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Looking for a way to make your music more demonic and creepy? Well, it’s time to start learning the Theremin, as there’s no instrument out there more unsettling than this baby’s head Theremin that’s currently for sale on eBay. Its red eyes light up when you play it! Holy crap, is it awesome. So scrape…
The SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus is more than just an ordinary USB drive—it forces you to be responsible by backing up everything you place on it in a secure location far away from that maelstrom you call everyday life. So stick 4GB on board this $60 pocket-sized lifeboat, and as soon as it’s able, it…
The Seattle PI does great Microsoft reporting due to its proximity to HQ. But I’m not sure this piece about Bill Gates’ keynote subject matter is anything but speculation. Don’t get riled up by the new Xbox or Media Center rumors then. [SeattlePI]
In the spirit of traditionally crazy Japanese product warning illustrations, Amadana—home to chicly designed toasters, ionizers and other home appliances—has gone a bit crazy with the graphics. Tongue-in-cheek illustrations include both very honest captions (such as a universal remote that they warn cannot control your girlfriend) and maybe the best use of stereotypes all year…
So a few weeks ago we reported that the RIAA had claimed that just ripping CDs was enough to get you sued. Later, jumping on the bandwagon, the Washington Post reported the same thing. Turns out, it’s not exactly true. The RIAA claims that ripping a CD and then putting the files into a shared…
We’ve long known the NIntendo DS to be a capable of downloading content like demos from kiosks, but “complete games” will soon be downloadable through the Wii, and then Wi-Fi transferable to the DS, according to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime’s interview with the NYT. But for the moment, only one game has been…
Fresh for 2008, here’s a way to give your iPod Bluetooth capabilities, adding a Jabra A120S music adapter. Says fstedie, the brains behind the operation, “Required: A steady hand and decent soldering skills. Oh, and you must be willing to live with the possibility that you will destroy your iPod.” The full gen is over…
Italian bathroom manufacturer Zuchetti has brought out a 20-inch shower head for an altogether phatter bathroom experience. With 400 nozzles, the XL has all sorts of different spray effects and there’s even a model with LED lights, for the full-on Transporter experience. [Trendir via Luxury Launches]
Oh, Annalee Annalee, let us count the ways we love you! First, because you are the editor of io9, our new sister blog on science fiction, double feature, oh oh oh. Second, because you bought good old Ferrigno’s Hulk on DVD. Third, because you did a post about a scene in which Banner turns into…
A sub-$300 microscope with 3.5-inch digital screen and built-in camera is being launched at CES 2008 next week. Celestron’s LCD Digital Microscope has three magnification levels of 4x, 10x and 40x, as well as a 4x digital zoom and a six position color filter wheel. There’s 128MB storage memory, plus an SD card slot. Full…
Head to Instructables for a tutorial about how to do your own spectacular Matrix-like ghetto Bullet Time videos for those lovely OMG-grandma’s-is-frozen-in-time-and-space moments. Using nothing more than wood, tubes, a whole lot of digital point-n-shots, one external shutter trigger and a box full of relays, you will be able to play Neo in the hood,…
Parrot’s light switch cover with a built-in speaker to relay the digital message of your choice makes me long for a product banhammer, a hefty blunt instrument with which I can bludgeon pointless gadgets to death, entertaining myself and sustaining plastic splinters in the process. Record your 20-second message and then flip either light switch…
The FCC has approved plans to allow a gradual transmission to digital television. Analog switch-off is expected on February 17, 2009, but broadcasters will now be allowed to phase the old technology out, or terminate it beforehand, “if doing so is necessary to achieve their transition,” the commission has stated. Full story below. In a…
The CarCapsule is rather self-explanatory—it’s a capsule for your car. Given the $269 price point for an 8-foot version, or $419 for the 22-foot version, we’re guessing you’ll be wanting a pretty nice car that would be worth the fuss of setup, as well as the cost of mass, super-tough PVC. If you have a…
Helly Hansen’s Odin project is the name given to their newly completed, technologically advanced apparel system. The range, which will include various garments for extreme climates, incorporates the Odin PCM Soft-shell. The end result of the development is automatic temperature control, and we think that is promising an awful lot. Given our tendency to have…
There’s no better sign of Microsoft’s increasing acceptance of the Mac population than the latest version of Office for Mac 2008, the first Office with native support for Intel-based Macs. Like its Mac-side predecessors, this Office has its own interface and tools, many of which aren’t found on the PC. But whatever you use to…
Remember the Palm Foleo? This REDFLY Mobile Companion is just like that, except it’s for Windows Mobile phones. The MC looks like a small 8-inch screen laptop (styled in Famicom colors), has a keyboard and touchpad, but weighs 1.9 pounds and measures 9x6x1 inches. The point of this? To hook up to your Windows Mobile…
Macrumors is reporting that the rumored ultraportable Macbook we’re hoping for at Macworld 08 is to have a multitouch trackpad and external optical. The optical makes sense, and is welcome. The multitouch trackpad rumor is a curiousity: Macbooks already use simple multitouch in trackpads for two-finger scrolling. Maybe a Leopard update will allow for things…
It’s just a rumor, but bitbag got an unofficial quote from a Microsoft rep stating “…we will definitely be doing something for our Gold members that weren’t able to get online over the last week.” [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/339342/microsoft-to-compensate-customers-for-live-downtime
Fancy yourself as the King or Queen of All-Things-Tech? Were you a Gadget Addict in 2007? Think you know everything that happened on our gorgeous little site over the past year? Well, now’s your chance to prove to all of us just how switched-on you were in 2007. Click on, and play on, play on,…