Comments on: "Some future gadgets I'd buy," aka Brian Lam's only post from CES http://boingboing.net/2013/01/11/some-future-gadgets-id-buy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 12:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: feetleet http://boingboing.net/2013/01/11/some-future-gadgets-id-buy.html#comment-1626162 feetleet Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205322#comment-1626162 EEG-operated dildos. Karaoke microphones with arduino breathalyzer shields. LED light-show sunglasses. THESE are future gadgets I'd buy. Some of these CES 'best-ofs' are barely non-obvious. The VR headset, the rugged iphone case, and drumroll....a stereo! Tres inventif! They're just refined and/or cheaper versions of old hat. I think of CES more like 'skymall' now than 'world of tomorrow.' EEG-operated dildos. Karaoke microphones with arduino breathalyzer shields. LED light-show sunglasses. THESE are future gadgets I’d buy.

Some of these CES ‘best-ofs’ are barely non-obvious. The VR headset, the rugged iphone case, and drumroll….a stereo! Tres inventif! They’re just refined and/or cheaper versions of old hat. I think of CES more like ‘skymall’ now than ‘world of tomorrow.’

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2013/01/11/some-future-gadgets-id-buy.html#comment-1626116 EH Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205322#comment-1626116  No, he made it what it was in the past. A past that is gone.  No, he made it what it was in the past. A past that is gone.

]]> By: pizzicato http://boingboing.net/2013/01/11/some-future-gadgets-id-buy.html#comment-1626063 pizzicato Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205322#comment-1626063 Yea Brian Lam made Gizmodo what it is today, a gadget website equivalent of a lads' mags, similar kind of targeted humor and audience. But hey, at least we still have The Verge and Engadget.     Yea Brian Lam made Gizmodo what it is today, a gadget website equivalent of a lads’ mags, similar kind of targeted humor and audience. But hey, at least we still have The Verge and Engadget.    

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