Gadgets

In anticipation of the upcoming release of 'Skyfall,' the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, we've explored five of our favorite Bond gadgets and put them to the test of reality. It's every guy's (and probably girl's) dream to have their own real life Q and his accompanying gadgets. But how many of these are accurate portrayals of reality and how many are far-flung fantasies that belong

Microsoft has just announced its new line of ‘Surface’ personal tablets, which are going to enter the market this autumn, and go head-to-head with Apple’s iPad, among other devices. Here are a few things you might like to know about this new entry into the tablet-computing world, just in case you’re thinking about switching brands.

Ever missed a moment when preparing to snap a photo and wished you could just go "back in time" to capture it? Onstage at the recent 2012 BlackBerry World keynote address, executives at Research In Motion, the makers of the popular device, unveiled their new camera app for BlackBerry10 that lets you do exactly that.

While wheelchairs have been around for over a century, the most advanced versions only come motorized. The fundamentals of a wheelchair's design has remained the same. But now a Turkish R & D company believes they have created what could be considered the future for mobility devices.

Instead of throwing away his old computer equipment, YouTube user Bd594 has turned a HP Scanjet printer, an Atari 800XL, a Texas instrument Ti-99/4A, and a noisy hard drive into a four-piece "robot band" that's able to play the classic Animals hit 'House of the Rising Sun.'

The uWave is a specially designed microwave that will pick a YouTube video of the same duration as your food's cooking time and play it on the appliance's special designed console as your dish heats. Ain't technology grand?

You may have thought you've seen a 3D hologram before -- you're probably thinking of those awesome Death Star plans from 'Star Wars' -- but what you had actually been looking at was just an optical illusion on a 2D screen. This video is the first look at true 3D hologram technology, which will one day be the jumping off point in making our own operational space station.

This throwable panoramic ball camera looks astoundingly fun and useful, but we remain cautiously optimistic until we see a price tag.

Apple's voice-recognition technology, Siri, has been lauded for its groundbreaking ability to understand natural human language rather than just simple commands. In the past, most people have used it for various mundane activities -- finding the nearest sushi restaurant or theater showtimes for a movie, for example. In its most recent incarnation, you can even ask it questions ("Will it rain

A Romanian villager tricked out his horse and carriage with modern amenities like GPS voice navigation and a kickin' stereo system. Check out a news report on this unusual vehicle below.

Fans of '90s Saturday morning sensation 'Saved By The Bell' will remember Zack Morris' massive, ever-present brick phone. Well, YouTube user GoSwarmIt has created a supercut that tracks the changes that Zack's famous phone went through during the show's run.

The out tray of this printer provides a pretty nifty resting spot for a British Shorthair kitten -- at first.

It's no secret that a lot of us these days practically live on our computers and smartphones -- but what exactly do we do with them? According to this infographic created by Online Schools, the answer is "practically everything."

Have you ever thought, "I wish I could know what it felt like to get shot or stabbed, but without the risk of death or permanent injury?" Well, a Japanese research group may have figured out a wearable way to simulate the feeling without all the actual shooting or stabbing.

We're all guilty of hitting the snooze button and sleeping a little bit longer in the morning. But with this alarm clock, if you don't wake up on time to defuse it, you're in for an explosive surprise.