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Japanese Hair Growth Gadget Looks Like Electrical Torture

These may look like regular headphones, but the spikes on the top are designed to shock your hair into behaving. And by behaving, we mean grow again. The KeUpper, made in Japan, is supposed to make you slightly less bald in just tens of weeks. Sounds just as good as that Hairmax Laser we tested.…

Sprint Offers The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, the First $10.5 Million Cellphone

This $10.5 million cellphone from Sprint comes with many nice features we’ve covered before, but has a delicious bonus that you can’t find anywhere else. We’re in for five. You win again, advertising. [Sprint]

Chocolate Calculator Counts Calories

We’re not really sure what’s going on with this chocolate calculator, or Chocolator, but we’re pretty sure it’s not edible. Well, probably more edible than the LG Chocolate, but less edible than say, an actual chocolate bar without electronics inside. Now I can do my taxes and make a big mess all at the same…

Hands-On with the Panasonic 103-inch HDTV

We hinted at it this morning, and now here we are – at the Panasonic HQ in New Jersey getting up close and personal with one of the largest TVs in existence. Yes, it’s heavy. Stay tuned for a great example of how I have the sweetest job ever as I play Bioshock, Gears of…

Xbox 360 Core With HDMI Coming 9/1?

Either this Best Buy listing is wrong, or there’s a $349.99 version of the Xbox 360 Core with HDMI coming in September 1. We’re leaning towards wrong listing since the box shows a Premium (the DVD drive is silver) and the price is of a premium, but who knows what’s going on in Microsoft’s stable.…

Despite reported bugs, Palm is denying that their Foleo UMPC-like device will be delayed. [MacWorld]

Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router Hands On

Who knew a lowly router could be so sexy? We got our hands on one of these 802.11n draft 2.0 Belkin N1 Vision routers today, and it looks just as smooth, aerodynamic and downright alluring in our hands as it does in its publicity photos. We’re especially attracted to its interactive network display, showing us…

Apple Special Event on September 5th May Bring New iPods

Get ready for another in crescendo orgy of Apple rumors, because according to Jacquie at Infinite Loop —Ars’ Apple blog, not The Mothership’s address— the iPods are coming. “Specifically” she says, in a special event on “September 5, according to our sources within the company.” [Infinite Loop] https://gizmodo.com/ipod-nano-spy-shots-confirmed-as-real-by-apple-legal-292524

Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High

Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), the balloon’s small payload box was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS tracking device, a Nikon Coolpix…

Star Wars Goes Steampunk with Awesome Lightsaber

It took 100 hours of Jon C. Acosta’s time to make this rather humbling lightsaber. The steampunk and Star Wars fan planned his work with military precision, naming the finished article Lumen Ex Consilium (Light From Within Wisdom) and even cut, using a diamond bit, the hand-painted crystal himself. There’s more of Jon’s labor of…

Personal Cellphone Signal Blocker Delivers Electronic TFSU

Fed up with clueless cellphone gabbing in public? Put an immediate stop to it with this Personal Cellphone Signal Blocker. Running on a portable battery that lasts three to four hours, this 6-ounce pocketable jammer (4″x1.85″x.71″) disrupts signals from GSM, CDMA, DCS, PHS and 3G networks, and its manufacturer says it can do this miracle…

Flo Backpack Makes you Very Teenage Mutant Ninja Terrapin

A bag for all seasons, this Flo backpack is modular and can change with your moods—which, if they’re anything like mine, rage from Breeze of Sweet Pea to Tsunami of Bitchqueen Stompiness. You can adapt the Flo to any size—from a pack worthy of a long hiking weekend to an afternoon trip to the city.…

Sponsors Build an Undersea Eden

Haven’t you ever wanted to build an undersea paradise where man, machine, and crazy dudes in diving suits could co-exist peacefully without them shooting rivets at your face? We have. Thanks to our sponsors, it’s a reality. Thanks Ask.com, AT&T, Audi, Bank of America, Blackberry, The Book of General Ignorance, California Lottery, Cazadores Tequila, Chargepod,…

1TB CDs on the way, but drives, blanks and burner won’t be cheap [The Inquirer]

Bionic Woman Gives Us a Titanium Tent

Rarely does a woman herself qualify as a gadget, but this time, Michelle Ryan, star of the upcoming NBC remake of Bionic Woman, perfectly fits the bill. At least that’s the best excuse we could think of to find some sensational shots of her and bring them to you all in one place, clickable with…

iPhone Unlocked (AGAIN!) With Paid Software Fix

After being unlocked not once but two and even three times, Engadget is reporting today that the iPhone has been unlocked for the “first time.” Well, it’s not the first iPhone unlock (as my european Vodafone-TurboSIMed iPhone shows), but apparently this method uses only software: a commercial application that will be for sale “soon.” [Update:…

How to Mod your Parents’ House into a 60-Foot Slip ‘n’ Slide

First up, you have to wait for them to go on holiday. The rest is easy. It’s not quite as long as this one, but it looks a lot scarier. [YouTube via Spluch] https://gizmodo.com/drunk-american-heroes-create-homemade-535-foot-slip-n-s-290606

Just How Big is an Airbus A380?

This magnificent shot by Andrew Hunt, taken with a Nikon D70, shows the huge Airbus A380 decked out in Singapore Airlines livery and crossing a bridge at Changi Airport in Singapore. But look, what’s that in front of it on the runway? Why, some airheaded Mac fanboy forgot his MacBook, whose 12.7-inch width is positively…

TomTom Rider 2nd Edition Is Out (UPDATED)

[UPDATED 9:20EST: jump for US release information.] The new TomTom Rider 2nd Edition, the GPS for bike riders, is finally out in the US and Europe and it looks great. It comes loaded with new features, like its easy-to-setup RAM mount (as the male sheep, not the memory) which fits almost all motorcycles and “withstands…

Gizmodo Gets Its Paws On One Hugely Gigantastic Gadget

Today, a Giz team has been deployed to a remote location to hunt some seriously big game. Before we tell you what it is, we want you to guess. Here are the clues: 1. It’s either the biggest or the second biggest in the world, depending on your taste. 2. It brings a rare smile…