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The DVD-LX97 is as nifty-looking as these things go, with a 9-inch widescreen TFT screen, SD memory card slot and a built-in tuner for over-the-air television broadcasts. It even has an auto kit that lets you listen to the audio in the car for those special road trips—or to keep the kids quiet without a…
Smaller than a grain of salt, Hitachi’s newest RFID chip measures .005 x .005 inches and is 7.5 micrometers thin. Using Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology, it uses an external antenna to receive radio waves (2.45 GHz), and transforms it to energy to wirelessly transmit a 128-bit unique ID number for a high level of authenticity. But…
The Los Angeles Police Department plans to install “dart-like” GPS devices from Starchase, LLC, that will be propelled from officers cars and attach to fleeing vehicles. Once attached, a GPS sensor kicks, from which officers can monitor the vehicle s movements via a secure website, as the homing beacon transmits all pertinent data via a…
Sony Ericsson has just announced the M600i, the second UIQ3-powered phone from the joint venture. The M600i sports 240×320 touchscreen, 80MB of memory and UMTS GSM 900/1800/1900 capability. (Which means, should we get this particular model in the US, it will be with Cingular.) As expected, the phone is pretty small (it weighs only 3.9…
There’s been quite a bit of media play about AOL and Yahoo’s plans to adopt a quarter-cent “email tax” or “stamp” or whatever you want to call it, and we’re here to tell you it’s horseshit. While this utopian vision of data exchange for pennies a day—the price of a cup of coffee—makes for nice…
Let’s take the old phone companies and slam dunk them straight into the ash heap of history. Leading the way is FON, a company that aims to become the largest hotspot network in the world by the end of this year. The idea is to install the FON software on your WiFi router, place your…
We’ve seen computers put in damn near everything, but now there is something new. Bottles are generally reserved for miniature pirate ships, but a Japanese case modder managed to cram a mediocre PC into a small 1.75-liter Ballentine’s whisky bottle. It has a P3 733EB processor, 256MB of memory, 40GB hard drive and even a…
Garmin will be working with Buell Motorcycles on a new navigation system that will be integrated into the 2006 Ulysses XB12X motorcycles. It is just a run-of-the-mill GPS system that has automatic routing and voice prompting. It also has a high-resolution LCD screen that would be easy to read for the motorcyclist. It comes preloaded…
So apparently there are other ways to drink wine than my refrigerated bag-in-box method. Whether you prefer your wine chilled or heated, the Cellar Vie from Hinari can satisfy your drunken needs. This is a cool gadget, but I’m still trying to grasp the fact that wine comes in containers other than boxes. This is…
Leave it to the brainiac graduate students at the MIT Media Lab to come up with fashions that blend techno-geekiness with other-planet surrealism. Putting together an event called Seamless: Computational Couture, the wigged-out designistas took the meaning of the term wtf to an entirely new level. The curators described the event as a showcase for…
My fondest Tesla coil memories began as wee tod playing Command & Conquer: Red Alert. I would build chains of these things to fry every oncoming Russian infantry unit. Here’s a handy step-by-step guide to building your own Tesla coil that can shoot lightning. Big forewarning (for the kiddies): Tesla coils shoot lightning that can…
Besides being green-friendly and oh-so-trendy, the Toyota Prius is also becoming a favorite of ha>
Mobility Today has received some anonymous photos that are claimed to be the HP rw6828 PDA. The pictures are really blurry and don t show much, but it’s still nice to see some actual photos of the thing. These pictures are coming just a couple days after the manual for this PDA was leaked. https://gizmodo.com/hp-ipaq-rw6828-leaked-152325…
OK, all you weekenders, get your minds out of the gutter and into the toilet, because here’s all the latest potty news. First of all, there’s a new toilet seat by Aspidor that uses an induction fan with a charcoal filter to take away that, uh, aroma that finds itself wafting away from the water…
Sharp announced the DV-ARV22, as latest model in the AQUOS HD recorder series. Apparently it is the world‘s thinnest (3.74 inches) VHS video recorder/player, HDD (250GB) and DVD player in one device. It features a HDMI port, terrestrial digital tuner and analog tuner. It also starts up in 1 second for instant recording. You can…
Drop ‘dem phat beats with the MW10 and MW12 mixing tables from Yamaha. These tables connect to a PC or laptop via USB for tons of mixing goodness. They support both Windows XP and Mac OS X, and have 10 inputs (12 on the MW12), XLR, 1/4-inch headphone jacks, RCA jacks and Cubase LE mixing…
Wanna follow in NTPs footsteps? Then head down to Marshall, Texas to the court of Judge T. John Ward. Seems Johnny likes to award patents quickly and easily, and almost always sides with patent holders in any lawsuits. Great news, kids! Now just make some futuristic shit up, get it patented by Judge Ward and…
If you have any urge to buy a dimmer switch for your lights, then here’s a hell of a concept. Seems that with the Anigmo touch-less dimmer switch—you just have to be near it for it to dim. Imagine that? Fabulous! I’ve been waiting for years for an innovation like this. I’m so damn tired…
If you’re working on being a housewife or live in such a small space you have to watch your TV in the kitchen, here’s the perfect gadget for you. The Morphy Richards Flip Down TV is a 10.2-inch LCD TV with integrated FM radio. It includes an AUX input for DVD and VCR connections and…
This Sunday s Super Bowl XL marks a first in the world of security measures. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will employ 3D holographic imaging technology to comb the area surrounding Ford Field in Detroit for threats. Though not confirmed, it is believed that the department will likely use the technology, dubbed LifeVision3D by…