Archive for March, 2008
Motorola Chops Off Handset Division
Today Motorola said it would chew off its woefully underperforming Mobile Devices group in order to safeguard its healthier businesses%26mdash;namely Broadband %26 Mobility Solutions, which includes network equipment, walkie-talkies and business produ...
Merium Media PC Has “Sky High Wife Approval Factor”
According to its creator, Christoffer Nøkleby, the Merium Home Theater PC has a “sky high wife approval factor.” According to my wife, any home theater PC should be hidden away in another room, although “the zebra cover could be cut...
Artist Turns Bead Curtains Into Star Trek Works of Art
Bead curtains are like, so 1950’s huh? Artist Devorah Sperber doesn’t think so. Her amazing Star Trek bead curtains are much more likely to be adorning gallery walls than the front door of your local grocery store. Kind of like pixel-art i...
Luminous Handy Strap is Stylus, Ewok Jedi Lightsaber
On a slow news day, one company can always be relied on to bring out something so unutterably useless that I fall to my knees and give thanks to James T. Kirk and all the angels: Brando. Their phone strap-slash-stylus-slash-lightsaber-for people-of-ex...
Spy Drones Coming Soon to the US, AT-ST Walkers to Follow Next
Reuters is reporting that the Miami-Dade police department will “soon” start deployment of the infamous Honeywell Micro Air Vehicles, the spy drones that will keep all you criminals and Gizmodo editors in check with forward and downward lo...
Sporty Robot Webcam With Choice of Balls, the MPC-095
A posable sports robot-theme webcam, with a choice of ball: basketball, baseball and football (US and Euro style). Who’d’ve thought there’s a market for this? Chinese company Rodintech for one, though a trip through their website sho...
My Touch Keys Brings Tactile Feedback to iPhone
My Touch Keys is a simple idea; a thin sheet of plastic with holes where each key appears is mounted onto the iPhone’s screen. When the keyboard is used, you can “feel” each key as you press, thanks to the slight depression the My To...