http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Weird gadgets Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 05:37:03 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 05:37:03 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-Using-Sandbox-Lets-You-Move-Mountains-268077.shtml It's one thing to play in a normal sandbox and other to have one that lets you build things on a massive scale without any chance of getting sand and water all over you.

Kids, of course, love to play in sandboxes anyway. Some even prefer being dirty to cleanliness, for some obscure reason. Maybe they feel more in tune with mother earth ... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 19:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-Using-Sandbox-Lets-You-Move-Mountains-268077.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kinect-Using-Sandbox-Lets-You-Move-Mountains-268077.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Big-Brother-Gadgets-Mandatory-in-All-Cars-in-USA-265781.shtml In a surprising move, the US Senate has already passed a bill that makes “black box”- or “big brother”-like gadgets mandatory for all cars driven in USA in just two and a half years, infowars.com reports.

The House is expected to quickly approve it while the citizens are probably overjoyed with the fact that the... (read more)]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Big-Brother-Gadgets-Mandatory-in-All-Cars-in-USA-265781.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Big-Brother-Gadgets-Mandatory-in-All-Cars-in-USA-265781.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PumPing-Tap-Outlet-Pushed-Out-Plugs-243409.shtml The new idea that showed up on Yanko Design may not be the best there ever was and will probably become obsolete by the time it becomes eligible for adoption.

Over the years, various strange devices have been invented or at least envisioned, most of which, for better or worse, never became more than an idea.

What now emerged on Yank... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/PumPing-Tap-Outlet-Pushed-Out-Plugs-243409.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/PumPing-Tap-Outlet-Pushed-Out-Plugs-243409.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carp-Pet-Is-a-Carpet-With-Moving-Painted-Fish-240409.shtml Designer John Leung just came up with the idea for a carpet that, under the right circumstances, can become something akin to a dry aquarium.

We suppose it could just as easily qualify as a wet aquarium, if some water were to be spilled over it, but that is neither here nor there.

Basically, the designer took an optical illusi... (read more)]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carp-Pet-Is-a-Carpet-With-Moving-Painted-Fish-240409.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Carp-Pet-Is-a-Carpet-With-Moving-Painted-Fish-240409.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SteelSeries-and-Gunnar-Optiks-Create-Gaming-Glasses-227611.shtml If there is any gizmo that qualifies as unusual, the new pair of glasses that SteelSeries and Gunnar made are probably it, being a special pair for non-3D screens.

People probably haven't heard about many tech glasses that aren't meant for 3D, but SteelSeries and GUNNAR just collaborated on making a pair.

Basically,... (read more)]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SteelSeries-and-Gunnar-Optiks-Create-Gaming-Glasses-227611.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SteelSeries-and-Gunnar-Optiks-Create-Gaming-Glasses-227611.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SMI-Glasses-Know-What-You-re-Looking-At-222384.shtml Eye tracking isn't something that is done very well nowadays, not yet anyhow, but SensoMotoric Instruments definitely wants this to change, as made clear by its newest invention.

Eye tracking can be a good means of testing a variety of things, like brand awareness at the point of sale, user experience on mobile devices, man-machine interac... (read more)]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SMI-Glasses-Know-What-You-re-Looking-At-222384.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/SMI-Glasses-Know-What-You-re-Looking-At-222384.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Razer-Mouse-Bungee-Ensures-Mouse-Cord-Freedom-211270.shtml The concept of freedom is usually linked to the idea of free will, but sub-meanings are being attributed to all kinds of things nowadays, like mouse cords, if Razer's most recent product is anything to go by.

Gamers, especially those with no sort of financial worries, always make it a point to have the baddest hardware around, down to ae... (read more)]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Razer-Mouse-Bungee-Ensures-Mouse-Cord-Freedom-211270.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Razer-Mouse-Bungee-Ensures-Mouse-Cord-Freedom-211270.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Audio-Light-Bulb-Gives-You-Light-Music-Too-192090.shtml We've come across plenty of rather bizarre, hybrid devices over time, and now, it's about time to check out yet another item of this type, namely the Audio Light Bulb, a device that will offer users not only a fairly good level of lighting, but also an interesting (and rather unusual) extra.

