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Nokia Demos Mobile Radar Concept

This is what you do when your company is losing consumer confidence – come up with really spanky little ideas like this one. Nokia is researching a concept that it calls Mobile Radar. So, let’s call it Mobile Radar. As well as measuring an object’s distance, speed and direction, you can adjust the volume on…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Portable Freezer Concept is Fisher-Price Nice

This is not a kid’s toy to build spatial awareness and Tengu knowledge. Rather, it’s a cute idea for a portable freezer by a dude called Ruben Iglesias* that’s powered by photocells in two LED lamps, working via magnetic induction. See those two yellow things in the lid? That’s you, that is. Well, maybe it’s…

Tech News AddyDugdale

The Most Heart-Wrenching Explanation Of The Mars Spirit Rover’s Life Yet

Addy and I are both weeping dusty red-colored tears in honor of the Spirit Rover’s new permanent surroundings after reading this xkcd chronicle of his poor little life. [xkcd]

Space & Spaceflight Kat Hannaford

Toshiba TG02 Phone Could Solve All The TG01’s Problems…Or Maybe Not

Toshiba’s TG01 could’ve been such a great phone. On paper, the specs were great—it was the first phone to use a Snapdragon 1GHz processor, and the 4.1-inch screen was perfect for media playback. Yet it disappointed. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-tg01-may-be-best-windows-mobile-answer-yet-to-i-5145181 So it’s with great trepidation that I write about an FCC document showing up, detailing a few rough…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nintendo President States the Obvious, Forgets About The DSi LL

Nintendo’s often-outspoken President, Satoru Iwata, speaking about the iPad. [Yahoo News]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This is So Much More Than Just a Black Box

It seems that The Elders Of The Internet have decided to mass-produce the Intartubez. Hurrah! [instructables via BoingBoing]

Television AddyDugdale

Earth’s Twin is on the Cusp of Being Discovered, Says Dome-Headed Clever Guy

Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was a sucker for Battlestar Galactica (while these days I merely mix my sci-fi metaphors. Boldly.) Anyway, Earth’s twin is due to be discovered this year – says Michael Mayor. The exciting deed will not be done by a behemoth of a spaceship, helmed by…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Mobiado Sticks With Rivet-Like Buttons For Classic 712ZAF Phone

At least Vertu can point at its concierge service as one of the reasons its phones are so damn pricey. Mobiado can’t even claim its phones are stylish. Still, the Classic 712ZAF candybar handset is made from aluminum, stainless steel, sapphire crystal and a ceramic coating, so at least it can withstand being dropped when…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Bad, Lazy Architects Rejoice! Heat-Resistant Glue Makes Buildings a Craft Project

So, una buncha de architectos have inventados a heat-resistant glue for erecciones, have they? (My real Spanish is pretty damn good, I’m just playing to the gallery, you understand.) Well, why am I not surprised it’s a Spanish invention? Summers down in the Andalusian city of Seville are hot (but let me tell you this,…

Tech News AddyDugdale

BlackBerry Pearl and Curve Trackballs Being Replaced For Free At T-Mobile

T-Mobile is replacing the antiquated trackballs on BlackBerry’s Pearl 8100 and 8120, and the Curve 8320 smartphones for free from the 15th of February, to any customers who are having problems with them. It’s one of the reasons RIM moved from trackballs to optical trackpads, so if you aren’t having problems yet, mark my words:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

149 Inches of Goodness makes Mitsubishi Size Queen of OLED

It may be lagging three inches behind Panasonic’s big telleh, but Mitsubishi’s whopping great screen is OLED. Or should that be ZOLED? It was unveiled at ISE 2010, with Number 6 and Boomer dressy-likeys lending a hand. https://gizmodo.com/panasonics-152-inch-3d-plasma-the-biggest-tv-yet-5442012 The screen is actually made up of ten-centimeter-square panels, with a resolution of 1088 x 640p. Light…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Don’t Even Start Considering You Have A Need For This 80-Port USB Board

Let’s pause for a moment and consider how many gadgets we insert into the couple USB ports on our computers each week. Around five? The mind boggles as to just what Thanko was thinking when they created the 80-port board. The worst thing is, you can’t even transfer data through the 80 ports—they merely charge…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A Virtual Jam Session

