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Lightning Bolt Hitting Plane Taking Off in Osaka

This shot shows a lightning bolt striking an airplane taking off at Osaka’s airport, then hitting the ground. Lightning is not dangerous for airliners, as the electricity flows around their aluminum skin, but looking at the stunning video loop after the jump and knowing that tomorrow we have to fly to Berlin for IFA, they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nikon Debuts Hardcore CoolPix 8MP P50 and 12MP P5100

Nikon’s newest CoolPix P series cams are the stick-shifts of the point-and-shoot world, with optical viewfinders, full manual controls and lots of hands-on features. The 12-megapixel CoolPix P5100 (right) has 3.5x optical zoom coupled with an Optical Vibration Reduction system. You can crop and edit shots on its 2.5″ LCD, and it runs on a…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Nikon Rolls Out Low-Priced CoolPix L14 and L15

Nikon is aiming for the low-end of the shopper spectrum with its aptly named “L” series CoolPix L14 and L15. The 7-megapixel 3X optical zoom L14 will go for $150, and feature a 2.4″ LCD. The 8-megapixel L15 will sell for $180, and have a 2.8″ LCD. Both cameras will run on AA batteries, and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Samsung’s Printers will Make you Want to Have Hot Desk Sex with Them

Samsung has made its new printers look like works of art. Both models are a deliciously glossy piano black and, while the 11-cm thick ML1630 (above) is a monochrome laser printer, the SCX-4500 is multifunctional. Both of them rock blue LED displays and buttonless sensors, and the custom-designed semi-auto docking slide-out cassette means that paper…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Samsung’s SP-A800B 1080p DLP Projector Perfect for Death Star’s Theater Room

We bet Stormtroopers wouldn’t mind crowding around Samsung’s latest 1080p projector, the SP-A800B. It makes use of TI’s newest DLP chip, delivering a 24fps film mode and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. No price or street date, but since it’s an “ultra high-end model targeted to the content creation industry and home theater,” we’re guessing the…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

LG Bumping All LCD Monitors Fabbed After Sept. 1 to 5000:1 Contrast Ratio

LG’s contrasting up all of its LCD monitors produced after Sept. 1, pushing them all to a contrast ratio of 5000:1. They’re all sporting some proprietary tech dubbed “Digital Fine Contrast” that supposedly “dynamically controls controls brightness.” Flagshipping the 5000:1 contrast goodness are two new monitors: the L227WT (pictured because it’s the sexier of the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Pac Man Rug Would Suit Wealthy, Old-Skool Gamer

This Pac Man rug is on sale via a kids’ website, but with a very adult price tag of $2,186. Made in Portugal and 100 per cent wool, there are only two of these 6’9″ x 10′ rugs in existence. So, rich kidults with a games room that needs carpeting, apply here. [Children’s Gorilla via…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

New LG Design Art Series Flat TVs Are All About Design

Today we got our first look on the new LG Design Art series, the LF75 and LB75 LCD TVs. Supported by a balancing ring, they have the looks and also the guts: the 37, 42, 47 and 52-inch LF75s come at 1080p Full HD with your insanely usual 10,000:1 contrast ratio. The 8,000:1-contrast ratio LB75…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Palm-Sized Projector from LG Goes with Anything, Rocks the Color

LG used IFA to announce the arrival of their first palm-sized projector, the HS101 – which, judging by their comments, they’re pretty pleased with. “Industry experts told us it would be impossible to make such a small projector with a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 100 ANSI lumen output,” said LG’s head of LCD TV Division.…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Sony Kills Music Store, Tells Customers to Rip Their ATRACs

It was announced in passing during today’s press event, but now it’s official in their site, FAQ included: the Sony Music Store will be dead dead dead after March 2008. The eBook service won’t be affected, but the music is going the way of the Dodo as they embrace the openness. Read on for Sony’s…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Bossy Toothbrush Tells You How to Clean

If an electric toothbrush isn’t high-tech enough for you, then you could kick it up a notch with the Triumph with SmartGuide. The brush monitors how you are cleaning your teeth – time, area and pressure, and sends that information back to a base station. This base station, which can be stuck on a bathroom…

Tech News Msparkes

Nikon Launches S700 and S510 Style Series Metal-Bodied Compact Cameras

Nikon has launched two cameras in its Style series, the 12-megapixel S700 and 8-megapixel S510 with solid metal bodies and Optical Vibration Reduction image stabilization system. The cameras feature a 3X optical zoom, and aren’t very bulky. The metal body makes them very resilient and the cameras have a very quick 0.9 second power-up, so…

