Gadgets

24-Inch Syncmaster Monitor from Samsung Has Legs, Supports HDCP

Samsung has brought out another LCD monitor from its Syncmaster range. The 245T is a 24-inch monitor with PiP (Picture in Picture), PbP (that’s Picture by Picture), and its Motion Picture Acceleration gives better-quality pics. Also featured is HMDI and S-Video connections. Another pic, plus the price after the jump. At over a million Won…

Steampunk PC Gives us a Warm Glow Inside

Steampunk fever still seems to be tootling along, as this modded computer shows. More pictures are on the English Russia blog. Nice rug, dudes, really ties the room together. [English Russia]

Dell XPS M1530 Leaked?

Word on the new Dell XPS M1530 seems to have leaked, and it looks like another step in the right direction for Dell lappies. Think of the M1530 as the skinny XPS that hits its 4lb weight by eating right and exercising, not avoiding food altogether like the waifish M1330, or gorging to near immobility…

JVC Introduces The Clapper TV

In addition to their mean-looking 180Hz LCD, JVC has introduced another display technology in progress at this year’s CEATEC. Specifically, it’s a TV that responds to claps and gestures, or “handclap & gesture recognition TV” as it’s officially labeled. Here’s a little channel surfing scenario to demonstrate: https://gizmodo.com/jvc-builds-180hz-lcd-that-makes-120hz-lcds-look-like-ch-307592 You clap your hands 3 times to…

Yamaha Tesseract Hybrid, Motorcycle for Superheroes/Badasses/Us?/No

The Yamaha Tesseract concept for Tokyo Motor Show is not a motorcycle. Because it’s way more awesome than a motorcycle. Featuring 4 wheels for enhanced stability, the frame is apparently still not much bigger than a normal bike. And somewhere in there fits two different engines, one gasoline of undisclosed size and another electrical (to…

Remarkable Nikon Small World Microscope Photography Winners

It’s been an amazing week for microscopic photography buffs (and those of us who just like to look at neat pictures with significance we can barely comprehend). Just the other day we featured this gallery of electron microscope photos from the Bizarre/Beautiful Micrograph Contest. Now, Nikon has just announced their winners in their Small World…

Total Immersion D’Fusion, Realtime Dynamic 3D Awesomeness

You know those graphics you see on your evening news? Those are lame. But this semi-new D’Fusion software from Total Immersion takes graphical video layovers to the next level—meaning that 3D graphics can be manipulated in real space…and like we said in the headline, real time. This is some crazy cool stuff. Despite the language…

iPaq 110 and 210 Apparently Cost Money

From rumor to fact, we’ve watched as HP has revived their iPaq line. The first two units will be coming out in just two days, on October 8th. Featuring Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, identical 624mHz processors and WM6 Pro, the cheaper 110 will run $299 while its older brother the 210 will cost $399. https://gizmodo.com/hp-ipaq-photos-and-specs-leaked-296551 Of course,…

Trigon Pyramid Touchscreen, Display Threesome

The Trigon pyramid touchscreen by Tyco Electronics may be on display at CEATEC, but we could just as easily see the device in a classic episode of Star Trek. Apparently this ultrasonic three-sided display requires very little processing power to operate, and is currently showing its technological prowess by running three interactive quizzes at once…

Heat-Sensitive Wallpaper Changes Patterns When You Crank the Thermostat

This here is some fancy wallpaper that’s heat sensitive, changing the pattern when the radiator comes on. It’s a pretty sweet idea, and it looks cool, although I wonder if it goes from all to nothing like in these pictures or if it just stays in a halfway-there middleground most of the time. If that’s…

Wireless Guitar Hero III Controller for PS3 Not Entirely So

If you’re expecting to be undistracted by the smooth, seamless lines of your PS3 as you faux jam on your Guitar Hero III controller to “Cult of Personality,” get ready for some eyesoreness. Since GH’s controller doesn’t work with the PS3’s built-in Bluetooth, there’s going to be some donglage hanging from the PS3’s USB ports,…

Asus Xonar U1 USB Audio Device Supports Hardware Acceleration For Gaming

Although the ASUS Xonar U1 may look goofy, it promises quite a lot of features in its cone-shaped body. Among them are a high quality digital to analog converter, EAX and DirectSound hardware acceleration, 5.1-channel audio, a bundled array microphone, ambient noise suppression up to 20db, and a built-in headphone amp. No pricing or availability…

Make a “Fun” Stun Gun for Under 10 Bucks

Click to view I found the skull-poundingly monotonous drum beat combined with a complete lack of voiceover and “oh my, you’re dumb, home viewer” finger-pointing a teensy bit annoying. But! It’s super easy to follow and it looks simple enough to build your own ghetto stun gun, so much so that I might whip my…

Japanese Bureaucrats Busted for Editing Gundam Wikipedia Entries on the Job

Six Japanese government drones in the Agriculture Ministry were given a verbal wag of the finger for dumping hours of worktime into editing Wikipedia, with one guy racking up over 260 contributions to Gundam-related entries. Speaking for the ministry on the matter, an official commented that “the Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam.”…

Puke-o-Matic Amusement Park Ride Isn’t For the Weak Stomached

I’m not sure how old this is, but puking hasn’t undergone many technological advancements in the last few years. This amusement park ride looks like perhaps the worst thing to possibly do on a stomach full of fried dough and cotton candy. These crazy Germans do 110 flips in a row and then have the…

Samsung Gleam Hits VZW, Has a Camera with Night Shot

Verizon just added the Samsung Gleam to its lineup, a shiny 3G clamshell with Bluetooth, a 2-megapixel camera, a microSD slot, and all the V Cast fixins you’re used to. It also has touch buttons on the front for controlling the tunes you loaded up on that microSD card. One unique feature it has is…

Samsung Announce Pricing, Release Details for YP-P2, YP-T10 MP3 Players

Both the Samsung YP-P2 and YP-T10 MP3 players have been given pricing and release info. The P2 is Samsung’s stab at the iPod Touch, with a big ol’ touchscreen and a home-esque button. The 4GB version will run $199 and the 8GB version $249. The T10 is a more modest affair, more reminiscent of the…

Wi-Fi Detector Shirt, Self-Detects Geeks

The Wi-Fi Detector shirt does everything you’d dream it could do: detect Wi-Fi signals and share them, via your chest, with the entire world. Spotting both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, signal strength is displayed in real time (big animated gif post-jump). After you are done broadcasting your (super ability?) to the world, just slip the…

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Stanley Brings out a Pair of Watches, One of them Strange

Ah, Brando. The soft “ping” in my inbox that heralds yet another slice of pedestrian weirdness from everyone’s favorite purveyor of odds ‘n’ sods. And today’s offering was no different: a pair of watches from toolmaker Stanley. One sports a 16-position compass, but it’s the other one that got me all excited—a calculator watch with…