Gearfuse Technology, Science, Culture & More

  Citizen Japan today  announced a face-lifted version of their i:VIRT Bluetooth handsfree watch. The difference between the i:VIRT and the SonyEricsson watch (MBW-100) accessible to most of us outside Japan would be that the i:VIRT supports call ID display (the name of the person not just the number),  it will also flash and vibrate when there’s a new call ...

[ev type=”youtube” data=”8X4tWIwx0ns”][/ev] This is one of the coolest mods we’ve seen out of any gaming console. We have no idea how this works, but its amazing how realistic sounding the guitar tones are coming from the DS. Very, very impressive and something we want to get our hands on. This also makes the prospect of a DS Guitar Hero ...

Roaming charges are one of the scariest words you can utter to businessmen and travelers. Global Roaming Inc announced today their launch of an international SIM card that could save travelers up to 50-90% of roaming charges from other companies. The CelTrek SIM card will work in 160 countries over a network of 700 GSM operators. The CelTrek will be ...

The Lego Ring is a cool little trinket we came across. The ring is a hybrid between the classic Lego building toys and romantic jewelery, complete with a diamond. The Jacqueline Sanchez designed Forever Young Ring Number 1 Diamond Ring is a nice little novelty gift. And an expensive novelty at that! The ring costs $250, which might seem like ...

Sources say that the answer to a noisy 360 system is coming soon and is in fact already running as an upgrade on some systems. The software update was supposedly sent out to journalists to test with their debugging console. This update is said to reduce the noise from the disk reader of the Xbox 360. Depending on how this ...

Legendary child brainwashing machine, Pokemon, has a new way of constantly keeping Poke on fans minds. The Pokemon Watch displays a child like interface for those young at heart, while maintaining that Japanese made cheap look. What Pokeball master would be complete without an accurate Pokemon timepiece? Made with the finest of Japanese plastic and color coordinated in hopes of ...

Mmm, more floppy drive recycling goodness. This time we got a real treat for all of you bag nuts. This Floppy Disk Bag is a totally DIY project which you can use if you have boxes of flops laying around your office or house. If you think this is geeky, think again. Well, no we admit, it is geeky, but ...

Not a lot of people use shoe horns nowadays, a lot of people don’t even know how to use one (they don’t have to). Supposedly they’re invented in the 15th century, it’s a tool (first class lever) that holds the end of the shoe open for your heel to slide in more easily and smoothly. The Japanese use shoe horns ...

This unique wine opener was designed by Jonathan Sabine for his Vest Collection. The integration of the brass knucks looks like they were what the weapon was made to do. It looks like it would make things a lot easier to pop the cork. The brass knuckles are meant to add some dark humor, we guess in light of the ...

If you’ve ever wanted to take pictures that are 3D, the StereoVision 3D VuCam finally brings the dreamers a dream come true. Using a combination of binocular optics and two 3.1 MP cameras, the VuCam can take 3D pictures even from a distance, allowing an up close and personal realism to your photos. The VuCam’s binocular optics magnify up to ...