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The grating sounds produced by most alarm clocks are enough to have you starting the day with a piercing headache. Whether it’s with an annoying electronic beep or old-fashioned brain-busting bell, being forced out of your restful REM is no fun for anyone. Maybe the sounds of a rushing waterfall [...]

You’ve probably seen the giant green screens that are used by Hollywood movie producers in all sorts of special effects shots. They essentially give the engineers the ability to place an actor into just about any environment without them actually having to be there in person. Not bad if you [...]

There really isn’t much that I can say about the Hitachi HP-CN12 earphones, but in the name of bringing our readers the news (no matter how boring) I must press on. It seems like everyone and their brother is coming out with a line of multi-colored in-ear headphones, so why [...]

LEDs are finding their way into almost every aspect of our lives. They are relatively cheap to manufacture, they last just about forever, and they look cool. So whether it’s in a new television or the flashlight that’s sitting on your workbench, LEDs have a welcome place in our homes. [...]

Everyone knows that motorcycles are cool. From Easy Rider to Ghost Rider, the symbol of the lone cyclist cruising down the road, the wind whipping through his hair is something that is now part of the indelible pop-culture landscape. We also know that your level of cool tends to go [...]

When it comes to cool cleaning contraptions it seems like Dyson has cornered the market with their award-winning (and brightly colored) line of cyclone vacuum cleaners. Not to be outdone, the Japanese have put their own spin on these oft-maligned sanatation devices with their latest offering, the Escargot Cyclone Vacuum [...]

There are no shortage of devices, gadgets, and gizmos dedicated to making your iPod experience all it can be. From plug in speakers to covers the market seems to have more products than it can handle. Earphones are another product that has spawned a healthy aftermarket and when it comes [...]

I like to keep things neat. This means that when it comes to charging my electronics I have to find some way of managing all of the cords and charging bases littering my office. Normally, I just put them all in the same place, but they end up looking like [...]

Unlike the folks at Go Computer (a division of FirstStreet, makers of gadgets for the near-geriatric), I think that designing and marketing a computer that is specifically meant for older people (anyone over 65 I suppose) is somewhat of a shot in the dark. I liken it to making a [...]

For those of you that have had to deal with the less-than-stellar technologies for controlling a mouse during on-screen projections you know how hit and miss they can be. Often they cause your pointer to move agonizingly slow or create irritating jumpy movements that can have you ready to smash [...]