Category Archives: Gadgets

Anything that could be considered a consumer gadget…

Dell Streak Android Tablet Quick Video Review!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjBcv9iZinY&feature=player_embedded

The guys over at CrunchGear were able to get a hold of Michael Dell, Dell’s founder, to get a quick glimpse of the new Dell Mini 5/Streak Android Tablet.

Check out the quick video review of the Dell Streak, it looks pretty promising, I like the slick UI on it.

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Business Card Hack – Business Card USB Flash Drive!

Wanna make a good first-time impression at your dream engineering job?  Try this PCB business card that can be converted into a USB flash drive!

The main purpose of the card is to work as an USB memory.

The firmware uses the internal flash of the microcontroller, so the capacity  of the mass storage unit is only 24 KB max. Enough to put a cover letter and resume in HTML. If more memory is needed, the current PCB and circuitry supports  an external 8-pin SPI (or I2C) flash memory chip (up to 32M

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Nexus One Hack – How to Install Android 2.2 Froyo on Your Nexus One!

Yup, I just installed Android 2.2 Froyo on my Nexus One.  Since I don’t have stock Nexus One rom anymore (but was running HTC Desire ROM), I had to update the phone manually.

Modaco, on

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Samsung Bada Phone Hits Europe and Hands-on Review Video!

Samsung Bada phone hits Europe (as of yesterday) and it seems like Samsung has finally come up with a flawless smartphone OS that could compete on the levels with Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone OS.  Of course, don’t forget that Samsung is pushing its Android phones hard also, the first Android Samsung being intro-ed in South Korea just weeks ago. (although I did get to see a bunch of them earlier this year at CES 2010)

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Palm Pre Hacks – How to Install Verizon’s Mobile Hotspot on your Palm Pre!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWqjZ-Ll368&feature=player_embedded

For those of you who want turn your Palm Pre into a wireless router/hotspot, I told you how to do it before but I found a better way to do it, install Verizon’s mobile hotspot app on your Palm Pre.   This is also supposed to work on all Palm WebOS products including Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre Plus, and Palm Pixi Plus.

There’s no rooting required and just a couple of

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BlackBerry Bold 9800 Spy Hands-On Review!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VW-EnRz_fY&feature=player_embedded

For Blackberries lovers out there,e here’s some spy hands-on review of the new Blackberry Bold 9800 running the new Blackberry OS 6.

First thoughts:

Looks pretty good, perhaps the best Blackberry OS so far, RIM has finally updated their phones to smartphone standards of today.  Of course, RIM is still the leader of smartphones for businesses, I just think they will do better by adding more functionalities such as a WebKit-based browser shown above.

It’s been a long time s

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GIANT Tesla Coils at Maker Faire!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U8_yrxq000

Probably the best part about Maker Faire was Arc Attack’s GIANT tesla coils. I didn’t have chance to film the whole thing but above is just a bit of what happened in 1080P HD.

There’s actually a guy in the middle if you look carefully inside some kind of “safe” box, I guess it’s pretty safe to be in there other than the high voltage just screaming about everywhere else.

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Nude Robot Made from Recycled Typewriters!

Yup, this “nude” robot was made from recycled typewriters.   Pretty cool stuff you can make from old typewriters, don’t you think?

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DIY Drumming Robot!

Here’s a cool DIY drumming robot spotted at Maker Faire!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkjlJ45-0Ro

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SimbolRides Ranger9 Gaming Arcade Chair for Home Use!

SimbolRides was showing off their Ranger9 gaming arcade chair at Maker Faire, it seems like this could definitely be on my priority list of future gadgets purchases.

Check out the video of SimbolRides Ranger9 gaming arcade chair:

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_nNB4LXu44

It looks like the product itself isn’t actually ready yet but should be in the near future.

You can keep checking SimbolRides homepage to see if it’s available.

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