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Xbox 360 Racing Wheel Now $99

The official Xbox 360 racing wheel is getting another price drop, this time down to $99. Hopefully these are free of defects, but either way, it’s our favorite wheel for the 360. [Xbox] https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-racing-wheel-gets-price-drop-129-263653

Tech News Jason Chen

Yep, I’m a Replicant

Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci fi classic Blade Runner was released in a special edition DVD this week called The Final Cut, and he answers once and for all the age-old question, “Was Deckard a replicant?” The answer: yes. That is until Blade Runner: The Really Final Ultimate Last Cut comes out in a capsulized ingestable…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Black Hole Shoots Pink Jet Of Death

A supermassive black hole is blasting a powerful jet, smashing a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C321, NASA says. The jet’s unprecedented “galactic violence” could wreak destruction on any planets in its path, and could create a burst of new stars. Image by AP/NASA.

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Kenyans Can Now Max Out Their Credit Cards Wirelessly

Those poor Africans. When they want to use their credit cards to go on a spending spree at Bloomingdale’s, they just can’t do it because there aren’t enough phone lines to handle all those credit card transactions. That’s where this Siemens BiasharaPhone MTT 1581 might bring African countries, specifically Kenya, into the 21st century. It…

Tech News Charlie White

Sunshine’s Realistic, Biospheric Spaceship

Just a few more weeks until January 8, the day Sunshine DVDs hit stateside. This flick is director Danny Boyle’s space opera about a ship called the Icarus II whose destiny is to plunge into the heart of the sun and “relight” it. OK, dorky science premise aside, this is a seriously awesome show from…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Porn Coming to Blu-ray; PS3 Owners, Jason Chen Very Excited

The porn industry, having steered clear of Blu-ray and successfully put out titles on HD DVD for the past year, has decided to give the competing HD format a shot. Digital Playground has plans to release Pirates, an adaptation of Treasure Island as I understand it, on BR as its first foray into the format.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Stepped Platform Railway (1890)

These images of a moving sidewalk of the future ran in an 1890 issue of Scientific American. A moving sidewalk very similar to this was actually built for the 1900 Paris Exposition. You can even watch film of the sidewalk in action, shot by Thomas Edison. The images below can also be found in the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Caption, Photoshop or Animate Buddhist Steve Jobs, Win Fame and Love

We don’t know why, but we love this picture of His Steveness taken by the amazing Diana Walker in 1982, just two years from the launch of the Macintosh. I wonder what he was thinking as he drank some tea while apparently contemplating the space-time fabric from his minimalist living room, only decorated by a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Test Builds Seeded to Developers

After all the gushing about Mac OS X Leopard has died down, now it’s time for some reality, namely, bug fixes in the form of OS X 10.5.2. According to Apple Insider, test builds of this update were seeded to developers, and that distribution included a 76-item list of fixes and code corrections thus far.…

Tech News Charlie White

Hype Sheet: Olympus Sees Your Undies

The Pitch An intrepid mountaineer summits a snowy peak, raising his arms in the universal symbol of triumph. The celebratory moment is ruined, however, when his flip phone rings—T-Mobile has apparently been installing cell towers in the Himalayas. The message our intrepid hero receives is an important one: His fly is open, an embarrassing oversight…

Tech News Brendan I. Koerner

Man Using Infomercial Miracle Gadget Turns into Papa Smurf

You know that feeling when you are bored/sleepless/drunk in front of the TV at 3 a.m., fascinated by a never-ending informercial and you start reaching for the phone wondering if ACME’s Miraculous Gadget X would really work, just to hang up at the last minute? Well, Paul Karason didn’t hang up: he ordered a gadget…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Eye-Vac Pro Is Like Paraplegic Roomba, or the Sarlacc of Dust

I couldn’t decide which comparison I liked more, but in either case you get it: Eye-Vac Pro is a 1200-watt stationary vacuum, an infrared-equipped all-seeing dustbin that sucks up the rubbish you sweep close enough to its maw. It’s got a HEPA filter for clean air return and a “full” indicator, which means that no,…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Solar Flare Divides World Into Pirates and Art Collectors

