The worlds first laptop looked a little different than the ones we’re used to today.
The Osbourne 1, introduced to the world April 1981 boasted a 5 inch monitor, 64k of RAM, dual 5-1/4 inch, 91K floppy drives, weighed in at 24.5 pounds and had a sticker price of only $1795.00. A steal, considering it came […]

This isn’t some replica, it’s the real deal. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the actual yellow MFP Interceptor that Max drove in the original Mad Max movie before he got mad and switched to the black interceptor was recently up for sale on eBay.
This 1976 Ford Falcon 500 XB (ex Victoria Police Interceptor) packs a […]

With gas prices going through the roof here in North America, I thought I might start a series of posts on car modifications that anyone can try to help cut down on the amount of fuel they’re using.
This is my favorite so far. This mod will really cut down on trips to the pump, […]

There’s retro gadgets, then there’s really retro gadgets. Got some Druid blood in you and a hankering for the simplicity of the good old ancient times. From the Sharpe Products web page…
Now, you too can hold the legend and ageless wonder of Stonehenge in the palm of your hand by claiming The Stonehenge […]

Now here’s my kind of gadgety goodness. Hulger, a London-based company (formerly known as Pokia) has come out with the P*PHONE, something that they’re billing as ‘retro phones of the future‘.
The P*PHONE is an old school style headset which comes with several adaptors for your mobile as well as a Y-cable which will allow […]

Now here’s a silly invention. Oliver MacCarthy, a student at Brunel University in the UK has designed an intelligent clothes peg which apparently uses some simple forecasting equipment embedded within the device to predict the weather. If the device thinks that it might rain within the next little while, then it locks shut […]

Are you a gaming geek with several thousand dollars to burn? Well, just come right this way sir/madam and let me introduce you to this line of Personal Video Arcade machines put out by US-based DreamAuthentics.
Now these may look like old school arcade cabinets, but don’t let that fool you. These puppies pack […]

Recently, those wacky folks on Attack of the Show on the G4 channel pimped out a Big Wheel. As you can see from the photo, they tricked her out with a DVD player, GPS, neon lights, extra wheels and assorted other bling-bling. You can check out more photos at the show’s web site […]

Engadget has done a fantastic post today that takes a look back at the world of gadgets as they were in 1985. They’ve made the post look like an actual BBS site from back in the day, with ASCII headers and crummy quality images and it’s full of reviews of gadgets that we actually […]

Sorry, being a radio geek, I can’t help myself when I see stuff like this. Crosley Radio, a company that’s been in the biz since 1920 has got this neat little unit slated to come out in 2006.
The Explorer 1, named after NASA’s first successful launch back in 1958, is an interesting tabletop sound […]