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Oregon Scientific AW131: Talking Meat Thermometer for Meat Heads

We’ve seen remote BBQ and oven thermometers before, but now here’s one that can annoy you and all your friends by talking your ear off. Actually, it doesn’t have a lot to say unless that steak you’re cooking is done. You can also use its probe in the oven, and either way, the thing can…

Gadgets Charlie White

Sneak Peak: Updated Oregon Scientific DP100 Projection Clock

Oregon Scientific has had the DP100 projection clock available available for a while now, but an update is already in the works. We snuck our way into the super secret back room at the Oregon Scientific booth and caught a glimpse of the DP100’s taller and rounder brother. They were hush-hush about the updated projection…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Oregon Scientific WMS802 WeatherNow II: Improved Weather Station

Want to know the weather forecast right now? Oregon Scientific’s WMS802 WeatherNow II uses free data broadcast from MSN Direct to show you the temperature, wind speed, the high and low for the day and a three-day forecast. The WeatherNow version II improves on the design of its predecessor, which had a scrolling text field…

Gadgets Charlie White

Heads-On: Oregon Scientific Action Camera

They think I’m going to go film myself doing some extreme sports, but after wandering around the Adult Entertainment Expo, I think I may have some other ideas. Thanks for giving me some alternate career opportunities Oregon Scientific ATC2K Helmet Cam. https://gizmodo.com/faces-of-extreme-death-oregon-scientifics-sweet-atc2k-216894

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Free Q Suction Cups Suck Out the Fat; Shock by Shock

Ok, so the picture on the box might lead you to believe this is some sort of pervy Japanese gadget, but take our word for it—it’s not. Instead it’s the creepiest. Basically Free Q is the “world’s first wireless electrical nerve stimulator.” Strap on those octopus-like suction cups throughout your body and relax as they…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Celebrator: It’s Fun To Brush Again

“Honey, what are you doing in there?” “Brushing my teeth.” “But you wear dentures!” The Celebrator is a silicone head for an Oral-B toothbrush that takes the mundane brushing experience to the next level. Dubbed as the “product of the year” by their PR spokesman, we’re guessing they missed the Macworld keynote. Just make sure…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Hidden Camera Stuffed Animals: Spying On Your Kids is Fun

Making my way through the bowels of South Hall to an appointment today, I stumbled across a booth full of cutesy stuffed animals. On closer inspection, I discovered that under that adorable face hides a USB camera. It’s the perfect gift for surreptitious parents to give their misbehaving kids, as nothing helps you justify punishment…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Hot or Not? Apollo Video: Skype iPod Dock

The iA200 Apollo Video by Auvi docks your iPod, plays video on a 7″ LCD and features a rear-mounted DECT 6.0 phone for Skype and landline calls. I don’t know about this one. While I didn’t see a working model, the larger iPod screen could add incentive to purchasing a dock. But does it really…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Video of eCoupled: Look Ma, No Wires

Using the principle of inductive coupling, eCoupled lets you power or charge just about anything without wires. Placing a small chip in a cellphone, frying pan or light bulb lets the system wirelessly conduct electricity. See it at work here. Its makers, Fulton Innovation, are forming an alliance of companies planning use the technology, including…

Gadgets Charlie White

CES vs. AVN

It can get confusing sometimes. Photoshopping by Curtis Walker.

Gadgets Mark Wilson

G-Tech Bluetooth Backpack: Noble Idea, Not So Noble Execution

G-Tech has launched a Bluetooth enable backpack capable of streaming your tunes via headphone or an integrated speaker and able to accept calls via a Bluetooth enabled cellphone. The bag also has SmartFabric controls integrated into the strap for controlling the iPod and answering/hanging up the phone. Unfortunately the effort to set up the device…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Forget Screen Size: It’s Contrast That Matters

Big TVs, schmig TVs. We saw lots of sets that are bigger than we can (currently) imagine ever having. And we saw some crummy image quality on them, as well. https://gizmodo.com/sharp-108-lcd-screen-aint-perfect-227089 But the mind-blower was the advance in contrast ratio on LCD TVs—which were traditionally a poor cousin to plasma in that respect. Sharp, for…

