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My brother is the musician in the family. I’m not even that good at Guitar Hero. But here’s an instrument my speed: The Suzuki Q Chord. There’s a keypad for chord control, a 4 touchpanel for strumming, and a electric whammy bar for pitch bends. It comes preloaded with 10 rhythm tracks, and 100 MIDI instruments. And if you didn’t notice, Halo weapon looks. Seems like keytar of the future, doesn’t it? I thought so, too. Until I saw these disturbing demo videos.
We don’t ask for much here at Gizmodo, but what we really, really want is a jetpack that costs $200. Sure, we have brought you the deal with jetpacks before, but we want something that lasts longer than two minutes, (so do our girlfriends.) Also, we would not mind a Jetsons type transportation mode that costs less than $200,000; to be exact, a $200 price point would be ideal. So, what would we do with our stratosphere explorers?
Whenever we need to unplug something when one of our hands is busy holding a croissant, we have two solutions: use our feet to hold the power strip or put down the croissant. Yoo-Kyung Shin has another idea, however, and designed a Raise Me Up powerstrip that you can de-plug with just one hand. All you have to do is click the lever down and the plug pops out, allowing you to unplug stuff all day while still enjoying your croissants. Damn, we really want a croissant right now. [Yanko Design]
Marco the Virtual Magician, who you may recognize from his iPhone stunts back in July, has a little Christmas greeting for you courtesy of his photonic textile shirt. Good job Marco! [YouTube]
Just when businessmen and women were getting used to BlackBerry’s SureType split-key keyboards, RIM has to go and patent yet another method of inputting text. As you can see in the drawing, this guy’s horribly misshapen thumbs are hammering away on angular keys, which actually seems pretty brilliant to us. Remember Microsoft and their ergonomic split-key angular keyboards? This is that, but smaller. We like what we see, sir. [Cellpassion via MobileWhack]
Christmas is our favourite time of year because we’re easily dazed by bright, gaudy lights—hello, Vegas—but sometimes we yearn for pupil-constricting illumination with some class. And what’s classier than a 3-D laser Christmas tree? The one my mom decorated with condoms and liquor bottles two years ago, but that’s about it. [via technabob]
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Oh how I love Top Gear. Why is there no show this good being produced in the States? In today’s example of why this is one of the sweetest shows on TV in any country, we see a race between a souped-up remote-control electric car and a regular old remote-control car. The results are, well, not expected and infinitely entertaining. Keep on keeping on, Top Gear. [Jalopnik]
Sometime in early December, I spent a week in Hawaii. I bought that painting by local artist Doug Young, which caught my eye and credit card before I could think about the price. It was meant to be all about the fruit, but the mac icons reminded me of what’s good about OS X: The OS eventually fades away so you can focus on the “fruits” like my writing, photos, and music. I know. I sound like a freaking commercial. I was having tech withdrawal, OK?
Didn’t get a calendar, cellphone, computer or any kind of portable electronic device at all for Christmahanukwanzaakkah? Or ever? Do you constantly forget what month it is? No sweat, just burn a calendar directly into your fingernails with a laser. It kinda smells during the whole burning carbon-attached-to-your-body process (surprise), but at least you don’t have to worry about flipping the page on the calendar every month, just clip your nails. Well, clip them anyway. Please. [MAKE]
