Archive for April 2011
Wrex Titanium Adjustable Pocket Wrench is Perfect for Ex-Boy Scouts
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I never made it far in the Scouts as a kid. I was kicked out for disorderly conduct after beating up the Den mother’s kid. He was a tool. If you still stick to the motto “Be Prepared” and want to really be prepared, you need the new Wrex Titanium… |
April 2nd, 2011
DirecTV to Launch Premium VOD Service this Month
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I like to go to the movies, but my family often doesn’t want to. That means that I end up missing all sorts of cool flicks that I really want to see. I also purposefully miss a few of the films that my kids want to see if they look… |
April 2nd, 2011
The Best of April Fools Day 2011
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It’s April 1st, so you basically have to assume that everything on the entire Internet is fake, right? Well I decided to take some time to separate the wheat from the chaff for you guys, and have selected some of my favorite April Fools Day pranks floating around the Web… |
April 1st, 2011
Surgeon Uses Robotic Tools to Make Tiny Paper Airplane
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The techniques used in medicine today have improved greatly over the last few years. Surgeries on the heart and other parts of the body that require you to be cut open and result in a long recovery have gone away to be replaced with tiny incisions and tiny robotic surgical… |
April 1st, 2011
Duet 2 Lets Mac Heads Record Pro-Quality Music
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If you are a Mac user that likes to record things like live music or podcasts, a new device has surfaced from Apogee called the Duet 2. This is the follow up to the original Duet and is designed specifically for Mac users. It is a high quality recording device… |
April 1st, 2011
Hasbro MY3D Gives iPhone and iPod touch 3D Games
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It seems like everyone wants 3D today, unless it’s in their living room with a TV or something. Consumers are staying away from 3D in the home in droves, but 3D films are constantly hitting theaters and are still popular. Hasbro unveiled a cool 3D holder that looks a lot… |
April 1st, 2011
Subwoofer Kills Phone Book, What About Your Ears?
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This guy has put God-knows-how-much money into the stereo in his Tahoe. It has three alternators under the hood just to give the stereo enough power to operate while the car is running. It also has a bunch of batteries all around the truck as well. I bet it has… |
April 1st, 2011
Flex Touchscreen Interface: Warp Before You Scroll
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Scrolling is one of the most frequent actions made in interacting with touchscreen devices. For me it’s such a basic action that I actually didn’t think too much of it, until I saw this new control interface developed by a research team at Osaka University. Called the Flex, it’s a… |
April 1st, 2011
Minecraft USB Desktop Nether Portal Blocks Stress, Stores/Imprisons Crap
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We’ve seen a couple of official Minecraft merchandise from ThinkGeek, but this is by far the best one yet – a USB-powered, miniature Nether Portal. It emits a hum that, together with its serene purple glow, is sure to calm you down as soon as you plug it in. Oh… |
April 1st, 2011
Events Countdown Clock: Keep Pushing That Button!
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When I see something like this, it makes me think of that darned button that needed to be pushed every 108 minutes in Lost…. Well, now Sharper Image has come up with the Event Countdown Clock, and its has an event countdown timer for up to three events. |
April 1st, 2011
