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It may be the ultimate circuit bending mod. One man, nay, god has combined a Speak ‘n Spell with a Rock Band guitar. https://gizmodo.com/circuit-bent-toy-guitars-my-new-geek-fetish-382059 The resulting Speak n’ Spellbinder instrument captures all of the analog randomness of a Speak ‘n Spell, mapped to the frets, strum button and whammy bar of a Rock Band guitar.…
Teleprompters are one of those systems that’s seeded in old, expensive video traditions, mandating superfluous equipment to achieve something absurdly simple to do in 2009. The ProPrompter agrees with this philosophy. Using the aluminum ProPrompter Wing, an iPhone or iPod touch can be mounted to any tripod to work alongside small to midsized camcorders for…
This is a Game Boy hooked up to a nitrous oxide machine. It’s called the PediSedate. Nope, nothing sketchy about this. The PediSedate was designed for dentists, allowing them to distract kids with video games while they were drugged in prep for oral surgery. But hey, why limit it to dentists? You could use this…
These lack the polish and Zune-y color styling of the last leak, which leads me to believe these very well may be the work of a frothing Zune-guy-in-training. But the production levei is high. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-artwork-reveals-touchscreen-zune-hd-5207488 The shots surfaced on WM Power User with no real certificate of authenticity. And the accompanying specs carry the scent…
LG’s German blog seems to have spilled any and all information on the upcoming Viewty II. At just 12.4mm thick (less than half an inch) and 3.17 oz, it’s svelte for an 8MP cameraphone. Even if I wasn’t too excited about the original Viewty, it’s tough to resist a 3-inch touchscreen phone with Wi-Fi, GPS,…
Wii MotionPlus may be a tiny dongle that plugs in the bottom of your Wiimote, but Nintendo wants to make sure your TV is offered some enhanced protection all the same. https://gizmodo.com/wii-motionplus-coming-june-8-for-20-5211305 Since the old rubbers won’t fit over Wii MotionPlus’ Enzyte-infused stature, Wii MotionPlus will come bundled with a new jacket (raincoat, if you…
Lacie’s Rugged external hard drives have always looked tempting, but the price to storage ratio has never been that appealing. The new Rugged XL may have finally found market balance. https://gizmodo.com/lacie-rugged-portable-hard-drive-now-squeezes-in-500gb-383268 The Lacie Rugged XL offers 1TB of USB/eSATA storage, wrapped in aluminum and a large external/internal bumper, for $160. But, at least according to…
Dale Earnhardt Jr does not take his novelty product branding responsibilities lightly, I’ll have you know. This Rightway GPS unit goes whole-hog, featuring his voice, his car and advice about his favorite "waterin’ holes". This GPS unit, which is real, by the way, has gotten the whole Dale Jr treatment, complete with Earnhardt-oriented points of…
An enthusiastic job posting on Microsoft’s careers site is asking for engineers to help realize their “dream” of frequent, free, “magical” and substantive updates for Windows Mobile phones. Ars thinks that we probably won’t see this until Windows Mobile 7, as 6.5 is all but completely baked at this point. Simple, useful OS-level updates are…
Judging from the strangely complete specs and believable photos leaked from a Russian retailer, it may well be. Called the S8000, and carrying an OLED screen and 5-megapixel camera, it’s a (theoretical) powerhouse. Whether or not this leak is real, it hasn’t come out of the blue. In February, Samsung promised “more than three” Android…
To be honest, “The Webcruiser” here looks more like a racing sim than a high-tech workstation—and the beefy monitors certainly bring back horrible memories. Yes indeed, it is amazing how far we have come in only 14 years (the Emperor Workstation is much more 21st century), although I know I would have thought this was…
Instead of using mechanical means to steal from debit cardholders, some thieves are using malware to swipe huge numbers of encrypted and unencrypted PINs. It’s not yet widespread, but it’ll take serious work to prevent. Basically, when you type your PIN into an ATM, the PIN is encrypted by the bank, only to be decrypted…
Pandora, the smart internet radio service, has already been on standalone (non-computer) devices before, but Livio combines the old man-ness of a radio with the snarky blogger-ness of a thumbs up/thumbs down rating. The radio itself has a Griffin PowerMate-like knob and a three-line lCD screen. Besides the one speaker, headphone jack, remote (which also…
Designed to withstand hospital-grade disinfectants, extreme wipe-downs and an array of killer diseases, these Medigenic infection-control keyboards are equipped with a few tricks for simple sanitary lockdowns. If you’ve ever looked under or between the keys of your keyboard, you’d probably find a collection of sunflower seed shells, hair, toenail clippings and boogers—just think of…
The WSJ reports that AT&T is talking to Apple rightthissecond about extending its exclusive iPhone deal until 2011. If you’re wondering why they need to extend that “five year deal,” here’s a refresher. [WSJ]
The dominant media player of the ’00s (the iPod) still hasn’t integrated with wireless headphones. Maybe it should take a quick lesson from the dominant media player of the ’80s: the Walkman. This 1988 WM-505 (which may not even have made it to the US) was dug up by retrothing, and comes both with wireless…
An AK-47 crafted out of bacon and genius using a blowtorch: The bacon movement has truly reached its apex. [this is freaking ridiculous via Geekologie]
MaximumPC takes a maximum look at the 3.1 decades of x86 CPU architecture, which you’re probably using RIGHT NOW on some machine in your home, assuming you’re not cheap or a weirdo. Not only do they start from the original 8086 processor, made in 1978, they go through seven pages and many CPUs just to…
Reinstalling an operating system always feels like a herculean task, especially if your hard drive is as disorganized as mine. That’s why we’ve created a playlist to listen to as you go through the not-so-fun process. There are always emotional phases to this kinda stuff. The anger frustration comes from knowing you have to backup…
When I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, my cousin used to bring me bootleg concert CDs from NYC, and they were like my secret treasures. Remember bootleg concert CDs? Record stores in major cities would sell them for insane prices, like $30 for a single disc, and they were always imported from…
