Tag: DUMB GADGETS

It seems that normal civilians aren't the only people experiencing difficulty with their GPS systems these days. According to the Telegraph, England's North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has told its employees not to rely solely on their ambulances' GPS systems anymore. Paul Liversidge, the company's director of ambulance operations, told the paper that the change was necessary, since his ...

As far as computer ports go -- and technologies in general -- USB has got to be the friendliest. Not only does it lovingly accept almost any kind of gadget imaginable, it also generously parcels out power to those gadgets so that they don't need to be plugged into a wall. As a result, it's quickly become the de facto interface for our printers, scanners, digital cameras, iPods, thumb drives and ...

Question number one: Who buys this stuff? Chinese company Sundayo has released its highly-unanticipated USB Eye Massager, which is meant for those of us who spend our days staring into the pixilated abyss known as the computer monitor. But it also begs question number two: Does using your real fingers to manually massage your eyes really require that much effort -- especially at the risk of ...