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Crazy spinning top shoots lasers, plays Beverly Hills Cop theme

Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 1:01am

You still have holiday shopping left to do, I'm betting. Well, guess what? Not anymore. Bam. You're done. You're buying one of these spinning tops. Mark Frauenfelder from Boing Boing writes: "My daughter earned this spinning top for selling wrapping...

Sniff the bionic dog hunts gadgets with an RFID nose

Kevin Hall

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 12:02pm

Not just gadgets, either — Sniff can identify and react to anything that's appropriately labeled with an RFID tag. It's the same kind of thought processes driving technologies like the Tikitag, where each tag triggers a specific response. When it...

Plush animal TV makes every show seem cute and cuddly

Michael Trei

Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 8:28am

Those wacky folks at HANNspree have been at it again. After appealing to sports fans with a line of TVs that looked like soccer balls and footballs, they're now going after our children with some huggable plush animal TVs. While...

Can you bear another iPod speaker system?

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 6:22am

Can an iPod speaker system be adorable? Absolutely, if it's concealed in a cute and cuddly bear. This featureless bear has controls in its ear and front paws. Is it just me, or is the lack of a face just...

Alcohol Shot Gun will still kill brain cells

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2:22pm

Want a different way to take a shot? Try the Alcohol Shot Gun — "pour in an ounce of your favorite drink into the cartridge, cock the trigger, point and shoot." Just look how much fun the guy in the...

Bugbut, the ugliest solar-powered something ever

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 12:21pm

Meet Nigel, a "solar-powered bugbut" by Etsy craftswoman Jenny, a.k.a. Tinyminds. Nigel is a bunch of electronics wrapped in black rubber and what looks like tape. Its one and only purpose is to seek out the sun's rays and...

Catching up with Keepon and its fancy new Wiimote controls

Kevin Hall

Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 4:56pm

We met up with Marek Michalowski of BeatBots to find out what's next for Keepon, his world famous dancing robot. Michalowski can control Keepon with a Wiimote to make it bob and dance in response to button presses or...

Head-bobbing President-Elect Barack Obama iPod doll — tribute or effigy?

Kevin Hall

Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 11:54am

Taiwanese electronic manufacturer Ozaki had a curious little character on display: President-Elect Barack Obama. We found him wearing a shirt that said "change" and Ba-rocking out to his iPod One, which played videos of his promotional campaign material including...

Axon 'Anti-Gravity' RC racer hovers along at a toe-breaking 50 mph

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 1:16pm

The Axon Razorback is so fast and handles so well that you may mistake for a real race car, save for the fact that it's ankle-high. It can go from 0 to 25 mph almost instantly, and can reach speeds...

Sega E.M.A. Robot ready to serve your executive extravagances

Adario Strange

Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 10:59pm

Helping the robot apocalypse along, as usual, Sega has unveiled yet another robot built for fun called the E.M.A. (Eternal, Maiden, Actualization). Unlike some other robots that just "look" cool, the E.M.A. actually sings, dances and will offer up a...

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Crazy spinning top shoots lasers, plays Beverly Hills Cop theme

Sniff the bionic dog hunts gadgets with an RFID nose

Plush animal TV makes every show seem cute and cuddly

Can you bear another iPod speaker system?

Alcohol Shot Gun will still kill brain cells

Bugbut, the ugliest solar-powered something ever

Catching up with Keepon and its fancy new Wiimote controls

Head-bobbing President-Elect Barack Obama iPod doll — tribute or effigy?

Axon 'Anti-Gravity' RC racer hovers along at a toe-breaking 50 mph

Sega E.M.A. Robot ready to serve your executive extravagances

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