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This guy has an awesome collection of German, WWII-era radios and other communications equipment. Apparently much of the equipment used precision megnesium alloy die casings which allowed them to provide a stable tuning without crystals, which I will pretend to know is cool. Also, see if you can pronounce his domain name without wanting to…
Starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Jackson and Sharon Stone as Patrice Dellaplane… oh, wait. That was Action Jackson. The Action Jacket is a neoprene Shuffle case with armband that fits everyone from from toothpick to python —their words, not ours. If you don’t want to wear the Shuffle around your neck like a Flava Flav…
In the future, the proof of a person’s technical skill will be based on their ability to boot linux on random objects. Those who are able to get a bash prompt on a toaster oven will be gods that walk among us, constantly harping on our choice of distribution. It’s been brewing for a while,…
This Discman-like camcorder has finally hit the streets. This bugger, which we discussed a while back has a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens, 10x optical zoom, and can write and rewrite to DVD-R and DVD-/+RW respectively. https://gizmodo.com/sony-direct-to-dvd-camcorder-28376 Estimated pricing looks to be about $1,200 on a good day. Sony launches DCR-DVD7E DVD camcorder [Pocket-Lint]
Western Europe is on track to hit 100 percent mobile phone penetration by 2007, according to work done by research firm Analysys. Some countries, like the UK, Italy, and Sweden, have actually already hit that number, which is standard marketing parlance means there are enough phone subscriptions to cover ever person in the populace (not…
So last night as I went to sleep, I decided that I was going to get that Ring Thing bottle opener. But then! Reader Justin Derbes sent in a link to this Bison Designs bottle opener keychain, which is not only just four bucks, but happens to be a hex/bike nut tool, as well. Since…
They say many eyes make light work, so here’s another—quite possibly fake—leaked pic from the forthcoming XBox Dance Dance Revolution 360. In the early phases of gestation, it appears that the XBox is growing some vestigial organs that harken back to its PC heritage. Perhaps, as it becomes fully-formed, it will go through that awkward…
PalmOne’s unreleased LifeDrive PDA has shown up on Amazon, if you’d like to take a look. There’s not a lot to see, although one of the screens does confirm built-in Wi-Fi (well, probably) and ‘Drive Mode,’ which is presumably an easy way to throw it into dumb storage mode. Features listed as: Quickly drag and…
There’s tons of content online being formatted specifically for the PSP, from sites like 29 Guide that are designed specifically for it, to other sites that just happen to format their video in the web-friendly sizes of the PSP’s screen. It isn’t hard to imagine that the widescreen format of the PSP will become a…
We like to be comparatively correct some of the time, so here’s an UPDATED pic of the new Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox. It’s also not PictBridge compatible. More info as we receive it. http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/hard-drive/index.php#gateway-mp3-photo-jukebox-102325
GuardianLion (which transforms into the protective codpiece of Voltron) has released its ‘Amber Alarm’ panic button, designed to be worn (and not lost) by kids for use in emergencies. One push of the Amber Alarm will send a signal to local 911 service, broadcasting an exact latitude and longitude of the frightened (or bored) child.…
Sharps disposal—I watch ER, so I know—is really dangerous and folks with diabetes have all kinds of needles hanging out waiting to stick someone. But how about a DISINTEGRATOR that “utilizes a unique plasma arc to melt the needle at a temperature of over 2500 Fahrenheit, reducing it to a small BB shaped ball?” This…
This thing is just about the greatest thing ever. It has everything—it’s a mixture of irony, goofiness, stupidity, and an incorrigible waste of good engineering skills. The Phobile Handset is an exact replica of an old-time rotary dial handset and connects with just about every possible phone manufacturer including Nokia and Motorola. We especially like…
ThinkGeek is selling the ‘Ring Thing,’ a simple piece stainless steel jewelry that lets you perform beer-opening magic tricks at the drop of a backwards ballcap. Since my cheapo keychain bottle-cap opener died (Thanks, Dogfish Head!), I’m going to give this a go—as soon as I can find a ruler that measures in increments of…
It seems that JVC-comes-lately has decided to get into the MP3 player racket. Their contribution to the canon? These ear-cup dealies that hold 128MB of MP3s or WMAs and run on one AAA battery. Good, bad, indifferent? We’re leaning towards the last one. JVC get into the MP3 market with the XA-A50 [Pocket-Lint]
I may have been harping on the AirPie a little yesterday, but I think we’ve finally reached the pinnacle of AirPie-ness. This is an image for the ages, tantamount to the 1984 Apple commercial—a defining image for the digital age, a beautiful tribute to the ingenuity and resilience of mankind in the face of ineffable…
One thing I’m always looking for is a way to efficiently transmit music to the stereo without too much muss and fuss. I’ve been pretty excited about a few systems, only to be quickly let down by quirky networking or stupid UI issues. Well, the Aurius, which is a simple FM transmitter, doesn’t have much…
One of our pastimes is watching mobile phone carriers shoot themselves in the foot, sending bullets through the hobnailed jackboots pressing down on the skulls of their customers. The latest kvetching is about DRM standards that will protect slutty users from spreading their downloaded data with other users (or backing it up, or moving it…
Qwest quietly rolled out their ‘OneFlex’ voice-over-IP service last night, offering a basic plan of $30 a month and cheap US long distance that caps out at an additional $20 a month. That means $50 for all-you-can eat long distance, which isn’t exactly the cheapest thing in the world, but is pretty reasonable if you’re…
One of my pet obsessions is the Sony chamois. It’s the little piece of material Sony puts into most of its higher end gear that you use to wipe the dirt, effluvium, and grease off of the screen. Well, take that love of cleanliness, order, and protection to the next level with the PSP Pouch.…