12, Nov 2008
Control Your Lights With Your iPhone

The folks at Lutron have come up with a cool app for your iPod Touch or iPhone that allows you to control lights around your house. That lamp you see above is screwed into one of Lutron’s wireless modules and, with a simple app, you can control how bright you…

12, Nov 2008
UMID’s Mini Notebook – Super Tiny

The tiny laptop rage is out of control… the latest by UMID puts the EEE PC to shame when it comes to it’s size. This tiny netbook uses an Atom CPU, 1GB of memory, and a 32GB SSD drive.  Everything wireless seems to be jammed into this little package, WiBro,…

11, Nov 2008
Piaggio Plug-In Hybrid Scooter – 141MPG

Expect to see the new Piaggio MP3 Hybrid Plug-In Scooter on the road as soon as next year.  The new MP3 hybrid scooter will be able to get 141MPG using a combination of electric power and a 125CC motor.  The scooter will fully charge in three hours off of normal…

11, Nov 2008
Luxury Hot Tub For Two

First off… this is not a football players cup… it is small picture of a luxury two person spa.  The Dupree Bay (goofy name) hot tub by Dimension One Spas claims to be "the most luxurious two-seater hot tub ever created".  The spa comes with dual BioForm recliners, patented neck…

11, Nov 2008
Solar Clock

If you want like solar and are tired of batteries dying… check out the solar clock (charges it’s internal battery for non-solar moments) from Suck UK.  And no, we didn’t make up the name.  The Suck Solar Clock can be mounted on the wall or, you can put the shorter…

10, Nov 2008
Circuit City Part II… Don’t Call It A Comeback…

For Circuit City, the closing of 155 of their stores was just the beginning. Welcome to Round Two, the much anticipated Chapter 11 protected bankruptcy, in which Circuit City’s former suppliers and employees will be taking it in the *bleep*.  According to the Chapter 11 filings, Circuit City owes Hewlett-Packard…

10, Nov 2008
Amazing Flashlight Charges In Just 90 Seconds

Flashlights spend most of their lives sitting idle… while the batteries lose their charge.  So, that one time when you go looking for the flashlight in an emergency it is dead.  You could charge the batteries, but that takes hours.  That was then… the 5.11 Tactical UC3.400 Light For Life…

7, Nov 2008
Wireless USB

Cables Unlimited announced that their wireless USB adapters are for sale and are "easy" to use.  They aren’t exactly cheap at just over $80… but I love the idea.  Only negative I see is that they don’t handle wireless power… so no webcams, etc… No special software is necessary, it’s…

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7, Nov 2008
Ducati Streetfighter

Lately the new Ducati’s styling take some getting used to.  The Hypermotard, Monster, and now the new Streetfighter are 1/2 ugly.  I thought it was just me… but the more Ducati folks I talk with either love or hate the new looks.  Ducati’s latest… the streetfighter has some funky design…

6, Nov 2008
Silva Air Time Pod, Black – Instant Street Cred?!

Sorry, but the awesomely bad sales pitch for a stupid watch that calculates your “hang time” simply floored me: Up until now, you just thought you were killin’ it. With the Tech 4 O Air Pod, now you’ll know your going huge. Stop frontin’ and start provin’. Record your airtime…