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Proving again that Japan has the prettiest phones in the world, au by KDDI has released its Fall and Winter lines, showing off eight new models with emphases on super bright and big Organic EL screens, multimedia “au BOX” connectivity, and a funky mobile personal trainer and calorie counter called “Karada Manager.” While we will…
The September 27, 1964 Gastonia Gazette (Gastonia, NC) quotes Wolf Wehran, a representative of the Camera Industries of West Germany, (and probable superhero given his badass name), about the future of photography: “I believe the photo industry will some day eliminate the processing operation as we know it today. They will dehydrate it – that…
If you’ve ever been afraid that you’ve already popped one too many advils, but the pain still hasn’t gone away, an Israeli medical company is offering a less medicated version of relief in the form of ultrasound. NanoVibronix’ PainShield MD, which just received FDA clearance to be marketed in the U.S., uses therapeutic ultrasound waves…
Impoverished Indian families can look into getting the e-charkha, an electricity-generating version of the ubiquitous yarn-making spinning wheel, as a way to increase productivity without a boost in energy costs. The e-charkha, designed by RS Hiremath, generates juice as the charkha spins and diverts it into a free battery at the bottom of the machine.…
China will be getting its own version of an Android device in the first quarter of 2009, but rather than going with HTC’s G1 handset, China Mobile is opting for a Lenovo Mobile version of the Google phone instead. Details on the Lenovo Android are scarce, but considering the G1’s already available through less-than-legal channels…
In another attempt to shrink our global footprint, the ECO Showerdrop encourages you to quit your bad habit of taking girly showers (a.k.a. unnecessarily long showers). Unlike the Eco_Drop Shower, which made you physically uncomfortable until you removed yourself from the shower, the ECO Showerdrop will beep, time you, and measure your water usage—basically guilt…
Left-pinky to red, right-pointer to sky blue: KeyRight’s Look & Learn Typing Solution takes us back to old-school learning by assigning each of your fingers to a certain set of keys distinguished by color. This QWERTY keyboard comes with a typing tutor, which helps you become a touch typist through muscle memory, although the rainbow…
Before T-Mobile customers start cheering for the long-awaited 3G services which began rolling out earlier this year, they might want to stop and think twice as rumors surface that T-Mobile plans to increase their data packages as early as the beginning of November. The cost of supporting the 3G network is now being passed on…
Best Buy’s new test logo is more subdued—classier even—than the old honkin’ yellow tag, which I appreciate, but I think the new font looks weird and uncertain, like it can’t quite decide what it wants to be when it grows up. I wonder if it will psychologically condition people to spend more since it’s so…
Eureka happens to be one of my favorite shows on TV, and the fact that the University of Queensland plans to build a nerd nest similar to the fictional stronghold makes me very happy. Especially since they’re not tied up with that meddling Department of Defense. The “multibillion-dollar brain city” on the western outskirts of…
After laying off 90% of its Detroit staff, it seems that Tesla needs to keep the idea that they are still alive and eager to release their Tesla Model S sedan, even while it’s going to be delayed until they get some money from the US Department of Energy. What you can see here is…
Well, this is asinine. Since the Android Market won’t support paid apps until next year, asshat developers are disguising links to paid apps as free ones. When you click on the “free” applications, it takes you to the devs’ site, where you get to pay a lovely fee for it. Concrete’s Fast Food Calorie Calculator…
When I first came across this photo I thought it was a new classified starfighter being tested by the Navy and Boeing Phantom Works in a secret underground anechoic chamber in the Moon. Then I realized it had the shape of something closer to Earth: It looked like an F-18 but it is not. It’s…
Things were neat and tidy before the breakup of AT&T in 1984, but after the 7-way split things got a little out of control as you will see in the Telecommunication Company Family Tree compiled by the folks at Neatorama. By their own admission, the tree is “woefully incomplete and grossly oversimplified” given the omission…
Whoooooa. That was my reaction as I surfed from tile to tile in Amazon’s WindowShop, which is the most eye-popping online shopping experience I’ve ever seen. It’s a collection of their most popular movies, books, music and other media arranged in a huge 3D grid, where every tile is a tiny demo of the product—a…
To: Jason From: Brian Subject: Brando, King of Weird Gadgets I can’t believe I’m home, after being away for a month on that working trip. And yes, I am back in your hair. I’ve got some stories to tell, some gadgety, some not, but I only have one regret. On a side trip to HK…
A 26 year old designer by the name of Keikko Lee has won South Korea’s first ever international design competition thanks to his new take on interior lighting. Her concept involves a paper-thin “lamp” with electroluminescent material on one side and solar panels and sensors on the other. The material would be able to stick…
Since I don’t live in Australia, I’m not familiar with the comedy sketch team of Merrick and Rosso. However, I must admit that I am slightly amused by what they have done with Almost Transformers. Now I want all of my appliances to talk to me in a Australian accent. [Geekologie]
Whether you are a KISS fan or not, you have to admit that this Rock Band and Guitar Hero compatible replica of his signature bass is just…plain…awesome. I know it is hard to look away, but if I could have your attention for just a moment you might be interested to know that it also…
With Halloween around the corner, there’s one thought that scares us more than any other. It’s not Dracula or reanimated corpses. It’s not TP’d houses or razor blade candy. It’s the day when robots turn on humans in the battle for Earth. And to prep for the event, we’re throwing a contest. Dress up like…
