Nothing like a new Apple device rumor to get the concept artists scurrying to their graphics tablets, and there’s something particularly alluring about the prospect of an Apple Media Pad.  MacFormat’s illustrator Adam Benton came up with these concept shots, envisioning the Media Pad as an overgrown iPod touch.
It’s enough to prompt the magazine’s futurologists [...]

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GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that they have completed the prototyping of their CareBot MSR 3.87. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot industry revolutionizing their development and usage with “Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security, and Service.”
“After nearly twelve years of development by many talented, tenacious engineers and programmers, we [...]

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I realize that the picture here looks like something from Criss Angel’s “Mindfreak” performances, but what you are seeing here is the QB1. Of course, this technology might seem kind of freaky, as that screen watches you. It will actually turn when you walk around the room, and these special sensors actually know your face.
Not [...]

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Charging your Wii remote is about to get simpler. Performance Designed Products LLC (“PDP”), a top gaming accessory provider, is introducing a new product in the Energizer Power & Play series that will make charging Wii remotes hassle free for consumers.
A typical charger requires that gamers remove sleeves, lanyards, or anything on the remote that [...]

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Thanks to the steampunk trend there are now a variety of interesting gadgets and especially flash drives.  Here’s one more handmade flash drive, that although will cost you a bit more than the average flash drive, it’s at least unique.  It doesn’t look like the usual sleek silver flash drive, which is nice, but the [...]

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Guys are stuck wearing ties and frankly they’re a pointless accessory.  They just look uncomfortable and they just sort of hang there.  Chicks all the time have the perk of hiding small amounts of cash in their bra, but guys are stuck using boring pockets designated for that sort of thing.  Well now you can [...]

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Don’t let the hard-drive and DVD burner fool you: this isn’t an ultraportable laptop, but a netbook cooler with extra talents.  Century’s Netbook Stand aims to address two of the more common complaints about budget ultraportables, low storage capacity and no optical drive, by squeezing both things into a compact slice.
Inside the 260 x 190 [...]

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Here is another pedal-powered scooters that folks are going to love using. This pedal-powered scooter works much better compared to pushing your foot along the pavement to gain speed, and will be much more familiar with people who like cycling.
What makes it more interesting is the stair-stepping capability which touts the $299 Pumgo to [...]

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Yesterday’s review of the Acer AspireRevo nettop might have cast some doubt over its Atom processor while simultaneously praising NVIDIA’s Ion GPU chipset, but it didn’t really touch on upgrade potential.  Small-form-factor (SFF) computers are usually no-go areas when it comes to most modifications, but bit-tech have discovered there’s a surprising amount of room inside [...]

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Dude, you’ve got to check this out!
Sorry for that intro, but I thought this next gadget might appeal to the “extreme sports” crowd. I realize that I don’t do a good job imitating the way they speak, but no matter who you are, you might want to try the Scarpar.
The Scarpar is a motorized skateboard [...]

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