Iconoculture: Millennials get a chuckle out of cheeky products that play off of intricate relationship interactions. Be thankful they’re only passive-aggressive. ’Cause otherwise: Hello, horror-movie scenario. Needies interactive plush dolls – created by students at New York U’s Interactive Telecommunications Program – trade songs and flattery for hugs, then plot and scheme against each other to win human love and […]

We Make Money Not Art: The Haptic Gloves allow their wearers to create musical compositions by linking hands together. Each participants wears the gloves, headphones (through which they can hear their personal music) and a clip-on box housing circuits. As soon as they touch the gloved hand of another, they can hear their own music mixed with the other person’s […]

Red Herring Blog: At the risk of future embarrassment, I’m convinced that Sony’s PSP portable PlayStation is the harbinger of things digital to come. The current model of the PSP may not be the version that blows the doors off the competition—Sony may not be the company to execute on the idea successfully—but it includes several features that will redefine […]

We Make Money Not Art: One of my first stop yesterday at the Salone del Mobile in Milan was at Promise Design, New Design from Israel, at the Triennale. Tomer Sapir’s “Concept for a bedroom unit” integrates a table, a reading lamp and an alarm clock. The alarm clock provides a fresh awakening by synchronizing with the user’s sleep cycles. […]

Gizmodo: A fridge so adorable that you could just eat it up is really the last thing you want when struggling with your diet [You actually wrote that? —ed.], but for the skinny crowd, Fujitronic makes a series of animal-styled mini-fridges. Available shaped as a polar bear or puppy dog, they feature an on-door LCD which can house a virtual […]

Engadget: Yes, it’s true. It was only a matter of time until Hello Kitty worked her evil magic upon this particular gadget, as she has on oh so many others. The Hello Kitty Crystal Xbox Console takes that definitively non-pink Xbox and converts it to its long-latent color scheme. During the promotional period the entire bundle comes with a Helly […]

Popgadget: Ever wondered exactly how many calories you burn while sitting perfectly still but having a massive panic attack? You can’t find out those kinds of things in fitness magazines. Bodybugg, an armband calorie monitor can tell you exactly (well with 92% accuracy) how many calories you expend not only while exercising but while doing everyday activities like typing and […]

Shiny Shiny: How to give your child a lifelong uneasy feeling that it’s being watched: sit this ugly stuffed toy into the corner of its room. This Teddy Bear is something Microsoft’s been showing off recently. It’s still, thankfully, only a prototype, but there’s a chance that a creature like it may one day emerge to begin a reign of […]

Shiny Shiny: Been on a stakeout recently? No, us neither, but if we ever had reason to go on a stakeout, this is the cup we’d want with us. The Intellimug plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter and warms up tea, coffee, soup and any other liquid food or drinkstuff you care to mention. A temperature display on the side […]

Popgadget: You can’t but this (yet), but Mark Argo’s Hugms would be popular today. Another great thesis from ITP, Hugms sends a text message when you squeeze your Bluetooth-connected, light-up sensor. The message varies depending on how hard and how long you squeeze your Hugms. Long squeeze: ‘hhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuggggggg’; Short hard squeeze: ‘hhHHUUUUUUugg’. Even better, if the recipient of your hug […]