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HDTV Pinball Machine Is Almost as Good as the Real Thing

Pinball machines are more or less a lost art, but one enthusiast really wants to bring them along for this whole “21st century” thing. Hence, the HDTV pinball machine. Constructed from one large HDTV and a smaller LCD monitor, this machine, called HyperPin, makes for a surprisingly convincing pinball experience. The trick is in the…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 5

BlackBerry App World Paid Apps Must Cost at Least $2.99

BlackBerry App World, RIM’s reactive attempt at at a mobile app store, is starting to look a little half-assed. First, we find out it’s based on PayPal. Next, an arbitrary minimum app price: $2.99. I can appreciate the effort to have free and paid apps available at launch—something that Google didn’t manage—but if it means…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 5

Victorian Ghostbusting Equipment Good For All Your 19th Century Spirit Punishing Needs

We know, we know — steampunk is sooo over and whatnot. But I can’t help it that some of the best crafters don’t think so and make amazing things like these Victorian-era ghostbusting tools. Created by enigmatic toymaker Doktor A, these lovely gizmos – including the “Automatic Medium: Séance Engine” and the “Phenomenologocal Extrapolator” (say…

Tech News Elaine Chow Mar 5

Elderly Man Sees For First Time in 30 Years With Bionic Eye

A 73-year-old man was recently given vision again after being outfitted with a “bionic eye.” After 30 years of darkness, he now can see enough to follow white lines on the road and sort socks. The eye, known as Argus II, is made by American company Second Sight. It works by using a camera and…

Health Elaine Chow Mar 5

Sexiest Plasma (Still) Alive: Panasonic Z1 Priced at $6000

HDGuru just caught wind that the 1-inch-thick 54″ Z1 plasma from Panasonic (TC-P54Z1) will cost a hefty $6000 when it arrives this June. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-tc-p54z1-viera-plasma-54-inches-across-1-in-5124090 The guru himself, Gary, is calling this baby the “most advanced HDTV” from Panasonic, with a native contrast ratio of 40,000:1, THX certification, a crazy color gamut, 24Hz movie playback and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 4

Windows 98 Now Runs on the Nokia N95

Just when you were mildly impressed with the fact that the Nokia N95 ran Windows 3.1, you can now be slightly more mildly impressed that it runs Windows 98 (apparently). [DailyMobile] https://gizmodo.com/windows-3-1-runs-on-a-nokia-n95-creating-dangerous-rip-5159221

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 4

Rope Jumping: The Latest Russian Suicide Sport

Rope jumping makes bungee jumping look completely sane and kinda cute. There’s no flex: The whole “not dying” part is determined entirely by where you anchor the rope—and where you jump. Leave it to the nation who contrived Russian Roulette to come up with rope jumping. It looks totally simple and straight forward, until you…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 4

Verizon Asks: Would an iPhone Keep Customers From Leaving?

A Verizon Wireless service-cancellation survey, spotted by BGR, suggests a leading cause for ditching VZW is that dratted iPhone. But that’s not all it suggests. Two of the questions—”What is the primary reason you left?” and “What is the primary reason you chose your new carrier?”—have the iPhone as one of many options. This makes…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 4

Wii Fit, Weight Fat: What’s the Difference?

Weight Fat—found in a Japanese crane machine—copies Wii Fit with its green, grey and white color scheme and fonts. There’s a problem with this knock-off, though: it’s not even a video game. The Weight Fat Checker is actually exactly what its name proclaims it to be: It’s a body fat checker that measures, displays and…

Tech News Andi Wang Mar 4

New Perspective Table Makes You Think You Have Extremely Limited X-Ray Vision

The creator of this solid walnut table decided to paint a wireframe of its constructional elements right on it, so it looks see-thru—at least from certain angles. Move 10 degrees, and it just looks weird: The artist, James Tooze, said he developed the table, titled “A New Perspective,” to encourage people to “be curious and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 4

Olympus Uses Sadistic Machine To Test Tough Cams

Canon and Panasonic may have had the hottest new rugged cams at the camera tradeshow in Vegas, but only Olympus had the balls to brutalize their Stylus Tough 6000 for all to see. https://gizmodo.com/canon-d10-submarine-toughcam-love-it-but-hate-it-5163875 As the video shows, Olympus was downright sadistic with their live stress testing, exhibiting supreme confidence in their product’s ruggedness. Not…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 4

The Petaminx: A Mind-Boggling, Satan-Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle

As technology advances, I have to say I’m no longer that easily impressed. Solving a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube in under a minute? Meh. Solving this DIY Petaminx? Congrats—you’re probably autistic. [Make – Thanks Seung!]

