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Latest Video: Unboxing Live 041: Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition PS3 bundle

We open up the elusive gunmetal-colored Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 Limited Edition bundle in this episode.
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Unboxing Live 037: TokyoFlash Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Accessories, Clothing, Features, Videocasts


If there’s one thing we like about Japan, it’s how their wicked cool technology meshes with their interesting pop culture preferences. We think the Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch from TokyoFlash fits into that category. In fact, just about every TokyoFlash watch meets that criteria. They go out of their way to come up with some of the most interesting ways of telling time that we’ve seen. In this episode, we give you the rundown on the Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch. It features 72 lights, which make it nice and bright. The time is read by reading the hours on the left hand side, and the minutes on the right. It takes a little getting used to, but it’s definitely an attention-grabber.


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Etch-A-Sketch Doubles as Clock

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Design, Household, Misc. Tech, Toys, Videos

We have discovered many odd clocks at Gear Live and this prototype is no exception.  Made out one of our fave toys, the Etch-A-Sketch Clock, built on the Arduino platform, was designed by the New York mechanical engineer Angela Yuan. When a minute goes by, the device tilts, shakes to remove the current display, and changes it to update the time. We think it is a novel idea and hope Ms.Yuan continues her creative streak.

Read More | Angela Yuan

Holux GPS Logger Unveiled

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: GPS, Misc. Tech, Wireless / WiFi, USB

Holux GPS LoggerHolux has released the M-241 wireless GPS logger with dual interface (Bluetooth and USB GPS-mouse) and memory capable of recording up to 130,000 positions such as longitude, latitude, altitude, and time. Running on one AA battery, it has a 32 x 8.9mm display for position, speed, available memory, date, and time. You can set it either by distance or time in one of 3 languages. The logger can be yours for ~$80.00 on Amazon.

Read More | Holux

Tibida, For Binary Clock Watchers

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Design, Misc. Tech

Tibida WatchTokyoflash has alerted us to the most recent of its watches with the Tibida. It has 42 white LEDs and tells time by hour, minute, or binary. The lower display shows the hours, while the upper displays the minutes, and you count each individual LED as a progression of 5 minutes. Choose between red, blue, or black face in stainless steel or black case with orange face. The watch is available through the February 5 for 12,900 JPY ($122.00,) with free shipping included.

Read More | TokyoFlash

Spam Some Time

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Design, Household, Misc. Tech, Transportation

Spam Travel Alarm ClockOne truly can never have enough Spam. Its makers seems to know this and consistently provide its high quality foodstuff and enough product placement to make us positively ecstatic. This time it is the Spam Compact Travel Alarm Clock. Operating on a single watch battery (included,) the blue clock stands 2-inches tall and displays “Spam American Classic Est.1937,” should anyone forget. Pop up the time display with a simple push of a button. Available online for only $5.00 each, buy several and Spamalot.

Read More | Spam Alarm Clock Product Page

Clock Rotates in Time

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Design, Misc. Tech

Time Cube ClockFor those who like their clocks to do more than tell time but can’t handle cuckoos or annoying chimes, Chinavasion offers the Time Cube Desk Clock. Triangular sections rotate around a central line to divulge seconds, minutes, and hours. After 12 hours, it begins the process again. At a size 96 x 96 x 96 mm, it uses 1 AA battery. You can order online for a price of $11.82 and, after getting it home, spend the next two days in geometric bliss.

Read More | Chinavasion

Eliminate Learning a Second Language

Posted by Sheila Franklin
Categories: Misc. Tech, Transportation

Verbal Translator

It’s about time somebody thought this would be a good idea. Nyrius’ Verbal Translator speaks and displays languages including French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Swedish, Portuguese, Dutch,Turkish, and English. It also has 8 conversational categories with full phrases, and alarm, phone book, world time display, and headphone jack so no one has to know that you are not bi-lingual. Made of plastic, and at a size of 4 x 21 x 1-inches, its MSRP is $69.98.

Read More | Taylor Gifts

Time Magazine’s Cover Feature on Halo 3 Draws Fire

Posted by Paul Hamilton
Categories: Bungie, Culture, First Person Shooters, Microsoft, Xbox 360

Time Magazine Cover With Halo 3Time Magazine has on their cover this week but the feature inside the magazine, written by Lev Grossman, has raised the hackles on the necks of several game writers. Dan Zuccarelli from Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites takes Grossman to task for what he feels is an ill-researched piece. It’s not hard to see where Zuccarelli is coming from. In the third paragraph the Time article calls an exclusive and the inset graphic (reprinted on BBPS) shows a fan mod Xbox 360 featuring Halo 3 artwork rather than the actual Halo 3 Special Edition Xbox 360, not to mention mis-labeling the Heroclix Scarab as merely a “sculpture.”

What really has some people frothing though is Grossman’s obvious bias against gamers that seeps from nearly every paragraph as he repeatedly refers to them as antisocial, unhealthy, unpopular and even twice refers to gamers as residing in a ghetto. It’s not clear whether he refers to a literal ghetto or if he’s being metaphorical, but either way it doesn’t seem particularly balanced or neutral in tone.

Read More | Time via The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites


Bleeding Edge Byte 027: The Time Fountain, Behind The Scenes

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Hack Attack, Short Bytes, Features, Mods / Hacks, Science, Videocasts


Unless you dropped off the face of the earth a few weeks ago, you probably ran across our own Nate True’s Time Fountain. In case you missed it, do a quick search and you will find it all over the Internet. We decided to take a closer look at what makes the Time Fountain tick. If you were amazed by the original video, consider this your “behind the scenes” look, explaining how the DIY project works.

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Bleeding Edge Byte 027: The Time Fountain, Behind The Scenes

Posted by Andru Edwards
Categories: Features, Mods / Hacks, Science, Videocasts


Unless you dropped off the face of the earth a few weeks ago, you probably ran across our own Nate True’s Time Fountain. In case you missed it, do a quick search and you will find it all over the Internet. We decided to take a closer look at what makes the Time Fountain tick. If you were amazed by the original video, consider this your “behind the scenes” look, explaining how the DIY project works.

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