Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

Save Hundreds and Take the Kids to Disney World’s…Free iPad App

I’m sure they’d be just as enthralled jiggling homescreen icons around on an iPad as they would at Disney World, but if not you can now treat them with a trip to visit Tinkerbell—through the 360-degree iPad app. Mobile-Ent describes the Walt Disney World Magic Vacation Mirror iPad app as an interactive travel brochure, which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 18

4G WiMax for New York, San Francisco and LA Switched On From Nov 1

November 1st for New York, December 1st for Los Angeles and San Francisco in “late December.” That’s the promise from Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint in regards to the big switching-on of their 4G WiMax services—Clearwire in the case of CLEAR, Comcast with XFINITY Internet 2go, and Sprint for Sprint 4G. [Clearwire]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 18

One Man’s VCR Player Collection Earns My “Best Video of the Month” Badge

Unbeknown to us, the Finnish YouTube user “markorepairs” is quite the video legend with 988 videos showing…well, not much! Except for this recent corker, which features his entire VCR player collection and the most amazing bowlcut seen since Friar Tuck. The YouTube description is a particular gem, too: “If you likes my collection show me…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

Play Hide-and-Seek With Garmin’s Chirp, a Geocaching Beacon With a Year’s Battery

Garmin’s $23 pet rock “Chirp” can last up to a year in the wilderness as it records the number of people who stumble across its coordinates. It’s for the more adventurous types, who love nothing more than geo-based activities. Ramblers can hook it up with any of Garmin’s products for programming it with various locations,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

It’s not just hooker shoes, either. Disney’s also flogging a delightful $2,600 sterling-silver Tron necklace and $150 belt-buckle, just in time to get dressed for the movie’s December release. [Disney via Technabob via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/daft-punks-tron-soundtrack-out-on-november-22nd-5648663

Movies Kat Hannaford Oct 15

No-One Will Dare Steal Your Personalized Bike (Unless Their Name’s “Andrea” Too)

Even the most successful bike-thief will hesitate for a moment before slicing through the D-lock on your prized personalized ride…which is why you should make it even more difficult for them by riding a two-man first and lastname bike: Sure, there may be a few integral components missing from this concept (gears, chains, pedals…) but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer from 1837 Will Be Built

Not even IMDB seems to know whether Zooey Deschanel has been cast as Ada Lovelace in Enchantress of Numbers, but Lovelace and Babbage’s Analytical Engine computer shall be finally built—if programmer/blogger John Graham-Cunning can raise enough money. https://gizmodo.com/zooey-deschanel-to-hopefully-play-computer-programmer-5520528 He needs about $640,000 to work on the project, using Babbage’s original blueprints. If he ever succeeds,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

Learn How to be an 8-Bit Game Developer Superstar…by Playing an iPhone Game

Don’t waste time playing as farmers or retail tycoons. It’s so unrealistic! Hone your skills on something you actually have a chance of becoming one day—a bearded coffee swillin’ game developer! Game Dev Story may cost $4, but it’s a lot cheaper than enrolling in a computer programming course. While you can’t design apps within…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

700 Used Coffee Capsules Turned into Batteries Keep Clocks Ticking

Coffee makes the world go ’round for millions every day, but in Vienna over 700 dirty, used Nespresso capsules were combined with copper and salt water to make battery-powered clocks, that linked together to keep a radio playing away happily. Supposedly the average coffee-drinker can get through 700 Nespresso capsules a year, which are discarded…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 15

Palm Hires Ex-Nokia MeeGo Man for webOS Team

Mere days ago we told you that Ari Jaaksi, VP of MeeGo devices at Nokia, had resigned. Turns out he’s headed Palm’s way, where he’ll be the Senior VP of webOS from this November. Palm’s also scooped up Victoria Coleman, who worked at Samsung’s R&D center, for working on webOS. https://gizmodo.com/vp-of-meego-nokias-upcoming-os-is-next-to-leave-5655882 With new webOS 2.0…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Oct 15

O Crank Up the Old-Timey Lego Letterpress Machine

You know when you see your favorite flavor combos on a menu, like brie and cranberry, and feel a sudden rush of completeness? I feel that way after spotting this letterpress machine that uses Lego pieces as the stamps. Possibly the best part of this taste-explosion is that Physical Fiction, the design studio who clamped…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Chinese McDonalds Are Holding Weddings Next Year, With Cake and Everything

If you considered that chicken nugget goop to be an aphrodisiac of the most romantic kind, then start looking up flights to Hong Kong for next year. McDonalds’ weddings may be alcohol-free, but at least Ronald will be in attendance. https://gizmodo.com/chicken-nuggets-are-made-from-this-pink-goop-5654066 Sure, some couples have ambushed McDonalds and even Taco Bell with their wedding ceremonies,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Next Year There Might be Powermat Phones That Charge Wirelessly Without Cases

