How would you tell time if you were blind? I mean, aside from implanting cybernetic eyes so you could look at a clock. Right, exactly — you’d get yourself a Braille watch. Conceived by David Chavez, the Haptica Braille watch lets the visually impaired check the time without relying on someone (or something) telling it [...]

Ah the lengths people will go to for a great location and even greater views. “Separation Creek House” by Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB) Architects takes cliff building to knew heights. Built on a forty-five degree incline, the property presented unparalleled challenges. ‘Most of the one hectare site was too steep to build on. Only a [...]

Here’s an interesting way to manufacture, pack, and assemble a lamp. The aptly named Folding Lamp is made from a 0.8mm sheet of stainless steel pre-scored so all you have to do is fold along the dotted lines. In what order you choose to fold is entirely up to you making each piece a unique [...]

It’s not often that you see devices huddled under the transportation and wearables categories, but you can certainly consider the above pictured contraption a proud member of each. Created by transportation design student Jake Loniak, the Yamaha Deus Ex Machina is an “electric, single passenger, vertically parking, wearable motorcycle, and the bike would theoretically be [...]

I think we all remember when Steve Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope. I don’t care if you were an Apple fan or not, you wanted one. Of course the lack of an optical drive or the high price probably swayed you against actually purchasing one. However, if you did snag [...]

M-EGUR is the name of this egg-shaped optical USB mouse from Elecom, available in six different colorful designs with a smooth surface.

In some circles, the iPhone backlash began long before the device was launched, still in the fuzzy spyshot blog rumor stages. If you’re looking for a more official milestone, perhaps the launch of the self-proclaimed “anti-iPhone” will do the trick.
That’s exactly how hardware manufacturer, Hop-on is positioning their new $10 HOP1800. The pre-paid GSM [...]

This elegant desk hides a fully-functioning computer inside, saving space and allowing you to keep the space on or under it free and clear. It also has a monitor built in and attached at the back, meaning the only space you’ll need to take up on the desk will be a keyboard and mouse. The [...]

Pentax has been cranking out waterproof Optio point-and-shoots for a while now, and the company’s latest, the W60, doesn’t really break from the company’s successful basic formula. The 10 megapixel shooter packs a 2.5-inch LCD, 5x optical zoom that doesn’t ever extend out from the main camera body, 720p movie mode, ISO 6400 sensitivity and [...]

Every so often, we catch Sharp tooting its own horn in regard to sensor size. Needless to say, small is most certainly superior in this discussion, and the aforesaid outfit is patting itself on the back once more for the RJ63SC100. This 5-megapixel CMOS sensor is said to be the industry’s thinnest at 9.5- x [...]

Just like Alexander the Great wept when he realized there were no more worlds to conquer, someday mankind is going to come to the startling conclusion that he’s run out of things to cram a USB flash drive into. But that day hasn’t come yet, so today I bring you a flash drive that’s been [...]

Guys love games and hate asking for directions. So it makes sense that Sony would produce an add-on component for the PlayStation Portable to turn the handheld gaming device into something truly useful. While this isn’t really news, since Sony announced the GPS kit earlier this year at CES, I did have a chance to [...]

You know, I figured that if a lot of people show the propensity to dress up their pets, a lot are also bound to be open to the idea of dressing up their iPods. Wouldn’t it be great if you can coordinate outfits with your favorite gadget too? And, if you have a certain predilection [...]

With the slew of USB storage devices in the market today, choosing one is all down to what unique features a particular product has to offer and of course, the company’s marketing abilities. Just earlier, the folks at the Recording Media & Energy division of Sony Europe launched the new Sony MicroVault Click and Click [...]

What better to complement a wooden mouse (and wooden keyboard, for that matter) than a wooden mousepad? Nothing, that’s what. This masterfully constructed jewel not only brings the tree to your workspace, but it’s slightly angled for ergonomic pleasure and can likely be used upside-down in a pinch. Yeah, the $60.31 sticker makes this thing [...]

The Icebar V2 is a shatterproof and waterproof crystal clear polycarbonate case with built-in speakers, helping you to keep your 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation iPod Nano safe and sound in wet environments.

Heads-up, open-source gurus — your next play toy is officially ready to be pre-ordered. The OGD1 is a self-proclaimed “high-end FPGA prototyping kit and hardware engineering platform, equipped with the peripherals needed to develop and test computer graphics architectures.” Essentially, it’s designed to be used by students of FPGA programming, engineers hunting down a dev [...]

Is there anything better than a hug? No, no there isn’t. But that doesn’t mean that the hug itself can’t be improved. Embrace-Me hoodies, from Studio 5050, do just that by helping hugs conduct electricity. And not that electricity that you get when you hug your girl/boyfriend (you do get that, right?)… No, I mean [...]

Just in time for the recession, Sony Tuesday released in the U.S. market a $400 egg named Rolly that plays music and dances (sort of). It’s a product nobody needs. But Rolly will fascinate all but the most jaded geek the way Aibo (the Sony electronic dog) did earlier in the decade. Some will buy [...]

Icebergs may soon be a thing of the past, but tell that to the designers of this “Iceberg” housing project that just won a competition to build a housing complex at the Aarhus docklands development in Denmark. Architects Julien de Smedt and CEBRA architects in collaboration with Louis Paillard and SeArch have dreamed up this [...]