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Much like putting a DVR into a VHS player, Belkin’s TuneCast Auto Live utilizes really good technology to support something that isn’t all that great. More specifically, it uses GPS coordinates and the iPhone (3.0) to identify the best FM frequencies. Combining the TuneCast Auto Live transmitter and the ClearScan app for the iPhone users…
I’ve always wanted a urinal in my bathroom, but a lack of space (and money) has always been an issue. This Ultimate Clean Toilet could solve all of these problems and more. On one side you have a toilet and on the other, a urinal. The toilet rotates between the two at the press of…
This panorama is so out of focus that at first I thought this was some kind of giant alien mothership descending upon a massive mountain. The truth is that this photo comes from another planet. It comes from Mars. What you are looking at here is the belly of Spirit, taken on Sol 1925—June 2,…
So what will happen to all of your old UMD games if you buy a PSP Go? You’ll be able to procure digital copies of those discs, maybe even for free. I asked Sony’s John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing for Sony, what the company planned to do for their most loyal fanbase—those who’d amassed…
The Bomo Baby Carriage is essentially a Roomba with a seat for a baby on its back. There’s no way this’ll ever go wrong! It’ll follow you around with the kid in tow, avoiding obstacles as it goes. It can also be set to rock the baby to sleep. But the real brilliance is in…
Walt Mossberg of the WSJ is known for getting iPhone hardware weeks ahead of time, so did he unintentionally confirm twice, in his Palm Pre review, that Apple will launch new hardware at WWDC? Unfortunately for Palm, Apple has both a new iPhone operating system and new iPhone hardware coming, likely available within a month,…
After literally years, Verizon announced today that it will finally be carrying the BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone. It’s the same phone we know and tolerate, except with a really dumb caveat: it’s priced at $129 after rebate. What? https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-storm-2-screen-wont-be-clicky-verizon-to-un-5256389 Given the model number 8230 for Verizon’s network and available on June 19th, the Pearl Flip…
Jalopnik found this concept gauge cluster that’s incredible both in the amount of information displayed at once, and because of the simultaneous retro-futuristic look creator Yazaki created. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/yazaki-lcd-gauge-cluster-concept-reconfigurable-linux-5277794
Early ’80s 007 tech, video of the world’s most powerful laser, and an inflatable seafaring ball – see all that and more in the week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We plot world domination with the Spyder II GX Laser, move the party outdoors in Galvanized Steel Serving Pieces, and keep our locks…
The new Rip Ride Rockit roller coaster, currently being constructed at Universal Studios in Orlando, is gunning to be the most tech-heavy coaster in existence. Every seat on the coaster has a "guest interface panel," which is a touchpad that allows them to choose what music they want to listen to during the ride. Their…
Comedian Gil Ozeri, of “I’m Into Clippy” fame, is back with another incredible phone sex call. This time, he tells the unassuming operator that he’s into robots that were programmed to feel no emotion. Oh my god. https://gizmodo.com/clippy-the-phone-sex-girl-nsfw-229074 Click to viewAnd yes, this is real. They made the animations to go along with the recording,…
Back in 1997, Apple launched cybercafes all around the world, serving healthy food, digital movies, music videos, and videoconferencing with other patrons. Everything using computers. It was a revolutionary concept and they destroyed Starbucks in the process. That happened in an alternative Earth, anyway. An alternative Earth in which the New Kids On The Block…
Eli Harari, CEO of Sandisk (the world’s number 2 PMP maker) recently admitted what’s been obvious for years: Apple dominates the PMP market in the US so thoroughly that all other products are relegated to niche status. Harari is in a unique position, in that while his company does compete with the iPod line, they’re…
“Hmmmm… not too shabby.” [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-checks-out-the-competition-psp-go-5278162
Apple Insider has scrounged up an Apple patent, filed in late 2007, that just, you know, immediately clicks. It’s for instant media sharing during iPhone calls, and it makes plain old video calling look downright boring. The application explains it thusly: An individual may call his friend to discuss music, but in order for the…
This diamond engagement ring is now hidden, patiently waiting for treasure hunters as its owner—29-year-old rejected man Anthony Gardiner—gets ready to tell clues about its location via Twitter. I met this girl I thought was pretty cool, bought a ring, turns out she wasn’t as keen. Oh my. Single tear. The ring is valued at…
The Wii will soon get camera-based, Project Natal-like motion sensing—at least for one fitness game—courtesy of Ubisoft. It’s just too bad the “Your Shape” promo video had to come out today. In many ways, Ubisoft’s new solution is like a Project Natal Lite: it’s a game accessory, not a system accessory; it tracks some motion,…
Yesterday’s leak was just a taste—today, you can peruse the opening day Palm Pre stock for virtually every Best Buy store in the country. In short, there aren’t going to be many, anywhere. Full list here. [EverythingPre—Thanks, John!] https://gizmodo.com/looking-for-a-palm-pre-heres-where-you-can-get-them-at-5275749
HTC’s hipsteriffic invitations for a June 24th event in London contained precious few clues (DUDE’S WEARING A ROSE), but the Economic Daily News is now reporting something totally reasonable: it’s for the Hero and Lancaster, HTC’s presumed next Android phones. https://gizmodo.com/remainders-things-we-didnt-post-5276418 Curiously, the paper refers to the two phones as one device, in two versions…
New device categories almost invariably fall between preexisting ones. Sometimes they find a useful niche, like netbooks. Other times, they seem like obsessive compulsive attempts to fill a tiny, intentional gap in the spectrum of consumer electronics. Like MID phones! These confusing little monsters have been popping up all over Computex. They’re essentially mobile internet…
