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You could buy an ordinary 4-port USB hub and continue on your path to be a common, somewhat unremarkable human being. OR, you could buy this cubic 4-port hub and change your path to be a common, unremarkable human being who owns the most stylish USB device on the block. Your fate, your decision. But…
Click to viewThere’s only one thing better than robots that can destruct things: robots that can destroy things and terrify people by firing flameballs, bowling balls, watermelons and bloody pig entrails at high speed. Like the Robopult, a gigantic $70,000 industrial robotic arm hacked to throw all these things like a Terminator version of Roger…
In this week of Apple craziness, a hand-crafted 18K gold and carbon-fiber iPhone case studded with 3.5 carats-worth of diamonds definitely takes the biscuit. “Quantities are extremely limited” according to its manufacturer, and we say thank goodness—as we do wonder how many utter tools there are out there who’d want to wrap up a gorgeous…
Its about time someone started applying machine intelligence to good things rather than the seemingly evil: the new JeJoue SaSi “personal massager” comes with built-in motion playlists and also actually learns what its lady likes in the way of sub-knicker action. And occasionally, just for kicks, it rocks a bit of freestylin’ to give you…
Click to viewWalter Mossberg has tested the Asus Eee PC, the small low cost computer that is the darling of some Linux lovers and assorted digital elves with EXP576. And while he says that it is a “valiant effort,” he clearly doesn’t like it for many reasons, even bringing the MacBook Air in his equation,…
For those of you who can’t get their secretary to roll around their desk while telling you what time it is, SanderMulder’s About Time clock might fit the bill. Despite the fact that it doesn’t do other things that your PA might be able to do, such as make the tea, filter unwelcome calls, and…
I don’t know if it is the shape, the black and silver steel contrast or the total retro feeling, but this point-and-shoot handgun and camera is just absolutely amazing. Sure, it’s not digital. And maybe not as useful as the Leica Gun. I don’t care. I’m in love. Bang bang, this baby shot me down.…
The Asus Eee PC will get a touchscreen later this year, our favorite rumormongering Taiwanese paper says. “The second generation Eee PC will support 8-, 9- and 10-inch panels. The 9-inch panel versions will feature a touch panel,” said Digitimes’ sources, pointing at total added costs of under $15 per laptop. Looking at their sources…
If you liked the ball-bearing tangible drum sequencer the other day, you’ll love this: some students at UC Berkeley’s School of Information have created a similar device, this time combining computer imaging and bubblegum balls to create bangin’ tunes. Using a similar sort of hole-matrix, this version uses nifty software which detects the colour and…
Those Koreans sure do get spoiled on the technology front; check out Ripple’s Ripple-Mini PC, for example. The device, which will retail for a shockingly low €90 ($132), will pack in an Intel Celeron M215 (1.33GHz), 1GB RAM, SiS 662 North Bridge and SiS 964L South Bridge, all in a dinky 20x300x220mm, Mac mini-esque case.…
The fat, fun-loving iPod nano just got music streaming capabilities, all thanks to the Greenhouse FM transmitter. The streaming device looks rather swank, and is available in five complementing colors, including metallic black, silver, red, green and blue. It will allow you to chuck out your tunes to any free radio station, by tuning the…
The folks at CNET were surprised to discover that using some Dell laptops can result in electric shocks that “vary in strength from a gentle tingle to a sudden jolt.” They also noticed that the shocks occur when connecting peripherals to the laptops. It appears that the offending devices have been isolated to versions that…
Japanese footwear company Onitsuka Tiger is getting a major promotional boost thanks to this 1 meter long illuminated shoe developed by the folks at Freedom of Creation. The work is intended to “communicate Onitsuka Tiger’s Japanese roots” in the form of a highly detailed city-shoe. It has everything from billboards to buildings —and if you…
Unlike many of the flash drive designs these days, the Domino concept by Marcos Breder adds adds a little extra fun and functionality into the mix. Each domino can be split into two separate drives, with the white dots indicating the remaining storage capacity. The problem is that playing an actual game of dominoes with…
Sound & Vision has word that Pioneer is going to stop making plasma sets that only size up to the lowly 42-inch mark. Specifically, the intel comes from one of Pioneer’s dealer district sales managers, but Pioneer’s total non-denial—that everything is still being considered—indicates there might be a bite of truth to this. Speculation is…
CNBC’s Jim Goldman thought he was engaging in a little harmless name-dropping to Steve Jobs when he mentioned that he and Microsoft’s Robbie Bach spoke last week at CES, but Steve Jobs took it another way. When Goldman repeated Bach’s statement about how the version 2 Zune was now a worthy alternative to the iPod,…
The latest in relaxation technology comes to us from British company Hoverit in the form of a handmade acrylic lounger that can hover in mid air. As you might have guessed, the gravity defying aspects of the chair derive from repelling magnetic forces in both the bed and base. Hoverit also suggests that the magnetic…
You’re probably familiar with Greenpeace’s complaints about Apple’s “greenness” in its computers, but you would think that the latest environmentally minded decisions in the MacBook Air would have been enough to satiate the eco-group. Nope. Here’s what they said about the new Air. https://gizmodo.com/greenpeace-responds-to-alarmist-claims-admits-targetin-313728 “Apple is getting greener, but not green enough,” said Rick Hind,…
Click to view For all those unlocked iPhones out there that were bricked after attempting firmware upgrades, we have some great news. It appears that Apple’s new 1.1.3 iPhone firmware rewrites either most or all of the phone’s firmware, allowing for bricked iPhones to be brought back to life. If this sounds too good to…
Looking to add a unique personal touch to your living space? I see plenty of sports fans decking out a room with team colors and accessories—so why can’t Apple fanboys do the same? First off you need to add a little flair to that boring old couch with the OS X dock pillow set pictured…