This story isn't fully gadget related, but Mark Boyle does rely on a few crafty gadgets to survive. For example, the handmade stove above which is made from large olive cans. He also used solar panels to charge his laptop. Long story short Mark Boyle decided to live without…
Get in line for your Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor which will allow you to do some pretty freaking cool things with your Xbox 360. Pre-orders should ship by 11/4/2010 if you get your order in ASAP. Some of my favorite Kinect features are the ability to sign in to…
The chart above gives a quick visual to who is getting raped on expensive cell phone plans (US & Canada) and who has it good (Hong Kong & India). The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative did a detailed study to show the total cost of phone use including data,…
As you may know by now, I am a bit of a cootie-phobe, and I tend to like all things that kill cooties. With that said, one of the most germy things that we carry around, and really don't think about as germy, is our cellphone. We press our cell…
This is a pretty simple but smart/sneaky iPhone application for taking spy photos. The application, Camera Camouflage, starts taking photos while activated by your voice. It can also be set to ring and begin secretly taking photos as well while you pretend to be on a call.
Iomega has just come out with a new external SSD drive that runs off of the USB 3.0 standard. The drive is only 1.8-inches and comes in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB sizes. The casing is metal and can handle drops from up to ten feet. The best part is the…
I like the idea of radar detectors that have good range and notification of red light or speed cameras. What I don't like about radar detectors is the cord you have to plug in to your cigarette lighter. Yes, there are versions that are wireless (but the batteries don't last…
For about $400 you can choose one of several colors of a very decent micro component stereo system, the Yamaha MCR-140. The MCR-140 has FM Radio, remote control, detachable speakers, a CD Player, USB input, 3.5mm inputs, and an iPod dock with wireless transmitter so you can control your iPod/iPhone…
We wrote about the Focus Designs SBU (Self Balancing Unicycle) in 2008, over two years later and they now have SBU V2.0. The 2.0 version of the self balancing unicycle looks like a truly "ready for market" product. Yours for about $1500 here. Read on for full details.
For under $74 you can have the ultimate (can't stop laughing as I type this) gift for that hard to shop for gadget freak in your life, and I can almost guarantee they don't have this. The iCarta iPod Stereo Toilet Paper Dock. They like to use the words "bath…