Gizmodo: show

The Daily Show Investigates How the Large Hadron Collider Is Going to Kill Us All

matt buchanan — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:50:00 EDT

The Daily Show asks a very good question about the Large Hadron Collider: "Why the f*** would you want to recreate the Big Bang?"

I know I'm scared. [The Daily Show]

Video: Samsung Show W7900 Projector-Packing Cellphone Actually Looks Pretty Cool

John Mahoney — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:30:00 EST

This currently Korea-only projector cellphone peeped up its head at CES, and now our friends at PopSci had a chance to play with the Show and its 10-lumen built-in DLP projector.

Yep it's a bit chubby, as any projector-toting phone most certainly will be, but it's not as horrible as some of the other projector phones we've seen. Aside from the 480 x 320-res projector that uses Texas Instruments' DLP tech, the Show also has a fine-looking 3.2-inch, 400 x 240 OLED touch screen, 5MP camera with LED flash, and Samsung's widget-based touch OS. It's dropping in South Korea soon, but there's of course no news on a US release.

I'm actually pretty surprised at how good the image looks here. I'm still pretty skeptical that anyone will ever find an actual day-to-day use other than novelty from any pico projector, but if it's built into your phone in a bulky but not Zach Morris bulky package, maybe that's the answer. Check out more photos and impressions over at: [PopSci]

Samsung Show is the First Brand Name, Non-Prototype Projector Phone

Adrian Covert — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:00:00 EST

The Samsung Show touchscreen projector phone may not be the first projector phone out there, but it is the first one that isn't a prototype, and doesn't come from a completely obscure manufacturer.

The bad news is that it's a Korea-only phone (shipping next month) and according to Gearlog's Sascha Segan no one seems to know much about it.

But on the good side, the phone runs on Samsung's TouchWiz UI, can project any of the visual media stored on the phone, animated Korean kids stories and DMB-T mobile TV signals, or functions as a de facto flashlight.

Segan says Samsung reps promised more details soon. For now check out more pics on Gearlog, or take a peek at CrunchGear's video below. [Gearlog and CrunchGear]

Upcoming Prototype This! TV Show Sounds Like Modders, Maker's Geekfest

Kit Eaton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:07:00 EDT

Hackaday has a piece about an upcoming Discovery Channel show called "Prototype this!" It's due in October, and since it's about making and modding robots and other gizmos, it sounds like a Mythbusters-meets-Makerfaire geeky heaven. [Hackaday]

Footprint Fireworks Were Faked into Olympics Opening TV Show

Kit Eaton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:04:00 EDT

A local Beijing paper has revealed that some of the amazing fireworks in the Olympics opening show were digitally-crafted fakes, inserted into the live TV feed. The Beijing Times quotes the head of visual effects, who says that the 28 giant footprints that stomped through the air above the city, ending at the stadium, were advanced CGI. Though the pyrotechnics really were set off, the airborne camera view that the rest of the world watched was fake. Why go to these lengths? Apparently the Olympic committee decided that to follow the real trail of firework footprints was too dangerous for a helicopter camera. Instead a team spent almost a year crafting the fake segment, paying attention to even get the smog lighting effects correct. [The Telegraph]

Discovery Channel Looking For a Host For "Super Testing" Show

Brian Lam — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:47:32 EDT

Discovery Channel is looking for a host for their new Super Testing show. You've got to be male, and between the ages of 30 and 50, and enjoy blowing things up and testing them I'd assume. I'd guess the perfect future star is a reader of Giz. Why not an editor of Giz? I don't know, I think we're all too doughy. So, apply and make us proud with as many name drops of Giz you can manage in season one! [Discovery]

Guy Collects 5000 Cellphones, Creates Art Show

Jason Chen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT

If you're in Boston and really like looking at cellphones, a guy called Rob Pettit collected 5,000 of them and created an art show. Hit the link to see where and when it is, and be thankful that Rob's collecting them instead of poisoning little kids. [Rob Pettit]

Microvision Handheld Pico Projector Can Drive a 100-inch Image

Jason Chen — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:04:22 EST

If you really must have a way to watch those four seasons of Futurama DVDs anywhere you go, this Microvision SHOW handheld projector is the way to go. Not only is it about the size of a first or second-gen iPod, it can shoot out a 848x480 image (DVD quality) that's anywhere from 12-inches to 100-inches in size. It will have a 2.5-hour battery life, and runs off of their PicoP display engine. We'll have to see just how good this thing is at CES, but anyone who's interested in pulling out a projection show anywhere should be hot to trot over this bad boy. [BusinessWire]

OK Go to Rock Moritz Waldemeyer LED Suits on Their Upcoming Tour

AddyDugdale — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:47:51 EST

First they wowed us with their treadmill love, and now OK Go are looking to light up fans' lives with the costumes for their upcoming tour. Designed by Moritz Waldemeyer (standing on the right in the fifth gallery picture), who has collaborated with London-based fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, as well as architect Zaha Hadid and Philippe Starck, the suits were inspired by Las Vegas slot machines. Gallery, and more info, below.

Sewn onto the back of the jackets are thousands of LEDs, which will run through a sequence of letters, spelling out the band's name. And the bit I like the best is that the gear is described as "a knowing fusion of glitz and capitalist kitsch" — a look that everyone should aspire to, if you ask me. [Dezeen]