Gadgets

Philips E-Skins Could Have Your Gadgets Changing Colours Like A Chameleon

This isn’t the first time the concept of colour-changing electronic skins has been tossed around, but Philips is a big name, and they have big plans that extend beyond your gadgets.


September 16, 2009
Gaming

American Nintendo DSi Dons A Pretty Pink Dress, Tasteful White Slip

Nintendo of America’s just started shipping the DSi in two new colours, adding to the preexisting blue and black units: White, for a subtle, decidedly ungadgety look, and pink for the lay-deez dudes who carry garishly coloured gadgets ironically. [Nintendo]


September 1, 2009
Gaming

OMG! New DSi Colours!

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Pink and metallic blue colours, people. If that doesn’t inspire you to drop whatever you’re doing right this second to head down to the shops and buy yourself a new Nintendo handheld, you must be a fool.


July 13, 2009

Panasonic Releases Coloured iPod Earphones

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Okay, they’ll work with pretty much any gadget sporting a 3.5mm headphone jack, but the new RP-HJE240 earphones from Panasonic are colour coded to match every flavour of the iPod Nano rainbow.


June 11, 2009
Science

Electronic Skin Changes Gadget Colours On The Fly

Remember when Leeloo painted her nails in many colours at the touch of a button in The Fifth Element? Yeah, me neither, I was too busy falling in love with Milla Jovovich. This invention, however, will make that possible.


June 4, 2009
Gaming

Black Nintendo Wii Coming to Japan This Summer

Kotaku just got word that Nintendo plans to release a black Wii console (plus controllers and accessories) in Japan—the first colour other than white to be offered.


May 27, 2009

JVC Invents, Fills a New Niche: HDTVs for Photographers

JVC has taken a curious marketing strategy for their Xiview LT-42WX70, touting it as the first HDTV that “targets digital imaging professionals.” The TV can display 96% of the Adobe RGB colour space, and boasts an absurd number of colour adjustment parameters. (55!) JVC even goes so far as to occasionally refer to it as a “monitor,” which is weird, because it’s not.


May 25, 2009
Gadgets

Design your Own Golf Clubs With Lind Golf

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If I were a golf player – and I’m not – I’d seriously consider creating my own set of clubs before walking onto the green, if only to make the sport a tiny bit interesting.


May 12, 2009
Gadgets

Colourise Your Kindle 2 for $US199

ColorWare will take your Kindle 2 from B&W to color* for the modest price of $US199, or they’ll sell you a pre-colourised model for $599. (*Note: Colourisation process does not include the E-Ink screen.) [ColorWare]


March 24, 2009
Cameras

Camo Green Pentax K2000 Makes Your DSLR Look Downright Civilian

Remind me again why DSLRs are almost always black or silver? Pentax, whose cookies ‘n’ cream white K2000 dazzled in December (or this month in Australia – NB), doesn’t seem to know either, and now they’re releasing a limited-edition green version.