NOW TRENDING

Gadgets:

The Sony Tablet: Another Entrant in the iPad War

Sony Tablet

With no current strong competitors to the iPad, Sony has tossed their name into the hat. With their new, self-proclaimed “optimally designed” tablet, Sony will go head-to-head with other Android tablets as well as the iPad with a pair of tablets dubbed S1 and S2. They will feature the Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS and are intended to hit the market in fall of 2011.

The S1 is the a standard tablet design with a 9.4″ screen, but the S2 is the innovative one of the duo with folding 5.5″ dual screens. They can operate as a single screen or display independently.

Continue reading The Sony Tablet: Another Entrant in the iPad War

Gizmos:

Xbox 360 Kinect Has Gone Mobile

Not mobile in the sense of “Hey, I can play my 360 on my iphone!” but more in the sense of “Hey, my 360 is independently running those flying robots over there”. Some “Kinect Hackers” have figured out a way to use Kinect as a 3D radar that can track and avoid obstacles as the Quadropter it is attached to travels around the room. This is either the coolest new use for Xbox 360′s Kinect or the scariest thing to come out of video games since PediSedate.

Continue reading Xbox 360 Kinect Has Gone Mobile

Around The Web

last update: February 5, 2012

Gizmos:

Salt and Pepper Robots

How do you take one of the most boring household staples and turn it into something awesome? Turn ‘em into robots, that’s how. These robot salt and pepper shakers may not do your laundry or make you breakfast, but they sure can make your dinner table look awesome.

Continue reading Salt and Pepper Robots

Gizmos:

USB Wall Socket

These days, the iPhone and other devices that we interact with most are USB friendly and often times, USB dependent. So it’s no wonder some genius decided to develop a wall socket equipped with USB ports. Not only does this wall socket allow you to charge devices using USB, but it also potentially doubles the number of things you can power from a single wall socket. Bonus!

The best part is that this socket retrofit can be installed easily on any existing wall outlet. All you’ve got to do is swap them out. Oh, and no need to worry about the vampire effect. The USB ports will only draw power if something is plugged in.

The USB Wall Socket can be preordered here.





Gizmos:

Hottest Gadgets of the 1990′s

Previously, we brought you the hottest gadgets from the 1960′s, 1970’s and the 1980′s. This may not be the first time these types of technology hit the market, but in the 1990′s these are the products people would have stood in line for, much like they do for the iPad and iPhone today.


 

  • Follow TechVert

Gizmos:

Diamond Lights Add Bling To Your Bulbs

This creative lightbulb design comes from product designer, Eric Therner. You can pick ‘em up from here if you wanna bling out your apartment.

Gizmos:

Apple Gets in the Battery Game

Apple’s got a new product, again, but this time it’s not a computer, digital music device, or tablet, it’s… a battery charger. Yup, Apple just got into the battery game. Their new battery charger comes with 6 AA nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries.

Apple has also brought these products to market with the environment in mind. The new battery charger not only keeps you from buying and throwing away tons of toxin spewing batteries, but it also cuts off power after the batteries come to a full charge. Clever.

The charger comes with a removable AC plug so you can swap it out for other types of plugs if necessary. You can also use any AA NiMH rechargeable battery, not just the ones that come from Apple. You may never buy another battery again, or at least for the next decade, as Apple says their batteries last for 10 years and for hundreds of charges.




Gizmos:

Hottest Gadgets of the 1980′s

Last week we brought you the hottest gadgets from the 1970’s, and before that we published gadgets from the 1960′s. This may not be the first time these types of technology hit the market, but in the 1980′s these are the products people would have stood in line for, much like they do for the iPad and iPhone today.

[click image to enlarge]

  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4

More on TechVert