XOXO Laptop – Hot OLPC Vaporware
More stunning pictures and empty promises from the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) folks. Poor kids from Africa who can’t get shelter or food will “soon” be sporting these iPod/NintendoDS inspired computers designed by industrial designer Yves Béhar. The concept shots are stunning, against the austere white background and impeccable white clothing of the children… […]
Russian Guy Creates A Better Gear Thingie
That’s right, a fellow from Russia by the name Suren Mkrtchan creates, what he believes, is a better gear. It works by replacing gear cogs with steel balls and accomplishing linkage by supplying the other side with matching dips. To make things interesting the inventor says that the balls are glued in their nests and […]
Ronn Motor Company – Scorpion
No surprise that gas prices are on the rise… and this is causing crafty inventor types to crank out green alternatives to the gas guzzlers we are used to. The Scorpion from Ronn Motor Company will run on a 30/40 ratio of gas and hydrogen and should get 40-mpg while getting to 60-mph in 3.5 […]
Future Retro Potty Pod House
Someone please tell me when will the fad for pseudo-futuristic retro organic idiocy go away?! Feast your eyes on this sample of architectural masturbation by Victor Vetterlein, cleverly titled Reboot (that’s what you do after too many beers or reading about this utopian tripe). Yes it’s another fully autonomous organically shaped self sustaining environment friendly […]
Fingerprints Forever
Q – the King of Spy Gadgets would be proud! Bond, John Bond, a chemistry scientist from Leicester University made a discovery that is going to advance the field of criminology and put some folks behind bars. Apparently fingerprints are forever… No matter how much you wipe them or wash them off, short of sanding […]
Eye Pod – Glory Hole?!
Nope its not a new Apple product for all you Church of Mac people, and it’s not a cosmopolitan-erudite reference about the London Eye attraction. In the action packed Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the “Eye Pod” is a walk-in box with a single glass lens that projects an upside down (it’s a lens, duh) image […]
ENGOBI Caffeinated Chips – Review
Hello, I am one of the test monkeys and occasional writers at GadgetKing. I was given a pack of “cinnamon” ENGOBI and a pack of “lemon” ENGOBI and was told to try some and pass some around to my cohorts. My overall first impression is someone sprinkled a bunch of crushed caffeine pills over some […]
Bike While Drinking Beer = PedalPub
What can be more exciting than biking with your friends?! How about biking with your friends while drinking beer? The two obviously go together in the Netherlands. The Fietscafe is a mobile pub, for groups up to 17 people per bike, who can transport themselves by moving the pedals while getting plowed! You need a […]
Rocket Helicopter – From Mexico?
Thats right folks, a Mexican company, Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana (TAM), introduced a backpack helicopter (queue in various border crossing jokes). Why is it called a Rocket Helicopter? Because of the tiny jet engines on the tips of the blades that make them spin. The Rocket Helicopter will come with an impressive backpack-like harness that will […]
Honda Civic Mugen Type-RR
The folks at Mugen got a hold of the latest Honda Civic. And have officially badged it the Type-RR. They are only going to make 300 units which will be powered by a 2.2L K20A engine that will make 240PS… 85 more than the stock Civic (2.0GL). “The ingredients are well known; increased HP from […]