Hothead Technologies and Kennesaw State University are currently testing an RFID-enabled helmet that tracks the body temperature of a player and promises to lessen dangerous instances of over heating. In the last decade, companies have looked into developing systems to better measure player temperat...

Last week, a federal district court in New York approved a settlement declaring that people who bought certain models of rear-projection DLP TVs from Toshiba between January 1, 2004, and September 18, 2008, are eligible for cash refunds. The class-action lawsuit, Ersler v. Toshiba of America Inc., h...

Over the last four years, TVBLOB, an Italian-based company with a funny name, has sought to bring about the most comprehensive software of web-based features on a TV set. At this week's CeBit conference in Germany, TVBLOB finally unveiled the first IPTV media box packing that software, the BLOBBox. ...

Sony's TV division has apparently decided that the next great feature in televisions has nothing to do with image contrast, brightness, or green efficiency standards. Instead, they’re going to make rain- and freeze-proof TVs. Clearly, this TV will be for people who, having survived the global apoc...

Panasonic has figured out a plan how to sell off its $70,000, 103-inch TVs in a tough economy. Sell them to companies in the business of building other niche applications, and have them put together a gadget that an even fewer number of people can appreciate. That doesn't sound economically feasible...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and outdoor cooking company Jetboil have jointly announced a 'voluntary' recall of two of the latter's top-selling stoves due to a potential fire hazard. According to the statement, a tight valve attached to the stove's fuel canister (be it the company's o...

Pop singer Michael Jackson is set to sell off 2,000 of his most cherished posessions in an upcoming auction intended to bring in a huge amount of money to pay off his various debts. Why do we care? Because it turns out the King of Pop collected a huge amount of interesting gadgets and it'll be inter...

German-based Ultrasone is debuting its newest headphones with a wily concept that's a perfect recipe for success during these economy-crippled times: An elegant, super high-end design that includes interior ear cups covered in Ethiopian sheepskin, an exterior base made out of ruthenium metal, and go...

: Photo: Coors BrewingBeer and gadgets have gone hand in hand since Babylonian brewmeisters first used clay pots to ferment their mash. In the millennia since, technological innovations have often accompanied beermaking, and occasionally improved it. Some were quite important. The recycling breakthr...

Electronics maker Bang & Olufsen is releasing a 500GB digital audio player this month that uses an intelligent 'music identity' system similar to Pandora.com's and Microsoft's MixView. But sadly, its BeoSound 5 system is likely to only end up in the showcase rooms of America's richest families. ...