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In 1980 Americans Will Eat Less Beef (1926)

I just finished Warren Belasco’s book Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food and it is truly astounding how many people believed that humans would be vegetarians by necessity at the end of the twentieth century. Looking at this prediction from 1926, it is interesting to see that per capita pork consumption…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 26

Fresh Photos and Video: Motorola LAZR, If That is Your Real Name

Bengal boy loves to take photos of his scoops in exotic locals, next to cherry red Dodge Vipers, and gigantic Euro-models. So cheesy, but we excuse him because his scoops are damn good. Here the latest Moto clamshell, the LAZR — if that is your real name. Aside from the 2-inch screen, and Linux OS,…

Tech News Brian Lam Mar 26

Breaking: PS3 Folding@Home TFLOP Rating Demoted by 50%, PFLOPS Still Possible

Just Friday we were gushing that the Folding@Home project, with the help of a few Spartanesque PS3s, had topped 500 teraflops. Apparently, that was too good to be true. Just now, as approximately 30k PS3s were about to push Folding over a PFLOP (1000 TFLOPS), Folding staff at Stanford seem to have reestimated the PS3’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 25

Samsung Ultra Music Phone Re-Branded “Upstage”

Sprint’s dual-screen Ultra Music phone is launching at CTIA this week, but in addition to a new coat of paint, it will also be carrying a new, unfortunately lame moniker: “UpStage.” Overwrought branding aside, I dug it quite a bit back at CES, and think it’s one of the better music phones on the market,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Video: Making Coffee with a Laser

Alright, F Starbucks and their demon machine. This is how a real geek makes his coffee: with a laser. Can you taste the cancer? [via Make]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite IPTV Capable Out of the Box

While old school Xbox 360s will probably require a firmware update of some sort to get its IPTV on, Dean Takahashi at Mercury News says that the totally unconfirmed but widely expected Xbox 360 Elite will come IPTV-ready right out of the box. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-deal-on-xbox-360-iptv-with-pics-and-video-227911 This jibes with what I was told back in January when…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Buddha Machine: Part of Noble Ninefold Path

Nothing can aid your quest for the cessation of human suffering like the $35 Buddha Machine. So what does it do? It loops preloaded music tracks via one-button interface. Want more? You got it! Just check out this neat feature from manufacturer FM3’s site: “I also hear that track9 is particularly good at keeping cats…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

10 Gadgets We Should Have in 2007

We were promised things—great things. Things of an extraordinary nature that seemed just within our grasp. And then we never received them… So we assembled a list of 10 technologies that we should have ironed out by now, but instead either never showed up, or were only completed in some half-assed, UMPC way. This gallery…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

Instant Space: For When You Need Your Space

Scenario: You have a bad fight with your spouse, but you live in a small studio apartment. She can’t stand to look at your face and you just want to watch some television/fondly remember the feel of her best friend’s earlobe. Luckily you own the Instant Space room divider and projection screen. Constructed from a…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

Experts: You Suck at Multi-Tasking, Hardcore

Think you’re awesome at handling 15 AIM conversations, listening to The RZA while watching Robocop, emailing pictures to your mom and working on a project at the office? Wrong. You suck so bad that you’re costing the economy $650 billion a year according to analyst Jonathan B. Spira. Here at Giz, we know not to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Starbucks Vending Machines Suck More Soul Out of Espresso

Starbucks has been on a downward slide for years quality-wise, exchanging solid product for McD’s-style viral growth, ubiquity and speed. Since it’s not enough that their subpar coffee is on every corner in NY, they’ve decided to invade every room too, with a new automated vending machine co-produced with Pepsi that churns out your favorite…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Figla Robot: Super Roomba

You could call the Figla cleaning robot a pumped up Roomba, but it might suck you into oblivion…in a bad way. Guided by a combination of infrared, gyroscope, camera and ultrasonic sensors, the Figla cleaner can apparently navigate sidewalks with relative ease, picking up trash along the way. The robot can operate for up to…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

