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Kodak’s 5MP Camphone Sensor Actually Fits in Slim Phones

What this means: 5MP iPhones without any extra girth. Most of the high end camera phones like the N series Nokias like the N95 and the Sony Ericsson Cybershots have a major drawback of being pretty thick. Kodak’s 5MP sensor is build on an incredible 1.4 micron tech and reworking of regular CMOS design, so…

Tech News Brian Lam

Motorola ZiNe Z12 Leaked Pictures?

Does this phone (on the right), documented in this leaked picture, match up with the invisible phone in the teaser video that we saw on YouTube yesterday? Perhaps, and the Czech site Mobile.cz is saying that the phone has a larger display and touchscreen controls—which you can see in the picture—but also have such slightly…

Tech News Jason Chen

Download Doctor Who Audio Plays from Big Finish

Wanting to visit the Doctor while on the way to work? Then look no further than Big Finish’s Doctor Who digital download service. The British company, who’ve been releasing monthly audio plays starring previous Doctors on CD since 1999, are embracing MP3s as a way to supply nostalgia to fans while also getting around poor…

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Read The Comic Book Gloria Steinem Tried To Ban

This week’s comics are all about nostalgia, from a new Speed Racer comic to some reprints of the strangest Silver Age comics. One major highlight is the One Man Army Corps, Jack Kirby’s 1970s vision of the world of tomorrow. Are you ready for “THE WORLD THAT’S COMING?” Find out, after the jump. It’s a…

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Cell Phone Charms Are the New Spoilers

Remember how “Qui-Gon’s Noble End” from the Phantom Menace soundtrack spoiled the whole movie for you? That was so last franchise. Now time your product tie-in spoilers come in the form of cell phone charms. This ad clearly shows miniature replicas of everything from the headpiece to the staff of Ra from Raiders, to Nurhachi’s…

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Itch-Free, Temperature-Regulating, Sex-Preventing Pajamas Created

If pajamas get itchy when you wear them to bed, I have a great solution: sleep naked. If that’s not an option for a self-hating person like yourself, some fancy new PJs have been developed that are totally “itch-free” and will even regulate your temperature. They’re made from a fabric called Dermasilk, which is apparently…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Layered Ski Hotel Zig-Zags Up Norwegian Mountain

One of Copenhagen-based architecture/design team BIG’s newest projects is this awesome hotel and apartment complex designed specifically for hard core skiiers in Norway. It’s built in layers along the natural slant of the mountain so that residents and guests can ski in and out no matter what floor they’re staying on. More pics after the…

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RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat

The RIAA always claims that its looking out for the livelihood of artists when it sues the hell out of alleged pirates, but in reality it’s really fighting to keep record industry executives rich by defending an outdated and unsustainable business model. While before the PR team at least made an attempt to make it…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Three of the Greediest Planet-Eating Bastards Ever Created

Now that we’ve all given up on any pretense at a New Year’s diet, it’s time to celebrate some of the hungriest people in science fiction: Those so hungry, they could eat an entire planet. Not for these fine folk, the questionable pleasures of a Burger King Whopper or espresso chocolate chip cookie or several;…

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Von Zipper Snow Muffs Headphones: One Less Thing To Worry About

Say you’re Brian Lam, out there on the slopes of Tahoe, snowboarding as your iPhone drops the biggest beats since the Propellerheads’ dropped Decksanddrumsandrockandroll. It sounds grand, but there’s a logistical problem: You have goggles, plus the earmuffs your mom knitted for you, plus your (definitely not white) earbuds, all connected to your head using…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000 Slim Down, Get Slanty Like Sports Cars

Perhaps the biggest deal about Microsoft’s latest pair of laser mice—Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000—is that they break from the standard form factor for MS grippers—less glaringly round, and more about lines and angles. They certainly look sexier than past models, but the big test is: How do they feel? Both use 2.4 GHz wireless…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: Grab your tinfoil helmets and get this: WiMax, Wi-Fi on steroids, may be frying your brain as you read this. Check out the Aerogenerator, one sexy wind turbine capable of generating 9 megawatts of power from a breeze coming from any direction. Humancar, the fun, funky human-powered, electric-motor-assisted, street-legal ride that’s…

