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Altec Lansing’s Soundblade is Indubitably Thin

Altec Lansing introduced a new Bluetooth speaker today that packs a number of wireless audio options into a sleek design. Only an inch thick, the Soundblade connects to any Bluetooth 2.0-compatible gadget and outputs whatever audio you offer up through two 2.5-inch speakers. Moreover, when used in conjunction with a music phone, the phone not…

Vomiting Halloween Decoration Nauseates Itself Into Your Heart

There’s no better way to trump your neighbor’s Halloween decorations than with a vomiting zombie-thing. CostumeFind knows what you want, and what you want is an animatronic man vomiting into a barrel when you cue the switch or press the foot pad. The decoration also makes a vomit noise, finally giving you the chance to…

Semacode Bars Speed Up Shopping and Bankruptcy

You know that hot half-naked woman you see on the billboard outside of your work? Well, now you can own her shirt. H&M—or the European version of the GAP—is creating billboards and magazine prints that will allow you to buy clothing using your cellphone’s camera. Unfortunately, you still can’t buy the actual model. Black-and-white patterned…

CH-DVD Like HD DVD For China

The masses in China don’t have an HD disc format yet to pirate, let alone two that their studios can bicker over. But they will soon with CH-DVD, the HD DVD variant approved by China. I’d guess HD DVD was picked over Blu-Ray because the format’s lower cost of production on the player and disc…

Wireless Scale Weighs Food, Acts As a Clock

Although weighing your food is only really important if you’re a chubster watching your weight, this wall-mounted digital scale clock can do so much more than tell you how heavy your bananas are. It also locks in place onto the wall, next to the clock, in order to function as a room temperature display. The…

Altec Lansing’s Soundbar Fits Neatly Under Monitor

The FX3020 Soundbar Speaker System is one of the five new speaker-related goodies introduced by Altec Lansing today. Specifically built to go directly under a flat panel monitor, the one-piece rectangular speaker features precision-angled drivers and a built-in sound field expander. The slick speaker also uses XdB for bass (to cover for a lack of…

How to Make a Shopping Cart Bike

Whether this bike is used for really fast travel inside a Safeway or really slow travel from Safeway back home is irrelevant. It’s a bike attached to a shopping cart, something poor people and the homeless (and enviro-nerds) have been dreaming of for years. This instructables guide shows you how to create one with all…

The format wars continue. According to the LA Times, Toshiba Corp. is wining and dining Warner Bros. to get the movie studio on the HD-DVD bandwagon exclusively. Sony is apparently doing the same for Blu-Ray — meaning WB will soon be able to literally bathe all of their employees in money. [LA Times via FiringSquad]…

Win a Free iPhone Software Unlock

We showed you how the iPhone software unlock worked on video and now the Giz has five free iPhone Sim Free unlock licenses so you can try it for yourself. If you win the contest, that is. Read the rules and participate after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-software-unlock-confirmed-on-video-297651 You just have to answer two simple questions, right…

Custom Electric Table Has Plugs Right in the Table

Forget Lifehacker tips for cord organization to make your desk neater. When you have a custom Electric Table by Broberg & Ridderstrale of Stockholm, your entire desk is your outlet. These guys custom create a desk that plugs into the wall, which powers custom outlets embedded all over the face, sides, and legs of the…

Altec Lansing Sends Ultra Portable Speakers Into Orbit

Altec Lansing’s release today of five new speaker systems brought about another line of ultra portable speakers, branded Orbit. Simply designed and weighing only 8oz, the iMT207 Orbit-M and iM207 Orbit-MP3 offers Altec Lansing’s Fusion360 technology; which produces a full 360-degree sound field. The iMT207 Orbit-M is mobile phone specific with a 3.5mm stereo connection…

Smart Drive System Takes Big Knobs in Cars To Its Logical Conclusion

With big knobs in cars that control the audio system being all the rage these days, designer Hao-Chun Huang wants to take the knob joke all the way to its logical conclusion and make a super, all-purpose metallic knob to control everything in your vehicle. Not only does this smart drive concept tilt, turn, and…

Anti-Seasickness Yacht Ensures You’re Not Vomiting That Expensive Champagne

If the one thing keeping you from buying a luxury yacht is the fact that you vomit uncontrollably whenever there’s a stiff breeze, this Ferretti 630 is something you may want to consider. The yacht has an Anti Rolling Gyro to stop side-to-side swaying, which means that whenever the thing tilts to one side, the…

New Palm Gandolf Photo Surfaces, Redubbed the Palm Treo 500?

New photos of the Palm Gandolf have appeared, and if they’re legit, the Gandolf has taken on a new look and a new name — the Treo 500. The Windows Mobile phone keeps a similar form factor and same Vodafone branding as before, but now has a darker color scheme and a bigger screen. https://gizmodo.com/unconfirmed-more-palm-gandolf-treo-5xx-details-269906…

It took less than a month for hackers to break open the PSP Slim firmware and release a custom version that’s Homebrew friendly. [DCEmu]

Car Subwoofer World Record Set at 180.5db

When you’re trying to picture how loud this 180.5db subwoofer that set the world record for the loudest sound for a single sub is, you can’t picture jet planes or chainsaws or firecrackers. No, you need to go a bit higher—into the realm of atomic bombs and nuclear disasters. So yes, this Digital Designs 9918Z…

Perfect Petzzz Make Me Sad to Even Think About

Perfect Petzzz are perhaps the most legitimately pathetic gift you could ever give to anyone. They’re little stuffed animals that sleep and “breathe” with the help of a D battery. They’re meant to just sleep forever and ever, but with that breathing movement it’s supposed to bring just a little bit of life into some…

Ears-On Yamaha’s Flagship YSP-4000 Surround Sound Bar (Verdict: Ultra-Discrete Sound Beams)

I’ve had the pleasure of testing out the fourth-generation Yamaha surround sound bar, the YSP-4000. You know, the box that sits under a TV and projects 5 discrete beams of audio using Cold War directional sonar steering from submarines. This generation has had its trapezoid- shaped array turned into a more of a hexagon, and…

Excercise Across the Web with the Ergo Bike Premium 8i

Daum Electronics has released the Ergo Bike Premium 8i, an exercise bike that attempts to replicate the feel of a real bike. However, the real magic happens once you take it online. Not only can you compete on virtual versions of famous courses, such as the biking portion of Hawaii’s Ironman Triathlon, but you get…

How to Comment: Win a Free iPhone Software Unlock

Did you hear? We’re giving away a free iPhone Software unlock. To enter, you have to make a comment. Here’s how: 1) Click on the “Register” link on the top right of the page. Fill out the form by choosing a username, password and email for your eventual comment account. 2) Choose a post, click…