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Master Chief’s Girl is Sexy, Shares Outfits With Master Chief

David Johnson has created this striking, polymer clay figurine of Master Chief’s girl. The artwork, titled Mz Master Chief, is one of a kind and is available by auction on eBay. At the time of writing, the price stands at $338 and we are sure it will fetch a little more yet. Usually, we would…

Audio Technica’s ATH-ESW9 Cans Give You Wood

The ATH-ESW9 Sovereign Wood Headphones, by Audio Technica, are constructed from the finest of fine, Japanese Hokkaido cherry tree wood. They have 42mm neodymium magnet drivers encased in fiberglass, a gold plated mini plug and a sensitivity of 103dB. So, not only are they likely to sound awesome, they shall also make you look like…

Nokia Kits Out Ford’s Mustang

Ford has called in the big boys from Nokia to give their Mustang beast some serious connectivity options. Apparently, the vehicles exterior and performance based specifications remain unchanged, but the fun starts on the inside, with Nokia dropping N series goodies in every hole they could find. The rear passenger seats both have access to…

BEAM Bot Says Send Your Loved Ones A Bouquet of Robots

The BEAM Bot Club is offering a gift service that will provide the recipient with a new DIY BEAM Bot, once a month, for four months. The robots are part of the Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics (BEAM) range and are composed of basic analog circuits. The subscription cost $170 and includes solar and battery powered…

Verizon Teaser Site Shows Four New Handsets

Edit: Engadget Mobile has an insider at Verizon that gave them the revealed image. Seems like the phones are, starting from the left, the Samsung U470, the Pearl 2, the LG VX8800, and the VX10000. The new names are Samsung Juke, BlackBerry Pearl, LG Venus and LG Voyager. – JC [Engadget Mobile] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-sgh-x830-swivel-cellphone-coming-to-verizon-298274 Original Post:…

Rock Band Pricing and Shipping Details Announced

Rest your beating hearts and collect your pennies, the official pricing and dates for the Rock Band game have been announced. Both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 versions will be priced at $169.99 and will ship on November 23rd 2007. The price shall net you a guitar, a microphone and a drum kit, which…

Thanko’s USB Warmer Cushion Warms Your Humps, Your Humps, Your Humps

The girl in the picture may look like she has just let one rip, but she is in fact enjoying the heat emitted from Thanko’s USB Warmer Cushion. In case you are in any doubt about what the USB Warmer Cushion does; it is a cushion that you connect to your powered USB port, which…

Meade’s mySKY Shows Us Our Sky

If you love the great big skies as much as we used to love the iPhone (oh, it hurts) then you may be interested in Meade’s mySKY Personal Guide. The mySKY is a tool to aid you in all your galactic gazing; it contains 30,000 unique items it can identify up in the great spacious…

Hercules Hits 130.7mph On a Bicycle

Markus Stoeckl just broke the World Speed Record for series mountain bikes, hitting an incredible 130.7mph, on a freaking mountain bike, people! Mr. Stoeckl is nicknamed “Hercules,” not only because he drank the milk of a lion when he was younger, but also because he is 6’4″, weighs 220lbs and travels at 130.7mph on a…

What You Missed Last Weekend

If you put the words “weekend” and “roundup” together, what do you get? All this: •A fellow from Pennsylvania filed a $5billion law suit against Google. •Microsoft patent discovered that indicated some cool Zune WiFi features. •SRI International talked about zero gravity surgery. •We found some unofficial MacBooks in aluminum. •YouNeverCall pledged $10,000 to the…

AirRaid2 Hackers Tournament Announced

ThinkSECURE shall be hosting a hacking competition, titled AirRaid2, in the great city of Bangkok, Thailand. The tournament will take place on the 21st December 2007, so if you are a mean-bean hacking machine, say goodbye to another Christmas. The hackers will be set to work on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networks that will replicate conventional…

OLPC Releases Details of Christmas Sales Initiative

The XO laptop will soon be available for purchase in the US via OLPC’s “Give 1 Get 1” program. The business model is interesting; essentially, the cost of ownership shall be $400 for one XO laptop. The price shall also provide funding for a second XO laptop that will be donated, on your behalf, to…

Gizmodo’s Favorite Butt Plug

You read it right &mdash we are going official with our favorite butt plug. Here is the complete rundown of how it feels, what it does, where you can insert it and how much we love it. The power socket butt plug is made of hardened plastic, as such it has a tough plastic exterior;…

Man from Pennsylvania Sues Google for $5 Billion

Five-freaking-billion-dollars! Dylan Stephen Jayne, from Pennsylvania, is seriously pissed at Google and he is seeking his dues. The premise of his complaint revolves around the following assertion; “I, Dylan Stephen Jayne, plaintiff, has [sic] a social security number that when the social security number is turned upside down in its entirety it is a scrambled…

ThinkGeek’s Calculator Bot May Love You

When you are having difficulty with your arithmetic, would it not be great to have a small, robotic calculator at your beck and call? Thanks to ThinkGeek, now you can! The Robot Calculator will not only confirm parts of multiplication tables you are unsure of, it will also hold down your spare paper clips on…

Infinity and JBL Let Your Sub Go Wire Free

Both Infinity and JBL have just dropped two wireless subwoofers. The subs function utilizing a 2.4GHz transmitter/receiver setup and there are four selectable channels to allow you to pick the best possible reception. JBL’s offering, the Cinema Sound CSS10W, has a 10″ driver and will kick out 300watts. Infinity’s slightly beefier, PS212W, houses a 12″…

Researchers Hope to Aid Speech Therapy With Speaking Robot

The brains at Tokyo University of Science and the Musashino Red Cross Hospital have joined forces to create a robot that will mimic the oral movements needed to articulate speech. The machine currently consists of a silicone tongue and a motorized lower jaw encapsulated in an artificial mouth structure. At present, the robotics of the…

Smarthome’s Rotating Power Outlet Gives Your Chargers Space

Smarthome’s rotating power outlet may not be as neat as the E-Rope concept, but it is still awesome. The rotating power outlet does exactly what a rotating power outlet should do; it rotates around for incalculable convenience, providing your power at all sorts of crazy angles. https://gizmodo.com/design-concept-e-rope-modular-power-strip-185733 OK, so the design maybe a little limited…

Iamhuman Gives Your MacBook Wood

Is your MacBook/MacBook Pro having an identity crisis? Would you like to use it as an expensive, inconspicuous bookend? Well, Iamhuman have you covered, their unconventional vinyl skins should do just the trick. There are a few different deigns to choose from, the zebra skin and the wood veneer finishes are pictured above, but if…

Those smashing fellows over at Digital Photography Review just got their mitts all over the Nikon D3 preview unit. Check out their extensive run through for the complete d-low. [dpreview]