Gadgettes 91: The things are not what they seem (thank God) episode

The title of this episode is itself a thread of virtual reality...because the REAL theme of the show revolves around RDB's. What is an RDB, you might ask? Tune in to find out.
Listen now: Download today's podcast

EPISODE 91

Frog Design Digital Escape, the virtual reality mask with smells
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/frog_design_dre.php

Fake TV: the continuing appearance of useless products
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/ fake_tv_the_continuing_appearance_of_useless_products_9892.asp

Laptop backpacks for motherly computer owners
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9941374-1.html

Dynamizer humanoid robot mows your lawn, does your bidding
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/dynamizer_human.php

Digifire, clean-burning fireplaces for the 22nd century
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/05/digifire_cleanb.php

This week in Hello Kitty:
Hello Kitty named Japan tourism ambassador (thanks, everyone!)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24708771/

A propos (of) nothing
Ex-BoyfriendJewelry.com lets you unload unwanted memories
http://www.chipchick.com/2008/05/ ex-boyfriendjewelrycom_lets_you_unload_unwanted_memories.html

Why didn’t I think of that?: The douche card
http://www.uncrate.com/men/style/accessories/the-douche-card/

Pink Watch:
SimpleTech Signature Mini
http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/ simpletech-signature-mini-320gb/4505-3186_7-32865104.html

What the hell?
FujiFilm’s Z200FD with “love timer” tells you when it’s over
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/22/ fujifilms-z200fd-with-love-timer-tells-you-when-its-over/

Voicemail:
Jason’s wife:
A BREAKTHROUGH with Jason’s mother-in-law!

E-mail

Flintstones Bigwheel!!!!

I just saw this in Make: magazine: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/11/ flinstones_toddler_wheels.html

Enjoy,
Shalin

****************

Hey Gadgettes.

Mark from Australia, who dislikes alarm noises here, I wanted to let you know that i have set up (i think) a Twitter account for Gadgettes with a twitterfeed running from your blog. Hope you like it. If you guys want access let me know and i’ll send you the passwords.

LTS,
Mark

*****************

Dear Jason,

I am one of those listeners who enjoys falling asleep listening to Gadgettes, of course I listen to it again for the content when I’m awake, but there is no need for that evil alarm clock sound, especially at the end of the podcast when I’m nice and out. Playing it twice in the last episode was just gratuitous obnoxiousness on your part and then you made me go to bed angry.

Don’t do that again!
Julia