There are two ways to describe the DeFIBulator: a portable lie detector, if you’re feeling sensational, or a portable tension detector, if you’re feeling honest. Developed in Singapore, it purports to measure varying degrees of vibration in someone’s voice to 65% accuracy. In case that number still doesn’t convince you this is meant to be a party trick, maybe this bit on its usage will:

 

To train the DeFIBulator to the human voice, ask your subject 3 yes/no questions and then record the voice to establish a baseline. Then ask the real yes/no questions and watch the figure on the screen. “Demonochio’s” nose will grow and his horns will appear. The greater the tension in the voice, the longer his nose and horns will be. 

At $49.95, it’s not a cheap party trick either, but there’s got to be someone out there who’ll want it. Bueller? Bueller?

de-FIB-ulator [Gadget Universe, via SCI FI Tech ]

From Gizmodo

Card Beeper is a credit card case that cries out in anguish when there is no card inside. Every 20 seconds, you’ll hear a beep if you’ve forgotten to get your card back from a merchant, or if you’ve been jacked by a pickpocket. There’s a money clip on the back, too, so your cash is safe as well. At $26, this anti-theft (and anti-forget) device could pay for itself with just one incident. Well, unless the thief takes the beeper, too.

Credit card case that beeps every twenty seconds : Card Beeper [Seihin-World] Thanks, Akira!

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Here’s Pit Stop, the portable urinal designed for truckers that’s tailor-made for guys and gals with promises to keep. The receiving end is designed to be mounted on the wall of a truck’s sleeper cab, while the leakproof container at the other end of the five-foot transfer hose is self-sealing with a quick-disconnect mechanism. The 1.25-gallon tank’s carrying handle facilitates easy transport of all of that detritus without danger of spillage, and is probably big enough for a non-stop coast-to-coast haul.

Now if somebody would just figure out a way to refuel a truck on the fly, those big rigs would never have to stop. Miles to go before you sleep? Pick one up for $59.95.

Product page [via Strange New Products]

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What do you do when you’re a little late to the party, and still want to make sure you catch a bit of buzz? If you’re Samsung, you don’t just announce that your Q35 is a Core Duo laptop; after all, other companies have been announcing their Core Duo rigs for months. You declare it the “world’s smallest” Core Duo box, and trumpet the fact that it weighs about 4 pounds, has a 12-inch widescreen display, and still manages to pack in a T2700 processor, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. There’s also a DVD burner, WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and Firewire. We assume that within a few days we’ll hear an announcement from someone else for the “world’s smallest Core Duo laptop that you can actually buy.”

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While most of the recent portable computing buzz has been sucked up by the UMPC, the Flybook folks haven’t been sitting on their hands (or their computers, fortunately). Their latest models, the v23i and the previously announced v33i, show that the company is still capable of making very small laptops that are still usable — and can look oh-so-hot as well. Both models weigh in at about 2.6 pounds, and have 8.9-inch touchscreens, full keyboards, 512MB RAM, 40GB drives, and the usual connectivity options, including Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB ports. About the only thing not to like about these is the price; these start at around $2,500, about the price of 2 1/2 UMPCs, and even more than the OQO (which we also happen to like, despite its high price). Like the OQO, the Flybook will remain a luxury item for those with heavy wallets who want lightweight computers — but that doesn’t mean we don’t want one, too.

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According to Akihabara News, PhoneDaily has snapped a few pictures during Motorola’s press conference where they launched their new PDA phone, the A1200.

“The A1200 runs on Linux, has a 2.4″ touch screen, 128MB of memory, an Intel Xscale PXA270 CPU, and it’s compatible with the Office suite. It also has the MSN Messenger integrated, a 2MP camera and it can scan business cards with the camera and store them as a contact in the phone’s memory. It also has Bluetooth and A2DP support. It measures 96x52x21.5mm.”

Via PalmAddict

It might sound a bit more like an Apple fanboy wish list than an actual product from a Bulgarian company named Media Systems, but the iSetBox looks like it’ll turn a few heads either way if ever makes it to market. The device claims to be an all-in-one entertainment center, and we really can’t find much that isn’t in this box. It includes a CD and DVD writer, can record analog and digital TV, offers a web browser and email client, and can even has a 6-in-1 card reader to further its media inputs. If that wasn’t enough, the Linux-based unit can listen to and record digital and analog radio, sports Ethernet networking, and has a myriad of digital and analog inputs and outputs to further its reach into your home’s media devices. If you find the unit still lacking, you can add WiFi, Bluetooth or other niceties via a PCI card. The whole box is controlled via a single remote control, which can create playlists of the numerous media formats supported. It’s hard to imagine something this feature-filled ever making it to market, but we sure wouldn’t mind if it did.

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