Gadgets

Photowatch: Strap-On Digital Picture Frame and Wristwatch

A half-way house between a digital watch and those crazy do-it-all multimedia watches, the digital photo frame watch may actually appeal to more people. The built-in memory can store 60 photos and it can superimpose the time in analog or digital format over the top. And that’s all it does: simple. It charges through USB,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

TG Sambo’s LLuon, Another iMac-Styled PC to Hit US

Just the other day we were showing you the very iMac-esque Fujitsu all-in-one desktop PC, and now there’s news that TG Sambo are making their own similar machine dubbed Lluon. It’s got a built-in 22-inch screen and right-mounted DVD-drive, and the usual array of ports and sockets shared between the rear and side. It looks…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Manodo Display Makes You OCD About Your Home Energy Usage

If you enjoy observing and controlling the minutiae of your daily life, down to how much CO2 your last shower emitted, consider moving to Sweden and taking part in the Manodo project. Nordic start-up Manodo has created the ultimate smart home gadget, which tells you everything you’ll ever want to know (and maybe some things…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

The Greatest Hangover Machine Never Built

Oof, my head. The trouble with being a weekend warrior is the day after. This morning I have a troupe of miniature MC Hammers inside my head, stomping in perfect time to the pile-driver thump, and chanting: “STOP! Hangover time!” Kingsley Amis best put the feeling into words in his novel Lucky Jim. “His mouth…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

EMOPORT Tries To Make That Time Of The Month Fun, Fails Miserably

You know how us girls have these nasty things called “periods” we need to deal with that turn us into moody, erratic, cramping monsters? The EMOPORT “software/games” device promises to magically make our menstruation nightmare go away — through the healing powers of hand-held video games. According to designer Saikat Biswas, the EMOPORT is a…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

Solar Water Heater Provides Free Hot Showers

The SolarStore is essentially a hot water heater that uses the sun as its energy source. Inflatable from a backpack, this guy will hold up to three full tanks of water and make it nice and toasty for your showering needs. It’s a great, cheap alternative to hot water heaters, what with it costing a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Seiko SlimStick Fitness Aid Explains Why You’re Fat

Seiko’s Slimstick is a fitness device that will detail calories burned across a day, length of daily activity, total number of steps taken, as well as offer up a relative fitness score to keep you in check. The Slimstick will store 12-weeks worth of data and the aluminum clad gizmo will set you back ¥6,984…

Gadgets Haroon Malik

Creepy 80-Year-Old Japanese Robot Brought Back to Life

Gakutensoku is Asia’s oldest modern robot, built in 1928 for the ascension of the Emperor Showa (aka Hirohito). Twice as tall as the emperor at 10 feet, 6 inches, it could tilt its head, blink, smile and puff up its chest and cheeks with a system of inflatable rubber tubes. Long lost in Germany before…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Audio Ping Pong is a Pain in the Neck…Literally

The arduino platform has been the basis for a lot of bizarre gadgetry over the years, and the audio ping pong project by Mike McCracken certainly stands up to the best of them. The game is essentially the classic Pong with one major alteration—instead of using your hands and eyes, the game is controlled with…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Video Demo: Archos Sling-Like TVportation Video Streamer

We had a little peek of Archos’ new Sling-like TVportation service for their TV+ box and 605/705 media players when we messed around with their 605 GPS add-on, but didn’t get to really dive in cause they were having some network issues before we had to split. Anyways, here’s a video walk-through, completely with heavy…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Touchscreen Linux Motorola A810 Smartphone Hits FCC

Linux smartphones from Moto aren’t new tricks, but they’ve mostly graced international markets while we get barraged with RAZRs, RKRS and Qs. That might change with the A810, a Linux-based touchscreener that zoomed through the FCC. Few hardware buttons, with onscreen keyboard and handwriting recognition, along with an FM radio. Usually FCC field trips indicate…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

HD DVD Fallout: Nukes 95 Percent of Toshiba’s Profits

“Toshiba Corp. said its profit plummeted 95 percent in the January-March quarter due to costs of its exit from next-generation video HD DVD business.” $12 million profit, down from $251.57 million last year. Ouchies. [AP] https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-hd-dvd-loses-less-than-expected-369549