We’ve heard songs which were gradually put together by people around the world before, but this particular one is the result of a “virtual jam session.” And it’s simply beautiful. https://gizmodo.com/best-video-ive-seen-today-will-make-you-smile-5231112

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Tobacco Plants Used to Grow Cheap Solar Cells

Scientists have discovered that they can coax a tobacco plant into growing temporary solar cells by injecting it with a genetically engineered virus. Freaky, but the process may provide us with cheaper synthetic photovoltaic cells once quirks are sorted out. At a quick glance, “hacking” tobacco plants to grow these solar cells sounds like it’s…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Gizmodo’s Post-iPad Punchdrunk Party

The best thing about Apple events isn’t whatever they’ve announced. It’s the after-party, which is kinda like a Christmas-party-slash-reunion, but without the crushing holiday depression and teeth-gnashing. Everybody’s actually happy. And it’s great to see all of our friends. It was the perfect kind of post-explosion gathering: Low key, but vibrant. Of course, everybody was…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Fring iPhone App Allows Skype Calls over 3G

Yesterday a change to the iPhone SDK allowed for VoIP over 3G and we heard about the first app which’ll offer the functionality. Today another iPhone app, Fring, has begun allowing video and voice calls using Skype over 3G. https://gizmodo.com/apple-now-allowing-voip-over-3g-could-ipad-calls-be-ne-5458498 You don’t need to update your version of the Fring app as it was simply…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Pitch a Perfect Game on Your Console and Get $1,000,000

It’s tough to pitch a perfect baseball game. It’s supposedly even tougher to pitch a perfect videogame. Or at least so we’re told by 2KSports who’s offering $1 million to the first person to do it. Apparently all you need to do aside from mastering Major League Baseball 2K10 on either an XBox 360 or…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Worst Superhero Film Of All Time (Yes, Worse Than Batman And Robin Or Supergirl!)

The classic “choosing your superheroic identity” scene gets trashed (Cupid Girl? Aack!) in this god-awful moment from Superbabies, widely regarded as being in the running for “worst film of all time.” But just wait until you see the fight scene. You can see why Superbabies: Baby Geniuses II has a 0 percent rating on Rotten…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

$10,000 Gun Won’t Shoot Unless Near an Ugly Watch

The watch this guy’s wearing was made by Armatix, the same company who designed his high-tech gun. Poor fellow can’t ditch the ugly accessory though, because the $10,000 weapon won’t fire without it. Basically the gun is disarmed and a red LED lights up unless the corresponding watch is close enough to send a wireless…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Why The iPad Is Crap Futurism

The real question about Apple’s new multitouch pseudo-computer, dubbed the iPad, is not whether it sucks or rocks. What all of us really want to know is whether it will change the future. The answer? Yes, but badly. The iPad And The World Of Tomorrow For those who spent yesterday glued to the State of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Nokia Demos Mobile Radar Concept

Portable Freezer Concept is Fisher-Price Nice

The Most Heart-Wrenching Explanation Of The Mars Spirit Rover’s Life Yet

Toshiba TG02 Phone Could Solve All The TG01’s Problems…Or Maybe Not

Nintendo President States the Obvious, Forgets About The DSi LL

This is So Much More Than Just a Black Box

Earth’s Twin is on the Cusp of Being Discovered, Says Dome-Headed Clever Guy

Mobiado Sticks With Rivet-Like Buttons For Classic 712ZAF Phone

Bad, Lazy Architects Rejoice! Heat-Resistant Glue Makes Buildings a Craft Project

BlackBerry Pearl and Curve Trackballs Being Replaced For Free At T-Mobile

149 Inches of Goodness makes Mitsubishi Size Queen of OLED

Don’t Even Start Considering You Have A Need For This 80-Port USB Board

A Virtual Jam Session

Tobacco Plants Used to Grow Cheap Solar Cells

Gizmodo’s Post-iPad Punchdrunk Party

Fring iPhone App Allows Skype Calls over 3G

Pitch a Perfect Game on Your Console and Get $1,000,000

The Worst Superhero Film Of All Time (Yes, Worse Than Batman And Robin Or Supergirl!)

$10,000 Gun Won’t Shoot Unless Near an Ugly Watch

Why The iPad Is Crap Futurism

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