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Not that we’re saying the Rin doesn’t sound good—there’s no way we can tell without hearing it—but it seems to us anything that looks this weird can’t be something audiophiles will want show off to their audiophile friends. The unit’s made from a combination of imported Italian marble and Japanese engineering, which is great on…
Only Japan could have come up with this item: a cellphone strap that’s not only shaped like an eraser, but houses two AA batteries and is actually a phone charger. Unfortunately, the only phones that can be charged with this thing are from FOMA and SoftBank—both only available in Japan—but we’re sure somebody can come…
Gadget blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget are in the business of spreading news and rumors quickly, but to be taken seriously, blogs need to label all unconfirmed information as speculation. This is especially important for big news like the Apple iPhone delay rumor Engadget erroneously posted this morning. They quickly redacted the factual errors, but…
As if the Transformers watches weren’t cheap and tacky enough, take a look at these Transformers movie shirts. They’re actually life-size wearable animated gifs, which light up like the $5 lapdance joint we frequent when CES rolls around. https://gizmodo.com/transformers-watches-make-you-feel-look-like-a-kid-aga-260359 Although we still have faith in the movie, all these cheap accessories and tie-ins aren’t doing…
It’s not often that I recommend a newly published book here at the Paleo-Future blog. However, Where’s My Jetpack? by Daniel H. Wilson is essential reading for anyone interested in paleo-futurism. You can listen to an interview with Wilson here. Below is an excerpt about hoverboards. Wide-eyed children of the eighties watched in astonishment as…
Oh how Kevin Byrd teases us with his wicked boombox/briefcase (“briefbox/boomcase”) concept. While it’s not actually a ghetto blaster melded with a classy briefcase (which would be just about the coolest thing ever to bring to a board meeting), carrying it to work would definitely put a little bit more spring in my step. Hell,…
It is obvious that having your bicycle helmet hanging from your cubicle wall makes you look like a square. That is where the Stash Helmet is stepping in. This helmet collapses in, making it easy to stash and making your head vulnerable to any kind of crash because a folding helmet is not crash-approved (I…
Now you can charge up all your USB-powered devices by simply breathing. Here’s a guy who figured out a way to make his own charging device out of a few spare parts from a CD-ROM drive and some rubber bands. Strapping this odd-looking thingamajig around his chest, it derives its power from the expansion of…
Have you missed the Joost train because you don’t have any friends and are still scrambling for an invite? Fear not, the guys over at GigaOM and NewTeeVee are partnering with Joost to dole out 20,000 invites. All you have to do is signup with a name and email address. Oh, and pass the “I’m…
Are LEGOs not wet enough for you? Peep this Hydrodynamic building set. It’s essentially a construction set that lets you make water do all kinds of weird and fantastic-looking things, like flow from one container to another, and from that container to the next one, and not to mention dripping! Oh, we could tell you…
Hey ladies, ever take a look at that big manly beast of a vacuum and get turned on? No longer will that vacuum be no more than a cocktease. The Vortex Vibrator is a small extension that attaches to the end of your vacuum and provides hours upon hours of tantalizing fun. It works by…
The Wi-Fi Alliance is going to start certifying 802.11 Draft N 2.0 products late next month. While the final standard won’t be set in stone until 2008, certified Draft N 2.0 products will have guaranteed interoperability with future N versions so you can get your N on without worry and will sport the fancy sticker…
Father’s Day, anyone? Memorex has created this device for that technologically savvy money clip user. It is a flash drive that can also double as a money clip. It is available in capacities in up to 1GB and is available for $35 at Target stores. It may be a bit bulky for a money clip,…
Here’s an HTC phone we haven’t seen before: the HTC 3450, or the Elf. It’s tiny, white, and has Windows Mobile 6—like a baby rabbit with a T-Mobile Dash duct taped to it. It also doesn’t have a keyboard, or a bunch of face buttons. It actually looks pretty great, in an iPod/minimalistic sort of…
If your Guitar Hero 2 controller keeps getting yanked because you’re rocking out from way across the room, check out the X-keys USB extender as demonstrated in the above video. The extender uses Cat 5 Ethernet cable in order to extend your USB experience up to 150 feet, which may cause signal degradation in normal…
People are going bonkers about The Opie & Anthony show being suspended—so bonkers that they are even smashing their XM receivers and canceling their XM service. According to a Digg member XM is now offering three to six months of free service if you call and cancel because of the O&A suspension. Even if you…
We often do quiet assassinations of jackass commenters on the site, but once in a while we get one that’s really great. If you want to know who to emulate, take a look at strider_mt2k‘s comments. He comments on a lot of posts, which could potentially be annoying, but most of his stuff is either…
ABC’s online content is about to get better. Starting this July the network will launch a broadband HD channel on ABC.com that’ll stream shows like Lost and Grey’s Anatomy in 720p. The plan is to start small and bulk up the network’s offerings come the fall season. No word on what bit-rate ABC will be…
This 7-inch Insignia NS-7HTV is technically HDTV in the sense that yes, it does accept ATSC (the over the air HD signal). However, after receiving the signal the 7-inch TV displays the picture on its 480×234 pixel display. 480 x 234? That’s not even the 480i that the manufacturer claims. 480i is usually 640×480, not…
Today Sprint introduced a pair of thin, attractive Samsung phones, the Sprint Vision M300 and its big brother, the Sprint Power Vision M510. One buzzword was “colorful”—the M300 comes in dark silver or the above “misty rose red” while the M510 is available in hot pink with black accents and black with blue accents (shown…