Gadgets
The “Potato Chip Hand” lets you eat chips, protects your fingers from getting greasy (video)
I am true believer of the hypothesis that the sillier a given country’s gadgets, the fewer problems it has. In the case of Japan, we now have the Potechi No Te , which translates to Potato Chip Hand. It’s actually silly and not silly at the same time, as it’s meant to protect your fingers from getting greasy every ...
199mm: Panasonic to release the world’s “shortest” Blu-ray player
Panasonic has announced [JP] a new Blu-ray player for the Japanese market today, the DMP-BD60. The device is sized at just 43049x199mm, with the 199mm depth making it the “shortest” Blu-ray player available so far. Spec-wise, the main selling point is the integrated Wi-Fi and web connectivity (for example to YouTube). You’ll also get DLNA support, BD Live, 1080/24p ...
Your daily dose of WTF: The credit card grappling hook
Do you have a credit card? A bobbin of fishing line? A bolt? A drill? Tape? Then do yourself a favor and make yourself a credit card grappling hook. What else are you doing at midnight on a Wednesday? The full instructions are right here but it should be fairly obvious from the picture how to do it. ...
Did you know? You can make furniture out of wood chips and resin!
Chances are you already have some furniture made of wood pulp and sawdust in your home — all that Ikea stuff? Yeah. But this is a little different. Some brave furniteers (?) decided that the texture of raw wood bits and resin was too attractive to leave in the workshop, so they put together a few casts and made ...
Introducing a program to produce all valid Ikea Train set configurations
If you’re a parent, you know that kids love them some wooden tracks. I’m serious. Kids could would totally spend hours whining about tracks and then, when they get them, refuse to play with them. That’s why I love Ikea’s wooden train set which costs like $10 and can make a few nice configurations. But how many configurations can ...
Vibrating hearing aid being developed
A new product being developed in London will help the deaf to hear, using vibrations which can be felt through the skin. While the technology is still rudimentary, it has exciting potential for people who are completely deaf or deaf and blind. Details are a bit sketchy at this point, but the concept is good: create a device that ...
SSD sales up last year, despite recession
So it wasn’t all bleak last year, SSD manufacturers experienced a 14% increase in sales, along with a total of over 11 million drives sold. That’s a whole lot of memory chips. The study was conducted by IDC , and the outlook is good. Here’s some of the positive things that they had to say: * Reduced IT spending ...
VHS tape external HDDs from Etsy. That is all
One problem with all those external drives out there is that they aren’t really stackable or easy to tell apart if you have more than one of the same. There are a thousand and one ways around this, of course, but can you really tell me that there is a better way to differentiate your storage media than by ...
Solar power making huge difference in Haiti
Sounds like technology is making a difference in the lives of the victims of the Haitian earthquakes. Several different companies that produce products that use solar power have been sending equipment as part of the aid mission. Among the equipment are lights for hospitals and solar panels to help with water purification. The solar powered lights are being placed ...
Incredibly detailed man-sized fighter jet model actually flies using jet engines
Okay, this is the most dedication I’ve ever seen to model-making. Even more than those hentai fanatics and their Rei Ayanami figures. This guy spent I don’t know how long making a ~1/6th size model of a SU-27. I started clicking through the pages, thinking there would be around 10. Spoiler alert: there are 83. And nearly a thousand ...
