Category Archivegadgets
Gizmodo on 07 Nov 2006
WizardOne Battery Charger, Analyzer and Conditioner
Are your AA rechargeable batteries dying after only a few minutes of use? The WizardOne MH-C9000 Battery Charger and Analyzer can give them little bit more life through analysis and conditioning. In addition to showing your batteries’ max charge, the WizardOne can break them. You input the maximum charge, and the gadget performs a “forming” charge, juicing them up to the optimum capacity.
There’s also a cycle mode that charges and discharges batteries automatically for up to 15 cycles, useful for resetting a battery that lost a great deal of its charge. The WizardOne ships in December for $69, and is pretty useful if you go through a lot of AAs in various electronics around the house. – Jason Chen
Product Site [Maha Energy via i4u]
Gizmodo on 07 Nov 2006
ThinkGeek’s Battlestar Galactica-Inspired USB Snowbot
Inspired by the Centurian model rather than Number Six (damn!), this USB Snowbot has a speed-variable LED eye, adjustable arms, red or blue eyeball glow, and an evil sound to make you say “what the frak was that?”
Much better than Frosty the Snowdork, this $14.99 Snowbot is the perfect present for Xmas or Cylon day, whichever you celebrate. See out more pictures of the bot after the jump.




– Jason Chen
Product Page [ThinkGeek]
Gizmodo on 07 Nov 2006
Batman Projection Alarm Clock
Quickly Nightwing, to the Batmobile! The replacement commissioner, Commissioner Clock King, has thrown up a Batsignal that also shows what time it is.
Apparently this new Batsignal, which is powered by both AC and AA batteries, can tell the time and wake me up in the morning after a long night of partying and pounding criminals. It’s also only $29.95, and comes with a nice sculpture of yours truly. – Jason Chen
Product Page [What on Earth via Uber Gizmo]
Gizmodo on 07 Nov 2006
Zabady Streams TV Around The House With Wi-Fi
Japan’s Twinbird is coming out with a gadget that wirelessly streams TV all throughout your humble abode. Called the Zabady (which is Yiddish, I believe, for “wild” or “crazy”), it’s comprised of a 7-inch screen that sports a 480×234-pixel resolution and a corresponding dock. A/V sources like TVs and DVD players are plugged into the dock, which then uses Wi-Fi to spit the image out to the 7-inch screen. Think of it like a Slingbox, but for short distance location shifting.
The inclusion of Wi-Fi may be impressive, but it’s all for naught if the screen is rubbish. – Nicholas Deleon
Product Page (in Japanese) [Twinbird via Akihabara News]
Gizmodo on 07 Nov 2006
Nixon Watch Doubles as Recorder
If those LED watches are still giving you trouble, perhaps you’d be better off with a watch like this. The Nixon Dictator lets you store up to 8 different voice recordings (3.5 minutes total) inside its tiny retro casing. We wish it’d give you a bit more recording time, but for $120 bucks, it’s not bad at all. It’s available in black or brown. – Louis Ramirez
Gizmodo on 06 Nov 2006
The One Second Condom
Do you lose your “happiness” thanks to your inability to apply a condom quickly? Here comes the Pronto Condom, a prophylactic with built-in applicator that allows you to apply a condom in about a second. The condoms, which go on sale in South Africa, are marketed towards people who don’t normally use condoms because they’re too mood-inhibitive.
Mr van Rensburg said he looked at the research into South Africa’s Aids problem and found that low condom use was a real factor and this was largely because people found them difficult to use.
“People find it’s a passion-killer and they’re willing to take their chances.”
This reminds us of the (fake?) Condom on and the real Speedstrip Applicator Condom. Check out that video here. – Jason Chen
Update: Moved the movie after the jump for those poor bastards at work.
Product Page [Pronto Condoms]
Fast condoms on sale in S Africa [BBC - Thanks Rory!]