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There are very few gadgets out there today where saying “sucks balls” in the description is a compliment, but these putter grip replacements from NeverMore are one such example. The rubber grips replace your putter’s normal grip, and allow you to retrieve a golf ball from the cup without bending over. They come in a…
We can’t imagine this bottle opener would have any use in the Star Trek universe (rudimentary hyper spanner, perhaps?), but here at home in 2008 anything that reeks of Trek and assists with inebriation is an indispensable tool. As you can see, the metal opener is all sorts of shiny, and is styled after the…
The main complaints about the current Nike+ Gear aren’t that it doesn’t do a good job keeping track of how far you run, it’s that it doesn’t measure stuff like heart rate, body temperature and other factors runners care about. Nike hears you. Their latest patent for upcoming Nike+ gear expands on the current concept…
Things are looking good for a now probable iMac refresh this coming week, with MacRumors’ retail sources confirming that new iMac part numbers have shown up in their systems. Delivery should hit about Monday or Tuesday and fall in line with the current pricing ($1199, $1499 and $1799). And according to MacRumors, the Penryn processor…
Like the previously released EDrive kit, this Hymotion Prius conversion package lets you convert your stock Prius into one that can be plugged in for charging. After a 4.5-hour charge time, your Prius will be able to use more battery power over about 30-40 miles in order achieve that mileage. The kit isn’t cheap—it’s $9995…
If you still haven’t gotten a Wii for yourself, Toys “R” Us has truckloads of them in stores today for Mario Kart fever. Problem is, they’re probably 1985 Datsun trucks, so you’ll need to head down to your local branch quickly. To overseas readers, yes, we’ve still got a Wii shortage going on. Nintendo’s apparently…
TUAW’s tipsters tell it that, based on code found in the latest iPhone SDK beta, Apple’s working on an app called iControl to hook up with iTunes libraries. Their guess is that it’ll enable your iPhone to connect wirelessly to your iTunes and play back music, videos and podcasts (supposedly on the phone). That’s interesting…
Oof, my head. The trouble with being a weekend warrior is the day after. This morning I have a troupe of miniature MC Hammers inside my head, stomping in perfect time to the pile-driver thump, and chanting: “STOP! Hangover time!” Kingsley Amis best put the feeling into words in his novel Lucky Jim. “His mouth…
Perfect for Speed Racers and out-of-control Soyuz capsules, this DIY personal G-force meter attaches to your dashboard and enhances the driving experience when a mere speedometer won’t do. The device measures acceleration/tilt on one axis and attaches to the windshield of your Porsche Honda Civic with a few suction cups. Three 7-Segment LED displays show…
The picture is all we have to go on, so what we can tell is this; it looks like an iPhone, but that probably isn’t a real touchscreen. Sadly, we doubt it will be making any calls either. You know what they say; if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck,…
A New York Times story about the iPhone’s assault on Blackberry-maker RIM has a couple of interesting bits in it, notably that RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis isn’t a fan of touchscreens (“I couldn’t type on it and I still can’t type on it, and a lot of my friends can’t type on it”) but RIM’s…
College Humor is running a parody of Steve in Keynote mode, we know it isn’t the first or won’t be the last, but it has some of the Steve’s actions, crowd reactions and the overall atmosphere pretty much down to perfection. On top of all that, it does a good job at making us laugh—just…
I’m pretty sure Missy Elliot had something similar to Azoo’s Eco-Desk, which has a self-cleaning tropical fish aquarium contained within a glass and aluminum body. Alas, hers was made by Lamborghini, so this is the poor man’s / international female hip-hop star’s iteration, but it’s still a bit of cool for your apartment. The glass…
About those bioplastic bags – you know, the ones you’ve been using to assuage your eco-conscious guilt – turns out not only are they not as green as you think, they could also be partially responsible for the global food crisis. A worldwide effort by bag-heavy industries to replace petroleum-based plastics with plant-based plastics could…
If a Palluxo.com source is to be believed, Apple is currently in talks with Immersion Corp. regarding haptic technology implementation for the iPhone. Immersion Corp. solutions have been implemented in Samsung handsets in the past and it now looks like Apple want in on the action. The conjecture gathers weight thanks to Clent Richardson, a…
You know how us girls have these nasty things called “periods” we need to deal with that turn us into moody, erratic, cramping monsters? The EMOPORT “software/games” device promises to magically make our menstruation nightmare go away — through the healing powers of hand-held video games. According to designer Saikat Biswas, the EMOPORT is a…
Now here’s something we love to see: Tanya Andersen, a 45-year-old single mother, is taking on the RIAA for their sleazy tactics and appears to be winning. After being sued for piracy and having the case dismissed, she decided to go ahead and sue the RIAA for conspiracy. She argues that the way the RIAA…
The SolarStore is essentially a hot water heater that uses the sun as its energy source. Inflatable from a backpack, this guy will hold up to three full tanks of water and make it nice and toasty for your showering needs. It’s a great, cheap alternative to hot water heaters, what with it costing a…
Sunflowers? Nope. Actually, they’re silicon oxide nanowires grown in gallium and gold catalysts — and they’re only several microns in length. The photo, by Chinese University of Hong Kong professor S.K. Hark, is part of the Materials Research Society’s semi-annual celebration of the most artistic and eye catching images found during the study of nanomaterials.…
Seiko’s Slimstick is a fitness device that will detail calories burned across a day, length of daily activity, total number of steps taken, as well as offer up a relative fitness score to keep you in check. The Slimstick will store 12-weeks worth of data and the aluminum clad gizmo will set you back ¥6,984…