Cell Phones in 1986 [Video]
“It’s a cross between a beeper and a car phone.” Oh my grok. And it’s only $3300!! [via]
Category Archives: Gadgets
LG + 4G + (2 x 5MP) =3D G-Slate
T-Mobile and LG are releasing what’s almost the ultimate in futuristic tablet devices, complete with 3D video recording. Almost, that is, because there’s a very old-school catch. The G-Slate comes with a total of three cameras: one on the front for video chatting and two on the back. These are 5-megapixel affairs and can either […]
Crime Cops
Comedian KassemG and sketch-comedy troupe Good Neighbors poke seriously geeky fun at all the pseudo-technology Hollyweird is deploying these days. Take THAT CSI!
China Builds Jet-Propelled Super Soaker
Imagine, for only $456,000 (3 million yuan) you could build a squirt gun so powerful it could blast the skinny jeans off an army of hipsters before they could even say ‘Belle & Sebastian’. Now you know the awesome power that China’s Luoyang City’s fire department has at its command (insert maniacal laughter). Made from […]
Apple’s Diabolical Plan to Screw your iPhone
If you’re a modder and have an iPhone 4, check out this video about Apple’s insidious new plan to keep you from tinkering with the innards of your precious phone. Edit: After watching this, be sure to read Bobcooley’s interesting comment below! [Source]
New Tech Could Mean Hands-Free Driving
Swedish trials have shown that, in principle at least, it could be possible to create a “road train” of vehicles controlled only by one driver. Sadly, this isn’t an invention I came up with during one lengthy journey by which expressways would be replaced with airport-style travelators, an ideaI stand by despite some minor limitations […]
iHop: A Self-Balancing Robotic Pogo Stick [Video]
“iHop” is a toy robot that can hop. It uses two independently actuated arms in order to simultaneously hop and balance in the lateral plane. The “sagittal” plane is stabilized by torque applied to the two drive wheels (note that the wheels are, for the most part, stationary due to the lack of disturbances about […]
ION’s Book Saver Offers Easier Digitization for Books
Theoretically an e-reader device frees users from the need to ever own printed books. But most avid readers already have full bookshelves (and in many cases, love the beauty of the physical object.) And in any case, many printed titles aren’t yet available in electronic form. ION Audio, better known for their USB enabled turntables, […]
9 Developments That Prove We Really Are Living In The Future
There is little doubt that as time marches on, the sheer amount of impressive technology that each of us has access to will grow exponentially. After all it was only 30 years ago that the thought of home computing was a novel and futuristic concept, whereas today, the thought of not having immediate access to […]
Got Extra Cash? There’s an App for That.
By Adrienne Crezo Contributing Writer, [GAS] The Consumer Electronics Show 2011 is in full swing and geeks around the world are in tech-rapture mode. The first big reveal (and perhaps the forerunner for Least Necessary New Technology) is the Human Touch AcuTouch 9500, a massage chair controlled by iOS devices through the HT-Connect app. So […]