CATEGORY: Gadgets

Tangential nostalgia: touching our music

Tangential nostalgia: touching our music

Mixtape and turntable, meet the collectible bubble-gum card. Continue reading

Man On Wireless

Man On Wireless

A controversial radio-controlled flight over Manhattan brings a measure of joy and wonder to the New York City skyline. Continue reading

The camera that can take the happiness of their life

The camera that can take the happiness of their life

This flat-pack pinhole camera doubles as a postcard to offer something like a photo-sharing snail-net. But the sentiment that motivates its ad campaign is bizarre. Continue reading

Wanna-meme

Wanna-meme

Are you doing the Boston Typewriter? Perhaps we’re lucky that when it comes to marketing, viral video has its limits. Continue reading

Feed your inner panda with a bamboo keyboard

Feed your inner panda with a bamboo keyboard

This sweat-absorbing, all-natural peripheral promises “a deep feeling of peace, calm and tranquility.” Continue reading

The Gearfuse Gift Guide 2010: Strictly DIY

The Gearfuse Gift Guide 2010: Strictly DIY

Make the holidays bright for your favorite hacker without spending any money at all. Well, maybe you’ll spend a little bit of money—as they say, it’s the thought that counts. Continue reading

iPad as Chew Toy

iPad as Chew Toy

In the app store, no one knows you’re a dog. Continue reading

Retronovation

Retronovation

Old-fashioned telephone handsets and film cameras: gadgets that redeem the present by way of obsolete technology. Continue reading

For Protection from Bluetooth Viruses, Turn to the White Worm

For Protection from Bluetooth Viruses, Turn to the White Worm

Engineering beneficial computer viruses to protect wireless devices, researchers learn to treat time as a network. Continue reading

Will Olivetti Bring the Old Cachet to Tablet Computing?

Will Olivetti Bring the Old Cachet to Tablet Computing?

A business-machine brand and icon of twentieth-century design jumps into the tablet race. Continue reading