Gadgets & Gizmos

PopSci Scans Entire Archive, Puts it on Internet for Free

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Gadget nerds: Prepare to lose the rest of your day to awesomeness. PopSci, the web-wing of Popular Science magazine, has scanned its entire 137-year archive and put it online for you to read, absolutely free. The archive, made available in partnership with Google Books, even has the original period advertisements.



Gorgeous, Mirrored Flatscreen Keyboard and Remotes by Cool Leaf

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Cool Leaf is an input system that’s perfectly flat, and wonderfully mirrored. A Japanese company called Minebea pioneered it, and they’re demonstrating it with a keyboard, calculator, and remote control that are complete key top-free.



Russian Inventors Break New Ground in 360*, Fully-Immersed Virtual Reality Gaming & Combat Training

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos, Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Virtusphere is 10-feet in diameter and lets a user of any size delve into any type of new reality, ranging from virtual tourism to complete presence inside any computer game. “The best activity is, for example, 10 spheres, and ten users inside the environment, and they will be able to interact with each other,” says Ray Latypov.



Asus Unveils WaveFace Ultra – Web Connected OLED Smart Phone Bracelet

Feb 5th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

 

If information is your drug, consider Asus an enabler of the worst kind. The electronics maker unveiled a family of conceptual, data-gathering devices at the Consumers Electronic Show on Tuesday, including the Waveface Ultra, an Internet-ready smartphone you can snap around your wrist like a bracelet or watch. And if a flexible OLED wristband that [...]



His & Her Key Holders – Perfect Valentine’s Gift!

Feb 1st, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Never lose your keys again with these whimsical – albeit almost naughty – “his and hers” key holders. Perfect gift for Valentine’s Day!



We All Drink (Tea) from a Yellow Submarine… Yellow Submarine

Jan 26th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

The TeaSub submerges tea leaves to the bottom of your cup, creating the perfect infusion of your favorite brew.



$99 Wii Balance Board Outperforms $17,885 Medical Rig

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Another day, another story about some cheap, plastic Wii motion control accessory finding an application outside of gaming. In this case, it’s the balance board, and not only is this device helping stroke victims recover, it’s saving them money, too.



Google Unveils Nexus One, the next ‘Super Phone’

Jan 5th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Calling it their “superphone,” Google unveiled the Nexus One on Tuesday, marking the online search giant’s first leap into the smartphone market.



Square & VeriFone Debut New iPhone Hardware; Credit Card Terminals

Dec 10th, 2009 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

Square, a service that lets people take physical credit card payments via their mobile phone, is starting to get some competition. Get ready for everyone to accept payments via an iPhone credit card terminal as we usher in the cashless society!



USB Webcam Rocket Launcher

Dec 9th, 2009 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Gadgets & Gizmos

With the included free software, you will be able to assess the landscape of your office or home and unleash a hail of missiles! The camera can pan left and right and tilt. Imagine the remote surveillance possibilities! Have you ever checked the prices of PTZ cameras and the systems/software to run them!?