Archive for April 2011

To the best of my recollection, the Atari 400 had one of the worst keyboards in the history of computers. I was always convinced that Atari made the 400 suck so badly so people would buy an Atari 800 instead. I did. Now I’m dating myself. Either way, that didn’t…

People’s obsession with Apple’s wildly popular smartphone has produced quite a lot of offshoot products as a result, such as iPhone-themed throw pillows, jewelry, and accessories. And then there are the iPhone cases with designs ranging from the plain and ordinary to the weird and wacky.
Somewhere in the middle of…

These 35mm film canisters-turned flash drives are probably the closest we’re gonna get from that neat digital film concept. If you really miss lugging canisters around whenever you go out and take pictures, then these are the flash drives for you. At least you won’t have to worry about exposing…

You might have thought that spies didn’t need all those fancy gadgets anymore, but you’d be wrong. These fancy glasses are a little less geeky than the other spy glasses we’ve seen (but not too much so). Naturally, the Anna Chapman moniker comes from the sultry Russian spy who was…

It’s probably every water-skier’s (wet !) dream to have a remotely operated tow-boat. Although water-skiing normally requires at least two people – one to pilot the boat, and one to be pulled behind it, this thing will tow you around without needing anyone else.…

Designer Chengyuan Wei took apart a telephone handset and discovered that the important bits only took up a small space of the interior. So she thought of designing a handset that was materially efficient and lightweight, and this is what she came up with.

She calls her concept the Origami…

I’d like to take a moment to welcome Hazel as the newest member of Technabob’s lean mean writing machi–er, team.
When she’s not busy  spelling her name out in pictures, she enjoys sitting down in front of the computer and scouring the world wide web for the latest innovative gadgets…

I’ve certainly seen my share of homebrew hacks to make remote-controlled cars that can be driven by an iPhone or iPad, but soon you’ll be able to buy one without need for hacking or jailbreaking your iOS device. UK gadget makers WOW! Stuff is launching a new series of remote-controlled…

The Meissner effect is defined as “the expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state.” …When put to the test in scientific experiments, it usually manifests itself as magnet hovering above a liquid nitrogen-cooled superconductor. But that’s kind of boring, so some guys

The latest thing in Japanese orthodontistry involves putting LEDs into braces. Actually, no, but hip young Japanese kids can have their teeth outfitted with LEDs to light up their smiles like a Christmas tree.…