Archive for November 2010

While it’s probably true that the 11-inch MacBook Air makes for a better all-around laptop than the iPad, if you want to get things done at least, it’s safe to say that buying a folio and keyboard combination will be a lot cheaper.

The adonit Writer keyboard + folio builds-in…

This 6-inch robot is supposed to be able to go where no human has gone before: into small crawlspaces to see what’s up. Daiwan House will be putting this ‘bot on the market in April 2011 and hope making inspections a wee bit easier, thanks to their pint-sized robot pal.…

I’m amazed every time I see blind people walking around on their own using only a cane to guide them. But what if there was also a way to make the sight-impaired “see” the surrounding geography? That’s the idea behind Robert Richter’s concept device, plan.b. Plan.b is a digital device…

Breaking news! Three kids were harassed this past Halloween by an unidentified flying object. Its body was white and shapeless, it had a menacing expression, and it had rotor blades for arms:

Creepy eh? Actually, that’s Mr. T, a robot made especially for Halloween by Michael aka Utah Aerials. Mr.…

The guys at Sesame Street take on Apple’s “there’s an app for that” with their goofy new tech, the iPogo stick.

Watch now, and you’ll have a new song stuck in your head for the rest of the day……

Ever wanted a Playstation 3 laptop, but didn’t have the DIY chops to make your own? Well modder low_budget has a solution for you. He’s making PS3 Slim laptops and started selling them on eBay.…

Whether or not California legalizes pot tomorrow, Tokyoflash has a watch that”ll simulate the drug-induced haze with or without lighting up.

The Kisai Wasted watch features a trippy display that’ll have your eyeballs spinning as you try to figure out the time.…

I once knew a guy that had been in a fire that burned his hands and arms badly. He had to get skin grafts that left him with scars elsewhere on the body to replace the skin that burned on his arms. Those skin graft areas gave his as much…

An unnamed Hollywood producer is showing off his sweet Gulfstream III private jet that has a home theater for the sky in it that is about as large a screen as you can pack in a relatively small jet. The Gulfstream III has a 42-inch HD LCD screen, installed by…

I remember the first time I saw the ASMIO robot from Honda. I wondered why a car company was building a robot to begin with. It has now been a decade since the first ASIMO robot hit the stage and Honda is celebrating the occasion.…