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Panasonic HDC-SD7 is Now World’s Smallest HD Camcorder

Panasonic just announced their new HDC-SD7 in Japan. Those tricksters are now saying that this is the world’s smallest HD camcorder, and not yesterday’s record-holder. This one has a vertical format but is it really the smallest of both? https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-hdc-sd5-is-worlds-smallest-3ccd-1080i-camcord-283717 The SD7 weighs less, at 0.63 pounds vs 0.75 pounds for the SD5. On size,…

Giant Golf-Labyrinth Game For Sale

Do you like golf? Do you like Labyrinth games? Do you have a HUGE house? If you answered yes to those three questions then you might just be in the market for one of these. Its a scaled up version of a Labyrinth game, and was created as a mini-golf hole that used golf balls…

Dog Ice Cream Goes by the Name of Wanko

This is dog ice cream, available in, yep, Japan. I don’t think that means it’s dog-flavored (“Choose from Dachsund Daiquiri, Choco-Chow and Key Lime Labrador”), but that it is for dogs. Hence the bowl—or maybe you think that’s what we Giz writers eat off of. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in…

Rainbow Moments Candles Have Colored Flames For Colorful Arsonists

Blue and white flames are so yesterday—red, green and orange are where it’s at now. And by replacing standard candle wax with various minerals and crystals, Rainbow Moments Candles can produce these flames in the comfort of your own home. You can get them as both birthday candles or the decorative kind, or buy colored…

Sirius Radio Posts $134.1 Million Loss

And that’s a GOOD thing. Last year, this quarter, they lost $237.8 million. The improved performance was attributed to a half-million new subscribers, which helped revenue grow 50%. Oh, just let them do their little get-together with XM already. Clearly, they are eating shit while people go out and buy MP3 players. [NYTimes]

iPhone Reverse Engineering Opens New Door to Total Unlock

Click to viewThe iPhone Dev Team keeps closing up on their total unlocking target: they just announced that they have reverse-engineered the software which controls the iPhone’s radio communications. The team has now a new way to search for the key to make the JesusPhone work with other carriers. Jump for all the naughty bits.…

“On” is a Huge, Wall-Mounted Spectrum Analyzer

This piece of art is a huge, wall-mounted electronic spectrum analyzer that displays sound from ambient noise. It looks to be made up of an array of red LEDs set up in a pattern of 8 to 32 bands. The entire device runs on batteries for 4 hours, or AC power, and is turned on…

iPhone Update 1.0.1 Now Available, Fixes Safari Security Breach, Other Bugs

Click to viewiPhone Firmware Update v1.0.1 is now available through iTunes, and it will “fix bugs.” The JesusPhone is getting an apparently minor upgrade, but the consequences are huge to your security. Discover why after the jump. [Last Updated Aug 1 08:30AM EST – NEW: full listing of changes after the jump.] Updated 8:30PM EST…

“Grasshopper” Golf Cart (1961)

The March 5, 1961 Chicago Tribune ran this Closer Than We Think! strip, showcasing the golf cart of the future. Hey, it can’t all be starving children and future shock. To save steps for the par-shooter of the future, a Tokyo firm has designed a remote-control golf cart, based on the same principles that permit…

DirecTiVos to Get Updates (For Some Crazy Reason)

Hallelujah! For some reason, TiVo and DirecTV are updating the older Series 2 generation DirecTiVos as part of an ongoing agreement to explore bringing “future enhancements” to DirecTV TiVo owners. The improvments now include the addition of the Recently Deleted shows folder, Remote Booking, and Overlap Protection (recording conflict resolution). They don’t even sell these…

Skullcandy G.I. Headphones Kick Ass, Take Names

Rock out in style with Skullcandy’s slick DJ style G.I. headphones. They come in a variety of styles from Desert Camo to Rasta, including a couple of military-inspired designs with bullets on the leather band. The speakers on these bad boys are also made of soft leather and swivel a full 90 degrees. $69.95 may…

Baby Alert Child Minder Remembers Your Kids When You Forget

It’s better to be safe than sorry: Baby Alert’s Child Minder system (baby not included) replaces the generic strap on your kid’s car seat, causing a keychain alarm to sound every time you move more than ten feet from the buckled fastener that ties your tot down. $64.95 for peace of mind. [The Child Minder…

Mac Event at Apple HQ Next Tuesday

Next Tuesday, August 7th, at 10am PDT, Apple’s holding an event which will be focused on the Mac. It’ll take place at Apple’s Cupertino HQ in the Town Hall. Guess those iPod nano rumors were wrong. My best guess is that it’s for new iMacs that Kasper at Appleinsider has been speculating on for awhile.…

NASA Says iPhone Is Not A Suitable Business Tool

NASA has declared the iPhone not ready for business use by their employees. Instead, they’re planning on supporting the Blackberry 8800 or Palm Treo 750. [InformationWeek] Image via Wired

Philippe Kahn, of Borland and Camera Phone fame, won the Transpac sailing race in the double-handed class, with and without handicap factored in. Congrats to team Pegasus. [Pegasus via Giz] https://gizmodo.com/emailing-the-father-of-the-camera-phone-as-he-sails-acr-280464

Nokia’s Music Store to Launch August 29th Worldwide…Sideloading Only?

Nokia is planning to launch a worldwide music store on August 29th. Fortune compares it to iTunes, and somehow works iPhone into the headline. Two things I notice: a) This isn’t an application, it’s a website. b) This is like iTunes in that you can’t buy songs over the wire; you have to download them…

Recycling Washer/Dryer Concept

This concept washing machine by Reed Crawford saves water from one of the cleaner, later rinse cycles for use in a future wash. Smart, but only if there is an override that I can activate when washing soiled underwear. I mean, hypothetically. [Yanko]

Some confusion from the Apple analyst community today. Apple shares down nearly 7% to 131.76, based on a circular sourcing loop (infinite) that Apple would cut its iPhone production in half, according to a misread quote from Miller Tabak analyst Peter Boockvar, misreported by TheStreet.com. Boockvar had merely said that he’d heard rumors, too. How…

New Solar Cells Set Record in Efficiency

Solar cells just got a boost in efficiency thanks to a couple of scientists at the University of Delaware. The news cells can convert 42.8% of the light that strikes them into electricity, which is a step up from the previous record of 40.7%. The cells do this by splitting light into high energy, low…

NES MP3 Player and Speakers Made From a Cart and Controller

People are making the NES controller into optical mice and voice recorders, so why not make it into an MP3 player? Better yet, why not take an actual NES cartridge and make that into speakers and get a horrible, yet awesome NES speaker system going? The only thing better than this would be if the…