• Apple released a new iPod. Isn't it a beauty? But note the proprietary headphones. • Shamwow illustrates the human condition. • Laptop Lifts help keep cool air flowing around your crotch baker. • Behold! Black iPig. • French gadget bags are pretty. • Make your own net...

• Take a tour of a Wurlitzer Factory--in 1950. • Three years of visualized GPS data track one man's Bay Area runs. • Charles Shopsin helped us get our PS3 running as a media player. It's a shame, writes Daniel Campos, that the remote control is so bad. • Steamnocchio won a Steamp...

• The Japanese aren't buying an awful lot of iPhones. But do they hate them? • See an iPhone running System7. MacPaint! Hypercard! • Samsung's NX puts a DSLR sensor in a point-and-shoot's body. • Retrowerk's steampunk watch is hot -- and hard on your wallet. • Curl up with a...

• Mat Honan has a geocaching quest for you. What's in the bag? Hint: it isn't at the bottom of the sea near Pyongyang. • Want a 1.4-pound Mac? Here's OSX installed on the Vaio P! Maybe! • We got a look at the Sigma DP2 point 'n' shoot. • Ritz Camera is bankrupt. • Circuit Ci...

• Guest blogger Mat Honan told us about Ramune and the Mystery of the Codd Stopper Bottle. • Samsung went retro with its latest point-and-shoot camera: analog dials! • We learned that Power Factor correction is a scam. • An office chair's hydraulic column reportedly exploded, kil...

Despite only attracting "only" 110,000 attendees, there was still a lot to see and a lot of fun had at 2009's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. First impressions were downbeat, but we found things to look positive about and ended up having a great time with some of the tech toys we'll be seeing on...

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked forward to Sony's not-a-netbook, wondered at Apple's love of farts, and enjoyed Unboxing Day. John spotted lightsaber nunchaku and an armadillo breadbox. How about a fantastic Rubik's Cube lamp, a 1962 Sears brand chemistry set, and space-age origami? Don't...

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, there was a retro 1920's airplane-cockpit clock, a 2mm-thick table, and—Lord help us—Burger King cologne. Still not done your christmas shopping? Make it easy with our guide to wonderful gadgets. Add your suggestions in the comments. If you want an Apple Netbook,...

Recently at Boing Boing Gadgets, we endured Black Friday (which turned out to be Gray Friday for gadgets) and mundane gadget spam to bring you delights like humping USB M.U.S.C.L.E men. John spotted Stephen Fry's laconic review of the BlackBerry Storm, a tiny computer that screws into your monitor's...

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we met Baron Impossible, QuickPwned our 2.2 iPhones, and rocked with the Gibson Dark Fire sound-shifter guitar. John found wedding rings with soundwave-embedded messages, an early demo of the Mellotron musical computer, and a prototype foldable OLED cell phone screen fr...