Yeah we've heard stories of exploding iPods (like this UK girl's) but I'm not saying this is part of some trend or anything. I just wanna know what you think happened here.

Looks to be enough air flow there...it's just gotta be one of those rare screen failures, right? You tell me. [cnbeta (translated) via Cloned In China]

We've looked at what's inside e-cigars and our Mark Wilson has even tried them out, but what's the point of using a $200 gadget that's as unhealthy (or worse!) as the real thing?

The FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis (DPA) came our with the following conclusions as a result of its analysis of e-smoking devices available on the market:

• Diethylene glycol was detected in one cartridge at approximately 1%. Diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze, is toxic to humans.
• Certain tobacco-specific nitrosamines which are human carcinogens were detected in half of the samples tested.
• Tobacco-specific impurities suspected of being harmful to humans-anabasine, myosmine, and β-nicotyrine-were detected in a majority of the samples tested.
• The electronic cigarette cartridges that were labeled as containing no nicotine had low levels of nicotine present in all cartridges tested, except one.
• Three different electronic cigarette cartridges with the same label were tested and each cartridge emitted a markedly different amount of nicotine with each puff. The nicotine levels per puff ranged from 26.8 to 43.2 mcg nicotine/100 mL puff.
• One high-nicotine cartridge delivered twice as much nicotine to users when the vapor from that electronic cigarette brand was inhaled than was delivered by a sample of the nicotine inhalation product (used as a control) approved by FDA for use as a smoking cessation aid.

Let's review: the device that's supposed to help you get healthier and save money by quitting smoking is more likely to worsen your addiction, be more harmful to your health, and be an even bigger waste of money. [FDA via Instead]

It may also be a great way to burn your pants off. At any rate, even if it is a legitimate product, I wouldn't expect any carriers to pick this up in the States with the whole crackdown we have going on here. [Engadget]

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.The "wall" is actually created by colliding high and low air pressure in a spherical shape, keeping any harmful smoke within its boundaries. Fresh air is continually cycled through the interior of the FRESH unit so the smokers don't hotbox the thing. It was designed by D.K. Wei, and doesn't seem to be in the running for production, but it is definitely a cool-looking, functional way to reduce secondhand smoke as well as making smokers feel less like herded cattle. [Yanko Design]

At this point, everybody fully understands what cigarettes do to people. Yet smokers don't care, they just like smoking. Maybe we should just respect that instead of grossing everybody out with a pair of blackened lungs that double as cigarette lighters. Every time someone uses them to light up, they're just laughing in the face of this well-meaning campaign. [Street Anatomy via Boing Boing]

In high school, I made a pipe out of a TI-83 Plus calculator. the calculator still works, even now, as well as the pipe. Even though the tube is made of duct tape, it works fine. I cut into the bowl itself so it can be flat and still allow airflow, and put another piece of metal under it so the tape will not heat up. The stem can be separated and placed into the calculator to be more hidden. Inside the calculator, there are also compartments for matches, toothpicks (pokers), and screens. There is also enough room on the inside for a small bag of whatever is going to be smoked. It has been named the TI-420 Tokeulator.

Holy shit. The bar has been raised.

[Thanks, Dave!]

Created just last night, the Zapper bong is designed to be used handle-up, with the barrel in your mouth. This raises things to the next level by creating a truly ridiculous image when you're using it.

I swear, if some company decided to start producing these video game controller pipes, they'd fly off the shelves at college town headshops. It's only a matter of time.

Thanks, Bryan!

As you can see by the below photos, this is a serious piece of custom-made weed smoking equipment. Sure, it won't play Fallout 3, but it'll make playing Fallout 3 on a functioning Xbox a lot more fun.

Now if someone wants to make a grinder or a stash box out of a controller to match this thing, you'd have the most epic and nerdy smoking setup ever. I love it. Anyone else have homemade gaming-related paraphernalia? Send it to me! I love this shit. Thanks, Chris!

Yeah, awesome. Thanks to the Giz reader I bummed a Parliament from, who also got a light. We're of course still going at Giz Gallery day today and through Sunday, so stop by for our rare and wonderful gadgets, challenge us to some Call of Duty 4 on a 103-inch plasma screen, and much more. And don't forget to come have a beer with us tonight at the reader meetup at the bar directly across the street (Annex Bar, 152 Orchard St, 9PM). Because a few rounds of beers + the world's most powerful flashlights + all of our wonderful readers = greatness.

[Photo by Matt Buchanan, video by Adam Frucci]

[Thanks to REED ANNEX, Lego for the Gizmodo sign, and thanks to our benefactor gizmine.com]

Gizmodo Gallery

Reed Annex

151 Orchard Street

New York, NY 10002

Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup

The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.

Gallery Dates:

December 4th-7th

Times:

12/4 Thursday

12-8

12/5 Friday

12-8

12/6 Saturday

11-8

12/7 Sunday

11-4

[Read more about our Gizmodo Gallery here and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.]

The Natural Wood Effect Electronic Cigar costs $76 and comes with batteries, recharger and 22 cartridges‐apparently the equivalent to 22 packs of cigars. Last time I looked, they came in either boxes or tubes. Or Monica. [Electronic Cigar via Nerd Approved]