The Audio Light Bulb is presented by Hammacher... (read more)]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Audio-Light-Bulb-Gives-You-Light-Music-Too-192090.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Audio-Light-Bulb-Gives-You-Light-Music-Too-192090.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/NeuroFocus-Mynd-is-World-s-First-Wireless-Full-Brain-EEG-Measurement-Headset-190641.shtml The idea of having a headset that can actually automatically measure one's brain activity by simply being placed on their head seems to be a bit far-fetched, but, in fact, that's exactly what the people over at NeuroFocus promise with their brand-new Mynd headset.

According to NeuroFocus, their Mynd device i... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NeuroFocus-Mynd-is-World-s-First-Wireless-Full-Brain-EEG-Measurement-Headset-190641.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/NeuroFocus-Mynd-is-World-s-First-Wireless-Full-Brain-EEG-Measurement-Headset-190641.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Yamaha-Helps-You-Keep-Your-Conversations-Private-with-New-VSP-1-Sound-Generator-188897.shtml Yamaha's expertise in the field of audio solutions (and motorcycles) is unquestionable, and in order to prove it one more time, the Japanese company came up with a device that will allow users to keep all of their conversations completely private.

There are quite a lot of situations when we'd simply love ... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Yamaha-Helps-You-Keep-Your-Conversations-Private-with-New-VSP-1-Sound-Generator-188897.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Yamaha-Helps-You-Keep-Your-Conversations-Private-with-New-VSP-1-Sound-Generator-188897.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Breville-VTT296-Toaster-Doubles-as-Radio-or-Viceversa-188076.shtml From time to time, we happen to come across certain products that are so strange, so odd, that we simply can't refrain from writing about them, and this is also the case with the Breville VT296, a very interesting combo between a radio and a...toaster.

As strange as such a combination might sound, the truth of the matter is that t... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Breville-VTT296-Toaster-Doubles-as-Radio-or-Viceversa-188076.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Breville-VTT296-Toaster-Doubles-as-Radio-or-Viceversa-188076.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/iGrow-Users-Lasers-to-Help-Fight-Back-that-Receding-Hairline-186055.shtml The idea of adding an “i” before just about any kind of product has become somewhat of a bad cliché already, but that's not stopping Apira Science from taking this path as far as their iGrow laser-based hair growth system is concerned.

We'll have to admit that loss of hair has always been a problem for m... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/iGrow-Users-Lasers-to-Help-Fight-Back-that-Receding-Hairline-186055.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/iGrow-Users-Lasers-to-Help-Fight-Back-that-Receding-Hairline-186055.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/USB-Flash-Drive-Doubles-as-an-AA-Battery-178898.shtml Just about everyone carries an USB flash drive around nowadays, and while the number of devices that are still powered by AA batteries, instead of rechargeable Li-Ion units is constantly decreasing, the truth of the matter is that combining these two concepts seems like a really interesting idea.

In fact, that's exactly what designer Wonchul H... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/USB-Flash-Drive-Doubles-as-an-AA-Battery-178898.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/USB-Flash-Drive-Doubles-as-an-AA-Battery-178898.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Powers-New-Phone-PC-Hybrid-from-Speakal-176857.shtml Beside all those 3D HDTVs, Sandy Bridge notebooks, tablets and digital cameras that fill the booths and halls of CES 2011, this show is where you'll also come across plenty of innovative gadgets, developed by companies who want to make a name for themselves in the CE market, as is the case with Speakal.

And for this year's CES, the co... (read more)]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Powers-New-Phone-PC-Hybrid-from-Speakal-176857.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-7-Powers-New-Phone-PC-Hybrid-from-Speakal-176857.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fridge-Shaped-Like-an-Apple-MacPro-Launched-in-Japan-169652.shtml It would really seem that some people's love for all things Apple extends way beyond the usual purchasing of just about any device featuring the famous fruity logo, this being exactly the case with Japanese company Twinbird, who's actually rolled out a mini refrigerator that looks a lot like the famous desktop monster developed by the company... (read more)]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fridge-Shaped-Like-an-Apple-MacPro-Launched-in-Japan-169652.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fridge-Shaped-Like-an-Apple-MacPro-Launched-in-Japan-169652.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foxconn-Sues-Creative-for-Half-a-Million-Dollars-169467.shtml Sometimes it seems like all those court battles between tech companies just can't be put to rest, a new fight emerging on the consumer electronics front, this time between Foxconn and Creative, the former accusing the Singapore-based company of failing to pay $500,000 for services that Foxconn is said to have provided.

