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Six Crazy Concept Bikes You'll Never Ride
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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Ultralight folding bikes, a bicycle made of cardboard, and a street cruiser with an infinitely variable transmission are just a few of the way-out concepts in this gallery of prototypes and high-end fringe bicycles.
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Wired Video: How to Make Carrot 'Caviar'
Posted: May 5th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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Chef and food hacker Michael Zbyszynksi explains how to make carrot caviar using ordinary carrot juice and a common chemical. In Gadget Lab.
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Steampunk Jeweler Makes Tiny Clockwork Tchotchkes
Posted: May 1st, 2008, 4:30pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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Jeweler Ricky Wolbrom makes handcrafted, 'steampunk' jewelry out of Swiss watch parts and sells them on craft site Etsy.
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Five Failed 3-D Technologies
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 2:40pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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From red-green specs to head-mounted virtual reality displays, Wired.com brings you five 3-D technologies that never really took off. In Gadget Lab.
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Goodbye, U740; Hello, Alias: Phones Get Better Names
Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 2:45pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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Handset manufacturers are starting to replace their products' obscure, alphanumeric names with more memorable monikers, like "Alias," "Soul" and "Xperia."
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Nokia Unveils WiMax-Enabled Internet Tablet
Posted: April 1st, 2008, 3:25pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet will soon be available with support for long-range, high-bandwidth WiMax wireless networking.
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Greenpeace Says Sony TZ Is Greenest Laptop
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Gadget Lab Blog
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According to a study released by Greenpeace, Sony's TZ series of notebooks are the most environmentally friendly laptops.
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Matching Up Current Tech News With Oscar-Nominated Films
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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In observation of the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Gadget Lab crew attempts to see all the year's best in a crazy movie marathon week. They match up three of this year's nominees with their favorite current tech stories.
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HD-DVD Death Is Official; Downloads to Kill Blu-Ray Next
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 8:30pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Reuters confirms Toshiba will cease manufacturing HD-DVD equipment, which leaves Blu-Ray as the presumptive victor in the irrelevant optical disk format war. Rob Beschizza reports in his Gadget Lab blog.
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Sci-Fi Dreams We Could Build if They Weren't So Damn Expensive
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:10pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Orbiting hotels, transatlantic tunnels, android armies -- these are all technically feasible projects given today's technology, if you just have a big enough budget. But how big exactly? Wired's Rob Beschizza does the math.
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Who Dares Call The Garmin Nuviphone an iPhone-Killer?
Posted: January 31st, 2008, 1:30pm EST by Gadget Lab blog
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Garmin's Nuviphone promises to wed GPS with cellphone, using finesse and flair. Lots of people are comparing it to the iPhone.
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Samsung YP-U3 Featherweight Media Player Packs Haymaker Sound
Posted: January 25th, 2008, 5:00pm EST by Gadget Lab blog
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A pack-of-gum sized audio player sports 2 GB of flash memory, FM radio, data storage, LED display, EQ controls and voice recording ... all for less than $100.
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New Chip Gives Speed Boost to Ultraportable PCs
Posted: January 24th, 2008, 3:30pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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A new chip from Via Technologies, which supplies processors to ultraportables from OQO, Samsung, Packard Bell and others, promises to double the performance of the super-small computers in which it's embedded.
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Eye-Popping Demos, Overpriced Accessories on Display at Macworld
Posted: January 16th, 2008, 7:30pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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With Macworld 2009 around the corner, we take a look back and a look forward at the state of Apple, a company that has moved beyond cult status to become a dominant player in computers, music and mobile phones.
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Wired Video: Hands-On With the MacBook Air
Posted: January 16th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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In this one-minute video, Wired's Jose Fermoso checks out Apple's new, ultra-light, ultra-slim MacBook Air. -
Set-Top Box Delivers Unlimited Porn for $10 a Month
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 5:40pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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At the Adult Entertainment Expo, held concurrently with CES in Las Vegas, FyreTV demonstrated an internet-connected set-top box that provides all the high-definition porn video you can watch for $10 per month. -
Wired Video: Flexible PCs, Ultrablack TVs and CES Madness
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Gadget Lab blog
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The Wired News video crew brings you highlights from Day 1 of CES 2008, including Pioneer's TVs with "absolute blacks," Alienware's wrap-around monitor for gamers who want totally immersive play, and some futuristic concepts from Fujitsu. Plus WowWee's Tribot: It spins! -
CES Highlights: Tiny MP3 Players, Massive TVs and Sexy Phones
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Overwhelmed by the tsunami of news coming out of CES? Don't worry: We put together this short summary of the highlights from Day 1 of the gadget-lovers' tradeshow. -
Panasonic's Enormous 150-Inch Plasma TV Dwarfs Competitors
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 5:25pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Panasonic steps out for CES keynote presentation in a big way, unveiling a 150-inch display it calls the Life Screen. -
Hit Me! How to Understand Vizio's New TVs in Vegas Terms
Posted: January 7th, 2008, 3:45pm EST by Gadget Lab Blog
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Vizio unleashed a torrent of 30 TV models in their press conference at CES. How to make sense of all those models? We explain it all in terminology any visitor to Vegas could understand.