Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Wiimote Controlled Murder Robot

These crazy dudes turned a KR16 industrial arm robot into an Wiimote extension and started smashing crap. Even with the delay, they managed to hit tennis balls pretty nicely by compensating. The real fun when they strap a fricking broadsword to the thing and create the ultimate Final Fantasy opponent. It’s a wonder nobody lost…

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Asus’s Vista Optimized Motherboards

If you’re thinking of building your own Vista machine, Asus has four new motherboards for you to optimize your Windows experience. Two of them are for Athlon 64s and the other two are for Intel Core 2 Quad processors. All of them have a flash cache that works with Vista ReadyBoost to boot faster. The…

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Tripper Light Card Reader and Hard Drive

As amateur pornographers, we can appreciate the fact that a SD or CompactFlash card doesn’t hold enough pictures to last through an entire day of shooting. Good thing there’s this Tripper Light from Aska Corp. It’s got a six-in-one card reader with a built-in 20GB hard disk to unload pictures to. That means all you…

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The Sit-Down Shopping Cart: Because Groceries Are Tiring

For the disabled, the elderly, or the extremely lazy, this Sit-Down shopping cart takes the hard work out of shopping in a way that only a butler could. The cart weighs only 10 pounds, which means it’s easy to carry to and from your car, and supports up to 300 pounds on its seat. Two…

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Zune: How We’ve Lived With It For Three Months

Click to viewAfter the iPod came out on top in our Zune v. iPod battle royale, we decided to keep on using the Zune so we could get a long term evaluation on how Microsoft’s player stacked up. After nearly three months with the thing, we think we’ve got some new light to shed. https://gizmodo.com/zune-vs-ipod-the-final-word-on-who-should-get-your-mo-215107…

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Gizmodo Tip: When Installing Vista, Look Before You Reformat

When installing Vista, don’t be like Chen and accidentally delete your old Windows XP OS partition because you weren’t paying attention and thought it was your other XP OS partition. You know, the one you wanted to get rid of.

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Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Mac Pros

Mac professionals keen on mastering their own Blu-ray movies can finally get started thanks to MCE’s internal Blu-ray drive. It supports 50GB dual-layer discs and ships now for $699. You’re not spending the better part of a grand just for a drive—on no! You also get Roxio Toast 8 Titanium, which enables you to write…

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Game & Watch Donkey Kong and Zelda Keychain

If your youth was anything like ours, it was full of Kool Aid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and lots and lots of Game & Watch. Marvel at how they can condense the day’s advanced technology into something that costs $8.99 and comes in a keychain. Before the NES, the best you could get from Nintendo…

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Stripper Shoe Phone For Little Girls

The YOUnivers Funk Fone only costs $19.99, which much less than little Cyndi can make when she’s all growns up and stripping at Scores. Get’em when they’re young, and let them lead the way. We think that’s how the song goes. Product Page [eToys via Textually via uber gizmo]

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Japan Watch: Perfect Three-Minute Pasta Gadget

We’ve been making spaghetti the retarded way for years, but we should have known the Japanese thought up a better, and faster, way of doing everything. First, grab this gadget. Then, all you have to do is stick in the pasta, some salt, and pour in boiled water. Cap it, wait for three minutes, and…

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The Sidekick III Gets iPhoned

Who else thinks skinning your phone like the iPhone has jumped the shark? iBored [mrpunk2u – THanks Matt!]

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Was Cheney BlackBerrying it up During the SOTU?

We recognize that old ass-shift-pocket-reach-downward-stare-thumb-action anywhere, especially since we saw it in exquisite high def. But was Cheney texting Condi or was he just switching the old girl to silent? You be the judge. What was Cheney crackberrying during the State of the Union? [Foreign Policy – Thanks Travis!]

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Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Reviewed (Verdict: Great For The Price)

Nokia 770 owners who use the Wi-Fi enabled device for web browsing, email and chat may not have a huge reason to buy the N800, but everyone else may. Costing only $400, this portable internet tablet has an 800×480 touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VGA-video calling camera, SD slots, faster RAM, faster CPU, and amazing battery life.…

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MyOrigo MyDevice Becomes Relevant Again Thanks to the iPhone

We covered this way back in the Johnson administration, but this MyOrigo MyDevice is a tilt-sensing touch-screen phone that looks nothing like the iPhone. It was released in late 2003 to little fanfare, even though there’s only one exterior button and an auto-switching portrait/landscape function. Sound familiar? After the Macworld announcement, F-Origin made up a…

