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New TomTom One 3rd Edition Gets Map Share, Software Update

The new TomTom One 3rd Edition has been announced in Europe. It comes with Map Share, like the latest Go series. Map Share allows you to make five different kinds of map corrections on the fly, as you find changes from the original cartography like blocked streets or new points of interest. It also has…

Joel Johnson Running BoingBoing’s Gadget Blog

Joel Johnson, the editor of Gizmodo originally responsible for injecting this blog with humor, launched a gadget blog today over at BoingBoing. Recent converts to Giz will remember his rant about gadgets and gadget coverage a few months ago, but in case you weren’t sure about how BB’s gadget blog will be different from Giz,…

GM’s Three-Wheeled Runabout (1966)

The 1966 book Automobiles of the Future features these images of General Motor’s Runabout concept car. Besides having three wheels it also features a built-in shopping cart that slides out of the trunk: Two views of the GM three-wheeled Runabout. This car of tomorrow is fitted with two shopping carts that make up the car’s…

Google Phone Confirmed By HTC Insider

JB over at Crunchgear has the exclusive on the “upcoming” Google Phone, supposedly set to launch in Q1 2008. His source is someone inside HTC, the company that Google’s working with to pick one of 20 models to finalize their design. On the software side, they’re going to build a special version of Google Maps…

Wii Tennis and an Attempted Pantsing of the 103-inch Plasma

Here’s another video of us goofing around with Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma TV. First, you’re treated to an awkward behind-the-scenes look of me trying to cram the thing in my pants unsuccessfully, then you can witness Wilson and I battling in Wii Tennis on the monster. And for the record, I let Wilson win because he’s…

Gundam Helmet is not for Keeping your Golf Clubs in

Another day, another helmet. But this one is awesome. It wasn’t stolen from a Giant Panda, neither would it look better on your butt. No, this is a bike lid that looks like our favorite robot. Available in Japan, there’s a price on Gundam’s head and another image after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/bamboo-helmet-from-roof-is-for-eco-petrol-heads-293020 The MS-06S Zaku…

Binoculars in Stuffed Toys Make You Look Like a Fluffy Pink Pig While You Flagellate Yourself Peeping in Your Neighbor’s Window

Adam from Lifehacker found these binocular plushes while he was trying to find a replacement for his normal pair (they got crushed when his wife found him looking at the old lady across the street). Creepy! [Finetoy via Uneasy Silence]

iPhone Gets Hebrew Support

Yes, this post is about the iPhone but don’t worry, it’s not about yet another unlocking so put down those stones slowly. This morning’s false alarm by a Israeli newspaper only had one nugget of truth: The hackers were able to enable Hebrew support, but not on the interface, just on Safari and Mail. You…

Dealzmodo: Eight HD DVDs With Purchase of Toshiba HD DVD Player

The HD DVD camp is pretty much just giving their stuff away with the newest deal on Amazon for eight HD DVDs with the purchase of any Toshiba player. If you buy either the HD-A2, HD-A20 or HD-XA2 player and add three HD DVDs to your shopping cart (from a list of 55), you’ll be…

Bug Labs Website BUGbase and Module Hardware Details

Details of Bug Labs and their open source gadget hardware just hit their public website. The BUGbase is the foundation of every project you’d piece together, includes an ARM1136JF-S-based processor running Linux, 128MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, USB Ethernet and a small LCD with buttons. https://gizmodo.com/first-look-at-the-bug-labs-open-source-hardware-289589 (And, thoughtfully, a tripod mount which I’m sure can be…

Self-Installed Car/Home A/C Unit, Part II

There’s apparently more than one man who thinks it’s a fantastic idea to strap a home AC unit to a car and drive it around. This Toyota Camry station wagon, snapped by a bug-eyed Jalopnik reader, has the AC strapped on the back, instead of the top, so that it can easily kill whoever’s tailgating…

JetPack Uses Water, Not Fire, To Kill You In a JetPacking Accident

Instead of using flames and jet propulsion, as jetpacks are known to do, Raymond Li’s invention uses water to fling you up into the air. His patent hasn’t (as far as we know) been constructed yet. But it looks dangerous. The patent says that instead of using risky propellers, rotor blades and rocket exhaust systems…

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Olevia 665H Is 65″ of Full HD LCoS

The new Olevia 665H uses a 6-megapixel LCoS light engine and Pixelworks DNX video processing to project a Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 progressive image. With a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 4ms response time, Olevia says their new screen is great for fast-action scenes—as the picture I used to fill the screen, I hope it…

HTC TyTN II Becomes Official in Europe

The phone we’ve previously known as the HTC Kaiser or the 8925 has just been named the HTC TyTN II for the European market. The Windows Mobile 6 phone will be available under T-Mobile, Orange, Vodafone and Telefonica (includes O2), and will have the standard 3.5G connectivity, Windows Mobile 6, HTC’s Home screen, GPS, TomTom…

Zen Design’s SEE Toys Draw Power From Children

If I said we should use toddlers as an energy source to fuel personal electronics, you’d think I was psycho. But according to the Detroit News, Michigan inventor Sun Yu is unveiling SEE Toys with glowing LEDs and digital speakers that draw power from kids’ energetic play. SEE Toys, whose name is an acronym of…

‘The Device’ – All-In-One Beer Making Machine

‘The Device’ is the world’s first all-in-one beer making machine. Just add the right ingredients, press the right buttons, twist the right valves and after two weeks you’ll have gallons of the amber nectar. I make use of another invention that provides me with beer, with even less hassle – it’s called a bar. Check…

Monster’s New Cables Finally Priced and Mystery “Box” Category Revealed

I was wrong. Monster’s new low low pricing isn’t in the $30 range, like I said earlier. The 500 series I mentioned actually starts at $50 for a 1-meter cable. But it seems Monster left its lowest price level of cable out of the midnight announcement: Simply labeled the “box” level, it starts at $40,…

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: Sun-phobic gamers and pedal-power enthusiasts alike will love these instructions to rig up your bike to power your TV and PS2. A new fuel cell design that would convert methanol into hydrogen could provide 50 hours worth of juice to laptops and other portable electronics. No longer small, ugly, plodding electric…

Ricoh Rolls out its Seventh Generation Caplio R

Ricoh has boosted the stats of its latest Ricoh Caplio. The R7 is the seventh incarnation of the point-and-shoot and it’s gone one better on the megapixel front. Stats below. 8 megapixels CCD ISO 64 to 1600 2.7-inch monitor SD and SDHC card support 24MB internal memory Video resolution of 640 x 480 30fps 99.6…