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We don’t snowboard all that often (since that would require leaving the house), but these UVEX super goggles seem to be the kind of thing we’d use on our trips down the slopes. The UVEX Univision has an AAA battery inside to allow the glass to shift from the light lens in low light situations…
Join the Gurus of Cool on Coolness Roundup this week as the topic of discussion shifts to taking your computing kit on the road. What do you need to get some work done from a cheap motel room? Is it even worth traveling at all this summer? The gurus of Coolness Roundup have been all…
You know how your iCal icon in the dock always shows July 17 until you actually start up the app? Did you know why? It’s because July 17 is the date that iCal premiered at MacWorld 2002, which technically makes today its “birthday.” (Development time would then be its gestation period.) Here’s another interesting fact.…
We usually reject iPhone cases because they are a dime a dozen, but this TuffWrap case from XtremeMac is different. It doesn’t spoil the svelte design of the iPhone, adding an unobtrusive slip-resistant silicone edge to keep you from dropping it, and a clear plastic film on the outside that still lets you use the…
The Palm Foleo may be available as early as August 22nd at Palm retail and online stores. [The Boy Genuis Report]
At 2.6 x 2.2 x 0.4 inches and 45 grams, the manufacturer says the Black-Box is the smallest DVR under $3,000. Actually, it’s also smaller than $1,300 units, although those come with 20GB HDs and not just a slot for Mini SD 4GB cards. However, what makes it cool is the 640 x 480 camera…
Phil Torrone at Make just did some laser etching experiments on an iPhone, discovering that the optimal settings for a 35W Epilog laser is “40% power, 100% speed with a 600dpi vector art image (AI) works great for laser etching an iPhone.” The back goes white when zapped because the material is not aluminum, but…
Wacky straws are fun, but super wacky straws like these DIY Drinking Strawz make boozing even more entertaining. The set ($12.99) comes with 20 connectors and 16 straw pieces, which means you can make contraptions above to suck liquid out of multiple cups at once. Or, just go retro and make one giant chain of…
If you liked the social GPS features that Helio offers on both its Drift and Ocean phones—you know, the one that gives you a list of where all your friends are—Sprint’s partnering up with loopt to give you something similar. For an extra $2.99, you’ll get to add GPS-based social mapping to “more than” 25…
We don’t have a lot of details, but some “hackers” have found an exploit in the Wii Internet Channel’s Flash player implementation. What does this mean to you? Well, if they take this exploit all the way to the end, it means you can possibly run unsigned, home-brew code on the Wii. Whether this means…
Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway riders can now get Wi-Fi access for 20HKD ($2.55) at all stations and trains. We’re not sure whether the train to 2046 will cost more, less, or just make you yearn for the In the Mood for Love. [Butterboom via Akihabara News]
Sometimes, you just want to talk on the phone in the pool without getting horribly electrocuted. Don’t worry, bro; Fujitsu knows all about it. That’s why they just unveiled the F704i, the world’s slimmest waterproof phone. It’s an updated version of the F703, which you may remember as yet another excuse for a cute Japanese…
Audiovox isn’t so much an innovator as a “value” company, making (or at least branding) products that are fairly cheap in price but hopefully hold together. You probably know Jensen is an Audiovox brand; you may not know that Acoustic Research (along with certain RCA products) were added to the Audiovox lineup not long ago.…
The boffins at the China’s Meteorological Administration are conducting drills to disperse rainmaking clouds using rockets. The reason: They want to have a rain-free 2008 Olympics opening ceremony. How they going to achieve this feat, nobody knows yet. According to Wang Yubin, one of their chief weathermen, the technology is still in the “experimental stage.”…
There are two types of camcorder buyers out there: people who want to make some sort of amazing movie to bring to Sundance and become a superstar, and people who just want to videotape their dog getting owned by a sprinkler and put it on the internet. If you fall in the latter category, you…
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This week at TreeHugger: It was a pretty interesting week, between snow in Buenos Aires and Jay Leno’s Tesla test-drive, but we still found the time for some quality eco-gadgetry. Some lucky geeks at MIT are converting a Porsche 914 from gas power to electric, to “demonstrate the viability of advanced electric vehicle technology and…
So, it’s Tuesday. But do you ever look back at the Monday and think: Dang, that was the day I could have seen a real-life Transformer, got myself a fake foreskin, or played touchy-touchy with a couple of tables—since Sheena from accounts wasn’t letting me fondle her? Now you can… • A clever man from…
When you slam on the brakes, those brake lights sometimes aren’t enough of a warning to lackadaisical drivers behind you. SuddenStop is a license plate frame that can calculate G-forces, and when you suddenly decelerate it goes nuts with its lithium battery-powered and ultrabright LEDs, flashing for three seconds and alerting even the dopiest driver…
Three guys with a mission: use an iPhone mounted in a R/C plane to snap a photo from the air. The problem: You can’t make photos without touching the iPhone screen with a human finger. And a live one, at that. And no, the camera application can’t be controlled remotely using Wi-Fi. So how did…