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Saitek’s Obsidian Mouse Scrolls By Touch

Saitek Obsidian mouse could be the sexiest mouse they’ve made as far as we can remember. Much more useful than the Easter mice, the Obsidian has a touch-sensitive scrolling pad instead of a scroll wheel, two back/forward buttons on the sides, and a 1000 DPI sensor. Oh, and it looks like an Obsidian rock. Our…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 18

Desktop Trebuchet for Old School Cubicle Warfare

If the USB missile launcher is a little too new-school for you, the desktop trebuchet may be the perfect addition to that arsenal of cubical warfare weapons. It is available for $30 and assembly is required. https://gizmodo.com/striker-ii-usb-laser-guided-missile-launcher-217162 Product Page [Via nerdapproved]

Gadgets Travis Hudson Apr 18

Tango Wings UMPC Has Vista, Slide-out Keyboard

It was just a matter of time before another UMPC came out with a similar slide-out keyboard to the HTC Shift that debuted back at CTIA. Don’t get us wrong—we don’t think this is a copy—we’re just pointing out that both have sliding keyboards. The Wings has a 7-inch screen (touch or not, we’re not…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 18

Frankenreview: Ten Takes on the Sandisk Sansa Connect

There’s a new kid on the MP3 block, and just like the Zune, it’s a player sporting Wi-Fi. The $250 4GB Sandisk Sansa Connect not only allows you to share your torrid musical preferences with dirty strangers on the subway, it also enables you to download unlimited Yahoo! music for $15 without the cords. So…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Apr 18

Adjustable Breast Implants for the Indecisive

Too big or too small breast implants getting you down? Cheer up, Sally or Jimmy (soon to be Jane). The adjustable breast augmentation will ensure that you and your loved ones are completely satisfied with your new chest addition. These breast implants have a port where a control pump can be plugged. Pump up the…

Health Travis Hudson Apr 18

Cool Jobs on the Gizmodo Job Board

If you’re reading us twenty times a day, you either really love our writing, or really hate your job. Thank you? This week at Gizmodo Jobs: Interactive Designer at Jetset Studios in Los Angeles, CA Java Developers at Lime Wire LLC in New York, NY Web Developer at Lime Wire LLC in New York, NY…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 18

How To Overclock a DS Lite

Here’s a guide to underclocking and overclocking your DS Lite. With this, you can set the speed anywhere from 0.66x normal to 1.8x normal, which both lets you slow down action games like the new Mario and speed up games like Phoenix Wright (which annoyingly has no setting for making the dialogue faster). The process…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 18

Boy Jailed over Daylight Saving Time Mix-up

Cory Webb, 15-year-old kid from Pittsburgh, spent a super-fun-happy 12 days in jail over something he had no control over: daylight saving time. He was arrested last month after calling into a school phone hotline. A non-related bomb threat was also called into the phone hotline one hour before Webb’s call was made and the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Apr 18

Robust Surface Navigation Fills GPS’s Gaps

GPS is great, but it isn’t always accurate. It’s susceptible to interference, especially in urban settings, which is why Boeing is working on a new system to fill the holes that GPS has when it’s really needed. The objective of the Robust Surface Navigation (RSN) program is to develop technologies that can exploit various “signals…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 18

Sony Clock Radio has Integrated Spy Cam

Got the voyeur itch? Scratch it with this Sony-branded clock radio that has been modified to include a full-color camera and microphone. The camera and microphone are attached to a wireless transmitter that can shoot the information to a receiver up to 100 meters away for viewing and listening. The clock radio itself isn’t too…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Apr 18

Obelisk Transformer Chairs, From Patio Furniture to Phat Phallus In No Time Flat

These Obelisk Chairs, made of woven polyethylene with a powder-coated aluminum frame, fit together into such a perfect phallic-shaped bulbous rocket ship thing that your neighbors will wonder WTF is that? Designed by Janus et Cie, with their white cushions they look like they could actually be comfortable either inside or out. Too bad you’ll…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 18

Hotdoll: The Sex Doll for Dogs

Click to viewIs your dog in heat and humping anything it can wrap its horny little legs around? Are you constantly having to pry your promiscuous pooch off the legs of guests, parents and members of your church? Protect your leg from a hump attack by getting Scruffy a Hotdoll. Yes, it’s a sex doll…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 18

