Tag: gadgets
Stow your bible: iPod stops bullets
Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within…
Sega Dream Chick robot is peeptastically cute
Unlike the somewhat ugly cartoon program Robot Chicken (which I watch any chance I get) the Dream Chick from Sega looks adorably like a real-life baby chick that will never grow into the ugly week-old stage where it looks…
Ultimate Smallest MP3 Player
If you often misplace your keys, the Ultimate Smallest MP3 Player is probably not for you, since it is even smaller. Containing 2 gigs of memory and being about half as thick as a pool chalk, it sports a…
Tinker, Tailor, Spousal Spy
Having a long and semi-foolish history of involvement with both spies and snoops of the professional and amateur variety, this article noting that Suspicious minds turn to technology was completely unsurprising. Over half of Britons have apparently snooped their…
Superthunderstingcar go!
Have you ever wondered how they did cartoons in the days before computer animation? Well, it was not normally like this. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (the comedy duo who brought us the very obscene Derek and Clive, and…
Jonny Glow: Toilet Locater
Jonny Glow Toilet Locater [sic] is not a mystery radio show from the 1940's but a useful way for people (and by people I mean males) to make sure their aim is correct in the middle of the night….
RFID chips in surgical sponges
Surgical sponges and other equipment being left in patients constitute a serious health hazard, but so much hardware is involved in even simple surgery that keeping track can be very difficult. RFID is ideal for this situation, adding an…
MagicTouch USB Touchscreen Kit
Touchscreens are awesome, but historically very expensive, so the MagicTouch USB Touchscreen Kit is plenty exciting. Allowing you to convert your conventional screen to a touchscreen at about the same price as the screen itself ($160 for a 12"-14"…
Nokia Coffin tops geek death wishes
Some people want to be buried with their mobiles, but how about being buried in a mobile? The Ga carpenters of Ghana can carve coffins (or smaller chests) in any shape that you want including Ferraris, shoes, beer bottles,…
Sanki and Okamura Entryway gives wind showers to pedestrians
Dust, pollen, and volatile organic chemicals pose serious health hazards, especially in modern sealed office buildings. To address this, Okamura Corp. and Sanki Engineering have developed a new kind of wind tunnel, which basically sucks (or blows, as you…