Gadgets Sean Captain

Siren Steel Riveted Digital Picture Frame Looks Sweet

We saw a wide variety of digital picture frames in our roundup yesterday, but none were even close to as snazzy as this steel digital picture frame from Siren. Faux rivets—how awesome is that? You win my vote, Siren. https://gizmodo.com/digital-picture-frames-by-kodak-and-everyone-else-227453

Gadgets Travis Hudson

The Coolest Gadget That’s Not At CES: Campa USA’s Disaster Reconnaissance System

Why doesn’t anyone bring gear like this to CES? It’s a survival system and trailer targeted to emergency management officials, military personnel and outdoor enthusiasts. It’s a self-contained trailer and living unit, made of 304 stainless steel, equipped with a complete kitchen area, sleeping quarters, hot water shower, water filtration unit, hand sink and 12-volt…

Gadgets Noah Robischon

DV700TZ: Official Unofficial YouTube Cam

Mustk’s DV700TZ is a great camera for capturing stills and video better than you might on a phone, but with most of the portability. The 700TZ features a 7MP CCD…but only records video at 640×480. 3X optical zoom, MPEG4 compression, SD support up to 2GB, and an extremely lightweight/fold-up design makes this a fantastic camera…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

C-Dub’s Fave CES Posts So Far:

Why do they call me C-Dub? I’m CW. Makes sense. Why are these my fave CES posts? Dunno, they struck me as neat stuff. See what you think: Dell Home Media Suite: Too bad it’s so goddamn expensive https://gizmodo.com/dell-home-media-suite-up-close-there-are-worse-ways-to-227617 We’re Taking Requests: Funniest cartoon in our coverage thus far https://gizmodo.com/were-taking-requests-227343 Sony VAIO UX Micro PC:…

Gadgets Charlie White

Things You See When You Wander into the Wrong Hall at CES

We’ve seen plenty of webcams before, but none of them ever scared us quite like this one. I wasn’t sure whether to run or stay completely motionless. https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-snakey-webcam-sees-every-angle-206565 I ran.

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

JVC: 3 Home Theaters In A Box, 2 Cheap, 1 Decent

For those of you not interested in customizing every component in your setup, here are three of JVC’s new home theater kits. TH-L1 The TH-L1 is meant for the non-discerning teenager who wants to hear cars coming from behind while playing Burnout, and hook up their iPod to control via remote. It notably features 2…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

JVC’s Technical Demos: Products of Tomorrow

I visited JVC’s technical demo room corner, where I couldn’t bring a camera, but I thought you might suffer through my bad humor/grammar for a little vicarious “future of JVC” action. Microprojector They had a microprojector about the size of a biggish pocket, with smooth detailing and one button. I couldn’t see any inputs and…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The Cameras of CES

Wedged between the biannual Photokina show last September and the annual PMA show this coming February, CES is not the best place to find new camera announcements. Absent from the action are heavyweights Canon, Nikon, and Pentax—and even some middleweights like Panasonic. But some of the scrappier little vendors made a few waves to fill…

Gadgets Sean Captain

Oregon Scientific AW131: Talking Meat Thermometer for Meat Heads

Sneak Peak: Updated Oregon Scientific DP100 Projection Clock

Oregon Scientific WMS802 WeatherNow II: Improved Weather Station

Heads-On: Oregon Scientific Action Camera

Free Q Suction Cups Suck Out the Fat; Shock by Shock

Celebrator: It’s Fun To Brush Again

Hidden Camera Stuffed Animals: Spying On Your Kids is Fun

Hot or Not? Apollo Video: Skype iPod Dock

Video of eCoupled: Look Ma, No Wires

CES vs. AVN

G-Tech Bluetooth Backpack: Noble Idea, Not So Noble Execution

Forget Screen Size: It’s Contrast That Matters

Siren Steel Riveted Digital Picture Frame Looks Sweet

The Coolest Gadget That’s Not At CES: Campa USA’s Disaster Reconnaissance System

DV700TZ: Official Unofficial YouTube Cam

C-Dub’s Fave CES Posts So Far:

Things You See When You Wander into the Wrong Hall at CES

JVC: 3 Home Theaters In A Box, 2 Cheap, 1 Decent

JVC’s Technical Demos: Products of Tomorrow

The Cameras of CES

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