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While the Zip Hydrotap may look like an ordinary water faucet, don’t be so easily mistaken. What sets the Hydrotap apart from other faucets is that it can dispense boiling water at the touch of a [child-proof] button. Of course, it’ll give you plain old cold water for those hot summer days spent on a…
News Borders to Sell Sony Reader 6502-Powered Nixie Clock Propello Cageless Fan Get Rugged with the Motorola i580 Phone Toilet Lid Sink Breath Test for Breast Cancer Street Wars Water Gun Assassination Game Buffalo Announces 2TB TeraStations EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger Fujitsu Shows Concept Four-Way Slider Phone Lemur Multi-Touch Touchscreen, Reviewed Vertu Ascent:…
Remember the Sony Reader that we covered back in January during CES? Word around the street is that Borders will be selling the Sony Reader nation-wide at their stores in the future. https://gizmodo.com/live-from-ces-the-sony-reader-146628 Borders won’t be selling eBooks, but they will sell prepaid cards for the Sony CONNECT service that allows users to download eBooks,…
Today Ryan Brooks is our nerd hero of the day, and this is why: So, I wanted a Nixie clock and I really wanted to design the hardware and program it myself. Most of the kits out there are based around a PIC or some other new, easy to use microcontroller. I thought it would…
From the always entertaining, Museum of Modern Art Store comes this gem, a cageless fan. First off, the blades are rubber, so no worry about your cat’s tongue getting mangled. Next, the fan costs a blistering $140.00. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ll save $135 and deal with a cage. This product was the work…
This phone was designed to meet strict military specifications for resistance from blowing rain, dust, shock and vibration. It has push to talk, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel camera, rubber exterior, MP3 player, GPS for location-based services and TransFlash memory expansion. This could be an excellent phone for the outdoorsy types or bitter ex-girlfriends who always seem to…
One thing about apartment hunting in New York City when you are not feelthy steenking reech is that no matter how nasty you think the last apartment you saw was, the next one will inevitably be nastier. We once looked at one in lower Manhattan that had the shower in a what was basically a…
Joerg Lahann with the University of Michigan has received the funding to start developing this device that will use nanotechnology to detect breast cancer through the breath. A woman would breathe into an over-the-counter device and cancer-indicating metabolites would be attracted into the nanopockets, causing the pored surface to fill and become dense. Then, an…
This is a massive water gun assassination tournament that will soon be hitting the streets of L.A. It is a 24/7 game that will last until someone wins. Every registered member of Street Wars will receive an envelope with the picture, name, address and phone number of a target. Then there is a three-week deadline…
Buffalo has announced two new products in their TeraStation line of network storage devices. The TeraStation Home Server—pictured right—is available in capacities of 1.6TB and 2.0TB. The other device is the TeraStation Pro that is available with 2TB capacity. The TeraStation Home Server includes media server software that was developed by Mediabolic. This isn’t a…
racing his electric dragsters on the Bonneville Salt Flats. A circuit board made from soybeans and chicken feathers not only works, but proves to be faster than conventional boards (and without the messy petroleum products). Have a little time to kill? Wake up your fingers and get ready for “Mobile Mayhem,” a flash game with…
Fujitsu is in Milan for the Triennale di Milano Japanese design expo this week showing off a few early concept gadgets. Among them is a four-way slider cellphone that sports a virtual keypad. In essence, you can slide the keypad panel up, down, left or right and the keypad will appear where appropriate. Four buttons…
Dreaming of a multi-touch touchscreen future? For musicians, the future is now — if you can pony up the $2500 price of admission, that is. The Lemur, the Star Trek-like touchscreen hardware built for musicians, has now found its way into the hands of actual users. What’s the verdict? Depends on whom you ask. The…
The thing about Vertu phones is that they’re simultaneously elegant and tacky. The beauty of their designs and crafting is undeniable, but the ridiculously high price tag is what makes them seem so, well, cheap—everyone we know rich enough to buy one of these things without hesitation never would, because phones are just phones and…
Take a look at this video that shows the Cowon iAudio 6 4GB multimedia player booting up and going through a few of its tricks. It has a control system called Swing Touch, and it also has a nice-looking user interface. iAudio 6 [generation mp3]
When you’re living in close quarters with a cat, there’s no good solution to the problem of kitty litter. Now here’s Kattbank, a bench designed to conceal that cat litter box, achieving a delicate balance of adequate airflow while keeping offensive odors from escaping. Plus, the designers made sure that the little critters would like…
So finally, Sony catches up to Panasonic and JVC in the hard disk drive camcorder derby. Sony’s DCR-SR100 camcorder is tapeless, going with a 30GB hard drive that can store seven hours of standard definition video. In a pinch, the thing can record 20 hours of reduced-quality “long-play” video. It’s slightly less than 6 inches…
If the black, silver and three different shades of pinks the Motorola RAZR V3i already comes in—not to mention the gold Dolce & Gabbana limited edition—haven’t made you buy one yet, maybe these lovely new jewel tones will? The dark blue, maroon, and violet V3is are no different inside than previous V3i releases but clearly…
As the saying goes, you should never purchase the first version of Apple products since they have been known to ship with a few kinks that must later be worked out. As it has turned out, the MacBook Pro, for all its praises, is no exception to this old wives’ tale. Users have reported issues…
Here’s a pair of glasses from PixelOptics that replace bifocals, changing from distant vision to close-up with the flick of a switch. Sure, this prototype is rather odd-looking, but its developers say future versions will be indistinguishable from conventional eyeglasses. The technology works using an extremely thin layer of liquid crystal sandwiched between two pieces…