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EPISODE 104 |
Hottest solar-powered sports car ever
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/08/seat_brisa_the.php
Solar ice maker
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/08/solar_icemaker.php
Xbox 360 coin-up arcade
http://gizmodo.com/5042961/xbox-360-goes-coin+op
Logitech Squeezebox Boom: The ultimate Wi-Fi radio?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10027437-1.html
Nikon D90: The hotness
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10026094-1.html
PinkWatch:
LG to join the UMPC bandwagon with the Netbook X110
http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2008/08/lg_to_join_the.html
It’s about time
Chococlock delivers chocolate every hour
http://www.mystichackers.com/1054.html
Why didn’t I think of that?
GE Profile frontload washers & dryers
http://www.uncrate.com/men/home/appliances/ge-profile-frontload-washers-dryers/
Kill me
The Fuggit by Fuggis Hilton, Part II: The actual box of fake hair
http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/go_fug_yourself/2008/08/the_fuggit_by_fuggis_hilton_part_ii.html
A propos (of) nothing
Kinesio Tex Tape
http://www.uncrate.com/men/body/health-fitness/kinesio-tex-tape/
What the hell!?
Teddy Bear USB drive is a headless horror
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/27/teddy-bear-usb-drive.html
(Credit:
Brando)
We're not exactly sure if this qualifies as part of the gadget jewelry trend, but it's probably the closest that Hong Kong-based Brando will ever get. (This, you'll recall, is the outfit responsible for the massaging mouse and a pig-shaped USB card reader.)
Yet valiently they try, in the form of a 2GB wooden USB memory strap that's apparently meant to be worn around the neck. Yeah, pretty ugly. Some unsolicited advice for the company: Stick to the stuff you know, like the mouse hand warmer.
(Credit:
X-Micro Technology)
It's a funny thing: Jewelry that pays homage to technology can work just fine, but it seems to make less sense when it actually functions. Why, for example, would one need to carry a computer peripheral around one's neck?
Case in point: The oval-shaped video MP3 player from X-Micro, which is designed to be worn as a pendant. As Chip Chick rightly points out, watching videos chained to the neck doesn't seem like an optimum viewing experience, especially on a screen that's so small. Nor does it look quite like anything under glass at Tiffany's.
But if you insist on wearing a working gadget, we suggest something along the lines of the "Kodak 1881" locket. At least cameras, once upon a time, were worn around the neck for a reason.
(Credit:
Digital World Tokyo)
Say it ain't so, Sony. The standard bearer for decades in defining good taste in consumer electronics has gone Swarovski on us.
It's hardly the first design leader to fall under the garish crystalline spell. First Philips, then the iPhone and now Sony's E-Series MP3 players have fallen victim to the trend with its "Walkman Abiste" model. As if that weren't bad enough, Digital World Tokyo says the Swarovski-studded stick players will be available in blue, gold, pink and violet, as well as black, when they're released in September on the Japanese market.
Other than the rocks, the Abiste is basically like any other E Series Walkman, with capacities ranging from 1GB to 4GB at $128 to $200. Sony at least resisted whatever temptation it may have had to cover the entire player in crystals--unlike other gadget makers that have sold their rhinstone-clad souls.
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