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Man Finishes 30-feet WWII German Battleship Model, Prepares to Invade Poland Soon

Speaking of giant models, Maine-resident William Terra has spent 6 years completing this gigantic 1:20-scale model of a World War II German Panzerschiff, the Deutschland-class battleship Admiral Graf Spee. The 30-feet long, 700-pound model is built like a canoe and is capable of carrying two people on board. https://gizmodo.com/legos-ultimate-collectors-millennium-falcon-unboxed-no-303613 According to Mr. Terra the model…

NBC Adds Two New Series to iTunes, Makes Us Go WTF

After saying they were pulling content off the store when the contract expires and calling Apple names, the two companies have added two new series to iTunes: Chuck and Journeyman. You can buy a season pass for $39.99, which has 13 episodes. This means the last episode will air close to the December deadline, to…

Medion GoPal P4425 SatNav has Fingerprint Recognition

Given that SatNav systems are one of the hottest items to steal these days, Medion’s latest GoPal might go some way in redressing the balance. Its P4425 model boasts fingerprint recognition for extra security, meaning that not only will thieves be unable to use it, but might find it that little bit harder to find…

Arrow Bookshelf a Must-Have for Tetris Mongs

Furniture designer Timothy Ben’s Arrow bookshelf modules are made from MDF and come in 20 different colors, with either a lacquered or laminated finish. Although they’re probably meant to be stacked in that delightful chevron effect, I’m sure you can play a basic form of Tetris with them if you’re really bored. [Timothy Ben Furniture…

LEGO’s Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon Unboxed, Now Shipping with 4-pound Manual

The biggest LEGO set ever, the $499 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon, is now shipping, 5,000-pieces and four-pound ring-binded manual included. Yes, this thing is massive. Julie Stern from LEGO confirms: “We’re a bit ahead of schedule, so some people who preordered now have their sets.” In other words: “Great shot kid, that was one in…

189-grams Xacti DMX-HD700 is World’s Smallest 720p Camcorder [UPDATED]

The Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD700 —the younger sister of the DMX-HD1000 we tried at IFA2007— has been announced in the US and will be available at the end of October. At 189 grams and 171 cubic centimeters, Sanyo claims it’s the smallest 720p camcorder in the world, taking AVC/H.264 video and 7.1-megapixel stills with Face Chaser…

New Au Infobars Shave Corners, Just Need Lube

Au’s Infobar 2 is hitting the streets in Japan in November. Impress describes it as “Square it was and the form like whether the candy dissolved in the mouth and had roundness of,” which makes me certain that it was designed by Yoda (another clue is that it comes in Yoda Green.) The 2.6-inch OLED…

New AQUOS Blu-Ray Recorders from Sharp Have Up to 1TB Storage

Sharp has announced new Blu-ray recorders in Japan, with the 1TB hard drive-equipped BD-HDW20 as the new flagship. The player can start recording from its two digital or one analog tuners in under one second. The $2,620 recorder is followed by the BD-HDW15, which packs a 500GB HD for $1,750. The other models are the…

Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide Go Official

Last week, I played with T-Mobile’s upcoming Sidekick LX built by Sharp and Sidekick Slide, built by Motorola. Though it’s still over a month from their “holiday” release, T-Mobile is acknowledging their existence today with some official pics and specs. Both are more slender than anything yet seen in the Sidekick family: the $299 swivel-action…

Rainbow Machine Lights Up Room, Sadly Doesn’t Include Pot of Gold

Nothing quite lights up a room like the Discovery’s Rainbow In My Room &mdash it’s also one of the best leprechaun-catching tools available on the market. Using LED lights, the gadget creates a prismatic rainbow arc on your wall or on your ceiling. It uses a motion sensor that turns the rainbow on and off…

Toilet Tunes Adds Soundtrack To Your Bathroom Activities

If your own, strange bathroom sounds startle and horrify you, Toilet Tunes is like a urine-drenched super-hero, ready to please. The gadget uses a sensor installed in the toilet lid that will play six musical choices when the lid is raised and that will make your trip to the bathroom that much more like a…

Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson Sued For Aiming Missiles at Prisoner’s Brain

A lawsuit has been filed against Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson, with allegations of Apple hiring O.J. as a hitman, exhibiting prejudice toward political prisoners by slashing iPhone prices, and cloning Dolly the sheep in 1998. The plaintiff also claimed he is in danger of being radio-wave warped by O.J. for possessing old cards of…

Paintball Panzer Converts You Into Backyard Rommel Wannabe

If you are ready to reenact Rommel’s campaign in North Africa, vandalize any wall in sight or look like Atom Ant, here’s the Paintball Panzer. At 3.4 x 4 x 6-foot it’s not comparable with the 17-tonne FV432 paintball tank after the jump, but I would love to have this Mini-me version anyway. Compare specs…

Microdot Squared Voice Activated Recorder Smallest Ever

The Microdot recorder, which Joel over at BB and Nigel from RedFerret have pointed out to me, is supposedly the world’s smallest digital audio recorder. It’s about the size of an index fingertip, or about the size of a piece of japanese chewing candy, if that gives any context at all. (it’s 12x35x17mm) It’s got…

Woman Coats iPods, Cellphones in Gold

See this woman? She wants to coat your gadgets in 24 karat gold. Or, if you don’t have a cellphone or iPod, she’ll coat a brand new one and send it to you. Here are a few that are available from their store: a LG Prada for £399 ($800), LG Shine for £279 ($561), and…

Samsung Armani Phone Hands On Video

Susi from Shiny Shiny has a hands-on demo of the Samsung Armani phone we showed you earlier. Not to spoil anything, but the phone has part of a UI that’s Cover Flow-esque. Oh, and Susi dies at the end. [Shiny Shiny] https://gizmodo.com/official-launch-of-samsungs-armaniphone-in-milan-303263

Samsung’s still the world leader in TV sets. iSuppli reports they’re doing 12.4% of the market, globally, in the April to June quarter. LG and Philips are next wtih 11.4 and 7.1%. For some perspective: Cathode ray TVs are projected to still have 38% of shipments in 2009. Crazy, I know. [Yahoo!]

Adjustable Trash Can Fits All Sizes

The reason Japanese people are so short is because space comes at such a premium (it’s true, we read it on Wikipedia). This adjustable trash can, however, is great for small rooms that need small cans, but can adjust upwards to accomodate large rooms as well. This way, instead of throwing out your garbage when…

The Gawker Book

Hey, Gawker is putting out a book on how to become a wealthy internet blogging tycoon or something like that. [The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media]

Yesterday I erroneously reported that YouTube was planning on adding 30-second bumper ads before their videos next year. I was going off a report from April that I didn’t realize was old, one written before Google announced their plans to use layover ads instead. Google hasn’t changed their plans since then as far as we…