By their very nature, superhero origin stories have got a lot of 'splaining to do. But even by comic book standards, Green Lantern's back story, as introduced by DC Comics in 1959, seems pretty outlandish.

Attention, all butterfingered geeks: Panasonic announced an Android tablet Thursday that's made especially for you. The Toughbook caters to those prone to excess dropping, electronics or otherwise.

Buzz Player is an iPad (and iPhone and Android) app that lets you stream video from pretty much any device on your network. That means you can watch movies stored on a network-attached hard drive without switching on a computer. It's pretty amazing. There are other solutions for streaming video to the iPad. Air Video takes ...

Duck Duck Moose has been providing quality apps from the beginning. I still use Wheels on the Bus as a demonstration to early childhood professionals of the potential playfulness and value of technology for younger children when it is done with a child's developmental needs at the fore. Musical Me! is their latest offering and is ...

Griffin's DJ Cable lets you split the output from Algoriddim's award-winning Djay app so that you can cue and mix like a real disk jockey. The y-shaped cable plugs into the headphone socket of your iPhone, iPad or Mac and sends the master and cue outputs down different wires. And unlike expensive USB sound devices ...

Social networking giant Facebook is working on a new platform aimed squarely at Apple's dominance of the exploding market for mobile applications, according to Techcrunch. The new initiative, code-named "Project Spartan," is based on the HTML5 standard, and will work on the mobile version of Apple's Safari browser.

A few years ago I would have written a post arguing that no child needs a cell phone, let alone the mini-computing marvel of the contemporary??smartphone. But now? I??m a believer. I got my son a smartphone last year as I was changing service providers and getting myself a new phone. They made me a fantastic ...

There's something inexplicably fun about flicking wooden discs across a table. If you've played dexterity games like Crokinole or PitchCar you'll know what I'm talking about. All the planning and strategy in the world won't save you if you've simply got bad aim. On the other hand, just having good aim isn't enough if you ...

Editor's Note: This article, like its subject, is not intended for children. Some of the language used may be inappropriate for young readers. I don't think I've anticipated a game release this much since Space Quest V. For twelve years the pressure has been building. For twelve years we've seen this project go from the most ...

Most drivers that have a near miss with a cyclist will just lean on the horn or shout obscenities. And if it happens in New York, then they'll probably do both. But Orly Ramirez decided to do something more constructive. He built the Brooklyn Bicycle Brake Safety Light. He then went on to make the ...

I don't know what's most impressive about the iCufflinks. It could be the fact that these glowing standby-symbols fit their electronics into such a tiny package, or it could be that the makers at Adafruit actually reverse-engineered the pulsing sleep light from Apple's MacBooks. Each cufflink contains an LED, a battery and the controlling circuitry. Screw ...

Smartphone hardware manufacturer HTC made a complete 180-degree turnaround: "Contrary to what we said earlier, we are going to bring Gingerbread to the Desire."

I read a lot of books. A lot. I think my wife probably wishes sometimes that I'd take up cigarettes or drinking... it'd probably be a cheaper vice. My split is fairly even between fiction and non-fiction, but I also separately classify computer/technology books in their own category. I do this because I probably read ...

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "boiling water in a saucepan over an open fire is so wasteful. If only there were some way to use that excess heat to charge my phone..." Luckily for you, dear Gadget Lab reader, I have unearthed the perfect solution: The Hitochaja HC-5 is a pan which generates ...

It's HipTrax time again, my friends, and this edition is extra special. In addition to spotlighting a pair of new songs from two new HipTrax artists, we are also proud to present a GeekDad-themed track from one of our own! Peep the hotness: "Primary Function" by The Runaway Five The Runaway Five is a four-member Tucson, Arizona-based synth-rock ...

[UPDATE: HTC has now changed its mind again. A new Facebook post reads "Contrary to what we said earlier, we are going to bring Gingerbread to HTC Desire." ] Those who bought the HTC Desire because of a promised future upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread can put there heads in their hands and begin to softly ...

If you played Katamari Damacy by rolling a sticky iPad through your gadget closet (you guys have a gadget closet, right?) then you'd end up with something like the Grid-It Wrap (or GRID-IT!?? Wrap For iPad, to give its full and ridiculous title). The heart of the GRID-IT is a neoprene sleeve to protect your tablet. ...

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[nggallery id=238 template=carousel] No, this isn't a joke. What you see above is not Jony Ive's school project from the 1970s. It is in fact a real, modern day PMP aimed at audiophiles with amazing taste in music and terrible taste in everything else. If you don't mind shelling out a wad of cash, you could score ...

Without the stylus you have an unexceptional, expensive Android tablet with a 7-inch screen. Shelling out the extra $80 for the stylus gives you an unexceptional, even more expensive tablet with a pointless gimmick.