Gadgets

If I wanted to drink tap-water, I’d just drink out of my dog’s bowl. That irony taste just isn’t for me. iStraw is a lightweight polycarbonate straw with its own internal filtration system. Using micro-filtration, the straw removes much of the contamination from a glass of water. The iStraw’s special internal membrane allows for water to be filtered without the ...

This might not be the first portable chair we’ve seen, but it IS the first portable seat that can be packed with junk or luggage, depending on your needs. The Chair Suitcase is a way for travelers to insure they have a place to sit if all of the lobby chairs in the airport are taken. The ingenious design of ...

Treadmills are usually used solely for cardio workouts, walking in a one way, linear direction. Virtual Space Devices is working on a concept that would make treadmills omni-directional, making the treadmill sense which way you are moving and adapting to that position. You might be asking yourself, why the hell would I care about a new exercising device? The cool ...

Remember that scene in Star Wars where R2-D2 displays a mini-holographic image of Princess Leia, exclaiming her need for a certain Obi-Wan Kenobi? Hitachi is developing a 3D stereographic display that could make a holographic-esque image. Using mirrors to reflect a projected light, the stereographic vision display relies on the reproduction of a single image multiple times using a set ...

So, either your parents haven’t ponied up the dough for a new car, you have a bad job, or you just feel like riding a bike is more environmentally friendly. For whatever reason you’re riding a bike, the LED Spokes are a really cool way of making your wheels unique. If you can’t have the blingage of chrome rims, but ...

People have become rather apathetic when it comes to reading the time in the usual fashion. With this in mind, Art Lebedev shows off the Verbarius, a clock that tells you what time it is without the small talk of numbers, using human language. So instead of the cold message of 12:00, you get “Midnight” as an answer instead. It ...

It’s no surprise that Ferrari has finally added itself into the world of satellite radio. Most luxury companies have already integrated this technology into their automobiles, though in true Ferrari-style, Modena is integrating a sleek NavTraffic GPS / XM Radio device into the new 612 Scaglietti models. The V12 engine of the 612 Scaglietti is sure to be enough music ...

Just in case the super game friendly touchscreen of the iPhone wasn’t all the proof you needed to conclude that there will eventually be game software for the phone, a piece of code embedded in the iTunes’s software further confirms the evident fact that Apple has plans to issue games. The coding looks something like this: /* ===== iPhone Game ...

When we talk about Casio, most people will think about their Exilim digital camera line that Sony, Canon and everybody else copied. Few would know that the company also produces cell phones in Japan. Their G-shock phone was popular, so they decided to bring the Exilim label to their image-oriented cellphones as well. The first Exilim phone is W53CA, which ...

Those of you who are out to save the world with your eco-friendliness will be thrilled with this new concept. It boggles our mind thinking of why bikes were never used this way before. Featured at the Coachella music festival’s Energy FACtory exhibit, these bikes are one step closer to where we want to be environmentally. The hybrid of the ...