Tech News Andi Wang Mar 4

HOTOL: The Reusable Spaceship Coming Back from the 80s

The days of the shuttle must be over, but that’s not the end of reusable spaceships. Now the Europeans want to revive an old 1980s project called HOTOL. Check out the cool cutaway drawing. https://gizmodo.com/skylon-rocket-jet-hybrid-is-scientifically-speaking-s-5156992 Click on the image above to see a larger version of the cutaway HOTOL was initially developed by the British…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 4

Hamster-Controlled Roomba Lets Your Hamster Decide What Gets Cleaned

Sure, a Roomba will methodically and accurately clean your floors, but wouldn’t it be more fun to let chaos reign by throwing the controls of your robotic vacuum over to a hamster? Some engineers with some free time on their hands decided to retrofit a Roomba with a mechanism that allowed it to be controlled…

Biology Adam Frucci Mar 4

Sigma’s Flagship SD15 DSLR Feels Like a Rock (in a Good Way)

Sigma’s upcoming 14-megapixel SD15 DSLR promises to improve on its SD14 predecessor with an improved True II image processor. On display at PMA, the camera feels damn near indestructable when you hold it in your hand. https://gizmodo.com/fabled-sigma-sd14-camera-first-review-254267 This camera is clearly for those more professionally minded, and isn’t smaller or lighter than some of its…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 4

Facebook 1.5 App Offers BlackBerry Message, Contact and Calendar Integration

For BlackBerry aficionados who love Facebook (have you heard of this site? I certainly haven’t), BGR reports that the new Facebook application will offer deeper integration with your phone for better all-around poking. Among the improvements in the Facebook 1.5 application will be message integration, so that notifications show up on your phone without having…

Tech News Erica Ho Mar 4

Terminator Video Game Shows Skynet’s New Death Toys

Anyone else think the new Terminator slaughter machines look like they came from the maker of Dog Bot? Check out a gallery of stills from the new Terminator Salvation video game, including Kyle Reese’s ride. https://gizmodo.com/dogoid-robot-with-no-head-moves-in-an-eerily-lifelike-m-368949 Check out all the little beauties sent into the wild to end the human race, I am especially afraid…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 4

Watchmen Review: Is Ozymandias Steve Jobs?

The movie may not be the comic book, but I loved Watchmen. Great eye candy, awesome soundtrack, and it’s packed with pop culture references—and some of those made me think that Ozymandias is Steve Jobs. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD You can check io9’s review here https://gizmodo.com/watchmen-proves-the-cold-war-is-an-alien-world-5163900 I loved it. Guilty as charged. I just sat there…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 4

Giz NYC Watchmen Commenter Meetup, Attempt #2

OK, Ponies has gotten his act together. If you wanna watch the Watchmen with a bunch of fellow Giz readers on 3/21, here are the details. https://gizmodo.com/giz-commenter-meetup-watchmen-on-3-7-in-nyc-5161742 March 21st, 6pm Lincoln Center, NYC Tickets aren’t on sale at Fandango yet, so it hasn’t sold out. Keep your eyes peeled for when they do go on…

Movies Adam Frucci Mar 4

NASA = Fail, According To Government Report

How badly is NASA being run? According a US Government report, worse than you may think, with more than 50% of programs over-budget and past-deadline… and some of the others having no deadline at all. According to New Scientist, a new report from the Government Accountability Office looked at 18 separate NASA programs, and found…

io9 Graeme McMillan Mar 4

HDTV Pinball Machine Is Almost as Good as the Real Thing

BlackBerry App World Paid Apps Must Cost at Least $2.99

Victorian Ghostbusting Equipment Good For All Your 19th Century Spirit Punishing Needs

Elderly Man Sees For First Time in 30 Years With Bionic Eye

Sexiest Plasma (Still) Alive: Panasonic Z1 Priced at $6000

Windows 98 Now Runs on the Nokia N95

Rope Jumping: The Latest Russian Suicide Sport

Verizon Asks: Would an iPhone Keep Customers From Leaving?

Wii Fit, Weight Fat: What’s the Difference?

New Perspective Table Makes You Think You Have Extremely Limited X-Ray Vision

Olympus Uses Sadistic Machine To Test Tough Cams

The Petaminx: A Mind-Boggling, Satan-Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle

HOTOL: The Reusable Spaceship Coming Back from the 80s

Hamster-Controlled Roomba Lets Your Hamster Decide What Gets Cleaned

Sigma’s Flagship SD15 DSLR Feels Like a Rock (in a Good Way)

Facebook 1.5 App Offers BlackBerry Message, Contact and Calendar Integration

Terminator Video Game Shows Skynet’s New Death Toys

Watchmen Review: Is Ozymandias Steve Jobs?

Giz NYC Watchmen Commenter Meetup, Attempt #2

NASA = Fail, According To Government Report

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