Gadgets

June 21, 2006Gadgets, general, WebMapping

Opera 9 and widgets

As you all may know I am a fan of the widget. Konfabulator was wonderful, Yahoo Widgets made them more ubiquitous, and of course Apple stole widgets from Konfabulator 🙂 […]
June 20, 2006Gadgets, general, VirtualEnvironments

Use tablet instead of table to control GE

Inspired by the Smackbook demo and the tabletop Google Earth at the Where Fair, I am trying to use my Toshiba M200 tablet to control Google Earth (and others). Unlike […]
May 12, 2006Gadgets, general

The Compass Coat

That’s right – always know which way you’re going with the Compass Coat, part of a research project on wearable devices, so sadly not available for purchase anytime soon. The […]
May 10, 2006Gadgets, general

Iowa States C6 VR room upgrading to 100 million pixels

Iowa State, a long time leader in the VR realm, has upped the ante by taking their 6 wall VR room from 6 projectors to 24 (4 per wall). The […]
May 8, 2006Gadgets, general

GPS gaming with PSP

Engadget is doing a live blog from the Sony pre-show at E3. So far they have announced that the PSP will have a compatable GPS by Winter 2006 and they […]
April 21, 2006Gadgets, general, General, Human Geography

Sometimes you have to look at the ACTUAL road

The Times online has a rather amusing article on the dangers of relying on our technology too much. Apparently quite a few drivers have ignored road signs and conditions in […]
April 21, 2006Gadgets, general, General

Get your spidey tracer!

Think Geek has a pretty cool device for all you spy fans out there (and a for those that aren’t). Use the portable GPS USB Tracker to track your pay […]
April 20, 2006Gadgets, general

Genius! Use any memory stick to play MP3s

Listener Alex just emailed me about how he listens to the podcast during his drive time. He uses a $30 device, the VR3, that allows you to use any USB […]
April 15, 2006Gadgets, general, Navigation

Review of the TomTom 910

Laptop Magazine has a review of the TomTom Go 910. The general upshot? It does what it is supposed to do to get you from point A to point B […]
April 5, 2006Gadgets, general

Google Earth in cars (in Japan)

Ummm…Update: Engadget booboo’d Apparently Honda Japan will be incorporating Google Earth into one of their premium services and linking it with wirless capabilities to support real-time traffic information. Volkswagen showed […]