Gadgets

The Toshiba U103, which on paper looks exactly like the Toshiba U102, will be a pretty special release. The portable media player will come in a choice of 24 different colors. Ranging from pretty princess pink to dark and mysterious black. So, in principle, you can have a matching portable media player for your outfit or action of choice. Finally, ...

Sony has revealed some new photos of their new Walkman NWD-B100 Mp3 players. The new Walkman device is a portable USB stick design, with a three line display and a lightweight 30g body. The B100 will come in two flavors, 1 GB and 2 GB, with the option of an FM transmitter added in. The B100 devices will also come ...

Perhaps the most undignified musical instrument of all time, the hipDisk allows the wearer to play chromatic scales and basic melodies using their flexibility and hip swinging speed. All using your hips and torso to create music. Using soft switches strategically placed around the disk, these switches signal what notes to play as you swivel your buttocks. Much like the ...

When will the Japanese insanity ever end? Well, I guess when you live in a country where trains are the main means for communication, something like this would come in great handy. The Yamanote alarm clock gives a visual indication of the train’s schedule using the hand model of a clock. The labels correspond to the lines on the Yamanote ...

Damn region codes, always getting in the way of our viewing pleasure. It seems that some nice fellows over at XBH forums have figured out a way to change the values on the DVD region code on hypervisor exploitable XBox 360s. Since the region code is directly tied in with the CPU key, for now the hack will only work ...

This looks like the most comfortable damn bike ever ridden by human beings. The office chair bike is a 35 lb luxury leather office chair attached to a 16″ school girl type bicycle. The girly bike was re-welded into a bike made for reclined comfort. Sure, all of the guys at work might call you a pussy for riding around ...

When Nintendo came up with the idea for a game about a courageous plumber, we doubt they thought the phenomenon would spread quite so far. Though here we are, nearly two decades later, and fans still swoon over the thought of Mario. This particular usage of the Mario style creates an awesome subwoofer. Designed to look like the 1up blocks ...

Plusmo, a mobile app engine, has broadened their horizons to enter the world of the iPhone. This entry will include the 20,000+ widgets that Plusmo offers. Now you might be wondering, why the hell would I use that with the iPhone’s awesome pan and zoom function? The truth is, the iPhone Safari browser can only do so much. Plusmo takes ...

At the past years CES conference, Hitatchi showed off the design for their Blu-Ray Camcorder. Hitachi has announced that these bad boys will be on sale by the end of 2007 and will feature a 5.3 megapixel CMOS. Hitachi designed a special 8 cm Blu-Ray DVD drive with 7 GB of storage room, which will help them become the first ...

Using an application called iASign and an AT&T pre-paid calling card, this man was able to get Vodaphone to alter his service to be used on the iPhone. The contract was able to be negotiated using the AT&T USIM card. Using the pre-paid card from inside an old o2XDA phone, he popped the new card into the iPhone, and to ...