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I actually want this Segway, it’s like a mini-tank version for cyber-gladiators to parade out to the arena on, with knobby knuckle wheels that look like they’re ripped off the Iron Monger. The RMP’s guts are basically the original Segway’s on steroids, jacked up to haul 400 lbs of fat cop. The bizarre wheels allow…
Over at Royal Pingdom there’s a fascinating little picture history of computer storage from the year dot nearly up to the present day. Who knew that hard disks were once the size of a small car? Not me, though I remember being surprised when finding an 8-inch floppy disk in an old science workstation once.…
We absolutely love it when cyberspace and meatspace intersect, which is why we’re enthused over this Online Notification Picture Frame. It’s a DIY project that connects via some interface (the guy doesn’t say) to a computer, which feeds online status information back to the display. If a person’s online, the LED next to his photo…
TiVo has just made a patent license agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide in order for the latter to deploy TiVo service in international markets. In regular language, that means TiVo service is coming to other countries, but may be either in actual TiVo boxes or as just software in a third-party box. Either way, chances are…
Long Island is a dangerous place, filled with bad accents and crazy people wandering around, like Verizon technicians. Eric Stetz knows mere deadbolts won’t keep them out. No, you’ve gotta get medieval, Conan the Barbarian style. So he built a booby trap out of a massive knife, crutch and elastic trip-cord to poke intruders in…
Sunglass spy cameras were previously relegated to actual spies and weirdos that subscribed to those spy equipment magazines, but ThinkGeek has brought such covert voyeurism to the average man with $99 and change. The camera’s triggered wirelessly via remote, which is very discreet, but has a fat camera on either side of the lenses, which…
IOGEAR’s portable media player, actually named Portable Media Player, may look as generic as its name on the outside, but actually has some good features on the inside (but no screen). There’s the most unique one, the ability to upscale video files to 720P for display on an HDTV, but there’s also XviD, DivX, MPEG1/2,…
LG’s in the midst of revamping their touchscreen UI, possibly because their previous touchscreen phones weren’t all that great, but possibly because…ok that’s probably the reason. Not only is the Korean company looking internally at their own designers to fix the problem, but they’ve offered a 14 million Korean Won prize ($14,364) to the community…
Pigs officially fly today: Plasma king Pioneer has announced their LCD lineup for Europe, and yep, they’re getting the coveted Kuro distinction (equivalent to a “best TV on earth” badge) as is the already released KRF-9000FD LCOS projector. The 1080p LCD sets are on the smaller side (leaving big boy TVs to plasma) in 32,…
We’ve seen Android running on some phones before, but none of them have gotten us as psyched about the upcoming OS as seeing it on Nokia’s powerhouse N810 internet tablet. It just looks plain slick. We can’t wait to get our hands on a more complete version of Android, especially if we get to do…
We can’t totally figure this out, but we’re trying: Pioneer Europe just promised to ship second-generation Kuro plasmas as early as June, yep TVs stated by the company to be five times better than the “best TV ever,” the current Kuro plasmas. Pioneer US says that it will be announcing plasmas soon, but that its…
In order to beat the increasingly heavy cheap subnotebook competition from Acer, HP and everyone’s mother to the market, Asus is pushing its Eee PC 900 out the door a month earlier than originally scheduled, according to our favorite Asian rumor mill, DigiTimes. They were set to launch in June, but Asus is speeding it…
The Walt Mossberg clip that made the rounds this weekend, proclaiming the 3G iPhone a mere 53 days away? He just backpedaled on it, swearing he has no better idea than we do. And if he did, he’d give himself scoop: “If I knew when this date was, why would I announce it in the…
Do you love elliptical machines at the gym but just hate how darn stationary they are? I feel you. Not moving while you’re exercising just makes exercise that much more boring. Well, luckily for you, some crazy inventors have slapped an elliptical machine on top of a boat and dubbed it the Tu Fin. Sure,…
Along with the re-designed and cheaper Satellite notebooks from last week, Toshiba’s tossing out a pair of gaming notebooks packing Penryn chips (Core 2 Duo 8300 or 9300) and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT running in SLI, with HDD configs up to 400GB. Starting at two grand, which isn’t bad for “gaming” notebooks, but churning the…
Gateway’s Show Us Your Spots contest is at an end, and the winner is picked: some kid named Matt, who permanently brands himself a Gateway fanatic, all to win the system and spite his jerk friend Billy who calls him a Noob all the time. (Guess it worked.) Check out the runners-up, and our impressions…
Watchmaker Tag Heuer today announced its Vertu wannabe, the Meridiist. Like others in its class, its high price doesn’t seem to justify the goods, unless you count a choice of crocodile, leather or rubber, a sapphire crystal main screen and a famous name. The specs are almost entirely unimpressive: 1.9″ QVGA main screen, monochrome OLED…
This week at TreeHugger: The 2/4SIGHT V6 prototype engine can switch between 2-stroke and 4-stroke modes, giving a 2.1-liter the power of a 3 or 4-liter engine. Benjamin Nelson shows his DIY all-electric motorcycle, getting the equivalent of 300 mpg. This one is weird, but kind of cool: the CVO8 robot eats suburban sprawl and…
See that little glittery thing ’round her neck? Yes, I know she’s attractive… but listen: it’s a 2GB USB memory stick. Yup, in sterling silver nonetheless. I mean, forget hiding a tiny memory chip on your keychain, this has got to be the way to go. For that “posh” feeling, anyway. The limited edition collection…
Remember how Palm said it bled out $31.5 million this quarter? It’s more like $57 million. That, plus no new Treos ’til late summer? Jesus Christ, Palm. [Yahoo! via IntoMobile] https://gizmodo.com/palm-bleeds-31-5-million-370422