By Evan Ackerman
This cube timer is a really simple, straightforward little device: just rotate the cube so that the time you want is facing up, set it down, and an alarm will go off after that amount of time has passed. To shut it off, flip it back over to zero. There are no dials, [...]

Yes, it’s another one of those backup batteries that will save your day when the battery for your cell phone or audio player is flat. This new model works with iPhone and iPod.

This compact, lightweight emergency charger with retractable cable uses “AA” batteries to power the Apple iPhone and iPod anytime, anywhere.

The iPhone 2G / [...]

A little something for the fans of fish inspired gadgets - the tropical fish FM radio.

The radio measures 32 x 131 x 38 mm and requires 2 x AAA batteries. Press the tail of the fish to scan for available channels. The eye functions as a reset button.
The Tropical Fish FM Radio is available from [...]

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When the New Xbox Experience launches next month, 360 owners will have the opportunity to stream Netflix movies to their console. This is something we’ve known for some time, and is honestly one of the things I look forward to the most regarding the dashboard update. However, it [...]

By Luke Anderson
When I was a kid, I always enjoyed gifts that required me to assemble something. LEGOs and Erector Sets were always great, but one of my favorites was this DIY radio kit that I got. I don’t recall actually learning anything from it, except how to use a soldering iron (not very well, [...]

By Luke Anderson
I’ve always thought of the thermostat as a sort of battleground. I don’t care if you’re at the office or at home, if there is another person in the area, they will always want it set around 8 degrees differently than you do. The worst (for me) is when it gets really cold [...]

By Jonathan Kimak
San Fransico based company Airship Ventures is bringing back Zeppelins. The blimp like Zeppelins(but don’t call them blimps, they’re sensitive about that) have not been too popular since the Hindenburg crashed and burned over 70 years ago. Somehow I doubt that will be in the brochure.
For $495 an hour(per person) you and up [...]

Break it down, pack it up, take it out, put it up. Easy to store, easy to construct and deconstruct. Coat hanger for those who love a good simple on-the-go hanger system that’s nice to peek at too. And with a name like “Saturn”, you know it’s… a midsize car? What- No way! But it [...]

By Evan Ackerman
I don’t have a USB volcano, but if I did, I bet I’d want to use it all the time, everywhere. I can do that with this USB power bar, which has a rechargeable 2200 mAh lithium battery inside plus a 5 volt USB power port to charge all your USB stuff. It [...]

By David Ponce
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I’ll preempt any negative comments right off the bat: I know there aren’t enough pics and that the ones I do have suck. But I’m no artist/photographer, nor do I play one on TV. For now, the pictures I’m [...]

Make no mistake people, the smiling, nerdy looking man in the photograph above is not your friend, not by a long shot. Jack Thompson could not hold a candle to this man, Michael Atkinson, the Attorney General of South Australia.
Michael Atkinson is a strong proponent of Internet censorship, in fact the level [...]

By Evan Ackerman
Kids, listen closely: just because you’ve mashed the caps lock key down when typing something on the internet doesn’t mean that your comments have any more relevance, or that anyone is more likely to pay attention to you. It’s just really, really, REALLY ANNOYING.
SEE?
If you can’t help yourself, here’s a gentle suggestion: [...]

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While I normally avoid all things political like the plague, this was too much to resist. Urinal designer Clark Sorensen has produced a urinal entitled George W. Flush, with the image of the President. Considering that Sorensen’s show is entitled, “Down The Drain - The Legacy of George W. Bush,” I think it would be [...]

Designers have been tackling radiator design alternatives almost as long as designers have been tackling radiator design alternatives. The fact is; the traditional radiator is simply not attractive and has a bit of a bad attitude (all that hissing and whining). The “Ciussai Radiator” gives a new twist in home heating. Ingenious in its simplicity, [...]

The internet allows for a huge increase in connection and community as well as media - more specifically, music. With such a demand, a wave of new file sharing was born that is now called called BitTorrent. This allows users to share files easily by storing separate files, not on one person’s computer, [...]

Bdbondy, a member of the Etsy online marketplace, has created a series of old school webcams that will make this Retro Style Webcam look like something from the future.

There is a total of eight cams to choose from, based on vintage cameras like Spartaflex, Kodak Brownie Bullseye, an antique folding model, and more.
The price range [...]

This plug-and-play motorcycle game connects to a TV and translates a child’s leaning motions onto the screen. The left handgrip controls the brakes and a right twist-grip controls acceleration.

The system has nine different play options, including racing games, obstacle courses, bumper cars, motorboat racecourses, and outerspace missions and challenges. Children can also play any of [...]