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Vilcus Plug Dactyloadapter, For Insane People and Those Who Hate Them

Art Lebedev studio, responsible for that spectacular Optimus Maximus keyboard with a video display on each key, has apparently gone nuts, now giving you a way to test electrical circuits by shocking yourself half to death. The creative design studio calls this a Vilcus plug dactyloadapter, and it includes adapters for European and US power…

Calao Systems Building Linux PC Into USB Thumb Drive

From their not-so-secret headquarters in the French Alps, engineers at the newly founded Calao Systems have announced plans to build an ARM-based Linux PC inside of a USB keychain. It’s not a modern-day WOPR or anything—with 256MB of internal flash memory and 64MB of RAM, plus support for Ethernet, VGA graphics and USB, I’d say…

ELP Declicker Transfers LPs to MP3, Leaves Crackle Behind

Vinyl Junkies listen up. ELP, those clever people who brought us the Laser Turntable have something else to keep vinyl junkies moist and excitable—the ELP Declicker. https://gizmodo.com/designtechnicas-2005-home-entertainment-show-round-up-103306 This rather snappy matte gray box connects up to regular turntables to convert your vinyl into MP3s, while reducing noise at the same time. Now, before all you…

Sharp Rocks the HomePlug Boxes for Easy Connectivity

Sharp just jumped into the powerline networking game, rolling out its HN-VA40S and HN-VA10S network adapters. Using the HomePlug v1.1 AV standard for high-speed transmission over power lines, these babies will be great for those who don’t feel like using a wireless router or stringing Ethernet cables throughout their houses. Just plug one end into…

Dolce Vita Heated and Cooled Pet Bed Beggars Belief

Bring out your dog’s inner Tinkerbell Hilton with this pet bed that heats up and cools down. The blurb says it operates on a safe, low-power electrical system, but what happens if your dog is incontinent and wees on the bed? It’s probably not quite Deadtime For Bonzo, but I wouldn’t like to risk it…

Sun-Red Solar-Powered Bike Won’t Go Far or Fast

I can see the point behind this motorcycle from Catalonian company Sun-Red (very responsible and all that, clap clap clap) but, fug-o-rama design aside, I worry for this eco-friendly concept bike, which got a special mention for innovation when they were handing out prizes at a Barcelona car fair recently. Once charged, it will take…

Brand’s Latest USB Ushers in the Age of Aquarium

Here at Gizmodo we like our aquariums (or should that be aquaria?) and you know we like anything that plugs into a USB port. Bearing this in mind, Brando have combined the two to bring, literally, minutes of fun to your desk… https://gizmodo.com/banpresto-aquapict-jellyfish-aquarium-258020 So, let’s get this right. It’s an “aquarium” where the fishes are…

Samsung’s 1.8″ 64GB SSD Gets Mass-Production Go-Ahead

Samsung has announced plans to put its 1.8-inch 64GB Solid State Drive into mass production. Consisting of 64 eight Gigabit single-level cell flash memory chips (each one’s circuitry is 1/2500th the width of a human hair) the new SSDs will be making devices faster, more efficient, and should boost battery life by up to 20…

Monsanto House of the Future (1957)

This 1957 photo of the Monsanto House of the Future can be found in the Library of Congress collection. See also: Monsanto House of the Future (1957-1967)

Hong Kong Gym Uses Jocks to Generate Electricity [VOA News]

Your RAZR for $2 Million? No Way.

The mobile research institution Carphone Warehouse has recently published an extraordinary finding, as reported by TechDigest: “One in three people said they wouldn’t give up their phone for a million pounds. 76% said they believed it was a social requirement to have a mobile phone, while 85% think that having a mobile phone is vital…

Twilight Turtle, Planetarium You Snuggle

Once proud to have grown up with the NES and slap bracelets, we’re officially jealous of our own children who will get to play with toys like the Twilight Turtle—a stuffed animal that projects the stars onto the ceiling. Available in green, amber and blue-lit versions, the Twilight Turtle displays a range of the sky…

Don’s Super Margarita Machine

In the last week, "Dirty Don" has become a blog celebrity. In what can only be labeled as a perfect blend of technology and humanity, his now-famous margarita machine is powered by a small-block 400 engine that will roar louder than even the drunkest soccer mom at your next PTA meeting. Whenever Gizmodo throws their…

Gizmodo Rated “G”, Children Everwhere Weep

Who would have thought that with all of our foul, locker room gadget talk that Gizmodo could be rated “G” for general, impressionable audiences? Our results are from a free promotional tool for a dating site that rates blogs by searching for keywords in your front page content. How was Gizmodo rated “G”? We’re guessing…

Spinning LED Clock Simulates LSD…Clock

Maybe our headline is a bit of an exaggeration, but the handmade Spinning LED Clock uses a mere 33 lights spinning at 30 revolutions a second to simulate—dramatic pause—8000 individual lights. We like the idea because it’s far cheaper than producing a clock with 8,000 LEDs, while the design still remains flexible. Because the image…

Free Austin Powers Download (Xbox 360)

Microsoft is partnering with McDonald’s and New Line Cinema to offer Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery free for download, from now until June 28 and again from July 13-19. This download is Xbox Marketplace only, and we were a little bummed to find that it’s only licensed for 14-day rental in standard definition (widescreen).…

Bubble Wrap Toy, Finger Feast

If in your version of Heaven thousands of angels are on call with endless miles of bubblewrap for your consumption, then the PuchiPuchi Bubble Wrap Toy might be for you. From what we can tell, the pocket device simulates the feel of popping bubble wrap while using a tiny speaker to make that ever so…

Self-Guided Mini Solar Car

The Mini Solar Car brings new meaning to “compact”. Running a snug 33x22mm, it might not fit you wife/kids/self, but that’s the price for carbon neutrality. As the rest of the world depends on fading fossil fuels to get them place to place, the power of the sun will make your car move automatically—that’s right—no…

Mega Leopard Update, Not To Be Missed

There’s been a lot of OSX Leopard news hitting this weekend. From video tours to embedded jokes at the expense of Microsoft, if you are interested in anything Leopard you’ve just gotta hit the jump. To those who don’t care at all, we tried to save your eyes from a couple more Apple posts (that…

7 Takes on the Santa Rosa MacBook Pros

We’ve already shown you the new MacBook Pro benchmarks, which show respectable improvements over the old model, not just because of the new Santa Rosa chipset, but Nvidia’s new monster 8600M makes short work of 3D gaming. But what about the other features? How’s the battery life? What’s the deal on those LED screens? Is…