Latest

Panasonic HDC-SX5 Records Full HD on DVD-R, SDHC

The new Panasonic HDC-SX5 may be less sexy than the tiny-wee HDC-SD5, but in addition to the same optical image stabilizer, Leica Dicomar lenses and 30 fps Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 in SD and SDHC cards recording, it can also capture to double-layer DVD-R discs. Price and specs after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-hdc-sd5-is-worlds-smallest-3ccd-1080i-camcord-283717 The HDC-SX5…

Automobiles of the Future (1966)

The 1966 book Automobiles of the Future by Irwin Stambler contains some pretty awesome projections of what we were supposed to be driving by now. The image above is the cover of the book. Stay tuned as we check out the cars of the (paleo) future as featured in this classic book.

Typhoon Strike Fighter Closing Dangerously On Hercules C130’s Cargo Bay

Click to viewThis flight image sequence was allegedly taken during the filming of a Eurofighter Typhoon from a Hercules 130 cargo bay. Apparently, the director asked the pilot over the radio to come closer and closer and closer, until the pilot got fed up and whizzed right up to the entrance of the Hercules saying:…

Dell Promotes Laptops With Toshiba Destruction

Dell’s new promotion of their Latitude XT tablet PC gets personal—claiming frustration with bad tablets, they sawed Toshiba’s competing M400 Portege 3500 in half. We’re not sure how, if at all, Toshiba plans to retaliate. But we humbly suggest the use of eggs, toilet paper and a half-broken bottle of Jack when proceeding. Thanks Matt!

Make Biodiesel Yourself With Home Processing Plant

Etruk has devised a method to produce biodiesel within the comfort of your own home, using their Home Biodiesel Processing Plant. The unit utilises biological sources such as vegetable oil to produce the sustainable energy source. The benefits of making biodiesel at home primarily lie in the sustainability of the fuel source and the monetary…

Transformer Rings Make You Feel Cool, Look Stupid

If you have problems displaying just how much you love the Transformers then get yourself one of these rings. Two types will be made—Destron or Cybertron varieties—and they are strictly limited edition with only 50 being made each. At $185, the money is a small asking price to pay to show your true robot emotions.…

A Video of the New Joker Semi!

Remember that badass Joker semi we showed you a few days ago? Here’s some video of his ride, but it’s a bit of a spoiler for those who want to be completely surprised when good triumphs over evil, and the Joker destroys Batman in The Dark Knight. Oh, and hit the jump for a bonus…

iFuntastic 2.1 Released: Easier AT&T Logo Destruction

iFuntastic, the iPhone Ringtone swapping GUI app, just jumped to version 2.1. It still can load your iPhone with ringtones of your choice and can even rearrange the main menu icons. But now you can swap out that swarmy AT&T logo for any PNG at 65 x 18 pixels. (Above, I used a transparent background,…

Blow Ta Lamps Reminds Us Caged Pets Are Sad

The Blow Ta Lamp is a striking design from Studio Italia Design—a lamp magically encapsulated within a glass bubble. The directional controls are executed via a magnet on the outer surface of the glass case and the power is supplied via a 12V lamp head. At $1200 the price of chic design is not cheap,…

Six Takes on the New Tivo HD

The Tivo HD is the product were waiting for but beginning to doubt. Because Tivo’s Series 3 model successfully brought HD to the platform, but at a price reserved for high-end home theaters. So when news of the $299 Tivo HD broke, we were elated. But how does it perform? Hit the jump for our…

Buy One, Get One Free Xbox LIVE Points (and Subsequently Games)

This Sunday’s Circuit City ad is offering savings of $20 on the purchase of two Xbox LIVE accessories $19.99 and up. Constomers have double checked, and the deal applies to LIVE points, which means you can get a two-for-one special on 1600 point cards! Go forth, buy the cheap cards, and get future LIVE Arcade…

Remember those cool Fossil OLED watches we told you about? They’re available now for $105. [fossil] https://gizmodo.com/fossil-oled-watches-tell-time-impersonate-better-gadge-280021

Celltray, First Instrument to Display Living Biological Cells

Nanopoint has come up with a genuine scientific breakthrough that is set to revolutionize research and medical diagnosis in a flash. The hype surrounds Nanopoint’s cellTRAY, IDSA’s 2007 Gold Winner in the medical category, which allows scientists to image living cells on a slide for the very first time. The technology is a standard microscope…

Army Uses Videogames for Civilians and Soldiers

The Army has been using their videogame America’s Army to attract civilian youth demographics for sometime, but now actual soldiers are playing it with live ammunition for real combat training. This video shows the integration of America’s Army in real settings, and how the Army can set up this arcade/simulator/training anywhere they are stationed with…

IKEA Opens Free Hostel, If You Consider Sleeping in IKEA “Free”

The Ikea in Oslo is opening up a free hostel for shoppers who want to continue the clusterfuck that is the Ikea shopping experience for day two. 30 participants will get free dinner, breakfast and the joy of sleeping on dormitory-style beds. Plus, shoppers keep the sheets (good call), a bathrobe and slippers, too. For…

Toys R Us “Ad” Reduces Xbox 360 By $50, Too

Our mutant half-brothers over at Kotaku have posted a follow-up to yesterday’s Walmart ad, potentially reaffirming the Xbox 360 price drop to $350. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-ad-has-xbox-360-price-drop-coming-august-8th-283570 This time, it’s a Toys R Us ad, showing the Xbox 360 for the same $350 price under the price reduction euphemism of “price break.” This ad says August 12th, the…

Bally Pong Makes Gambling Even More Addictive

Atari’s Pong is stealing our quarters once again, recently approved for use in a slot machine made by Bally: “Bally Pong.” A cabinet decorated with chrome fixtures and retro fonts will be a pretty standard 5-line slot, though featuring two knobs for the 1-in-70 occurrence of a 45-second Pong minigame. And while earnings at this…

Multiple Speech Recognition To Make Sex Dolls More Fun

Kyoto University and the Honda Research Institute Japan have collaborated to form the Robot Audition Project. They are at present making some very impressive ground; they have developed an advanced speech recognition technology that has the capability to understand multiple, unique speech inputs, whilst computing their meaning independently. The efforts of the team are coming…

Space Walk Gallery Makes Us Burn With Envy

The guys over at Fogonazos have compiled a list of the ‘Top 10 Best Spacewalks in History’ and the images are absolutely stunning. The pictures are so inch perfect we thought they were photo-shopped; amazingly, they are all genuine. If you’ve never looked back on your decision to become a full time gaming-bum instead of…

“New” Apple Keyboard Vs. “Old” Version

The rumored new Apple keyboard has already been analyzed to death, compared to its current, fully real counterpart. But in this handy side by side picture (hit the jump for a mega version) we can see the potential impact the new design will have on Apple users. What, for instance, will we ever do without…