Archive for November 7th, 2007

Boo-Hoo For You!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Unusual and quirky animation featuring an Octopus and a piece of Sushi who are very excited about the advanced mobile phone technology in Japan. Love it for the tennis playing sushi alone!

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Al-Asr Islamic Sport Watch: This gonna be my third watch

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Another Islamic Watch from Al-Asr Inc. Check it out

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Motorola Q9m Review

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Brighthand’s has a review of the Motorola Q9m, a Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphone available from Verizon. This device offers a number of consumer-oriented features, including the ability to buy and quickly download music directly.

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Anti Gravity Boots : A Step In The Right Direction

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Defying gravity has long been strived for, despite it being the most important force on our planet. However, these anti-gravity boots are hardly going to bounce you into outer space, so fair play. The boots give the impression of breaking all the rules of science each individual step you take. A wrench is included within the product for one size…

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Robot Jockeys Transform The Sport of Camel Racing

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Camel racing is an ancient sport that remains highly popular among the Arabs of the Persian Gulf, but it’s been criticized by human rights groups because of the jockeys: young boys secured to the saddles with Velcro. Now robot jockeys are transforming the traditional sport.

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Nike+iPod Sport Kit raises privacy concerns, can be used to track users

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

University of Washington group has built surveillance tools that malicious individuals could use to track Nike+iPod Sport Kit owners. Our tools can track Nike+iPod Sport Kit owners while they our working out, as well as when they are just casually walking around town, a parking lot, or a college campus.

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Testing The LazyDrinker Automated Bartender [PopSci Video]

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

When we heard about the LazyDrinker cocktail dispensing device, we thought we’d died and gone to heaven. What could be better than a gadget that simultaneously satisfies our geekiest urges and quenches our thirst for delicious alcoholic beverages? So, we hastily emailed the company and asked them to send us one…

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Porcelain USB + Sweater Is Very Cute

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

This is so nice. It could get a bit fragile for a portable device. It looks gorgeous in the wool sweater. I would use the wool accessory all the time. wouldn’t you?

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A (very) limited edition Ferrari mobile phone

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Just 60 of these leather and titanium clad mobile phones will be sold - to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Ferrari company.

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EchoStar to Acquire Sling Media

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Satellite television provider EchoStar Communications has agreed to acquire Sling Media in a deal that values the maker of the Slingbox device at $380 million.

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The Eco-friendly Device No One Has Heard Of.

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The SAVASOCKET™ is a new energy saving, surge protected multi socket for the home and work. It has the unique feature of being able to switch a bank of sockets off at the source, by using your standard home infra red remote.

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Giorgio Armani Samsung Cell Phone Announced

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

cellphone + mode

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Newest Spy Shots

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Newest Spy Shots: Nissan GT-R, BMW V-Series, Mercedes C Sport Coupe and Subaru WRX STi

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Nikon D80 available now!!!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The Nikon D80’s officially real. We’ve been waiting for this one for the last few weeks, but by now any real mystery about the device has surely gone up in smoke.

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Australia still on hold for Apple’s iPhone

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

It’s still not known when the iPhone will be released in Australia or which operator will be the exclusive carrier of the amazing new device, but if my experience with the product is anything to go by, someone should make a decision _ fast. When can I buy one here?

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Brain Device Moves Objects by Thought

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity. The “brain-machine interface” developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain’s blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals.

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How Design Can Help the Homeless - exitcreative

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

An idea for a device that could help homeless people (and street performers) make & save money a little easier.

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No More Cell Phone Charger? Device Beams Energy Instead

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

It may sound futuristic, but Powercast’s platform uses nothing more complex than a radio–and is cheap enough for just about any company to incorporate into a product. A transmitter plugs into the wall, and a dime-size receiver (the real innovation, costing about $5 to make) can be embedded into any low-voltage device…

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PLS READ! Gizmodo tricks readers and covers their tracks!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Not only did Brian Lam and Gizmodo purposefully deceive long standing readers such as myself about the iPhone, they did a terrible job of covering their tracks. Here’s how it all happened.

