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Two German companies have teamed up to offer “The EKG Shirt” to monitor the heart rate of athletes. The shirt has a Bluetooth connection that can connect to phones to store the cardiac information or pass it on to a medical service center. It looks a little bulky, but potentially useful, for sure, especially if…
Soroban Geeks has pictures of this fuel-cell powered portable video player from Hitachi. It uses the iVD-R cartridges for data storage (and features ‘A’ and ‘B’ button technology), so even if it were more than a prototype we wouldn’t buy it. But it’s nifty to get a look at what fuel cell devices might look…
We should probably make mention of the ‘Wireless iPod’ documents that Apple Insider is showing, obtained from the US Patent Office. Personally, I don’t think they amount to much, as they were filed in 2003, and it’s not a huge surprise that Apple has been considering adding wireless streaming to the iPod for quite some…
Okay—last time we’re talking about it, I swear, but people just keep sending it in: the Nuby Tech Chainsaw controller for Gamecube, designed for use with Resident Evil 4 is coming. No, games don’t turn us into psycho killers—they just teach us how to make hamburger of once-living human flesh. You can’t murder the already…
DoCoMo’s N900iL Wi-Fi phone looks like it gets it right—it uses the DoCoMo 3G network by default, but can switch to SIP Voice-Over-IP calls when within range of a Wi-Fi network. It’s not clear, exactly, if the NEC-made, Linux-powered phone can use just any old Wi-Fi network—and I suspect not— or if it must rely…
I meant to mention this yesterday, but I’m giving a short presentation this week to a small business owners’ group about gadgets that make life easier for them. I’ve got a few things in mind, but if you’re a small biz owner and have a few suggestions for indispensable gear that makes your life easier—including…
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Someone at work probably forwarded you the “Boyfriend’s Arm” pillow during their lunch hour; you either laughed and thought “those crazy Japanese,” or simply deleted the email because it started with “Fwd:.” An equally disappointing offering (perhaps moreso) comes from Japan’s Trane Corporation (not related to the A/C and heating people) in the form of…
Kenwood unveiled the “HDM-777” on Friday, which is what I believe is the first aftermarket navigation system to use Windows Automotive. At least, it’s the first one I’ve seen. All Blue Screen of Death jokes aside, Windows Automotive is a key component of Microsoft’s “Connected Car Initiative”—the company’s leap into the automotive industry. Though Kenwood…
We talked about a different DIY gramophone kit a while back, but this $70 Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable on pre-order from Very Cool Things looks a bit easier (and a bit nicer) to use. The idea is simple: take a CD (or any other etchable plastic surface), add a plastic cup to focus the sound,…
The new Vaja iVolution leather cases for the iPod Photo look very attractive, specifically because they turn the iPod into a two-toned simulacrum of thick, rich peanut butter and oozing, creamery nougat. At least this one does—the other colors are all basically the same old leather and suede bits that Vaja always has. Product Page…
While I’m not quite ready to drop $60 on it, the Marathon Computer RePorter looks like an absolute godsend for someone like me who has to spend a lot of time on his hands and knees for a living. It’s a pretty simple idea: condense all those rear-mounted ports into a single-cable terminating in a…
Good Sunday, internet friends. I thought I’d do some catching up today instead of lazing about as I normally do, soaking in the nutrient bath and giving myself mild electric shocks. While I have some gadgetry and the like to share, I need to make a short announcement and ask a couple questions first, if…
A couple days back we talked about the Sony HDV VTR HD playback unit and totally spaced what would probably be more interesting for many of you: a new HD camera from Sony, the HVR-Z1U. This makes two HD units from Big S, the first being the FX-1 which was announced a few months back.…
Not too long after I took over as editor at Gizmodo, the Motorola A630 sort of seemed to consume all channels of information. I suspect a lot of that stemmed from the fever pitch Moto was generating with their PR punnani, dropping little blurbs here and there, culminating with a mondo Manhattan swank party where…
Product Highlights • Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Controller. [ModernJackass] • 3D Holographic Television [Economist] • Samsung develops 3D mobile display [TheInquirer] Business • Merry Merry Christmas for Moto [GigaOm] • Cell phones take iPod challenge [CNET] • Dell gives AMD another look [ArsTechnica] • Dell profits up 25% [GuardianBlog] Reviews • Logitech’s Z-5500 [Wired] Culture…
These things would rock the asses of the masses if only they were what they appeared to be. You get a 3.1-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom for $150, so that’s really not too bad, but the binoculars just serve as viewfinders. Dual camera lenses might be asking a bit much on a $150 camera,…
A lot of you have been pointing out the news about Mattel’s new JuiceBox that’s showing up today, mostly stemming from this review on the AP wire, I think. If you haven’t heard about it, the Juicebox is a $70 portable video player for kids that uses a proprietary flash memory card format so that…
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I sort of thought Sony killed the Aiwa brand, but I4U is reporting a new Aiwa-branded flash player called the XDM-S710BT with a 100-hour playtime and a Bluetooth interface—which is sort of hot, now that I think about it. It’s only a 256MB player, unfortunately, but everything else looks solid. There are too other models,…