Yesterday on Boing Boing Gadgets, we looked at a stabby knife that lets you inflate your victim with rapidly expanding gaseous pain, considered an easily understood diagram for building a marijuana grow room and lusted after a solar-powered theremin in an Altoids tin. There was also a mind-reading chair bristling with solenoids, some justification for Apple turning .mac into MobileMe and Shannonia, LEGO city in microscale, as well as the world's most luxurious cubicle. Beschizza pointed out a leather keyboard with a surprising dual-use function. Brownlee liked a binaural mic with human ears attached and also a tagged AT-AT. Joel wondered if Spore's creature creator (and specifically, the way it hid creature information in PNG images) could be used to email cute monsters that turned into Goatse.cx when clicked. And we all bummed when Hollywood monster maker Stan Winston died.
Yesterday at Boing Boing Gadgets
End of the road for Microsoft Surface Studio
Microsoft's Surface Studio was a good idea—an all-in-one PC with a low-latency pen and touch display that could radically tidy the desks of pro designers and artists currently stuck with… READ THE REST
Latest rumors have Nintendo Switch 2 landing in March
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The London Standard (formerly Evening Standard) reports, based on postings on Chinese social media, that Nintendo's Switch 2 will… READ THE REST
Sony and Microsoft finally working on new handheld game consoles
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Were it not for the overwhelming success of Nintendo's own portables, the 100m or so PSPs and Vitas that… READ THE REST
Ditch social media for self-growth with this clever book summary app
TL;DR: Save 69% on a Pearls book summaries lifetime subscription and set a goal to work on self-growth. If one of your 2025 New Year's resolutions is to spend less time on social… READ THE REST
A Chromebook tough enough to handle life's chaos—and it's only $60
TL;DR: Head to checkout to grab this rugged, reliable near-mint Chromebook that's perfect for work, study, or on-the-go use for just $59.99. So, you've got 60 bucks burning a hole in your… READ THE REST
A laptop hub that multitasks as much as you for just $56.97
TL;DR: This 12-in-1 USB-C Hub is a tech dream wrapped up in a low-profile laptop stand for just $56.97 (reg. $99) through December 15. Sometimes, a product comes along that makes you wonder,… READ THE REST
