Category Archives: Gadgets

Somebody should make a phone like this

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The Sinclair Sovereign, a pocket calculator from 1976. [Planet Sinclair]

Joey Roth’s Ceramic Speakers

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Joey Roth, designer of the wonderful Sorapot, has a new creation: Ceramic Speakers. As you can see, it’s a speaker system made from porcelain, cork, and maple wood. I wanted to reduce the speaker system to its most simple form, … Continue reading →

Sidekick servers “impacted” by outage.

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

T-Mobile’s Sidekick data outage entered its third day on Sunday, according to The Consumerist. The official word: While we anticipate a significant portion of data services to be restored by Monday, some richer data services may lag. We sincerely apologize … Continue reading →

Little Dog

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Via RGS

If only these retro fake ads were for real products!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Bobster855′s collection of ancient “National Lampoon” advertisements is fantastic–like a cross between comic book ads and Skymall. I’m pretty sure that digital grandfather clock came to be.

Introducing the Kindle Gutenberg Bookreader

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The end-user license agreement is up at McSweeney’s: Congratulations on purchasing the newest iteration of our electronic readers, the Kindle Genius Browser. We have made this new device compatible with all previous versions of the e-book, but there are some … Continue reading →

Flotsam Robots

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Prices start at $250. [Etsy via Dinosaurs and Robots]

Technical illustrations by Karl Hans Janke

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

An entire world could be built around them. More at Biblio Odyssey.

48Cake

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

I like Rob Brennan’s cake. [flickr]

In future America, car stops you.

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Xeni & Rob

To wrap up our visit to its R&D lab in Palo Alto, Mercedes-Benz’s Gordon Peredo demonstrated “Smart Stop,” a wireless safety system that stops cars automatically when the driver fails to heed a red light.