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Tired of the Japanese monopolizing the field of Awesome Robot Science (I minored in that in college), two German companies have jointly developed a robot to help make the FIFA 2006 World Cup safe for all hooligans in attendance. Besides looking stylish with its military-green finish and its sharp treads, this bad boy can even…
This tiny 6GB MP3 player has kept us up at night for a while now. Apparently it will have a 1.5″ TFT screen along with an FM tuner, video playback, Flash playback, a voice recorder, and you can even use it as a TV remote. Strange. 32 hours of playback and it should be about…
Former Beatles road manager and Apple Corps boss Neil Aspinall confirmed plans to remaster the Beatles catalog and offer it for download on the iTunes Music Store. Aspinall first talked publicly about those plans during the Apple Corps trial against Apple Computer in a UK court last week, and his statement was again confirmed by…
Back in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan supported the development of the so-called “Star Wars” missile defense system. In essence, the Gipper wanted to be able to shoot Soviet missiles out of the sky in order to keep America safe. The Pentagon poured millions of dollars into offensive laser development, but unrealistic expectations and immature technology…
Surely if given a 1-terabyte server, you would find some stuff to fill it up with. Having trouble quantifying just how much one terabyte is? Well, it’s approximately 500,000 digital photos; 250,000 MP3s; 125 DVD movies; or 1 million documents. The Yellow Machine Terabyte Storage Appliance is ready and waiting for you to fill it…
OK, biker dudes, if you want to be called a wuss and get laughed out of the bike rally, install a Retractable Wheel System from Safety Features Incorporated. Flip a switch on the handlebars, and these wheels hydraulically lower to keep that bike upright at low speeds or when it’s stopped. Yeah, we laugh at…
Moco Loco recently spotted these beautiful hanging bookshelves by Unal & Boler at the Milan Satellite Furniture Fair. You rest books in a hanger and then hook hangers together vertically to create a shelf; we like the way multiple shelves look in a row, very quirky. If we ever live somewhere with pretty brick walls…
Do you want to launch something into space? Anything? You’ll be able to do that for $99 with a CanSat module from Masten Space Systems. The company is now selling $99 payload slots, where you put whatever you want into one of the CanSat modules, as long as it doesn’t weigh more than 350 grams.…
You thought you’d seen some small USB drives, but this OCZ Ultra-Slim Mini-Kart USB 2.0 flash drive must be the smallest and thinnest yet, just 2.8mm thick. Available in capacities from 512MB to 2GB, it’s scarcely larger than a quarter, as you can plainly see. There’s even a cool blue status LED on the end.…
Raphial Morgado, inventor of the Massive Yet Tiny (MYT) engine claims this minuscule 32-cylinder powerplant, just 14 inches in diameter and weighing 150 pounds, can crank out 850hp. Is this guy a crackpot working out of a garage somewhere, or is he the next Thomas Edison? To hear him tell it: “The MYT (Massive Yet…
We told you two months ago about HELIO, the new mobile carrier aimed at young people starting up service sometime this spring, and the two snazzy phones they’re launching with. Today they’re announcing the deal they’ve made with Yahoo!, which will be providing HELIO’s users with easy access to Yahoo!’s mobile web offerings over 3G…
Rumor and Speculation Rumor: MacBooks in Colors? Mobile Firm Xero: Zero Credibility? https://gizmodo.com/rumor-macbooks-in-colors-166728 News USB Football Fan Adesso Polaroid Guest Book Kit DIY: Tic-Tac LED Flashlight Consumerist’s Mom Rips U.S. Pay-As-You-Go Services A New One Lasers Burn Fat, Acne DIY Fan LED Switch Tomy LUMI PAD Pita Pica Message Board Dot Matrix Watch for the…
While folks “over the pond” call “soccer” “football” and “beer” “ol’ drink-to-much-and-wet-yer-pants,” we here in the States know better. This is a soccer ball USB fan and costs only $10 or 10 “bobs yer uncles” in European. And to us, “beer” is “tasteless, urine-colored seltzer water.” Product Page [Brando]
We hate how expensive Polaroid film is but we’re suckers for their look and feel. If we ever get hitched we might just splurge out on Adesso Album’s Polaroid Guest Book Kit: $139.95 for a fabric-covered book that holds 30 photos in archival paper and still closes flat, a Polaroid ONE 600 Ultra Camera and…
Whoda thunk it? Conveniently three AAA batteries fit perfectly into a Tic-Tac casing. Add in a switch, resistor and an ultra-bright LED for a nice, small flashlight. Follow the linkage for the easy set of instructions. MacGyver would be so proud. TicTac flashlight [Grynx]
John Brownlee over at Consumerist recently received a long email from his mother, a 30-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, contrasting her wonderful user experience buying a prepaid cellphone in Europe and the frustrating afternoon she spent trying to figure out the vagaries of Pay-As-You-Go cellphone services in the U.S. He posted her message for…
With a little luck, they’ll have a home version of this soon. Basically, they’ve found that lasers can burn up body fat and cellulite, making you beautiful through the magic of highly concentrated energy. The same system can also be used to reduce plaque in the arteries and burn away sebaceous glands that cause acne.…
How esoteric! While this project might not pique your interest, it’s pretty clear that this is how folks should go about posting instructions on the internet. This document, inside a Wiki, is like a scientific report. See, this kid wanted to turn off the LEDs in his case fans without turning off the fans. Big…
We’re not sure why the smallest of Tomy’s LUMI PAD series of glowing message boards is called the Pita Pica, but it’s got a motion sensor that causes it to flash whenever someone walks by and the markers don’t leave residue like you get on chalkboards or whiteboards. $25 for one in your choice of…
Want to show off your geekyhood without being so lame that women will avoid you completely? This dot matrix watch may just be what you have been looking for. It has a leather wristband and uses yellow or red LEDs to display the time. They are available for $113 and can display in 24 hour…