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Home-Made Yellow Mini-Sub Dives to 328 Feet

2Dive is a mini-sub that Very Clever Person Michael Henrik Schmelter knocked up in his spare time. The vessel can dive to a depth of 100 metres (328 feet) and you can see him taking it out in the bay of Kiel, Northern Germany, in the gallery after the jump. [Spiegel via Spluch]

Magnum Chrome, DS Bling

The Magnum Chrome DS case is a mod for your Nintendo DS. Completely replacing the outer shell of your portable, the Magnum is actually covered in chrome, not some spray-on finish. This means your DS will be tougher and more resistant to those smudges that make us feel like pigs every time we just want…

Microsoft’s not taking the FCC smackdown over its “white space” prototype lying down: They’re disputing the FCC’s findings, though they totally admit the first prototype was defective. But the new model worked last week! Really! [Yahoo!/Reutuers] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-google-dell-coalition-white-space-prototype-287736

Rainbow Pebble, Pocket Rainbow

For whenever you need a pick-me-up or just an easy pot of gold, the Rainbow Pebble illuminates a room with the magic of rainbow luminescence. By reflecting the pattern of light off a convex mirror, the clamshell form allows for precision adjustment of your rainbow, allowing it to stem from stinky shoes, a scary closet…

Time Warner Cable’s Pseudo-DVR Won’t Let You Skip Commercials

In October, Time Warner is going to start rolling out a new DVR-like service called Look Back—emphasis on the “like,” since it won’t let you fast-forward through commercials and you have to watch a show before midnight on the day that it’s shown. You don’t get to keep them, either. But, it’s totally gratis. Subjecting…

Spiderman Phone Patent, Phone Shooters

What if Uncle Ben were never shot? Peter Parker would have never learned his lesson, fought the Green Goblin or made movies. Instead, he might have become a successful real estate tycoon with the goals of making lots of money every day and banging Mary Jane every night. And he would have used this cellphone…

Videoconferencing on the iPhone Now Working, Wins Iron Coder’s First Prize

Click to viewIt looks like videoconferencing is now working on the iPhone using the Wi-Fi connection and its built-in camera. Ken and Greg Aspeslagh claim that they created the application at the C-4 Developer Conference’s Iron Coder Live this weekend, winning first prize. As you can see in the gallery, the hack also involved a…

The LG Trax CU575 we showed you last month is finally available to AT&T customers. The 3G HSDPA phone replaces the CU500, and be compatible with AT&T’s new over-the-air non-DRM eMusic service as well as Video Share. [AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/lgs-trax-phone-280537

Samsung’s Latest DMFT Fuel Cell for Laptops Given an Airing

We wrote about this DMFT fuel cellback in December, when it was just a mere glint in Samsung’s eye. And here it is in its latest incarnation—looking a lot less clunky than it did eight months ago. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-fuel-cell-to-power-laptop-for-a-month-a-pop-224446 Although this version is not for public consumption, the day when we will have no excuse for…

Real Live Pictures of US Nokia N95

Symbian-Guru’s all over the US N95 launch, this time bringing us a handful of up close snaps, confirming the body changes picked up from the flyer. The shutter slider has indeed been jettisoned, but now the camera is receded into the the back of the phone. They’ve also apparently raised the media keys and made…

62-Year-Old Man Attempts Hara-Kiri by Jumping from 25 Miles Up

A 62-year-old Frenchman is giving his attempt on the world free-fall record one last try in the skies above Saskatchewan. Michel Fournier has spent $13.25 million trying to jump from 25 miles above the earth’s surface and break the world free-fall record set by USAF test pilot Joe Kittinger in 1960. But first he has…

Wii Almost Catching Up on Xbox 360 Total Sales

Apparently the Wii is closing in on Xbox 360’s total sales, all despite the sales slowdown in Japan. 10.32 million for the 360 vs 10.1 million for the Wii, which launched a whole year later. Meanwhile, the PS3 it’s still at 4.11M while the DS crushes everything else at 46.83M. [The Register] https://gizmodo.com/japan-to-wii-you-are-so-yesterday-288125

Medieval Pinball Machine Made out of Lego

And fie, a-surffing on ye internette, a pinneballe machyne of Leggoe did I espye. Set yorre eyyes pon yonder gallerye. Morre picture lykkeness will ye finde on TechEBlog. [TechEBlog]

Giant Universal Remote, for the Sausage-Fingered

If, like me, you have the condition known as sausage finger, then you’ll know the pain of punching more than one button at a time on a remote. At 5.5×8.5×2.25 inches, and with buttons 3/4 inch square, this giant universal remote should solve that problem. It uses 4 AA batteries, and costs $39.98. [Things You…

Exciting NASA Air Competition Full of Dull Planes

NASA handed out $250,000 in prize money this weekend to aircraft designers who competed in a competition to create personal air-vehicles. But don’t be fooled by the picture and think that the event was full of flying cars, experimental planes and UFO-shaped discs—all the entrants were standard-looking planes, as you will see in the videos…

Polk Audio SurroundBar50 Gives you Surround Sound in One Very Long Speaker

Polk Audio’s latest HE audio system, the SurroundBar50, is 51 inches of speaker that gives you surround sound from just one speaker. The aluminum-covered unit contains nine mid/bass drivers with Neodymium magnets, three dome tweeters and a four-PC board crossover, and Polk’s Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) technology on the left and right front channels. Measuring…

XM’s XpressRC Features Color Screen, Preset Channels, Instant Replay

In spite of having hardware partners, XM still develops its products in-house, which explains why every XM product has the same basic look and feel. The XpressRC, technically from Delphi, marries the color screen you’ve seen on the Samsung Helix/Pioneer Inno product with the XpressR-style split screen for browsing without losing “now playing” info. It’s…

Mix Tape USB, Makes Us Happy, Reminds Us We Are Old

Some days you wake up and you just do not want to go on. You miss the touch of plastic that audiocassettes used to fill your life with. Well, the Mix Tape USB, by Suck UK should go a little way to help. No pricing information is available yet, but we are sure it will…

We Love Bouncy Ball Man

Family Guy is funny because the script is comic genius; it is written with surreal wit and eloquence throughout. Bouncy Ball Man (BBM), as we have dubbed him, is funny for reasons that evade us. As many ladies have told us, we have funny faces. This is the kind of humor that BBM brings to…

Universal Partners With Google To Rival iTunes

Another online music download service is set to enter the ring. The difference this time? The partnership is between Universal and Kingpin, Google. The pairing off was announced earlier last week, but now more details have emerged on the business plan. The service called gBox, (not a euphemism), will be different to traditional offerings such…