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Carbon Hero Calculates Your Eco Soundness

This is the Carbon Hero, a gadget-software combo that registers your location, velocity and pattern of activity. Then it downloads the data to either your PC or mobile and calculates how much carbon you have used. And then it probably sends it all to Al Gore, Bono and Bob Geldof, so the eco-police could pay…

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Bj Linux-based Robo-Mutt is Smarter than AIBO

Bj will be the new robot mutt in town when it arrives worldwide this fall. It may not have Sony’s pedigree, but it’s smarter than any other pup-bot ever. Designed for research and hacking, the fully programmable Bj uses Linux and is loaded with an i.MX 533MHz processor based on an ARM core with 64MB…

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JesusPhone Makes a Great Peeping TomPhone

Click to viewWhile all of you iPhone owners are busily pushing the envelope with your new gadget, taking calls, pinching images and locating sushi bars, some people are actually coming up with useful, critical applications. No, not hacking it. I mean making it the perfect friend for the Peeping Tom in you. At least according…

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Electrocuted Hot Dog Video Doesn’t Look Too Tasty

Remember that electrocuted hot dog cooking tip for Independence Day? Well, someone did it and came up with the obligatory YouTube video. Looking at it bulging and sizzling after the jump, it doesn’t look like a good idea. At all. https://gizmodo.com/how-you-should-cook-your-hot-dogs-tonight-with-electri-275017 Edgar and I were inspired by this post. Please don’t try this at home…

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Next-gen Presidential Helicopter Now Flying, George W. Won’t Get One

Lockheed Martin’s new VH-71 Presidential Helicopter just completed its maiden flight. The next Navy’s Marine One will be the most advanced in the world, with all sorts of fancy-schmancy avionics, anti-weapons thing-a-mabooms and full communication gadgetry to give the Leader of the Free World “Oval Office in the sky capabilities.” As opposed to Lucy in…

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iTunes Albums Basement Bargains at $6.99 or Less

In case you didn’t notice, there is an album sale on iTunes. Our own Wilson Rothman snatched Brandi Carlile’s The Story for $6.99 three weeks ago, so it’s hardly news, but just in case you were too busy reading iPhone stories all this time, you can get some cheap stuff there. In the words of…

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Nokia N800 Software Updated with Skype and More

Nokia has just updated the N800 tablet’s operating system. They added Skype as expected, plus Flash 9 and 8GB memory card support, all while increasing battery life. Not bad at all. https://gizmodo.com/is-that-skype-on-a-nokia-n800-273037

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Motz Music Box Adds MP3 Player to Anything

Sadly in Japan only for now, Evergreen has released a barebones MP3 player designed to be stuck into anything you can think about. The Motz Music Box includes a 28×25×18mm base unit with USB port, supports MP3, WMA and OGG file formats and has a nipplestick attached with a short cable. As you will see…

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Human Drives Robot Dressed as Human Driving a Digger (Verdict: We Dig It)

Dressing up robots to dig holes. That’s more or less what Honda is doing today in Japan with their humanoid robot series, which not only can do Buster-Keaton slapstick shows but also act as human operators in risky situations. However, the important thing is not the robot itself but how they control it. https://gizmodo.com/honda-asimo-vs-slippery-stairs-220771 Their…

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XREP Taser Fires from Shotgun, Fries Your Foes Wirelessly

Taser International is teasing us, saying that next monday we will be able to incapacitate enemies, evil car salesmen and unfriendly mothers-in-law by shooting their new tiny eXtended Range Electronic Projectile from a 12-gauge shotgun. But what’s this XREP coming out of that barrel above? The XREP is a taser which only weights 2.4 grams…

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Sony May Cut $100 Off PlayStation 3 Price

According to the rumors, Sony may be shaving $100 off the price of the PlayStation 3 after E3. I guess they can’t take the sales beatings by Mario and Co. anymore. http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/playstation-3-100-price-cut-hits-july-15-275391.php

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“Eurosnobs to Get iPhone, One Day”, Sources Declare

Really, what’s all this ruckus about the Second Coming of the JesusPhone in Europe? Some regional German newspaper said that it was going to be T-Mobile in the Fatherland. The never-sensationalistic British press is claiming that “O2 gets UK iPhone deal” and even the BBC is getting its knickers in a twist about it. Can’t…

