Archive for February, 2007
| Posted Feb 28th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Keeping track of your quarry is essential to your task, but even the greatest ninja needs sleep. You can’t follow him everywhere at all times, but if you must know his pattern, you’ve got two options ahead of you. One, conjure a tiny demon to shadow him. Of course, we all know that [...]
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| Posted Feb 27th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Blocky table tennis with a ball and two paddles was one of the first real video games to make it into mainstream culture. It took an awful lot of high-tech electronics in 1972 to create this classic game. Now however you can cobble together your very own Classic Video Table Tennis Game with [...]
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| Posted Feb 27th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Speakers are the last links in the sound chain (except for your ears), and because we hear in analog, speakers deliver sound to us in analog. Whatever your electronics do, when they finally send their signals to the speakers, the dice are cast. Your speakers will finish the job without any further opportunity [...]
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| Posted Feb 26th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Your heart is thumping like a four-year-old with a wooden spoon and an upturned pot. The blood is rushing in your ears, and your blood pressure is higher than it’s ever been. No, it’s not sexy-time. Unfortunately, you’re at work, under stress, and making mistakes.
Some people thrive under stress, but the [...]
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| Posted Feb 25th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Depending on who you ask, RFID technology is either the “Mark of the Beast”, or a global panacea destined to rescue the grocery stores and Walmarts of the world from shoplifting. But any good geek knows that RFID is nothing more than tiny microchips powered by RF induction that store and broadcast a [...]
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| Posted Feb 25th, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
A weird title, I know. What I’m wondering is what happened to the promise of nanotech showing up in everyday products like we’ve been promised for years now? Where are these fabulous products? This week, we did feature one such product: the “NanoNuno: Always Dry Nanostructure Umbrella.” Ok, so that’s one, but [...]
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| Posted Feb 25th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Wii gaming, the PC Magazine editors have named the top 10 Wii-related accidents to date and the winners are:
Crack in television
Hole in window
Wiimote-shaped dent in wall
Shattered 4-inch PDA screen
Severed blad from ceiling fan
Broken chair from Zelda fishing
Hole in mother-in-law’s china cabinet
Four stitches [...]
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| Posted Feb 24th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Trash is just not that cool. Not only can it be dirty and odorous but it’s simply low-tech and boring. At least that’s what we used to think… until we saw this amazing R2-D2 Trashcan and learned to love trash. This stylish trash receptacle is imported from Japan and is an incredibly detailed [...]
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| Posted Feb 22nd, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
If you’ve ever discussed digital cameras, inevitably you’ve heard someone ask “How many megapixels does that camera have?” There seems to be a perception in digital photography that more megapixels equate to a better camera. While a camera’s megapixel count can have a significant impact on image quality, a simple More-Is-Better approach is [...]
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| Posted Feb 21st, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Using an idea borrowed from Nature, the NanoNuno umbrella stays dry due to its nanostructured surface where there is a smaller surface area for things to stick to. Moisture and dirt practically fall off. Even if after coming out of the rain, there is bit of moisture on the surface, a quick [...]
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