Gadgets Blog

A quick recap of gadget blogs and news around the Net:

• Behind the Scenes: The story behind Batman’s Bat-Pod - Popular Mechanics
• iPod Speaker hangs from your key chain - Technabob
• AT&T’s free Wi-Fi spots at Starbucks now available for iPhone users - AT&T
• USB-powered, Heat Me stirrer - Coolest-Gadgets
• FOOTLOOSE! Power generating dance floor hits the UK - Engadget
• Seattle tries to get rid of toilets via eBay - Gizmodo
• Prototype Back to the Future shoe, up for auction - OhGizmo!

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• GPS Deal & Coupon: Pioneer In-Dash Satellite Radio/GPS
• Nintendo Wii MotionPlus To Make the Wiimote More Accurate
• Buy Blu Ray: Sony BDP-S300 Tabletop Blu-Ray for $287.95
• Shouting Vase to Drown Out Your Temper Tantrums
  

Do you remember when the Star Wars movies would come out and everyone would wait outside in long lines, dressed up in their favorite character from the movies?

With the new Batman movie coming out, The Dark Knight, wouldn’t it be nice to take it up another notch and roll up to the premiere in your own original Batmobile from the Tim Burton Batman movies?

Holy rusted metal! You mean we can!?! (Sorry, that was my poor attempt at a Robin quote).

Anyways, right now on eBay, this Batmobile owner is selling one of the five original cars from the movies. Despite the lack of doors (you’ll have to be limber enough to jump through the roof), it does come with a 5.7 liter engine hidden beneath that 20-feet frame.

Cape, Bat Cave and traits to becoming a vigilante of the night are not included.

To read more and see more pictures at the Autoblog, click here.

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Source: Autoblog

If you’re into satanic, demonic, creepy baby head statues, then this is the perfect little toy for you.

The guys down at Boing Boing came across this demonic dismembered baby head theremin on ebay. Technically, its name on ebay is Doll Head II LPC Theremin Sci-Fi Synth Effect, but I like demonic baby head much better. It has a nice ring to it. For those of you not familiar with theremins, their definition according to dictionary.com is: a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player’s hands and two metal rods serving as antennas. Get a bunch of of these little devils lined up in your room, and it’ll be like you’re the composer of your own little cult. And the even creepier part about this one is that its beady little eyes light up red when playing.

If its head starts to spin and starts to chant crazy tribal music, I’m gonna scream for my mommy.

Source: ebay via Boing Boing

I know what you’re thinking. Two guys smiling while filling up their glasses of beer. Big deal. It’s not like you haven’t seen that every Applebee’s during happy hour. But here’s the catch: those two guys could be you. That is if you have their laptop.

Recently these guys from Croucher Brewery Co. were jacked of their company laptop that was recently backed up with all their company contacts, account information and important emails. In exchange for their hardware, they are offering whoever returns it a lifetime supply of beer.

Either some geeks are already on eBay and chat rooms looking for this thing, or the idiots who stole it are actually thinking about returning it for the beer.

“Hmm, return the laptop for a lifetime supply of beer? Sounds like a great deal. Oh wait, I just remembered.

THEY DON’T SERVE BEER IN PRISON!”

Source: Shiny Shiny