2005 September 29

The path of innovation inevitably seems to end up in the commoditized business graveyard. Time and again, smart, nimble companies invent new technologies or manufacturing processes, just to standardize them, inspire knock-offs, and direct competitors and ultimately find that their unique differentiator in the marketplace has evolved into a commodity and that customers make their [...]

Mad Magazine played a big part in my childhood - it helped me form my weird sense of humor, and I just loved the whole thing. A guy named Doug Gilford has painstakingly scanned in every cover of Mad since the 1950s.
If you have a Mad fan in your life, please let them know about [...]

As I have been saying here for some time, keys are SO last century. I changed out my front door lock to a locking keypad system and have delighted ever since in its ease of use in change and adding codes, to the “auto-lock” feature that locks the door after a few minutes.
But today I [...]

By Sean Fisher, Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I still haven’t hopped aboard the VoIP bandwagon just yet, but this VoIP-capable USB stick from Mplat might make me think about joining the ranks. The F2K not only allows you to make calls from any PC with internet access (without having to install anything), the flash device also has [...]

First, we seemed to be going green with our cell phone recycling coverage, but this week is truly turning nerdy ever since Oliver Rist showed up in his 3d headset. So I figured why not turn it up a notch and let the nerd flag fly?
Here’s a guy at PimpRig.com who modded out his PC [...]

David Johnston, Contributing Writer for RealTechNews, writes:
Fans of Atari everywhere should rejoice. The 2600 console, originally released in 1977, has been rereleased so you can play all of your old favorites once again. The “new” console is called the “Flashback 2″ and instead of buying the games separately, they’re included inside the console itself.
Atari’s [...]

David Johnston, Contributing Writer for RealTechNews, writes:
If you’re one of those people dissappointed with the battery life of your iPod, this might be worth checking out. Someone over at Geek Technique has modified a hand-crank flashlight to charge their iPod mini.
After much tinkering, modding, and warranty-voiding, he was able to get the setup working. [...]

Oliver Rist, Guest Contributor of RealTechNews, writes:
This thing just screams “new horizon in FPSs.” And you may justifiably ask why? After all, we’re just moving the monitor closer to your eyes, correcto? Correcto, but there’s more. eMagin also added what it’s calling 3D Stereovision. The rest of us call it head-tracking.
So you’re mowing down [...]