Good news for those of us with injuries from tripping over plastic guitars only to land on a plastic drumset. According to Electronic Entertainment Design and Research, the Guitar Hero franchise is “reaching its peak.”
Yesterday the inventor of the Palm Pistol, intended primarily to allow arthritic old people to settle beefs, claimed it had been approved as a medical gadget by the FDA. On the matter, the FDA had this to say: “NO.”
Daniel Pon needed to make a steampunk mouse to accompany his tricked-out keyboard and monitor, so he got to work, and perhaps a little carried away. The end result is impressive. And kind of nauseating.
Just the other day the Times of London told us they thought PlayStation Home would arrive by December 17th. Well, it looks like Sony has a similar theory.
A lot of portable computer manufacturers seem to have been losing focus lately, releasing netbooks at near-notebook prices. Not Belco! Their Alpha 400 MIPS netbook is priced more like a scientific calculator. Unfortunately, it’s specced like one too.
A Japanese site has found an odourous purpose for Google Maps–using it to track down weird and stinky smells they encounter in the Land of the Rising Sun. Get a whiff of something sour? Go to Nioibu.com and tell everyone.
Gizmodo Gallery visitors got a great sneak peek at Tokyoflash’s new watch, the Kisai Tenmetsu, which presents time using tri-coloured LEDs in Tokyoflash’s per usual esoteric fashion. If that floated your boat, it’s available now on the company’s website.
In the short time since Internode sent me a Chumby to review, the little hacky-sack-slash-internet-widget hybrid has become one of my favourite household gadgets. I use it to check the weather, get the latest news headlines, listen to internet radio, tell me the time and play the occasional game of Sudoku. With a slight upgrade to my home’s wireless network, it will definitely become my bedside alarm clock as well. But for all the great features the Chumby offers, it is held back by one simple flaw – a lack of Australian widgets for Australian users. More »
Tokyo’s Shibuya train has a special installation for Christmas that uses its pedestrians’ footsteps to generate electricity. A mat using piezoelectric gadgetry runs a LED display board and a small holiday lights display.
Stan Veit–first editor Computer Shopper–has a fascinating first-person account on the very early years of Apple, starting with what may be the very first Apple tech support call ever, answered by Steve Jobs himself.
