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Bullshit Button

Although this bullshit button is quite similar to Staple’s Easy Button, and both are actually available for purchase, the bullshit button actually does something useful. See, whenever your buddies make some outlandish claim, just slam on this button and it’ll pop out one of five “clever” sayings. • “(Beep) That was bullshit” • “(Siren) Bullshit…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 26

Apple Opening Third New York Store

Listen up, fanboys. Apple’s about to open another shrine in New York. This time around it’ll be in the city’s meatpacking district, located at at 14th street and 9th avenue. Nothing is official yet, but AppleInsider thinks it’ll most likely be at 401 W. 14th street, a 3-story, 52,000 square-foot building that’s managed by the…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 26

OWC Now Offers 200GB Drive Enclosures with eSATA Port

Other World Computing (OWC) continues to roll out these attractive antiperspirant container-like enclosures with 2.5-inch drives shoehorned inside, taking its three-way drive we mentioned a couple of weeks ago to the next level with external SATA (eSATA) connectivity. Available in capacities from 80GB to 200GB, we’d recommend that 160-gig model ($260) that spins at 7200RPM.…

Tech News Charlie White Apr 26

Low End Theory: Cheapness as the Milk of Creativity

By Brendan I. Koerner I’m by no means an audiophile, but I’ve never quite gotten the appeal of low-end iPod speakers. I mean, it’s definitely a sign of mankind’s genius that $8.99 can now buy you the means to pump audible music—cavemen would’ve no doubt killed for that sort of powersorcery. But the sound quality…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner Apr 26

LG Planning Dual Touchscreen Clamshell

Now that the Prada phone is out, rumor has it that LG is planning another touchscreen cellphone. This time around the phone will be a clamshell with dual touchscreens (like this NTT DoCoMo phone). The touchscreens will function as one giant display, or they can act independently of one another, with the bottom screen acting…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 26

Ohio University Bans All P2P Activity; RIAA Cackles Maniacally

Ohio University, a current target of the RIAA’s lawsuits, has decided to pretty much bend completely to the wishes of the RIAA and has banned all P2P activity on their network. The ban goes into effect on April 27th, and it doesn’t differentiate between legitimate P2P file sharing (such as the BitTorrent store) and the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 26

Fresh Pics of Belkin 802.11n Network USB Hub

Unfortunately for a few commenters, Belkin hasn’t introduced new finishes. Like the Model T, the $130 hub still just comes in any color you want, as long as it’s black. But after every blog posted the same low-light diagonal shot last week, we thought you might like some new views. You can refer back to…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Apr 26

DIY Moleskine Notebook HDD: You’re a True Artist

If you’re a geek who wants to masquerade as a sensitive, artsy poet, then all you need to do is cram an external hard drive into a Moleskine notebook. The ladies will think you carry it around with you to write down your soliloquies on the modern world and your place in it, but in…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 26

Doll Face by Andy Huang: Robot Gets Dolled Up, Pays Ultimate Price

Click to view Click to viewOur jaws are agape after experiencing the artistry of Andrew Huang, a fine arts major and animation minor at USC, whose Doll Face video gives us a postmodern look at the futility of vanity. This guy’s a student? Looks like he should be the teacher. Somebody hire him, quick! His…

Tech News Charlie White Apr 26

Sealab 1994 (1973)

The 1973 book 1994: the World of Tomorrow has yet another example of future colonization of the world’s oceans. In this permanent undersea base of the future, scientists working at an oceanographic laboratory and operations center seek ways to exploit the vast food and mineral resources of the earth’s ocean basins. Such a center would…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 26

Attention Clock Watchers: Summer’s Only 51,302 Minutes Away

Those of you in northern climes, fear not, summer’s on the way and here’s proof: It’s the Summer Meter, an exquisitely precise timer that perpetually counts down exactly how many weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds until summer arrives. Take heart—we’ve already completed 61.257% of spring. Check it out for yourself. Summer Meter

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 26

HP Showing Off Slick Future Connecto-Tech From 2012

What’s this? The fogies at HP have decided to get off their asses and update their act, traipsing all around the world with an HP Mobile Innovation Tour to show off some of those wild ideas emanating from the skunkworks in the back room. In the tour’s latest stop in Mumbai, India, HP looks ahead…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 26

