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The new iBird comes from the same makers as our favourite R/C microcopters, but this time takes a leaf from Mother Nature’s design book. Controlled with the same kind of infrared remote and charging system as the Picoo Z’s, the flapping wonder is supposed to look and fly like a real bird. Real, hey? I’d…
This 1200-watt anti-bacterial steam cleaner cleans anything, apparently. Toilets, engine parts of 50-year-old Ferraris, tile grouting—even dirty minds come away purer than a nun’s chuff* after a blast from this. Plug it in, fill the reservoir with water and anti-bacterial solution, wait three minutes and then spray away. The handheld model comes with 10 accessories…
Our obsession with everyone’s (except Porkins’) favorite astromech is well known, but this R2-D2 case is probably the best designed PC ever on its own. In fact, it looks like the only thing that could replace a steampunked Mac mini on my watch. More pics after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/porkins-b3-3r-astrokeg-lego-droid-mixes-our-three-favo-337252 Up close and personal it has…
The day when the watch is once again a useful piece of technology is looming over us. For proof, check out Chinavasion’s Multimedia Watch, which packs in a 1.8-inch LCD (160 x 128), voice recorder, in-built loudspeaker, 8GB flash, as well as support for pretty much every media codec ever conceived. (AVI, MP4, WMV, MOV,…
Nokia has committed to bring Microsoft Silverlight video services to its S60 devices. Further, Nokia will also add support for the video content to its S40-based handsets at later stages. Given the immense market penetration of Nokia’s Symbian- based cellphones, this partnering will have a large effect on mobile content support, and you can bet…
From late April, it looks like Sony’s PSP Lite will be getting a matte bronze skin color as part of a new Value Pack. This pack will include a 32MB Memory Stick Duo and an AV cable along with the newly tanned PSP. Available for around $200, the new pack is scheduled for release in…
OpenMoko is taking its open philosophy a step beyond its Linux soul and has released the CAD (computer-aided design) files for the Neo1973, allowing you to design and create your own body for the phone. The catch for selfish bastards is that it’s under a ShareAlike Creative Commons license, so you’ve gotta make w/ the…
Alienware’s iconic cases might have the X-Files fanboy segment of the gaming desktop market still swooning, but Asus is refreshing it with a little more evil styling for its first gaming PC that looks more like a Decepticon’s head. It almost looks like it’ll open up and tell you in a booming robot voice how…
About a week ago it was confirmed that Pioneer was killing off its 42-inch plasmas to focus on sets bigger than 50 inches. Now Japan’s Nikkei and Reuters are reporting that they’re going to cease making plasma panels entirely, and will buy them from Matsushita (Panasonic). This follows a similar consolidation trend in the LCD…
If you are looking for a serious solution for your home media streaming needs, D-Link’s new DIR-855 Wireless N Router is offering simultaneous full-on dual 802.11n transmissions over both 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels. So, for those with heavy bandwith needs—this router will allow two people to go to town using their own independent high-speed channel.…
The folks at Wired recently got their hands on Everex’s new gPC mini Linux based PC, and initial impressions indicate that it is a good value based on specs, but they note that gOS Linux is still not ready for prime time as a viable Windows alternative. That having been said, outside of some problems…
According to NokNok, a meeting with Will Shen, N-Gage’s Head of Production in North America, revealed that Nokia is looking to use GPS and cellphone camera functionality as a utility in games. In fact, Shen noted that any functionality a phone may possess could be used to make a game more interactive. For example, users…
Scientists at the Britannia Royal Navy College are working hard to make the idea of an invisible ship a reality using metamaterials that refract light in such a way that it “bends” around an object, making it appear as if it were invisible. This would only account for viewing with the naked eye however—naturally radar…
What do you do when you have a few transistors, some capacitors, a lot of mirrors, a bunch of HandiTak and one laser? If you are McGyver, probably a intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor. If you are Kipkay, you’ll do a laser-based home alarm system similar to the one used in Entrapment, the movie. And if…
Ever since Mozilla began work on a mobile version of its Firefox browser, convincing mobile operators to allow it has been an uphill battle. Naturally, an open internet would be a great benefit to users, but the operators would lose precious revenue from content providers. They would also have to contend with the expensive problem…
Congratulations to…wait, is this right…Samuel Jackson for winning our Toshiba laptop contest. Good job for sending in the lucky winning email, Sam, and congrats on having an awesome name.
My parents have reached the awkward age of “pretty old,” which means they’re so picky about cleanliness that they carry their own chopsticks out to eat. Rather than call them weirdos, which I already have, I can buy them these FlipSticks folding chopsticks. This way they can fit two sets in the space of a…
Regular Bluetooth headsets, however small, have the unfortunate distinction of being on your “head” and not your “neck,” a problem this RoadRunner Bluetooth Communicator aims to solve. The bulk of it wraps around your neck, attaching onto the side of your throat in order to turn your throat vibrations into sounds it pipes through your…
Straight out of sci-fi and into reality, this pair of “cyber goggles,” invented at the University of Tokyo, records everything you see as you wander through the day, then tells you where to find stuff later. A computer analyzes the video for recognizable objects: you know, a hammer, a cellphone, a potted begonia, etc. To…
We’re not sure which Ocean, Pacific or Indian, PlayAsia salvaged this stash of Game Boy PocketPrinters out of, they’re on sale now for $9 each. Those of you who have the Game Boy Camera add-on and want to re-live your youth of low-resolution thermal upskirt prints should act fast before other nostalgic twenty and thirty-somethings…
