Mark Wilson, Author at Gizmodo

Wii Fit Is Gonna Cost You $90

Nintendo has announced that Wii Fit with the Balance Board will cost $90 when it hits US shelves. We can debate about that price all day, but you should realize that Wii Fit could cost you a lot MORE than $90 if it makes you live longer, you end up buying more food/paying more rent…

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Epoq EGP-WP98B, Windows Mobile Wrist Edition

The Epoq EGP-WP98B claims has the claim to fame as the first Windows Mobile 5 watch. And while the OS does seem a little overkill for the watch’s tiny 1.4″ OLED touch screen, its impressive internals stand up well to its faux-alligator-banded externals. A quad band GSM watch (supporting speakerphone or headset), it features Wi-Fi,…

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“Her” Chair Is Not For Him…Hopefully

Disney’s Cinderella painted a pretty picture of a perverse scene—only the one girl in all the land with the perfectly-proportioned foot could fulfill the prince’s grimy foot fetish. So you can consider the Her Chair a modern Cinderella equivalent…if Cinderella were to have dropped an ass-molded plastic chair during her race against midnight. A sexier…

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SofaBOX Is Seating For Outdoors, Vampires

The SofaBOX is pretty much just that—a sofa that fits in a rugged metal box, appearing to pop out when the box is opened (we’re guessing a la delicate pop-up book as opposed to snake-filled can of peanuts). Swiss designer John Hofgartner hasn’t revealed much information about the piece at this time or its intended…

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MonoTracer Bike Is Singularly Fantastic

Traditional motorcycles are OK, but this is the future. We need future things. And the $82,350 glass/kevlar/carbon/steel MonoTracer bike certainly feels like it’s from the Utopian, roundmobile world to come. Featuring a fully enclosed cabin for less drag and less pebbles in the face, the MonoTracer’s 130hp BMW engine goes 0-60 in 5.6 seconds and…

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Computer Writes 200,000 Books, Man Takes Credit

Using his self-designed AI program, Philip M. Parker has “authored” 200,000 books without ever lifting his pen. While his work features some self-explanatory medical texts like The Official Patient’s Sourcebook on Acne Rosacea, most of Parker’s publications are 100-300 page industry analysis pieces like DAGENHAM MOTORS GROUP PLC: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis.…

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Coin-Op NES Requires Serious Magic Fingers

While a slew of hotels feature sad, generic video game controllers ready to play whatever crappy IP-streaming games the chain may offer, many Japanese hotels were once stocked with these coin-op Famicom (NES) systems. A 100 yen coin would buy you 10-15 minutes of play, which is a pretty great deal compared to the mini…

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Little Big Man, Robot Within a Robot

Fact: every robot is controlled by a tiny robot pulling all sorts of levers in its chest, just as every human is powered by a gnome yanking on your lungs, heart and various coils of intestine. The Little Big Man kinetic sculpture by Nemo Gould outlines this principle, and was commissioned by the San Jose…

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IBM Racetrack Memory To Boost Storage By 100x

We have good news and bad news. The good news is that IBM is exploiting electrons to create memory with 100x the data density we see today. In terms of iPod, that’s 500,000 songs. The bad news is that the technology won’t be ready for 7+ years. Here’s how it works: In a crude analogy,…

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Solar Balloons, Too Good To Be True Adopted

When most of us think balloons, we think, “I never should have had children.” But these solar balloons are a lot more promising than their carnival counterparts. Constructed of photovoltaic fabric, the soft tank is filled with helium and tethered by power wire above a home, saving space on the ground while optimizing sun exposure.…

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TiVo Tries To Predict The Future, Fails

TiVo probably has enough data on users’ pause, rewind and fast forward habits to automate the entire process for them completely (FF commercial, RW for potential nip slip, Pause 2 minutes, FF just wonky pixel). So they took this data and began reporting American Idol fast forwarding practices to see which contestant’s songs were least…

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Gas Pump Entertainment Center, Product of Bygone Era

The T39 Replica Gas Pump Entertainment Center is not just for the car enthusiast who is obsessed with the 1940s. It’s for the guy who wants to spend almost 2 Gs on his entertainment center but never watch a TV bigger than 13 inches. Because while the gas pump’s illuminated globe and retro styling are…

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Lenovo’s Entire New ThinkPad Line Leaked, X300 Gets Siblings

