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Got to see some of the new Plantronics gear yesterday including their line of designer wired headsets—OMG! One was the color of my Beetle!—and their new Bluetooth headset/headphones, the Pulsar 590, which is one of the very few Bluetooth headsets that I would actually wear. There’s a small, telescoping mic on the Pulsar, which is…
Thermostats, on the whole, work pretty well. However, this rug makes up for those times when the thermostat is on a smoke break or the kids have messed with it. It is a rug that detects when a person is on the nearby and modifies the rug temperature and the room temperature accordingly. This feat…
Elonex really knows how to do the media center right. The LX has a sleek design and even a front LCD that helps make this piece of sweet machinery blend into any entertainment center. The case has also been engineered to ensure near silence while in operation. Inside, the LX is fully customizable and comes…
So, I promised you’d get carpets under my reign here at Gizmodo. Here’s a nifty one designed by a young UK designer. Sajjadah 1426 (Sajjadah means “prayer rug” in persian/turkish and 1426 stands for 2005 in Islamic calendar) is a high tech carpet for Muslims who have to turn to the Mecca and pray five…
So far, I’ve blogged about smart shoes, smart carpets, smart shirts, smart glasses, ad nauseum. We are living in the era, it seems, of Smart Everything. Still, those smart wall sockets —dubbed U-wall-sockets— managed to surprise me. U-wall-sockets allows folks who MUST KNOW RIGHT KNOW to check over the internet whether their home appliances are…
Hey parents, lets kill three birds with one stone. Now you can your child safe, keep them quiet in the car, and even drive recklessly and not feel so bad about it. Michael P. Fleming is developing a child s safety helmet for the car that interacts with electronic devices and components like MP3 players…
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…and that’s all we know. Aside from a pretty photo of a black-square device with a color screen, the company’s website doesn’t say much else on what this audio player does. We did find, however, a cryptic statement disguised as an abstract poem: i-BEAD700 is coming this August. Please be patient with our model. I…
The FAA is maintaining its ban against in-flight use of wireless devices such as cellphones, regardless of the FCC’s recent proposal to allow such usage. Some of you might disagree, but no regrets here: an eight-hour cross-country flight is bad enough with wailing babies and stuffy air; adjacent passengers with too much time on their…
Much to the chagrin of tea-snobs everywhere, I’ll admit to using tea bags to brew tea. Yes, I know loose tea leaves are superior and more flavorful, but tea bags are just so much more convenient for a single cup of tea — brewing loose tea leaves usually require a large tea pot, and is…
Okay, this is unfair. Not only is this “beanbag dock” for the iPod called a “Muff dock,” but it’s also pink. A pink fluffy muff dock. Actually, Muffdock comes in a variety of colors, one of which is called “Tarty” (so it would be a Tarty fluffy muff dock…). But despite its name, you can’t…
Awwww, look at how cute these tiny Japanese cars are! I must have one! Never sold before in North America, Japanoid, a Canadian importer of K-cars (otherwise known as Keicars or Kei Jidousha), is finally bringing these adorable super-compact cars to Canada (albeit 15 years older — more on that below). K-cars were originally built…
I saw this last year at CES and kind of forgot about it. i4u made me remember. For that I thank them. Essentially, it’s a little lens cleaner for digital cameras and camera phones. The tip is small enough to get at the smaller lenses. I handed over my cellie at the booth and this…
Christiaan Oppewal and Silvijn van der Velden design furniture like only Dutchmen can. These chairs look anything but comfortable and appear to be made of stone and other nasty, cold materials. However, they are really made of polyester and are extremely comfy. The price is between 4,450 and 5,650 euros which means that when you…
Jurgen, our eBay Ninja, found this charming little site that teaches you how to carve hot dogs into little shapes. Apparently the people in Japan are so bored they have to resort to making sausage elephants and reading Manga. Give them a paintbrush and some primer. They can come over and paint my stairs. Sausage…
Just when I thought I was doing a good job drinking away my sorrows, Laminar Technologies has helped up my consumption of Daddy’s Little Helper with the new Turbo Tap. This beast can fill up a pint of brew in two seconds! The Turbo Tap really is revolutionary; it uses science—which is damn near to…
As we all know, childrenrobots are the best camel jockeys around. They’re small, replaceable, and never complain for fear of beatings. Thankfully, the United Arab Emirates has discovered this and is now using robots instead of humans to race camels across the desert. These remote controlled robots rarely try to unionize and it’s really hard…
Peter Kirn of CDM checks in regularly with the latest tech for musicians and wannabe musicians. Ever wish you could ditch the guitar amp and assorted paraphernalia and plug directly into your computer? You’re clearly dreaming of the iUke, a custom ukulele that routes audio directly to your computer via USB. The instrument was built…
Some fans of the Treo are currently speculating on this image, which purports to show the Treo 700. But the logo looks sort of fishy and the concept of a Palm phone running Windows Mobile is akin to the Mac Mini running Windows 98. In other words, highly unlikely. 700 with WM5- Fact or Fiction?…
There’s not much I can say about Elsie that this eBayer hasn’t already said. I think a beautiful animatronic cow is every boy’s dream, so consider this for your cousin’s Bar Mitzvah present. Trust me. He doesn’t want a PSP. Elsie the mechanical cow and her milk bottle. Purchased at an estate sale of a…