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Click to viewIn a twist of destiny, John Mayer-the guy who writes to Apple Support saying “Hey guys, John Mayer here” and actually gets replies back-had to turn into tech support guy after his dad called saying “Hey, John Mayer‘s dad here.” The musician tried to guide his father through Mac OS X in order…
The FuChat concept phone is pretty, and kind of half-phone, half-Chumby as its surface is a concealed display used to show widgets: from weather displays, to showing a “keep out” sign on your door. But the emotional-sensing aspect got me intrigued. FuChat would be able to analyze your voice and body temp and guess at…
SimpleTech’s [re]drive is the self-proclaimed “World’s Most Eco Friendly External Drive,” calling attention to its bamboo and aluminum casing, low power hard drive, energy star power adapter and lack of fan (the aluminum acts as a heat sink). Whether or not it actually is the world’s greenest seems somewhat subjective, but with 500GB of space…
Apparently many USB charger units—you’ve probably got at least one that came free with a gizmo: I’ve got three—won’t work to charge the iPhone. That’s ’cause Apple’s lovely design engineers made the phone’s electronics look for the standard USB D+ and D- lines, which lots of USB chargers omit. Thanks to a simple hack, however,…
The world’s first variable-angle uplight is apparently what Motorlight from designer Jake Dyson represents. Twist the the wheel on the side, and you adjust the geometry inside the lamp so the beam it casts is a broad splash on your walls, or a neat spotlight. And it can cycle from one to the other automagically.…
“Search 121,617,892,992 web pages” claims the front page of the new search engine Cuil (pronounced “cool” apparently). Those 120 billion pages are about three times as many as Google actually indexes, according to developer Anna Patterson… and she should know as until 2006 she worked there. Presented in a kind of “magazine style,” Cuil will…
Now, if this door makes the classic Pphssshshm Star Trek door noise when it opens and shuts, the manufacturers are onto a winner. It sounds like a neat solution for dogs and cats that like to roam: you pop a weatherproof RFID tag in their collar, and when they approach the Plexidor pet door it…
This video from 1987 imagines the Apple Computer company of the year 1997, (tongue planted firmly in cheek). I can’t decide if the iPsychiatrist or the R2D2-style hologram is my favorite Apple innovation through 1997. See also: Apple’s Grey Flannel Navigator (1988) Apple’s Knowledge Navigator (1987) Project 2000 – Apple Computer (1988)
When the lights go out, be wary of flashlight-shaped Bluetooth 2.0 speakers, because they’ll do little to illuminate anything, and you’ll just blow your eardrum out when the power comes back on. Still, this baton-sized speaker pairs up nicely with a mobile on the road, and if you aren’t traveling it plugs in too. Output…
We have covered quite a bit of DIY Iron Man components-including arc reactors, masks and repulsors-but never an entire DIY suit (unless you count Tony Stark minifigs). Thankfully, we only had to wait to this year’s Comic-Con for it. I was going to headline this “Iron Man: the Retirement Years,” but I’m sure you will…
Click to view The Laser Star is new to the States, but it’s already made a name for itself in Europe as a cheap, effective way to jam police speed trap lasers. These demonstrations from Laser Jammer Tests show why. No fewer than four police-issue laser detectors were foiled by the Laser Star without so…
There’s actually a lot more to this bloody shower curtain Halloween decoration than meets the eye. There’s the obvious stuff, of course, like the homage to Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. And the blood splatters and hand prints themselves say a lot about the owner. But beyond that, there’s a little something extra in store for…
For only $4, I can see little reason not to get this ingenious little Faucet Fountain attachment for the sink. It eliminates waste (no more paper cups in the bathroom), it saves you from having to wash extra cups in the kitchen, and it recreates those grade school gym class memories all in one. Plus,…
If you weren’t lucky enough to have an SNES back in the ’90s, and were instead stuck with a Sega Megadrive (Genesis), the Blaze 16-bit handheld will bring a flood of those memories back to the surface and them some. The controller setup is even the same, complete with the Start button switching that made…
This wireless concept by Flynn Product Design certainly freshens up the traditionally bulbous webcam design, and it’s the first of its kind that I can say genuinely frightens me (just a little). And while those three creepy little legs do make the cam look like a desktop arachnid, they also serve a functional purpose. Thanks…
One day Wii controller attachment manufacturers are going to run out of plastic, and the world is going to be a better place. But until that day, there’s going to be a seemingly never-ending tide of white plastic crap like this “Laser Sword” attachment from French company Subsonic. It’s kind of like what Wilson found…
It turns out the wet t-shirt-wearing girls riding those mechanical bulls at the local bar were actually exercising. No lie, as you can see with this Five Axis Core Muscle Trainer, ripped from the everlasting kitsch-ridden pages of Hammacher Schlemmer. The saddle tilts left and right, up and down, and throws in a few twists…
I ripped a sick backside fakie 360 ollie and shotgunned a Mountain Dew when I saw this $179 X-Games skateboard shelf and iPod stereo today. Then I cranked some All American Rejects just for good measure and sighed heavily. The sounds of pure emo moods spewed forth from the player’s two 5″ speakers, and I…
Check out these four horsemen of the Xbox 360 apocalypse from ComicCon: one Watchmen, one DC Comics, one Gears of War, and one Terminator Salvation, all up for grabs as part of a contest from Warner Bros. These aren’t just new cases, either, they’re full-fledged Xbox 360 consoles. There’s only limited info to go on…
On its face the Iocell Contents Phone is just another phone, albeit a pretty shiny one, but it’s what this phone can do to liven up your calls that makes it slightly more interesting. Inside the black veneer is a hard disk, which can be used for on hold music, recording conversations for that upcoming…
