Boing Boing Gadgets: the latest posts

Mark Frauenfelder 7:34 pm Tue Sep 4, 2007

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• Retro Selectro: Card Callmaker Ad (1973)

• Fun Level: Orange – Valve's Orange Box is coming October 12th

• If These Don't Emit, You Must Acquit – Epson's new PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 UB front-projector is have an MSRP of $2,700, making it the cheapest 1080p projector yet. (And retail will probably be cheaper.)

• Wii Runs – New Nintendo trademarks in Japan: "Wii Body Controller; Mii Contest Channel; Nintendo Magic; Wii Handle; Soma Bringer."

• Dial M for Metamucil – "Verizon Wireless offers new $30 senior citizen plan"

• Suck It Up, Out –Man breaks stylus in smartphone sheath. AT&T tells him his warranty is voided.

• Keeping the Ashes Stoked – "Microsoft says a Zune phone 'not unreasonable'"

• BioPro 190: At-Home Biodiesel Production

• The Future of Television: Two Girls Shooting Each Other with Tasers

• In the Year 2000: Bell Spaceplane Models

• Bukkake Simulator 3D: Love Death 2 Gameplay Video

• Quad Shelves by Nauris Kalinauskas

• Video: Overdrift: Stage 2 Teaser

• 1946 Mathis 333 3-Wheeled Car Prototype

• Doubles as Wings – I'm not sure how to embed this particular flash video of a disappearing door concept car, in which the door slides into the undercarriage, but it's cool, so here's a link.

• When Taste and Money Collide – Water "butts," or drainspout caps, shaped like bottoms and rectums. Horrible.

• Rolly Polyphonic – Sony's "Rolly" (roll-e) may be a music-playing "Wii on wheels," claims [Digital-Lifestyles.info]

• Two > Four – Jeff Atwood compares dual- and quad-core processing times. Dual is just about as good as quad for most desktop users.

• Flamebait – "According to research group iSuppli, the iPhone outsold all smartphones in the U.S. in July"

Review / Logitech MX Keys

Logitech’s MX Keys [Amazon] is what it finally took to lure me away from mechanical keyboards. It’s a slim yet solidly-constructed full-size model that's similar to and superior to Apple's… READ THE REST
Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores

Microsoft is to shut shop on the high streets and malls of America, permanently closing its 116 retail stores. Only 10 were overseas; flagship stores in New York City, London,… READ THE REST
Traintrackr is a light-up circuit-board map of the London Underground or Boston Metro

Traintrackr is a powered circuit board showing a map of the London Underground, lighting up in real time to show train positions on 333 stations on all 12 main lines.… READ THE REST
Short Post, just one paragraph

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Save 50% on a 1-year subscription to Dashlane's premium password manager

We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
The Bite Helper removes the itch of a mosquito bite in seconds

While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST