25 posts tagged ‘Gadgets’
Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes
Boing Boing,
When Jacob Vosmaer's wife pointed out his unhealthy habit of sitting motionless at his desk for hours, he built a deliberately annoying device he calls "The Beeper." This small box, mounted away from his desk, forces him to get up and move regularly—or face the consequences of random, shrill beeping that won't stop until he physically walks over to silence it. — Read the rest The post Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes appeared first on Boing Boing.
ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data
Want to utterly wipe a drive? ShredOS will do it for you. Install it to a USB stick, boot from said stick, and let it annihilate all those ones and zeroes. READ BOING BOING AD-FREE! ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. — Read the rest The post ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data appeared first on Boing Boing.
Did you remember to turn your computer off before midnight?
It is one now quarter of a century since you were expected to turn your computer off before midnight, like a digital Gremlin. The stickers may still be found on eBay for reasonable prices. The stickers' authenticity can hardly be guaranteed; if you still have a Packard Bell PC, it might now be worth more than you paid for it. — Read the rest The post Did you remember to turn your computer off before midnight? appeared first on Boing Boing.
CES has almost fully succeeded in chasing sex-tech off its show floors
TechCrunch,
CES has long been a launchpad for innovation and cutting-edge technology. However, at this year’s event, there was a conspicuous void: the near-absence of sex tech. Despite being an industry that caters to a universal human experience, sex tech has always had an uneasy association with CES. This year, its conspicuous absence begs the question: […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
MouthPad is a tiny tongue-operated mousepad for the top of your mouth
My favorite thing about MouthPad is that's how you'd say the word "mousepad" if you were wearing one: it fits into the top of your mouth and you use your tongue on it as a pointing device. Engadget's Cherlynn Low spotted it at CES in Vegas. — Read the rest The post MouthPad is a tiny tongue-operated mousepad for the top of your mouth appeared first on Boing Boing.
The worst tech you can buy in 2023
Brian Merchant hails the worst tech of 2023, an anti-gift guide for the holiday season that "sits atop an intersection of so many discouraging trendlines that I can't help but get depressed by them." The authority-friendly Amazon Ring doorbell, which looks out but sees within, is a solid pick—as is well-hacked ethnicity-testing site 23andMe, also authority-friendly. — Read the rest
Yamaha betting that we've hit the "5-disc CD changer" stage of the retro audio technology cycle
What I like about Yamaha's blocky yet handsome new CD-C603 5-disc CD changer is that it looks just like it was made 30 years ago, but could now also contain—hypothetically—enough storage to hold millions of songs in lossless formats, and all sorts of other technological gadgetry besides, within its gargantuan chassis. — Read the rest
Apple's Magic Mouse hacked to be ergonomic
Ivan Kuleshov hacked the Magic Mouse so that it wouldn't hurt to use it anymore, re-housing it in a taller and more ergonomic casing. All its nice features are preserved and his precise work has the fit (if not quite the finish) you'd expect of an Apple gadget—albeit one that's famously designed with looks in mind. — Read the rest