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A Gizmodo reader saw the Mimo 7-inch USB rotatable, touchscreen display and he thought they were so cool that he is importing 500 units to sell them in the US. I’m not surprised, because they are extremely nice and useful indeed: You only have to connect it to a USB port and it will work…
With all of the communication technology we have at our disposal today, good old fashioned Morse code is all but forgotten. However, I can see it making a comeback in a big way if these “Sector Compass Torch” watches take off. A small flashlight is embedded into the side of the watch and can be…
We already know most of what there is to know about USB 3.0—officially dubbed SuperSpeed USB—but today it’s officially set in stone. To recap, with transfer speeds of 4.8Gbps, it’ll dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds, and the architecture has been beefed up with extra data lanes to make for more sustained,…
So you watch TV to feel whole again? That’s why you missed the crème de la crème of weekend gadget and tech news? Trust me, when you read this, you’ll feel better again: • The Black Friday ads are coming! This weekend it was all about OfficeMax. • Not to be outdone, Target hit us…
It’s like a geek soap opera. Just last week, Cray bragged that their updated Jaguar XT supercomputer was the world’s fastest. Now this week, IBM responds to the trash talk with a number one ranking of their Roadrunner system on the newly published Top500 supercomputing list.Both the IBM and Cray systems break the petaflop processing…
The Incase Slider is one of the more popular iPhone cases, and this new version is notable for being one of the better integrations of a supplemental battery pack yet. It’ll add some girth, yes, but it also more than doubles your battery life and offers more protection than battery piggybacks like the Mophie Juice…
Something weird must be going on in the Alps, because alien structures keep popping up like circles in the English crops and people insist on doing jacuzzi parties at 15,700 feet. Take this shiny Alpine Capsule, a beautiful—if not eerie—26-feet in diameter mountain shelter designed by Studio Lovegrove that seems to be made of mercury.…
This one’s more for the IT dudes, but is interesting as an indication of how we may see more speed squeezed out of the 802.11n wi-fi spec: a new enterprise access point from Proxim uses two 802.11n radios simultaneously, effectively doubling throughput to 320 Mbps (a single wireless N radio maxes out at around 170…
This 37-inch tire can take the explosion of an IED along with a few rounds of rife fire and still haul an armored Humvee out of a battle at 50mph. Completely airless and supported by a honeycomb-inspired series of hexagons, the tire’s structure can distribute weight loads evenly while taunting the enemy that it doesn’t…
Last Saturday, 4.5 million LEDs lit up the Nabana no Sato theme park of Kuwana, Japan, kicking off their annual Winter Light Show that runs until March 8th. This year’s theme is one of flowers, illuminated in 64 billion colors that are reported to change color so quickly that they actually resemble a river more…
Looks like digital photo frames are beginning to move from nice-to-haves to actually quite useful: Skyla’s Memoir photo frame has an in-built 600dpi scanner so it’ll digitize your hardcopy photo archive for you. It’s got a 1GB memory, apparently good for about 200 4 x 6-inch prints (the maximum size the scanner can take). Plus…
A Japanese DIY aficionado stripped open his DS and added about 200 pieces of LED flair. The Nico Douga commenter who, amidst the sea of wwwwwwwww, suggested pairing this with the Korg DS-10 (which is now available, by the way)-I’m feeling you on that. The action starts, appropriately, at 4:20. [Kotaku]
What’s this? A brand new sub-$200 Blu-ray player? From a respectable, legitimate brand? No dirty tricks or mail-in rebates? Holy crap, yes. In a sad, scorched wasteland of Black Friday deals, this $180 Sharp Aquos BD-HP21U (usually $300) from Sears.com is a tiny beacon of hope—an affordable Blu-ray player. Update: If brands aren’t important to…
If you like your home theater seats to rumble, chances are you’re heard of ButtKicker, the sort of subwoofer for you butt that adds a tactile component to movies and games. Now the company is announcing a new, moderately more affordable wireless bundle, Priced at $300, you get one complete Buttkicker setup (works on one…
Ahh…digitally controllable TV, and the chance of fresh tasty pizza: That’s what TiVo and Dominos Pizza are now offering. Broadband-connected TiVo users will be able to order pizza for delivery or pick-up (though that’d involve leaving the comforting hug of your sofa’s cushions…crazy!) and then can even track the progress all via the TiVo interface.…
Un-frickin-believable: there’ve been a few pretenders, but it looks like this new G-Speak system is really the Minority Report UI made into science-faction;it’s made by one of the guys who actually worked on advising the Minority Report movie. It even has gloves something akin to Tom Cruise’s natty controllers from the film, and it lets…
Asus is laying claim to the title for the fastest smartphone in the world, and there’s little reason to doubt them. The news, though, is hollow: P565 with its 800MHz Marvell processor is objectively impressive, but underneath the oppressive, unflattering veil of Windows Mobile 6.1 it’s not likely to blow anyone away. Carrying a dense…
The Federal Government has used the cell tracking ‘Triggerfish’ gadget for years now, and sometimes with great success. That’s because its an effective, invasive piece of hardware: by posing as a cell tower Triggerfish is able to quickly glean valuable identifying data from phones. Like phone taps, this had previously been thought to have been…
Click to view Okay, so this new moving-photo tech doesn’t have the photo subjects actually dancing about within the frame, but it does allow for objects to have moving/reactive shadows and highlights and it’s zero-powered like an old-fashioned picture.Essentially an object is photographed from multiple angles in different lighting conditions, and a cleverly-processed composite image…
There are some inventions that cause electronics manufacturers and consumers alike to wonder why they hadn’t been invented before, and how anyone ever lived without them. And then there’s this. Fantalog Interactive has devised a camera phone that takes pictures when you blow on it. Apparently following some kind of hilarious global realization that phones…
