Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease

Rubbing your hands over a PlayStation controller for too long has now become a disease: PlayStation palmar hidradenitis. The first instance comes from a 12-year-old Swiss girl who had sores on her hand from playing way too much. The doctor first thought she had “idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis”, a condition that affects both the hands and…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 24

Make This Please: Baby Slippers

Someone made this apparently one-off set of baby slippers back at Burning Man 2007, but we want these as a real product. Seriously, these are better than bunny slippers. [Flickr Credit via DC via CG]

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

iPhoto May Use Future iPhone GPS Functionality To Geotag With Any Camera

None of this is available now, but a resource screen found in iPhoto ’09 shows some interesting possible-future technology that may let you geotag your photos even if the camera didn’t have a GPS module. The trick, if we’re interpreting Tidbits‘s findings correctly, is that the iPhone may (in the future) have a location application…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Image of the Day: Why, Japan, Why?

We have no idea where in Japan this was taken, but somebody somewhere should be ashamed of themselves. [Buzzfeed]

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Danglet Wrist Strap For iPhone Is a Horrible Idea

If you’ve ever wanted to hang your iPhone from your wrist or neck then you, Sir or Madam, have not thought things through. Neither have the people who created the Danglet. The $15 Danglet attaches to your iPod or iPhone’s dock connector and lets you hold it like a wrist strap. Which is fine if…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Ritz Camera Files For Bankruptcy

The US’s largest camera chain has “between $100 million and $500 million of both assets and liabilities.” What with me being someone that’s not good with money or business, I have no idea what that means exactly. [Reuters]

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

How to Cut Hulu Ads Down to One

By refreshing the video you’re currently watching on Hulu, the site will give you a choice to either watch normal ads or one long one before the program starts. Pick the long one. By viewing Honda’s short film, you can eliminate interruptions, which means your video can buffer without having to cut off to view…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

iPod Touch and iPod Nano Get a Mini Microphone

Not that the iPhone really needs it, but it and the iTouch/iPod Nano are getting an external mini microphone that plugs directly into the headphone jack. And it’s only $15. The accessory is also compatible with the 120GB iPod classic (claims its product page), and should be a decent way to conduct interviews or surreptitiously…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Proposal iPhone App Lets Someone Propose To Your Future Wife For You

We’re always excited for unique proposal stories with gadgets involved, but this Proposal iPhone app is back-ass-wards. https://gizmodo.com/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-using-zune-glenn-medeiros-331149 Here’s the deal. People who do tech proposals are cool because they either program, hack or otherwise customize their proposal FOR the person they’re proposing to. They’re not cool just because it involves an iPhone. In this…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Stolen Windows Mobile 6.5 Prototype Phone Wiped Remotely

As is common practice with phones on corporate networks, that prototype HTC phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 on it stolen from Telstra’s CEO was remotely wiped after it was reported swiped. https://gizmodo.com/prototype-htc-phone-gets-pickpocketed-5156188 A Microsoft staffer confers to APC Mag that the user data and the operating system were both erased as soon as CEO Sol…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23

Watchmen Is Awesome, Says Chris Hardwick and Wil Wheaton

Chris Hardwick and Wil Wheaton, internet gentlemen extraordinaire, just saw The Watchmen. They say it was awesome. This gives us hope. Read a spoiler-free summary on Nerdist. [Nerdist]

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Third Eye Video Camera Is Perfect For Spies, Other Surreptitious Recording

Hello comrade. How are you. Oh this? This is not a $300 Third Eye Video camera that lasts 2.5 hours on a charge. I just have an unfortunate birth defect. [Hammacher via BBG]

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Intel SSDs May Suffer From Irreparable Fragmentation Slowdowns

PC Perspective’s review of Intel’s X25-M SSD, a custom-designed solid state drive, showed that the manufacturer’s sector remapping actually lowered overall performance dramatically over time as the drive became irreparably fragmented. Some background info. First, sector remapping—a custom solution from Intel— is a method that makes sure wear and tear on the drive is spread…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Gadget Tip: Keep Your Phone Away From Your Groin For Better Battery Life

