Archive for February 2011
InFocus IN146 Short Throw Projector Needs Only a Few Feet for a Big Picture
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I am in the middle of putting together an epic home theater in my game room that I have finally wrestled from the control of the wife and kids. I am putting in a projector and a freakin’ 10-foot wide screen of glorious gaming goodness. Thankfully, the room is huge… |
February 8th, 2011
iFixit Tears into Verizon iPhone 4, Finds Chewy World Phone Center
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All I have to do is write the name iFixit and most geeks will know that we are about to take a gander at the juicy insides of one gadget or another. iFixit has now taken the new iPhone 4 on Verizon and ripped it apart.… |
February 8th, 2011
Switch Salt and Pepper Shaker Turns Your Food On
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Fred & Friends is at it again, with another one of their tongue-in-cheek household gadgets. This time, they’ve created the perfect salt and pepper shaker – the SWITCH.… |
February 8th, 2011
AFFETTO Robot Head Will Creep You Out
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I know that this isn’t really supposed to have anything to do with Halloween or scaring people, but what the heck guys, this robot baby head is really disturbing, especially when the guy starts moving the head around and the baby comes alive.… |
February 8th, 2011
Pentax WG-1 Optio Cameras Look Rugged Enough to Drop Off a Cliff, But Don’t
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Dropping a DSLR has never been an issue for me, but there are some places where those cameras just won’t cut it: you need something more rugged. That’s where Pentax’s Optio comes into play and I have to say that it looks pretty sturdy.… |
February 8th, 2011
Kyocera Echo: 2 Screens, 1 Phone
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Kyocera isn’t exactly well known in the smartphone industry. Until today that is, with the unveiling of the Echo, which has two 3.5″ touchscreens that can be used as a single 4.7″ screen with an equivalent resolution of 960 x 800. The Echo runs Android 2.2, but some of the… |
February 8th, 2011
Circboard Console Typing Software: Amazing, But Not Original?
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Redditor Torontoitguy shared a console typing software that he invented. He’s calling it the Circboard, and it’s easy to see why. Letters and symbols are mapped to each of the four face buttons on a controller, while switching between the circles are done using the left analog stick. Intuitive and… |
February 8th, 2011
Life-Size Bender Will Let You Bite His Shiny Metal Ass for $3000
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While I was digging around looking at that awesome metal AT-AT sculpture by artist Sage Werbock (aka “The Great Nippulini” – don’t ask), I stumbled onto an even bigger, badder metal creation over on his Etsy shop…… |
February 7th, 2011
Pac-Man Wind-Up Toys Scurry Across Desks
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Who says Pac-Man and Blinky need to be confined to the pixel-bound walls of their maze? These fun wind-up Pac-Man racers are the perfect desktop toy for the retro gamer geek. No quarters or batteries are required to play with these authentic Namco-endorsed wind-ups. |
February 7th, 2011
Haptica Braille Watch Tells Time for the Visually Impaired
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I can’t recall ever writing about a watch that wasn’t designed for those of us that can see normally. We look at lots of watches here, and no matter the price or how complex they are to read, the vast majority of them are designed for the sighted.… |
February 7th, 2011
