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Guitar Hero for Mini Mes

If your manhood is less than 2cm; (yeah, I went metric on you), chances are your hand span is not too great either. Help is not far, Frodo, as XFPS have entered the niche market with their super-tiny Guitar Hero controllers. Not only could this possibly be the cutest accessory to date that didn’t have…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jul 14

Jellio Lite Table, Candy For Your Brain

Jellio might sound like the name of a super addictive confectionary that in surplus will give you the mother of all stomachaches. Rest assured that it is in fact the company behind the very chic Lite Table (their spelling, not ours). The table comprises the solid structure base with 100 large acrylic pegs inset; the…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Jul 14

Sony Style to Include In-Store Tech Support

Good news! You can stop trying to fit that run-down Vaio or broken Playstation into the mail bin and instead drag them on over to Sony Style! Sony is firing up Backstage, its new in- store tech support service which will diagnose, repair or even hand out a fabled replacement if the problem can’t be…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 26

Tallying Up the iPhone’s Cost of Ownership

AT&T’s three service plans for the iPhone are helping us whittle away speculation and figure out just how much the smartphone will set campers and callers back. Assuming you stay with AT&T, that is, and decide not to eat the $175 cancellation fee. https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-at-t-roll-out-three-simple-service-plans-272270 All three plans include unlimited data for email and Web browsing,…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 26

The Shower Timer Eliminates Desire to Shower

The Shower Timer, by ShowerTimer, is a big metal box that you install between your wall and the neck of your shower head as a retrofit with (hopefully) no need for a plumber. It does what the product and company name suggest: You get so much time to shower and then no more water for…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 26

Artificial Skin Merges with Yours for Better Healing

British biotech company Intercytex shows that its artificial skin might make painful grafts a thing of the past. Intercytex’s ICX-SKN is made out of fibrin–the same stuff your body uses to heal wounds–and fully integrates with test subjects’ skin in 28 days, leaving little behind to show for the damage. The fibrin matrix that ICX-SKN…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 26

“Rocobo” Will Love You Even If You Hate It

If you’re the kind of person who is always at your computer, you might want to look into importing a Rocobo. Due out in August in Japan for around $11, the little boxy bot will keep you company on cold, late nights—through the good times as well as the bad. Treat Rocobo poorly and it’ll…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 25

Horse Racing Challenge Makes Taking Friends’ Money Easier

With the iPhone coming out in just a few days, you’re going to need two things fast: something to do, and some extra cash in your pocket. Luckily, picking up Horse Racing Challenge will let you do both, all the while watching energetic little Infrared horses chatter their way around the track. For $100 you…

Tech News Gizmodo.com Jun 25

db clay Gaffer’s Tape Wallets

Forget boring old duct tape wallets. The crew behind Portland accessories design company db clay handmakes gorgeous billfolds out of gaffer’s tape canvas that they stencil, print and paint on. They currently have fourteen designs available; the two we like best are This Sky and Parking Lot, both $55 and both taken from photographs by…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

Christie’s Auctioning Off 40 Years of Star Trek Memorabilia

CBS Paramount cleaned out the Star Trek garage and is putting its finds up for sale at Christie’s New York this October, putting 4,000 lots of over 1,000 items on the block in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Star Trek original series tv show. Captain Kirk’s leisure suit (photo above—and no, we don’t…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

Arcade In A Box

Ed Farias wrote in to tell us about his product, Arcade in a Box, an all-in-one arcade console with computer guts built directly in the controller that can be plugged directly into external video sources. It’s a great idea if you like the feel of proper controllers but you want to utilize your big new…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

Nintendo Physically Augmented Reality Amusement Park

Our second favorite class from when we were in grad school at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program was taught by game designer Frank Lantz of area/code. The best project—certainly the most copyright infringing one—to come out of his Big Games class this past semester might just be the Nintendo Amusement Park, “a real life obstacle course…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

Stone Golem, Made Of Foam

Okay, so it’s not a gadget, but we’re really impressed by this fantastic Stone Golem suit that players of the Mordavia LARP in New Zealand put together on the cheap: This Stone Golem was constructed using about 5 foam mattresses, over 50 sticks of hot melt glue, and 8 cans of grey and black spray…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

