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USB Security Lock Prevents People From Shoving Stuff Into Your Ports

We’re not sure who would really have a use for this other than paranoid sysadmins trying to lock down everyone’s computer, but this USB Security Lock inserts a USB stub into a port so nothing else can go in. Sure, it’s good for corporate security, but if you don’t trust your own family members enough…

Michel Gondry’s RAZR2 Ad

We last saw Gondry working his craft for HP’s money, but now he’s taken his weirdly fluid visuals and made a 60-second spot for the Moto RAZR 2 as well. If you’re a Gondry fan, you’ll be sure to enjoy the fact that he takes a boring spec sheet and turns it into a subtle,…

Contest Reminder: Win an iPod classic, an iPod nano, a Nike+iPod Sport Kit and an Energi To Go Charger

Don’t forget to enter in our contest for the Energi To Go Charger, an iPod classic, and iPod nano, and a Nike+iPod Sport kit. Click here for details on how to enter. You know you want to! https://gizmodo.com/contest-win-an-ipod-classic-an-ipod-nano-a-nike-ipod-302141

Linksys DMA 2200 Media Center Extender 2.0 Plus DVD Player

On first glance, you might guess the photo above is of a gen one Xbox with rear mounted antenna. But actually, Linksys’s DMA 2200 is one of those new fangled v2.0 Media Center Extenders. And true to their promise of integrating the extender tech inside of other gadgets, this one has a built in DVD…

Photoshop Contest Time! Insert Bill Gates Throughout History.

We all know that the Halo 3 launch yesterday was THE BIGGEST EVENT IN HISTORY, according to Microsoft. Above, you can see a photo of Billy Gates during the launch, looking like he just rolled out of bed. Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is this: put Bill in other historic situations. I…

Classroom of the Future (Part 2, 1987)

Part 2 of the 1987 concept video Classroom of the Future is fairly accurate in depicting what the Internet would eventually allow people to do. Again, the voice synthesis and recognition seem superfluous. See also:Classroom of the Future (Part 1, 1987)Homework in the Future (1981)The Answer Machine (1964)The Road Ahead: Future Classroom (1995)Closer Than We…

Kiss Mask Makes Smooching Mandatory

We’re not sure what this art project from 1999 is designed to say, but it’s a kissing mask that locks two girls into kissing mode when worn. During the exhibition, there was a microphone sewn into the connecting tube that recorded the “conversation, breathing and kissing that occurs inside,” which was then burned onto CD…

Scientists Create the First Super-duper “Pure White LED”

The American Chemical Society is claiming that the “holy grail” of the LED world has been reached. A pair of Indian Scientists have created a pure white LED. No longer will we have to suffer with odd blue- or yellow-like white LED’s. The method used to achieve the white color was so blatantly obvious, they…

Gateway One All-In-One PC Revealed

Gateway’s been acting all mysterious about its upcoming one-piece PC, and now the cow’s out of the bag (with no spots anywhere in sight), revealing the Gateway One, a 19-inch all-in-one desktop box that’s just 3.6 inches deep. The long-chinned PC will be available in three models, two of them retail versions and one available…

When Do I Get My Bionic Babe?

The long-awaited season premiere of Bionic Woman airs tonight at 9 PM, and I know what you’re thinking. When will my girlfriend get a nanotech immune system and deadly superstrength? I want a bionic babe in my living room, hopefully sitting on the wireless network, acting as a firewall and a Slingbox all at once!…

Amazon’s MP3s Contain Watermarks, But Not the Privacy-Invading Variety

Amazon.com’s new MP3 store watermarks its MP3s, but only with information stating where the songs were purchased, not who did the purchasing, according to the online uberstore. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this issue has inspired me to ramble about the stupidity of the whole idea of watermarking tracks with identifying…

Ceramic Paper Speakers Look Better than they Sound

Singaporean Yong Jieyu’s ceramic paper speakers (actually, they’re less speaker than amplifier) are made from clay &mdash one of the best materials for sound amplification thanks to its low sound absorbent coefficiency &mdash and recycled music scores. Place your an earphone inside each “speaker” and voila! your tunes can be heard by all and sundry.…

Barricade Tape Design Reassures You: Everything Is OK, Really

Not that this is some kind of genius design or anything, but wouldn’t it be nice to walk up to a horrific crime scene in see this “everything is ok” barricade tape strung all over the place? Wouldn’t it make you feel much better about all the blood, guts and mayhem you just directly witnessed?…

New anySim Gets Bugs Ironed Out, Now Integrated with Installer.app

For those who haven’t unlocked your iPhone or had problems doing so, there’s a new revision of the free unlock software for the iPhone: anySim v1.02 fixes a lot of bugs and speeds up the process. You can download the program from here but as an added bonus you can use Installer.app. You just have…

Samus Wii Mod Tucks, Rolls, Explodes With Goodness

Gizmodo buddy Ramon of Ultimate DS, Wii, and PSP mod fame is back, this time with a Samus Metroid mod for the Nintendo Wii. Not only does it have a big S on the side for Samus (or Sexy) and a Wiimote battery charger built in (!), he’s painted the parts red, orange and green…

Dell’s monster XPS M1730 laptops, loaded to the gills with goodies and costing between $3,000 and $4,500 for the honor of ownership, are now available on the Dell website. [CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/dell-xps-m1730-laptops-are-high-end-multi-colored-gami-294330

Guru Disciples Build Giant Pencil, Call It ‘World’s Largest’

Now that pencils are finding their way into obscurity, here’s a divinely inspired team of craftsmen who decided to construct a gigantic memorial to the obsolete writing utensil, calling it “the world’s largest pencil.” But wait a minute here. Suspiciously missing are the dimensions of this construction project, but you can see and hear a…

Promo Teases Sleek Gateway One All-In-One PC

In 18 hours, Gateway will unveil “Gateway One, the sleek all-in-one PC.” At least, that’s if you believe this teaser site and the fact that Gateway is holding a press conference tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the DigitalLife expo in NYC. Wait, WTF? According to the site’s timer, the news will actually pop at 6:45…

Diesel Rolls Out OLED Watches, Two-Handed Time Telling Returns from 1970s

Here’s a badass-looking watch from Diesel that uses an OLED display in a minimalist style. At first glance it looks like it’s all bracelet, but then you press a button on the side and its aqua-colored OLED lights up with the time of day. It’s available in stainless steel (DZ7080) for $215, but if you…

Transparent Pinball Machine is Awesome, Beautiful

This is the Transparent Pinball Machine, a custom piece created out of a 1976 “Surf Champ” unit by Michael Schiess, owner of the Lucky JuJu Pinball Arcade in Alameda, CA (which looks like the coolest place ever). It is, without a doubt, the most beautiful pinball machine we’ve ever seen. And unlike most custom fetishized…