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One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder

Leave it to a NASA scientist to create the first Star Trek Tricorder using a stamp-sized sensor chip, an iPhone, and some spiffy programing. What does it do? It can detect killer gasses in the air. While the concept is not new, this prototype is fully working and operational. Created by Jing Li and a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Casio Exilim EX-FS10 Camera Is Also Your Smarmy Golf Pro

Smile shutters. Blink warnings. Fart detectors. Point and shoot cameras have been stuffed with gimmicks for years, but the arms race isn’t ending any time soon. Casio just added golf swing analyzation to their Exilim line. From what we can tell, you have a buddy hold the EX-FS10 while you hit balls at the range…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Airwalk Beams Up New Star Trek Sneaks

Finally a pair of geek sneaks we can afford, and would be proud to wear. These new Airwalk sneakers display the Federation colors, and who doesn’t want Star Trek shoes? These suede beauties are on sale at Payless for only 49.99. Not too shabby considering most movie themed kicks are horribly over priced. These are…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Important Is Mute’s Futuristic Setting?

Duncan Jones has described Mute as inspired by Blade Runner, but how important is the futuristic setting to the film’s plot. A script reviewer finds Mute was originally set in the modern day, and told a very similar story. Script review site ScriptShadow compared two versions of Mute, which Jones wrote with Mike Johnson. The…

Movies Lauren Davis

Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

The mPower Emergency Illuminator combines a beautiful design (courtesy of the Porsche Design Studio) with new battery technology. One tube holds two CR123 batteries, while the other stores a Lithium Reserve Battery that has a minimum shelf-life of 20 years. “The mPower Reserve Battery offers an unprecedented minimum shelf life of 20 years and has…

Tech News Danny Allen

Single-Slot Graphics Card Drives Eight 2560×1600 Monitors Simultaneously

If I have trouble concentrating on a 30-inch panoramic monitor, I can’t imagine myself in front of the eight monitors that the single-slot Matrox M9188 PCIe x16 graphics card can drive, each at 2560 x 1600 pixels. The $1995 Matrox M9188 comes with 2GB of video RAM, and works with Windows 7, Vista, XP, and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Ridley Scott’s Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes

Monopoly the movie will be done weirdly, thanks to director Ridley Scott‘s science fictional plans for the board game adaptation. The good news is that Uncle Pennybags made the cut. The LA Times has the scoop on the Monopoly movie thanks to Frank Beddor, the man who is helping develop the concept behind Scott’s latest…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lost’s Daddy Issues Take A New Lurch, Fringe’s Family Dynamic Gets Twisty, And Cusack Explains 2012

Spoilers are controversial and hoax-busting, but also life-saving. Today, there’s another improbable Lost resurrection, and Fringe introduces a crucial character. Plus awesome pics and clips from Doctor Who, Kick-Ass, Sarah Jane, FlashForward and Stargate. Also: 2012, V, Smallville and Chuck. Lost: So if you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that Benjamin Linus is a schoolteacher,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Steve Jobs Really is the Kingpin at Apple HQ

A bunch of us hadn’t seen this little effigy of the Jobsian One before, and it’s just too weird not to share. Dax Norman paints famous folks on bowling pins, and took these shots outside 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino. The turtle neck and glasses are there, but I don’t know what’s up with that…

Tech News Danny Allen

Which PSPgo Color Do You Prefer?

That’s the question Sony posed in one of their infamous, leak-laden surveys on the device, according to Destructoid. Note that Piano Black and Pearl White have both already been released, but there are a slew of others that the company is at least considering putting on shelves. I’m remiss that there’s no Fireball Orange option.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC

After giving us an early look, Dell has revealed the full specs of their color-happy Mac Mini-esque Zino HD. And for $230, you aren’t just getting an Atom net top. UPDATE x3 https://gizmodo.com/dell-inspiron-zino-hd-eat-it-mac-mini-5336054 Instead, Dell has turned to AMD chips starting with a base Athlon processor (which can be bumped to an AMD Athlon™ X2,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Oh My, Another Windows XP Phone: ViewSonic VPC08

