Entertainment

Sony’s Bare Bones XDR-S16DBP Radio A Nod To Simpler Times

The speaker on Sony’s XDR-S16DBP won’t blow your hair back or anything, but its retro styling might look at home on a bookshelf or in the garage next to that perpetual work-in-progress you and your kid tinker with every weekend.


December 24, 2010
Gadgets

Solar Radio Doubles As USB Charging Multitool For Adventurers

Eton’s Raptor doesn’t know if it’s a radio, a weather-gauge or a bottle opener. An inbuilt solar-panel charges the li-Ion battery, powers the AM/FM/digital tuner, and also juices-up your phone through the miniUSB port.


November 25, 2010
Gadgets

Pure Combines SAD Light With A Digital Radio For ‘Twilight’ Lamp

As the winter months pull the northern hemisphere in, it’s that time of the year again when people ponder purchasing a seasonal affective disorder (SAD) lamp. I sprung for a Philips one a few years ago and never looked back.


November 17, 2010
Gadgets

Eavesdropping Radio Busts Cop For Squad Car Sex On The Job

Getting caught looking at porn when you’re 13? Embarrassing. Having your police superiors overhear “what sounded like a woman moaning” while you’re on patrol? Really embarrassing. Pro tip: turn off your two-way radio when you’re having sex.


November 10, 2010

The $79 Pure Siesta Mi Is An Affordable Bedside Digital Radio

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Despite my constant suggestions to upgrade, there’s still one piece of technology in our house that’s old enough to be considered an antique – my wife’s bedside clock radio. She’s owned that thing for at least 20 years, and although it still works, it reeks of 80s gadget ugliness. I’m seriously considering the Siesta Mi from Pure as a replacement.


October 15, 2010

700 Used Coffee Capsules Turned Into Batteries, Keep Clocks Ticking

Coffee makes the world go ’round for millions every day, but in Vienna, over 700 dirty, used Nespresso capsules were combined with copper and salt water to make battery-powered clocks that linked together to keep a radio playing away happily.


September 24, 2010

Digital Radio Going Pure Marshall – All The Way To 11

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Pure has announced that they’re bringing the Marshall amp DAB+ radio to Australia. Let’s turn it up to 11.


September 8, 2010
Gadgets

How To Make An Inexpensive Wi-Fi Radio

Do you ever plug in your wired network card while your Wi-Fi connection is still enabled? Here’s how to see which network interface has priority, and how to change it if you want.


August 16, 2010

Geneva Sound System Model S Adds DAB+

Gizmodo AU

Off the back of the cheap Pure DAB+ radio this morning is the Geneva Sound System Model S DAB+, an upgraded version of the Model S the US guys got their hands on at CES this year. The included upgrade? Digital radio. Bet you didn’t guess that…


Pure’s Got A Digital Radio For Cheap People Too

Gizmodo AU

If you’re looking for a cheap way to get into digital radio, Pure has announced the $79 Pure Mi to hit shelves next month.