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Garmin has announced a new all-in-one GPS unit that uses standard global positioning, XMWX Satellite Weather and XM Satellite Radio. A true all-in-one would be able to additionally make my high-balls, but until Garmin adds a shaker, this will do. The XMWX will give all kinds of information, including NEXRAD radar that displays in full…
We might get the gadgets one year after the US here in Europe, but we have designers so cool that it makes living in tech Middle Ages slightly more bearable. Take Oyon for example. Oyon is a mural fruit holder that uses walls as screens and gives fruit and vegetable the role of pixels.-RD Michael…
Designer Tobias Feltus calls it a post-neo-classical-surrealist mirror/clock. Vaguely inspired by Rene Magritte s surrealist imagery, the framed mirror has an LED clock/matrix pannel inserted right into its middle, thus obstructing the view of your smirking face. And after a night partying and consuming substances that will do nothing good for your health, this mirror…
At first glance, you might mistake this as two-thirds of a six-pack ring. Then you’ll see it take off flying, and wonder if you’ve had too much to drink. This four-ring contraption is really the X-UFO, a remote control hovercraft/UFO by Silverlit. It’s made of lightweight carbon fiber and and EPP foam, and uses electric…
Kotaku is all over the breaking news that the Entertainment Ratings Safety Board has rescinded its rating for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and urged retailers to stop selling the game. The move is the latest fallout from the Hot Coffee mod (an explicit sex game hidden inside GTA:SA, for those just joining the story).…
Kotaku – Make Your Own Portable System Jalopnik – Morgan Gets Into Hydrogen Lifehacker – Ready for Google Moon? Screenhead – World Wide Internet TV http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/retro/index.php#make-your-own-portable-113419
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that wood inlay in electronics is the new in-thing in gear trends. Sure we’ve seen it in watches and headphones, but Swedish company Swedx has kicked it up a notch with their line of wood embedded LCDs, keyboards, and mice. You can even go so far as to pick your…
Our squirmy brother Fleshbot pointed out this delightful look at some good, old-fashioned PSP porn complete with Custer’s Revenge-esque sex antics involving sperm. Called “The Palace of the Virgin,” this title features “adventures that involve [said Princess] touching various body parts belonging to some seriously ugly Japanese dudes.” Now, thanks to our early colonizing, Christian…
The BenQ is only 97 grams—that’s 3 ounces in Earth Weights—and has all the 3G trimmings: 1.3-megapixel camera, video recording, data transfer, and video-conferencing, all in a package lighter than my goiter. No word on local availability. The worlds Smallest Phone with 3G services is here courtesy BenQ [MobileMag]
Polaroid seems to have carved out a niche for themselves in the teenage female market, especially with their fun iZone line. They’ve stepped it up to the digital age with the iZone 300, which is marketed to young women in general. The white design is reminiscent of the iPod, and while it’s only 3.2 megapixels,…
The guys at CucumberLab have an irritating flash website but nice portfolio. Their Phonograph has been designed for the wine connoisseur. Under the music player is a wide space to stack your Barolo and Sauvignon bottles. It also has what Cucumberland calls an “automated transitional glass sensor-linked” that gets nearly transparent when you approach it,…
These space age faucets by Marco Mammoliti put my plain ol Delta taps to shame. They even come with cool names like “Dante,” “Evolution,” and “Airon”—if by “cool names” you mean “kinda pretentious names that don’t seem to have anything to do with the actual product.” Not that we’re complaining — the designs are unique…
First, we see a release saying that XM is teaming up with WorldSpace to broadcast globally. Then, our favorite, Hearsay Boy, writes: XM technology may be quickly spreading to “billions-with-a-B” more people on the other side of the globe. The term for the warrants is only three years, so they ain’t exactly sitting on their…
This is getting all kinds of press already, but it’s pretty cool. The concept is nice: foldable windows that warp based on your mouse movements. While multiple desktops is obviously superior, this seems nice for those who might be a little disoriented by that whole drag ‘n’ drop thing. The Fold n’ Drop Home Page…
I was kind of torn about posting this, but what are you going to do. This is an image of someone’s “CHEWED UP & SPIT OUT RED VINES.” Now, first off, that stuff in there is green, which is pretty weird. Second off, they posted “NON NUDE” in the headline, which makes me wonder where…
Interesting development. It’s not quite an LCD PC, it’s not quite a smart display. It’s some strange mutant strain we’re seeing here, Doctor. The BenQ LCD TVs use Mediabloc software to stream music, images, and video from a networked server. You don’t quite have all the Media Center Edition overhead and you don’t have much…
You have spoken, and we are slow to listen. Today we’ll have search working and the headlines will NO LONGER BE IN ALL CAPS. Anything else we can do for you? Valet parking? Back-rubs?
Comb-over alert! This shoe, designed by Porsche, is sure to be very expensive and very silly. Take this quote for example: When driving a car, the right foot works in a different way than the left one. The quality that more than anything else makes this shoe unique, is the exclusive projection of the soles,…
The boys at DoubleViking sent this out to me. I mean for a site dedicated to naked ‘tang and stupid nerd tricks, you can see where their interests really lie: in the search for the ultimate poached egg. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-poach-an-egg-111956 The Egg and Muffin Toaster is the apogee of egg and muffin evolution. This delicious sandwich…
Despite the metal hand clamps and menacing posture, this black leather monstrosity is not the future of torture technology. What you are looking at is top-of-the-line Japanese massage chair engineering. Family Co’s FMC-5000 “Medical Chair Family Robo” is a massage chair, armed to the teeth with enough strategically placed rollers, air-bags, and vibrating paddles to…