According to the... (read more)]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foxconn-Sues-Creative-for-Half-a-Million-Dollars-169467.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Foxconn-Sues-Creative-for-Half-a-Million-Dollars-169467.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Revolutionary-Microsoft-Technology-to-Turn-Touchscreens-into-Real-Keyboards-169117.shtml One of the biggest problems posed by virtual keyboards available via touchscreen displays is that they don't really offer the same level of physical feedback as their USB or PS/2 counterparts, but it seems that Microsoft might be working on a technology that will actually solve this issue and grant touchscreens a whole ... (read more)]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Revolutionary-Microsoft-Technology-to-Turn-Touchscreens-into-Real-Keyboards-169117.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Revolutionary-Microsoft-Technology-to-Turn-Touchscreens-into-Real-Keyboards-169117.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/90-of-Retailers-Plan-Cyber-Monday-Promotions-168807.shtml Although everybody is used to seeing all sort of crazy discount going around when Black Friday hits, Cyber Monday is a somehow more risky venture since this was first invented five or so years ago and not all retailers plan on offering special promotions, although this may soon change as a study shows that 90% of retailers plan special Cyber Moday pr... (read more)]]> Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/90-of-Retailers-Plan-Cyber-Monday-Promotions-168807.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/90-of-Retailers-Plan-Cyber-Monday-Promotions-168807.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Nokero-N200-Solar-Charged-Light-Bulb-Is-Also-Rainproof-167893.shtml Without a doubt, solar power represents one of the best bets for our future as far as renewable, green types of energy are concerned, and for this reason, products that fully leverage its advantages, such as the Nokero N200 solar-charged light bulb, should become more and more popular in the coming years.

The Nokero company... (read more)]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Nokero-N200-Solar-Charged-Light-Bulb-Is-Also-Rainproof-167893.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Nokero-N200-Solar-Charged-Light-Bulb-Is-Also-Rainproof-167893.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gear4-Set-to-Introduce-Angry-Birds-iPhones-4-Cases-Soon-166163.shtml If you thought this whole Angry Birds craze is going to die down sooner rather than later, this is one news you most certainly wouldn't like to read as you most probably won't go for one of these colorful iPhone cases that just made their appearance online and feature three of the game's characters.

Slated to appear sometime lat... (read more)]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gear4-Set-to-Introduce-Angry-Birds-iPhones-4-Cases-Soon-166163.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gear4-Set-to-Introduce-Angry-Birds-iPhones-4-Cases-Soon-166163.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amplicom-TCL-200-Alarm-Clock-Uses-90-Decibels-to-Wake-You-Up-166103.shtml Waking up can prove to be a pretty daunting task at times (especially if you've gone out partying the night before), but in order to lend a helping hand to those people who have some serious trouble getting up and about, German company Amplicom has come up with the TCL 200, an alarm clock that will wake up not only the user himself, b... (read more)]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:33:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amplicom-TCL-200-Alarm-Clock-Uses-90-Decibels-to-Wake-You-Up-166103.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amplicom-TCL-200-Alarm-Clock-Uses-90-Decibels-to-Wake-You-Up-166103.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Your-Geek-On-with-Frank-Zhao-s-USB-Business-Card-Video-Included-165194.shtml If geekish gadgets are really your thing then you most certainly have tried, or at least laid your eyes, on more than your fair share of bizzare business cards, but few come stranger than Frank's Zhao flat USB creation, this contraption really managing to awake the geek in you.

Looking pretty weird for what should ba... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Your-Geek-On-with-Frank-Zhao-s-USB-Business-Card-Video-Included-165194.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Your-Geek-On-with-Frank-Zhao-s-USB-Business-Card-Video-Included-165194.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Your-Dog-Can-Tweet-Now-Via-the-Canine-Twitterer-164712.shtml We're going through what some people might call “social media hell” right now, with just about every single person that uses the Internet having at least one social service account and most actually logging-in to multiple such services (after all, if you're not on Facebook, you don't exist).

