I like the Wii just as much as the next guy — but it starts to wear after a while. Jumping around and swinging that remote is fun for some games, but in the end I’m pretty sure its a passing novelty. The people at Canesta seem to agree with the fun part, but also [...]

You’ve heard the urban legend: in slumber we swallow, on average, 7 spiders a year. Now here’s a spider that you’d swallow intentionally. A cracker jack team of scientists in Italy have come up with a spider-like pill intended to film your insides to detect diseases and other potential health hazards. Personally, I would have [...]

It is probably a safe bet to assume anyone with a car and an iPhone has said, “man, I wish this thing could start my car.”  Maybe you’ve been walking to your car on a frigid night or a scorching day, but you’ve wondered about it, haven’t you? Maybe you remember this early post from [...]

Everyone needs a hug sometimes, right? C’mon, even you macho types can admit it. So when times get tough and you need that hug to get you going again, what if your loved ones are away or a random stranger won’t give you that hug? Friend, if this is you, then Singapore’s Mixed Reality Lab [...]

You can feel it in the air: the leaves are falling, the nights are cooler, you have a year’s supply of candy ready to go and wouldn’t you know it – you drink so much Cider Jack you almost burn your house down every night! Have no fear, trick or treaters, Williams Sonoma has got [...]

The Tiger Beat crowd is going to get a kick out of this. Imagine that special real estate on your bedroom wall you always reserved for that totally awesome band, dreamy hunk or bodacious babe. Okay, maybe I’ve seen one too many John Hughes movies, but still: this could get interesting. The Funai Eco Scan [...]

Have you ever thought about what the future of the computer mouse might be? Frankly the mouse hasn’t even changed much over the years, and I have come to take for granted its role as the reliable computer pointing device (and the best for controller for FPS). Of course with all the hype about touch [...]

If you dig a little on the Internet, it’s not too difficult to find prototype devices or interfaces that use your brain as a controller. There are videos left and right from companies and researchers trying to perfect and to capitalize on this novel method of control. The issue is that few companies have actually [...]

Of course “there’s an app for that,” but now it’s becoming increasingly common that there’s “a remote for that.” And by that, I mean everything. Take this week alone: first we reported about the remote controlled power strip, then there was the remote control toilet, followed by the remote controlled wizard adventure. And so we [...]

Recently there have been a few rumblings about how in the “future” there won’t be any buttons, moving parts, discs, or anything else mechanical.  While it is true that technology is driving in the general direction of “solid state,” I think it’s a little early to say that we will experience anything close to a [...]