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Ricoh Develops Optical Device for Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Players

As companies such as Toshiba, Samsung and LG allude to dual-format Blu-ray and HD DVD players, Ricoh jumps in with a tiny optical device that makes a goes-both-ways player easier to execute. The company said it has created a 3.5mm diffraction plate that can rock pretty much any format, including Blu-ray, HD DVD, DVD and…

Gadgets Charlie White

Fishing Gadgets: Unleashing Your Hidden Quint

Fishing is the sport of champions and champions increasingly rely on on hi-tech gear to help them win, or, in this case, land the big one. Several such gadgets are already available for all your fishing needs, making the age-old battle between man and fish all the more devastating. https://gizmodo.com/world-cup-ball-more-advanced-than-your-pc-179760 A remote control from Minn…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

NTT DoCoMo Foma P702iF Girly-Phone

Cellphone designers are definitely eyeing the ladies, with pink motifs becoming commonplace. Now NTT DoCoMo takes closer aim at its distaff target market by creating a flesh-colored clamshell handset that could be just as at home in a dildo shop as in a cellphone store. The NTT DoCoMo Foma P702iF is available in white, aquamarine,…

Tech News Charlie White

Blue Ant X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset

Aussie company Blue Ant just burst onto the US scene last month, and now it breaks out its X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset which lets you stream high-fidelity stereo up to 30 feet away and includes a detachable microphone for making voice calls. Go all-Bluetooth or connect it up to your favorite MP3 player or any…

Tech News Charlie White

Hemp Finds Its Way Into Ladies Underthings

How could we resist telling you a story that involves dope and babes all in the same breath? There is a legitimate use for the cannabis sativa plant, and that is to make hemp to be used for clothing. But the plant’s course coarse fibers have been sometimes associated with cloth that is anything but…

Gadgets Charlie White

Intel Plans 32-Core Processor by 2009/2010

It might be time to change our way of thinking about processor speed. Now Intel is hinting at processors with 32 cores available by the end of this decade. Sure, the company predicted 20GHz chips by 2010 a few years ago, but now instead of higher gigahertz numbers, they’re talking multiple cores that will result…

Tech News Charlie White

Pong Clock Unwrapping

Not only has the Pong Clock shipped, it’s arrived! https://gizmodo.com/the-pong-clock-is-finally-shipping-183542 Take a look at the unwrapping of the pong clock, complete with a size comparison with the iMac. From all the pictures we saw before, we thought the clock was a lot bigger. It’s actually about the size of an UMPC. First Pong Clock In…

Gadgets Jason Chen

The Week In Comments

Magnetic Floating Bed: Oh. Your. God. umm, you better be DAMN SURE that the young ladies you bring home have no piercings in select locations. by wohho https://gizmodo.com/magnetic-floating-bed-oh-your-god-184990 Citibank Releases RFID Credit Cards You know, you can rely on two things if you want to read these cards. One, is that males would have it…

Tech News Jason Chen

Chinese Phone Knockoff Maker Telsda’s Phone Designs

To follow up on our previous post about Nokia suing Telsda Mobile and Song Xun Da Zhong Ke Electric for copying their Nokia 7260 phone design, here’s a gallery of some Telsda’s other phones—strangely reminiscent of other phone manufacturers. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-sues-chinese-companies-for-7260-knockoffs-184036 Not only is Nokia being ripped, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Samsung have all been subject…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Sony Ericsson Flip Phone Patent

Instead of having two separate screens on a flip phone—one larger inside and one smaller outside—this patent allows one larger screen to rotate to be displayed both on the inside and outside. This means possibly having the screen auto swivel so you can see the same UI when the phone is closed as you do…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sharper Image Reaches Deal Over Breathalyzers

If you were looking forward to buying one of those Sharper Image Breathalyzers you saw on the AirMall catalogue on your way back from seeing your “other” family in Vegas, think again. The San Diego Consumer Protection Unit found that the claims of being accurate to 0.001 percent were bogus, and Sharper Image reached a…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Xbox 360 To Ship With HDMI Port?