Tech News Jason Chen

Help Wanted : Gizmodo Weekend Editor

Gizmodo is looking to expand our weekend staff with a seasoned writer (6 months minimum experience required). If you’re interested in the position, please send an email titled “Weekend Writer Applicant” to our tips line. Make sure to include: 1. Resume 2. A list of your favorite gadgets (along with why you like them). 3.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

A “Morning Before” Pill to Prevent HIV Infection

In the next decade, people may begin taking HIV medications to prevent contracting the AIDS virus, much the same way people take malaria pills. A somewhat odd study of macaques done by a group of researchers with the CDC demonstrated that two anti-retroviral medications, Emtricitabine and Tenofovir, were relatively successful at stopping HIV-like infections in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Greatest Fast Food Invention Yet: Col-Pop Holds Your Soda and Your Chicken Nuggets

This has to be the best thing in fast food convenience since the freakin’ straw: A cup that holds your chicken nuggets AND your soda. Nuggets on top, soda on bottom—hand to nugget, straw to face. AT THE SAME TIME. Amazing. Adam’s vivisection of the Col-Pop shows that the material between the pops and the…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Your Civic Duty

This is just a friendly reminder from your friends here at Gizmodo to go out and vote if you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states. It’s one of the closest contests in years, and your votes will actually make a difference for once, so don’t blow this. Check out Giz’s analysis of…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Giant Display Made of Paper Lamps

Space Invaders 2008 is an art installation with 176 lamps (each with its own lampshade style) hung in a 1,600 feet-square curtain. They’re all wired up to a system with a camera, turning them into a low-res video display that reacts dramatically to passers-by, as you can see above, or to music, as you can…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Israeli Bomb Disposal Robot Has a Terrible Job Cleaning Up After Humans

Yesterday in Israel, a bomb disposal robot inspected the scene of a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in the town of Dimona. The bot is remote controlled, and used an articulated arm to remove the jacket of the alleged bomber to be sure he doesn’t have more explosives on his body. Want to see…

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A Sunspot Twice The Size Of Earth

Sunspot 982 flared up over the weekend, and it looks totally awesome. Not only is it humongous, but it has these two cool-looking dark filaments sticking out of it. Photographer Greg Piepol took this picture using a regular Coronado SolarMax 90 Ha telescope. Another awesome sunspot pic after the jump. This one comes from photographer…

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Using Hundreds of LEGO Star Wars Mini-Spaceships to Create Huge Battles

Instead of building a huge Millennium Falcon out of thousands of LEGO pieces, Tim Goddard decided to use a thousands of LEGO blocks to create 200 Star Wars mini-sets, from Star Destroyers to TIE Interceptors and Snow Speeders. He then uses these mini-scale make famous movie scenes, including the Battle of Hoth, the Millennium Falcon…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Kodak’s 5MP Camphone Sensor Actually Fits in Slim Phones

Motorola ZiNe Z12 Leaked Pictures?

Download Doctor Who Audio Plays from Big Finish

Read The Comic Book Gloria Steinem Tried To Ban

Cell Phone Charms Are the New Spoilers

Itch-Free, Temperature-Regulating, Sex-Preventing Pajamas Created

Layered Ski Hotel Zig-Zags Up Norwegian Mountain

RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat

Three of the Greediest Planet-Eating Bastards Ever Created

Von Zipper Snow Muffs Headphones: One Less Thing To Worry About

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000 Slim Down, Get Slanty Like Sports Cars

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Help Wanted : Gizmodo Weekend Editor

A “Morning Before” Pill to Prevent HIV Infection

Greatest Fast Food Invention Yet: Col-Pop Holds Your Soda and Your Chicken Nuggets

Your Civic Duty

Giant Display Made of Paper Lamps

Israeli Bomb Disposal Robot Has a Terrible Job Cleaning Up After Humans

A Sunspot Twice The Size Of Earth

Using Hundreds of LEGO Star Wars Mini-Spaceships to Create Huge Battles

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