Gearfuse Technology, Science, Culture & More

Japanese toys are creative, they’re so creative that sometimes they’re scary. E-revolution’s Hanakotoba (translation: flower-talk) is a doll that reads and vocalizes the flowers’ mind when you touch the pedals (or the leafs), all you have to do shove this probe into the same vase with flowers. You can choose from the 3 color schemes, and each of them will ...

We don’t know how the idea of turning toasters into guitar amps happened to spring to life, and we’re not sure if we want to know, but the result is one unique design for a rockers gear collection. Built on a simple foundation of a input/output jack, a 9 volt battery, and a small speaker, the Toaster Amp is a ...

The Gearfuse Plumbers got  their hands on some leaked photos of what’s supposed to be Pantech’s (the largest phone manufacturer in Korea after Samsung and LG) unannounced W51PT for Japan AU KDDI’s EV-DO Rev.A network. The main display should be a 2.4″ QVGA, camera is a 2.1 Megapixel CCD with autofocus, One-Seg DMB tuner and microSD slot are built in ...

What is the world coming to? iPod vending machines?! Yeah..sure it’s ridiculously cool to be living in a world where you can grab an iPod from a vending machine, but who in their right mind would invest $400 in a machine that most of us are afraid to put $2 in to get a back of chips or cookies? Another ...

Mod-designer Chris Lucas seems to be a fan of the Kill Bill movies. In fact, he might need some professional help concerning his passion for the great, but not classic, Tarantino films. Though we must admit, in this case obsessive fanaticism has brewed up some nice mods for the Xbox 360 and a desktop tower. If you’d love to be ...

With so many iPod FM transmitters out there already, it must be really hard for companies to come out with new features; Trinity managed to pull it off with the Cup Holder FM transmitter. This transmitter is different from the others in that it holds your iPod in place in your cup holder while the others are letting your iPod ...

So you’ve seen it in the movies, someone is making dinner (probably pasta), and they drop too much of one ingredient into the sauce. Maybe this has even happened at your house (but not by you, of course). The SpiceHood takes care of this problem while serving other purposes simultaneously. It is a cooker hood that has an integrated spice ...

More combination docks for everybody! Did you see those old patents that Apple had that depicted a type of keyboard that would allow you to plug your iPod directly into it, allowing the keyboard to work as a dock as well? If not, here’s the real life version as made by Atech which is called the KB-Dock. Not only does ...

Sony added to the GT lineup of car players with release of the CDX-GT610U/CDX-GT616U CD tuner/changer controllers. Connect many different audio sources to the USB-port on the controllers, making MP3, WMA, and AAC file types a breeze to play. If you�re still kicking it old school with a CD player (it�s amazing that CD players are old school now), these ...

Just when Christmas is over and New Year’s eve is approaching, you might want to take a break from all that booze and partying. It might be worthwhile to save whatever’s left in the bottle, it would be great if the wine doesn’t turn sour, it would even be better if you can see when it has been kept for ...