gadgetry

A CES Long Shot: Meet the Beamz, Guitar Hero's Odd Cousin

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

One of the little pleasures of the Consumer Electronics Show is checking out the quirky, weird stuff produced by small-time companies working off of a gut feeling. Like this odd game/instrument, which retails for $200.

Tablet Schmablet: How About a Mud PC?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 23, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

The new Wondertablet the guys at Gizmodo showed off last night looks cool. But you can’t actually touch one right now unless you know someone very connected at Microsoft. But you know what you can touch? Today? A PC you control by shoving your hands in a box full of mud. All you have to do is get yourself to Gizmodo’s awesome gadget gallery in New York during the next few days.