Spring for Surf-Alike Goodness

There’s something about the simplicity of a skateboard that keeps designers coming back to revisit it… but the SoulArc board certainly seems a worthy reinvention. It’s designed to make skateboarding feel more like surfing, with a huge leaf-spring mounted between its long deck and the wheels: And it’s less unwieldy-looking than this previous effort. As…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Quiksilver’s The Ray Watch is Confusing, But Eco-Friendly

All those confusing-display watches from Tokyo flash have nothing on the impeccable eco-credentials of Quiksilver’s upcoming watch. The Ray is analog with a 27-jewel movement, though its display is unusual and looks like it’d take a while to get used to… but it’s shipped in eco-friendly packaging by ship rather than by air (saving on…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

PSP 3000 Photos Emerge: New Bright Screen is New, Bright

The updated PSP 3000 didn’t seem all that jaw-dropping, save for talk of its dramatically improved screen: But now pics of the screen in action have surfaced, and boy oh boy, it’s dramatically improved alright. Check out that contrast in the pic, comparing it to the PSP Lite: Game playing in brightly-lit situations looks like…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Celrun’s Lluon A1 Mini-PC is Half-Notebook, Half-iMac-Alike, Atom-Powered

This upcoming mini-PC from Cellrun is something a bit like the old iLamp-style iMac, a bit notebooky, a bit low-cost desktop Eee PC… but actually not like any of them too much: It seems to be it’s own low-power, neat design desktop genre. It’s got an 18.4-inch widescreen LCD, has built-in stereo speakers and microphone…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Canon EOS 50D Leaks on Canon China Site

It looks like data on the upcoming Canon EOS 50D DSLR has been leaked onto the web, by Canon itself. Details appeared briefly on Canon’s China site, although the link now is disabled, and gave an insight into what specs the beast will have. They’re pretty decent: it’s a 15.1-megapixel camera (with standard 1.6x CMOS…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Ruin the Olympics by Inserting Tech Where It Doesn’t Belong

The Olympics end this weekend. Have you been watching? Personally, I had trouble getting into them. Maybe it’s because there was a general lack of tech in most of the events (except for those gymnastics girls, who I’m pretty sure are all robots). Time to change that! For this week’s Photoshop Contests, I want you…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Wrist Watchscale, For When You Really Need to Weigh Small Stuff

The spoon-scales from a while back we called “perfect for dieters and dealers” because of the spoon part, but with this wristwatch scale… Well, it’s just convenient for when you really, really need to weigh small quantities of stuff right then and there. Makers Jennings call it “The first Pocket WatchScale ever” and it measures…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Suunto X10 GPS Watch is Basically Perfect for Tomb Raiding

Suunto has just added to its range of GPS watches with the new X10, but this gizmo doesn’t just do navigation and time-telling. It’s also got an altimeter function, barometer, digital compass and thermometer: Exactly the sort of equipment any self-respecting real tomb raider would find darn useful.Even better, the X10 has an improved GPS…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Leaked Shot Of HTC Touch Diamond Shows CDMA Version Ate All the Pies

Over at BoyGeniusReports is this leaked shot of what’s allegedly the CDMA version of HTC’s fabby Touch Diamond cellphone. And oh boy, oh boy… that’s one phone that’s not been on a diet: compared to the GSM version sitting on top of it it’s one big ugly fat fellow. Apparently it’s actually “more comfortable to…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Olympus Adds to Mju Range of Digital Cams with Mju 1060

Olympus has just augmented the Mju range of point-and-shoot digital cams with the new 1060 model. It seems no slouch for a small pocket camera: It’s a 10-megapixel shooter, with a 7x optical zoom and “Dual Image Stabilization” to reduce blur. Plus it’s got an new intelligent mode that auto-detects the five most commonly used…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Art Lebedev’s Folderix Finger Folder Flash Drive On Sale

10 Gadgets That Help You Play Like an Olympian

36-Inch Twitching Spider: Your Worst Nightmare in Lamp Form

A Skyscraper So Tall Builders Can’t Use Walkie-Talkies

Scientists Create Smoothest Mirror Surface Ever

AirKick Human Catapult Sends Your Flailing Body 26 Feet Into the Air

Star Wars Mini-Lightsabre Requires Obligatory “Swooosh” Mouth Effects

Sexual Gadgets Can Now Be Seized at US Borders Too

Holeder Earphones Concept Avoids Bacteria By Hanging in Your Ear

LG’s KC910 is the New Viewty, With 8-Megapixel Camera

SoulArc Skateboard Has One Big Spring for Surf-Alike Goodness

Quiksilver’s The Ray Watch is Confusing, But Eco-Friendly

PSP 3000 Photos Emerge: New Bright Screen is New, Bright

Celrun’s Lluon A1 Mini-PC is Half-Notebook, Half-iMac-Alike, Atom-Powered

Canon EOS 50D Leaks on Canon China Site

Ruin the Olympics by Inserting Tech Where It Doesn’t Belong

Wrist Watchscale, For When You Really Need to Weigh Small Stuff

Suunto X10 GPS Watch is Basically Perfect for Tomb Raiding

Leaked Shot Of HTC Touch Diamond Shows CDMA Version Ate All the Pies

Olympus Adds to Mju Range of Digital Cams with Mju 1060

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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