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AppleInsider reports that there will be something “super secret” unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs’ January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it’s a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated…
It may seem a little stupid, but if you are faced with a power outage, having a candle holder that doubles as a flashlight may prove useful. It can be used as a decoration, so you will never have to scrounge around in closets and cabinets to find it —plus should the 3 AA batteries…
What geek can resist replacing their boring vehicle horn with a 5 trumpet Wolo 485 Star Trek Air Horn? With one push of a button, you can tell that dude who just cut you off to suck it with 118 dB of brain shattering power. The horns play the 5 most recognizable notes from the…
Big TV wars have gone on for ages, but the Thin TV wars are just starting up. I just found out that Pioneer is making a 9mm thick HD Plasma TV which it planned to reveal at CES 2008, but was inadvertently leaked by the BBC earlier this week (story now down). Those dimensions mean…
This week at TreeHugger: The early returns on Ross Lovegrove’s Solar Trees are in, and the word on the sun-powered streetlights recently unveiled in Vienna are amazingly positive. Plasma TVs suck (electricity), as the old efficiency paradox — as prices drop for big screen TVs, people don’t save money on the smaller, more efficient units…
Even though we’re comfortable with sitting on a toilet seat that someone just vacated (and vacated their bowels on), it still comes as a surprise just how warm that seat is—the ass must be a bit higher than 98 degrees. This thermochromic toilet seat, however, lets you know exactly how warm the seat is, with…
CameraPro, a new application available through Installer, brings enhanced options to the otherwise bland iPhone camera. The best feature is digital zoom, which allows you to zoom in pretty close on your scene, albeit with reduced clarity. Grayscale works too, and the images come out very clean. I found a problem with “burst” (an option…
Scientists are investigating the possibility of using the “tiny assembly line that powers the whip-like tail of sperm” to send medical nanobots racing throughout the body. In order to work, these devices would have to be made from biomedical components—and at that size, “biology would provide the best functional motors.” This approach seems bizarre, but…
…And a slew of other PC games, like HL2: Ep 2, GTA: Vice City and Warcraft III (natch) to name a few. EeeUser forum members are cobbling together a list of games that run on the machine, plus any caveats required for install and ownage. There’s a request test list too, for the altruistic and…
The most recent update to Now Playing widget for OS X gives it the ability to download shows from your TiVo Series 3 and have it automatically decode for playing using TiVoDecode. This looks to be the free alternative to Roxio programs for watching TiVo2Go on your Mac. Although it’s missing functionality to burn discs…
Sleeping with your arm around a loved one—how sweet. Unfortunately, doing this in a conventional bed is massively uncomfortable. There is simply no place to put the extra arm—and its not like your loved one can just lay on it. If you do that, you might as well go the whole 9 and chop it…
Looks like there might another major announcement at MacWorld. BGR says they’ve “confirmed” that Apple is launching a record label with Jay-Z, who’s set to step down from Def Jam. Jay-Z and Jobs are both brilliant businessmen, and the move would make sense on a number of levels: The labels almost view iTunes as a…
We present the latest evolution in “Will It Blend?” technology: A 900-watt, 20,000-RPM blender with a built-in tachometer. Although I’ve been quite happy with my run-of-the-mill Cuisinart, I have slight gadget lust for the brushed steel-y, $134 L’Equip RPM blender and a pulsing desire to see how many RPMs it takes to liquefy my new…
Do you know anybody that doesn’t have a portable music player, let alone several? It’s 2008, and just about everyone we know has either an iPod, Zune, SanDisk or cellphone that can play back MP3s on the go. Here’s our question to you: which PMPs do you own, and which one is your “main” player?…
Old people love coupons, especially ones worth 40 bucks, which buys a lot of Metamucil. They’re also the people most likely to need digital converter boxes for analog sets to receive digital over-the-air broadcasts after Feb. 2009. So I’m happy to report that your gramps you can pick up his $40 coupon for the box…
The major reason I hate cellphone games is the super-shitty controls. A pad designed for stubby thumbs to punch out series of digits is not an optimal gaming control surface, especially when it comes to 3D movement. The Zeemote is a Bluetooth analog joystick—that looks a lot like a Wii nunchuk, and they’ve even got…
Oh CES, how we love and despise you simultaneously. We love you because there’s just so much electronic goodness in your stinky, sweaty halls; but we hate you because there’s just so much stuff going on there that a person would have to spend a month to check out each and every gadget. There’s good…
• Sharper Image is now selling four unlocked Windows Mobile cellphones. The top of the line model has a 2MP camera, touchscreen, Bluetooth, tri-band, and GPRS, but sadly no ionic air-purifier or back massager. [Uber Phones] • A new smart plug from the UK will reduce energy consumption by turning off gadgets that are turned…
Drink soda all day? Need no gadget to know that Your dentist hates you. [Chinavasion]
If you like to keep your eyes on the road while you’re driving, the NavStar Voice Navigator can assist you by blurting out turn-by-turn directions with no screen in sight. The 11-oz unit resides in your car’s cigarette lighter outlet, and it hooks up with your cellphone, doubling as a speakerphone for hands-free calling. Looks…