Woman and guys with belt-holsters had it right—it’s better to keep your phone away from your body. The NYT quotes the editor of Battery University as saying cellphone batteries last longer if they’re kept cooler. Cooler, as in not at your body temperature. So, if you’re really running low on juice during the day, get…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

Need a job? Lifehacker has a few tips this week to help you get a new one. Plus, they’ve got some ways you can be a super cheapo with the money you do have. • Keep your hands super warm with Glacier Gloves • Mint can track your assets now too • Get a new…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Supposed Mac Mini 2009 Spy Shot Shows So Many USB Ports

This supposed Mac Mini 2009 spy shot from Macrumors Forum shows the bum-side of the new small-Mac design. What’s new? Besides the aluminum finish, there’s FIVE USB PORTS. There’s also an Ethernet port, Firewire, Mini DisplayPort and the old style mini DVI Mac display port? Two display ports? That seems odd. In any case, if…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 19

Exclusive Clip: Futurama’s Creators In Zero Gravity For Fun and Profit!

This exclusive extra off the last of four Futurama movies shows Matt Groening and David X. Cohen bouncing around in simulated zero-G like a meatspace Bender and Fry. Are you excited for the for the movie? All signs point to it being great, and I’m going to (hopefully) be seeing a screening of it tonight…

Space & Spaceflight Jason Chen Feb 18

Sidekick 2009 Is the Sidekick Blade?

This shot from Hiptop3 supposedly shows the Sidekick 2009, which has the rumored codename of Sidekick Blade. https://gizmodo.com/3g-sidekick-lx-2009-edition-spotted-5141420 Not much new detail in this post, but from last time, here are the rumored specs: Social Networking Suite of Apps – Facebook – MySpace w/ video upload – Twitter – YouTube Mobile Access via browser GPS…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 17

Elmo’s Tickle Hands Lets You Tickle Yourself With Elmo’s Hands

Non Toxic Reviews got a live demo of Elmo’s Tickle Hands, a human-sized version of Elmo’s giggle paws. Not only does using the hands get you Elmo’s trademark laugh, he talks too. Joel on BBG naturally went to the same place we went first—self pleasure. Upon further inspection, it’s a little too creepy for that,…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 16

Tonda Rotating Ice Cream Display Tilts Deliciousness Into View

Makio Hasuike’s Tonda rotating ice cream display is to regular displays as air conditioning is to using a fan. Not only does it have tons of slots for holding various flavors of ice cream, there’s a ring of light for proper illumination. Of course, the entire thing pivots and turns so it can service anybody…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 16

Jason Chen

PlayStation Skin Disorder Is a Real Disease

Make This Please: Baby Slippers

iPhoto May Use Future iPhone GPS Functionality To Geotag With Any Camera

Image of the Day: Why, Japan, Why?

Danglet Wrist Strap For iPhone Is a Horrible Idea

Ritz Camera Files For Bankruptcy

How to Cut Hulu Ads Down to One

iPod Touch and iPod Nano Get a Mini Microphone

Proposal iPhone App Lets Someone Propose To Your Future Wife For You

Stolen Windows Mobile 6.5 Prototype Phone Wiped Remotely

Watchmen Is Awesome, Says Chris Hardwick and Wil Wheaton

Third Eye Video Camera Is Perfect For Spies, Other Surreptitious Recording

Intel SSDs May Suffer From Irreparable Fragmentation Slowdowns

Gadget Tip: Keep Your Phone Away From Your Groin For Better Battery Life

Our Favorite Lifehacker Posts of the Week

Supposed Mac Mini 2009 Spy Shot Shows So Many USB Ports

Exclusive Clip: Futurama’s Creators In Zero Gravity For Fun and Profit!

Sidekick 2009 Is the Sidekick Blade?

Elmo’s Tickle Hands Lets You Tickle Yourself With Elmo’s Hands

Tonda Rotating Ice Cream Display Tilts Deliciousness Into View

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome

‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

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