June 2005

Das Keyboard – UberGeeks Only

You mastered Donkey Kong in pre-school. You hacked your first school terminal during recess before you were ten. You speak and think in various programming languages. And you can type faster than most dullards think. Finally, there is a keyboard that understands you: Das Keyboard. If you are an elite programmer who can write sophisticated [...]

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Stroke Victims Get a Tech Helping Arm

By Darla Sitton, CBN News Producer An estimated 750,000 Americans suffer from a stroke every year. And while half a million of them generally survive, many are left with some type of disability. But new technology may give some survivors the help they need to get well. A high-tech device helps stroke survivor Nancy Wheelen [...]

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Star Wars PC: Alienware Aurora: SW Edition

Touted as the first ever PC with a Star Wars case design, the Alienware Aurora comes in either a Light Side or a Dark Side design. Each case has a different piece of beautifully rendered artwork on each side featuring characters such as Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader. But that’s not all. Each Aurora: [...]

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The Video equivalent of the iPod: the vPod

By Paul H.B. Shin, Daily News Staff Writer A new gadget from Japan nicknamed the vPod is poised to invade subways and airplanes around the world, possibly doing for video what the hugely popular iPod did for music. The miniature display, officially called the Teleglass, can be attached to an ordinary pair of eyeglasses and [...]

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When Techies Build: Do-it-yourself Tinkering takes Sci-fi turn

By Scott Craven Ever since the dawn of the weekend, man has had an insatiable need to putter. Where once he would stumble about the garage looking for intriguing yet inessential projects, his needs are now being met by a growing number of resources, from Internet sites to a new magazine dedicated to do-it-yourself gadgets [...]

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Scrolling LED Badge

Here is a completely programmable, customizable name badge with scrolling LED message. The message can be changed “on the fly” using the 3 onboard control buttons. The Scrolling LED Badge is smaller than a credit card and weighs about 1 ounce. It attaches to your shirt using a small magnetic connection on the back of [...]

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A.R.M. 4000 XL Water Blaster

Here’s a special gimzo just for summer: a next-generation water gun. Water pistols have evolved from small hand-held affairs to today’s machine guns on steroids, but this one looks like neither–it more closely resembles a cross between a futuristic spaceport and a bionic arm. The latter is nearest the mark, as it turns out: the [...]

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Sony reaches for lawyers over sale of PSP

By Joanna Bale and Nic Hopkins A DAVID and Goliath legal battle is raging between Sony and independent retailers who are selling its PlayStation Portable device in Britain before it goes on sale officially. The PSP, which plays video games, music and films, has already become a big seller in Japan and the United States, [...]

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ScanGauge 3-in-1 Auto Computer

As a general rule geeks like to have access to as much data and statistics as possible. We pretty much figure this applies to a geek’s motor vehicle as well. So, to allow you to access extra information about your car we would like to introduce the ScanGauge 3-in-1 Auto Computer. This gadget is easy [...]

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Latest spectacle in movie watching

BY PAUL H.B. SHIN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A new gadget from Japan nicknamed the vPod is poised to invade subways and airplanes around the world, possibly doing for video what the hugely popular iPod did for music. The miniature display, officially called the Teleglass, can be attached to an ordinary pair of eyeglasses and [...]

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