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Soltronix AM/FM Solar Headset Makes the Sun its Slave

We were completely unaware that they were still innovating on the AM/FM headphone combo. Weren’t they all rounded up and sent to Radio Shack Hell next to the metal detectors? It looks like Soltronix didn’t get that memo. The Soltronix solar headset, is completely energy self-sufficient in full-on sunshine. And after about an hour or…

Tech News Ben Longo

How to Post Your Drunken Comments on Gizmodo

It was Cinco de Mayo, you were totally drunk, and you wanted to post a comment on Gizmodo. What did you do? Well, you probably went back to drinking because you couldn’t post—but we’ve got you covered now. 1) Choose a post, click on it, and scroll to the bottom. 2) Click “New User? Here’s…

Tech News Jason Chen

Spacecraft of 2004 (1978)

The 1978 book Spacecraft 2000-2100 A.D. tells the story of futuristic spacecrafts in the past tense. That is to say, the book tells the “history” of the 21st century through different types of space vehicles. The image below is of the TTA Colonial III spacecraft from page 49. The Colonial was the first of the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Dealzmodo: Refurbished 5GB, 6GB Creative Zen Micro MP3 Players, $66

The Creative store has some mighty fine deals on the Zen Micro MP3 player. You can pick up a refurbished 5GB unit in black, dark blue or orange for $62 and you can get a 6GB model in black, light blue or silver for $66. You would pay twice that for a comparable refurbished iPod.…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Unconfirmed: Sprint Launching Treo 755p, Four Other Phones on 5/14

Our Sprint tipster tells us that the Palm Treo 755p (which comes in Maroon) is going to be released next Monday on the 14th. Along with the Palm OS flavored smarpthone, there’s the Motorola W835, Samsung M300 flip phone, Sanyo SCP-3200 flip phone, and the Samsung M510 flip phone. Great news if you’re a Palm…

Tech News Jason Chen

Topo 3D Ceiling Transforms Ordinary Room to Cloud 9

We’re armchair architects, and that’s why these Topo 3D ceiling tiles from USG caught our enthusiastic attention. By simply hanging these molded panels from their suspension system attached to the ceiling, they give you a special Frank Gehry look that gives any room an undulating cloud-like atmosphere. The panels are available in either 8-inch or…

Tech News Charlie White

Future Without Football (Daily Review, 1976)

An article in the April 6, 1976 Daily Review (Hayward, California) ran with the headline, “Students see future without football.” The 21st century will see the demise of football, a cure for cancer and cities under the sea, according to some bright ninth grade students. A special “futurology” class at suburban Milford Junior High School…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ten Things You Should Know Before You Buy an Upscaling DVD Player

Click to viewTen Things You Should Know is a new feature series here at Gizmodo aimed at first-time buyers or people who don’t have (or need) extensive knowledge on a product before making a purchase. To blast things off, we’re starting it up today with Ten Things You Should Know Before You Buy an Upscaling…

Tech News Jason Chen

Olympus Evolt E-410 Unboxed and Well Fondled (Verdict: Quite Nice, but Nikon D40 is Nicer)

If you don’t know about the E-410, it’s a 10-megapixel digital SLR packed into a remarkably slim body, selling for an impressively low price ($700 for body only, $800 for one lens, $900 including two lenses). The value proposition increases when you consider it includes Live View—the ability to get a video preview of your…

Reviews Wilson Rothman

No Zune Announcement Today

It’s official: no Zune announcement today. We were all duped. Fool us once [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/zune-announcement-this-monday-258007 Update: there actually was an announcement made, but it wasn’t a public one. See this post for details of what was revealed behind closed doors to developers. https://gizmodo.com/zune-2-details-even-larger-screen-hard-drive-259162

Tech News Jason Chen

Ashtray Clock Keeps Track of Your Smoking Habits

Time sure does fly when you are tarring over your lungs. The Ashtray Clock is a unique twist on a couple of old products. This clock can actually be used as an ashtray, but once the cigarette butts and ashes start to accumulate it may be a bit hard to count down the minutes until…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Projector with an Integrated DVD Player

