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We [heart] Sanrio’s Hello Kitty lineup. They didn’t have anything as innovative as last year’s lady shaver on display. Instead, the Kitty seems to be going emo, with a line of sweet matte black music devices. A full gallery of the booth and all its wacky goodness is after the jump… https://gizmodo.com/hello-kitty-gallery-228213 Photos by Gizmodo’s…
I hit the Nyko suite today at CES and got the opportunity to get a hands on with their new and updated line of gaming peripherals—including the new Front Man guitars for the PS3 and Wii. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at what’s new. The big deal about the updated Front Man…
Turning Lamp by designer Seungchan Lee, is a revolutionary design that blends a lamp and a PC; two items that aren’t usually associated with each other. The PC sits atop a lamp stand that still has its power-pull-cord, allowing for the PC’s power to be controlled by simply pulling on the cord. With an OLED…
While we doubt that this Lax-Max AM/FM radio is one of the many new products sure to be unveiled at Macworld next week, we couldn’t help to admire the design. A printed sticker display makes for an extremely energy efficient device and we’re fairly certain that the (classic) AM/FM radio will provide as much entertainment…
I don’t know if you guys have heard, but buttons are totally out. Touchscreens? Totally in. Yeah, I know. I’m not psyched about it either. But let’s see a sampling of some of the new devices you can expect to see touchscreen functionality forced into in 2008. Drumroll, please… –RealEase Shogo Digital Picture Frame –Asus…
Boing Boing sent Xeni Jardin to set up a cellphone fryer at Machine Project’s Fry-B-Que social in LA. The results are downright strange as they wrap Treos in bacon, bubble gum and cookie dough, dip the phones in batter and cook ’em up. The gross part is that Xeni took a bite of the finished…
Look at me, confident despite my probably-too-casual-for-CES hoodie attire. Why? I’m holding the latest update of the giant remote we’ve seen floating around the web for years. The latest LI-RC900CL version by Lax-Max includes backlit keys and an LCD that tells you the time. Oh, and a stand. Never forget the stand. If and when…
According to patents, Nokia has developed a user-interface that goes beyond multitouch, and into the realm of tracking hand motions in three-dimensional space. The gestures look complicated, and I’m worried it might take longer to learn than Palm’s Graffiti writing, but I’m willing to start with the one-finger commands (select, rotate, delete) before moving on…
This may be the saddest child at CES (other than our editorial assistant Benny Goldman). Hands-on impressions to follow.
This is coolest Guitar Hero mod ever. Dubbed the “Scratch Blaster,” it’s a turntable modded to play GH. It’s got the five fret buttons and rather than strumming, you scratch. It even has a shoulder strap so you can play it like some sort of mutant guitar/turntable hybrid. Make it wireless and make it work…
The genieSys chaps showed us this cool Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam. It hooks up via Bluetooth and streams images back to your PDA or PC. At present, the OptiEyes is only at prototype level, and the design of the casing has not been finalized. Check out the gallery for some more shots. Two editions will come…
We’re going into our fourth day of CES coverage, and we’ve seen some pretty sweet gadgets so far. So it’s time to put the ball in your court and ask: What’s your favorite gadget at CES? Vote after the jump or write-in your own in the comments. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing…
JVC’s Everio line of camcoders just got a refresh, and we just got our hands on the highest-end member of the family, the GZ-MG730 with a 30GB storage drive and 10x zoom. It’s got to be the tiniest hard-drive camcorder in the world, and it really does fit in a large pocket. It’s light and…
Kotaku readers will already recognize our Justify series, but we give people 15 seconds to pitch us their product or answer a question. If they make it, great. If they miss it…you don’t want to know. For our inaugural Justify Your Gadget, we talked to Art.Lebedev’s very own Art Lebedev. So can he justify all…
Though we’re prone to turn our nose up at the majority of digital picture frames, this one doesn’t smell so bad. The Euro-born Shogo by RealEase is like an oversized PDA with built-in Wi-Fi and an intuitive touch interface. You can subscribe to public Flickr feeds, download weather forecasts, stream internet radio. Like some other…
We just had a hands on with this disastrous iPhone knock-off. The UI is like a pile of steaming poo, and the case is like…well, a pile of steaming poo. In general, we thought it was excrement-like—avoid like you would carcinogenic toxins if you were not a smoker. Stop smoking.
We’ve known about the Eubiq wall-mounted power strip for a while, but they’ve just told us that they’re making a consumer version that doesn’t need to be professionally installed by someone who won’t burn your house down. https://gizmodo.com/quick-power-connector-165811 The concept is the same: a strip that mounts on the wall and allows you to modularly…
We got a chance to feel up some new arcade cabinets from manufacturer Gameboxx. They have some new models on the show floor that only need a distributor to get to your door. The first (model GBU003), is a miniature, single-player cabinet with 7″ screen, running $699 retail (a price well worth feeling like a…
We just hung out with the guys at genieSys Technologies, and they really had some great products to show us. The OptiMax-i iPod dock/projector really caught our attention. The ultra portable projector has a standard iPod dock (cross generation), which allows you to hook up your iPod and watch stored movies in awesome projected fashion.…
MSNBC reports that rising costs of food and accommodations during CES week could drive the show out of Las Vegas when their contract ends in 2011. [MSNBC]
