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So when Jason Striegel told me he had custom-converted a Gundam figure into a two-port miniature USB hub, I thought, “Wow, that’s great. I can use superglue, too, pal.” What I didn’t realize is that he’d completely removed the innards of the USB and integrated them attractively into the model as whole, making the empty…
HandtopHQ review the Sony VAIO U50 mini PC, the little 900MHz computer stuffed into a black, paperback-sized slab. He’s a little more positive about it than I was, claiming that anyone who can afford one will probably want to use it as an entertainment device, a function at which it excels. I say that’s a…
Kyocera isn’t the only camera company taking hot fashion tips from Apple’s iPod mini. Adesso has a new line of new cameras that seem to match, at least superficially, the green, pink, and blue colors of the mini. However, in an interesting break from Kyocera’s form, the Adesso cameras seem to be exceptionally, well, crappy,…
Fresh from their success in creating the Three Year Indestructible Sandwich, the US Army’s Soldier System Center in Natick, Massachusetts has created a pouch filled with chicken and rice that can be rehydrated with a soldier’s own urine. Or the urine of their crushed enemies. Anything really, even the muddiest swamp water, as the pouch…
In his email signature, Glenn Fleishman calls himself an unsolicited pundit — and he’s not lying. He’ll send you a five page screed on the latest Wi-Fi news, dropping unexpected science out of the ether, and every single time you’ll come away smarter than you started. Fortunately, he doesn’t limit his insight to email, instead…
Reader Nick Osinski writes in to say that Amazon is finally shipping the $250 Philips Key019 Key Ring Camcorder, the flash drive-cum-video cam-cum-MP3 player that happens to have a really slick little integrated LCD display. I like the Key019 a lot, in concept at least, but be forewarned that it’s a lot bigger than it…
If you’ve always wanted to own a rickety, in-need-of-welding jet-powered go-kart, you sadly just missed you chance, as this New Zealand-based auction for just that very thing closed last night. With such reassuring features as “no brakes,” “need of further repairs,” and “flame-throwing afterburner,” (Safety first!), let’s hope the new owner takes up the seller’s…
Let me say, I was very disappointed to discover that the “LCD ViewMaster” had nothing to do with little red stereoscopic toys, but my ultimate sadness was somewhat mitigated by the fact that the device is actually a robotesque arm (another favorite) for mounting monitors. Crafted from solid aluminum, the adjustable screen mount from Abbiecomp…
Dell’s newest Axim Pocket PCs (the X30 series) are really nice — they don’t have the very top-end features out there, but they are a really good value — and Dell is putting out some fun and useful accessories, like this Bluetooth GPS packages with GPS receiver and software (read: maps). PDA Buyer’s Guide has…
Toshiba’s new laptops have a neat trick: each Qosmio Centrino-based notebook comes with a WiFi TV Router (either in a bundle or as an option) that will stream TV wireless to the laptop (and still provide wireless internet, natch). As a singular feature, it’s maybe not so mind-boggling, but I’m much more down for a…
Cut-rate computer parts vendor ECS (known in the build-your-own PC world as makers of decent, if spartan motherboards and the like) has unveiled a new all-in-one PC to the Singapore market, branded as the Everex CE PC. It’s not built by ECS (if that makes you feel any better about its build quality), but instead…
Hoping to cash in on the iPod mini craze (and you know, I’ve heard more stupid ideas before), Kyocera is selling five new color-matched versions of the four-megapixel Finecam SL400R cameras. Color-matched, that is, to the iPod mini. And while I’m sure they’ll be super hot (at least to those fashion-forward iPod adopters), getting one…
After we mentioned that bottlecap tripod a couple days ago, a few of your wrote in with your own DIY projects, and they were all very nice and stuff but posting news is hard work and we sort of, you know, forgot. But then Jake Ludington sent us this very well put together HOWTO this…
IDFuel has nice introduction to those substance most often needed after dropping a gadget to the floor (as opposed to the substance that caused you to drop it): glue. The trick to glue, of course, is to discover what types of surfaces you will be adhering together; after that, all you need is some deft…
Gadget Madness reviews the Talking Toonies Handsfree Teddy Bear, a Teddy Ruxpin-like device that for $45 turns your cell phone into an anthropomorphous Bad Trip Bear. But before you shell out the cheddz to make the Toonie Bear your own, be sure to doublecheck that your phone is supported — not all are. After that,…
WIRELESS WATCH 2004 is going on in Japan until Friday, and there are plenty of new product demonstrations as well as those currently in development on display. This year’s hot sheet includes NTT DoCoMo’s “UbiButton,” a device similar in form factor to a wristwatch. By detecting the shock waves in the arm created by a…
Bring out your inner mecha pilot with IO Data Device’s new “Gundam EasyDisk” series of USB memory drives. The 128MB drives are available in two variations; some support USB 2.0, some do not. I can already hear the anime forums debating over why IO Data chose Zeong instead of Guncannon to be USB 2.0. It…
I never thought I’d say this, but this portable DVD player from RCA is really hot. It’s a tablet-style player, which may or may not float your boat (some people don’t like having to hold a player in their hands), but since RCA is using a laptop DVD drive, the entire thing ends up being…
Although Küppersbusch makes a variety of glass ceramic cooking surfaces, the flush-fitting honeycomb cooktops clearly take the cake. Up to six seperate hexagonal “cooking zones” can be individually operated via a single control panel stone, or can be combined in pairs to form three larger cooking surfaces. Küppersbusch suggests 28 different possible layouts for installing…
Toy Tent is an online store that specializes in antique and collectible toys, including a fantastic collection of “space toys,” like toy rocketships and tin UFOs, ray guns, and of course, robots. The prices vary wildly (we are talking about antiques, after all), but just browsing through the product catalog will produce lots of little…