Being a geek-on-the-go isn’t always easy, especially when it comes to charging your electronic equipment. I’m sure you’ve had that happen: a situation in which you wished you had a backup battery. Well, Scosche has got you covered with the new goBat II Dual USB Portable Charger & Backup Battery.
In my opinion, geeks do not need to wear a Bluetooth headset. A geek’s main communication tool is a computer or a laptop. The only time a geek would need to use a phone would be walking around or in the car. But in a geek’s everyday life, or at least mine, if I’m walking
Parrot demonstrated their AR.Drone at the 2011 Toy Fair, a remote-control saucer piloted through an iPod/iPad application. The AR.Drone is associated with two apps. The AR.FreeFlight application controls the AR.Drone and allows exactly what the name implies: “Free Flight.” AR.Pursuit is a game played with another person who owns the AR.Drone; one person flees from
Ever heard of Munny’s? If not, they are these little vinyl figurines. Some are just plain white, waiting for you to use your artistic genius to give it a face, and others are already painted on. iCovers4u now has a new product, the Headphonies, that combines the Munny world with functionality by making it into
Inspired by FPS games, someone has gone ahead and created something so simple and genius for guns. A real bullet magazine counter that will tell you have many bullets you have left to fire. It’s funny how I would see this everyday on my HUD but never have thought to see these in real life.
Licensed Apple accessory manufacturer iKit announced its NuCharge iPhone 4 case today, available in a black finish for $64.95. The NuCharge features an integrated battery with 1400 mAh of power with an on/off switch to preserve battery life and a blue LED to indicate battery life. iKit expects the NuCharge to double an iPhone 4’s
It didn’t take long for programmers to get from making the Kinect open sourced to creating a real life version of Minority Report. In the video below, you’ll see that another programmer from MIT has made his Kinect learn where both palms are as well as track each of his ten fingers. This is a
When a new iPhone is released there is always that scramble to find that perfect case. I went through that very thing when picking up my iPhone 4. With a limited selection at both Apple and the AT&T stores my hopes were dashed. That was when Ballistic arrived on the scene. Previously I reviewed their
You have to hand it to those kids over at the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT for creating some of the coolest inventions to date. On 25 November, Fluid released a new video, which can be seen past the break. In this video, the group demonstrates using a web browser with a Microsoft Kinect unit.