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Apple Multi-touch Mouse Completely Eliminates Buttons (Again)

The US Patent Office has spilt the beans on the (allegedly) next Apple mouse, a multi-touch device with no buttons that extends the iPhone concept into desktop computers. From the description of it, it will be both funky and useful. According to the filing, it will have a transparent shell with a light source that…

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Trascend 32GB ExpressCard Ready to Boost and Travel Back in Time

Trascend has just upgraded to 32GB their Solid State Drive for ExpressCard/34 slots. It will accelerate your laptop PC using Vista’s Ready Boost, but it’s also compatible with Linux and Mac OS X, which will be specially useful once Leopard comes out. Why Leopard and technical specs after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/transcend-16gb-express-card-fabulousness-comes-at-a-pr-249147 Why Leopard? Because this…

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iPhone Now Sold Out, Fastest-selling Phone Ever for AT&T

AT&T is saying that they have sold more iPhones in the first weekend than any other cellphone in the first month. Meanwhile, the iPhone Apple Store locator says it’s sold out everywhere but in Pittsburgh and Tigard, Oregon.

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Nokia Speakerphone HF-300 Installs in a Snap, Knows When to Turn Off

Here is the Nokia HF-300 Bluetooth speakerphone, hot from the 4th of July grill. It will allow you to quickly install a hands-free and cable-free call system just by clipping it to your sunvisor, using its own batteries for up to 20 hours of talk. The HF-300 knows when to turn itself off so you…

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Motorola Zante Looks Even Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs on EDGE

Click to viewHere’s the Zante, up close and lustrously yours. Today we got plenty of fresh technical information about this Motorola-flavored Sidekick plus two new pretty pics. One of them above, the other after the jump, showing its funky purple sliding keyboard. After seeing it, I want to lick it. The Zante, or Motorola Q900,…

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Augmented Reality Sculpture Makes You Think You Are Tron

The Augmented Sculpture project by Pablo Valbuena mixes a “volumetric base that serves as support for a second level, a virtual projected layer that allows controlling the transformation and sequentiality of space-time.” In other words, what they refer to in scientific circles as “that kick-ass groovy Tron stuff.” Also called, augmented reality. Watch the video…

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Golf Cruiser Makes Me Want to Learn Golf

The new 2007 Golf Cruiser is not your papa’s golf cart, but more like Tiger Wood’s kick-ass three-wheeler. It’s electric, running on a 1000W engine with an upgraded 36 volts battery that gives you 8 to 10 hours of operation. And although the top speed is 9.3mph, it can carry 397 pounds of gear. I…

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China Water Cube Almost Done, Probably with Help from Mon Calamari

Here’s the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, which is now almost finished. Although the bubbles in this gigantic Water Cube look like they are made of jelly fishes, they really use “two layers of a high-performance plastic film called ethylene tetrafluoroethylene or ETFE.” Mmmmmm’kay. So really, what do the jelly fish do? The computer-generated double-layer…

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Carbon Hero Calculates Your Eco Soundness

Bj Linux-based Robo-Mutt is Smarter than AIBO

JesusPhone Makes a Great Peeping TomPhone

Electrocuted Hot Dog Video Doesn’t Look Too Tasty

Next-gen Presidential Helicopter Now Flying, George W. Won’t Get One

iTunes Albums Basement Bargains at $6.99 or Less

Nokia N800 Software Updated with Skype and More

Motz Music Box Adds MP3 Player to Anything

Human Drives Robot Dressed as Human Driving a Digger (Verdict: We Dig It)

XREP Taser Fires from Shotgun, Fries Your Foes Wirelessly

Sony May Cut $100 Off PlayStation 3 Price

“Eurosnobs to Get iPhone, One Day”, Sources Declare

Apple Multi-touch Mouse Completely Eliminates Buttons (Again)

Trascend 32GB ExpressCard Ready to Boost and Travel Back in Time

iPhone Now Sold Out, Fastest-selling Phone Ever for AT&T

Nokia Speakerphone HF-300 Installs in a Snap, Knows When to Turn Off

Motorola Zante Looks Even Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs on EDGE

Augmented Reality Sculpture Makes You Think You Are Tron

Golf Cruiser Makes Me Want to Learn Golf

China Water Cube Almost Done, Probably with Help from Mon Calamari

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

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?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets