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Bluetooth wristwatch with detachable LCD (which doubles as headset)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 05:02 AM PDT

Not everything Tokyo-based crap gadget maker Thanko churns out is necessarily silly or utterly useless. The infamous company is now offering a Bluetooth wristwatch [JP] with a pretty clever concept: it allows you to detach the device’s LCD and use it as a wireless headset, for example in case you want to make calls or listen to music.

Thanko says the wristwatch is basically compatible to all phones that support Bluetooth 1.2, for example the iPhone or Blackberry. According to the company, its redial function allows you to make a call to the last number dialed by the push of a button. The display can show the current time, the number you just dialed etc.

You can charge the watch via USB for 2 hours, which gives you power for 120 hours stand-by, three to four hours for phone calls, or five to six hours for listening to music via the headset.

People living outside Japan can get the device over at Geek Stuff 4 U (price: $114.95).

Fix Apple’s boo-boo with a Band-Aid

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Do you feel that it's unreasonable (or simply not possible) to change the way you hold your iPhone? Do you also think that the bumper case is aesthetically akin to the Car Bra? Don't mind a bit of Kitsch? Sweet. Listen up. Apple, while trying to wiggle out of it, made a bit of a boo-boo with the iPhone 4's antennae. And what makes boo-boos all better? A band-aid, of course!


Seagate’s GoFlex Home is a ever-so-slightly more convenient NAS

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 05:00 AM PDT


You probably remember the GoFlex system, a recent Seagate innovation that adds some versatility to their drives at the cost of you having to buy adapters from them in order to achieve said versatility. Well, the family has a new member in the GoFlex Home, which is a GoFlex-type NAS.

It plugs into your router and provides the usual NAS services: streaming media to compatible devices, automatic wireless backup, and so on. But what makes it a GoFlex? Glad you asked. While you’ll buy the Home with a 1TB or 2TB drive included, you can swap out the one you bought with a larger GoFlex drive or add storage to the USB slot on the back, there.

I’m not sure I see the utility here. If you’re planning on buying one of these and then, say, upgrading it in a year, why not just spend the money now on a Drobo or another multi-drive NAS? Simplicity is one answer, of course, and the GoFlex Home seems to be pretty much plug-and-play, but 2TB for the whole family is going to fill up pretty fast and you’re going to wish you had three or four drive slots to put naked HDDs in.

Anyway, the 1TB will run you $160, and the 2TB will go for $230. It seems like a bit much to me, considering the variety of NAS systems out there. GoFlex is a good idea for power users, but for the home NAS market, it doesn’t seem to bring much to the party.

New coffee shop concept? One iPad for every table

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 04:06 AM PDT

Apple doesn’t break down country-specific sales numbers, but it’s safe to say that Japan has come to embrace the iPad, too. Case in point: ease [JP], a cafe in Marunouichi Building in central Tokyo, which offers its guests one iPad for every table.

It seems all the iPads are left largely unattended and unsecured – that’s Japan for you.

All pictures taken from Twitpic: 1,2,3 (shot by wrightak and maro_ts)

Via TomokoHosaka

CrunchGear Week in Review: Alternate Energy Edition

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

DIY: Make your own glow stick fluid

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:56 PM PDT

Like glowsticks? Wanna make your own, and put them into whatever container you prefer? The video above will show you step by step instructions on how to make your own glowstick fluid in various colors using chemicals available on the internet. As the person who made the video warns you though, it is cheaper to buy them in a store then to make your own.

[via Hackaday]

Wired predicted the iPad in 1999

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:00 PM PDT

This is odd. Wired predicted the iPad way back in 1999. It seems the iPad was an internal meme long before anyone could even begin to build one.

via BoingBoing


Porsche Design P´6612 Dashboard Le Mans 1970 Limited Edition Watch

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 02:46 AM PDT

While it has nothing to do with the actual theme of the watch, when I first laid eyes on this new limited edition Porsche Design P'6612 Dashboard Le Mans 1970 timepiece, I thought of something a bit kinky. You know, those lace-up on the sides leather pants, corsets, and other lingerie/bondage outfits? You know, because of that cross-stitching in red thread on the black leather strap. Then I toned it back a bit, and thought to myself "this isn't a watch that people are going to wear with those types of outfits. The watch also reminds me of hip shoes - which are something that someone might easily choose to wear the watch with. So below, you'll find a few Nike's with matching color schemes and red laces.


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