Author: Jack Loftus

With an face that seems ripped right out of Star Trek‘s LCARS, you’d think the Gridlock is yet another Tokyoflash watch that’s nigh-impossible to read, but you’d be wrong. It’s actually quite simple once you figure out the hook. More »

I’m going to risk it all and guess that a lot of your reading this today probably have about a hundred of these “custom” iPad stands in your closet right now. Pretty ingenious. More importantly, cheap. [YouTube – Thanks, Phil] More »

If the Friday fix wasn’t enough, here are some more leaked pics of the upcoming BlackBerry 9800 slider. The phone pictured here is apparently a late stage prototype, similar to what we saw Friday. [The Berry Fix via BGR] More »

The heart that beats inside Charles Okeke’s chest is completely artificial. It keeps him alive, but at a price: he’s tethered to a 400-lb. machine in a hospital. Thanks to a revolutionary backpack-sized breakthrough, he can finally go home again. More »

So you like gaming classic Karate Champ, just like we do? Have an iPhone? Great, because we have a little giveaway for you this afternoon, and the rules couldn’t be simpler: More »

With Microsoft and Sony both set to reveal Natal and Move software lineups at E3, it’s kind of crazy to think their invested millions may have just been usurped by a pair of $1 Lycra gloves and a webcam. More »










User interface – Gloves – Clothing – Accessories – Microsoft

Our brothers-in-arms over at Gizmodo Poland have stumbled upon something magical. Witness Mecha Fish, so named by me because it is a fearsome beast that navigates kiddie pools and cannot be tamed thanks to a kind of rudimentary Bluetooth echolocation. More »










Anime – Arts – Animation – Mecha – Gizmodo Poland

Get too close to this cog and gear-driven peep hole, spotted in action at Maker Faire, and you could lose more than just an eye. Hence, the thoughtful “No Finger Zone” signage that greets operators when they turn the crank. More »










United States – Shopping – Home and Garden – Time Square – Mixed martial arts

Weather Beacon, an art piece presently sitting in the middle of New York City’s World Financial Center Plaza, takes in weather-related radio broadcasts and turns them into a visual spectacle that looks something like this: More »










United States – New York – Metro Areas – Weather – New York City Metro

Remember all of last week ago, when we first spotted what could have been a white iPhone 4G? It happened again! Leading many to believe that, yes, Apple is going to release two versions of the phone later this year. More »










iPhone – Handhelds – Smartphones – Apple – Wallpapers and Themes

Another day, another video chat/video conferencing bit of debugging code to throw atop the heap that’s amassed around the coming “iPhone 4G.” Today’s revelation: A menu screen from a “field test” that purports to show video conferencing. More »










IPhone – Videoconferencing – Apple – Smartphones – Handhelds

Remember the X-37B, that super-secret unmanned U.S. military space shuttle replacement no one knows anything about? Bad news, chickenhawks—it’s most likely just a nonlethal high-flyin’ spy plane. Weird news? Amateur astronomers totally know where it is right now. More »










Space Shuttle – Space – Technology – Astronomy – Missions

Bribes, prosecutors on the take, tax evasion and slush funds. It sounds like organized crime, but if we’re to believe Kim Yong-chul, author of Think Samsung, all these terrible things happen at popular electronics company Samsung. All the time. More »

That Apple PowerBook G3 250 you bought back in 1997 may have some nostalgic value, sure, but if you had simply bought up some Apple stock instead you’d be sitting on real value, to the tune of about $330,563. More »

According to sleep experts, the iPad’s bright LCD display could be hampering your body’s ability to create melatonin. Translation: Insomnia. The Kindle and other e-ink devices, on the other hand, won’t disrupt your sleep cycle. More »

Details are sparse at the moment, but something is happening in India. Something wand-like and prone to waggling. Called the Swing, it’s a motion controller HP cooked up for their Pavilion PC desktops. More »

iPad users looking to get a little extra mileage out of the $30 Camera Connection kit will be pleased to know that the USB dongle provides some limited support for certain USB keyboards and headsets. More »

A number of previously Japan-only Pentax K-x camera colors are headed to the U.S., the company confirmed Friday. Until Pentax opened up the color palette, we Yanks only had access to red and black models in this line. More »

Marty Cooper—maybe you’ve heard of him and his little invention, the cellphone—thinks modern smartphones are way too convoluted and that future phones will live behind your ear, under your skin. You think AT&T owns your ass now… More »