Archive for April, 2007

RFID Blocking Passport Billfold

| Posted Apr 30th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


As of October, 2006, the US state department issued rules that dictate all US passports must have embedded RFID tags. The chips are designed to hold biometric data for passport holders, but are not designed to track your movements… Or so they say…
You don’t have to be a tin-foil-hat-wearing paranoid to [...]

Sonic Grenade

| Posted Apr 27th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


It is early afternoon. The air conditioning blows a bittersweet breeze across the office. A silence blankets the building. Everyone has just returned or finished their lunches. They are full; they are tired. Your nemesis is even quiet for a change. It is the perfect time for revenge! You sneak up, remove a [...]

Slide-Out Rotating Shelf

| Posted Apr 26th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Do you ever have issues setting up or modifying your AV setup located in a built-in cabinet or entertainment center? There’s never enough room and my arms aren’t bendy like the Reed Richards character in Fantastic Four so I hate this job. I usually end up pulling the components out, plugging [...]

SpeakerCraft TIME Speakers

| Posted Apr 25th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


While other speakers have tweeters that can be angled for a more realistic sound, these motorized speakers can rotate 320-degrees to create the perfect sound stage for the ultimate home theater experience. Whether enjoying your favorite movie by yourself or cheering on your team with your buddies, the speakers will position themselves into [...]

SageGlass Venting Skylight

| Posted Apr 24th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


You can electronically tint your skylights offering control of the amount of light and heat entering a room by using SageGlass’ electrochromic technology. The skylight panes are made by coating glass with multiple layers of a thin ceramic film that is less than 1/50th the thickness of a human hair. By [...]

Help Catalog the Internet - Play a Video Game

| Posted Apr 23rd, 2007 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]


Mr. Alex recently wrote up a bit about the latest efforts to effectively and accurately tag images by making use of people’s desire to play games. Think of it as SETI @ Home, but instead you’re playing an online game head to head with some other random person on the Internet where you both try [...]

Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet Figural Stein

| Posted Apr 23rd, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


This Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet Stein is perfect for the Star Wars fan or to send the message to your boss that he’s joined the dark side. By simply flipping the top of the Vader bust, your refreshing and thirst quenching beverage is revealed for drinking.
What could be better [...]

Multi-Link TeleVoIP USB Phone

| Posted Apr 22nd, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


I have a feeling that we could feature a new VoIP phone everyday of the year as these products are being put out by everyone. We chose to link to this phone because, well, it looks kinda cool.
This Skype-certified phone allows you to connect to your laptop via a USB [...]

Carbon Butterfly Indoor Flyer

| Posted Apr 21st, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


Flying within a 12′ x 16′ indoor room, this 3.6 gram remote control airplane has a beautifully constructed delicate airframe along with a carbon-fiber propeller, a Swiss-engineered gearbox and a itty bitty 4mm coreless motor.
This gorgeous remote control airplane includes a briefcase and flight simulator software just like the [...]

Buck Metro LED Knife

| Posted Apr 20th, 2007 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]


You never know when a good knife will come in handy. Perhaps you’re caught in the middle of an unexpected zombie attack or you’re sitting down to dine on a tasty Porterhouse armed only with a Titanium spork. Either of these scenarios would be considerably improved with the presence of a trusty blade, [...]

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