Crave: The gadget blog- Category: Toys

Get freaky with samurai sword earbuds

Tim Hornyak — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:39:06 PST

Japan's Solid Alliance gets funky with wacky earbuds that feature samurai swords, mushrooms, apples, and even miniature ears.

iPhone + robot marimba player = instant band

Tim Hornyak — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:21:00 PST

Shimon is an autonomous robot marimba player created at Georgia Tech. When teamed with iPhone app ZOOZBeat, Shimon can jam Thelonius Monk-style.

Holy fashion, Batman, it's your utility belt!

Matt Hickey — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:00:00 PST

I want this utility belt replica for Christmas. Because I am Batman.

Digital City Podcast 63: 'Avatar,' 3D PS3, CES, oh my!

Scott Stein, Julie Rivera — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:24:00 PST

In this week's preholiday edition of the Digital City Podcast, we all get ready for our one long break of the year, accompanied by special guest smartphone guru (and new CNET East

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Originally posted at Digital City Podcast

Five last-minute gifts you can print!

Rick Broida — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:00:00 PST

No more late-night runs to the convenience store for something, anything, you can wrap. If you've got five minutes and a printer, you can create a genuinely nice gift.

Originally posted at The Cheapskate

The Eigenharp lets you rock Mos Eisley-style

Tim Hornyak — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:51:30 PST

The new electronic instrument sounds like a keyboard but is held like a guitar or saxophone. Its versatility promises to make it popular on stage.

CNET tests alkaline battery performance

Eric Franklin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 PST

Want to know which Alkaline battery lasts the longest? Of course you do. Now, click!

The toy mouse with the 'Jingle Bells' problem

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:09:07 PST

Parents in the UK are up in arms after claiming that a $5 toy mouse is singing "pedophile, pedophile" instead of "Jingle Bells."

@Uh-oh: Twoddler lets toddlers send tweets

Leslie Katz — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:35:00 PST

A tricked-out Fisher Price Activity Center with pictures of family members and friends attached and an Arduino board inside lets toddlers sent predefined messages to their own Twitter accounts.

Digicam gun takes point-and-shoot seriously

Juniper Foo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:58:00 PST

The Aimat is a squirt-gun-looking digital camera that you, well, point and shoot. For now, it's a concept device and not for sale, and for good reason.