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iPhone NES Emulator Tested

Click to viewWe’ve tested the NES Emulator for the iPhone. It installs easily, providing your iPhone has been previously received all the hacks necessary. So far, it has worked with all the games we have tried, started with Marble Madness and finishing with Zelda. It works, but it has some problems. The Good • It’s…

Keyspan RF Remote for Windows Vista Sees Through Walls

Use this Keyspan RF (radio frequency) remote to control your Windows Vista PC from 90 feet away, a distance the company takes great glee in exclaiming is three times the distance of infrared remotes. You just plug that USB receiver into your PC, and you’re good to go, remote-controlling all those movie files you’ve ripped…

Haptic Glove Transmits Feelings to Your Hands; Porn Industry Excited Already

Apple isn’t the only event happening today, you know. SIGGRAPH (a conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques) is happening in San Diego as well, and there’s some pretty neat stuff being shown off there. This Haptic Glove, for example, transmits the feeling of holding an object in your hand from afar. Imagine shaking hands…

Gresso Ltd. Debuts Avantgarde Collection of Hoity-Toity Cellphones

At first we were wondering if the mysterious Russian company Gresso Ltd. even existed, but now those Russkis are showing off a line of fancy-schmancy Windows Mobile 6-packing cellphones it calls the Avantgarde Collection, all gussied up in African blackwood and titanium. The Avantgarde Sol, the pretty little bauble pictured above, has a sapphire crystal…

Fujitsu’s 231-inch TV Sports About 10 Pixels Per Square Inch, Not Quite HD

On first glance, Fujitsu’s Super Frontech Vision LD is pretty awesome. It’s a 231-inch TV, after all, and as we all know, the bigger the TV, the less empty you’ll feel inside. The problem is, the thing has a resolution of 512×288. Yeah, that’s not a typo, 512×288. That means you’d probably have to stand…

New AIBO in the Works, Could be PS3-Compatible

According to an interview with game designer and Sony buddy Masaya Matsuura, a new AIBOesque device is in development. From his interview with Kotaku: “The engineers behind the Aibo are doing the PS3. We are talking about making something like the new Aibo.” I ask if it will connect to the PS3. Because that’s what…

TiVo Desktop 2.5 Update Coming, Doesn’t Fix Everything

Ears to the ground, we’re hearing reliable sources saying that TiVo Desktop 2.5 is on its way, and may be released as early as today. The handy utility that lets you snag videos your TiVo has recorded right there on your PC and use them on other devices will finally get Windows Vista support, as…

Lufthansa May Add Beds to Coach; Mile High Club to Add Thousands of Members

Sleeping while flying coach is damned near impossible, especially if you’re over six feet tall. Sure, you could drop three times as much (or more) for one of those fancy business class seats that fold into a bed, but only suckers and jerkbags do that. If you’re flying to Germany anytime soon, however, you might…

Wii WeDock Appears Useful Despite Appallingly Alliterative Appellation

Looking for a place to stash those WiiMotes and their associated nunchucks? Here’s the Wii WeDock, a storage container we didn’t notice when the Brandoite junk purveyors were hawking it in a Wii-matching white color last month. But this black one caught our attention because it looks like a garbage bin for biohazard waste. While…

Ultra Seven Wine Set

Enough wine may feel like it’s given you superpowers, but trust us, it has not. However, the Ultra Seven 40th Anniversary Wine Set brings us one step closer to realizing our overconfidence. Once just an ordinary merlot, when packaged with Koji “Ultra Seven” Moritsugu signature stemware it becomes ULTRA SEVEN!! (wine). At $82, the (surprisingly…

Everyone now and then, politicians do offer a glimmer of hope: Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) wag their fingers at SoundExchange for using royalty negotiations as leverage to push DRM on webcasters. [Ars Technica] https://gizmodo.com/internet-radio-may-survive-but-only-with-lots-of-drm-278801

Judge Tosses $1.52 Billion MP3 Patent Infringement Verdict Against Microsoft

The dubious $1.52 billion judgment delivered against Microsoft for infringing on Alcatel-Lucent’s MP3 patents back in February was set aside by a federal judge. In a 43-page judgment that would probably take longer to read than The Deathly Hallows, Judge Rudi Brewster said that “the jury’s verdict of infringement was against the clear weight of…

LG Chocolate HS101 Mini Projector Finally On Its Way

While we heard rumblings of the LG Chocolate HS101 mini projector way back in December, the company says it will finally be shipping the diminutive minibeamer by the middle of this month. Even though this baby is just 6 inches long, 4 inches wide and a mere 2 inches thick and weighs just shy of…

If Apple Made a Touchscreen Computer…

This is an absolutely brilliant piece from The Joy of Tech. I love the line, “It will be sold as “the 30 in iPhone.” Hit the jump for the full, unshrunk masterpiece. [joyoftech via newlaunches]

Contest Reminder: Win a Gamepod Chair

There’s still time to enter the Flash Gordon home entertainment chair contest. Just click on over to see how you can win your own chair that produces sounds while cushioning your junk. https://gizmodo.com/flash-gordon-contest-win-a-super-comfortable-gamepod-h-285878

89% of Americans Want Texting While Driving Outlawed

According to a 2,049-person poll, demographically weighted proportionally to the US, 89% of adults think that text messenging while driving is “distracting, dangerous and should be outlawed.” So how many of those polled text and drive anyway? 66% So is this a situation of “we know it’s for our own good,” or, “those other people…

Brush & Rinse Toothbrush Creates Mini Water Fountain

The Brush & Rinse toothbrush from Amron Experimental creates a little water fountain for you to sip from when it’s time to rinse. Hey, this is a solution to a problem that’s long overdue. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web…

Hello Kitty Phone Charger Will Not Electrocute Her, Sadly

Hello Kitty. Phone Charger. Cheeks go red when phone is charged. Silly cutesy for $8. Japan. Yes, I think it’s some kind of love-hate relationship too. Wait, hold on, let me check it. Nah, it’s just hate-hate. Sorry about that. [Ascii] https://gizmodo.com/hello-kitty-used-to-punish-thai-police-yes-286249

ETS Motorola S71 Headphone Sunglasses

If you own a Bluetooth headset but aren’t happy with how ridiculous you look wearing it, then these may be for you. The ETS Motorola S71 is a combination pair of sunglasses/headphones/Bluetooth headset/opposite sex repellent. The device, which is apparently also known as the O ROKR Pro, has buttons on the frame which let you…

Hello Kitty Used to Punish Thai Police (YES!)

Policemen in Thailand who commit minor transgressions, such as parking in the wrong spot or arriving late for work, are to be punished by the High Priestess of Pink Tat—yes, Hello Kitty. Does it involve BDSM gear Kitty? Brit-Spanking Kitty? No, it’s even worse. This must be the first time Sanrio’s nauseous invention will be…