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Do you have any C batteries lying around? Does anybody? Now you can turn any regular AA battery—which you’re bound to have loads of—into a C battery with this Battery Adaptor II.
Each adaptor costs only $5.50, which means for $11, you can have a lifetime’s worth of C batteries without actually buying C batteries. But seriously, what uses C? Maybe midget-sized dildos? Now if we only had a way to turn some other AAs into Cs. – Jason Chen
Product Page [Brando via Uber Review]
Following in the vein of the Transformer sneakers, voice changing helmet, and iPod dock are these Japan-only Takama Tomy Transformer headphones. Technically, they should make that biew-biew-biew-biew-biewwww noise that the bots make when the shape-change.
You know, for historical accuracy to the cartoons. – Brian Lam
Earphone Transforms Into A Robot [Tokyo Mango]
Sure, you could get that USB foam rocket launcher if you’re some sort of wussbag, but if you mean business you know that a couple of soft darts to the face aren’t going to really get your message across. You need to get serious.
Nothing’s more serious than… well, OK, there are lots of things more serious than a BB gun, but BBs hurt a lot more than foam darts, and you can’t shoot someone’s eye out with a glorified nerf gun. That’s why this crazy USB BB gun is so awesome. Controlled remotely and using a webcam, the creator has all the power he needs to keep those rascally neighborhood kids off his lawn. Luckily for children and small animals everywhere, this is a homebrewed creation and isn’t going to be available at Wal-Mart anytime soon. –Adam Frucci
Remote Controlled USB BB Gun [Everything USB]
I’ve liked the idea of AVCHD video, but the fact that nothing to date has been able to edit the footage — even Sony’s own Vegas 7 — has been plain ridiculous. Sony has promised “coming soon” since their cameras launched back in November, but now, six months later, we finally get the news we’ve been waiting for.
Vegas 7 Professional will have a free update, downloadable from May 1. Huzzah! Users of the consumer Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8 will get their update in July. Ouch, but at least you’ve finally got a date.
It is native editing too, not transcoded to an intermediate codec, so you won’t be getting any generational loss. No decision yet on recommended spec, but it will have to be more than general Vegas use because real-time editing AVCHD is going to cane your CPU. We’ve been told:
It does not do too bad on a Duo CPU! Sony CS have come up with a faster way of editing naively that’s all I can tell you…
Let’s assume that’s ‘natively’… I don’t want to call them naive about this just yet. Zing!! -Seamus Byrne
We’re not sure how accurate this study is, but the Swedish Defense Research Agency has found out that using your GPS unit near a computer with a CPU clocked at 1.7GHz or above can cause your GPS to malfunction. In some cases, the GPS unit failed completely. Most people wouldn’t have a PC next to their GPS to begin with (unless you got a car-puter or a laptop handy), but any of you guys experience anything remotely close? – Louis Ramirez
Your PC Could Knock Your GPS Out [Tech.co.uk via Navigadget]
In addition to that wireless plamsa that’s in the works, today we also learned that Samsung is planning on giving it’s 2nd-gen LED-based DLPs a 3D upgrade. The current line up is 3D-ready and come September, Samsung will sell a $100 package that’ll include two 3D glasses and a 3D emitter that’ll hook up to your DLP and display 3D content. The plan is to spread the 3D feature across all of Samsung’s TVs (DLP, PDP and LCD), but the DLPs are up first. It’s certainly a nice extra to have (provided the content is there too), but how many of you guys out there want 3D on your TV? – Louis Ramirez
For those new to the show, yes, this is Gizmodo Australia. But we’ve still got the entries from Giz USA. Here are some of the best from overnight.
iRiver Clix is looking hot. A page full of tech pr0n awaits.
Hiroshi Ishiguro has a new best friend. If they switch places really fast, the cops will never pick the real killer.
Wii shortages to continue through to 2009! No really, Nintendo are just some also ran. Just ask their competitors.
Gadget guide to becoming a superhero. The hot gear you need to save the world. Not that you can buy it yet… or ever…
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT brings the smackdown. 8800 is just so last week.
A coffee machine that learns your addiction patterns. For those who need their coffee hit yesterday.
Samsung’s Korean 1080p screen with Bluetooth. No, I DON’T want to run headphones cables across the living room. Do you?
New phone tech to bring 3D and tactile feedback to your calls. LG wants you to reach out and touch someone. Yes, in that way.
Sony Cine Alta 4K projectors. Just the ticket for playing back your home movies shot on a Red One.
And that, by my calculations, works out at 89¢ per picture, which is, effectively, 89¢ per keychain if, like me, you think that new photo = new keychain (well, it works for me.) Cheap as chips, don’t you think? There’s a 1.4-inch screen and 8MB of internal flash memory and it works from a built-in, rechargeable battery. Like I said, $50. – Ad Dugdale
Product Page [SkyMall]
Finally, a company has combined my two favorite hobbies. Thank you for fulfilling my dream of being able to transfer files with ease and crack open a cold one almost at the same time with one convenient device. This Popdrive is a 1GB flash drive that sits securely in the handle of a standard bottle opener. Chalk this peripheral up as another goodie from the fine folks at SkyMall. The question still remains: Is it a bottle opener with a flash drive or a flash drive with a bottle opener? *Head explodes* $30. –Travis Hudson
Product Page [Via OhGizmo!]
If you remember, the second generation iRiver Clix is now available and the man in brown dropped off mine today. Initially, the device is mighty pretty. Everything, from the extremely clean look, interface, display and more. For those wondering how the device is operated, the four edges of the front panel are actually buttons. They aren’t touch-sensitive buttons, but tactile button that “click.” Stay tuned for a video demoing the clicking functionality in the coming days. Hit the jump to see some more initial impressions—good and bad.
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