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With big knobs in cars that control the audio system being all the rage these days, designer Hao-Chun Huang wants to take the knob joke all the way to its logical conclusion and make a super, all-purpose metallic knob to control everything in your vehicle. Not only does this smart drive concept tilt, turn, and…
If the one thing keeping you from buying a luxury yacht is the fact that you vomit uncontrollably whenever there’s a stiff breeze, this Ferretti 630 is something you may want to consider. The yacht has an Anti Rolling Gyro to stop side-to-side swaying, which means that whenever the thing tilts to one side, the…
New photos of the Palm Gandolf have appeared, and if they’re legit, the Gandolf has taken on a new look and a new name — the Treo 500. The Windows Mobile phone keeps a similar form factor and same Vodafone branding as before, but now has a darker color scheme and a bigger screen. https://gizmodo.com/unconfirmed-more-palm-gandolf-treo-5xx-details-269906…
It took less than a month for hackers to break open the PSP Slim firmware and release a custom version that’s Homebrew friendly. [DCEmu]
When you’re trying to picture how loud this 180.5db subwoofer that set the world record for the loudest sound for a single sub is, you can’t picture jet planes or chainsaws or firecrackers. No, you need to go a bit higher—into the realm of atomic bombs and nuclear disasters. So yes, this Digital Designs 9918Z…
Perfect Petzzz are perhaps the most legitimately pathetic gift you could ever give to anyone. They’re little stuffed animals that sleep and “breathe” with the help of a D battery. They’re meant to just sleep forever and ever, but with that breathing movement it’s supposed to bring just a little bit of life into some…
I’ve had the pleasure of testing out the fourth-generation Yamaha surround sound bar, the YSP-4000. You know, the box that sits under a TV and projects 5 discrete beams of audio using Cold War directional sonar steering from submarines. This generation has had its trapezoid- shaped array turned into a more of a hexagon, and…
Daum Electronics has released the Ergo Bike Premium 8i, an exercise bike that attempts to replicate the feel of a real bike. However, the real magic happens once you take it online. Not only can you compete on virtual versions of famous courses, such as the biking portion of Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon, but you get…
Did you hear? We’re giving away a free iPhone Software unlock. To enter, you have to make a comment. Here’s how: 1) Click on the “Register” link on the top right of the page. Fill out the form by choosing a username, password and email for your eventual comment account. 2) Choose a post, click…
Chip manufacturer Broadcom has gone ahead and decided to add Bluetooth to its reference platform for consumer set-top boxes. Not only does this mean that you might be able to use a Bluetooth device as a remote control, but also opens up the possibility of having direct audio transfers. That means either wireless speakers or…
Toshiba unveiled a prototype 1.8″ hard drive offering up to 120 GB on a single platter. If used in the iPod’s dual platter HDD setup, storage sizes could be as big as 240 GB. [Mac Rumors]
Contrary to what we’ve been hearing HTC’s Vista-capable, UMPC-like Shift will NOT run Windows Mobile, but only use WM as a data modem, provide push email while the device is asleep and run some of the same apps that you’d see in a Windows Mobile device. That sounds WinMo-ish to us, but we’ll take HTC…
The Samsung SGH-X830 and SCH-U470 cellphones are Samsung’s weird swivel phones with the weird dual column keys that we never thought would make it anywhere outside of Korea. But Phone Arena is saying that Verizon—a Korean cellphone manufacturer-friendly provider if we ever saw one—will be bringing the phone sometime in 2008. That’s right, following up…
Well, Transformers has come and gone, making all the fuss we had over it seem like a distant memory. But what fun is it to live without some super-dorky movie full of fancy tech and explosions to get really excited about? It’s a good thing the first full Iron Man trailer hit the web today.…
BB Spot mocks iPhone rebates with 20-Year, $7k Apple Lisa rebate parody. “Sales figures from that year show that if all people who bought the computer claim the refund, Apple could be liable for almost $70,000.” LOL! [BBSpot]
Easily look up whether your old PS1 and PS2 titles will work on your PlayStation 3 with this Sony Backward Compatibility checker. No giant list—you’ll have to enter a title manually. Again, the 60GB has hardware emulation, so if back-compat is important to you, grab one of those now while it’s still in stores. [PlayStation]
Plantronics’ latest headset, the Voyager 855, may look like a normal headset, but it actually allows you to be twice as dorky-looking with an add-on earbud attachment to turn it into a stereo headset for music. That’s right, the 855 supports A2DP, and you can activate stereo mode by just plugging in the earbud cable,…
We showed you some cool metal Star Wars models last week, found in a mall in Dubai. Well, Yumi Modal is a workshop in Bangkok that makes all sorts of awesome sci-fi models out of scrap metal. Everything from Yoda to the Predator to Spiderman are represented, and even if Darth Vader looks a lot…
Picture this: you’re on a date, it’s going really well, and she invites you back to her place for coffee. You’re excited; you think things are going great. Then, you get to her apartment and you see that she has a Hello Kitty microwave. Oh, sweet mother of god, no. Because, really, is there a…
Here is the best of the weekend past, just in case you missed it. (What could you have possibly been doing without us?) Firefox reached a staggering 400million downloads. Thirty-five years of Tokyo architectural progression was squashed into a 10s clip. Sony developed a new impressive CMOS prototype. Verizon couldn’t take no for an answer.…