Archive for November, 2007
Smallest Precision Electric Guitar
Hammacher is offering the Smallest Precision Electric Guitar at a rather big price - $799 to be exact.
At 26 1/2″ lengthy, it is 1/6th the size of a standard guitar, yet it has 20 frets and a 1 3/4″ wide fretboard with a 12″ fret radius, so you can still practice your chords and fingering on its 2…
UV spy pen shreds messages too
Remember how you used to pass notes in class when you were a kid? Instead of getting caught red-handed with evidence, the UV spy pen works a little differently since it features a built-in paper shredder that renders whatever secret notice prior to shredding unreadable - or so you think. that $9 pr…
ShakerRacer project with Nokia N95
One thing the Nokia N95 has that the iPhone does not is an integrated accelerometer sensor. Andreas Jakl and Stephan Selinger have come together to develop the ShakerRacer project that allows a hacked RC Car to be controlled by the Nokia N95 simply by using the sensor. that car has been specially mo…
u-blox unveils two new GPS units
u-blox from Switzerland has announced two new GPS modules - where the LEA-5 series is based on u-blox’ 5th generation positioning engine that is touts an acquisition performance of under a second. Now that’s pretty fast by any standards, with its 50-channel GPS architecture and by 1 million correlat…
NES controller holds entire system
This interesting hack sees the original NES controller having its innards reconfigured to hold an entire NES system within - along with a couple of RCA outputs for video and sound into a TV. In addition, you get classic titles such as Tetris and Contra among numerous others. The Nintendo logo you se…
Elecom M-D14UR laser mouse
Elecom has released its M-D14UR wireless laser mouse in Japan, and it functions on 2.4GHz band while the dongle is attached to your computer/notebook via USB. It looks like a pretty ordinary wireless mouse, so don’t expect to use that as a piece of hardcore gaming peripheral! The maximum range of t…
Olympus Mju 790 SW Winter Kit
Winter is upon us yet again (man, the year passes by too fast), and Olympus has released its Mju 790 SW Winter Kit to enable skiers, snowboarders and other winter sports enthusiasts the opportunity to capture stunning images and magic moments of their snow-bound exploits despite the freezing cold. t…
Sony launches HTD-870RSF in UK
Sony has just launched the HTD-870RSF home theater system that comes complete with floor standing speakers, a massive hard drive, an integrated DVD player, a built-in 1080p upscaler and a Digital Terrestrial Tuner. Check out the specifications (taken verbatim off the product page) below. Looks like…
Non-pilots to operate Army robot planes
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Military pilots aren’t too happy with plans for the US Army to allow non-pilots to take control of their forceful drone combat aircraft such as the Sky Warrior. Ordinarily, Predators and Reapers are handled by a qualified and skilled pilot on the ground during landing and takeoff in the theater …
Mini MOB cellphone
The Mini MOB cellphone brings us back to the days where cellphones were really huge and could be used to crack open crabs at the dining table thanks to their sheer size and weight. that extremely retro handset not only handles everyday communications, but it boasts a 3-day talk instance, a 30-day s…










