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Digimech Clock Does Digital the Old-Fashioned Mechanical Way

The Di Grisogono Meccanica mechano-digital watch is indeed amazing, but I’m almost as impressed with Duncan Shotton’s Digimech clock (maybe it’s because it looks like I could afford it). The UK designer has crafted another take on mechanical-digital timepieces, with sliding black-patterned bars that comprise the individual seven-segment displays. And actually, that description does nothing…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

A Lamp Named Moo, the Song Johnny Cash Should Have Sung

There are a few reasons why I find myself strangely attracted to Moo. It’s made by a Norwegian company called Northern Exposure. You can mount on both inside and outside walls. It reminds me of my brother, whose nickname is Moose. Light-up antlers, baby (although the designers could have put a bit more light at…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Ovei is $100,000 Isolation Chamber for Gadgety Privacy

Sometimes you just want to shut the world out and tackle the next level of your fave game, don’t you? The Ovei isolation pod, launched this week in the UK, will let you do just that. For the sum of $100,000. And before you fall about laughing, that cash will get you a unique capsule,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Remote Control Docking Station Defies All Description, Taste

According to the seller, the Remote Buddy “stylish vertical remote holder has four seats to store your most used remotes in one convenient location. Also has a handy cup holder for one drink.” It also has four buttons to locate lost remotes (although sadly no buttons to locate lost drinks), as well as many many…

Television Jesus Diaz

Japan to Build Huge Solar Power Plants to Power Sharp Factories

The city of Sakai in Japan is going to have a glittering new “green” addition in 2010, when Sharp and Kansai Electric Power build two massive solar-electric power plants there. In a bid to make Sharp’s factories more eco-friendly, the two plants will generate 10 megawatts and 28 megawatts of electricity and reduce CO2 emissions…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

JVC’s New LCD HDTVs Claim Title of World’s Thinnest (with Tuner)

Right back in January we brought you news that JVC had worked out some magic for making super-slim LCD TVs, and now they’re official products. The 42-inch LT-421L89 and the 46-inch LT-46SL89 measure up at just 1.5-inches deep (2.9-inches at the center) and let JVC say they’re the “world’s thinnest tuner-equipped LCD TVs.” The tuner-equipped…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Lightning Review: T-Mobile’s @Home VoIP Phone Line

The Gadget: T-Mobile @Home, a phone service for T-Mobile customers hooks your standard home telephone over the internet to make unlimited nationwide calls for just $10 a month on top of your current wireless bill. It’s similar to the Hotspot@Home service which uses a cellphone for home calls, but only for home phones. https://gizmodo.com/5-things-to-know-t-mobiles-hotspot-home-landline-voip-366530 The…

Reviews Jason Chen

Guns, God And Giant Dominatrixes In U.S.A. 2099

Since it’s an election year, it’s an excellent time for a State Of The Union message from Reverend Jimmy Joe II, who’s President in the year 2099 according to the awesome movie Storm Rebel. Jimmy Joe has an important message about exactly who ought to be allowed to vote. In 2099, America is run by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor Self-Rotates, Powered by Wind and Sun

Italian architect David Fisher is building his first skyscraper, the Dynamic Tower, and it happens to be one of the most ambitious construction plans since the Pyramid of Khufu. Every floor of the 80-story self-powered building rotates according to voice command, and nearly the entire structure of the $700 million building is pre-fabbed. I caught…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Space Chimps Kick Your Ass, Over and Over

If you’re getting amped for simians to go into the black, then you’re going to freak out over the new images and trailer we’ve got for the Space Chimps videogame. You play one of the heroic space chimps, zooming across the galaxy and kicking ass for all monkeykind. Click through for the action-packed trailer.

