Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

Smack Me On The Head With A Shovel!

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

A very interesting product. I'm curious if it's on the market anywhere.

Asus set to debut volume shipments of the $199 EEE PC

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Asus set to debut volume shipments of the $199 EEE PC Asus has announced it intends to begin shipping the ultra low-cost EEE PC in September. According to Asus, the E's in the title stand for "Easy to learn", "Excellent Internet", and "Excellent mobile computing experience." Asus reportedly plans to ...

The Hipster GPS

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

The Blog of James Foreman, Fiction Writer and Pittsburgh Blogger Your shiny new iPhone doesn’t have GPS, and therefore you must actually push buttons in order to advance to the next leg of your journey. Fear not, dear readers, for I have a solution: The Hipster GPS.Inspired by 43Folders’s Hipster ...

Cooking on the edge - Every Browny is an Edge!

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Cooking on the edge. Some people (myself included) think the edge of the brownie is the best part. You can have more edge with the Baker’s Edge, a pan that gives all your brownies an edge! I believe it should reduce baking time, also. Link This ...

Battlestar Galactica-Inspired USB Snowbot

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Battlestar Galactica-Inspired USB Snowbot Inspired by the Centurian model rather than Number Six (damn!), this USB Snowbot has a speed-variable LED eye, adjustable arms, red or blue eyeball glow, and an evil sound to make you say "what the frak was that?"

Demo: Cloning a Verichip Yourself

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Demo: Cloning a Verichip Yourself This device can read and replay a Verichip's ID. If you can get the antenna close to your victim's shoulder, then your circuit board is electrically indistinguishable from their implanted chip forever after. Full schematics and documentation are given below.

Naneu Pro Echo Messenger/Camera Bag Hands-On - Gizmodo

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Naneu Pro Echo Messenger/Camera Bag Hands-On - Gizmodo Naneu's pretty good at making bags for all occasions as seen by their huge selection on their website. Their Naneu Pro u120 bag was pretty great, and we can say their Echo bag is definitely good as well. Nice review of one Naneu camera ...

Tour of Ken’s HP Museum

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

Tour of Ken's HP Museum This is a view of my collection of vintage HP oscillators, meters and related equipment from the 1940s and 1950s. This is the first phase of the museum to be mostly completed. The rack was assembled during the week of Nov. 21, 2005. ...

Lego Mindstorms NXT : Page 1

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Lego Mindstorms NXT : Page 1 Steve Hassenplug is sitting in a van with seven other people on the way to a Lego convention in Washington, DC, explaining the limitations of Lego's previous robot-building kit, called Mindstorms. "It was always difficult to build a robot that could drive straight," he says. The ...

soap homepage

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

soap homepage Interesting. Soap is a pointing device based on hardware found in a mouse, yet works in mid-air. Soap consists of an optical sensor device moving freely inside a hull made of fabric. As the user applies pressure from the outside, the optical sensor moves independent from the hull. The optical ...

Chip Chick: Pink iPod Editions from Colorware

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Chip Chick: Pink iPod Editions from Colorware If you're a pink lover who has been hesitant to let go of your beloved pink ipod mini, the time has come to move on and shell out money for Colorware's pink ipod editions. Their pink 30GB IPod Video retails for $389, the 60GB ...

Anyone interested in a Hi-def (1920 x 1200) mod for PB/MBP? - Mac Forums

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Anyone interested in a Hi-def (1920 x 1200) mod for PB/MBP? - Mac Forums Cool Power Book mod.

SanDisk debuts 2GB microSD card - Engadget

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

SanDisk debuts 2GB microSD card - Engadget Nice for those with miniSD slots in their phones. SanDisk has got you covered with its new 2GB microSD card. First to market with a two gig flavor of this type of card, SanDisk has given VZW a 60-day exclusive for selling it in the ...