Toshiba Develops 16GB Flash Chips

Toshiba has unveiled their new 16GB flash memory chips, the largest available so far. Designed for use in phones and music players, it’s yet another step toward hard drive based players such as the Video iPod going bye-bye. It’s awesome to see this type of thing being developed, and I for one can’t wait till…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 18

Inventions That Never Quite Made It: Sun Pod, No; Babe Inside, Yesssss

The Sun Pod was an invention that never quite made it past the concept stage, but we’re still enjoying its conceptualization. If you can get past the alluring sunbather pictured reclining in this ’80s prototype, you’ll notice a fan on the side for ventilation. But on a hot summer day this Sun Pod would obviously…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 18

Panasonic’s 103-inch Plasma Reviewed: Grandstanding Performance

We’re not sure how they got their hands on it, but the guys at Trusted Reviews were lucky enough to test out Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma TV. The monster TV, which weighs in at 771 pounds with the massive stand, took about 3 hours to install (and that’s with the help of professional installers). So how’d…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 18

Swarms of Magic Smart Dust to Explore Other Planets

Nanotech scientists at the University of Glasgow are figuring out how to use smart dust to explore planets. Each piece of dust would be about a millimeter wide, and would have a processor, sensors, a generator and digital communications gear on board. It would be covered with a shape-shifting plastic sheath that would allow it…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 18

Tesla Roadster Won’t Meet Original Range Promises

Aw, shucks. The Tesla Roadster, everyone’s favorite electric sports car, isn’t going to be quite as impressive as the initial stats claimed. While the first announcements about the car said it would have a 250 mile range, a letter that was sent out to the first 380+ people who’ve ordered one let them know that,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 18

SlickrFrame Photo Contest: We Have Winners!

After a heated round of balloting yesterday, we have a winner in Richard Felix’s SlickrFrame contest. The grand prize-winning photograph is “Stairwell” (that’s it at the top of this post) by apleshampo4life, garnering 18.1% of the votes (163 votes) in yesterday’s poll. The grand prize is a Microsoft Zune and a lot more. https://gizmodo.com/slickrframe-photo-contest-time-to-cast-your-ballot-252915 The…

Tech News Charlie White Apr 18

Sky IM-R200 Has Dual Sliders, Is Weird/Cool

We’re always suckers for odd and different design. Now Korean phone maker Sky complies with our desires with its IM-R200, a cool-looking slider with a red-bordered numeric keypad that slides out its middle like the meat in a sandwich, while a second screen is revealed with another sliding mechanism. It’s not entirely clear if that…

Tech News Charlie White Apr 18

Tiny Sega Toys Miniature Grand Piano, For a Little Night Music

This tiny grand piano from Sega Toys is only about a foot long, and each of its 88 miniature keys are only 4mm wide. But when you press down on a key with, say, a toothpick, it plays that note through its speaker. It’s also an electronic player piano that cranks out more than 100…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 18

Saitek’s Obsidian Mouse Scrolls By Touch

Desktop Trebuchet for Old School Cubicle Warfare

Tango Wings UMPC Has Vista, Slide-out Keyboard

Frankenreview: Ten Takes on the Sandisk Sansa Connect

Adjustable Breast Implants for the Indecisive

Cool Jobs on the Gizmodo Job Board

How To Overclock a DS Lite

Boy Jailed over Daylight Saving Time Mix-up

Robust Surface Navigation Fills GPS’s Gaps

Sony Clock Radio has Integrated Spy Cam

Obelisk Transformer Chairs, From Patio Furniture to Phat Phallus In No Time Flat

Hotdoll: The Sex Doll for Dogs

Toshiba Develops 16GB Flash Chips

Inventions That Never Quite Made It: Sun Pod, No; Babe Inside, Yesssss

Panasonic’s 103-inch Plasma Reviewed: Grandstanding Performance

Swarms of Magic Smart Dust to Explore Other Planets

Tesla Roadster Won’t Meet Original Range Promises

SlickrFrame Photo Contest: We Have Winners!

Sky IM-R200 Has Dual Sliders, Is Weird/Cool

Tiny Sega Toys Miniature Grand Piano, For a Little Night Music

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