Royal Whale Bath: Indulge the Senses in Whale

Mmmm. Nothing relaxes me like the thought of swishing around in the warm, bubbling waters of a whale’s inner cavities. Now, I can finally indulge the fantasy. The Royal Whale Bath is the ultimate in luxury bathdom. Probably Definitely created from the carcass of a real sperm whale that was brutally murdered, miniaturized and cast…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

Warning: You Can’t Have Sex With The iPhone

I’ve been hanging out on the couch playing with this online label maker for my site, so I decided to make one for Giz readers, too. This is a friendly reminder that no matter how important you think gadgets are, they’ll never be able to 1-up humans. Make your own warning label [via TokyoMango]

Tech News Lisa Katayama Mar 25

Wii: Hold On Tight! 2 – Worldwide Debut

Remember the Nintendo Wii video we posted a few months back? We were impressed by its clever, Pixarish animation and funny, minimal writing. Lucky for us, the animation studio Super78 kept us in mind for their sequel, which is in its worldwide Internet debut (cough, YouTube embedded, cough) right here. Now for a little background…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 24

Lumus PD-20: I See We’re Getting Closer

The Lumus PD-20 aren’t quite the Holy Grail of video glasses, but they are a small to mid-sized step in the proper direction. Instead of looking at the actual image source (coming from that box on the frame), wearers view a reflection from the Light-guide Optical Element (LOE) placed in direct eye view. In other…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 24

Jason Chen: Almost Sexiest Man Alive

Ok, before everyone starts yelling “not news” in the comments, let me at least rehash the story. Gina Hughes, editor of often-weekend-linked site TechieDiva, was proclaimed one of GeekSugar’s “A Geek We Love”(s). During her interview, she had this to say when listing her 5 sexiest men in tech: Jason Chen – Any guys who…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 24

NAVIsis Laptop Tablet: Every Laptop’s A Tablet

Most of the time if you read the words “laptop tablet”, you’d figure that the laptop was a tablet PC. But most of the time you wouldn’t be accounting for highly dependable Korean to English translation. The $130 Laptop Tablet by NAVIsis is actually an add-on for any laptop, converting your once gargantuan Dell XPS…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 24

Dealzmodo: Free Boat With $495,000 Sam’s Club Lifetime Membership

Is the boat free, or is the membership thrown in? It’s a tough call. But what we do know is that Sam’s club is offering quite the delectable combo at the moment. The Windsor Craft 36 immediately evokes heartfelt nostalgia for wooden boats of a bygone era, and yet it has all the advantages of…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 24

Shutdown Day Today (For Freaks)

Wow, isn’t the Net running fast today? This place is so much better without all those losers around. PS. My PS3 is running at the moment as well. You know, curing Alzheimer’s. https://gizmodo.com/breaking-ps3-triples-folding-at-homes-computing-power-246664 Don’t Go Here

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 24

In 1980 Americans Will Eat Less Beef (1926)

Fresh Photos and Video: Motorola LAZR, If That is Your Real Name

Breaking: PS3 Folding@Home TFLOP Rating Demoted by 50%, PFLOPS Still Possible

Samsung Ultra Music Phone Re-Branded “Upstage”

Video: Making Coffee with a Laser

Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite IPTV Capable Out of the Box

Buddha Machine: Part of Noble Ninefold Path

10 Gadgets We Should Have in 2007

Instant Space: For When You Need Your Space

Experts: You Suck at Multi-Tasking, Hardcore

Starbucks Vending Machines Suck More Soul Out of Espresso

Figla Robot: Super Roomba

Royal Whale Bath: Indulge the Senses in Whale

Warning: You Can’t Have Sex With The iPhone

Wii: Hold On Tight! 2 – Worldwide Debut

Lumus PD-20: I See We’re Getting Closer

Jason Chen: Almost Sexiest Man Alive

NAVIsis Laptop Tablet: Every Laptop’s A Tablet

Dealzmodo: Free Boat With $495,000 Sam’s Club Lifetime Membership

Shutdown Day Today (For Freaks)

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