What better to impress your boss with your knowledge of the technology world than by wearing this snazzy USB tie. The Business Class tie allows you an interesting way to meet new business contacts through the power of useless USB plugs. The little blue USB symbol at the bottom of the tie confirms to the world around you that it ...
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Next-gen Apple mouse will ditch scroll-wheel for touch control
Inspired by the buzz that the multi-touch iPhone has built for itself, Apple has a next-gen mouse in the works that could utilize some of the same technology. On December 6, 2006, Apple filed a patent for their mouse design, which will be able to switch through operational modes depending on the users hand positioning on the mouse. The patent, ...
Read More »It’s raining Samsung phones in Second Life
As if you are not sick of Samsung’s propaganda in real life yet, the company is opening an island on the online virtual space Second Life to promote their phones. And since Samsung was trying to tell us how thin those phones they developed with Softbank were, they got this phone-raining effect on. If you would like to use these ...
Read More »USB Hamster Wheel for the dieting rodent
Do you have a plump hamster? It’s time to get its fat ass out of the cage and onto the USB Hamster Wheel. The Wheel spins faster and faster depending on the speed you are typing. We don’t think it was made to be used with a real hamster, as it includes a fake stuffed rodent, but it can surely ...
Read More »So that’s what the inside of a SanDisk SD Card looks like!
If pictures of ravaged, dismantled gadgets makes you feel squeamish, you might want to go to another, more tame post. This poor SD card was ravaged by the owners dog after it was spooked by a pet parrot flying out of its cage. In a disastorous turn of events, the owners SD Card fell to the ground, at which time ...
Read More »USB Tape Dispenser: Umm…OK?
We’ve seen some useless USB hubs in our day, but this just takes the cake whole bakery. The USB Tape Dispenser is, well, a Tape Dispenser with a few extra USB ports added on. Just wait until poor, old Milton from Office Space gets his hands on this. He’ll forget all about his stapler. The USB Tape Dispenser comes with ...
Read More »DIY: How to fix your defective Guitar Hero controller
So you just realized that your Guitar Hero controller is one of the two models that were recently announced by RedOctane as defective. Never fear, fellow gamer. There is a moderately simple way to fix this problem if your willing to put in a little hand work. This step by step DIY will show you how you can take the ...
Read More »New Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor will rock your enthusiastic world, possibly faster than animated mouse
Intel announced today their plans for a third Extreme processor, geared towards the enthusiast-user. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is Intel’s fastest enthusiast featured processor yet, running with a clock speed of 2.93 GHz. According to the press release by Intel, the QX6800 is focused specifically for gamers, digital designers, and those who strive for maximum computing power. Critics ...
Read More »Xbox QWERTY controller seen in the wild
Nothing is ever concrete until you see it in this world of Photoshop renderings. Now that we can see the recently announced Xbox 360 QWERTY Controller in the wild, we can offer a full confirmation on Microsoft’s announcement. This is the first public viewing of the QWERTY text input device for Xbox. The announcement coincides with Microsoft’s announcement that MSN ...
Read More »M.A.R.S. Floating Wind Power Generator
Speaking of R2-D2, this M.A.R.S. Floating Wind Generator looks a lot like a flying R2 droid on its side. This helium-filled, horizontal-rotating M.A.R.S. (Magenn Power Air Rotor System) will go into production with its 4.0 kw unit this year with 7 more models planned for release in the next 4 years. The 2010 and 2011 planned models will be able ...
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