A giant solar flare hits the Earth and decimates the entire Eastern hemisphere, killing millions of people and mutating others into hideous creatures. Would you run for the hills or start trying to save the world’s greatest art treasures? Most people would probably be busy building a seriously badass underground bunker rather than thinking about…

io9 Kevin Kelly

eStarling Wifi Picture Frame (Verdict: Third Time’s the Charm)

You may recall that hapless eStarling picture frame we tested last year at this time, where version 1.0 had a Wi-Fi radio that didn’t work for diddly squat. Version 2.0 didn’t fare much better with its screen that was so bad it was barely tolerable. Well, we’re here to tell you that eStarling has now…

Tech News Charlie White

Alleged Nokia N96 Spy Shots Look Yummypianoblacklicious

There are no technical details on these alleged pictures of the new Nokia N96, except that they are strangely clear to be fake spy shots. Looking at the reflection on the pictures of its back, it seems these photos were taken with another N96. If real, Nokia’s new smartypants flagship will come with a 5…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Monster Theater Video Tour: One Sci-Fi Nerd’s $100,000 Nightmarish Fantasy

Who doesn’t want their home theater to look like a "spaceship transporting dangerous aliens"? I for one wouldn’t mind owning an animatronic alien that pops out of nowhere. "When steam starts blasting from ceiling vents and the alien lurches through the wall, you hear friends scream expletives like ‘holy (expletive)’—and then request to borrow a…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We prepare for the holidays with some National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Gear, keep our Steel Reserve cold with a 40 oz Cozy, and pound out some stress on the Everlast Desktop Speed Bag. We also create some mood lighting with the Lutron Maestro IR Dimmer, keep our floors clean and germ-free…

Tech News Jason Chen

Disposable Soles Keep Your Bare Feet Clean

Going around barefoot is nice and freeing for your usually constricted feet, but oftentimes that results in dirty feet. I guess. I mean, if you never clean your floors it does. If that’s the case, these disposable soles were designed with you in mind. Basically, it’s a stack of sticky, foot-shaped pads. You step on…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Miniature Military Spyplanes Know How to Recharge Themselves

The U.S. military is working on a series of miniature spyplanes that will perch on power lines and suck down juice when their batteries get low. Just be prepared when the sentient battlecruisers start rolling down your streets at night and sipping from your gas tanks while you sleep.

io9 Kevin Kelly

Last Call for Crazy Christmas Lights

Do you, a loved one or a neighbor you don’t know at all suffer from an affliction of either absurdly tacky or absolutely awe-inducing holiday decorations? Then this is your last call to send them in to be immortalized on the pages of Gizmodo. We need all entries by today. So procrastinators, congrats, you made…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Xbox 360 Racing Wheel Now $99

Yep, I’m a Replicant

Black Hole Shoots Pink Jet Of Death

Kenyans Can Now Max Out Their Credit Cards Wirelessly

Sunshine’s Realistic, Biospheric Spaceship

Porn Coming to Blu-ray; PS3 Owners, Jason Chen Very Excited

Stepped Platform Railway (1890)

Caption, Photoshop or Animate Buddhist Steve Jobs, Win Fame and Love

Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2 Test Builds Seeded to Developers

Hype Sheet: Olympus Sees Your Undies

Man Using Infomercial Miracle Gadget Turns into Papa Smurf

Eye-Vac Pro Is Like Paraplegic Roomba, or the Sarlacc of Dust

Solar Flare Divides World Into Pirates and Art Collectors

eStarling Wifi Picture Frame (Verdict: Third Time’s the Charm)

Alleged Nokia N96 Spy Shots Look Yummypianoblacklicious

Monster Theater Video Tour: One Sci-Fi Nerd’s $100,000 Nightmarish Fantasy

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Disposable Soles Keep Your Bare Feet Clean

Miniature Military Spyplanes Know How to Recharge Themselves

Last Call for Crazy Christmas Lights

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