<![CDATA[Gizmodo: happy]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: happy]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/happy http://gizmodo.com/tag/happy <![CDATA[Do Gadgets Make You Happy?]]> The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.I like this NYTimes blog about happiness. Our relationship with our personal tech is complicated, but overall, do you think we're better or worse off for being so addicted to our gadgetry?

Does your phone help you remember things you might have forgotten, and take photos of memorable events? Does it piss you off when the screen cracks or when it crashes? Do you hate telecommuting or getting work calls at 11pm? What if we lived like wombats and just ate food and shit and had sex? Does that sound so bad?



]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5305018&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[303,000 People Extremely Terrified of Chinese People]]> Sometimes, Google gives you these amazing pearls of insight into the world's extreme state of mind:

Go into Google in Firefox and type "I am extremely" in the search box. You will get these most searched queries:

• 12,300,000 pages with people saying they are extremely tired
• 11,100,000 pages of extremely tired people
• 4,750,000 pages of extremely depressed
• 3,580,000 extremely shy
• 930,000 extremely pleased (only?)
• 839,000 extremely grateful
• 769,000 extremely happy (like me)
• 377,000 extremely jealous
• 321,000 extremely lonely
• 303,000 extremely terrified of chinese people (probably because they saw Jason Chen's pants powers)

Knowing how people use the internet, I can't believe there are no results for "I am extremely horny." [Thanks Mona]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5150092&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sony's Happy Face Cameras Contort Frowns Into Awkwardness]]> Katie B. over at the WSJ did a roundup of camera tech. I liked this section on Sony's Happy Face Retouch that automatically turns frowns into smiles. Sort of:

It took already captured images of my friends' faces and turned their frowns or ambivalent looks into smiles, but didn't adjust the subjects' eyes. Though this was good for laughs, the eerie-looking grins pasted on faces reminded me of painted-on clowns' mouths. And some attempts to retouch a face couldn't detect the face to alter it. But a handful of the Happy Face Retouches looked somewhat natural.
Silly Sony, smiles happen with your entire face, not just the lips and teeth. P.S. FWIW, Katie does not normally smile like a zombie. [All Things D]]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382950&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Donkey Powered Mobile Business Unit Comes Fully Loaded]]> The HAPV or "Human and animal powered vehicle" puts a high tech twist on the old fashioned donkey cart by adding a solar panel that charges a 12-volt battery under the driver's seat. The power is then used to facilitate cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night. Uses include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water via Afrigadget]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=308902&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Moment of Reflection]]> Not to bum everyone out or anything—this is a gadget blog after all—but here's a comic titled "The History of Technology" on No Exit by Andy Singer.

It's pretty much self-explanatory, so we'll just pose this question to our readers: Do you think all the gadgets we've amassed are making us more happy, less happy, or just about the same?

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– Jason Chen

Andy Singer [via Neatorama]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=253268&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Happy Hacking Lite 2 For Your Mac]]> The Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard is now compatible with Macs, and by compatible I mean Fujitsu painted it white and added an Apple system button. Aww so cute, finally something small to match your itty bitty mac-mini. The board is half the size of a standard keyboard, but unfortunately, Fujitsu also skimped on the USB side, adding just two USB 1.1 ports. Can't see myself paying $52 for less plastic and slow USB ports. Available in Japan for now. Small handed Americans, sit tight. – Todd Haselton

Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard [Ubergizmo]

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