Gadgets

The One Second Condom

Do you lose your “happiness” thanks to your inability to apply a condom quickly? Here comes the Pronto Condom, a prophylactic with built-in applicator that allows you to apply a condom in about a second. The condoms, which go on sale in South Africa, are marketed towards people who don’t normally use condoms because they’re…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Samsung Black Carbon Hands-On

Inbetween bouts of picking his nose and reading those thousands of books he has in his office, John Biggs somehow managed to find the time to show off the Samsung Black Carbon. Featuring a 3-megapixel camera, the Black Carbon is a thin slider that has UI co-designed with Adobe. This means the $399 you spend…

Gadgets Jason Chen

HYSO Doorknob Germ Killer

After imagining he was inside a woman’s restroom—something we’ve all done at one time or…sorry, where were we?—Simon Sassoon devised a gadget that automatically kills germs on public doorknobs. Want to see what two years and $250,000 worth of investment money gets you? That’s it on the right. Every fifteen minutes, this $60 device sprays…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Analog Binary Wall Clock

Had your fill of binary clocks? Check out this analog binary wall clock, which combines traditional clock technology with the computer science nerditry that ensured you never got laid in high school. The clock looks like an actual clock, but instead of numbers or even roman numerals, you get the binary representation of 1 through…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Questionable Gadgets: Two-In-One Film/Digital Camera

Apparently this two-in-one film and digital camera is such “amazing new technology” that it’s available only on eBay. The camera has a 35mm motorized compact camera with auto-rewind/power-rewind combined with a digital cam that takes 26 pictures at high resolution and 99 at low. For a price of only 19.99 ($38), you can own your…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Octavio Makes Your Zune Sing with Style

It’s only been a few days since we brought you the first Zune review and a look at its accessories and now we bring you the Zune’s first hi-fi dock. VAF’s Octavio 1 is a 100-watt system with a Zune cradle nestled up top. Looks-wise, it’s what the Apple Hi-Fi should have been and more…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

SynCh Dual-Charger Dual … Charges

This is the latest “revolutionary” charger called the SynCh. SynCh is a small, lightweight charger that can charge mobile phones, mp3 players, BlackBerrys, Bluetooth headsets, portable gaming devices and PDAs. One of the better features about this charger is that it already includes all of the adapters you will need—as long as your devices are…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Geek-Out the Kiddos Early with Snap Circuits

Want to ensure your children will never become a booze-chugging floozy-banging meathead jock? Start them out early on the path to geekdom with the Snap Circuits. Snap Circuits teaches kids all of the ins and outs of circuits without the need of a soldering iron. Some of the basic projects include radios, digital voice recorders…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Remote Control Moon: Werewolves Stay Warm, Quit Bothering Neighbors

Now you can howl at the moon in the convenience of your own home, with the $29.95 Discovery Remote Control Moon. This 10-inch model moon cycles through 12 lunar phases, illuminating its accurate moonscape. Plus, you can control its phases and turn it on and off with a remote control. Too bad it requires four…

Gadgets Charlie White

Fast Food Tech: Prototype Intercom?

While “driving thru” to procure her powerful blogger husband a breakfast sandwich, hot tipster Elizabeth came across a newly-upgraded intercom system at her favorite guilt-ridden fast food establishment. Could this be an advanced communications prototype only implemented in the famous Midwestern test market? What types of technologies could be in use here? Bluetooth? Infrared? Yellow…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Samsung SGH-X830: More Details, Less Korean Models

During our previous look at the Samsung SGH-X830, we were charmed by its soon-to-be-sued scroll wheel and swing design. Now we know more. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-sgh-x830-nano-clone-phone-211556 The phone features a 1GB of storage, 1.3 megapixel camera, 128×200 pixel screen with 262k colors, Bluetooth and comes in 6 different colors (black, pure white, oasis blue, candy pink, orange…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Type A Microphone: Swappable Sound

Red Microphones Type A is at its heart, an old-school vacuum tube mic. It has a classic design that will make you want to say phrases like, “End prohibition now!” and “That guy’s right, bathtub gin is full of pubes.” As a bonus, the heads are interchangeable, meaning you can swap from cardioid mic to…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The Eggulator – Who Doesn’t Like Eggs…In Calculators?

One day I will write my own coffee table book featuring obnoxious calculators from around the world, but until then, we have the Eggulator. The name “Eggulator” is actually the clever amalgamation of the words “egg” and “calculator”. The keys resemble eggs. You know that whatever sweatshop produces these calculators makes the same thing in…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

PS3: FiveYearOld Reviews SIXAXIS

He will kick your butt at any PS3 game, as long as it isn’t past his bedtime. Now all we need is the video of the boy crying as his dad/Kotaku editor rips the controller from his child’s hands to finish Resistance. Kiddo first hates the SIXAXIS, then settles in to liking it. In the…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

PS3 Buttons: Touch, Don’t Grope

Our half-console, half-human friends at Kotaku have a fancy new PS3. We don’t care that the buttons are touch-sensitive. Our TV has touch-sensitivity, too. Granted, our TV isn’t considered the most powerful gaming console of all time. We don’t care. PS3 Touch-Sensitive [kotaku] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/clips/clips-ps3-touchsensitive-power-and-eject-buttons-212505.php

Gadgets Mark Wilson

P!NK – Treckstor i.Beat

Please don’t buy this. Thank-you, [techiediva]

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Electronic Music – Don’t Use Pencil

Yesterday I ripped on the Hammacher Schlemmer for their lame bike MP3 player. Today I am rummaging through my postal box to pull out my cease and desist selling crappy stuff order. The electronic music stand allows paperless performances by either scanning your music or downloading it from an 85,000 score library. The image is…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Brando MP4 Watch – Video Killed the MP3 Star

The Brando MP4 watch is a chunky, geeky fashion statement that’s actually packing some impressive features. Syncing with via USB, the watch can store MP3s, WMAs and MP4 video on its 1GB of built-in memory. Playback occurs on a small 128×128 pixel screen, but appears in a potential 65k colors. Plus, you can even record…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Fruit Powered Clock – It’s Alive!

The fruit clock is a digital clock/calendar powered by fruit. While emulating the original battery invented by Alessandro Volta over 200 years ago that utilized lemon juice, the creation of whole fruit in the mid-1900s has allowed the experiment to be perfected with artistic flare. The kit includes jumper wires, time display, rubber stop and…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Nintendo Wii Hands-On

Some of you may already know this, but I spent 2 days this week at Nintendo of America headquarters playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Nintendo Wii. I’d tried the system out at E3, but was only testing demos for a few minutes at a time. About 9 hours of actual playing…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The One Second Condom

Samsung Black Carbon Hands-On

HYSO Doorknob Germ Killer

Analog Binary Wall Clock

Questionable Gadgets: Two-In-One Film/Digital Camera

Octavio Makes Your Zune Sing with Style

SynCh Dual-Charger Dual … Charges

Geek-Out the Kiddos Early with Snap Circuits

Remote Control Moon: Werewolves Stay Warm, Quit Bothering Neighbors

Fast Food Tech: Prototype Intercom?

Samsung SGH-X830: More Details, Less Korean Models

Type A Microphone: Swappable Sound

The Eggulator – Who Doesn’t Like Eggs…In Calculators?

PS3: FiveYearOld Reviews SIXAXIS

PS3 Buttons: Touch, Don’t Grope

P!NK – Treckstor i.Beat

Electronic Music – Don’t Use Pencil

Brando MP4 Watch – Video Killed the MP3 Star

Fruit Powered Clock – It’s Alive!

Nintendo Wii Hands-On

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