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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…

OS 10.4.10 Snap, Crackle, Pop

To Mac owners who have yet to upgrade to OS 10.4.10, you may want to wait a bit before slapping on the double digits. A huge thread worth of upgraders found themselves subjected to what has now been coined as “snap, crackle and pop” during audio playback. The problem seems to occur on multiple systems…

Rockband Drums Revealed

Some of you may not know about Rockband—but it’s the follow up to the Guitar Hero series in which instead of only playing guitar/bass tracks, a whole band of otaku can join forces to virtually rock. MTV believes it may be the new paradigm in experiencing music, just as their own product was 20 some…

Gizmodo <3 Our Readers

Hey everybody. You may have noticed that the site looks not great like dogshit smeared on the computer screen. In addition to tweaking the Giz style a bit, there are quite a few changes going on in terms of how we code, post…etc…more boring stuff…niner. Thanks for your patience, and especially to all those who…

PSP Update, Faster Processing

It’s been so long that we’d completely forgotten that the PSP was underclocked at release. With Sony’s 3.50 firmware update, the PSP’s processor will be upgraded from 266 to 333 MHz. This slight boost in processing power will offer developers a bit more power to design for, though as most of our readers know, that’s…

Safari update 3.0.2 is out now. [apple]

Robotic Venus Flytrap

The Fly Catcher is an automated fly killer modeled after the Venus Fly Trap…or that plant from Little Shop of Horrors…we can’t be certain. The mouth is filled with a non-toxic substance that is irresistible to flies. When these flies/sometimes Jeff Goldblum creep in for their fix, one of two sensors is tripped and jaws…

A Car That’s a Grill

This Holden Monaro GTS is a classic car that’s been sacrificed for the greater good: the burning of animal flesh (and some corn). Our buddies at Jalopnik received some shots of this VBQ from its Australian home. The product is DIY work for the time being, but anyone who starts a business of quasi-mass production…