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Video glasses. They should have taken over by now. The technology is good enough and cheap enough for the entire tech-buying world to be watching movies on simulated 40-inch screens (rather than squinting at their phone’s pitiful 2.4-inch display, pretending we can really see the movie). But we’re not. For well over a decade, Man…
The Optio W60 is the most waterproof Pentax cam yet. A step up from the W30, it’s a 10MP point-and-shoot that will survive at depths up to 13 feet for two hours, good enough for the pool, beach and most non-competitive snorkeling. It also handles freezing temps (14°F) and is certified dustproof against dirt, sand…
Google has teamed up with the British Government to create a couple of really interesting new environmental layers to Google Earth based on climate change estimates for the next century or so. The first layer, produced from the data supplied by the Hadley Centre depicts CO2 concentrations spanning from November 1999 forward to October 2099.…
Our Philip K. Dick-obsessed cousins apparently have their very own biogeek sage, who today tackles that most pressing of sci-fi tech questions: Where are my cybernetic implants? Short answer: They’re coming, it’s just that building people parts out of metal and plastic is hard! The sense of touch is tricky, and our nerves are not…
Guitar Hero World Tour is now official for a Fall of 2008 release thanks to a press release making it so. As our friends at Kotaku have pointed out, the most innovative aspect of the game is the Music Studio feature that will allow users to create and share original music, essentially making the Guitar…
You’re a pretty good dad, I guess, but are you the #1 dad? Are you better than all the other dads in the world? If so, this notebook mouse is designed with you and you alone in mind. If not, get back to ruining your kid’s future with your shoddy parenting. There’s nothing for you…
Another intriguing job opportunity at Cupertino today is for a senior RF System Engineer. Unlike the GPS one, it’s not iPhone specific. Here are the chops you need: “Knowledge about Bluetooth, 3G, UWB, WiMAX, GPS, Mobile TV and similar wireless technologies and/or experience with wireless module integration into PC system or consumer products is a…
It took 100 prototypes to figure it out, but someone engineered the folding colander. The colander uses a 12-hinge design to retain its shape for straining and then folds flat to store easily in the always precious real estate of kitchen cabinetry. It’s $29 and comes in green or white—which are specifically not the baby…
America has never been a fan of frilly international standards, like the meter or the Kyoto Protocol, but for some reason the airline industry is switching flight plans for all domestic flights over to the international standard on June 29. According to our people’s champion brother blog, you might wanna be prepared to at least…
Why make MP3 players more compact when you can look like a tool pushing one around like a lawnmower? That is the question Israeli designer Inbal Tyagi must have asked himself when he came up with this rollable boom box concept. According to the project page, the device can be recharged by walking it around.…
Guys! I don’t know if you heard, but apparently there’s a new version of this cellphone by Apple called the iPhone coming out next month! The rumor is that it’ll come with GPS, allowing for new geotagging-related features, among other things. Adding quite a bit of heft to that rumor is a recent job listing…
If you haven’t quite earned a license for Mario Kart driving, you can bypass the tacky training wheel and head straight for a realistic, grown-up solution. Blazepro is now offering a beefed-up racing wheel for the Wii that promises better driving accuracy. And, since the base can be attached to any desktop for better stability,…
According to some allegedly leaked screens from the new iPhone software beta, the iPhone camera is now asking permission to transmit the user’s location before loading. The screen in question certainly implies geotagging with the message “‘Camera’ would like to use your current location,” but it doesn’t outright confirm an iPhone 2 with GPS, since…
A couple months after leaking unofficially, Sony Ericsson’s G702 (aka Bei Bei) is getting the official FCC leak. Besides being all touchscreen-y (supports stylus or your digits), it’s also got a nubby scroll wheel for navigating its UIQ 3.3 interface with widgets for stuff like weather and YouTube. Integrated GPS with Google Maps, HSDPA 3G,…
We’ve seen double-sided LCDs before, but they’re generally quite small and prototyped for cellphone use. This week, LG is showing off a prototype that’s conceivably TV-sized at (an admittedly still small) 15 inches. Running a resolution of 2048 x 1536 and offering a four-color sub-pixel arrangement (red, blue, green and white), we could only imagine…
Lining up with the teaser site’s “late June” release, Sprint just confirmed to us that its iPhone-slaying Instinct will be hitting retail on June 20. Which is after WWDC, when we’re expecting the 3G iPhone to be announced. Guess we’ll see how much wind it takes out of the Instinct’s um, sales. [Sprint] https://gizmodo.com/sprints-samsung-instinct-at-last-a-decent-iphone-comp-374454
Foretelling Apple’s next grooves is the national pastime for (some) geeks and an occupational obssession for analysts, who trip over themselves with crazy predictions in “notes” and reports to people with lots of money who want to make more. Forrester just released its big report on what Apple will be like in 2013, and it’s…
In case the Indiana Jones whip is outlawed in your state, there’s always other Indiana Jones merchandise to purchase! Take this Crystal Skull Projector—an accompanying audio CD teaches your child history as the skull projects some of Indiana’s most famous moments, along with history’s biggest archaeological finds through its “glowing eye.” At $39.99 this October,…
iCondom’s spokesperson Steve Jones says that they have spent four years creating their magic condom, making it the “most perfect condom on the planet,” which “will revolutionize the way you make love,” and “opens a new era in the history of safe sex.” It looks like the perfect complement for my iPhone, iMac, MacBook and…
“No, I asked you will it blend?” Think you can do better? (You probably can.) Hit the comments. [Defective Yeti via BBGadgets]