Tech News Msparkes

Samsung’s Bluetooth Speakers Let you Control your Music

Samsung’s tiny BS300 speakers are not only Bluetooth-enabled, but also allow you to control the music without having to get your MP3 player out via skip, stop and play buttons. A neat idea. Clickety-click for a couple of extra pictures below. Wonder if we’ll see these at IFA? [Aving USA]

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Sony Rolls Out Two New Video Walkmen, Minus ATRAC (NWZ-s610 and NWZ810)

ATRAC is on the fast track for extinction. Sony’s closing its Sony’s music store and it’s been dumped from their two newest video Walkmen, the NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610, which are all about an “open platform.” They support secure WMA, non-secure AAC and MP3, JPEG, AVC (H.264/AVC) Baseline Profile and MPEG-4 video codecs. They’re also PlaysForSure…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Sony IFA 07 Presser

We’re here at Sony’s press conference. Hit the jump for updates. You know, for those up at 3:00am. They’re talking about change, how Sony needs to keep up with the industry. To Sony this means networking and HD. Or I guess, more clearly, networking your HD. 75% of all Sony products should be HD compatible…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Kodak’s EasyShare HD Dock Gives You Remote-Controlled Pictures

Connect Kodak’s Easyshare HDTV dock to your TV and you can process your pictures from Kodak cameras, SD memory cards or USB drives, controlling it all via remote. There’s a slideshow function, you can edit images, transfer your pics to a USB drive, print pics out via a connected printer and charge your camera battery.…

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Nikon Launches Wi-Fi Coolpix S51c with Flickr Integration

Like its predecessor, the S7c, the new Nikon Coolpix S51c digital camera is Wi-Fi-ready, allowing you to email or upload pictures straight from the device. A new feature called “my Picturetown” lets you to store up to 2GB on Nikon’s special website, or send images to Blackberrys, Flickr and even your own blog. This means…

Tech News Msparkes

New Kodak Cameras Officially Launched at IFA

The three new Kodak cameras which we covered yesterday have now graduated from leaked pictures to official launch. The V1253 is priced at $300, the V1233 at $250 and the Z812 IS at $300, and all three are available now. [Kodak] https://gizmodo.com/three-new-easyshare-cameras-from-kodak-leaked-before-if-293626

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Gizmodo at IFA 2007 in Berlin

Mark Wilson is now chilling in a Sony press event at IFA 2007, the european überfair for home entertainment, digital audio, multimedia, all things wireless and cells, and technology at large. It officially starts tomorrow Berlin, but he’s already scouting the premises and attending events. Addy and myself will fly early tomorrow —european time, so…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Flowers by Alice (Part 3, 1992)

Part 3 of the US West concept video Flowers by Alice shows the amazing graphics capabilities of their portable, talking computer. Those flower pots are priceless. I’m pretty sure Mario and Luigi can be spotted if you squint hard enough. See also:Flowers by Alice (Part 1, 1992)Flowers by Alice (Part 2, 1992)

Tech News Matt Novak

Lightning Bolt Hitting Plane Taking Off in Osaka

Nikon Debuts Hardcore CoolPix 8MP P50 and 12MP P5100

Nikon Rolls Out Low-Priced CoolPix L14 and L15

Samsung’s Printers will Make you Want to Have Hot Desk Sex with Them

Samsung’s SP-A800B 1080p DLP Projector Perfect for Death Star’s Theater Room

LG Bumping All LCD Monitors Fabbed After Sept. 1 to 5000:1 Contrast Ratio

Pac Man Rug Would Suit Wealthy, Old-Skool Gamer

New LG Design Art Series Flat TVs Are All About Design

Palm-Sized Projector from LG Goes with Anything, Rocks the Color

Sony Kills Music Store, Tells Customers to Rip Their ATRACs

Bossy Toothbrush Tells You How to Clean

Nikon Launches S700 and S510 Style Series Metal-Bodied Compact Cameras

Samsung’s Bluetooth Speakers Let you Control your Music

Sony Rolls Out Two New Video Walkmen, Minus ATRAC (NWZ-s610 and NWZ810)

Sony IFA 07 Presser

Kodak’s EasyShare HD Dock Gives You Remote-Controlled Pictures

Nikon Launches Wi-Fi Coolpix S51c with Flickr Integration

New Kodak Cameras Officially Launched at IFA

Gizmodo at IFA 2007 in Berlin

Flowers by Alice (Part 3, 1992)

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