Archive for January 2009
Sony X & W Vs. Touch & Shuffle: New Walkmen Unveiled at Ces 09
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It’s official: the guys at Sony Insider are flippin’ Nostradamuses. Nostradamusi. Nostradami. They are any of those three, because the latest incarnation of Sony’s Walkman has been unveiled at CES, and the gadget’s specs are almost exactly the same as the ones that Sony Insider leaked about a month ago.… |
January 9th, 2009
Powermat Wirelessly Charges Devices Using Fringe Science. Not.
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CES ’09 is in full swing, and one of the products on display at the show is Powermat Ltd.’s Powermat. The Powermat isn’t a phone or a big screen TV; it’s just a charger. But what makes it stand out is that it charges devices wirelessly; the largest model can… |
January 9th, 2009
Arcade Joystick Coat Hangers: Control Your Clutter
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Arcade fans, here’s a great way to keep all your Pac-Man hoodies and Space Invaders jackets organized, instead of throwing them on the floor like you usually do. Surface Tension’s new hangUP arcade coat hooks use real joystick balls and buttons to hang up all of your coats, umbrellas, man… |
January 8th, 2009
Spps200 Portable Power Station:the Bmw M6 of Battery Packs
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Let it be known that I am not the one responsible for that analogy. Battery Geek Inc., makers of said battery pack, are to be commended for such an exquisite and refreshing figure of speech. |
January 8th, 2009
Robots + Classical Music + Horror = Robotic Piano Hand
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I think Gomez and Morticia should get this robotic hand piano to keep Thing company. Like Thing, the robotic hand piano doesn’t talk. Actually it can’t talk. Anyway, although it can’t talk, it can play classical music. And by play… I mean two things: audio playback of its built-in classical |
January 8th, 2009
Nopopo Batteries: Hey Pee, I See Urine My Battery!
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Do you remember the urine filtering machine that Kevin Costner used in Waterworld? Do you remember Waterworld? What was I talking about again? Oh yes, batteries. Aqua Power System has developed batteries that can be recharged using fluids such as beer, apple juice, cola, saliva and urine. Aqua Power System… |
January 8th, 2009
That’S No Pachinko Game: Planet Pachinko [Wiiware]
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With a name like Planet Pachinko, you might expect this game, which is set for release next week in the U.S. on WiiWare, the Nintendo Wii’s marketplace for original games, to actually be a pachinko game. But no, Planet Pachinko… is not a pachinko game: it’s actually a |
January 7th, 2009
Cyber Clean Your Keyboard With Yellow Goo
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Do you like to eat crumbly croissants over your keyboard? Me, I prefer powdered donuts. Well now there’s an easy way to clean all that crap out from in between your keys, and it involves slime. Excellent! Cyber Clean is a gooey compound that you mush onto the surface of… |
January 7th, 2009
New Macbook has No Keyboard, Only a Giant Click Wheel
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Proving once again why they call themselves America’s Finest News Source, The Onion have exclusive footage of the next illogical step in the evolution of the keyboard. Of course the best way to get exclusive news is to fabricate it. Presenting: the MacBook Wheel. |
January 7th, 2009
Ihome Ip1 Speaker System is Both Tubular and Flat-Ular
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The latest and greatest iPod/iPhone compatible speaker system from iHome is here, and it sure looks iGood. The iHome iP1 features a striking industrial design with two oversize cylindrical woofer chambers, poking through a sleek smoked acrylic faceplate which also houses a pair of high frequency drivers. An iPod/iPhone combo… |
January 7th, 2009
