Robosapien V2 (and Friends!)

Gizmodo: The new Robosapien V2 looks fantastic. For just 200 bucks, the new bot will be able track objects and movements, recognize objects and skin tones—all sorts of crazy stuff. Onrobo (another one of the new robot blogs, a trend I think is great) has details, as well as this first picture. Oh, and they have information about Roboraptor and […]

Akiba PC Watch’s Weird Items of 2004

Gizmodo: Akiba PC Watch, a division of Japanese tech news giant Impress Watch, has posted the results of their “Weird Items Found in Akihabara” competition. Over 1,000 users submitted a total of 6,305 entries, and exactly 64 products have been labeled “Weird.” Many of the products have been covered here at Gizmodo — such as the virtual keyboard (1st place), […]

iPod Flash Will Have A Screen?

Engadget: Think Secret already had a pretty tight track record for accuracy when it came to Apple rumors, but getting sued by Steve Jobs and co. over a couple of product leaks just gave them some massive street cred, which is why we’re inclined to think they’re on to something when they dish out some serious dirt about the supposed […]

CES Unveiled

Gizmodo: Kevin Christley—Night before last was the annual CES Unveiled, a press-only party where journalists got a preview of the best of the upcoming products featured in the show as well as the winners of the Innovations 2005. The room was a bit small, but there were plenty of interesting finds, if you could squeeze past the huge crowd. AMD […]

The TV Strikes Back

USA Today: TVs are hotter than they’ve been in decades. Screens are getting bigger and brighter as they undergo their first major technological overhaul since the birth of color television in 1953. The highest-tech sets are so thin, they can be hung on the wall like a painting — and are vibrant enough to resemble one, too. Although early models […]

Personal Trainers Come With Hotel Stay

Yenra: Hilton has signed an exclusive agreement with Bally Total Fitness to provide hotel guests with access to more than five thousand certified personal trainers at Hilton or Bally locations in major cities throughout North America. In addition, Hilton’s Personal Performance Program includes enhancements to its in-room exercise options by offering an in-room mini gym designed by Bally at properties […]

Stressed? Try the Screambody

NewMediaBeijing.org: ScreamBody is a wearable space for screaming. When a person needs to scream but is in the office, classroom, looking after children, or in any number of situations where it is just not appropriate, ScreamBody acts as a surrogate lung allowing the person to let the scream out of their own body and into a body extension. ScreamBody silences […]

Biojewelry

We Make Money Not Art: Biojewelry, developed by Tobie Kerridge and Nikki Stott, combines biotech and design to give a new emphasis to debates concerning genetics. Biojewelry allows two persons to undergo a biopsy, in which each of them has a sample of their bone cells removed. The tissue is harvested in a lab, grown until a mass of bone […]

This Mobile Will Change Your Life

Textually: A new service launching this week lets people’s mobile phone rule their life. Subscribers to “This Mobile Will Change Your Life” receive SMS text message orders which they must carry out immediately, in Mission Impossible-style. Orders vary from the straightforward (“kiss the nearest tall stranger”) to the hazardous (“Walk into a police station, tell them you’re finally giving yourself […]

Starbucks Rolls Out ‘Chantico’

Metro News: ‘Chantico’, a new gourmet drinking chocolate beverage, will be offered at Starbucks shops in the United States and Canada beginning January 8, 2005. Described as ‘drinking a melted truffle’, the chocolate has an intense, full-bodied flavor and a rich, silky texture that builds on the tradition of European drinking chocolate. Unlike other Starbucks drinks, Chantico is only available […]