Unlike the ambiguously betentacled USB sea creatures we’ve seen before, this is most definitely a USB squid, and not a cuttlefish. Nifer Fahrion makes each DataSquid by hand out of wool, and endows them with USB data storage which is accessible by removing the two long tentacles. 8 gigs worth of squid is $95.
At the Xbox 360 Media Briefing, only moments ago Harmonix and crew just announced the first 10 tracks that will be available in The Beatles: Rock Band. Well you heard it here first, here they are:
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Tax Man
I Am The Walrus
Back In the USSR
Octupus’s Garden
Here Comes The Sun
Get Back
A few special guests stopped by to kick off the celebration including Yoko Ono, Paul and Ringo. Stay tuned for more news as it happens, and stay tuned for pics and video footage later today as well.
If you’re looking for an extremely stripped down way to play media files on a hard drive through your HDTV, this SATA hard drive adapter from Brando is as simple as it’s ever going to get. (Until hard drives themselves get an HDMI connector that is.) It functions like a standard SATA USB adapter, allowing you to connect either a 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hard drive to your PC via USB, but it doubles as a media player too, letting you connect the drive to your hi-def TV via HDMI, without the need for a computer in-between.
It supports pretty much every type of multimedia file you could ever want to play, from MPEGs to VOBs to the all important Divx files when it comes to video, and MP3s, WAVs and even AC3 when it comes to audio. It also comes with a decent sized remote for controlling playback, a basic composite video breakout AV cable and a universal AC adapter, and you can order one now from Brando for $69.
Being a guy in the south cooking on the grill is a way of life. We don’t wait for good weather; all we need is an open flame and a pair of tongs. The cardinal rules are don’t overcook the steaks and keep the wife away from the grill.
Most guys know that when you are cooking a good steak, you don’t just cut it open to see if it’s done. You have to use a thermometer. The catch is that if you are inside cooking something else and the grill flares up you can have a burnt steak quickly.
Keeping the games, controllers and game console tidy and stored out of the way when not in use can be a big issue for some users. Entertainment centers are often too small often leaving a tangled mess of wires and games lying around.
A new storage product for game consoles and accessories called Game On has been unveiled. The device can be mounted to the wall and has an upper shelf that holds games and a lower shelf that holds the game console itself.
One of the features I have often wished that my iPhone had is the ability to be wirelessly synced to iTunes. I can never seem to find my charge and synchronize cable when I need it. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and wireless sync seems like something Apple could offer.
Until the feature is offered by Apple, Alereon has announced that it will be debuting a new iPhone accessory at Computex that will allow wireless synchronization and more. The accessory features one of Alereon’s wireless USB chips inside allowing for full-speed USB connectivity to a Mac or PC without needing a wire.
This Manual Hard Drive Destroyer kind of reminds me of those hand-cranked quarter stamping machines you see all over touristy towns like Las Vegas. But this contraption doesn’t leave your hard drives imprinted with an image of the Luxor. Oh no. Once you’ve inserted your drive, using one of the drive height adapters as needed, you simply turn the handle 8 full rotations and the hard drive will be bent in half ‘approximately’ 90 degrees. And that mangling will pretty much guarantee the platters won’t be able to spin any more, preventing unwanted users from accessing its data.
Now I’m not 100% sure if the data is completely destroyed via this method, as there has to be some government agency with the ability to read even a bent drive, but in a pinch it could at least buy you some time before an incriminating file is recovered.
Wow, this is definitely one of those toys you wish you had thought of first. It’s gonna be a nightmare trying to find these on store shelves come Christmas time. I’m glad I only ever get my friend’s kids war bonds.
There was a lot of cool stuff at Maker Faire this year. Like, seriously, a lot. I was there for both days and I didn’t feel like I managed to see everything, although my sore feet and full memory cards would beg to differ. Gallery of pics, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
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