Archive for May 22nd, 2013
Autos
Seat Belt Air Bags Coming Next Year To An SUV Near You
Oh air bags, how I do appreciate them, especially after getting in a head on collision. Over the years, it seems like vehicles get more and more of them. First it was the driver side air bag, then passenger, then curtain and ...
Bikes
Full Automated Bicycle Parking Garage (video)
Tokyo, Japan has long been a place with a massive population and a small amount of land. So as you can imagine they’re always inventing new ways to store their worldly positions without displacing their living space. The...
Cell Phones
A Cell Phone That Measures Bad Breath (video)
This video is apparently from 2007 so I feel a bit remiss posting in now, but hey, here goes. NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese telecom had plans to introduce a phone that could help middle aged businessmen and young women lose weight....
Touch Sreen
Sony Working On Giant Touchscreen Surface (video)
The Microsoft Surface is super old news at this point, but that hasn’t stopped Sony from teaming up with a company called Atracsys to build their own version of a multitouch table. Unlike Microsoft’s version, thoug...
Fitness
Inner City Bike Designed Without Rider In Mind
OK, so while this bike looks interesting enough, it also looks really for lack of a better adjective, stupid. With the last decade seeing rise to the fixed gear bike (much to my disdain), this bike seems to absolutely epitomiz...
Household
Conmoto Rolling FirePlace Lets Every Room Become A 9-Alarm Fire
Combining the most primitive elements discovered at the dawn of mankind, this rolling fireplace from Conmoto wants to go off-roading down your stairs with a passion. From the look of the picture it seems pretty fake but it actu...
Gaming
AirDuino Air Guitar Apparatus In The Works (video)
It’s amazing what some people will do to further what can be done with Air Guitar. With the several air guitar apps for the iPhone and the wearable guitar shirt, I’m beginning to miss the original version. In this ...
Gaming
Nintendo GameBoy Finally Inducted Into Toy Hall Of Fame
Not knowing that there even was a Toy Hall Of Fame, I’m pleased to announce that the Nintendo GameBoy has just been inducted. Officially called Strong National Museum of Play’s Toy Hall of Fame, this black and whit...
RFID
Plexidor Pet Door–Maybe Just A Little Too Far
Maybe, just maybe, we spoil our pets a bit too much. Oh, sure, we don’t think twice about the occasional chew bone or some such, but some dogs today eat better than some people do. Plus there’s the add-ons–cl...
Concepts
Philips Tapsters Likely Won’t Hit Stores
Several months back, we introduced you to the Philips Tapster headphones. But there’s some bad news here for everyone who was looking forward to them–there’s now pretty much no way they’ll hit store she...
Biometrics
The Tele Scouter Translates Language on Demand, Provides Anime Jokes
Oh Japan…have I told you lately that I love you? You’ve given me some of the coolest, strangest, and most downright preposterous topics to write about of all time. And today, you’ve given me a topic that̵...
Business
Another Cash For Gadgets Program, This Time At Orange
In an interesting move, now retailer Orange is getting into the cash for old gadgets game with its Recycle and Reward program. While they don’t have the awesome automated kiosks of other vendors, Orange will give you a qu...
