Category: Gadget Head

Hype Check: Gibson Robot Guitar On December 7, guitar enthusiasts around the nation will be able to get their callused hands on the Gibson Robot Guitar, a first-of-its-kind, self-tuning instrument packed with a computer and motorized tuners. This special edition Les Paul will initially only be available in limited quantities -- 10 guitars for each of 400 retailers across the nation. What it ...

According to none other than Wired magazine, T-shirts have come into their own as a form of media, one that uniquely documents messages and stories, not to mention emergent technologies and companies changing the way we use the Internet. Here at Switched, we write a lot about these next-gen, "Web 2.0" companies and technologies, which include everyone from MySpace and Facebook to Twitter ...

Proving yet again that we haven't run out of good ideas (as a species), the folks at Charles and Marie (we'll call them "Charles and Marie") have released one of the most logical items we've seen in some time. Like Sunday mornings, it's easy: The mug turns from off to on when filled with hot liquid, and then goes back to off when your beverage is drinkable again. 25 bucks is a bit on the pricey ...

Even though listening to the Backstreet Boys version of 'Christmas Time' every hour on the hour -- at least while we're out shopping -- makes us want to seal our eyes and ears with a caulking gun, we still like to get into the holiday spirit... we just want to do it on our own terms. So, for those of us who want to spruce up our cubicles for the holidays and would rather skip those lame snow ...

Anybody with a lot of gadgets has a lot of cables, which can get tangled and unsightly without too much effort. The clutter-averse gadget head or neat-freak in your life will find the ingeniously-designed Cable Turtles to be useful. The doughnut-shaped rubber Cable Turtles flip inside out to reveal a central pole that is used to wrap your power cord around. When you're done wrapping, you just ...

Of the types of people who would salivate over a silly little robotic-dog-cum-speaker-system, kids and gadget heads are probably at the top of the list. Yes, the original iteration of this robo-dog speaker -- which blasts music from your iPod, computer, or other audio device -- came out last year, but he (or she) has been given a makeover. The new i-Dog Amp'd ($35) now features stereo-sound, ...

Sony's all-singing, all-dancing music/speaker/playing/thingamabob has finally touched down (in Japan, at least), and it's every inch the head-scratcher we thought it would be. The Sony Rolly is a motion-controlled device, with sensors that tell it which way is up. In other words, it's a music-playing robotic orb from the same people who brought you Aibo. Confused? It doesn't matter -- just ...