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Universal Earphones Know When They’re in the Wrong Ear, Switches Channels Automatically
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Another First World problem solved! Kohei Matsumura, Daisuke Sakamoto, Masahiko Inami, and Takeo Igarashi of the Japan Science and Technology Agency have invented a pair of earphones with ear buds that can detect if they are on the left or right ear and switch the audio channel if needed. In… |
February 7th, 2012
Ion Audio Vinyl Forever Looks Like a Tiny Turntable, Doesn’t Play Tiny Records
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Earlier in the week I mentioned that at CES 2012, Ion Audio had unveiled a turntable that connected to your PC via USB to convert your vinyl and cassette tapes. Ion has unveiled another conversion device for those who already have a nice record player or tape deck called Vinyl… |
January 14th, 2012
Wiretap Splitter Multiplies Usefulness of Headphone Jacks
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I was checking out the 2012 Time Traveler’s Calendar at Kickstarter when I stumbled upon – kickstarted upon? – this clever gadget by ESDevices. It’s called the Wiretap, and it’s a more versatile audio splitter because it also lets you use the headphone jack as a microphone jack. So if… |
November 4th, 2011
XtremeMac Luna Voyager II Alarm Dock Slims Down, Supports iPad and iPhone
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XtremeMac rolled out a new iPhone and iPad dock today that actually looks really cool. The new dock is called the Luna Voyager II and it is an alarm clock dock that will charge your gadgets and wake you up. It appears to work with any dockable iPhone, iPad, or… |
November 2nd, 2011
Parrot Asteroid Android Radio Gets a Price and Release Date
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We talked about the Parrot Asteroid car radio back in January when it broke cover at CES. The Asteroid is pretty cool and is a single-DIN car stereo that is powered by Android. The stereo is able to connect to the web and do all sorts of cool stuff. Parrot… |
August 25th, 2011
Bop Gun Funkifies Your Life With Weird Sounds
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Is your life dull and boring? I know what you need! You need to get funky, and get yourself a Bop Gun to shoot it at all the funkless souls and objects in your world.… |
July 12th, 2011
NetMix Player Takes the Grunts Out of Wimbledon
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I happen to think watching tennis is right up there with watching golf and watching paint dry. The sports might be fun to play, but watching them on TV leaves me in a bored stupor. I also don’t care for watching soccer on TV, but I do recall when the… |
June 30th, 2011
Cardboard Boxes + Cotton Balls+ DC Motors = Art?
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The elements that the artist used to create this art installation sound like a material list for my kindergarten daughters latest art project. In fact, she has brought home all sorts of art using cotton balls from Santa to little Easter chicks. This artist used a bunch of cardboard boxes… |
May 16th, 2011
Wearable LEGO Minifig Helmet Streams Audio Comics
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Designer Jonathan Robson liked little comics that he received as a kid that were based on LEGO blocks. He says that the comics helped him to learn to read so he set about creating something for kids today that would make them want to learn to read.… |
April 25th, 2011
TDK Sound Cube: It’s Hip to Be Square
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TDK isn’t exactly a brand that’s made its mark on the U.S. tech scene since back in the cassette tape days, but with their recent, awesome retro boombox, and now this cool portable stereo, they’re definitely making a comeback.… |
April 3rd, 2011
