Tag: gadgets
Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 makes converting those old tapes easy
If you've ever tried to convert analog video to digital format, you're aware that unless you've got a fully-equipped multimedia facility at your beck and call (which I do not, although the noises I hear from the neighbors sometimes…
Robo-salamander shows secrets of robolution
It's hard to say just how close a resemblance the so-called robo-salamander bears to its reptilian namesake, but its purpose is to provide insight into the workings of evolution. By examining how it swims, slithers and crawls, a Franco-Swiss…
Golf Ball Launcher
Pull! That is: fore! The Golf Ball Launcher is basically an air gun which uses air pressure to fire a golf ball. The maker recommends it for golfers with mobility difficulties or age issues but it seems to be…
Video Review: Finger Beats musical gadget
Rawk bands make all sorts of M&M-related demands for their backstage riders, while Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has a super-long tongue. Meanwhile, according to the video below, Shiny Media's Susi Weaser eats red sweets, and so has a pink tongue….
Car Seat Knows If You're Sleepy
After studying the driving habits of 100 test subjects, researchers from the University of Tokyo, Oita University, the Shimane Institute of Health Science, and Delta Tooling, developed a car seat which can tell if you're about to have an…
Giraffe Video Conferencing Robot
While videoconferencing theoretically can save thousands of dollars per meeting and cut down on unnecessary travel in a big way, good videoconferencing hardware is prohibitively expensive still and bad hardware, such as the average (or even above-average) webcam is…
WaveBox Portable Microwave goes on vacation with you
What are we, animals, that we have to cook our food over a fire if we want it to be hot in the outdoors? No longer! The The WaveBox Portable Microwave is specifically designed to go on the road…
New space suits powered by ear hair?
Prestin, a protein in ear hair – a substance you likely hitherto thought of as a cosmetic annoyance, if at all – converts tiny electrical charges into sound amplification in the ear, and also can convert vibration into tiny…
Bio-art interfaces life and art
The first really new art form of the 21st century is taking hold: bio-art. Bio-art ranges from Adam Zaretsky playing Englebert Humperdinck to E.coli for 48 hours to see how it reacted (it produced antibodies to, seemingly, try to…
Spy Cye takes robot voyeurism to the next level
If you thought the Net Tansor was already a bridge too far, the Spy Cye will take you all the way across the Channel. Essentially a webcam on wheels which you can control over the web, the Spy Cye…