Saturday, May 12, 2007
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Solar Powered Lighter – Wait, What?
11:00AM Seamus Byrne | A Portugal-based company has reinvented the wheel and created fire from the sun, kind of. This solar-powered lighter doesn’t actually create an open flame, but it does create a series of sparks that should be capable of lighting a BBQ grill. So in all reality, it is the environment-friendly lazy man’s flint or sparker. The bottom is also a bottle opener—I’m sold! $19. –Travis Hudson Product Page [Via uber-review] More »
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LED Table Gives Your Meals a Sensual Glow
10:30AM Seamus Byrne | This LED table, designed by Julian Appelius and Fabien Dumas, may look like a regular table at first, but that changes when you place something down. When an object—usually transparent—interrupts the path of the light through the table, the light gets transferred into the object and lights it up all pretty-like. We’re not sure what practical use this table has, but who can say no to LEDs? – Jason Chen Project Page [Too Many Designers via Core77 via Slashgear] More »
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Saitek GM3200 3200dpi Mouse Reviewed (Verdict: Where’d My Cursor Go?)
10:00AM Seamus Byrne | By upping the dpi game to 3200 (up from the previous front runner, the Raptor-Gaming M2 at 2400dpi), Saitek’s giving gamers what they want—more resolution for twitchfests like Unreal Tournament. The mouse itself is lefty-friendly, has five different LED backlight colors, rubber-like coating, dpi mode switch (800, 1600, 2400 and 3200), is weight adjustable, macro programmable and feels fairly decent in the hand. However, although it is 3200dpi, the polling rate was only 550Hz, or a 1.7ms response time. Other mice like the Microsoft Habu and Razer Copperhead had a polling rate of 1ms. All in all, it’s not a bad mouse if you’re into gaming, but you’d have to turn down the dpi whenever you work on the desktop unless you like cursors flying uncontrollably. – Jason Chen Saitek GM3200 Laser Mouse Review [Extremetech] More »
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Renova Black Toilet Paper Now Comes in Green, Orange and Red
9:30AM Seamus Byrne | Black toilet paper was weird enough, but wiping your ass with green, orange, or red gets even weirder. Although you can now see whether you’re “clean” with the new colors, it just feels mentally odd to us to see our poo smeared across anything but clean white sheets. Call us old-fashioned. – Jason Chen Product Page [Giftmonger] More »
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Dealzmodo: Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse, $25
9:00AM Seamus Byrne | Dell Home is offering up this 2,000 DPI mouse for half off. The mouse normally retails for $50, but enter coupon code TZS8CNL5SGFLW3 at checkout for $25 off. This corded mouse also includes an adjustable weight cartridge and on-the-fly sensitivity switching for you o-shiping whores. –Travis Hudson Product Page [Via Slickdeals] More »
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Laptop Mag’s Perfect Phone
8:30AM Seamus Byrne | The lads over at Laptop Mag are so tired of dealing with the phones on the market now they decided to design their own perfect imaginary phone. What does it consist of? Well, an operating system from Google, an interface by iRiver, wireless connectivity like Zing, a CPU from Qualcomm, 8GB flash, 2.8-inch LCD and camera features like a Sanyo 6-megapixel camcorder. Besides the fact that this phone would be gigantic and cost you thousands of dollars, it’s a great idea. Except for the Google part. Their UI designers are horrific. – Jason Chen The Perfect Frankenphone [Laptopmag] More »
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First Pics of the Zune Halo 3 Special Edition
8:15AM Seamus Byrne | There was a little surprise for everyone today at the Halo 3 preview in NYC: A special edition Halo 3 Zune. It’s due out in mid-June. Wish I could have shown you some pictures of the box, which is emblazoned with Master Chief, but it was all hidden behind thick glass.–Noah Robischon Thanks Carlos galleryPost('zunehalo3', 8, 'Zune Halo 3 Edition'); More »
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HANNspree Releases 5 Cheap, ‘Vista Certified’ LCDs
8:00AM Seamus Byrne | HANNspree’s computer display division, HANNS.G, announced five new LCD displays that are being touted as “Vista certified,” whatever the hell that means. The big beauty is a 22-inch HW-223DPB that displays at 1680×1050 and has a nice 5ms response time and 1,000:1 contrast ratio. It has DVI inputs, but includes a DVI to component adapter for all of your gaming needs. Also announced are two 17-inchers and three 19-inch models, all varying in specs and colors. Surprisingly, the prices are very reasonable. The 17-inch models are $160, the 19-inch models are between $200 and $230 and the big 22-inch beast is only $330 (!!). Too bad they aren’t shaped like firetrucks or french fries. –Travis Hudson HANNS.G ships five LCDs [Electronista] More »
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I Really Don’t Need a Cowboy Hard Hat
7:45AM Seamus Byrne | If there was ever a product not designed for my needs, this is it. Let’s see… a city-dwelling, inactive, desk-incarcerated tech blogging northeasterner? Yeah, I don’t need a hard hat shaped like a cowboy hat. The closest I get to constructing anything is making myself a peanut butter and jelly in my underwear. But hey, I’m sure someone out there is super-psyched that they can wear the same hat to the job site as they can to the rodeo. Only $17, pardners. –Adam Frucci Product Page [via Uberreview] More »
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