However, it would seem that ... (read more)]]> Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Your-Dog-Can-Tweet-Now-Via-the-Canine-Twitterer-164712.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Even-Your-Dog-Can-Tweet-Now-Via-the-Canine-Twitterer-164712.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Alex Vochin) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Let-Your-Smartphone-Monitor-Your-Health-With-Quest-Diagnostics-Gazelle-Platform-163679.shtml The present day man has become more and more dependent on its smartphone for all sort of things, Quest Diagnostics just announcing the introduction of its Gazelle a secure mobile health platform that allows users to receive their Quest Diagnostics laboratory results and manage their personal health information direc... (read more)]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Let-Your-Smartphone-Monitor-Your-Health-With-Quest-Diagnostics-Gazelle-Platform-163679.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Let-Your-Smartphone-Monitor-Your-Health-With-Quest-Diagnostics-Gazelle-Platform-163679.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Never-Drop-Your-iPad-Again-With-the-Hand-e-holder-Hand-Strap-161276.shtml Nobody can deny the fact that the iPad has been a huge success for Apple so, as its the case with every device that manges to become popular, a wide range of accessories is bound to come up, the Hand-e-holder being one of the strangest to hit the streets.

Advertised as an “ergonomic holding solution” for the iPa... (read more)]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Never-Drop-Your-iPad-Again-With-the-Hand-e-holder-Hand-Strap-161276.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Never-Drop-Your-iPad-Again-With-the-Hand-e-holder-Hand-Strap-161276.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coleman-s-Quad-Lantern-Shares-Your-Flashlight-With-4-Other-Friends-161181.shtml Everybody that went camping at least once in their lives knows that light is at a premium, the forest being one particularly scary place during the night, so a flashlight is among the most important things that you can bring away with you, Coleman developing the Quad Lantern that enables you to share your light with three other ... (read more)]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coleman-s-Quad-Lantern-Shares-Your-Flashlight-With-4-Other-Friends-161181.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coleman-s-Quad-Lantern-Shares-Your-Flashlight-With-4-Other-Friends-161181.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sorin Nita) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mackie-Introduces-New-Pumpkin-shaped-PMK-Studio-Monitors-126015.shtml From what we know so far, the new PMK studio monitors announced by Mackie could very well be a first in the industry. Since more complex info is currently missing, we can't tell if this is a joke, for it looks like these new monitors are some cool toys for the audio professionals and home-recording enthusiasts alike. The new monitors have... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:11:05 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mackie-Introduces-New-Pumpkin-shaped-PMK-Studio-Monitors-126015.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mackie-Introduces-New-Pumpkin-shaped-PMK-Studio-Monitors-126015.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Florin Tibu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/UniBrush-the-Injection-During-Brushing-Toothbrush-113074.shtml One more piece of novelty in the world of toothbrushes has surfaced: the UniBrush, created by Apol, a Korean oral hygiene company. Along with the UniBrush comes a very sophisticated concept that made us laugh a lot when hearing it: Injection During Brushing or IDB. Behind this concept is the idea that squirting toothpaste in your mouth during yo... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UniBrush-the-Injection-During-Brushing-Toothbrush-113074.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/UniBrush-the-Injection-During-Brushing-Toothbrush-113074.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Florin Tibu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Cambrionix-49-port-Mother-of-all-hubs-USB-Hub-113059.shtml 49 is definitely not a number expressing some sort of limit, at least not for the designers at Cambrionix. And even for them, we'd rather say that 49 is just a representation of a temporary, soon-to-be-gone stage. If you can't figure out something that important for the number 49, prepare to meet the mother-of-all-hubs, the 49-port USB hub from ... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Cambrionix-49-port-Mother-of-all-hubs-USB-Hub-113059.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Cambrionix-49-port-Mother-of-all-hubs-USB-Hub-113059.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Florin Tibu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Star-Trek-Titanium-Spork-Why-110277.shtml Movie and TV series-branded memorabilia and other sorts of merchandise are definitely making up very serious money. And just when we thought we were pretty close to having “seen them all,” here's one new piece to raise an eyebrow and open (again) the wallet: the solid titanium Star Trek Spork, issued in an already sold-out numbered edition. Now, the ... (read more)]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Star-Trek-Titanium-Spork-Why-110277.shtml Weird gadgets http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Star-Trek-Titanium-Spork-Why-110277.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Florin Tibu)