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Glo Leash: It s a Dog s Light “Is it just me, or does that photo look like she’s challenging her dog to a duel with a lightsaber? Is the dog’s name Count Dookie? Anakin Dogwalker? Jabba the Mutt? Princess Flea-ah? Chewbarka? Okay, I’ll stop now.” by SuppleMonkey iBoxers for Women “Why is it that…
Spring is almost here. Now while it is rainy and blustery in my neck of the woods, it is surely nice out there somewhere, right? Spend this weekend putting together your own Google Maps with a kite camera. This project could be done for less than $20 and produce some really interesting photos to boot.…
This is the final stretch on our Fake Photo Phun contest. Remember, the contest ends Monday at noon. We want to see your best, fake technology related product. Once you are done, make sure it is no bigger than 520 pixels wide and shoot it over to [email protected] with Phake Photo Phun in the subject…
Simple Simon uploaded these photos on to his Flickr showing the process of integrating an iPod nano dock into his desk. If you recall, iPods now come with a dock-style insert that is more or less useless unless you want to buy more accessories. Simon did the natural thing and drilled a hole into his…
Kenwood is releasing four car stereos that includes a USB port for playback via USB storage devices. This is a great feature, but I ponder what kind of limitations there will be on the USB devices. Obviously mass storage devices like USB flash drives and portable hard drives would work, but would an iPod or…
Some scientists at the Catholic University of Leuven have semi-succesfully accomplished an interesting feat—embedding ID information in human teeth. The ID tags would be used to store personal information about individuals and would enable forensic teams to identify bodies in catastrophic events. The ID tag being used is an adapted RFID tag, similar to the…
Blackberry users can breathe easier now, as RIM settles with NTP and the lawsuit is history. Besides that, this is a great feature day, where Brian Clark sets us straight on media centers in his Tuning Fork column and Jonah Brucker-Cohen takes us on a Gizmodo-style gallery tour/interview with technology artist Amy Franceschini in San…
Cheer up, Blackberry owners. No need to worry about having to find a new wireless e-mail service, Research in Motion has settled their patent lawsuit with a $612 million deal with NTP. The agreement has been finalized in the courts and the lawsuit against RIM has been dismissed by a court order. Hooray, Blackberry! Blackberry…
TiVo will begin offering a service to Series2 TiVo owners who also happen to be physicians. This service will allows for physician-oriented programming to be downloaded onto your TiVo for free. Best of all, if you participate in the program you get a chance to win a 80-hour TiVo box with a year of service…
Architect/designer Peter Yeadon’s concept for Fido Luggage is a reconceptualization of our relationship with something most of us barely tolerate. Instead of having it be what we drag unhappily behind us as one of the most unpleasant parts of any vacation, Yeadon’s luggage follows behind and then heels beside its owner just like a well-trained…
A translated webpage reveals an announcment by Creative about some sort of “video programming” event on March 30, one day before a schedule Apple event. What could it be? Downloadable films? More video content for non-iPod players? Images of Creative executives in a sauna, beating each other with birch branches? Oh, the anticipation. Google Translated…
1up has written up this article that has essentially every piece of PS3 information known as of right now. They talk about the cost, release date, hard drive speculation, the controller, Blu-Ray, third-party support, online functionality and even all of the games, even the ones that have been slightly hinted at or rumored. Give it…
Are We Ready to Viiv? By Brian L. Clark Last Tuesday, Steve Jobs announced Apple had taken another baby step toward to introducing its own media-centric Mac. The new Mini features Rendezvous, a program designed to allow users to share media in the home, and comes with Front Row, Apple s own Media Center creation.…
• SLUMP’D: MVNOs Not Making Money? Surprised? [GigaOm] • BEEP! THIS IS YOUR WALLET GOBLIN: Mobile Advertising to Happen Quickly says Sorrell [Mob Happy] • BSBAL, APL PI: Yes, Americans Get Mobile [Russel Beattie] • GOODBYE, GREY BRICK ROAD: HP: Pen-based PDA market on death bed [ZDNet AU] • ACTUALLY BRILLIANT, CHAPS: ABC Finally Sees…
If for some reason you find yourself toting around one cellphone and two sim cards at the same time, you might want to look into purchasing a dual sim adapter like the one on the right. The Powerful Dual Card offered by Hong Kong’s mobile.brando for $27 lets you switch from one sim to the…
Kimberly Clark’s Cottonelle for Kids has paw prints on four sheets and then an adorable puppy on the fifth, so children can follow the tracks to the dog and tear off the right amount of toilet paper. So cute you’d almost feel bad about using it to clean up poop. Training Toilet Paper [Strange New…
HP just announced their latest iPAQ series for the Asian market, the HP rw6800 Multimedia Messenger, running Windows Mobile 5.0. The rw6800 series iPAQs are all tri-band GSM, will do GPRS/EDGE, have Bluetooth 1.2 and infrared, a MiniSD slot and dual stereo speakers, as well a built-in FM radio tuner; the rw6828 model will also…
The petgadgets Glo Leash has what the company calls a dual-beam, super-bright LED on its handle that runs on two AA batteries, lighting your way as well as your dog s, and at the same time making you more visible to those reckless drivers careening down your block. Adding to the safety factor is a…
Brunton SolarRolls are waterproof flexible solar panels that are available in a variety of sizes and can power or charge up electronic devices both large and small. The smallest is the SolarRoll 4.5 ($169), a 12″ x 22″ panel when it’s open, which weighs 6.4 ounces and can output 4.5 watts, 15.4 Volts/300mA. That’s enough…
“Photosynthesis Robot” (Franceschini, 2003) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen As technology gains ubiquity in our everyday lives, a danger exists that we will eventually lose touch with how this increased use effects our natural environment. With a growing reliance on electrical power and silicon chips used in our daily electronics-entrenched existence, the question remains as to…