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Finger Piano the Freddie Kruger Glove for First-Graders

Although not the most tuneful of instruments, this plastic finger piano was a freebie with a kids’ magazine in Japan. I reckon it sounds like that high-pitched "weee" sound you get just before a bomb goes off in the movies. And until we can fit a baby grand into our apartment, this shinky-shonky toy will…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Full Moon Sideboard, Your Gear’s Own Glowing Lunar Base

I’m about to move home, and this sideboard by designer Sotirios Papadopoulos is going right on my dream-about-it furniture list. “A sideboard?” you say. Well, it’s simple and beautiful, in a very sciencey kind of way. The detailed luna surface is painted with a glowing paint Sotirios invented, called EcoLightInside since it’s apparently eco-friendly. Why’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Sanyo Claims XGA LCD Projector World’s Smallest and Lightest

This is the PLC-XW60, the world’s smallest and lightest XGA LCD projector—according to its maker, Sanyo. Weighing in at just 3.6 pounds, the projector can beam a 1024 x 768-resolution, 100-inch image on a wall just nine to 11 feet away and is aimed at teachers and travellers. Find out what else the compact little…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

The Internet? Bah! (1995)

Waxy.org has a link to a February 27, 1995 Newsweek article stating that this whole Internet thing is a bunch of hype. Author Clifford Stoll proclaims, “no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.” You…

Tech News Matt Novak

Iron Monger Looks Like Badass Old Italian Espresso Machine

Yeah. New Iron Man trailer. Shorter than the amazing full trailer, but with a few new seconds. Tony “Iron Man, it’s kind of catchy” Stark still looks like a billion dollars. And Virginia “Pepper” Potts looks like a trillion. Iron Monger, however, looks like a gigantabolous vintage Italian espresso machine, as you can see in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Moody Acquario: Bathing With The Fishes

There is something about aquariums that is just plain cool—and the Moody Acquario is definitely a cool bathtub. While I can see where the designers got the idea, the logic behind the $14,500 price tag is a little harder to fathom. I mean, the design itself is pretty basic and it doesn’t look all that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core Processors Are Crippled Quad Cores in Disguise

Part of AMD’s multi-core Phenom blast today is the Phenom X3 8000, “the world’s only triple-core x86 processor,” which we heard about a few months ago. They’re supposed to bargain chips for budget consumers, but they’re a nicer bargain for AMD, actually, since it lets them dump bug-plagued quad-core Phenomsby disabling a core. But if…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Comply NR-10 Earphones With Military-Grade Noise Reduction Reviewed (Verdict: Good Value)

According to Hearing Components, their new Comply NR-10 Earphones can deliver more than 48 decibels of noise reduction using the same technology enjoyed by the US Army and Special Forces. They were also designed to “maximize bass response and deliver superior sound quality.” At $80, it would seem like a decent value—if they worked. Fortunately,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Motorola MING A1800 Comes Out With Both SIM Card Slots Blazin’

A hands on with the new Linux-based MING A1800 from Motorola by the guys at Boy Genius Report has revealed some interesting information. For example, the phone features CDMA, quad-band GSM and dual SIM card slots along with Bluetooth and a 3 megapixel camera. They also claim that the phone felt “sturdy as a rock”…

Tech News Sean Fallon

The Most Depressing Watch Ever: Prepare to Be Bummed

This watch has been dubbed the “Accurate” not so much for its abilities to keep accurate time, but for its reminder about our inevitable demise. Following in the tradition of memento mori, the Accurate watch continuously alerts us to the fact that life is short and that we should strive to seize the day. Damn…this…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Ultrathin, Rubbery Circuits Bring Us One Step Closer to Google Brain Implants

A new kind of computer circuit printed on ultrathin rubber would make the perfect “brain wrapper,” says its inventor. Usually computer circuits are etched on rigid, plastic boards, but University of Illinois researcher John Rogers has successfully placed circuits on a rubbery material that can bend and stretch. Many groups have been working on developing…

io9 Annalee Newitz

TechnoCrime: How Not to Steal an iPod to Look at Naked Girls

Everyone here at Giz has been a 14-year-old boy before (yes, EVERYONE), so we know how tempting it is to want to see your classmates naked. Well, stealing her iPod and then demanding that she film herself “performing a sex act” before you return it is probably the wrong way to go about it. Trust…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Comcast n’ BitTorrent BFF: What’s Good, What Sucks