The T-Qualizer

A few years ago we went out with a guy who turned out to be both a raver and the biggest jerk we’ve ever dated. To this day we’re not sure which one’s the bigger crime against humanity, but this stupid t-shirt reminded us of him. The T-Qualizer is a 100% cotton shirt with a…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 19

Creative Zen Vision:M SD

Creative Japan just put out a press release to say it’s repackaging the Zen Vision:M mp3 player and selling it for less, where by “repackaging” all it really means is “removing the AC adapter and giving the whole deal a different name”, that name being Zen Vision: M SD. Now, our iPod Nano came with…

Tech News Gizmodo.com May 19

TerraFix 406 GPS I/O Personal Beacon Locator

Most if not all of our outdoor exploring this summer will probably be done in the wilds of Central Park and Prospect Park, so for us ACR Electronics’ TerraFix 406 GPS I/O Personal Beacon Locator is total overkill, but in the event that we city folk ever spend anytime in backcountry, a device that can…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com May 18

Tom Bihn Archetype Laptop Case in Cork

We love gadgets but we hate buying bags to put them in, because most only come in boring colors and yet manage to be wildly unattractive. Tom Bihn announced a new laptop case today that seems to be neither: each Archetype costs $95, is made to order in Seattle and is initially available in one…

Tech News Gizmodo.com May 18

3D Printing for Second Life Residents

Those amongst you who spend all your waking time on Second Life: rejoice! Simon Spartalian and Mike Beradino of Recursive Instruments are launching a milling service for SL users on June 1, so you can have actual physical representations of your avatar, builds or favorite SL objects made out of anything from foam to wax…

Tech News Gizmodo.com May 18

Itty Bitty Teeny Weeny Nokia E50

Nokia announced the newest addition to their Eseries of business phones today, the Nokia E50. Eight reasons it should be on your list: It’s small, and we don’t just mean “small for a business phone”—it measures in at 113mm x 43.5 mm x 15.5 mm, for a total of 70 cc, and weighs just 104g…

Tech News Gizmodo.com May 18

New NYC Apple Store Unveiled Ahead of Schedule

We’d heard the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue (a.k.a. Steve Jobs’ Glass Cube) was going to have its big unveiling this Friday, as it opened to the public, but lo and behold the wraps came off last night in time for a press tour. We completely understand how our friends at Gothamist had to hit…

Tech News Gizmodo.com May 18

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Guitar Hero for Mini Mes

Jellio Lite Table, Candy For Your Brain

Sony Style to Include In-Store Tech Support

Tallying Up the iPhone’s Cost of Ownership

The Shower Timer Eliminates Desire to Shower

Artificial Skin Merges with Yours for Better Healing

“Rocobo” Will Love You Even If You Hate It

Horse Racing Challenge Makes Taking Friends’ Money Easier

db clay Gaffer’s Tape Wallets

Christie’s Auctioning Off 40 Years of Star Trek Memorabilia

Arcade In A Box

Nintendo Physically Augmented Reality Amusement Park

Stone Golem, Made Of Foam

The T-Qualizer

Creative Zen Vision:M SD

TerraFix 406 GPS I/O Personal Beacon Locator

Tom Bihn Archetype Laptop Case in Cork

3D Printing for Second Life Residents

Itty Bitty Teeny Weeny Nokia E50

New NYC Apple Store Unveiled Ahead of Schedule

Sony Soundbar With Bass Reflex Speaker Is Now Under $100 at an All-Time Low, Even Cheaper Than Amazon’s Fire TV Soundbar

New ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Footage Just Swung Into CinemaCon

LEGO Star Wars R2-D2 Is Built to Last, but Its Lowest Price Isn’t (Includes Darth Malak Minifigure)

You Can Now Relive the Golden Age of ‘Warhammer’ PC Games

Apple AirPods Pro 3 Deal at a Record Low Might Not Come Back Anytime Soon on Amazon, Catch It While You Can

European Cyber Agencies Feel Left Out of Anthropic’s Spooky AI Party

Missouri Town Council Approves Data Center. A Week Later, Voters Fire Half of Council

Tesla Drivers Can Finally Activate Grok Without Looking Down at a Screen

Circle CEO Addresses Lack of Stablecoin Freezes During Crypto Thefts

This $2/mo VPN Puts Others to Shame: Best-in-Class Privacy for 83% Less

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

This Loud-Ass Party Speaker Almost Got Me High AF

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

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

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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