For those of us gadgetheads who have long lived in peaceful co-existence with our Internet connections, we have sometimes become so attached to it that we tend to check our e-mail every 5 minutes only to find nothing but spam on physical enlargement programs and financial schemes. This is possible if you have an EV-DO connection, but the poorer folk who cannot afford the exorbitant monthly fee, they will just have to settle for free WiFi that is generously provided by Starbucks and other commercial establishments. If you ever need to find that crucial WiFi hotspot, there is no better device to do so than the Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Wi-Fi Finder.

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Home consoles aren’t exactly the most conducive environment to play a first person shooter, no thanks to clunky controls despite having two analog sticks to thumb around with. Until today, there is no thing more natural to playing a FPS than using a keyboard and the mouse, but SplitFish GameWare aims to level the playing field by offering the patent pending FragFX controller which consists of a separate right hand mouse controller and a detachable left hand grip controller. Granted, this solution isn’t as comfortable as the computer’s setup, but at least it offers a greater degree of freedom to the discerning gamer and makes those of us who fumble with analog sticks smile.

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You may have read about a new pilot project at hospitals in the UK where Copper is to be used on standard fittings that are commonly interacted with, where the copper’s anti-bacterial properties are being put to the test.

These new fittings are designed to fight MRSA. Basically it’s what happens when a nasty bug is transmitted via a common surface to a new patient. The copper (and to a lesser extent, brass, which has a lower copper content level) has inherent antibacterial properties.

Earlier this year Renowned sportscaster Dick Schaap passed away (we’ll miss you Dick!) due to an infection received at the hospital he was staying in of this type, and now we’re out a perfectly wonderful sportscaster everybody likes (and we’re left with his son, depending on whom you ask, a decent sportscaster).

There are a bunch of products that are both new, and old that have taken advantage of these properties around and outside the hospital zone. Read the rest of this entry »

CeBIT 2007 has ended today, on March 21, and so our News rounds of this tech event will be finished today as well. In this last day one of the coolest devices was found, a USB flash drive.

i-Disk Diamond

But this isn’t a normal USB pen, the dimensions make it a one of a kind on the market only measuring 26.8 x 12.2 x 1.9mm. The small device is called i-Disk Diamond and made by Pretec, it can hold 2GB of data and support both Windows and Mac OS recent versions.

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You would think that after the exploding laptop batteries fiasco that stoked the fires of customers’ anger (excuse the pun) worldwide last year, we wouldn’t be seeing any more battery recalls anytime soon as everyone would have sat up and taken the necessary steps to prevent such a situation from repeating itself. Unfortunately, Casio has fallen into the same predicament albeit at a much smaller scale, issuing a battery recall for approximately 12,000 of its Electronic Musical Keyboard Model CTK-710 due to the potential of bursting in a ball of flames and bringing everybody around it down in a fiery death. We jest – so far there has been five cases of overheating recorded, where a couple of those resulted in fires.

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People don’t exactly get excited about conserving energy or creating energy by natural means. It’s a phrase that doesn’t even sound fun. Sure, you get that warm, fuzzy feeling because you’re doing something good, but you don’t exactly look forward to doing it. Michael Jantzen, the designer of that crazy contraption above, hopes to make producing natural energy into a public spectacle.
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Like many of you, I reside on the outdoorsy side of life whenever I can.

I also have the sad, geeky proclivity to be gadget enabled in the wild, with non-electronic devices (has anyone glimpsed me in the wild without a camelback or a leatherman,, I doubt it!). This little beauty, the Luxurylite Cot has the advantage of light weight, and the ability to pack smaller than ANYTHING in it’s class.

It costs (gulp) 190$USD. It sounds like a lot, but really when you look at what you get, it’s well worth it,, smooth, comfort, off the ground, and a good nights sleep under the stars (or the cover of a tent). Read the rest of this entry »

Pes from EatPES.com frequently makes stop motion short films and commercials, but their latest work titled “Game Over” is a masterpiece.

Game Over is a medley of several 1980s arcade games including a stop motion version of Centipede done with cup cakes and a pizza and pillow case version of Pac-Man. Seriously, it’s great stuff and will be one of the easiest 5 star ratings you’ve ever given to a Youtube video.

If you get a chance, head over to Pes’ site and watch some of the other stuff. I recommend the Bacardi commercial. Amazing work.

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