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Apple spent another day at the patent office, locking down this idea: a Multi-Touch Gesture Dictionary that identifies all kinds of finger play you can do on upcoming multi-touch interfaces. It started out with just the expand and contract motions on the iPhone, along with the ability to swipe your finger to get from one…
Check out Morgan Webb’s new show, WebbAlert, starting today. Morgan’s co-host of the G4 Network TV show X-Play, the longest-running and most popular show about video games on the planet. WebbAlert will be a daily show, Monday through Thursday, and she’ll talk big tech stories, Web 2.0 and other humorous, shocking or weird stuff (sounds…
Nothing to do with Ikea, this boombox iPod dock is made out of paper and comes in a flatpack. Once assembled, its speakers pump out, with the aid of two AA batteries, all the Kurtis Blow and Sugarhill Gang’ you ever wanted to hear. Compatible with all MP3 players, the cardboard mini boombox is out…
Click to viewHey PC fanboys, now you can use this shot of a Windows XP display at an AT&T store when those smug Mac worshipers tell you about how such-and-such Zune commercial was made on a Mac, and how “all media types and artists” use Macs. Windows runs the world, baby. (Thanks, Paul!)
Behind the Wall is a two-sided couch with a stretchy membrane dividing those on each side. I’m not sure how practical it is, but it sure looks like fun. People sit on the opposite side form a bulge in the membrane, meaning that people can interact through the furniture. There’s bound to be a lot…
These three objects are all video projectors that go by the name of Trisha, Dane and Trey. They are the fruits of a collaboration between Texas Instruments, Ignition, DLP and a trio of students on a Masters program in video game development at Southern Methodist University. See them after the jump. The designs of Trisha…
If, like me, you lose your keys and wallet on an almost daily basis, then you just might be desperate enough for gadgets like this. The Find One, Find All is a little radio receiver that you attach to your commonly lost items. You can then use another one— yes, you have to buy two—to…
We already knew this was coming despite the naysayers*: Hitachi has finally launched its Blu-Ray and HDD/Blue-Ray camcorders on the world. Launch dates are 31 August for Japan, and October for the rest of the world, and here’s a gallery and all the gen on what you can expect. https://gizmodo.com/hitachi-first-past-the-post-with-blu-ray-camcorder-280582 There are two models to…
In 1993 Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture) created a concept video called Vision, which demonstrated the communications possibilities of the future. The clip below shows us a universal language translator, digital personal assistants, a tablet, as well as the pervasive videophone culture we were supposed to see by now. (Thanks to the iSight camera…
If you’ve been avoiding kayaking all your life because the strenuous paddling seemed like too much work, Surfango is your dream come true. Tired of paddling away for a few measly miles per hour, Surfango strapped a four-stroke engine on the back of a kayak and the PowerKayak was born. It may only fit one…
If it looks a bit like an iPhone nano but doesn’t work like one, it could be a Slickr. Sporting the same sleek looks that made the iPhone a hit (in a smaller frame), the Slickr loses a lot of cool points when you realize it doesn’t have touch screen capabilities. Even though it’s reliant…
Ultimate Ears makes some of the best earphones I’ve ever heard, with the high end UE line made of custom molded pieces with multiple drivers inside. The UE-11 Pro raises the bar to having 4 in each ear, broken down into dual subs, a mid and tweeter. Audio sensitivity is 110dB at 1mW, which is…
Privacy screens make sense for laptops and PCs, devices with large screens that are used for extensive periods of time in open areas. The Sanrio “Hello Kitty Mail Peeping Block and Display Protect Sticker,” or HKMPBDPS as I like to call it, makes less sense. Sure, it prevents people from reading your precious texts by…
While Casio’s Exilim line has become synonymous for quality cameras, they took a different route this time and hit us with the W53CA Cameraphone. The device features a 5.1 Megapixel camera with 9 point auto focus, image stabilization and a clamshell swivel screen. To top it off, Casio added MicroSD, MP3 support, and one hell…
We try not to post boring shit here, but here’s the Moto W206, W213, W156, W160, W175 and W18. The bigger question: Why release 6 low-end candybar phones at once? Just my two cents, but they might as well do one phone that we care about. [Crave]
I still remember the first RC car I played with. That little dune buggy wasn’t fast, and it really wasn’t fun, considering it was connected by a cable to the remote itself (so you had to jog with it to go more than a few feet). RC cars have come a long way since then,…
Boingo Wireless is offering free WiFi to iPhone users in 13 North American airports during the month of August. Look for the “concourse” SSID to get your free Safari fix. [MacNN]
It’s time to stop hogging all those fancy USB devices you’ve collected and let your pals in on the wonders of high-speed portable data storage, printing, scanning and more. Keyspan’s USB 2.0 server will help you share whatever you plug in to its two ports via Ethernet or WiFi. Ringing up at $129, this could…
High-end speaker producer Bowers & Wilkins (known on the street as B&W) is going all Hindenburg on your iPod dock. Named after its obvious inspiration, B&W’s Zeppelin is a two-foot-long black ellipsoid with a bundle of goodies hidden inside, including a 5-inch subwoofer, four speakers and an amp that can pump out 100 watts of…
Artur Bergman of Six Apart and O’Reilly got a tour of the new Virgin America planes and found some some amazing geek amenities. Every seat includes 110 volt AC current, ethernet, USB ports for charging iPods and phones, but will also accept a QWERTY for the linux-based, thin client, in flight entertainment system. And, it…