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Netscape Video: Commodore’s Gravel In Pocket device

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

While attending the I.F.A. consumer electronics conference in Berlin, Germany, Netscape News’ Fabienne Serriere caught up with Mark Appel, Director of Product Development for Commodore and asked him a few questions about the new Gravel In Pocket personal media player.

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A Must Memory Card for Digital Camera

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Anyone interested in a great memory card for a digital camera will want to consider the Sandisk Memory Stick Duo. This little device does wonders and it is certain to exceed your expectations. The product is well made and reliable but it performs above and beyond the typical gadget of its type.

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USB Typing Speedometer Mouse—Yes, As Stupid as Your are Imagining

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Geek with an huge ego? This peripheral is for you. This mouse sits atop a bicycle and LCD screen. It will pedal based on how fast you type and uh, well, that is it. It plugs into a USB port and pedals as you type. This toy is available for $40, and you are better off buying a real mouse and genetically altering its muscles to run on ….

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The Electric XB-508 (SPORT) Electric Bicycle

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The XB-508 is classified as an electric bicycle (since pedals can be used) but the pedals do not need to be installed and this allows it to operate like an electric moped motorcycle but you do not need to register it or carry a drivers license to operate it.

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Organizing Hand Held Gadgets

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Some nifty products to help tame that jungle of hand-held device adapter cords. Some ideas for organizing your gadgets while charging, or keeping them together while travelling.

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Cowon iAudio 7: Just Powerfull Batery

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Cowon latest flash-based portable media player certainly looks promising on the surface. Once the sexy black device’s tiny, low-resolution screen lights up, though, its mystique quickly vanishes

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Super Spy Phone Hack

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Turn a wireless phone into a Super Powered, Free Communication and spy device that is completely untraceable. This easy Hack shows you how.

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Server embedded into a DEAD FROG

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Based on Luigi Galvani’s original 1786 experiment causing the legs of a dead frog to twitch simply by touching muscles and nerves with metal. This is crazy!

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The thought-controlled wheelchair

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Ambient has demonstrated a motorized wheelchair that is controlled by subvocal speech. The individual thinks of a particular word and a sensor collar around the user’s neck detects the electrical signals sent from his or her brain to the larynx muscles. The computer then matches those signal patterns to pre-programmed “words” used to steer it.

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Palm to announce new device September 12, and it’s not the Centro

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Palm(Credit: Palm)Mark your calendars, my friends. On September 12, Palm will be making an announcement about a “new device” from their friends “across the pond.” Eh? Well, we certainly know it’s not going to be the Foleo. According to Palm employee Stephanie Richardson’s blog, the news … Read more

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Urban Basketball Backpack (Pics)

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Cleverly designed by Ramon Villanueva, this urban styled backpack doesn’t just ingeniously hold a basketball but incorporates the ball into the overall design of the pack itself. Unfortunately, it looks like this is just a concept, there is no word on pricing or availability.

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Experiment to Get Cargo From Space Fails

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Forget e-mail. How about space mail? In an experiment combining elements of a package delivery service, the sport of kite surfing and a REALLY big fishing reel, Russian and European engineers on Tuesday sought to pioneer a technology that could be used in the future to retrieve cargo from space.

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Mitsubishi Motors to Exhibit Next Lancer at Motor Show

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. announced to exhibit Lancer, the next version of sport sedan, at the 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) Cars in Frankfurt on Sept. 13-23, 2007 (public open days). In Europe, Lancer will be released with Lancer Revolution at the end of 2007.

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Software Everywhere » Palm’s new device: announcement tomorrow, leaks today

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Apparently Palm founder Jeff Hawkins’ much touted secret new device is nothing more than a wlreless Linux tablet!

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Intel debuts Linux-based “Mobile Internet Device”

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

It looks like Nokia’s N800 and 770 Internet tablets are becoming the “next big thing” in the post-PC era, with Intel predicting 180 million units annually for “Mobile Internet Devices” by 2010. That’s quite a haul.

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Unlimited free phone calls for life

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

You can’t argue with free, even if it costs $400. On Wednesday, VoIP startup Ooma started selling a $400 box, the Ooma Hub, that allows users to make free calls within the United States. After the initial outlay for the device, which must be connected to a broadband router, calls are free forever.

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