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It might not be suitable for burning a can of franks and beans over an dangerously oversized open flame, but the Sternform mess kit is clearly a more modern solution than the wing nut-handled aluminum pots and pans of traditional Boy Scout issue. Sort of a thermal detonator for soup, the Sternform bowls have rubber…
The Zojirushi Corporation has developed the first Internet-Enabled Hot Pot. The i-Pot monitors its usage statistics and sends them off wirelessly (802.11x, presumably), allowing other parties to monitor your tea-drinking habits with bated breath. The marketed application for the i-Pot rests largely with the elderly—if your obaasan misses her regular tea break, the i-Pot can…
Yamaha’s tiny new EC-02 is all-electric, capable of 30km-an-hour speeds with a 40km range between six hour charges. The whole thing is just four-and-a-half feet from front to back and will cost just a hair under $2,000. EC-02, the little electric motorcycle by Yamaha [AkihabaraNews]
Hardware Pacers has an exceptionally detailed (albeit slightly fanboy-sounding) review of Actiontec’s 54Mbps Wireless Network Camera, including a full rundown of the install process and loads of screenshots. Their overall impression was that the camera worked perfectly—it was simple access from a web browser and the video stream was great, at least at the 320×240…
That took longer than it needed to, people. Really, we should be getting these cakes before launch, to ease the pain. I’ll be waiting come E3, my baking friends. PSP Cake [HardwareGeeks via Kotaku] More Cake: Playstation, A Sacred Institution [Gizmodo] iPod mini Wedding Cake [Gizmodo] More iPod Wedding Cake [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/playstation-a-sacred-institution-9078
The technical specs of the LG Flatron 1980Q flat-panel monitor aren’t that impressive, especially when considering the $800 price, but it does have one neat trick: the ability to be flipped over 150 degrees, automatically switching the image to show correctly past the apex. While that sounds perfectly useless at home, it could be useful…
Seiko Epson is showing off their new robo-copter—the lightest and smallest robotic helicopter to date, weighing in at just 8.9 grams [‘World’s Smallest’ is up to much debate -Ed.]. The Micro Flying Robot has four legs and actuators, as well as two rotors, to aid in balancing. Lacking Asimovesque miniature atomic power sources as we…
OMG, it’s School House Rock for hard drives! I’m just a lonely little bit And on my back I sit Oh, how I long to be Standing tall and feeling free We need expanded membership But that would make us flip And meet an end that’s too abrupt Because our data’s corrupt We missed this…
AOL and XM have announced a strategic deal to swap content, as well as offer premium XM content to AOL users. Web surfers will be able to access 20 XM channels on AOL’s radio section, along with its current roster of about 130 stations, for free. A new version of AOL’s “premium” radio service will…
Arbitron is testing their new portable people meter, a device capable of tracking all media you’re exposed to throughout the day. The device relies on participating TV and radio stations that encode special inaudible audio markers in their programming. Arbitron is working on the next incarnation of the device, which will include RFID (for recording…
My pal Tony, barista americano or some other coffee joke it’s criminal to try to execute before I’ve actually had any, details the Synesso Cyncra, the “holy grail of espresso machines” recently installed in his home base, Victrola Coffee. Victrola actually ordered a testing prototype last year and has been upgrading its Synesso with field…
Wigobyte (whose USB drive/cell charger we mentioned the other day) also offers their Mvolt-100 Media Flask multimedia player. Capable, in true flask form, of storing your favorite comforts close to your heart, the Mvolt-100 holds your music and movies, (including DivX files) along with any other files you can throw at it. Plug the device…
For just $3300, even you can have a 16-point buck mounted on your wall and lighted by fluorescent tubes to showcase to friends and visitors alike your true hunting prowess. While it might not make the most feasible story, “I bagged his ghost” is probably your best bet here. Formed from hand-molded resin, this might…
It’s probably not to hard to infer from the lack of mobile software coverage that most applications, on the whole, don’t interest me a bit. That said, I think this new ‘Digital Stadium’ application on DoCoMo’s phones is sort of brilliant, leveraging the graphical abilities of the phone to display a cartoon representation of a…
PhoneMag has some initial shots and details of the Plantronics L510S Bluetooth Office Headset that were leaked/shown on the FCC web site. While the ‘Office’ appellation might lead you to believe this is just for your PC, there’s no reason it shouldn’t work with most cellular phones. The ‘Office’ part just means that it has…
I desperately want this watch. Max Busser and Felix Baumgartner collaborated to create the Opus 5, a completely innovative watch that makes use of what’s known as a “satellite hour” display. The style is absolutely gorgeous and the movement is complicated and new: The hour hands rotates while each blocks rotates and as it reaches…
QuickerTek is showing off a new hardcore Wi-Fi-boosting antenna for the MacMini that they claim will give the little box a networking range of over a mile. The 27dBm Transceiver is a 500 milliwatt unit (the Mac mini standard Airport Extreme is around 30) and is available for $180. Sure, that’s over a third of…
Could it be that Archos is going to release some products that aren’t ugly? We’re already pretty big fans of the work they do, but it’s been hard to press the recommendations to people who flinch at their knobby designs. These three upcoming products in this roundup, however, look slick—and they have a lot of…
Add “ladybug” to that list of bizarre MP3 player shapes. Evergreen Corporation releases 128MB and 256MB models of the player, which are polished to look like a real ladybug. The spots aren’t just for show, either — those are the buttons you use to control play, pause and so forth. They’re somewhat crappy as far…
AudioTechnica has a number of 40mm headphones coming out, the most impressive of which is the “ATH-T44.” At 5,200 yen, the T44s provide a decent frequency response from as low as 18Hz to as high as 23kHz. They have a thing called the “Quick Headband Mechanism” for adjusting their position on your head, by locking…