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Rubik’s Cube Coffee Table Makes Your Apartment “Cool”

Personally, I’ve never been a fan of the Rubik’s Cube. That’s probably because it makes me feel like a complete moron, and I just end up peeling the stickers off and replacing them so it looks like I completed the puzzle. What can I say, I have no scruples. If you can complete the Rubik’s…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 15

Opera’s Flash-Replacement For Cellphones

[UPDATE: This ain’t no Flash plugin. Read on.] It’s no secret that our gold standard for mobile browsers is full Youtube support. Apparently, that ain’t happening because Flash is a CPU and mem hog. So opera is working on a replacement plug in so phones can get in on some mobile video plugin action. https://gizmodo.com/youtube-on-a-mobile-browser-please-266667…

Tech News Jason Chen, fact checked by Brian Lam Jun 15

‘Japanese Tetris’ Makes Deal or No Deal Look Totally Tame

Click to view glumbert.com – Japanese Tetris Man, I love Japan so much. What other country would have a game show that consists of contestants dressed in metallic spandex trying to squeeze through moving walls with holes obviously smaller than they are carved into them? Although I’ve gotta admit I lost some respect for those…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jun 15

Stolen Pixel Jewelry Proves Valkryrie Needs Bling More Than Food

Essentially the female version of the 8-Bit Tie, these “Stolen Jewels” designs from Mike and Maaike are pixelized jewelry that you can actually wear. Sure, they look like they’re either made out of paper or cheap cloth, but it’s the idea that counts. https://gizmodo.com/8-bit-tie-not-a-joke-any-more-249949 However, even though they look cool to you, if you ever…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

The Foot-dustpan; Simple but Useful

Who said great gadgets need to be complicated? For instance take a look at the Foot-dustpan. There isn’t a circuit, battery or hell even a moving part on the thing. Instead of bending down to scoop up dust, shove your foot in between the handles and boom. Foot-dustpan by Matthias Lange [Yanko Design]

Gadgets Ben Longo Jun 15

Universal Remote Control MX-810 First Look

At first glance, the Universal Remote MX-810’s $399 price tag would turn off people who are used to Logitech’s useful, but affordable, line of universal remotes. The 810 does have RF and IR, 44 hard buttons, “easy” shortcut buttons like DVD, DVR, All On/Off and the ability to control 24 devices and 24 activities for…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

DARPA’s Landroids to Autonomously Cover Areas with Wi-Fi

DARPA, the future-leaning research branch of the Pentagon, wants a legion of little robotic wireless routers with tank treads. Called Landroids (adorable!), they would be dropped in urban warfare areas and would move around on their own to blanket an area with wireless coverage. The cute little buggers would be disposable, meaning if one gets…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 15

Acoustic Caller ID

This Microsoft patent for acoustic caller ID seems ingenious. Instead of relying on the phone company to ID by easily spoofed phone numbers, the system IDs by voice. That way, callers can be identified from whatever line they call from, cell, voip, landline, and gas station pay phone. Of course, that means the caller has…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 15

Unofficial iPhone Ad Invades New York

Chances are I’m a little biased here (being a born and bred NYer), but this is my favorite iPhone ad to date (even if it’s not official). It shows NYers throughout the city talking about Apple’s incoming baby. Yeah, it has a lot of NY stereotypes and it assumes NYers have nothing better to do…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jun 15

Tessera’s Wafer-size Camera Will Make Cameraphones Slimmer and Cheaper

Your cameraphone is about to shed some weight thanks to the folks at Tessera. They’ve created a minuscule camera that’s half the size of the cameras used in today’s mobiles. Dubbed the OptiML WLC, the new cam can even do auto focus and features optical zoom without any moving parts. No word on what gadgets…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jun 15

Motorized Lego Monster Dino

The last time I played with Lego’s my parents had to ask me what it was, since they couldn’t even fathom a guess as to what I had created. If only I could have put together something as amazing as the motorized Lego Monster Dino. He walks, roars and definitely doesn’t need an introduction. And…

Tech News Ben Longo Jun 15

iPodweek – The Best of iLounge

This week at iLounge: Wireless iPod speaker systems are still in their earliest days, and the IntelliTouch EOS Wireless Speaker Core System is an example of why. Uniquely loaded with two sets of speakers — one wired to an iPod dock, one wireless — the only major issues this $300 setup had were so-so sound…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Junior the Passat to Navigate City Streets, Sans Driver