It may be a bit of an oxymoron, but home theater junkies can be lazy as hell too. Sure, they will dump thousands of dollars into a system, but who wants to actually set it up? That is where this projector steps in. This red rocket has an DVD player built directly into it. It…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Rube Goldberg Dog Food Dispenser

It’s been a while since we have seen a solid Rube Goldberg machine, so here is the latest from Instructables member Eswolowski. It is small, yet complex and accomplishes a task of feeding a dog. At first I thought it was a bit overkill to feed the dog, then I realized that is the entire…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Plantronics CS70N Headset Picks the Phone Up for You (Literally)

Plantronics’ new CS70N hands-free headset boasts the usual suite of Plantronics perks and a noise-cancelling mic for rowdy office environments. It also works with both standard and IP phones. But what (almost) makes it worth the $330 price tag is that with the touch of a button it lifts the phone off of the cradle…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Stock-Predicting Robot to Make More Money Than You

If you think you suck at playing the stock market now, wait until you have to compete with an army of stock-predicting robots. Lehman Brothers is working on a “secret” AI system that they hope will be able to foresee the future of the markets, making the very rich even richer. We aren’t just talking…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Samsung Ships Q1 Ultra UMPC

Samsung marks the year anniversary of the release of its Q1 UMPC by shipping the Q1 Ultra, a better all-around ultramobile PC with a lower price and enhanced usability. This $799 handheld saves energy with an LED-backlit screen at 1024×600 pixels, and that helps boost the battery life to what Samsung says is 4.5 hours.…

Tech News Charlie White

SanDisk Sansa Shaker, Easy Enough for a Four-Year-Old

Check out this ponderous video of an unboxing of the little $39 SanDisk Sansa Shaker, an MP3 player for kids that grabs its songs from an SD card. Shaped like a salt shaker, it looks like fun to hold down a button and shake it, making it change its tune. With its built-in speakers, it…

Tech News Charlie White

Nokia N95 Firmware Update

Nokia’s flagship N95 gets a firmware update, numbered 11.0.0.26, that improves speed, imaging, and more: Symbian Freak has the details, including wildly improved photographs, while Mobile Mentalism boils the improvements down to a easy to read list. Improvements include: # Video stabilization improvements # Exposure improved # Video sharpness and noise improved # Improvements in…

Tech News Brian Lam

Dragon Speakers Match Your Bruce Lee-Themed Pad

We’re not entirely sure if these Dragon Speakers are hip or not. In some settings they might look a bit tacky and others, such as a Chinese restaurant, they might be seen as post-kitsch cool. Either way, they’re not monstrosities; they’re just over 12 inches high and might just fit in with your eclectic décor.…

Tech News Charlie White

Stealth Cam Prowler Catches Man or Beast in the Act

We’re seeing more infrared cameras lately, but this one has a different marketing angle for these perverted porncams: it’s pitched to photo hunters. You position the Stealth Cam Prowler digital video infrared scouting camera where those animals you’d like see usually hang around, and then you can capture video or 2-megapixel stills of them in…

Tech News Charlie White

Soltronix AM/FM Solar Headset Makes the Sun its Slave

How to Post Your Drunken Comments on Gizmodo

Spacecraft of 2004 (1978)

Dealzmodo: Refurbished 5GB, 6GB Creative Zen Micro MP3 Players, $66

Unconfirmed: Sprint Launching Treo 755p, Four Other Phones on 5/14

Topo 3D Ceiling Transforms Ordinary Room to Cloud 9

Future Without Football (Daily Review, 1976)

Ten Things You Should Know Before You Buy an Upscaling DVD Player

Olympus Evolt E-410 Unboxed and Well Fondled (Verdict: Quite Nice, but Nikon D40 is Nicer)

No Zune Announcement Today

Ashtray Clock Keeps Track of Your Smoking Habits

Projector with an Integrated DVD Player

Rube Goldberg Dog Food Dispenser

Plantronics CS70N Headset Picks the Phone Up for You (Literally)

Stock-Predicting Robot to Make More Money Than You

Samsung Ships Q1 Ultra UMPC

SanDisk Sansa Shaker, Easy Enough for a Four-Year-Old

Nokia N95 Firmware Update

Dragon Speakers Match Your Bruce Lee-Themed Pad

Stealth Cam Prowler Catches Man or Beast in the Act

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