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Network-attached storage options are more abundant than ever, but jumping into the copious bush of NAS can be quite a task, especially if you want a system that plays nice with both PC and Mac. Macs have historically been an unreasonably complex challenge for many networking products, and NAS was no exception. Here I’ve assessed…
Some men build skyscrapers. Some men build pyramids. And some men, really, really great men, build gigantic BBQ trailers. The winner of Crutchfield’s “You Dream It We’ll Help You Build It” contest, Michael Seville took his late father’s 10-foot long galvanized propane tank and mounted it as the chief component of this 17-foot mobile BBQ.…
If as Sony goes, so goes the rest of the consumer electronics industry, it’s totally screwed. They’ve just issued a grimtastic revision of their earnings forecast: Yearly profit outlook slashed by 38 percent from its July forecast of $2.4 billion to just $1.5 billion, and one Tokyo analyst says that “this is just the beginning…
Let’s be clear here, guys: jumping out of an airplane on a four-wheeler is a bad idea. You will break both the four-wheeler and yourself. That doesn’t make watching dudes drive out of the back of an airplane on dirt bikes and four-wheelers any less awesome, however. Click to viewPart of this is CG, mainly…
The 5.01 PSP software is now available for download, pleasing mostly those with 8GB or 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo cards that don’t work with the new PlayStation Store update found in version 5.0. As reported, there is no fix for the funky interlacing lines (feature!) found on the new PSP 3000’s LCD.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have managed to build reliable logic gates out of neurons instead of wires. The process actually sounds fairly simple: a glass plate is coated with cell repellent then etched with the desired circuit pattern. The pattern itself is coated with a cell-friendly adhesive which forces…
If you’ve loaded your Wii with homebrew, or even just wanted to take advantage of one of your huge SD cards in the system, you’ve butted heads with the Wii’s 2GB SD card limit. The console won’t recognize anything more than 2GB, even if you’ve got a 4GB+ card loaded. But if you format that…
When this concept nightlight popped up in the Giz editor chatroom, I had to grab it (if you’ll pardon the pun)… how could anyone resist? Pinch. On. Squeeze. Off. Pinch. On. The whole night could be whiled away with its comforting glow and tactile soft translucent silicon-based rubberyness. Uhhh…. sorry, got carried away there. That’d…
“Counsel, may I present Exhibit 112-B—a blurry cellphone picture of my client clearly under verbal harassment, with the caption “Soooo drunkkk xxx :(” attached, clearly sent on the batchelor party evening in question.” If you find yourself winning (or losing) a future lawsuit with a similar piece of incriminating evidence, you’ll have My Mobile Witness to…
Sure, the Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D90’s HD video capability is pretty amazing, but since the camera chassis and lenses are a typical DSLR shape, they lack many things in terms of utility for serious movie-makers. And that’s where Redrock’s “cinematizing” kit comes in.It’s designed to bolt around the camera and adds some…
Announced at CES 2008, the wireless HDMI streaming Belkin Flywire was supposed to be market-ready by CES 2009. But unfortunately, Belkin has delayed the release until April at the earliest. In the meantime, we’re thankful that HDMI is already just a one-cord affair. UPDATE: Belkin has informed us that while the Flywire has been delayed,…
The Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller, Premiere Edition shows that even a keyboard and mouse manufacturer is ready to challenge Fender in the world of high end game guitars. The $250 PS2/PS3 accessory features a premium build including a genuine wood neck, rosewood fingerboard and metal frets.Plus you’ll see the wonky Touch Sensitive Neck Slider that…
Britain’s Minister of Science Lord Drayson is announcing today the commencement of the Bloodhound rocket car project, which will propel current land speed record-holder and RAF Pilot Andy Green to speeds of over 1000mph. This is another step in the sporadically intense fight for the fastest car in the world, but the Minister has a…
Half MAME cabinet, half pretentious furniture, this new coffee table by Surface Tension mixes worlds to adultize your gaming habit. Available in walnut or oak, the table features a 19-inch LCD, Shuttle PC with dual core CPU, integrated USB and HDMI outputs, 100W of speakers and two sets of high quality buttons and joysticks. With…
I know spy tech is interesting stuff, but this ID-pass holder spycam from Brando has me pondering. I mean… it’s all very clever and such, able to record 1.2-megapixel photos, audio and CIF-resolution video onto its 4GB internal storage and is USB rechargeable. But its likely use is for genuine industrial espionage, which really isn’t…
Microsoft has expanded its latest WGA initiative — you know, the one that turns your computer off screen black every hour — to China. An guess what! Since the majority of Chinese computer users run unauthorized copies of Windows, they’re kind of upset. Of course, there are plenty of good discussions to be had about…
Apple’s just filed a patent titled “Personal area network systems and devices and methods for use thereof” which is speculative, but basically offers us a sniff of how the future of gadget interconnectivity might be. Apple imagines small, intelligent and efficient RF transmitter-receivers that can handshake and pass data between gadgets and which are embedded…
Optical lithography is the secret sauce in the fabbing technology that makes the chips inside your computer, and a clever bunch at the University of California, Berkeley have worked out a new adaptation of the tech to produce chips that could be ten times more detailed. It basically combines a hard-disk-alike spinning platter and scanning…
Lit Studios and Interference inc, the same guys who made that ridiculous laser pointer wall a few weeks ago, are back with a touch-enabled interactive mirror. Using a combination of projection techniques, they were able to superimpose a clear, vivid, moving image on top of a regular reflection, creating the bathroom mirror HUD that humanity…
With mountains of cash on hand, Apple is broadening its horizons a little bit. The company is planning to start a creatively designated “Apple University,” following in the corporate educational footsteps of the likes of McDonald’s and Pixar. Though this will likely just be a training campus for Apple employees, they’ve already poached the dean…
