February 4th, 2010

The Gesture Cube may not be real but it should be

IDENT’s GestIC technology is a gesture-based interface system and they’re showing off by describing a cube of some sort that allows you to turn, twist, and pinch your data in 3D. Each side will have different functions and you can access messages and the web just by slipping and sliding on the surface.

This is obviously as real right now as the Yeti but you could imaging something like the iPad… → Read More

October 14th, 2008

Test your geekdom with these extreme Rubik's Cube-ish V-CUBEs

I still can’t do the original Rubik’s Cube after watching a couple of YouTube instructional videos. Technically, these are called VCUBES but still retain all of the original’s fun. I’m thinking that these would make a great stocking stuffer for the math major in your family with prices starting at $35. Check the video after the break of a dude solving one of the 7x7x7 in… → Read More

January 11th, 2008

Iona Cube: Dead simple Internet radio for under $50

http://progressive.playstream.com/playstream/progressive/flashplayers/FLVPlayer.swf Conventional Internet radio hardware devices are about to get a kick in the expensive, cumbersome pants if Cambridge Consultants has anything to say on the matter. I got a quick peek at the pretty-much-ready-to-go Iona Cube concept at CES and I was mightily impressed. If and when this doodad finds a distributor, I… → Read More

May 16th, 2007

CrunchArcade: Puzzles on the Portables

Big things do indeed come in small packages, and this is notably true of the some of the latest puzzle games for the Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable. These offerings might not be overly complex, but don’t call them simplistic. They’re the types of games that are easy to learn, hard to master and even harder to put down. More importantly puzzle games are also the kind that are instant… → Read More