Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Ring, The Vibrating Alarm
11:57PM Seamus Byrne | Here’s a design concept that’s long overdue: it’s a vibrating alarm that you wear on your finger, bypassing all that morning racket for a gentle jostling. Each of the two rings can have its own separate wake-up time, designed for comfort with an elastic band so you’ll hardly know you’re wearing it. More »
Amazon Unbox Now Directly on TiVo, No PC Required
11:52PM Seamus Byrne | Living up to Amazon Unbox’s name and TiVo’s reputation, the two finally ditched the requirement of a PC to browse and select titles, and introduced a video-download service that exists entirely on the TiVo itself. And don’t worry about storing too many of your purchases on your TiVo’s hard drive: like the Xbox video service, Amazon keeps your purchases on record, and lets you download them whenever you want from its server. [TechWhack] More »
TEAC MP-600 Media Player is Thin and Crisp
11:38PM Seamus Byrne | We like our MP3 players small and wafer-thin, and this TEAC MP-600 qualifies as both because it’s about the size of a Triscuit. Even though it’s just 3 inches wide and 9mm thin, it still shows off a 3.5-inch touchscreen up front, and packs an FM tuner along with digital voice recording inside. Take the jump for a big pic, and you’ll see just how sharp this baby’s screen really is. More »
PowerBook Earrings Are Totally Geeky But Totally Classy, Too
11:37PM Seamus Byrne | What to do with an old PowerBook when you replace it with a shiny new Santa Rosa MacBook Pro? Make jewelry out of the power buttons, of course. While these are of the dangly, girly variety, they would make a pretty killer pair of gauges, too. [Flickr via MAKE] More »
Hands Hands Soap is Just Wrong Wrong
11:34PM Seamus Byrne | The Hands Hands Soap is not just creepy and scares the bejeezus out of me. This soap shaped as baby hands to wash your hands is just wrong at the cosmological level, as cleaning your hands with hands will also clean the hands that cleaned your hands while cleaning your own hands, incurring in a time-space Chen-Diaz Loop Paradox that may break the space-time continuum, starting a chain reaction that will annihilate the Universe faster than you can say “Galactus!” I, for one, I’m glad I don’t have a clue about where to buy them. More »
Belkin N1 Adds 802.11n to Your Express Card Laptop
10:55PM Seamus Byrne | Belkin has just released a way to add 802.11n connectivity to your laptop with Express Card or PC Card slot, so you could easily get all those streaming porn HD clips where it really matters: in the bathroom. Destined to become obsolete as soon as you change your notebook, the Belkin N1 Wireless goes for $120 for the Express Card flavor and $100 for the regular. [Belkin via Krunker] More »
Nimbus Ultimate Wheel is Simplest Unicycle Ever
10:18PM Seamus Byrne | Maybe it’s not the simplest, but apart from running on top of a sequoia log, I can’t think of any simpler unicycle than this. $74 will get you the Nimbus Ultimate Wheel with no seat and no chain. However, it comes with lots of free stuff, plus a demo video after the jump. More »
Gigantastic Flask Completely Defeats Its Purpose, Will Get You Drunk Anyway
9:39PM Seamus Byrne | Orvis Stainless Steel Huge Flask. One. Entire. Gallon. Bourbon. Rum. Tequila. Whatever. It won’t even fit into André the Giant pants but if you ask me, it’s totally worth the $200. [Product Page via Oh Gizmo] More »
Phonofonics II Dock Pumps Out 55db Without External Power
8:48PM Seamus Byrne | The Phonofonics II pumps out sound at 55 decibels, directly from your iPod and without using any external power whatsoever, just with its white ceramic horn. How this hornstastic magic happens? Quite simple: this thing has ears. galleryPost('phonofonics2', 4, 'Phonofonics II'); More »