A few months back, we broke news on Lenovo’s ultra-thin, ultra-functional X300 laptop. Now we’ve gotten an update on what the company’s been up to during the interim. All of their lines are seeing a major refresh, but the biggest news is that starting this September, the famous X300 will have a family. https://gizmodo.com/ultralight-lenovo-x300-series-thinkpad-leaked-346797 Soon…

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Pocket Projector Shares Pocket Media

For those who are always looking for the most technologically advanced ways to make others fawn over their children, this mini projector may be just small enough to fit in a large pocket or small purse. Running on AA batteries and displaying all of your SD card-based media (unfortunately there’s no codec list), we wouldn’t…

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DIY Wii Wheel Leaves Little to be Desired

Why fork over more money to Nintendo for a second Mario Kart Wii Wheel when you can just make one yourself? Sound difficult? It’s not, as long as you know how to tape a controller to a sauce pot lid. For some reason we didn’t spot a similar prototype among Nintendo’s 30 original designs. Which…

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Canon Quietly Releases XL H1S and XL H1A, Lowers H1 Series Price

Today Canon has announced updates to their XL H1 1080i Pro HD camcorder, splitting the line into two offerings: the XL H1S and XL H1A, a more simplistic XL H1A will be offered at a retail price of just $5,999 this July—several thousand less that we saw the original XL H1 priced for. And the…

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Blockbuster Announcing a Media Streamer This Month?

While we’ve known that Blockbuster was looking to get into digital distribution since they bought Movielink, according to a very confident Reuters, Blockbuster will be announcing a streaming set top box for customers to download movies directly to their televisions (a la Vudu, Apple TV, etc). That’s an important point, as Reuters stood firm that…

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Mrs. Potato Head BSOD Reeks of Disney Magic

Call it juvenile, but a good Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) cracks me up every time. And when it’s presented with so much pride by an unsuspecting Mrs. Potato Head…all the better. Snapped at Disney World, one reader couldn’t resist sharing the experience. https://gizmodo.com/biggest-bsod-of-all-time-320824 But the best part is that he usually hated this Microsoft-caught-without-pants…

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Living Isn’t Worth Wearing the Diddo Velema Gas Mask

A poisonous green cloud approaches. To your left, your scared wife and young son, trembling in one another’s arms. To your right, three Diddo Velema gas masks complete with Gucci and Luis Vuitton detailing. You realize that the masks are probably just a pointed artistic commentary of the violent, consumer world you live in. But…

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EMT Paintball Sentry Turret Feels No Pain(tballs)

Sure, you could dress up in full camo, pad your body in all the vulnerable places and crawl around in muggy, midsummer heat. Or, you could sit in A/C while pwning all those suckers. This wireless EMT Paintball Sentry Turret allows you to do just that, as long as you’re within range of its A/V…

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Wii Fit Is Gonna Cost You $90

Epoq EGP-WP98B, Windows Mobile Wrist Edition

“Her” Chair Is Not For Him…Hopefully

SofaBOX Is Seating For Outdoors, Vampires

MonoTracer Bike Is Singularly Fantastic

Computer Writes 200,000 Books, Man Takes Credit

Coin-Op NES Requires Serious Magic Fingers

Little Big Man, Robot Within a Robot

IBM Racetrack Memory To Boost Storage By 100x

Solar Balloons, Too Good To Be True Adopted

TiVo Tries To Predict The Future, Fails

Gas Pump Entertainment Center, Product of Bygone Era

Lenovo’s Entire New ThinkPad Line Leaked, X300 Gets Siblings

Pocket Projector Shares Pocket Media

DIY Wii Wheel Leaves Little to be Desired

Canon Quietly Releases XL H1S and XL H1A, Lowers H1 Series Price

Blockbuster Announcing a Media Streamer This Month?

Mrs. Potato Head BSOD Reeks of Disney Magic

Living Isn’t Worth Wearing the Diddo Velema Gas Mask

EMT Paintball Sentry Turret Feels No Pain(tballs)

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Humanity’s Epic Return to the Moon 🔴

NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

Disney’s Robot Olaf Dying Is the Funniest Thing to Happen in 2026

Kia’s EV3 Is Headed to the US This Year With Up to 320 Miles of Range

This Is the Way to Lego’s April Releases

Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI

Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

Why the PS6 Handheld Will Matter More Than the PS6

DNA Study Casts Even More Doubt on Shroud of Turin’s True Origin

Sam Witwer Is Ready for Maul’s Moment

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

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