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How To Read Gizmodo Without the iPhone Posts

Getting tired of the iPhone? Here’s a way to read Gizmodo and get everything BUT iPhone posts. Here’s what you do: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:ip… Easy, right? If you don’t want posts about boobies: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:bo… And if you don’t want posts about Microsoft or boobies: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/not:bo… Have fun! Thanks Gina! https://lifehacker.com/how-to-exclude-tags-from-lifehacker-feeds-231000

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Psst. Want Windows Mobile Crossbow? Click Here

You didn’t hear it from us. It’s also a pre-release version, so good luck in not screwing up your phone. Download [Hotfile]

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Get Your Own Mii Sculpture (Soon)

Artist Mr. Thiel is trying to gauge public interest in him making custom-designed Mii Sculptures. Are you interested in having a little Mii-representation of yourself sitting on your office desk? Who the hell isn’t? If you are interested, hit him up at [email protected] with the subject line “I want a Mii soon!!!” All emails with…

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SeeEye2Eye Webcam Eye-Contact Gadget Hands-On

The idea of the SeeEye2Eye is sound. Who wouldn’t want to be able to look someone in the eye instead of looking down when you’re in a Skype or iChat conference? Although the SeeEye2Eye teleprompter/periscope does work the way it’s intended—letting you look directly at the webcam instead of at the screen when you’re video-chatting…

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Netgear SC101T Storage Central Turbo Goes Gigabit

Netgear’s Storage Central has been popular enough with the home and small business market for them to release an updated version. The SC101T now supports SATA drives instead of IDE, has disk mirroring, and finally supports Gigabit Ethernet. About gorram time, we say. https://gizmodo.com/netgears-networking-storage-solution-154459 The Storage Central Turbo should be available early 2007 wherever the…

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XSKN Keyboard Skin for Photoshop Users

If your photoshop skills suck as bad as ours does—queen of poop anyone?—this keyboard skin for Apple laptops may just be the thing for you. The XSKN is just a silicone keyboard skin with the appropriate Photoshop shortcut keys silk screened onto the surface. This way you can just look down at your keyboard to…

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Wiimote Controlled Murder Robot

Asus’s Vista Optimized Motherboards

Tripper Light Card Reader and Hard Drive

The Sit-Down Shopping Cart: Because Groceries Are Tiring

Zune: How We’ve Lived With It For Three Months

Gizmodo Tip: When Installing Vista, Look Before You Reformat

Blu-ray Internal Recordable Drive for Mac Pros

Game & Watch Donkey Kong and Zelda Keychain

Stripper Shoe Phone For Little Girls

Japan Watch: Perfect Three-Minute Pasta Gadget

The Sidekick III Gets iPhoned

Was Cheney BlackBerrying it up During the SOTU?

Nokia N800 Internet Tablet Reviewed (Verdict: Great For The Price)

MyOrigo MyDevice Becomes Relevant Again Thanks to the iPhone

How To Read Gizmodo Without the iPhone Posts

Psst. Want Windows Mobile Crossbow? Click Here

Get Your Own Mii Sculpture (Soon)

SeeEye2Eye Webcam Eye-Contact Gadget Hands-On

Netgear SC101T Storage Central Turbo Goes Gigabit

XSKN Keyboard Skin for Photoshop Users

This Windows 11 Pro Mini PC Shows Up at a Record Low on Amazon After the Spring Sale, No Need for a Tower Desktop

The ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Moment Designed for You to Gawk at Hugh Jackman’s Chiseled Body Is Now an Action Figure

Marshall Emberton III Bluetooth Speaker Isn’t Supposed to Be This Cheap, Even the New Midnight Blue at an All-Time Low

2026 MacBook Pro (M5 Pro) Breaks Into Its First Sale on Amazon, While Apple Store Still Has None on the New Laptop

Don’t Hold Your Breath for a ‘Super Smash Bros.’ Movie

What’s Actually the Best Way to Get a Good Night’s Sleep? We Asked Scientists

Game to Lose Online Mode After Its Server Partner Pivots to You’ll Never Guess What

This $400 (Not) AI Keychain Is Pointless, Extravagant, and Weirdly Lovable

New Getaway Means Subaru Has an Electric SUV in Every Size

pCloud Easter Special: One Payment, Lifetime Storage for Entire Family (68% Off)

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AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?