Gadgets

Latest PSP Firmware 3.1 Carries Hidden Hack Fix

Looks like Sony tried to slip us one in their latest PSP Firmware update. Sure it’s got a new memory saving mode for the PSP’s web browser and support for new PlayStation Network games, but what they didn’t tell you is that for homebrew fans Firmware 3.10 will secretly brick your PSP. Anyone out there…

PQI Chinese New Year Inspired Credit Card Drive

Good news pigs! PQI is releasing a limited edition Fortune Pig Edition flash card drive. It’s a 2GB flash drive in the shape of a credit card adorned with dragony-ish Chinese-y designs on the front to make you believe that storing your Firefox bookmarks is some kind of ancient Chinese secret. They’re only making 500…

Adventures in Ugly Design: The Cable Carpet

Most of us try to hide cables under the carpet or along the walls or inside the walls, but this weird cable carpet displays them prominently. Designed by a German student, this rug has cable patterns cut out of it, designed for you to pass your cables through. In our opinion this is pretty ugly,…

What’s in Jack Bauer’s Gear Closet?

Attack of the Hunter-Killer Grim Reaper Robots

What’s not to like about the sneaky and efficient drone, a robotic aircraft controlled from afar that can put the hurt on enemies while assuring that none of us good guys die in the process? The radio-controlled warplanes have come a long way since those first Predator surveillance drones, and now the more-powerful Reaper hunter-killer…

Matsushita Fire-Massage Chair Not Working out as Planned

Panasonic-owned company, Matsushita, is recalling thousands of massage chairs because they can ignite on fire. The incidents are supposedly extremely rare and only happened in demo chairs that are constantly being used. That’s too bad—it’s cold as hell here in the Midwest and I could use a good fire massage. Massage chairs recalled after fires…

Hot Jugz Portable Shower is Golden

Okay, enough of this teasing you with a babe shot here and there. We’re going to show you some really hot jugz, right here, and you won’t be sorry, either. They’ll soothe you, make you feel warm and fuzzy all over, and if you pump them just right, they’ll actually do some squirting. They’ll comfort…

The Last-Minute HD Super Bowl Party Guide

Sure, you can be a regular Joe and set up a couch and chairs around a crappy projection TV with a tiny grill on the deck, but who wants to look like a loser? If you really want to impress your friends and family, simply follow some steps and become the Unofficial Lord of the…

Canon Unveils HV20 High-Def Camcorder

Just when we thought we’d have to wait another month before getting the full details on the new HV20, Canon took us by surprise this morning lifting the veil off its latest HD camcorder. The new HV20 is capable of recording 1080 high-def video in 16:9 format. It doesn’t have a built-in hard drive like…

Racing Grannies Going Nowhere Fast

Go, Granny, go! Not sure how PC this is, but we know our whisky-swilling grannies would laugh at these Racing Grannies slot cars, pitting one wheelchair-bound octogenarian against another on this 10-piece oval. Look out, you grannies, when you hit those two crossover tracks there could be thrills, chills and spills. Each little Granny keeps…

Jewelry Made from Computer Parts

Tired of spending time and effort on buying the latest gadget gift for your lady (okay, for you) only to disappoint her and have yet another round of the “you never buy me jewelry” conversation? How about a gift that satisfies your urge to geek out and her biological need for jewelry? Try Zelle jewelry,…

Annoy-a-tron: lose friends for cheap!

Attn: terrible human beings. I have a product here that will really appeal to your god-awful sense of humor. Yes, you might think you have a great sense of humor because you make yourself laugh so much, but if you took the time to look around and notice how no one else ever laughs with…

Gaffer’s Bounce Lamp Illuminates Your Desktop With a Soft Glow

If you’re looking for some soft light, the Gaffer’s Bounce Lamp looks like the way to go. It was designed by Edward Cohen, who the guy who did the lighting for movies such as Spiderman 2 and A Beautiful Mind. The fixture has a nautical theme, and uses the well-known principle of bounce lighting, taking…

Lightsaber MP3 Player: The Opposite of a Chick Magnet

How many times a day do you say to yourself, you know, if only some company would combine an MP3 player and a lightsaber my life would be so much better? Hopefully the answer to that is “zero times,” but if not there’s hope yet. This lightsaber comes with 8GB of flash memory in addition…

VTraveller Skype Phones Are Good For Travellers, Bad For Everyone Else

If you’re always in range of a Wi-Fi access point, Skype may be the cheapest way to make calls this side of, well, anything. However, nobody but a road warrior with a laptop would really need a USB-powered screenless Skype phone. The VTraveller hooks into your laptop via USB and has voicemail, LEDs, and personalized…

How To Optimize PDFs For Sony’s Reader

Folks who actually paid close to half a grand for the Sony Reader probably won’t mind too much about having to buy eBooks to read on it. But it’s not like they enjoy spending more money. For those people, Make’s got a guide to optimizing PDFs for Sony Reader’s format. https://gizmodo.com/sony-reader-gizmodos-hands-all-over-203185 Using this, you can…

Motiwake Alarm Clock, Your Wake-Up Cheerleader

The Motiwake alarm clock helps you start your day with upbeat expressions that might do more good on a bumper sticker attached to a Mary Kay-pink Cadillac. But bleating out one of 240 platitudes to you in the cock-a-doodle-dark hours of the morning might be just what you want and need from a $59 alarm…

Electric SUV to Rival Tesla Roadster in Speed, Range

That Tesla Roadster electric vehicle that can do zero-to-60 in four seconds may not be able to hold the crown for coolest and fastest production electric vehicle for long, especially when this crossover SUV comes into town. Our greasemonkey guru blog-brothers at Jalopnik tell us this Lotus-designed firebreather packs 644 horses, a top speed of…

Zink Pocket Printer: iPhone Companion?

Polaroid is not dead yet. Apparently it was only sleeping, but now its research labs have smelled the coffee and spun off Zink, a company whose first product will be a stand-alone printer that’s about the size of a deck of cards. This one-button printer is designed to easily connect to a camera phone, and…

Human Slingshot: Natural Selection at Work or Just Plain Fun?

That’s one brave gal strapped into that human slingshot. This can’t be safe. But then, if it were completely safe, it wouldn’t be as much fun. Okay, it’s unanimous: We all want to do this, today. To paraphrase, nay, twist the words of Benjamin Franklin, those who sacrifice fun for safety deserve neither fun nor…