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Training Goldfish is a Sad, Sad Practice

Are you one of those lousy parents that won’t buy a dog for your kids but try to pass off a goldfish as a pet that’s just as good? Well, if you want to help your case that fish are just as fun as an adorable golden retriever, there’s the R2 Fish School. It’ll let…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

10 Anti-Sobriety Gadgets For True Weekend Warriors

Once again, the Thank Giz It’s Friday roundup is here to get the weekend started off right. If you are planning on a big night out, the following gadgets will help you handle everything from keeping your drinks cold to keeping your budding alcoholism on the DL. After all, if you are going to party…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Super Mario Singing Star Gives You Immunity To Carpal Tunnel For 15 Second Intervals

The Super Mario invincibility doesn’t really make a huge appearance in Super Mario Galaxy as far as we’ve seen, but this desk version should more than fill in. For $17.99 you get an unlimited amount of star power activated in tiny little segments every time you hit the button on its back. Will it get…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Skype Makes Java Client For Sony Ericssons, Samsungs, Nokias and Moto RAZRs

Mobile Skype was previously only available on Smartphones like Windows Mobile, but they’ve just ported a Java version for all kinds of non-smart phones. Be aware that this isn’t like the previous iterations and even Skype to Skype calls cost money (or use up your minutes), so there’s no huge reason in using this to…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Uno: a Unicycle-Motorbike-Segway Hybrid

Sometimes a bike is just a bike… there’s no photoshopping going on here, guys. This is Uno, of course, a segway/motorcycle mashup shown publicly for the first time at the recent Toronto National Motorbike show. Technically it has two wheels, but they’re right next to each other and it does balance on them under its…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Starbucks/AT&T Wi-Fi Launches May 1 for AT&T Customers (But Not the Rest of Us)

AT&T officially began rolling out their Starbucks Wi-Fi hotspots today (and confirmed the first one spotted in the wild). AT&T broadband customers get free Wi-Fi at all 7,000 Starbucks starting May 1 but the rest of us have to wait as it’s deployed on a market-by-market basis throughout the year. (Which means the spots for…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

ASIMO to Conduct Yo-Yo Ma and Detroit Symphony Orchestra

It looks like there’s no end to ASIMO’s skills: the smart, cute robot will pick up the baton and conduct cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on May 13th. A robot conducting an orchestra? That’s pretty amazing, we think. Honda’s ASIMO and the 15-times Grammy winner musician will be performing a piece titled…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Dinghy + Hang Glider + Giant Engine = Hilarious Obituary

Boats are pretty sweet, as are planes. But when you combine the two? You get a flying boat, my friends, and that just takes shit to the next level. Doi Malingri realized this basic fact, which is why he decided to stick a hang glider and a big engine on the back of a dinghy,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Photowatch: Strap-On Digital Picture Frame and Wristwatch

TG Sambo’s LLuon, Another iMac-Styled PC to Hit US

Manodo Display Makes You OCD About Your Home Energy Usage

The Greatest Hangover Machine Never Built

EMOPORT Tries To Make That Time Of The Month Fun, Fails Miserably

Solar Water Heater Provides Free Hot Showers

Seiko SlimStick Fitness Aid Explains Why You’re Fat

Creepy 80-Year-Old Japanese Robot Brought Back to Life

Audio Ping Pong is a Pain in the Neck…Literally

Video Demo: Archos Sling-Like TVportation Video Streamer

Touchscreen Linux Motorola A810 Smartphone Hits FCC

HD DVD Fallout: Nukes 95 Percent of Toshiba’s Profits

Training Goldfish is a Sad, Sad Practice

10 Anti-Sobriety Gadgets For True Weekend Warriors

Super Mario Singing Star Gives You Immunity To Carpal Tunnel For 15 Second Intervals

Skype Makes Java Client For Sony Ericssons, Samsungs, Nokias and Moto RAZRs

Uno: a Unicycle-Motorbike-Segway Hybrid

Starbucks/AT&T Wi-Fi Launches May 1 for AT&T Customers (But Not the Rest of Us)

ASIMO to Conduct Yo-Yo Ma and Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Dinghy + Hang Glider + Giant Engine = Hilarious Obituary

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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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