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Fastidious types are frequently wearing suits or otherwise fussy, wrinkle-prone clothes, so they’ll probably like this Aluminum Folding Travel Hanger from Kikkerland Design, letting them hang up stuff wherever they go, just like their mommies told them to. This lightweight hanger collapses into an improbably small size, slipping into its little drawstring-equipped carrying case. Although…
Hey, remember when I torched my crappy old cellphone? That was fun. So fun, that I want to keep it up. I’m looking to creatively destroy old, crappy, frustrating, or otherwise explosion-worthy gadgets for your (and my) delight and amusement. The problem is, I don’t have a pile of crappy phones to smash with hammers…
It’s not cheap buying all the gear to suit up and be Batmen of our own. Good thing we have our sponsors, who supply us with the latest in crime fighting technology. Thanks AT&T, Ask.com, Audi, Cazadores Tequila, Casio, DLO, Flash Gordon, Geek Squad, Mio, Motorola, Netgear, Pentax, Porsche, Sprint, TiVo, Toyota, Verizon, VTech, Toto…
What if a Segway didn’t require you to a hold onto its stalk and look like a dork? That’s the idea of the Handsfree Transporter, a Segway clone invented by Ulrich Kahlert that’s so close to its original, the two may end up in a courtroom. Meanwhile, this transporter leaves the hands free to do…
The horrifically-named Cosmic Muffin is an old Boeing 307 Stratoliner airplane that’s been converted into a luxury yacht. Why? That’s a question for the ages, my friend. All I know is that a couple of dudes named Dave Drimmer and Jeff Gibbs are gut renovating the thing and turning it into some sort of dork…
Terry R. Hiller wrote an article titled “Going Shopping in the 1990s” for the December, 1983 issue of The Futurist magazine. Mr. Hiller was understandably skeptical of the prospect of electronic shopping. However, many of the things he asserted would not come to pass did indeed happen. An excerpt appears below, along with graphics from…
A Sony patent has just been unearthed for a device that combines the PSP with a Dual Shock PS2 controller, allowing for better, more comfortable control when playing the PSP. The connection could be wired or wireless, the PSP could be tilted for viewing angle and an external processing unit could even add additional functionality.…
I played around with a few phones using AT&T’s new Video Share service, which requires UMTS HSDPA, so it’s not live everywhere. New York just got it this week, LA should have it by September. If you don’t know what it is, it’s a way for one person to show the other person streaming video…
Chroming is an expensive industrial process that requires resources that are beyond most of our time, budgets and attention spans. But what if you could just spray a coat of chrome onto you favorite object? Now. You. Can. Fantachrome, while not really chrome, is a spray-on, water-based paint that adds a layer of metal to…
Here’s a light switch that was formerly just a concept but has now received UL approval and is actually available: the Essential Wall Dimmer softens the whole light switch experience with its tufted textile sensor. Just tap this little piece of carpet-looking stuff, and the lights turn on, off or dim. The material is an…
We’ve seen the world’s smallest revolver already, and the Pfeifer Zeliska is the world’s largest according to Guinness World Records. At over four feet in length, Zeliska copied the Remington model 1859…a bit bigger than it was produced the first time. If only Crocodile Dundee were still making movies to see it. “Watch out, he’s…
Embotec has just revealed a new concept keyboard that breaks the mold of traditional typing devices, accepting the crush of our fingers with either a spring or rubber base. Instead, the Magnet Keyboard levitates the keys from the board, and regulates the levitation through electromagnetism. The advantage here is that the keyboard is able to…
The SketchPet is an interesting notebook design from MaginWulf that is small enough to put on a keyring or keep in a pocket. If you like to leave the digital behind every now and then to record ideas and notes on paper, then maybe this is for you. They can include up to 150 pages,…
When we die and are reincarnated as robots, we will all have Shadow Hands. An advanced limb developed mostly for researchers, the Shadow Hand provides 24 unique movements, or 1:1 movement to a real human hand. These movements are spurred by 40 independent muscles, which are extremely cool. Much like our own muscle tissue, the…
Click to viewGoogle has its eye on us with its fleet of camera vehicles shooting pictures for its Streetview mapping service, so we decided to turn the tables and put our eyes on Google. Responding to our request for pictures of the Google camera cars and vans, eagle-eyed Giz readers have been spotting the Chevy…
Why oh why there are no hot buxom Scandinavian blondes sending us pictures of their oily, perfectly suntanned nude bodies with technology-related tattoos on them? Oh, hold on, I know. Because only dorks do that kind of thing. Like this guy with his NES gamepad, who probably should get struck by lighting too. Do you…
So, you’ve pulled The Man From Atlantis/Daryl Hannah in Splash/The Little Mermaid and you’ve won the “My place or yours” contest. This is what you use to set the mood—Umine’s Healing Theater. Costing $84, it emits soothing sounds of the sea—frolicking dolphins, mating whales, that sort of thing*—and projects green and blue lights on your…
Intel is looking for software engineers “for a revolutionary graphics product” to create “shock-and-awe launch demos.” [theinquirer]
The SGH-G800 is the last rumored wondergadget from Samsung, a compact camera with 5-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash, which is better than LED-based ones. If confirmed, the G800 will also have one microSD slot, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 and a 2.4″ 320 x 240 pixel screen. Plus a 3G phone attached too.…
22 Pop is a modified typewriter that allows you to send emails. You type out the recipient, subject and message on a special template sheet and the message is sent when you pull the finished page out. The website claims that the device can also receive messages, but I can’t see how it could print…