Okay, so Comcast and BitTorrent are finally making nice after being all Crips and Bloods, even rousing the FCC out of its slumber at one point, which Comcast fought with every trick in the book. It sounds awesome on paper: Your torrents are safe! More bandwidth! Torrents will work even better! Comcast is all for…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Behold the “Access,” Samsung’s First Mobile TV Phone With AT&T

Samsung and AT&T have officially announced the arrival of the “Access”—Samsung’s first device to support AT&T Mobile TV. The phone features a 2.3-inch landscape display, dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM, one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, Bluetooth, a microSD slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera with video. Pricing has not…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Transdimensional Murder Mystery, Coming Soon

A gritty detective show that spans three different alternate universes is finally coming to the Sci Fi Channel in the U.S. Charlie Jade starts with a murder whose victim has no identity whatsoever, which is unthinkable in the dystopian, corporate-dominated world where Charlie Jade lives. And then in the course of the murder investigation, Charlie…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Dash Full Review: Don’t Miss the Traffic Terminator

Hey, in case you missed it, don’t forget to check out the most thorough review of the Dash on the web—we drove over 1000 miles with it so you don’t have to. [Dash on Giz] https://gizmodo.com/dash-express-gps-full-drive-review-total-traffic-termi-372736

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Video Camera Karate Sketch is the Stuff of Dreams

This sketch by Human Giant is about kicking video cameras. It’s funny, and you really should be watching this show. But what I really like is how it was written: in a dream. It was about a month after I had finished writing for Human Giant and Tom Gianas (the showrunner) called me up to…

Tech News Adam Frucci

When (Microscopic) Blood Vessels Explode

The Wellcome Trust, a medical research charity, has just announced the winners of its 2008 imaging contest. Above is my favorite, a picture of a microscopic blood vessel that has ruptured. You can see single red blood cells slowly leaking out. This was taken by Anne Weston, with a scanning electron micrograph. She says the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

How to Hook Up Your Surround Sound With Flat Speaker Cable

Earlier this month we were horrified to learn that as many as 50% of home theater buyers are not hooking up their rear surround speakers. For the vast majority of these DIYers, the main culprits were aesthetic issues and/or a lack of knowledge about how to install the speakers properly. One of the easiest ways…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Yet Another Former Who Wants Back

Proof that Tom Baker knows a bandwagon when he sees one, the former Doctor Who (and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) remake) star has announced that he, too, would be willing to appear in the next season of the BBC’s time-travelling series, if anyone’s asking. Baker, who’s definitely “my” Doctor (Even now, I find myself wondering…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Finger Piano the Freddie Kruger Glove for First-Graders

Full Moon Sideboard, Your Gear’s Own Glowing Lunar Base

Sanyo Claims XGA LCD Projector World’s Smallest and Lightest

The Internet? Bah! (1995)

Iron Monger Looks Like Badass Old Italian Espresso Machine

Moody Acquario: Bathing With The Fishes

AMD Phenom X3 Triple Core Processors Are Crippled Quad Cores in Disguise

Comply NR-10 Earphones With Military-Grade Noise Reduction Reviewed (Verdict: Good Value)

Motorola MING A1800 Comes Out With Both SIM Card Slots Blazin’

The Most Depressing Watch Ever: Prepare to Be Bummed

Ultrathin, Rubbery Circuits Bring Us One Step Closer to Google Brain Implants

TechnoCrime: How Not to Steal an iPod to Look at Naked Girls

Comcast n’ BitTorrent BFF: What’s Good, What Sucks

Behold the “Access,” Samsung’s First Mobile TV Phone With AT&T

Transdimensional Murder Mystery, Coming Soon

Dash Full Review: Don’t Miss the Traffic Terminator

Video Camera Karate Sketch is the Stuff of Dreams

When (Microscopic) Blood Vessels Explode

How to Hook Up Your Surround Sound With Flat Speaker Cable

Yet Another Former Who Wants Back

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