Xbox-Scene got a tip about the new Xbox 360 board supporting HDMI. The parolees at Kotaku don’t believe it, citing Xbox-Scene forum posters and their “apeshit” denial over the eventual obscolescence of their first-run Xbox 360s. We, on the other hand, aren’t so sure. If the 360 were to someday get an eventual HD DVD…

Tech News Jason Chen

Glare-proof Glasses From 1932

Anyone who doesn’t chuckle at this image ad for glare-proof glasses is dead inside, possibly due to childhood trauma or too much Suddenly Susan reruns. HEADLIGHT glare from approaching cars is practically eliminated by the cup-shaped aluminum shields shown on the left, which fasten onto regular spectacle frames. Holes are cut a little to the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Beer Machine 2000

An upgrade of the original Beer Machine, this Beer Machine 2000 lets you brew your own beer at home easily and safely. Just in time for the underwear-peeling summer months, this beginner-targeted brewing system makes beer in around 7 to 10 days, and has a pressure relief unit to make sure you’re not cleaning beer…

Gadgets Jason Chen

PSP 1.50 to 1.00 Downgrader Released

The PSP 1.50 to 1.00 downgrader we mentioned the other day has been released. The usual precautions apply, since you can brick your PSP whenever you write to your PSP firmware. https://gizmodo.com/sony-psp-1-5-to-1-0-downgrader-coming-tomorrow-185589 Find someone with a 1.0 PSP and get them to install the downhelper program from the downdater download. Copy the downhelper100 folder to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Why You Should Turn Off Your Cellphones In A Courtroom

A judge got so pissed when an elderly woman’s cell went off that he stepped down from his seat, ordered her to hand the phone over, and chucked it out into the hall. The phone was, of course, broken when the woman went to go get it. After that, the judge wanted the deputies to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Pull-Handle Alarm Clock Concept

This clock was designed by Duck Young Kong and has a very simple and functional design. To set the alarm you simply pull down the handle to the designated time remaining. The alarm will sound once the handle reaches the top and a simple tap on the LCD screen will shut it off. Take note,…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

A Top 10 of TechEBlog’s “Top 10”

What people will do for traffic. Our friends over at TechEBlog have been on a “Top 10” kick as of late, so we thought we’d take a moment to get you up to speed on some of their goings on after the jump. 10. Top 10 Strangest Japanese Gadgets and Accessories Many of the tech…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Keyboard Food Tray Prototype

Bloggers live and die by the keyboard, so you can imagine how many meals we eat in front of our glowing monitors. You may not know this, but your keyboard is probably the dirtiest part of your desk. So instead of placing that turkey sandwich on that clacker, place it on the keyboard food tray.…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Real Equalizer T-Shirt

Just in time for those rockin’ summer concerts is this equalizer t-shirt from Bim Bam Banana. This tee, called the Show Off T-Shirt, has a built-in sound sensitive graphic qualizer panel with a EL panel that will light up depending on what beats are in your general vicinity. Only small and medium sizes remain for…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Ricoh Develops Optical Device for Blu-ray/HD DVD Combo Players

Fishing Gadgets: Unleashing Your Hidden Quint

NTT DoCoMo Foma P702iF Girly-Phone

Blue Ant X5 Stereo Bluetooth Headset

Hemp Finds Its Way Into Ladies Underthings

Intel Plans 32-Core Processor by 2009/2010

Pong Clock Unwrapping

The Week In Comments

Chinese Phone Knockoff Maker Telsda’s Phone Designs

Sony Ericsson Flip Phone Patent

Sharper Image Reaches Deal Over Breathalyzers

Xbox 360 To Ship With HDMI Port?

Glare-proof Glasses From 1932

Beer Machine 2000

PSP 1.50 to 1.00 Downgrader Released

Why You Should Turn Off Your Cellphones In A Courtroom

Pull-Handle Alarm Clock Concept

A Top 10 of TechEBlog’s “Top 10”

Keyboard Food Tray Prototype

Real Equalizer T-Shirt

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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