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Horn Subwoofer Takes Up Crazy Man's Entire Basement

While you might think you have a pretty sizable subwoofer, when it's compared to this crazy Italian man's subwoofer, it's downright pathetic. That's because he essentially converted his entire basement into one ridiculously large subwoofer.Update: OK, so this is a few years old (circa 2000), but I'd never seen it and it seems like many of you haven't either. So I'm leaving it up, but if you are offended by things that were made a few years ago you've been warned. More »

1:25 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
28,339 views, 63 comments

Latest by tenthirtyone: Did anyone else immediately think of the super collider at CERN? Both are extreme, both European and both potentially world ending... more »

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Woz Knows When the Price is Right

Apparently, Woz is a Price is Right fan. Unfortunately, he was just sitting in the front row and was never called down to play Plinko or spin the big wheel, because I bet that he really knows the prices of household products and could use a new Lincoln Towncar or whatever it was they gave away that episode. Oh, Woz. Hit the jump for another screenshot of Woz enjoying himself some game show goodness, then let's hear your best captions in the comments section. Thanks, Brett! More »

12:47 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
21,623 views, 93 comments

Latest by Torley: I like these Woz sightings! more »

satellite

New Dish Network Satellite Launched, More HD Channels On the Way

In order to offer more HD channels, satellite providers need more satellites. So happy day for Dish Network subscribers, their EchoStar XI satellite was successfully launched this morning after a satellite propelled into space last March didn't reach the right orbit. This'll let Dish add 17 new HD channels shortly, bringing them up to 100. DirecTV says they'll have over 150 by the end of the year, though Dish's upcoming all-HD TurboHD package could wind up being a better deal if history is any guide. [Reuters]

11:30 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By matt buchanan
3,172 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: Usama, Tree's grow every year and most likely now are blocking the dish network signal. But still allow you to get a DirecTV signal due to the difference of positions of the sats. more »

wii

Nintendo Announces Wii Music: Look Out, Beamz!

Nintendo just announced Wii Music, a new music game that lets you use the Wiimote, Nunchuk and Balance Board to create music. Unlike Rock Band or Guitar Hero, this one isn't based on precise timing. Rather, it lets you basically hit buttons and swing the remote around to create original tunes. The Wii interprets your motions and button presses to make music for you. Essentially, this is like Beamz but instead of lasers, you use the Wiimote and Balance Board. Awesome? More »

1:04 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Adam Frucci
6,551 views, 18 comments

Latest by MagnoliaBoy: Awsome? Yeees! more »

wii

Logitech Announces Wireless Keyboard for the Wii

If you use your Wii to surf the web because you really miss your WebTV and want to relive the frustrations of using the internet on your television, this new Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii was designed with you in mind. It broadcasts using 2.4 GHz wireless technology and works from up to 30 feet away. Designed with the Wii in mind, it comes with dedicated buttons for Zoom In/Out, Forward/Back, Quit and OK. If it was really designed with the Wii in mind, you'd be able to move forward and back by swinging the entire keyboard around, but alas, that feature isn't included. No word on a release date, but it'll set you back $50 when it drops. [Product Page via CrunchGear]

9:32 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Adam Frucci
2,774 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: I have a Logitech diNovo Mini ([www.logitech.com]). I use it with my Wii, my PS3, and any of my other computers which have Bluetooth capability. The diNovo comes with a USB dongle which I leave in my Wii (100ft Bluetooth) more »

Breaking

Netflix Streaming On Xbox 360

Coming in the fall Xbox 360 update: Netflix! Yes, Xbox 360 owners who are also Netflix subscribers will be able to stream movies available for online streaming now straight to their consoles. You can also share your Netflix movies with friends via your Xbox Live party so you can watch stuff together, although you'll need a Gold account. Here's hoping you Xbox owners didn't shell out for a Roku box, as it's about to become useless. Oops! But still, awesome. [Gizmodo's E3 Microsoft Liveblog]

2:28 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,731 views, 56 comments

Latest by n/a: About time there was some official support for this. I've been using the plug-in but sometimes it can get a bit flaky. more »

blu-ray

Warner Bros. Cutting Blu-ray Movie Prices This Fall

Is this is it? The beginning of decent Blu-ray movie prices? Warner Bros. is going cut prices on a smorgasbord of Blu-ray movies for retailers in September (some as low as $11), meaning you should see the them slide at least a couple of bucks. More »

1:20 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By matt buchanan
5,460 views, 18 comments

Breaking

Wii MotionPlus Brings More Accurate Motion-Sensing to the Wii

Nintendo just announced the Wii MotionPlus, a small peripheral that plugs on to the bottom of the Wiimote to give greatly improved motion sensing, allowing for games to truly use your motion on screen for, say, a lightsaber game. More »

11:59 AM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Adam Frucci
13,727 views, 44 comments

diy

Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she's made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I've heard that once kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has constructed a pretty ingenious automatic cat faucet using an IR sensor and some tubing. More »

2:30 PM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By Elaine Chow
15,102 views, 55 comments

belkin flywire

Belkin FlyWire Wireless HDMI Box Beams 1080p Anywhere in Your House, Looks Fantastic

We first saw Belkin's slick-looking wireless HDMI kit at CES, when it was due in September for about $600. Now dubbed FlyWire (nice and catchy!), they've got two initial entries: FlyWire will shoot full 1080p goodness using the 5GHz band to anywhere in your house, walls be damned, for $999. Plus, it has an IR backchannel for controlling hidden AV devices. Or FlyWire R1 gets you in-room wireless for $699.99. More »

