Sharp Releases Fax Machine That Records Calls
As a man who curses out fax machines with reckless abandon, I’m actually quite concerned about this new system from Sharp. These fax machines will record up to 45 seconds of any voice calls made to the machine for later perusal and/or for serving restraining orders. The line, called Fappy, is… wait, Fappy? WTF? Sharp…
Service for Agoraphobics Makes Trees Laugh
This is just about the most—erm…—intriguing set of design projects I’ve seen in a while. They showed three projects at the Royal College of Art show this year. First, pictured here, is a phone for autophobics, folks who are scared of being alone. The system allows them to talk to themselves so no one else…
The Sensor Clock: Please Keep Jokes to a Minimum
Maybe in eastern Asia they’re a little more comfortable with making consumer electronics in the shape of…well, body parts, which may explain how the Sensor Clock came about. Aside from looking sort of like “that,” it does actually have some uses. The three “windows” (excuse the Google translation) show time, temperature and date. When it…
Solar Tent
Get all “Inconvenient Truth” on your campmate’s asses with this solar tent. It has a set of panels that capture and store the precious rays of the sun to power interior LED lighting or to recharge your batteries. It comes in 4- and 6-person versions which cost $150 and $200 respectively. They seem to be…
Mark VII Keyboard
Imagineer Russ Nelson has taken it upon himself to improve the keyboard, a device that hasn’t seen any real innovations for ages, seemingly. His Mark line of keyboards, the latest being the Mark VIII, are designed to be used with just one hand. Considering much of it is made out of cardboard, the low weight…
Doorbell Privacy Device
Make is featuring a breadboard-based timer that turns off your front bell for a pre-set period of time, thereby ensuring day sleepers will get their 10 hours rest. It doesn’t look very complex—but then again I couldn’t even mod my PS2 without burning it up, so I’m useless with electronics—and seems like an excellent and…
Vonage V-Phone Hands On
Vonage, the VoIP company with an incredibly annoying theme song (“Woo Hoo”) just released the V Phone, a VoIP phone contained inside a USB thumb drive which we mentioned a few days ago. I’ve been playing around with it for a while and can state conclusively that, yes, it is a phone and, yes, it…