This new NTT DoCoMo product straight from the Japanese grapevine is specially made for the needs of senior citizens, while still looking pretty cool. Other models have been released in the aim for seniors, and although successful and useful, have been rather dull. The Raku-Raku Phone basic, designed by Kenya Hara brings modern style with modern tech illiteracy. One of ...
Read More »Golf Ball Launcher, a new way to justify wearing that ugly plaid outfit
At first look, the Golf Ball Launcher looks like an oversized badass shotgun, manned by some Rambo-esque figure. Though, with much of the tech product world, first looks can be deceiving. Despite its dangerous appearance, it is actutally a new tool for one of the less violent games. This golf ball launcher attached to this mullet-donning man’s hands is actually ...
Read More »File under amazing: Arena made with LEGOs
Located in Legoland California, this incredible mini-replica of Allianz Arena is one of the coolest LEGO design projects we have ever seen. Maybe even the coolest period. The replica is detailed down to the last fan. Including luxury suites, accurate lighting, and thousands of fans in the seats. How awesome is this? We say “very much so”. Check out more ...
Read More »Sunsei SolarCharger solar charges your car battery
Imagine this. You wake up half an hour late for work, jump in the shower, swallow down a bowl of cereal, run out to your car with a few minutes to spare, only to find that your car battery is dead. It’s happened to some of us, and the rest of you, it will happen eventually (though we hope not!). ...
Read More »Samsung Cannes PDP TV brings a ray of DayLight
Samsung Korea has announced its new line of PDP TV’s, being released under the name ‘Cannes’. The TV will be available in three sizes. The 42″ ($2200), 50″ ($3500), and 63″ ($9450), will all respectively come with Ultra DayLight technology, which will adjust the contrast ratio automatically depending on the ambient lighting environment of your room. Ultra Daylight allows for ...
Read More »The Great Firewall of China: Why don’t they love us?
Why don’t they love Gearfuse? *tear* Want to see if you’re blocked in China too? Check it out at greatfirewallofchina.org. The server check will tell you if any site is blocked or not. What did we ever do to be blocked? I guess just being an english written blog was enough. — Andrew Dobrow Check your URL [Great Firewall of ...
Read More »R.I.P. Richard Joseph, game music and sound composer
Richard Joseph, a man touted as one of the most influential gaming music composers of the 80’s and 90’s, passed away on March 4, 2007 after being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year. He is known as one of the most important innovators in the industry, introducing true voice acting in his work on Mega Lo Mania, as well ...
Read More »Test: A bike ride with the PSP GPS
While we’re still waiting for the PSP GPS module to be released in North America, we can take a look at what it can do in Japan. The guys at NikkeiBP have taken the PSP GPS module for a spin this weekend, this time they’ve used the MaPlus Portable Navi software. Data stored in the 1.8GB UMD is enough for ...
Read More »Nap Alarm sadistically keeps you awake
We know it’s hard to keep awake in painstakingly boring meetings, but wouldn’t it be great to have somebody next to you to wake you up when you fall asleep? The Japanese came out with various solutions for that, and one of them is the Nap Alarm. The Nap Alarm looks pretty much like just another headset for your mobile ...
Read More »Double click by single clicking
For most of us that manage to land on this site, double-clicking on the mouse would not be a problem at all. However for first time PC users, it can be a bit tricky, some would even need to tweak the mouse settings at Control Panel, or some would simply choose to hit Enter to get what they want. Well, ...
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