An e-mail from usually-decent accessories manufacturer Proporta landed in my Inbox this morning. It was for a Universal iPod Dock that’s supposed to fit the iPhone, iPod, etc. and charge it via USB. OK. Fantastic, right? Not really. Problem is, according to the pictures on the product page, it looks like they took a goddamned iPod cable directly from Apple ...

Though video game aficionados will benefit the most from a device emitting Paperboy-esque sounds, this homebrew music box. It generates random tones from an oscillator and feeds the audio through a speaker. All of which is housed inside a cardboard box mind you. The schematics, videos, plans, part list, etc. are available for download off of the website and truth ...

Seems the brains up in Massachusetts have done it again. MIT has taken an ordinary household object and transformed it into the coolest experimental toy on the planet. Case in point are Quickies, which are essentially Post-It Notes that feed the written information on them back to a computer. The computer then interprets the text or image drawn on the ...

Dubbed the “Famicard”, after the original Nintendo Famicom system, this cartridge has a full Nintendo Entertainment System built-in to it. Now we’re not talking about using this as a dongle or any silly thing like that. This is a working NES with controller ports, composite video and stereo audio out, cartridge loader and power button. With a portable cartridge system ...

You might have your car’s interior and sound system down as far as geeky prowess goes, but what lurks under the hood? A standard engine just won’t do for my fellow car modding comrades, oh no! We need more! Better! Geekier! The owner of this car is such a huge fan of the NES console, that he modded a NES ...

Wong. James Wong. Or so we imagine, some Asian “James Bond-esque” spy using this Gum Wrapper Camera to gather information about a crime organization. The little spy camera is made to fit into an empty gum wrapper, to disguise your true espionage identity. The little gadget records both video and audio, recording the media onto MicroSD card. If the criminal ...

Screw water. There, I said it. If it weren’t for the fact that us you humans need water to survive, we would surely despise the stuff. Always getting inside of our gadgets and causing problems. Psh. Whatevz. For all of you solo pirates out there, Pyle has put together their Seadoo with a full media center, made for wave riding. ...

CES is sure to unveil some pretty cool gadgets. The Pacemaker from Tonium is a portable DJ system which allows you to have a mini-turntable fit inside of your pants pocket. The complete DJ system is a DAP which is compatible with almost any audio format under the sun, including FLAC. While you might not be able to DJ a ...

This AtGames Mega Drive Portable allows you to take 20 pre-loaded Sega Genesis games on the road. Featuring a backlit LCD color screen (which supposedly is pretty decent for its small size), the Mega Drive can be played on your TV as well, through a RCA hookup. The Mega Drive features Genesis favorites such as Sonic and Knuckles, Ristar, Alex ...

Most GPS units come with a stock robotic voice which dictates directions to you in an awkward and mispronounced fashion. YourPND is a service which allows you to record your own voice, and than download the audio files to use for your GPS device. So far, the service only works for TomTom devices, but so many people who use GPS ...