Movies Annalee Newitz

Criminal Voyeur Hides Cellphone Up Butt To Escape From Cops

BoingBoing found this story of a cellphone camera voyeur trying to snap pics of a naked gal at a tanning salon before someone called the cops on him. This wouldn’t be interesting at all except for the fact that when the cops came, the guy kept denying that he did anything until the cops searched…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gizmodo’s iPhone Application Contest

Just a reminder that our iPhone Application Contest is still going on, and we’re still looking for delicious entries from you and your squad of code monkeys. One of the prizes we’ve got for the best entries, which will be decided later, is this Cinemizer video glasses set that lets you keep yourself entertained even…

Tech News Jason Chen

Lightning Review: Nokia E66 Slider Smartphone

The Gadget: The Nokia E66, a slim but luxurious GSM slider smartphone running Symbian S60, with Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G and a 3.2MP camera, to name a few of its many features. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-e71-and-e66-phones-stuffed-with-two-cameras-wi-f-5016640 The Price: Around $500—official price not announced yet. The Verdict: It’s good, but it’s not $500 good, esp without a qwerty. The E66…

Reviews Benny Goldman

New Yorker: Why We Won’t Have Fully Conversational Robots

John Seabrook wrote a recent feature in The New Yorker about interactive-voice-response systems (I.V.R.) commonly used with customer service and tech support telephone hotlines. Seabrook spent time at B.B.N. Technologies watching these systems transcribe callers’ words and analyzing the tone of voice for emotions present. While breaking down the history of automated telephone services and…

Artificial Intelligence Adrian Covert

First Look At Stargate Atlantis Season 5

The first episode of Stargate Atlantis Season 5 drops three small but super-concussive bombs, and our ears are still ringing from watching it. Click through to see additional images from the first episode and for more details, including spoilers. Holy flashback cameo, it’s an interesting turn to see SGA bring back Ford. Who didn’t love…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Aftermarket Xbox 360 Case Reduces Noise, Heat and Design

If the Xbox 360 is simply too loud, hot and small for your taste, the Lian-Li PC-XB01 case mod can help. The case can silence the disc drive with sound-proofing foam and keep things cool with improved airflow, a single 120mm fan or optional water cooling system. Plus, it is four times the size of…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Unlucky Thief Busted For The Third Time in Four Months For Stealing Police Sat Navs

In appears that 21 year old James Milsom is in the running for both the dumbest and unluckiest criminial in the UK after being busted for the third time in four months for stealing sat navs from undercover police cars. As you can see, the CCTV system in the vehicle did a pretty good job…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Twelve Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer

It’s boiling hot up here in the Earth’s northern hemisphere, so hopefully at some point you’ll find yourself vacationing at a beach — or at least lounging near a large body of water. And when that happens, you’ll need a really awesome scifi adventure to read while you sip a cold drink and pretend you…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

An Easy Guide to Wii Homebrew

The will she/won’t she back and forth of the Wii Homebrew scene lately probably has a bunch of you, even if you’re a veteran, confused. WiiHD has a good walkthrough teaching you how to get Homebrew onto your Wii, if only for the privilege of playing Quake and various other games. Piracy, on the other…

Tech News Jason Chen

A Broken French Telepath in New York

There are dozens of movies about telepaths who are drunk on their power, like Jean Gray in X-Men or Carrie in Carrie. And there are psychics who struggle with the hideous responsibility their visions impart, like John Smith in Dead Zone. That’s why I was excited to hear that at last we’re going to get…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Digimech Clock Does Digital the Old-Fashioned Mechanical Way

A Lamp Named Moo, the Song Johnny Cash Should Have Sung

Ovei is $100,000 Isolation Chamber for Gadgety Privacy

Remote Control Docking Station Defies All Description, Taste

Japan to Build Huge Solar Power Plants to Power Sharp Factories

JVC’s New LCD HDTVs Claim Title of World’s Thinnest (with Tuner)

Lightning Review: T-Mobile’s @Home VoIP Phone Line

Guns, God And Giant Dominatrixes In U.S.A. 2099

Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor Self-Rotates, Powered by Wind and Sun

Space Chimps Kick Your Ass, Over and Over

Criminal Voyeur Hides Cellphone Up Butt To Escape From Cops

Gizmodo’s iPhone Application Contest

Lightning Review: Nokia E66 Slider Smartphone

New Yorker: Why We Won’t Have Fully Conversational Robots

First Look At Stargate Atlantis Season 5

Aftermarket Xbox 360 Case Reduces Noise, Heat and Design

Unlucky Thief Busted For The Third Time in Four Months For Stealing Police Sat Navs

Twelve Books You Should Read at the Beach This Summer

An Easy Guide to Wii Homebrew

A Broken French Telepath in New York

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