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When you have to write something really, really small, use a nano fountain pen. This chip is used to nudge atoms around into different configurations for quick nano-fabrication and creating nano-patterns. It has a “integrated microfluidic system for capillary feeding of molecular ink” and is based on the actual capillary action of the original fountain…
Is your Saab safe from Cabir? The folks at F-Secure are currently testing Bluetooth worms on cars in the wild, proving that as car PC parts get more sophisticated, you do not, under any circumstances, want Windows running in there. Imagine: Blaster hitting your Hummer’s open MSSQL port while you’re rolling at 60mph on the…
Our brother-in-blogs at Kotaku posted a bit about the Atari Flashback 2.0 which looks like a real-life Atari 2600 and will be available, with 40 full games, for only $30. Faux-wood paneling? Check. Real controllers? Check. Obseity, pimples, and a fear of bees and girls? Not since 8th grade, thank you very much! Ok, freshman…
This DIY Dirkon Paper Camera is pretty cool. You see, in Eastern Europe under Communism they had to eat dogs and make their cameras out of paper. Therefore they got really good at folding Nikon-alike pinhole SLRs hence the Dirkon. Actually, I’m kidding about the dogs. Poland and the modern-day Czech Republic were more into…
Nothing too amazing about this little biometric reader except that it doubles as a scroll wheel. With all the fuss and bother about biometrics recently, expect to see some sort of reader embedded in a touchpad some time soon, leading to hundreds of hacked PCs and stolen finger prints. Also expect some sort of finger…
No, that’s not the name of a 60s exploitation movie, it’s a plan by Alenia Aeronautica, an Italian aeronautics group, to create the X-Sky, a pilotless drone that can make mid-flight decisions without much prompting. X-Sky may then be used to train the Dassault Neuron UCAV drone which may, in turn, be able to launch…
Oh, wow. Walt Mossberg, tech guru for the Polo shirt and boat shoes crowd, says that Tiger is a real XP killer. He especially likes Spotlight and the new RSS feature in Safari—in which Gizmodo will be a default destination come tomorrow afternoon. Woo woo! Anyway, Walt really likes Dashboard and Parental Controls but said…
Onkyo has released this nubbin-shaped iPod Photo dock which they say works great with the rest of their product line. Seeing as how it has standard RCA jacks and an S-Video port, it had also better work with every single receiver in the world. This dock adds remote control to the iPod through specific Onkyo…
Here’s a review of the Griffin iMic, which adds mic-in and -out through USB (we talked about it a while ago). The iMic is completely USB-bus powered and matches the Apple color scheme—puce and salmon, obviously. While there are some minor glitches that appeared when trying to grab some pro-quality recording, overall the iMic looks…
Nighthacks are the quintessential “amazing nighttime footbag,” a glowing hackysack that’s available in myriad colors for all of your junior-high era recreational needs. At just $15, each Nighthack features an on/off switch and a replaceable coin battery so you can play until hackysack goes out of style. (They swear it’s not too late for that.)…
HP has just announced a set of televisions including Pavilion branded plasmas and LCDs. And how about this: HD Digital Entertainment Center z550 series The new HP z555 and z557 High-definition Digital Entertainment Center series include three tuners: One ATSC OTA high-definition TV tuner for the ability to pause, play and record HD over-the-air programming…
The AeroCool AeroBase takes the “LEDs in everything!” concept a step further by delivering a mouse pad that can flash in as many as 15 coordinated sequences. While having a blue, flickering glow emanating from beneath your sweaty palm will likely serve as a distraction, the pad has the “feature” (or side-effect) of blinking when…
It is obvious why Thanko decided to name this product the “Sleep in Your Clothes De Suku.” Since it’s actually intended for when you prop yourself up with a small pillow, I could see something like this being used in bed, on the couch, or while playing TouchDIC. In fact, it could actually be more…
For every cheap portable DVD player Evergreen releases, Panasonic will release two others that are far, far more expensive. One such model is the “DVD-LX95,” a portable DVD player that will set you back about 80,000 yen. You will see a number of improvements, such as a TV tuner, FM transmitter (which is nice when…
Evergreen has a very, very cheap portable DVD player coming out called the “EG-D540.” For roughly 20,000 yen, you will get a DVD player with support for a multitude of formats including DivX and XviD, a 5 inch LCD, 2.5 hour battery life, and even coaxial digital output. How low are these things really going…
If you were for some reason dissatisfied with how previous MP3 watches lacked a voice recorder, continue to be dissatisfied. Thanko’s new “Analog MP3 Watch with Voice Recorder” may have a voice recorder in addition to all the standard MP3 stuff you’ve come to respect, but it sort of loses effectiveness when you read the…
Not only do they put a picture of a hot chick—er, lady—in the review but they say these little voice note taking disks are the best thing since penicillin. The usage model is simple: talk into it for 70 seconds and then slap it on a table or fridge and wait for someone to get…
Since we already mentioned DIC today, we felt it only appropriate to tell you about these balls ball-shaped speakers from Elecom called the “PSP-CS500s.” Measuring about 3 inches in diameter, they also feature a spot for the cable to wind up inside. Don’t expect a whole lot of sound from these, though, as they have…
This popped up yesterday. GW, through the Family Movie Act, gave legal protection to services like Utah-based ClearPlay’s smut-removal system. The system reads the DVD ID and then downloads a set of timestamps that indicate naughty material is present. The playback, while slightly jerky, is clean as a whistle. Speaking of things being slightly jerky,…
MoCo Loco had this on Tuesday and I forgot to post it yesterday, but this idea for a wall clock is one of the more animated and eye-catching designs I’ve seen. The rings orbit around the clock mechanism in the middle, on occasion providing you with a simple, globe-shaped design but more often in a…