Tag: Robots
8-bit Tie becomes organic reality
Originally this was an April Fool's joke from ThnkGeek, but so many people clamored that they wanted one, Think Geek is now creating it for real. Relive the glorious days of Donkey Kong and Commodore 64 with the 8-bit…
Road Ramp generator turns your brakes into power
The Road Ramp generator is more effective than wind turbines and gives a second bang, so to speak, from what is presently wasted petrol. Optimally installed in ramps where the vehicle has to slow anyhow, the Road Ramp sucks…
MoodSeer knows what you need to hear
Supposedly, the MoodSeer music system can pick the correct music for up to 36 of your whimsical mindsets, controlled via the "moodBeamer" remote control. The moodBeamer allows your music to follow you around the house to the speakers within…
Baseball Cap with Camera Recorder
The latest addition to the voyeur gadget scene is the Baseball Cap with Camera Recorder. It contains a colour recorder about the size of a cigarette pack (if you remember what those look like) and produces high-resolution video at…
Beer Pager lets you find your beer, no matter how blitzed you are
The drunker you get, the harder it can get to get drunker still, simply because you can't find your drink anymore. The solution at hand is the Beer Pager, an insulated beer-holder with a beeper in it. You activate…
Mobile Suit Gundam made from pure platinum
You can look all you want at the Platinum Gundam, but even if you have the $250,000 it's valued at, it's probably not for sale. Ginza Tanaka designed the 12.5-cm tall, 1.4-kg suit with 89 separate parts and a…
Microsoft sues schools for reselling cheap software
Microsoft has filed suit against nine schools in Jordan, alleging the schools bought educational-discount licenses Microsoft software, and resold them to Internet retailers, making "millions of dollars" in the process. The software was marked "student media" and "not for…
French train beats conventional rail record
While it didn't quite mash the land speed record of 581 km/h set by a Japanese mag lev in 2003, a French train just broke the record for conventional rail by reaching 574.8 km/h on fresh-laid track. The previous…
ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels
One of the problems with having a lot of electrical plugs is remembering which plug goes with which device. With the ID Pilot Wire Identification Labels that's no longer a problem. Just stick the label that has the drawing…
Texas Instruments Pico Movie Projector
The Pico projector is so small (how small is it?) that it fits at the bottom of your mobile. It's only 3cm and packed with three lasers, a DLP chip that is capable of delivering widescreen TV images in…