True, you can charge some phones now without buying a special inductive-charging case (via their swappable batteries), but Powermat wants to work with manufacturers to put the technology into phones from the get-go. https://gizmodo.com/powermat-throws-out-the-cases-with-new-swappable-batter-5441465 Speaking to TechRadar, the Powermat spokesperson said it “is a complex process,” as “each phone has different charging needs so the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Use an iPhone as a Color Palette and an iPad as the Canvas With the Remote Palette App

Sure, there are plenty of painting apps for iOS already, but Remote Palette has a neat twist—it connects an iPad and iPhone so the iPad can be used as a canvas, and the iPhone as the color palette. The video above will be pretty awkward for anyone who’s not seen this video from 1982 of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

One City’s Police Force is Tweeting Every Incident for 24 Hours

Twitter’s often used for passive-aggressive means, but a British police department is taking on the government in a 24hour-long display of how overworked they really are, by tweeting every single call they receive. 6hours in, that’s over 700 potential crimes. The Greater Manchester Police started tweeting from 5am GMT (12am EST) today, using three Twitter…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Sprint Boost Customers Will Be Rewarded Every Six Months With Cheaper Bills

Good news for Sprint Boost Mobile customers—every six months, the network will reduce the monthly price of the contract by $5. That means anyone on a $50 contract could end up paying just $35 a month after 18 months. [Bloomberg] UPDATE: Apologies, there are no contracts with Sprint Boost, just a rolling pre-paid service.

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

What Happens When Water is Dropped Onto Water-Repelling Carbon Nanotubes?

Even though not all of you will understand what “superhydrophobic carbon nanotubes” actually are, everyone will appreciate this video of water droplets shot at varying frame-rate speeds of up to 3,500fps. Except for Martians, perhaps. Several water droplets were filmed in super slo-mo, as they dropped onto a “superhydrophobic” (massively water-repelling) arrangement of carbon nanotube…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Sony’s NEX Cameras Now Support Auto Focus When Using A-Mount Lenses

The brilliant thing about Sony’s NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras is that they’re compatible with the company’s A-mount lenses (when using the $200 LA-EA1 Mount Adaptor). Thanks to a firmware update, there’s now AF support when using these lenses, plus users can customize the soft-key settings and maintain the aperture settings when recording video. [Sony] https://gizmodo.com/sony-nex-3-and-nex-5-cameras-receive-firmware-update-fo-5577116…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Limited Edition HDJ-1000 Headphones Get Fine-Tuned and Painted Gold by Pioneer

Big, brash and gold—I’d say these limited edition HDJ-1000s are the polar opposite of those understated Aiaiai headphones I reviewed, but I think we’ve all seen a pair of Dr Dre’s Beats Pro to know that’s untrue. https://gizmodo.com/aiaiai-tma-1-headphones-lightning-review-high-on-bass-5623686 First made available in 2008, Pioneer’s not just painted the HDJ-1000s in gold and called it a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds Video Camera Won’t Cost “That” Much After All

I say “won’t cost that much” because the Japanese price of the AG-AF100 converted to just under $10,000, which is a heck of a lot more than what it’ll really cost in the States when it goes on sale December 27th: $4,995. https://gizmodo.com/panasonics-compact-interchangeable-video-camera-will-co-5636422 It’s the first mirrorless camcorder that can use interchangeable lenses, so if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 14

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Save Hundreds and Take the Kids to Disney World’s…Free iPad App

4G WiMax for New York, San Francisco and LA Switched On From Nov 1

One Man’s VCR Player Collection Earns My “Best Video of the Month” Badge

Play Hide-and-Seek With Garmin’s Chirp, a Geocaching Beacon With a Year’s Battery

Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

No-One Will Dare Steal Your Personalized Bike (Unless Their Name’s “Andrea” Too)

Charles Babbage’s Failed Computer from 1837 Will Be Built

Learn How to be an 8-Bit Game Developer Superstar…by Playing an iPhone Game

700 Used Coffee Capsules Turned into Batteries Keep Clocks Ticking

Palm Hires Ex-Nokia MeeGo Man for webOS Team

O Crank Up the Old-Timey Lego Letterpress Machine

Chinese McDonalds Are Holding Weddings Next Year, With Cake and Everything

Next Year There Might be Powermat Phones That Charge Wirelessly Without Cases

Use an iPhone as a Color Palette and an iPad as the Canvas With the Remote Palette App

One City’s Police Force is Tweeting Every Incident for 24 Hours

Sprint Boost Customers Will Be Rewarded Every Six Months With Cheaper Bills

What Happens When Water is Dropped Onto Water-Repelling Carbon Nanotubes?

Sony’s NEX Cameras Now Support Auto Focus When Using A-Mount Lenses

Limited Edition HDJ-1000 Headphones Get Fine-Tuned and Painted Gold by Pioneer

Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds Video Camera Won’t Cost “That” Much After All

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