Gadgets
USB Monkey Hand Warmer Is For Your Hands, Not A Monkey's [USB]
So many options to describe this product: "stick your hands up a (USB) monkey for warmth" or "cheat the chills with chimp USB mitts." I'm sure you can do better. It's a pair of monkey-shaped USB hand ....... read more
3 days ago
Under $20 MAKE Electronics Gift Guide Good For Frugal Holiday Season [Makers]
Times may be hard economically, but you don't need to give your electronics-DIY enthusiast friend a naff present, thanks to MAKE's sub-$20 Electronics Gift Guide. In fact, some of the items listed are ....... read more
3 days ago
Colossus of Rhodes to be Rebuilt as Colossal Light Sculpture [Colossus]
The Colussus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, is going to be rebuilt as an innovative light sculpture—the "world's largest light installation" according to its architec ....... read more
3 days ago
Verizon's BlackBerry Storm Private Pre-Sale Has No Storms [Uh Oh]
Oops. You know that pre-sale flyer that was doing the rounds to Verizon "VIPs", the one with the BlackBerry Storm on the left hand side? Turns out that if you, a VIP, turn up at a store with that very ....... read more
3 days ago
Blackbird Rider Nylon Guitar Actually Carbon-Fiber and Nearly Indestructible [Guitars]
Blackbird's Rider Nylon guitar is actually not made of nylon—ok its strings are—but instead it's far more highly-tech'd and its body and neck are actually carbon fiber. It may not be bulle ....... read more
3 days ago
iDog MP3 Speaker Toy Goes Soft And Cuddly, At Last [IDog]
It's been a while since we mentioned the iDog from Tiger/Hasbro, because it was basically a dog that'd had its day: Until now that is, when Tiger have removed one of the toy's problems by adding cuddl ....... read more
3 days ago
American Express My WishList Holiday Super Deals Get December 1st Launch [Dealzmodo]
My WishList is, if you remember from last year, American Express's holiday e-shop deals promotion, and we've just learned it'll be launching December 1st this year. Basically American Express has this ....... read more
3 days ago
Question of the Day: Is Re-Gifting a Gadget Wrong? Have You Ever Done It? [Question Of The Day]
When it comes to gadget gifts, I take the safe route and ask for (or give) specific ideas. After all, Gadgets can be expensive and that problem is compounded many times over when faced with the dilemm ....... read more
3 days ago
Lunar Baby Thermometer Avoids Sticking Things Up the Wrong Places [Thermometer]
According to designer Duck Young Kong?probably the best name ever in the history of best names ever?his Lunar Baby Thermometer is great because "it eliminates the need to insert an external tool while ....... read more
3 days ago
Skyla Memoir Digital Photo Frame Has In-Built Photo Scanner [Photo Frames]
Looks like digital photo frames are beginning to move from nice-to-haves to actually quite useful: Skyla's Memoir photo frame has an in-built 600dpi scanner so it'll digitize your hardcopy photo archi ....... read more
4 days ago
TiVo Completes The Evening TV Dinner: Adds Domino's Pizza Ordering [Tivo Pizza]
Ahh...digitally controllable TV, and the chance of fresh tasty pizza: That's what TiVo and Dominos Pizza are now offering. Broadband-connected TiVo users will be able to order pizza for delivery or pi ....... read more
4 days ago
Harry Potter-ish Photos With Moving Shadows Invented [Photography]
Okay, so this new moving-photo tech doesn't have the photo subjects actually dancing about within the frame, but it does allow for objects to have moving/reactive shadows and highlights and it's zero ....... read more
4 days ago
MP3-Playing, Photo Frame Skull Belt Buckle is Gothic Gadget Wrongness [Gadget Wrongness]
Sadly this doesn't have "I am become death, the bringer of MP3s" inscribed upon it—it'd chime nicely with the ohmygod tackiness of the Digital Skull Belt Buckle. It's in fact so terrible it's wo ....... read more
4 days ago
Fujistu's Wraparound Exterior Car Video Gives Bird's Eye View, World's First [Driving]
Fujitsu's taken the handy exterior cameras found on high-end, larger vehicles today and applied some nifty video processing to make them a driving aid par excellence. In fact, Fujitsu's saying it's th ....... read more
4 days ago
Esc Key Alarm Clock Won't Let You Escape The Daily Drudge [Clock]
This concept alarm is simple, but self-contradictory: shaped like a giant Esc key, you mash it with a fist to deactivate it, and it wirelessly communicates to a dock to (presumably) turn off the sound ....... read more
4 days ago
Nooka Zon Watch Dots The Time Away [Nooka]
The Zon is the latest in Nooka's line of variously confusing and interesting (for a given value of beauty) timepieces: Its 35 x 45mm dot-matrix display either displays the minutes of the day dotting i ....... read more
7 days ago
Meade ETX-LS Motorized GPS Telescope Basically Does Astronomy For You [Telescopes]
Some details on Meade's ETX-LS telescope have snuck out ahead of its early 2009 launch, and it looks like an amateur telescope for the digital age. That's because it'll drive itself to locate the star ....... read more
7 days ago
Walloffice Is Smallest Home-Office Solution, Not For Shiny Floors [Tiny Desk]
This Wallflower Walloffice desk from Jonas and Jonas design may hold the record for the smallest and simplest home-office solution: It's got just two legs, and is made from a one-piece bent-laminate ....... read more
7 days ago
Cycle Life Watch Concept Charts Your Life Draining Away In Daily Drudgery [Timepieces]
Here's a bit of tech that'll cast a wonderful air of doom and gloom over your morning breakfast cereal: The Cycle Life watch charts your progress through the boring average day's drudgery. It begins c ....... read more
7 days ago
Kami Kami Sensor Counts Your Kids Chews, No Kidding [Chew Counter]
It's been a long time since I've heard anyone reference the old saying "You must chew every mouthful 15 times"...but those memories of childhood arguments with my parents have just come roaring back w ....... read more
7 days ago