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Know When to Walk Away, Know When to Run By Brendan I. Koerner Much as I hate to admit it, I’m not much of a gambler. I’ll stake the occasional $20 on the NFL playoffs or a friend’s tolerance for chugging a bottle of soy sauce, but that’s about the extent of it. Vegas and…
Gather ’round loyal consumers, there’s a new Apple Store opening in just a few days. That’s right, on May 19, Apple is hosting the grand opening of its flagship retail store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. There’ll be cool prizes, plastered with the familiar Apple logo, of course, since you’re a human billboard now; be one…
You’ve heard of virtual reality, but not like this: a $4 million 10-foot by 10-foot room that surrounds you on all six sides (four walls, ceiling and floor) with 100 million pixels, more than any virtual reality room in the world. Iowa State University’s facility, called C6, was already quite a virtual reality showplace, but…
Even if you’re not crazy about soccer, the World Cup USB Twin has a split personality that’s just downright useful, converting from a tiny road-warrior mouse to a desktop-sized unit in a snap. Just fit the World Cup-themed cover over the mini-mouse, and it’s good to go in its full size. The $22 mouse has…
From the “now-why-didn’t-I-think-of-that” department comes the compass coat, a coat that houses an integrated compass, lest you get lost in the woods again. It was designed as part of a research project that intended to get people more involved in the design process. North is indicated via this weird, plant-looking thing on the front of…
Such a deal: get a free TiVo if you buy an Intel Centrino-based notebook from CompUSA. It’s a 80GB Series 2 TiVo box they’re giving away, and it also includes a free TiVo wireless adapter. Product Page [CompUSA, via PVRWire]
Here’s a quick peek into the near future, where Universal Abit is first up with an HDMI-equipped motherboard. The Abit IL-80MV also supports Intel’s newest Core 2 Duo chips, and has dual SATA 3.0Gbps second ports, FireWire and optical audio in and out. The board is now in the process of getting AACS certification from…
Here’s another product for all of our female readers who are tired of tactless men ruining their nights on the town. A concept shoe named the Electric Cinderella Shoe looks like an everyday, attractive looking pair of shoes that no girl would feel embarrassed to wear. There is a catch, however, designed to teach Mr.…
As the superrich try ever harder to impress each other, submarines are the next frontier, and personal luxury subs are all the rage right now, where the undersea boats are approaching the size of cruise ships with all the amenities you could imagine. For example, U.S. Submarines offers the Phoenix 1000, a 213-foot personal luxury…
TVs are everywhere, and sometimes there’s even one showing something that you’d like to watch, but then along comes a bartender or someone you live with who changes the channel at the most inopportune time. For that, we present the Remote Control Jammer, a tiny device that blocks all infrared signals so that you’re the…
If you were worried that there wouldn’t be any more booth babes at E3, well, the babes are still there, they’re just covering up a little bit more this year because of the recent prudishness that has pervaded the trade show. We’re thinking that it’s what’s inside the clothes—rather than the clothing itself—that makes the…
When we first saw these two photos of the Volkswagen’s storage facility in Wolfsburg, Germany, we thought this was an artist’s rendition for some sort of science fiction movie. It’s not. This is an actual 20-story car tower that takes up just 20% of the space of a conventional parking garage handling the same number…
The LG XNote T1 is a 14.1-inch Core Duo laptop that claims to be the world’s thinnest at just 21mm. Bringing the war of cellphone thinness to notebooks, LG has really compressed the thickness of this one—we’re not sure if it’s physically possible to build a laptop any thinner than this. It’ll be available in…
Fellow patriots, what better way to celebrate your conservative heritage than with a Chinese-made MP3 player designed by a hippie in Cupertino and containing hours and hours of stolen martial music including Let the Eagle Soar? All you have to do is hold a party, send the GOP lots of money, and they’ll send you…
The folks at MobilityToday recorded a video review of the Pioneer Inno, the latest in portable XM radio goodness. Mobility Today Video Review – Pioneer Inno [MobilityToday]
E3 2006 On-Location Reports E3 2006: Saitek Round-Up E306 Clips: Xbox 360 Gesture Recognition E306 Clips: Novint Falcon E3 2006: Wii Peripherals And Hands-On Gameplay Impressions E3 ’06: Team Kotaku Brings Gaming Noise, Funk E3 2006: Eye of Judgement Camera E3 2006: Microsoft USB Wireless Receiver and other Hardware Info https://gizmodo.com/e3-2006-saitek-round-up-172994 Hands-On Reviews iSee 360…
Scenario: A bartender feeds drink after drink to an ATO employee in order to pry the iSee 360 from his plastered hands. The result? It’s about as heavy as it looks, but let me tell you the screen is great. Being a typical geek I asked if it had DivX support and he said it’s…
We got a chance to talk to the folks at Saitek about their upcoming products. They have the Eclipse II keyboard, GM3200 Laser Mouse and the Pro Flight Rudder Pedals. Get the full scoop after the jump. The Eclipse II keyboard is the latest in the Eclipse keyboard series. This features the same backlit keys,…
Too cheap to spring for art, but found the money for a 42″ Plasma? Get the Art Plasma Vol. 2 DVD and turn your giant entertainment screen into an electronic masterpiece. Impress both your fancy-pants and regular-pants friends by showing that you too have high class taste. Downsides: Leaving your TV on all the time…
GestPoint has some cool gesture recognition going on with two of the upcoming Xbox 360 Eye-Toy cameras. Using two instead of one, they can detect motion in 3d space, in a sort of Wii-controller like fashion. Using your finger or other body part, you can direct a sword or other objects on the screen up,…