Gadgets

Homi USB eye and back protection

Being slouched in front of a computer all day causes disastrous effects on our eyes, necks, and backs, yet we hardly notice, or try to remedy it. We’ve even gone as far as lying to ourselves. “Oh, my lower back just hurts from sleeping on it wrong.” The Homi USB is placed at the top of your monitor and alerts ...

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45 years of the mouse

2007 marks the 45th year of the mouse’s existence. As Wired shows through a documented visual archive of the history of the mouse, it remains one of the only peripherals that hasn’t changed entirely that much since its use. Add a few wheels, buttons, and optic lasers, and you have pretty much the same concept of the mouse that was ...

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The ultimate smokers’ phone HOLDS real cigarettes

In order to appeal to billions of smokers in China, a company has brought out this ultimate cigarette phone. Not only does it look like a pack of cigarettes (the exact size and the exact warning labels concerning health), it actually holds half a pack of REAL cigarettes on the back. All you need to do is to slide open ...

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Tested out: Xlink Kai PSP independent online gaming network

The PSP has built-in WiFi, you can browse the internet with it but online gaming is not officially supported. We only get to set up wireless sessions with users ad-hoc in a radius of 10 meters, wouldn’t it be great to be able to play with your friends in other countries just like on large consoles? Well, a group of ...

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Touchmate TM-M800G Diamond Cam Mobile is pretty in gold, handsome in silver

Aye caramba! More expensive crap we’ll never be able to afford for our girlfriends. The Touchmate TM-M800 cellphone is encased in gold and boasts Swarovski Crystal diamond that is only beautiful enough for the most beautiful and gracious of woman. This phone is the bling phone for woman. Besides its luxurious skin, its innards are made of the usual suspects. ...

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Wind-up DAB Radio for digital sound through a disaster

Many people can’t live without their DAB radios to get them through the day. At some places of business, that’s about the only entertainment allowed, if you’re lucky. What happens for those who want to listen to a DAB radio without contributing the minuscule amounts of emission substances that a regular DAB radio puts out? That’s where the wind-up DAB ...

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R2D2 Mailbox spotted in the wild

About two weeks ago we reported on these R2D2 themed mailboxes in honor of Star Wars’ 30th anniversary being celebrated this year. Following-up on the story, like the well balanced journalists that we are, here are some photos of the droid R2 units being used in the wild, rather than sitting in a depot waiting to be placed. We believe ...

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Mvix 760HD streams high definition media to your home theater

The MX-760HD is powered by 802.11G wireless technology as a sort of one stop aggregator for all of the touch points in your home theater system. Not only does it stream content directly to your theater devices, but does so in full High Def. Content can come from either an added option of an internal hard drive, streamed directly from ...

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EarthLink to reveal WiFi phone beta

As early as today, Accton Technology Corporation might release details of a beta test for the EarthLink WiFi phone. Beta testing taking place in Anaheim seems to have gone successfully, but the biggest test will come when the results are announced and the Earthlink phone is put to the test by the public. The Earthlink phone will allow you to ...

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