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Now there’s an easy way to determine if you should skip that fourth pint of Ben & Jerry’s, besides memorizing that “the answer is always yes.” MedGem, developed by HealtheTech works by determining the number of calories your body needs to keep you breathing and with blood flowing. This figure, known as the Resting Metabolic…
Now you won’t even have to leave your hotel room! Just fly into Vegas, whip out your WifiCasino GS-enabled PDA, and start kicking your cash down the old rat hole. But you’re going to win big on the next pull. Trust us. It’s going to happen. The app allows secure gambling using VPNs, location tracking,…
It’s taken a lot of conditioning to move towards the back of our collective consciousness all the less-than-respectable avenues a game console with a touch-screen interface could afford us. So we (and brother site Kotaku) believe a quick word of thanks is deserved to the Korean company who’s producing Touch-DIC—a Korean dictionary, we note with…
Siemens has decided to split off their mobile business in an effort to make it more attractive for a forthcoming merger or partnership with another cell phone brand. Siemens says they’ll likely keep only a minority share if any partnership comes out of their talks with the several potential partners they’re in discussions with presently.…
No, not that kind of herb, hippie. The Contero Jr. is a handheld can with little spokes inside designed to grind oregano, rosemary, thyme, and parsley, not the cheeb. You can order one of 10 engravings, including a stoned smiley face called Dopey, but this is for kitchen use only. One Drop Design, makers of…
Well, so far so good. OWC still hasn’t gotten C&D’ed for creating the Other Roadtrip and now even has the RoadTrip!+. This version uses the iPod’s dock connector to charge the iPod en route. https://gizmodo.com/the-other-roadtrip-19872 This $28 device transmits on 87.9MHz and is powered through the car’s cigarette lighter. Looks like an elegant, space-saving solution…
It seems a developer named Edo Mendelson has created a program to allow Hebrew support on the iPod but the Apple distributor in Israel won’t support or repair any devices that have been updated in such a grave and Hebraic manner. The result is a grassroots petition and fund-raising effort by Edo in order to…
Just to wake us all up this morning, let’s talk about the Pasante AT-10 Resin condom which, according to a lovely press release we received, is 15 microns thick whereas a human hair is about 100-150 microns. It is hypoallergenic, for those with sensitive skin “down there” and non-latex. They are also, in British English,…
Bosendorfer, famous for its pianos and its wonderful umlaut, is introducing a line of crazy looking speakers at this year’s Home Entertainment Show. Designed by Hans Deutsch, some guy who is really good at making speakers, these puppies use old-world technology mainly found in musical instruments to get a little extra oomph out of your…
Ladies and gentlemen, the forefathers of these beautiful Coleco handheld retreads once graced the bathroom of my friend Lou and their service to me during the many hours I whiled away in that selfsame bathroom will not be forgotten. I take my hat—and pants—off to you Techno Source for bringing back such a refreshing college…
We’ve talked about a number of the NHJ PMPs in the past but here’s an in-depth review of the MPM-201. They like the UI and the CF/MM card reader, but it’s a pretty hefty device and there are some interactivity quirks like video resizing and no bookmarking. https://gizmodo.com/nhjapan-mpm-20x-video-player-reviewed-17851 NHJ MPM-201 Portable Media Player [DAPReview via…
GameTap is a new PC-based game and content network led by TBS, they of the Sex in the City Rerun (Carrie’s with the Russian now) and the endless movie repetition. It’s an interesting concept, very pre-dotcom bust, where they deliver games, behind-the-scenes stuff, and original content via broadband. They definitely have the brand awareness with…
Vertex Link is all set to release the “iAudio X5” (known to us Americans as the Cowon X5) player, along with its already improved “iAudio X5L” brother. Both units have a 20GB hard drive, 1.8″ color LCD, support for all kinds of audio formats, JPEG and MPEG-4. However, the X5L will provide 35 hours of…
Sharp’s enormously popular AQUOS line of LCDs gets a discount, as the company today introduced the “LC-45AE5,” “LC-26AD5,” and “LC-22AD5” TVs in Japan. The Full HD 45AE5 takes after a similar model released in August of last year, but somehow manages to slash about a third of the price off. You’ll find similar situations with…
Continuing with the Panasonic products, here is their new MP3/CD player called the “SL-CT582V.” It may seem like everyone has moved on to either hard drive players (ala iPod) or flash players (ala iRiver), leaving MP3/CD players in a distant third. Nevertheless, there’s probably still a market for these CD players out there. While this…
Samsung of Japan will be releasing a 1GB player called the “YP-C1Z” for a quiet 12,800 yen. I can’t really find anything wrong with the player that would merit such a low price (for Japan)—it has all the standard stuff plus OGG playback—but I’m sure there’s something I’m missing (how about innovation?). It also gets…
NTT DoCoMo and Sumitomo Mitsui, the world’s 4th largest financial institution, have gotten together to introduce a new kind of credit card. We’ve talked about “FeliCa” contactless IC before, and this is yet another application of it — according to the sketches in the press release, you’ll use your phone as though it were the…
Panasonic’s new “SL-PH660” is a water-resistant radio/CD player, intended to be used in the bathtub, kitchen, or by the beach. It doesn’t support MP3 at all, but you will find stereo speakers. Another disappointment is the battery life — Panasonic puts it at 22 hours for CD playback, and 25 hours for radio. Press Release…
Bill Gates took to showing off the ultra-portable concept tablet PC at WinHEC 2005 yesterday. Roughly the same size of a Creative Zen PMC, the concept calls for a tablet running Windows XP Tablet Edition, some form of wireless and greater battery life. The idea is to make such technology more accessible and therefore more…
Looks pretty cool, if very vertical market-y. Essentially, it’s a convertible with the old IBM black casing, bluetooth, and WiFi. Nothing extremely amazing except for the fact that it’s IBM has been avoiding tablets like the plague for the past few years and now suddenly jumps in with a with a standard model. Could the…