Archive for November 2010

Klaus Diebel has always been a modder. He started out modding bicycles, then surfboards, then furniture, and now coffee-making computers. We featured his 3-in-1 iMac mod last year, and since then ol’ Klaus has diversified, happily hacking away at old Apple computers and giving new life to their cases. The…

The supersized Table Connect is currently being made by three Austrian developers, and it is a sight to behold. It’s a 58″ touchscreen table that connects to an iPhone 4/3GS, enabling one-to-one control of the phone and of course a ginormous screen for viewing content. You can easily recreate Apple’s…

Despite the fact that I am usually found sitting at a computer, I do actually enjoy the great outdoors. But you know what my biggest problem with it is (aside from the lack of WiFi)? The lack of chairs.

Alright, so maybe I don’t have that much of an issue…

The dudes over at iFixit just love to rip stuff apart. Now, on the launch day of Microsoft’s much anticipated Xbox 360 Kinect peripheral, they stripped one of these set-top gadgets down to its bare essence.

With the Kinect priced at $149 (USD), I figured there’d be a significant amount…

I just stumbled onto this short film starring a robot and a boombox, and it really made me smile.

The little red guy looks like one of those wind-up toys you might get over at General Robots, and the boom box is one of those classic Lasonics numbers that you…

I still remember that day in 7th grade when we walked into biology class and pinned to a bunch of trays were dead frogs. The teacher gave us all a scalpel and we set about cutting the stinky preserved frogs up to see what is inside. I will remember the…

I hate cleaning stuff. I generally wait until there is enough toothpaste caked on my sink that I can’t lean over it without getting dirty. I also hate doing dishes and once went two weeks eating from napkins and paper towels to avoid dishes. What I really hate is cleaning…

Disney is getting all the mileage it can out of the TRON flick set to open next month. We have seen all sorts of clothing, glasses, and other gear unveiled that ties in with the flick including some clothing perfect for geeky strippers. All that gear is coming to its…

If you haven’t got enough tweets to read, you can make sure that you pollute the Twitter-verse even further, thanks to this USB device, which allows your dog to tweet as well.

The Canine Twitterer allows your pet to automatically send tweets, which can then be posted to any social…

Originally tablet computers were mostly convertible laptops. Last month, Dell showed off their new spin on things, and here it is in action. Surprisingly, this thing might actually hit the retail market pretty soon.

This is just a teaser video, but it’s a safe bet that this convertible netbook will…