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Epson’s PictureMate Show isn’t quite a sleek digital photo frame with hidden printer, but if you wanted to print 4×6 images at home (and nothing else), it’s a fairly elegant solution. Featuring a 7-inch LCD face, the Epson PictureMate Show is half digital photo frame, half small form photo printer. You can load images via…
The timing and price are up in the air, but Acer’s next high-end gaming notebook will be the first using DirectX 11 graphics. It’s also going to be insane. Fudzilla’s reporting that the Aspire 8942G-728G1280TWN is going to be a beast, shipping with a Core i7 processor at 1.6GHz, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and the…
Let us work our personal babelfish on Sanyo’s new Eneloop Kairo. Eneloop means “envelope,” right? Kairo…Kairo means Cairo? Like Egypt? Ahh, these devices are an envelope of heat. And they’re leaving Japan, heading Stateside in time for winter. Coming in two different models, the pink and white egg-shaped KIR-SE1S is single-sided in heat, and gives…
Go to Google, but don’t touch anything. Just look at it. Now move your mouse. Oh hey, there’s all that noise. It took Google 10 variations to arrive at the new, ultra spartan homepage. I like it. [Google]
These decals serve as little reminders to switch off, and consider just how much energy you’re consuming. I’m sure we could all do with some of these for our wall outlets. [HU2 Design via Inhabitat]
Motorola’s just dumped a bunch of money in Sensitive Object, a French company that’s developed an acoustic touch technology that figures out where you touch by analyzing sound waves, and can scale to any size device. Iiiinteresting. [GigaOm]
OK, listen up undapants! I’m so getting these keyboard stickers by Chris de Lorenzo. Why, you ask? What do you mean why? It has ninjas! And umbrellas! And pirates! And elves! And yetis! And ice cream! And freaking David Bowie! I rest my case. I want Ziggy in my keyboard now. [Chris DeLorenzo via Notcot…
This beautiful lampshade collapses down to almost flat thanks to the way it was made: with lasers. If only everything was made with lasers. The only way to create something with this sort of complexity is rapid prototyping—and laser sintering, to be exact. The process works by sweeping a laser across a pan of powdered…
I can’t have enough mechanical contraptions that turn everyday objects into wicked animated things. Like this painting frame that explodes just to re-assemble itself again. Or the bed that grows legs and walks while singing and dancing like Gene Kelly. OK, maybe I just dreamed that one, but this electrically powered painting frame—all made in…
Dressed in the required blue jeans and black turtleneck, the world’s first iPhone orchestra is staging a public performance next week as part of the University of Michigan‘s “Building a Mobile Phone Ensemble” course. Each iPhone has been programmed to deliver a different sound when each function is used. The touchscreen, microphone, GPS, compass, wireless…
Microsoft has a new Bungie-focused Xbox 360 bundle, but it’s only coming to Canadians. Finally, something to be proud of, Canadians! Joining the ranks of SCTV, Vancouver’s lax pot laws and universal health care in the short list of things Canucks can brag about, this new bundle comes with a 360 Elite, two controllers, Halo…
So, this finally happened: Canon, or possibly a four-year-old with a mild passion for drawing, has filed for a patent on a touchscreen DSLR, which transfers common controls to the camera’s LCD screen. The button genocide is real, people. The technology has been available for years, and the DSLR market has been veering toward the…
I was about to make a derogatory comment regarding the psyche of one who’d desire a bloody hand 360 faceplate, but then I realized, I’m the one promoting it. $18 at Etsy or a pretty simple DIY. [Etsy via Technabob]
A microelectrode array sitting on top of a brain, that might help move toward neural interfaces allowing the paralyzed to control things with their thoughts. You’re looking at ferrofluid, which is made up of magnetic fragments of iron suspended in oil. This huge laser at the Goddard Space Flight Center is shot across 250,000 miles…
Guys, Facebook is so last week. You know what the new hotness is? Friendster! Hey, stop laughing! Yes, Friendster is prepping for a big ol’ relaunch tomorrow, using a brand new logo and a new slogan, “Connecting Smiles.” Hoo boy. Apparently, they’re trying to make it more customizable than Facebook. So…like MySpace? Based on the…
Nestled in the leaked Android 2.1 ROM, 20 new devices are mentioned by name—including those we knew of already (Dragon, Dream, Hero and Passion) but some new friends too, Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Sapphire and Supersonic. Phew. [AndroidSpin via BGR]
Dubbed the Amatoya, this concept recon buggy would allow a two-person crew to zip around hotspots and fire fronts to collect intel faster, and more safely than the modified Toyota Landcruisers and light tankers that are typically used today. Existing scout vehicles aren’t engineered for wild fire burn overs, and have a limited water supply…
The new big feature of Layar 3.0 is 3D objects. But what I like most is the new point of interest story-telling and guided tours. Especially the Beatles Tour in London, which leads you through 42 locations in the city. The new 3D objects play a big role in these tours: If you go to…
Whatever you call the upcoming 3G BlackBerry Pearl 2 in your head— 9100/Stratus/Striker/slinky little minx, it’s just been given another fondling, and this time, on video. https://gizmodo.com/first-3g-blackberry-pearl-9100-pics-leak-5409104 Claiming it’s a “little too tiny,” fondler Salomondrin says it’s still slightly bigger than previous Pearl models, keeping in mind it’s been styled after the latest Bold. The…
Yamaha’s latest sound bar, the YSP-5100, may be apartment-friendly, but that doesn’t mean it’s small. The YSP series made our Bestmodo list of top gadgets, because its the only soundbar to create surround using sonar-ish tech, bouncing sound off walls using an array of small drivers. Spanning four feet wide but under four inches deep—the…
