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Alien DNA Watch Will Check Your Relation With Yoda, Other Little Green Men

I told you: the aliens are here and we have proof! But according to Sea Hope, the manufacturer of this Alien DNA detecting watch, they are not coming from space. They say we are the ETs and this watch will detect how much of your DNA is alien. No, really. In my case this will…

Verizon Motorola Q9m Gets Official Specs, Launch Date

Attention shoppers of Unholy Smartyphones: according to Boy Genius, Verizon will launch their Moto Q9m on August 22, complete with Windows Mobile 6, V CAST Music service, up-to-4GB miniSD memory slot, Bluetooth 2.0 and “ergonomic piano style” keyboard. Not very impressive if you look at its price. According to them, this new version of Motorola’s…

Magazine Illusions Are Cool, Cheap to Do

These magazine illusions are easy to make, cheap and fun. You just need your digital camera, any magazine with a life-sized human part printed in a full page and some imagination. Now stop playing Wii and go do something creative. Preferably with a Score cover. [Fubiz]

R2-D2 Home Theater Gets Upgraded, Still Can’t Project HDTV, Calculate Hyperspace Jumps

The home theater version of the world’s favorite astro-mech droid got an upgrade, boosting its DLP projector to 1,024 x 768 pixels and 1,500:1 contrast ratio from the previous 800 x 600 and 1,000:1. Still short from the basic HDTV 720p resolution, but it can do plenty of stuff. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-projector-shaped-like-r2d2-does-not-project-226868 The DLP unit can project…

Samsung Claims 100% Meeting Customer Demand, Despite Claims to the Contrary

Samsung stated that they were going to fully meet customer demand for NAND flash memory on August 7, but Taiwanese manufacturer PQI and often-innacurate Digitimes are poo-pooing on that for some reason. PQI claims that prices will go up and they will benefit from it, even while Samsung mostly works in long-term contracts with big…

Renovatio Motorbike Makes Me Drool as Much as a Wraith or Hellcat

The Renovatio is yet another amazing bike/art masterpiece/mechanical wonder from the engineering wizards at Confederate. Like their Wraiths and Hellcats, this handmade steel, aluminum, titanium and carbon beast looks straight from a Katsuhiro Otomo movie —but even more badass and with a heart to match: a V-twin 1686cc water-cooled engine at a 90º angle. Can’t…

Another Clueless Moron Sues for the iPhone’s Battery Life

Did you think that is was impossible that there could be someone as dimwitted as the guy who sued Apple for the iPhone battery life? We did too, but we have a new participant in the Gizmodo’s Stoopeedest Lawsuit Ever Contest: Sydney Leung, says AppleInsider. Could this be the same Sydney Leung sole proprietor of…

The Aliens Are Here! The Aliens Are Here!

Here are some UFOs flying over the beaches of Hawaii on August 6th. Here are some experimental Air Force planes passing by. Ah, the wonders of (amazing) computer graphics and brain implants. [Thank you, CIA, DoD, Jason Bourne, Jack Bauer and Fox News] https://gizmodo.com/cia-vatican-fox-news-undercover-agents-alter-wikipedi-289853

Slim Samsung YP-P2 Confirmed, Coming to IFA 2007

The new Samsung YP-P2 will be at IFA 2007 as expected, in all its slim sleeky glory, wide 480 х 234 pixel touch-screen, new DSNe sound system, calendar, radio and Bluetooth connectivity. We will be in Berlin to lick it in September. You can drool over it again in the video after the jump now.…

Brando MP4 Watch II Is Movie Player, Voice Recorder, Personal Shield

Hold the new Brando MP4 Watch II like Dick Tracy and watch movies, record conversations, listen to music and even read e-books until you go blind. Hold its new 1.8-inch screen like Conan the Barbarian holds his shield and you will be able to defend yourself against all kinds of attacks. Jump for full specs…

Chainsaw Wheelbarrow Drag Racer Runs Fast, Kills Faster

Yes, this is exactly what it looks like: a stupid mechanical contraption designed to increase the number of fatal accidents in the workplace. It’s also a wheelbarrow drag racer powered by two chainsaws and a participant on the Silverline Drag Racing competition, a contest for modified power tools and, apparently, unused props from the Texas…

Starfish Self-Modeling Robots Learn to Walk in a Sad Way, Hold Potential to Kill Humanity

University of Vermont’s Josh Bongard just won the 2007 TR35 Young Innovator award for his self-modeling robots. His starfish can learn how to walk with no programming at all, just knowing the properties of their parts. The results —as you will see in the video after the jump—are quite pathetic to watch, but I am…

People Selling iPhone Sexy Touch Time in India

According to fellow Indian journo and Giz reader Aswin R, someone in India is selling sexy touching time with the iPhone using Facebook’s marketplace. Not selling the iPhone itself, just 15 minutes to “see/touch/feel” the JesusPhone under supervision. I guess some people would do it, maybe hoping to cure some illness. Like acne. Or bunions.…

Xohm Is Official, Is Coming, Is Already Overrated?

As expected, Sprint has announced their allegedly-WiMAX Xohm service, claiming that “the internet is on the verge of another revolution.” They want to “empower PMPs, video cameras, MP3s and more with internet access.” We just want cheap zoomtastic Internet action everywhere. [Xohm] https://gizmodo.com/xohm-is-either-wimax-from-sprint-or-new-mystical-chant-289596

CIA, Vatican, Fox News Undercover Agents Alter Wikipedia in Lamest Black Ops Ever

The Guardian is reporting that the CIA, the Vatican and Fox News, among other organizations, are altering key entries in Wikipedia to manipulate your views of he world. But hold on: before you put your tinfoil hat on, better read about the stupid things they are changing. The Vatican is editing entries on Catholic saints…

Tuesday’s Fav Fab Stories

Is Wednesday feeling slow? Maybe you have to jump into your time-traveling rubber pants and read our fabulous stories from yesterday: • iPhone Completely Freed From AT&T Galactic Empire With Turbo SIM • Falcon Flashlight Wanking Device Is Just Wrong, Yet Strangely Attractive • Wood Stool Accommodates Your Balls, Probably Hurts Your Scrotum https://gizmodo.com/iphone-100-unlocked-using-turbo-sim-card-289148 •…

Telefunken TV + Star Trek = New iMac

Where does iMac designer Jonathan Ive get his ideas? Growing up in ’70s Britain, his brain must have collected a giganormous amount of wonderful and eclectic design influences. Like this Telefunken PALcolor 614, which looks like a CRT version of the new iMac. More ties after the jump. Telefunken, the inventors of PAL, were hugely…

1873 Monocycle Replica Is a Mechanical and Engineering Marvel

This monocycle replica from 1873 is an stunning engineering and mechanical feat. Created by a spaniard using 19th Century documentation and old-style handcrafting techniques, it uses a 6.16-foot wheel, with a 238-teeth inner segment. As you can see in the gallery, the quality of his work is simply amazing. This man from Burgos, Spain, created…

AMD next-gen chip has been delayed once again, according to the Inquirer. System integrators who expected deliveries of 2GHz and 2.3GHz Barcelonas in mid-August have been told to expect only the 1.9GHz version at launch this September. [Inquirer – Thanks Techluver]

XOHM Is Either WiMax from Sprint or New Mystical Chant

Engadget got a poster and a tipster claiming that Sprint could unveil their WiMax service tomorrow, with deployment by the end of 2007. The service will be called XOHM and it will allow you to use devices like the future 4G Nokia N800 in “selected cities.” [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/nokias-n800-tablet-confirmed-as-first-sprint-wimax-devi-287915