3:00 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By matt buchanan
7,270 views, 30 comments

Latest by sdsdv10: This isn't a traditional video streaming device. It is more like a "Sonos" for HD video (not exactly the same but similar). Put you BluRay disk player, HTPC, HD Sat. box, etc anywhere in your house connected to the transmiter, more »

giz explains

Giz Explains: CableCARD and the Future of Cable TV

The big bad cable industry is under assault. The internet is stealing viewers who can check out their favorite shows on Hulu while fiber and IPTV deliver speed and features they can't quite match. Yet. A new cable internet standard rolling out this year will let them catch up speedwise. To battle the dizzying array of possibilities IPTV offers, the cable industry has its own white knight: Tru2way, a new kind of CableCARD that will deliver real interactive features to cable subscribers, and kill the loathed cable box in the process. More »

7:00 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By matt buchanan
7,780 views, 35 comments

Latest by Somadis: This is clever marketing more »

furniture

Space Shuttle Media Center Is, Wait for It, Out of this World!

Following our never-ending theme of the adult adolescent astronaut furniture, we spotted this media center shaped like a spaceship. With room for a computer and/or various media equipment, we think it's meant for kids and we also don't care. Because as if the recessed pod bay doors weren't enough, the ship features an LED backlighting capable of displaying 20 patterns of light. Now if there were only some decent blinky buttons onboard and "pew pew" sound effects, we'd have something really special. Contact for pricing. [Caroline Mcclelland bia bornrich]

1:30 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Mark Wilson
2,270 views, 17 comments

Latest by Ariel_Wollinger: @phospholipid: agreed more »

home theater

Epson Releasing More Serious Home Theater In a Box, Ensemble HD Home Cinema System

While the average home theater in a box is a simple way of packaging complicated components, often they represent the worst of what you can buy. In response, Epson is releasing two Ensemble HD Home Cinema System(s) to combine that easy one-box purchase with a solid wallet-raping. Both systems start with an Epson PowerLite 3LCD (3-chip at 1080p or 720p) and include a 100-inch motorized screen, Atlantic Technology A/V controller with 1080p upconversion, LCD remote, 150W sub and ceiling mounted front speakers. The only catch seems to be that the system lacks a traditional full 5.1 speaker setup. The 1080p version runs $6,999 while the 720p system comes in at $4,999. Read on for the full deets. More »

1:15 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Mark Wilson
1,715 views, 8 comments

Latest by Sora57: They fixed the pic now... more »

blu-ray recorders

Pioneer Going Blu-ray For Set-Top Recorders

Blu-ray set-top players are expected to be hot sellers this upcoming holiday season, but you might want to hold off until early next year when Pioneer and Sharp team up to bring Blu-ray recorders to living rooms in America. The partnership is hardly surprising—Sharp is part owner of Pioneer—and the recorders will launch in Japan this year and be shipped overseas next, with Europe and America likely being the first markets to get them. No word if they'll use those awesome new ultra-high-capacity disks we mentioned earlier, but not likely for this consumer-focused line. [Reuters]

10:00 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Matt Hickey
1,401 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: That looks like an old DV-333, which was probably one of the best DVD players out in many years. I'd probably STILL be using it if mine wasn't dropped and broken. The PQ and build rivals pretty much all of more »

review

Lightning Review: i2i Stream Wireless Music Sharing Device

The Gadget: Aerielle's i2i Stream allows users to share audio from any source between two or more i2i devices using a wireless 2.4 GHz frequency. Just plug in a set of headphones and listen to the music your friends are broadcasting on their i2i Streams (up to 7 audio sources). More »

3:40 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,674 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: @jeepingeek: You're tellin' me -- my GF's vibrator operates in 2.4 GHz, so every time she gets off, the cordless phone rings. more »

led

LED Bath Tiles: Either a Very Good Or Very Bad Idea

The idea of LED illuminated tiles is a good one in theory, but I'm afraid it'll end up like fiber optic lighting and Bluetooth headsets in that people with no taste will take it over, ruining it for the rest of us. The waterproof tiles snap together Lego style and have a repeating connectivity scheme, much like model train tracks, except these light up and illuminate your kitchen or bathroom. And the layouts aren't static, they can be changed at a whim. I'm hoping that some people exercise restraint if these ever come to market. [Dvice]

8:03 PM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Matt Hickey
10,189 views, 21 comments

Latest by bobbiac: looks like Portal. more »

aliens

Help Save the Arecibo Observatory: ET Is Counting on You

The Arecibo Observatory has been plagued with budget problems for years now, but it appears that the future of the world's largest radio telescope is looking bleaker than ever with cuts looming that could shut down the project for good. That grim reality has prompted the guys behind SETI@home to call out to the public in a last ditch attempt to secure donations and support for the Senate bill and House resolution to continue funding. With our luck, E.T. will try and make contact the day the observatory goes offline, so hit the following link and show your support. [Seti@home]

4:40 PM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,231 views, 42 comments

Latest by n/a: That dish would make an excellent wok... if we could only get whale size shrimp.... more »

video gaming

Ear Force X4 Headphones: Surround Sound Cussing on Xbox 360

While we enjoyed gaming with the wireless surround sound headphones we tested in our Battlemodo, the major inherent flaw with the systems were their lack of voice-chat capabilities. Now Turtle Beach has announced the Ear Force X4 wireless headphones that combine Dolby 5.1 decoding and voice chat in a package that's compatible with the Xbox 360.

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11:30 AM on Mon Jul 7 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,466 views, 27 comments

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