The combination USB card reader and compact mirror, another one of those things I’m not sure how the world has done with out for so long.
Category Archives: gadgets
>More Blinky Gadgets From The Past
>After my big tyrade about the slate and stylus, I got thinking about some other fun devices that were designed with the best of intentions, but in practice, they didn’t work too well. don’t get me wrong, there are a zillion devices out there that made things easier, but a few devices…well, they just weren’t …
Yup, I guess I’m A Horrible Blind Person
A couple of stories I heard recently made me so thankful that I live in the generation I do, even though I complain about the stupidness and all that. If I was older, oh my. I don’t think I would have survived as a blind person. If I did, I would have been miserable. The …
The 30 Dumbest Videogame Titles Ever
I don’t play a lot of videogames, but I do know funny when I see it, and this is pretty funny. Spanky’s QuestSuper Nintendo – 1991 Premise: Spanky is a monkey with balls. Throwing these balls is his way of attacking enemies, and at the end of each level there’s a boss. All very traditional, …
Will You…SB Marry Me?
Um…uh…ur…USB wedding rings? Yeah…sure…ok then.
Make Something Idiot Proof And The World Will Make A Better Idiot
Japanese scientists have invented smart glasses that they say can help you find things you’ve lost by playing back recordings made by a built-in camera of the last time you were with the object you’re looking for. This is a pretty neat idea, but what are you supposed to do if you lose your glasses?
I Can’t Think Of A Roomba-Spinoff For The Title, So I Won’t Try.
Jen sent me something fucking hillarious. It’s a little weird, but I thought someone else might get a kick out of it, especially if that someone owns a cat. In case anyone wonders what the hell a Roomba is, it’s a vacuum that moves all on its own and goes around and under the objects …
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Playing With Your Head
I never noticed them saying in this article that along with the brain-reading headset, there is a backup controler that uses the old-fashioned hands, because I think you’d need it. There is no way some game developer has managed to master the reading of thoughts when we can’t seem to create devices to do this …
Come Out With Your Pants Up!
I’m not sure why I decided to readthis story about Calgary’s new public toilet,but I did and its got me curious. One of the features built into the thing is a 9 minute warning in the form of a light letting you know that it’s time to move it on out. If you stay another …
What Could Possibly Go Wro…Boom!
Quick question. Does the idea of a gas-pumping robot sound like a bad one to anybody else, or is it just me being silly? In case you’re wondering how the €75,000 technological miracle does its stuff, it has a database of vehicles, with their corresponding fuel cap designs and fuel types. Reuters elaborates: “A robotic …