Gadgets

Amazon.com has published their holiday ordering cutoff dates for U.S. shipping.

Sunday, December 16th is the last day to order Gift Cards from Amazon.com sent by mail (e-mail gift cards can be sent immediately at any time!)

Monday, December 17th is the last day to order products that qualify for Free Super Saver Shipping and have it […]

Even if you just won 100 million dollars in the lottery would you buy a $28,000 keyboard?

Engadget has an item on a €20,000 (about $28,000) programable keyboard that adjusts to the programs you’re using and maps keys accordingly. Take a look at a video promoting the keyboard:

So is it worth it? Even if you […]

Belkin’s Mouse Trap Mouse Pad is a great little mouse pad that also doubles as a zippered pouch.
It can hold your mouse, usb cables, power brick, usb drives and anything else that you might need to store. It’s also great if you have to get up and move somewhere else at a moment’s notice. […]

My wife was talked into buying a pair of Southwing SA505 Bluetooth stereo headphones by a slick salesman and I’ve got to declare them the worst product we’ve ever owned.
The sound quality is abysmal. Even if you hold your bluetooth enabled phone up to them. Move it two feet away and it’s worse than an […]

Milwaukee Electric Tool Co makes the best power tools. They last a lifetime and the only thing that ever gives me trouble with them is the batteries. The batteries typically only last about a year or two and then they start losing their charge rapidly or don’t hold one very long.
If you own any Milwaukee […]

Government officials in Guangdong China are claiming that Motorola and Nokia mobile phone batteries explode under certain conditions, The New York Times, Bloomberg and the Chicago Tribune reported.
he news adds a turn to the ongoing investigation of the June 19 death of Xiao Jinpeng, a 22-year-old welder who died after the battery in his handset […]

It is possible to increase your notebook’s running time on just the battery. In some cases you can extend its usage up to 60 minutes longer.
Most importantly, confirm that most, if not all, of the power saving features are enabled. This includes dimming the screen and disabling the DVD drive. Beware that allowing your hard […]

Anyone who has seen the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, is moved by it and remembers it forever.
A Japanese gadget company has developed a projector than simulates the Northern Lights. See this video for a demonstration.

Unfortunately, it’s only available in Japan.
[Banpresto Aurora Palette]

Tags: cool gadget, japanese toys, japanese gadget, new gadget

Scientists are closer to making Star Trek’s Medical Tricorder a reality thanks to two recent discoveries.
Bones McCoy made Star Trek’s portable black box famous by using it to diagnose ailments without ever touching a patient. Now, studies show that the tricorder is closer to becoming reality, because of new medical-imaging technology and a new state […]

ArsTechnica is commenting on study that says on average, “more than half of the ink from inkjet cartridges is wasted when users toss them in the garbage” because their prints report they’re out of ink.
The study was commissioned by the Epson and not surprisingly their cartridges/printers were amongst the highest rated. Lexmark, Canon, HP, Kodak, […]

Choosing a unique gift for dad can be very difficult. Sure you could go with the typical Father’s Day gifts and get him a fancy shaver like the Braun 8995 360 Complete Men’s Shaver or Philips Norelco 9160XL SmartTouch-XL Men’s Shaver. But why go with the same old thing everyone else gets for dad?
Nearly every […]

Since Monday many XM Radio subscribers had trouble receiving XM signals for nearly 24 hours. An email XM sent to subscribers stated:
You may be experiencing temporary degraded performance with your XM reception at the present time. XM is aware of the issue and working diligently to resolve it as soon as possible. We anticipate full […]

Since January around 75 developers have been actively working on design specifications for an open source radio control helicopter thats functions as an aerial video camera platform.
Aside from typical quadrocopter features as following:

Easy built up kit, despite of partial SMD assembly, for everybody, who
knows , where´s the hot end of the soldering-iron

2 […]

While many women toy about the thought of getting a stun gun for their personal protection some feel that they’ll get strange looks from their friends or others if they should happen to spot one in their purse or handbag.
Enter, The Pink Stinger. It’s a stun gun that has been disguised as a tampon. […]

Does your GPS or navigation system interact with FM stations to provide traffic updates or other alerts? If it does, it’s probably vulnerable to receiving bogus signals from anyone with some inexpensive equipment.
Apparently there is no authentication model built into these systems to verify the validity of the alerts so anyone can submit fake alerts […]

Sleeves are becoming the hot accessory for laptops and notebooks. Laptop cases that look like laptop cases are considered a fashion faux paux.
The best part about laptop sleeves is they’re really simple to make. Just use an old pair of pants, a sweater, or a shirt and stitch it into a sleeve that can […]

You can’t actually squeeze a PCMCIA or PC Card into an ExpressCard slot but you can get an adapter that allow you to use your existing PC Cards in your new notebook’s Express Card Slot.
Duel Systems has released a new adapter called DualAdpater that allows you use your PC Cards with an ExpressCard slot and […]