These new SkullCandy Double Agent headphones are awesome because they directly read from an SD card, without the price of Bluetooth headphones or the need for an MP3 player. They hold any size SD card, feature a rechargable battery, come in three colours, and have side controls. How or why these were kept so low profile during CES, I do not know. But this is a neat piece of tech that makes good use of a simple idea. The Double Agent headphones are expected to ship in Spring 2008. [Ubergizmo]
We have brought you news about Tesla’s great electric supercar development previously, but it seems the group is making moves to cease operation. According to the Tesla’s Founders Blog, the company is silently dropping its key employees, one at a time.
A prototype flying car, dubbed Sky Commuter Aircraft, has been listed for sale on eBay. The vehicle, which has an electric gas assisted lexan bubble canopy, electric controlled directional driving and landing lights, electric joystick, dual foot pedals for double pilot based controls and an advanced Carbonfiber and Kevlar front dash shell, marks the potential end to the oft visited, flying automobile dreams.
Spotted on the floor of CES by Kotaku, Fenda’s “On Play” 2.1 speaker system has speakers that resemble a Wii Nunchuk and a subwoofer that looks like the Wii itself. In addition to having a dock for the Wii to sit on, Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor says the speakers sound pretty good and will only cost around $55 when they come out later this year. [Kotaku]
While much of the internet may be up in arms over Richard Blakeley’s recent IR-induced video stunt, a 14-year-old boy from Poland allegedly took an IR hack to more tragic proportions this week, and has been accused of hacking a standard TV remote to override track switching at rail junctions in the city of Lodz. Four trams were derailed and (luckily) only 12 people were injured with none killed. The youth in question was described by teachers as an “electronics buff and exemplary student,” according to The Register.
The lesson? From here on out, Blakeley takes a cab. And he stays the fuck away from our train set. [theregister via boingboing] [image]
The Noisy Instrument won’t hook into your iPod, but it will, completely without a power source, reproduce the soothing sounds of the ocean at any time and any place (ala seashell). From Jun Murakoshi Design, here’s hoping that their next concept continues with the oceanic retreat theme and is called something along the lines of, “Topless Beach Eyeglass.” [junmurakoshi via dvice]
If you dig air guitars, then you will flip over this (expired) dealzmodo. Offered in the UK’s Glasgow City Centre in promotion with a radio station launch, visitors could snag a free air guitar. Hell, they could take more than one. Just look at that huge inventory! [frederiksamuel via inventorspot]
While the PlayStation 3 cost Sony somewhere around $800 when it was launched in Nov. 2006, Sony has told Business Week that the PS3 now costs about $450 to produce—or right around the cost of their console 40GB console (and frankly, the 80GB version can’t be costing Sony much more).
While the news in no way implies it’s time for another price drop, we wouldn’t call it crazy for Sony to have “$300 PS3″ scribbled into their Worst Case Scenario, Holy Crap How Are We Still in Third Place handbook. [businessweek via ps3fanboy]
newVideoPlayer("gizpitcrew.flv", 475, 286,"gizmodo_ces_2008.png");When the Gizmodo Crew isn’t working, their favourite hobby is to pretend they are a world famous F1 pit crew. So when CES was finally over, they headed over to the BMW booth to test their pit stopin’, tire changin’ skills. With teams of two on each side of the BMW F1 car, the Giz pit-crew raced head-to-head to swap out the car’s tires. As you’ll see in the video, Team 2 (Adam Frucci / Benny Goldberg Goldman) beat Team 1 (Haroon Malik and Matt Buchanan) by a huge time of 1.2 seconds. Since both teams have the same coach, Wilson Rothman, he didn’t know if he should celebrate the win, or beat the losers; but in the end Rothman was still comfortable stating, “We’re the best around, and nothin’s ever gonna keep us down.”
Asus promised us long ago that their Eee PCs would be available in a variety of colours, but for whatever reason (we’re guessing that reason is the Eee PC’s successful sales) Asus has taken their time colourising the $US399 Eee PC that most of us want, instead offering us only the $US299 and $US350 Surf models in more colours. But fret no more, as Asus has just announced that their $US399 version is getting released in “Pure White, Galaxy Black, Blush Pink, Lush Green and Sky Blue.” Do those adjectcolours look familiar? They should, since they are exactly the same as what’s available on the Surf. Expect them in stores any day now. [mobiletechreview]
