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It’s Woot Off! time and it seems it’s gaming peripherals day. I just saw a Razer mouse and now this cool-looking Saitek P2600 Rumble Force First Person Shooter Gamepad for $4.99. That’s less than a Margarita cocktail, people. [Woot]
Jalopnik spotted the new Peapod-Chrysler’s GEM electric car for neighborhoods-in the wild. Even while it feels like a glorified golf cart for “gated communities,” it looks great down to the iPod/iPhone dock in the middle of the dashboard. The design makes us smile for obvious reasons-although it’s also a little bit scary because it reminds…
Sony’s Bluetooth wristwatches may do a neat job of buzzing to alert you that your phone’s ringing, but until now they’ve been kinda gruff. The upcoming MBW-200 versions are different, aimed squarely at the gadgety woman. Dubbed “Sparkling Allure,” “Contemporary Elegance” and “Evening Classic,” they auto-pair via Bluetooth, have an OLED number display and let…
In collaboration with Nissan and NTT Docomo, a Japanese mobile operator, Sharp has developed what they claim is the first mobile phone that also functions as a keyless entry and ignition device for cars. Rather than building a new system from the ground up, Sharp has simply opted to include Nissan’s existing Intelligent Key technology…
As well as tweaking its Gorillapod flexible gripping tripod design in the Gogo model, to support all sorts of gadgets, Joby’s now applied some real beefing-up techniques to its original camera-tripod version and created the Gorillapod Focus, designed for heavier camera gear. Made from aluminum so it weighs just 1.1 pounds itself, it can nonetheless…
The Rovio is quite definitely revving up for its September 26th launch with a bunch of new promo videos from WowWee. If you weren’t already intrigued by the web-controlled roving webcam, then you will be after watching this teaser: it looks like it does a pretty fab job of maneuvering while streaming video and sounds.…
USB hubs, schmUSB hubs: jam this 5-in-1 charger cable into the back of your machine and you’ll be able to charge-up/sync five different gizmos at once (well, probably not all once, but you get what I’m saying). That’s if you have an iPod, a PSP, a Nintendo DS, aGBA and a device that connects via…
It’s all been about the EOS 5D Mark II and Nikon’s D90 HD video recording options for the last few weeks, but owners of the Canon EOS 40D will be interested in this hack which lets the DSLR record video without a cable tether. And here’s the video proof for that. The hack involves coding…
We don’t know how much it cost her, but word is that the Queen of England has put down some mega-bucks to buy the world’s largest wind turbine. The 10-megawatt monster machine built by Clipper Windpower of Carpinteria, California will have a wingspan larger than two soccer fields and will stand 574 feet tall when…
As a guy who spends way too much time in Google apps, I look forward to testing Android now and as it develops. I need my Gmail and Gcal straight away, and would expect to see support for Google Docs materialize at some point, at least via the browser. Now that it’s launched, though, it’s…
The DMX-WL1, DMX-DVD and DMX-SW1 link modules from Sony hook up to their BRAVIA TVs to provide wireless streaming of HD video from anywhere up to 65 feet away. The DMX-WL1 is a two-piece system that has five HD sources (four HDMI and one component) that’s $800 in October. The DMX-DVD is an upscaling 1080p…
Throw in a cooler, some speakers and mix with a little hillbilly inspiration and you have yourself a BoomCooler. Billed as “the ultimate portable entertainment system,” the BoomCooler makes it easy to roll your tunes from one party to the next thanks to some fancy wheels and a handle. It also cranks out a decent…
So here I was, all excited about Android. Not because the G1’s physical design is especially attractive. In fact, it’s a gray design with no soul. Not because of the user interface, which at first glance reminded me of a mash-up between the Nintendo DS and a ’90s Windows desktop manager. No, I was excited…
A Macenstein reader may have discovered the first instance of the accelerometer in the iPhone being used to enter a cheat code in a game. He claims that you can start on any level you like in Imagine Poker by shaking the device on the splash page until you hear a “giggle.” The trick is…
W.L. Gore, the same company that brought us Gore Tex, is now setting its sights on helping hunters kill deer more effectively using their new Optifade digital camouflage. Apparently, someone had the bright idea to find out exactly how a deer sees a hunter, then use that information to design a better brand of camo.…
This is A, a giga-yacht that looks like a cross between a First World War battlecruiser, a submarine, and a spaceship. The A is 387 feet long, with three pools, one master suite, six guest suites, and rooms for 42 staff. Or 42 trained evil Spectra ninjas. The scale of this thing is just mind-blowing;…
It’s official: Now that Packard Bell has unveiled the Dot, every computer manufacturer in the known Universe has produced the same 8.9″, 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM, XP-running system. So what’s next for technology? Similar to how mothers’ clubs have sponsored bake sales and knitting circles for decades, look for netbooks to be fashioned from straw,…
Yesterday we reported that the iPhone app MailWrangler had been rejected because it “duplicates the functionality of the built-in iPhone application Mail.” What we didn’t find out about until today is that Apple’s notice to the developer came with a request to keep the rejection on the down low. According to MacRumors, notes from Apple…
The Yamanote Line is one of Tokyo’s busiest commuter rail lines, so it only seems natural to me that someone would want a constant reminder of the chaos, foul smells and groping that is their morning commute. This new watch from Seahope offers a highly detailed replica of electronic signage for your choice of the…
While not quite as stylish as the Studio Hybrid, Dell’s new Studio Slim line is a promising update to their standard PCs for those of us ever-interested in an inexpensive media PC. Starting at $549, systems begin with 2.53GHz Core2Duo processors, 2GB of RAM and integrated graphics, but include HDMI out and are pumpable with…