Stanford’s entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge, the competition for self-driving vehicles, is this tricked-out VW Passat. Stanford’s team is worth watching as their robo-Toureg from the last challenge came out the winner. https://jalopnik.com/stanford-takes-the-message-to-the-streets-darpa-style-237880 This year’s challenge is in an urban environment, and it has driverless cars navigating their way through streets and intersections with…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 15

Wind-Powered Cellphone Charger, Plus an Energy Joke

Since we’re all such gadget freaks here, we’re guessing that you use just a bit more electricity than the average Joe. So take a look at what wireless provider Orange is coming out with, a wind-powered cellphone charger. Best of all, it’s really light (150g) and tiny so it should be very easy to take…

Tech News Ben Longo Jun 15

How to Comment: Hair

I’ve been working on a feature for next week involving hair. I don’t want to spoil anything, but it involves a lot of time spent naked, or at least topless. There’s some bottomless action going on in there too, but saying any more will be saying too much. Plus, it’s lunchtime for some of you…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

When’s CableCARD 2.0 Getting Here?

Engadget HD has the story on why CableCARD 2.0—the standard that everyone’s waiting for to provide bi-directional high- def cable support like video on demand—isn’t here yet. Turns out the standard for bi-directional certification isn’t there, and the associations and coalitions of companies can’t agree to agree on what’s needed for certification. https://gizmodo.com/cablecard-2-0-to-support-on-demand-and-pay-per-view-255902 Come July…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Why is Apple Trading Boom for Bada Bing, Bada Bing, Bada Bing?

Emo fanboy-ism can turn abruptly the other direction on occasion. Apple found that out this week as some declared this Monday’s WWDC Keynote the worst ever, and that it signified the beginning of something bad for Cupertino. Some humorously found a way to blame it on Microsoft, yet again. (Poor Billy.) https://gizmodo.com/worst-keynote-ever-shirt-period-268195 People, let’s get…

Tech News Brian Lam and Matt Buchanan Jun 15

Japanese Wooden Robots Are Both Cute and Awesome

Japanese toymaker Take-G Toys make a set of spectacular wooden robots figures that beat the pants off the lousy wooden Russian dolls we got as kids. Each one contains some robots, some flying vehicles, and little people to go inside and pilot the things. Has any sci-fi author written anything about wooden robots before? Woodpunk…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

German Chicks in Bikinis Smashing Gadgets

You have to have a certain special kind of fetish to enjoy watching German ladies in bikinis destroy gadgets with a scowl on their face, but if anyone fits the bill, we’re sure they’re in our readership. These sets of videos belong to Bikinirama, three German ladies that enjoy swimwear and destroying electronics equally. The…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jun 15

Software Developers, HTML Coders, and Tech Bloggers, Oh My!

Take your (old) job and shove it at Gizmodo Jobs: CSS/XHTML Coder – Tubatomic Studio, Chattanooga, TN (Downtown) TECH GADGET BLOGGER – Confidential, USA Associate Editor / Writer – Confidential, New York, NY Software Engineer/Programmer – IDM / Haemonetics Corp., Chicago, IL Software Developer – Tegron, Cleveland, OH .Net Developer (C#) – Linedata Services (BFT)…

Tech News Skidder Jun 15

Rubik’s Cube Coffee Table Makes Your Apartment “Cool”

Opera’s Flash-Replacement For Cellphones

‘Japanese Tetris’ Makes Deal or No Deal Look Totally Tame

Stolen Pixel Jewelry Proves Valkryrie Needs Bling More Than Food

The Foot-dustpan; Simple but Useful

Universal Remote Control MX-810 First Look

DARPA’s Landroids to Autonomously Cover Areas with Wi-Fi

Acoustic Caller ID

Unofficial iPhone Ad Invades New York

Tessera’s Wafer-size Camera Will Make Cameraphones Slimmer and Cheaper

Motorized Lego Monster Dino

iPodweek – The Best of iLounge

Junior the Passat to Navigate City Streets, Sans Driver

Wind-Powered Cellphone Charger, Plus an Energy Joke

How to Comment: Hair

When’s CableCARD 2.0 Getting Here?

Why is Apple Trading Boom for Bada Bing, Bada Bing, Bada Bing?

Japanese Wooden Robots Are Both Cute and Awesome

German Chicks in Bikinis Smashing Gadgets

Software Developers, HTML Coders, and Tech Bloggers, Oh My!

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