Here I was thinking the xpPhone was the only handset crazy (brave?) enough to run a full-blown copy of Windows XP. Appears ViewSonic may have one planned, too. This clamshell has a QWERTY keyboard, 4.3-inch touchscreen, and Intel ULV processor. https://gizmodo.com/windows-xp-phone-a-first-look-at-its-touchscreen-inter-5393584 The VPC08 also has 512MB RAM, 8GB storage, secondary 2-inch display, number buttons, and…

Tech News Danny Allen

Apple’s New Patent Application For Pen-Based Tablet Input

Apple may have shunned the stylus for the iPhone, but its all about pen-based input on tablets. It’s just filed a patent application for tech that improves digital ink recognition by breaking down strokes and phrases. A system comprising: a pen-based input tablet configured to collect and organize received ink information into ink strokes. “Upon…

Tech News Danny Allen

Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned for Next Year

Polymer Vision have gone bankrupt and been bought by Wistron since we first saw their unique Readius prototype in Feb 08. However, the new owners now confirm plans for a similar 5- to 6-inch handheld in 2010. Stay tuned. [DigiTimes] https://gizmodo.com/philips-readius-materializes-with-fold-away-screen-347272

Tech News Danny Allen

Vimeo Videos Get Friendly With iPhones and Android

I love Vimeo’s video quality, but unlike YouTube, it doesn’t make my uploads iPhone friendly. But that may change: they’ve already converted all “Staff Picks” and HD video showcases into iPhone and Android-friendly formats, and say there’s more to come. We’ve been working on it for the last few weeks. This is sort of the…

Tech News Danny Allen

Leaked Shots: PlayStation 3 to Get Facebook in Next Update?

These dashboard screens—reportedly found directly on the UK version of PlayStation.com—suggest the PS3 will soon have Facebook integrated into the Cross Media Bar interface, plus a new photo viewing option, and the ability to change gamercard colors. OK, the last one isn’t super interesting, but the Facebook feature would be nice. Looks like Sony caught…

Social Media Danny Allen

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Loving A Gadget-Obsessed Person Is Easier Than You Think

I’ve warned you about dating someone gadget-obsessed, but you just couldn’t help yourself and fell in love with one of us. Let’s talk about avoiding feeling like you’re in a ménage à trois with a person and some circuits. https://gizmodo.com/why-you-should-think-twice-before-dating-an-iphone-user-5397528 Gadgetwise’s Jenna Wortham was forced to contemplate the hardship of loving someone who’s in lust…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store

Microsoft added a few nice new features to its Windows Mobile Marketplace today, including enhanced security and a nice-looking store that can be accessed from your computer’s browser, much like Xbox Live. The security features are really more like anti-piracy measures, but that’s developer stuff—what about us consumers? Well, the new online portal seems like…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables

A modder managed to wire Palm’s TouchStone inductive charger directly into his car’s battery, giving his Pre both a simple mount solution and wireless charging. Makes tossing a phone into a cupholder seem so inelegant, doesn’t it? [EverythingPre via MAKE]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

One Day, This Will Be Remembered as the First Real Tricorder

Casio Exilim EX-FS10 Camera Is Also Your Smarmy Golf Pro

Airwalk Beams Up New Star Trek Sneaks

How Important Is Mute’s Futuristic Setting?

Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

Single-Slot Graphics Card Drives Eight 2560×1600 Monitors Simultaneously

Ridley Scott’s Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes

Lost’s Daddy Issues Take A New Lurch, Fringe’s Family Dynamic Gets Twisty, And Cusack Explains 2012

Steve Jobs Really is the Kingpin at Apple HQ

Which PSPgo Color Do You Prefer?

Dell Zino HD: $230 Mini Home Theater PC

Oh My, Another Windows XP Phone: ViewSonic VPC08

Apple’s New Patent Application For Pen-Based Tablet Input

Readius-Like Folding eReader Planned for Next Year

Vimeo Videos Get Friendly With iPhones and Android

Leaked Shots: PlayStation 3 to Get Facebook in Next Update?

Heroes Galleries

Loving A Gadget-Obsessed Person Is Easier Than You Think

Windows Mobile Marketplace Adds Non-Mobile App Store

DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables

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