Animals of 2076 (1977)

The quote below from Phoebe Burdg of San Martin, California was featured in the Tricentennial Report, published in 1977. Phoebe describes animals of 2076 that will of course be mechanical. The only live animals are these necessary to provide meat. Any others are expertly mechanized duplicates of the real thing, as depicted in the many…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 26

PlayStation 3 Eyetoy No Longer Toy

Click to viewThe PlayStation EyeToy has grown up: today, it has officially been rechristened, simply, PlayStation Eye. It will be out this summer, at an as-yet-unannounced price. Judging from its appearance, function outweighs form. The original EyeToy had an industrial yet streamlined look, like one of those battleships at the beginning of The Fifth Element.…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Apr 26

Glo Pillow Simulates Sunrise to Gently Wake You Up

Say goodbye to that obnoxious alarm clock, scaring you out of bed every morning with its cacophonous din. Now you can rage against the dying of the light with the Glo Pillow, gently waking you up with soft LED lights, slowly increasing their brightness over 40 minutes just like the sunrise. Also embedded under a…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 26

Shock Absorber Pen For Rough Writers

This Shock Absorber Pen can smooth things out a bit when you get a little too rambunctious with your writing. We’ve never seen a pen built to look exactly like a car part before, but here it is, a working miniature shock absorber with a ballpoint pen inside. Looks like this might be rather annoying…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 26

Lomme Bed: More than just an iPod Dock with a Be-Thonged Lay-dee Inside

While we at Gizmodo are no strangers to beds, it is with some embarrassment that I feel the need to come clean. Never have I had the pleasure to wake up and find a lady sprawled, all casual-like and thong-tastic in mine. But that’s just me. I’m not sure if this lady comes free with…

Tech News Ad Dugdale Apr 26

Miuro Robot Speaker: Takes Your iPod and Wireless Music Around the House, Comes in Yellow [verdict: I WANT ONE]

Announced last year in Japan, the Miuro is now ready to go around the house on its own. The robot speaker on wheels who follows you about like an annoying child (but with better tunes) is available not just in white but in a number of hot fruity colors like Lemon Sunburst and Acid Orange*…

Tech News Ad Dugdale Apr 26

QED Crutches: Look Good Even When You Feel Bad

Great colors, these crutches. They make a change from the usual scratched steel pair with a tatty sticking plaster running up the side with “Weemawee General Infirmary” scrawled on it in biro. These are from German design firm qed*, who like to make everyday life “more pleasurable and sensible” – hmmm. The only drawback that…

Gadgets Ad Dugdale Apr 26

Dealzmodo: Woot-off!

We’re not sure why we still get excited about Woot-offs. Nostalgia, maybe. But if you’re at all interested in not doing any work and refreshing woot a bunch, head on over. Or just use one of those Woot-off checkers like you usually do. C’moooon bag ‘o crap! Woot

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 26

Bullshit Button

Apple Opening Third New York Store

OWC Now Offers 200GB Drive Enclosures with eSATA Port

Low End Theory: Cheapness as the Milk of Creativity

LG Planning Dual Touchscreen Clamshell

Ohio University Bans All P2P Activity; RIAA Cackles Maniacally

Fresh Pics of Belkin 802.11n Network USB Hub

DIY Moleskine Notebook HDD: You’re a True Artist

Doll Face by Andy Huang: Robot Gets Dolled Up, Pays Ultimate Price

Sealab 1994 (1973)

Attention Clock Watchers: Summer’s Only 51,302 Minutes Away

HP Showing Off Slick Future Connecto-Tech From 2012

Animals of 2076 (1977)

PlayStation 3 Eyetoy No Longer Toy

Glo Pillow Simulates Sunrise to Gently Wake You Up

Shock Absorber Pen For Rough Writers

Lomme Bed: More than just an iPod Dock with a Be-Thonged Lay-dee Inside

Miuro Robot Speaker: Takes Your iPod and Wireless Music Around the House, Comes in Yellow [verdict: I WANT ONE]

QED Crutches: Look Good Even When You Feel Bad

Dealzmodo: Woot-off!

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