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Unlike the GameBoy Advance, the Nintendo DS has been relatively quiet on the mod chip front. PassMe, a pass-through mod chip from Natrium42, lets users load homebrew programs on their DS using the system s GBA slot. The PassMe does require a genuine NDS cartridge for authentication, but once that hurdle is overcome users are…
Magellan’s eXplorist GPS receiver is a great product on its own—able to support up to 22 maps on its internal memory. But its even better in the eXplorist 210 Outdoor Bundle, which gives you everything you need for your next big outdoor trek. As well as the receiver, you also get MapSend Topo 3D USA…
A sly fox over at Kikizo managed to get his hands on not one, but three different playable PS3 dev kits. They get into the nitty gritty about graphics, gaming, design, and the like with their hands-on exclusive. This is definitely a good read if you are in dire need of some Playstation 3 news…
Not the most attractive or humunoid of robots, this particular piece of equipment is being called Sister Mary and is part of a trial run by the department of biosurgery and surgical technology at Imperial College. Basically, it allows doctors to look at patients remotely, though it may be a little jarring to see your…
ByDsign is releasing a budget priced flat-panel plasma display. The 50-inch plasma display features a 1366×768 resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 1,000cd/m2 brightness, stereo speakers with SRS, and two HDMI ports. ByDsign has also integrated the “DCDi” microchip, which enhances image quality by reducing those rotten jaggy edges. ByDsign’s 50-inch plasma display is on the market…
Here s a tripleheader cocktail table that lets you play Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man and Galaga in their original form. Extreme Toys for Boys is offering this cocktail table unit, which looks just like the original but contains only the latest technology, at a sale price of $3600. Not sure why they call it…
Ok, the judges have ruled that Her Name Was Gizmodo is the winner of our merry contest. Gary, please contact me at johnb at gizmodo dot com to discuss the disbursement of your NEW LENOVO ROCKIN-TASTIC LAPTOP. Much love to Lenovo for their continuing support and much love to all the contestants. All of your…
Relax, wipe the drool off your mouth, and gaze your eyes at this beauty. This is a “Wolfenstein Radio Station” PC mod. The specs are mediocre with an AMD Athlon 2200+ processor, and an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card, but who cares how it performs when it is this sexy. The Wolfenstein PC has a…
If you’re looking for a unique way of pouring beer at your next soir e, here’s a dispenser that has just the right mixture of geekitude and originality on tap. There are precious few details about this boozy case mod, but we’re hoping there’s a radically overclocked liquid-cooled computer inside, chilled by the same mechanism…
You’ve probably seen the name B sendorfer festooned on the side of the finest pianos in the world, but did you know the company also makes high-end loudspeakers? B sendorfer has taken all it has learned in pianomaking since 1828 and rolled that into an exclusive line of speakers it’s been offering for the past…
In the search for that holy grail, the everlasting battery, not much has been accomplished over the 200 years since old man Volta rolled out the first crude battery back in the dark ages. Now those whiz kids at MIT are using nanotube structures to create new super batteries by using energy storage doodads called…
You can control your TV, DVD/CD, amplifier, and air conditioner with this stylish desktop remote control. What about all those buttons, you ask? Well, each of the sixty five button has only one function. Volume is changed with a jogdial. It’s currently available at at Evergreen‘s and costs about $84. SKN Online Shop[Rakuten Ichiba]
Seems we can look forward to a new Linksys VoIP handset by next week. The WIP300 uses any 802.11b/g Wi-Fi network, includes a POP email facility and has 1.8″ color display—but it’s going to cost you. The phone runs for $250 (when was the last time you spent that much on a non-cellular phone? 1982?),…
Droog Design cranks up the heat with Radiator Heat Wave, a piece of wall art that actually generates radiant heat. Made of concrete and aluminum, the whole thing is held together with glass fiber and is available now. Droog Design says a water version of the Heat Wave is on its way in 2007. There…
Hold broadband Internet in the palm of your hand with this new Calypso C1250 cellphone. It hooks up at 11Mb per second, a far cry from any Internet access you can get on any other cellphones (can you say, “videoconferencing?”). Besides working at normal cellular frequencies, this phone also speaks WiFi, and a offers Open…
Here’s a boxy rectangular Nokia BH-800 Bluetooth headset that’s pretty light, weighing only a third of an ounce. Made for all Nokia phones, it has a volume control on it and gives you 160 hours of standby time or two hours of talk time. Supporting Bluetooth 2.0, Handsfree 1.5 and Headset 1.1 standards, you can…
The Swiss Army Night Vision Watch is akin to its faithful multitasking cousin, the Swiss Army Knife, except this wrist companion specializes in a variety of ways to cut through the inky black of night using LEDs. Activate a powerful strobe so others can see you from distance, or push a button and its dial…
Lumbering carmaker GM has decided to bring itself into the 21st century by filing a patent for a multimedia infrastructure for cars. In its Rube Goldbergian patent application drawing above, the car company places a microprocessor and hard drive at the heart of this multimedia system, and has even taken into account digital rights management…
Two Samsung digital cameras just came across the transom, the L60 and the L85. The L60 has a 6-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, and a super-macro function for close-ups. The L85 is an 8-megapixel camera with retro styling and 5x optical zoom. Both cameras are extremely portable and will be shown in at this year’s…
This Gremlin Gameulator peripheral has it all. A gaming and PC workstation, it looks like a steering wheel from an old arcade game, but houses just about everything you’ve got in your home office or computer/gaming space. Comes with a front storage unit, CD storage shelf, monitor shelf, front and back side panels, flooring, retractable…