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JVC-Victor introduced a new entry into the earphone market, the JVC HP-FX77 Stereo Mini-Headphones. These in-ear buds bring some serious specs if you’re inclined to believe such things, with a frequency response starting way down at 5Hz and going all the way up to 25,000Hz. Even your dog will barely be able to hear highs…
Ever since the video iPod came out I’ve been itching to find a way to record to it directly. Tapeless camcorders still cost $600 and up, after all, so I may as well use what I’ve already got in hand. Well, the iSee 360i from Advanced Technology Office may be the solution. It looks like…
Speaking of the NW-A1000 MP3 player and its “>organic EL display, Sony Japan is doing a limited edition of 100 Franz Ferdinand encrusted DAPs. The front will copy the jacket design of the band’s “You Could Have It So Much Better” CD, and the back will have photos of the band members. The player will…
I’m still reeling from this KDDI phone by Naoto Fukasawa (the latest in the au design project series). The English version of the flash site has not been added, so I’m hoping one of our Japanese-speaking readers can supply more accurate details in a few hours. From what I can tell, this has an organic…
The VoIP phones just keep on coming, and now there s a mini-battle going on between two companies chasing after the same questionable idea—combining a mouse and a phone all in one. First out of the gate was Sony with its Mouse Talk phone, and now trying to top that is Taiwanese company Sysgration with…
The Frolic SnackShotz Treat Launcher is a new way to play fetch with your dog. Load up one of the specially designed Discos Flying Dog Treats into this dog biscuit pistol, pull the trigger, and boom! It will launch those babies up to 12 feet. Spot will go nuts when he sees these 100%-edible flying…
There has been a good deal of debate and speculation about the SED displays shown at CES this year. This article, which includes a video demo of the displays from Vegas and an interview with someone from Canon about the technology, should help clear some things up. Obviously the digitized version of this is hardly…
Perhaps you’ve heard of innovative artists picking up a Playskool kids’ camcorder or a photocopying machine and then taking advantage of the quirks and distortions of these murky media, resulting in surreal works of art. Here’s a hardware-hacking photog who’s somehow modified a flatbed scanner, turning it into a large-format digital camera. Michael Golembewski took…
You just gotta love solar energy, where all you need is a sunny day and then there’s plenty of power that’s just there for the taking. Here’s a trinket that will help you harvest that energy that’s all around you, the Solar Style SC003 Oval Solar Charger. It connects to Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and…
Qrisma s 1-inch Portable Hard Disk Drive is built to take a beating. Just 2.5 inches tall, this 4GB drive is protected by special anti-vibration and heat dispersion characteristics that keep your data cool and collected even if things get all hot and jittery. Looks like the company was trying to compensate for the fact…
Turning a cellphone into a WiFi access point should be a cinch. But as anyone who has attempted to rig their phone to a USB cable can tell you, it’s a huge pain to get working with any kind of speed and reliability. Nathan True set out to find a solution, and he explains every…
Some clever people are using their flat panel displays to play back a video loop depicting fish swimming around in a tank. Well now here’s a twist on that idea, where you hang a fish tank on the wall and disguise it as a flat panel display. Available with a choice of six tropical reef-like…
The CES hangover just won’t go away. These Swedish Statement speakers are not new, but in Vegas a few people with more audio knowledge than I have in my whole pinky got a close look at this $450,000 system. The big feature is the 1-inch diamond tweeters and 2-inch diamond midranges (apparently the only one…
So there is a problem out there called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It makes people depressed because their body clocks have trouble adapting to the shorter duration of daylight in the winter months. This is the Outside In Bodyclock. It uses a bright light to help simulate a longer daylength, tricking those SAD sufferers’ body…
Meet Orbicule’s Undercover, the king of all laptop security software. This little piece of software has the ability to trace the location of lost or stolen Macs. Undercover will check with a big server to see if the computer is on the missing/stolen list. If it is, then IP information and screenshots will be collected…
Yarrrrrr! Listen up pirates, don’t let those hax0rs of the world get your booty while you’re filling out the weekly TPS reports. Lock those goods up with this device. The only way to get this treasure chest open is by typing in the correct password with the integrated Pirate Booty Protection software. Expect to pay…
Japanese Jason has been planning this drum machine since the 90s and it has finally come to life. The drum machine is built from eight Famicom consoles and a Roland 606 drum machine. All of it was nicely mounted in a flight case. He also documented the entire process here. Audiophiles and vintage Nintendo connoisseurs…
Think you can stop stuffing your face with burgers and fries long enough to check out the Sharp Papyrus PW-9920? This intuitive portable device is on hand to be your personal dietitian and health adviser, feeding you all kinds of info concerning what you may be putting into your mouth. Comes with a 320×240 dot-matrix…
I know that you, like me, are constantly in search of the perfect cup of brew. Which is why I wanted to alert you to this article about coffee grinders from today’s NY Times (reg. required). Here’s an important detail, from the fellow who runs Coffeegeek: “A good grinder is far more important, but people…
If I ever go to jail, please make sure it’s in a Dutch prison. Looks like those clever Dutchies have done it again, opening a high-tech prison that will allow inmates to do their own cooking, washing and organize their own daytime schedules—all with a touch-screen monitor at the foot of their beds. If you…