Han Solo Carbonite Desk
Ladies and gentlegeeks, behold… a custom-made Han Solo carbonite desk: Me. Want. One. NOW! To put in my secret underground geek lair, ya know? [Via TDW | Tom Spina Designs]
Category Archives: Gadgets
Toshiba’s Amazing Space Chair Project
To promote its new line of LCD TVs featuring LED backlighting and local dimming, Toshiba has used an helium balloon to take an ultra-lightweight chair to the edge of space, filming the process using the company’s IK-HR1S 1080i camera. One of the most memorable ad I’ve seen in a long time! Enjoy!
What do you get when you cross a seatbelt and an airbag?
The best ideas are often the simplest, and that certainly looks true of the latest car safety innovation. What are the two best-known safety features experienced directly by passengers? The seatbelt and the airbag. But back-seat passengers only have a seatbelt, and installing an airbag for those seats is a tricky process. So why not […]
OpenOfficeMouse: more options for the keyboard-impaired
By Sterling “Chip” Camden Contributing Writer, [GAS] Holy rodents on steroids, Batman! A mouse with 18 buttons? How could you possibly know which one you’re pressing without looking at it? Someone will have to invent home-row mousing! Warmouse announced the OpenOfficeMouse yesterday (November 6), a mouse specifically designed for use in conjunction with OpenOffice, but […]
Make the world a better place with the Happiness Hat
Are you someone who never smiles? Would you like that to change? Well, with the help of the happiness hat, you’ll start smiling like you never did before… trust us! The Happiness Hat is a wearable device that detects if you’re smiling and provides pain feedback if you’re not. An enclosed bend sensor attaches to […]
NEC brings translation up close and personal
Those who saw the last series of Dr Who spin-off Torchwood will remember the team using a contact lens which both housed a camera and displayed text for the wearer to read. That’s not quite possible in reality yet, but NEC in Japan has come up with something similar: a pair of spectacles with a […]
New Verizon Scifi-ish Ad Promotes Motorola’s DROID
To promote their upcoming Android-running DROID, Verizon has released a really cool commercial announcing the official launch date of the smartphone. Check it out: Here’s what Engadget had to say about the DROID: Keyboard aside, the DROID is very much the ultimate phone for phone geeks. It’s not “friendly” in the way that the iPhone […]
World’s First Street Legal Sofa goes to 87mph
Built by Edd China and David Davenport, the “Casual Lofa” holds the Guiness world record for “Fastest Furniture” and is the world’s first street legal sofa. Check it out: [Via TechEblog]
Now it’s Twitter in your pocket
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a $99 device which gave you access to Wikipedia – and nothing else. I concluded that it would be nice to have one, but at $99, you could get much better value with even a cheap cellphone. If I owned a WikiReader, right now I’d be looking […]
ROPID Robot Jumps for Joy
Not only can ROPID (Robot and Rapid) jump, dance, and run, but the little fellah can do so at your command, turning his cute little head to listen to what you have to say before each of its actions. [Via Technabob]