One of my favorite things about MAINGEAR as a manufacturer is the fact that they don't subsidize computer builds by filling your new computer with bloatware and crap software that you don't want. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but I typically spend the first several hours with a new…
If you are reading this, chances are you shop on the Internets, and unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the Internets is a series of tubes infested with ebil hackers who wants to jack your stuffs. Enter the SmartSwipe, a tiny black plastic Personal Credit Card…
"The result of a mad scientist’s experiment involving a 911, a Prius, and the front end of a Ferrari F430, the Porsche 918 Spyder ($TBA) is a new plug-in hybrid concept borrowing bits of all three. A 500hp V8 mid-mounted motor is paired with two electric motors "” one for…
Looks like the design folks at Ford have been having a bit of fun. Their latest concept the Ford Super Chief is a strange one, not sure if I like it, hate it, or love it. Either way it is very unique. The supercharged V10 engine claims to run on…
This is a rant about my Chase Business card, the credit card I use to buy most of my gadgets, so while it is not strictly a gadget, it is most certainly a "gadget enabling device". The short of it is my Chase Business credit card, specifically the Southwest Rapid…
At first glance this keychain looks like a cute cat but it is actually a clever self defense weapon. You slip two fingers through the holes and palm the device. When/if you punch your attacker they will have two decent size holes. Pretty nice self defense item that doesn't need…
The folks at style-your-garage have come up with some pretty cool garage door skins for garaged doors of all most sizes. Pick from many options like; an Italian landscape, an alligator, a jet airplane, etc, Your garage billboard comes complete with a separate, self-adhesive Velcro fastener and can be attached…
Smart folks at the University of Kobe Gakuin (in Japan) have built an actual hover-chair. It does about what you would expect a hoverchair to do, it floats around on a cushion of air. They best part, it can carry Americans as it has a payload of 330-pounds. Video of…
Let's hope that cool computers like this become a reality in the near future. "The device of the flexible display allows a new concept in notebook design growing out of the traditional bookformed laptop into unfurling and convolving portable computer. By virtue of the OLED-Display technology and a multi touch…
Another reason to be paranoid I guess, now that you know how to reverse a peephole so you can see inside the hotel room, now you can open the hotel door without a key. Watch this scary video after the break, who knew it was so damn easy to open…