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Japanese Wooden Automatic Butt-Spraying Toilet

Check out this new portable, auto-butt-cleaning toilet bowl from Toto. It has a folding top for comfortable sitting and controls on the side for a bidet, butt spray (strong), butt spray (soft), and most importantly, the OFF button. It’s made of wood (I have no idea why) and all the waste falls neatly into the…

Tech News Lisa Katayama Apr 3 '07

Apple’s Knowledge Navigator (1987)

In 1987 Apple Computer produced a concept video for a hypothetical product called the Knowledge Navigator. Having a normal conversation with your computer as though you were conversing with a friend seems to be the most paleo-futuristic aspect of this video. The inefficiency of such a system certainly raises questions about the user interfaces of…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 3 '07

‘Summer Terrace’ All Year Round (1960s)

The image above is the “home of the future” where “electrically operated climate-conditioned extensions will permit ‘summer terraces’ all at will by your electricity.” The text for this ad from America’s Independent Electric Light and Power Companies is featured below. The ad can be found in the book The Golden Age of Advertising – The…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 3 '07

Orange Zune Hits Shelves After Pink?

Along with the pink Zune, Jason Reindorp, the Zune’s marketing director, confirms that there will also be another new color of Microsoft’s music player hitting shelves. Our money is firmly on orange, since pink and orange were the two limited-edition runs for people on the Zune team, not to mention the secret limited edition run…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

Population Close to “Standing Room Only” (Chicago Tribune, 1899)

The April 30, 1899 Chicago Tribune article, “Population Close to ‘Standing Room Only'” seems like it could be written today with just a few dates and statistics changed. Much like the fear of population growth we’ve explored in Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb, the article warns of a dangerous population explosion. If the…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 2 '07

FCC Outs Logitech’s Forthcoming Vista-Keyboard Combo

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten any gadget news from Logitech, but now the FCC is blowing their cover with news of a wireless keyboard and mouse combo the company has in the works for Vista. Dubbed the Cordless Desktop Wave, the keyboard has a curvy design with dedicated Vista keys. Pricing is still…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 2 '07

Sprint’s Treo 755p Also Comes in Maroon

The only other maroon gadget we could think of. https://gizmodo.com/possio-greta-combination-printer-scanner-fax-and-cell-235790 Thanks tipster!

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

Mystery Nokia Phone Caught by Gadget Paparazzi

Looks like Nokia has some post CTIA surprises left in store for us. A HowardForums user by the name of micrors4racer leaked this shot of a never-before-seen Nokia mobile, which is believed to be a more affordable version of the 8800. https://gizmodo.com/blingin-nokia-8800-170086 Other than the fact that it’s a slider and it has a cam…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 2 '07

The Future World of Energy (1984)

While paging through the EPCOT Center Book: The Future World of Energy, published in 1984, I noticed that even images demonstrating positive advances in the field of energy production took on a distinctly dystopian illustration style. The image below shows something the book’s authors clearly believe to be an advancement in technology. But I can’t…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 2 '07

ABC Becomes First Network to Unveil Full Screen “HD Streamer”

On the same day that EMI stripped its tunes of DRM protection, ABC quietly became the first broadcast network to feature a broadband “HD player” that lets you watch shows like Lost and Grey’s Anatomy in full-screen mode. While NBC has had a full-screen player up and running for some time, ABC claims theirs looks…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 2 '07

Will Phones Replace Wallets?

According to Mike Elgan, the wallet is an endangered species. That’s because phones are primed to become upgraded, more secure, and more convenient versions of the standard wallet. He talks about things like the fact that credit cards are woefully inefficient in that they store a minuscule amount of data on a relatively bulky object…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 2 '07

Elgato’s Turbo 264 USB Stick Encodes H.264 for Your iPod, iPhone and Apple TV

Following up on the rumor that Apple was going to add an H.264 hardware encoding/decoding chip into all upcoming Macs, Elgato has released an H.264 USB stick that does just that. What does this mean to you? Well, a USB stick would be second best to an internal chip (like was speculated before) but the…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

WiRanger Extends USB Over Wi-Fi

Icron’s WiRanger USB hub looks like a normal USB hub except for the wireless antenna that connects it to the USB receiver which hooks into your PC. So we suppose it doesn’t really look like a normal USB hub after all. Unlike other wireless USB solutions, the WiRanger uses 802.11g, but in all other respects…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

Today at Giz

Goodbye Letter I—We discuss the reasons why the letter “i” must leave the tech world, and what letter should replace it. https://gizmodo.com/the-i-has-to-go-25-iprefix-gadget-name-alternatives-249007 Prada, Cheaper Than Yo’ Momma—The LG Prada knows it needs something else to compete with the iPhone (There’s that “i” again), so what did LG do? They made it completely free, with a…

Tech News Ben Longo Apr 2 '07

Rubik’s Revolution: Crapping All Over 2 Classic Games

Imagine your two most beloved childhood games. Now imagine them mating and producing a deformed child. That is what the Rubik’s Revolution is—the deformed love child of the classic Rubik’s Cube and color/sound game, Simon. They took all of the puzzle out of the Rubik’s Cube by not allowing the blocks to rotate. There are…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Apr 2 '07

Make This Product: SnuzNLuz

Being unconscious for most of April Fools’, we happened to miss this 4/1 joke/concept from Think Geek. It’s a Wi-Fi alarm that connects to a bank and transfers your money to an organization of choice every time you hit the snooze. They give examples of donating to charities you hate, which gives a real monetary…

Gadgets Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

Apple Playing Second Fiddle: DRM Free Tracks Were EMI’s Grand Idea

We just got off the phone with Jeanne Meyer, the Senior VP of Corporate Communications at EMI. Even after adding a grain of salt, considering they did come from the horse’s “official” mouth, there’s are some interesting facts worth noting about the DRM-Free tracks on iTunes. •EMI approached Apple about DRM free tracks, not the…

Tech News Adam Frucci and Brian Lam Apr 2 '07

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Apparently it isn’t cool enough just to climb Mount Everest anymore. Once Rob Bader reaches the summit, he will attempt the world’s highest cellphone call. The month of MySpace vulnerabilities kicked off yesterday on April Fools’. As usual they will be showing off a bug a day, this time dealing with the social networking site.…

Tech News Ben Longo Apr 2 '07

Pantech Concept Phones Make Rare Appearance at CTIA

Much like the members of Rage Against the Machine, it’s a big deal when Pantech’s concept phones make an appearance in public together. Unlike the members of Rage, however, these phones don’t want to stab Zack in the face. The Pantech people tell me that it’s rare that all the concepts are gathered up in…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2 '07

The i Has To Go: 25 iPrefix Gadget Name Alternatives

Since the iMac, the letter ‘I’ in gadget names has come a long way. Mostly down. Blame the popularity of every third-rate company pushing products with the “I” prefix. I’m so sick of it, I often have trouble using the letter to refer to myself. (To shake things up, l sometimes use a cleverly hidden…

Gadgets Brian Lam Apr 2 '07

Japanese Wooden Automatic Butt-Spraying Toilet

Apple’s Knowledge Navigator (1987)

‘Summer Terrace’ All Year Round (1960s)

Orange Zune Hits Shelves After Pink?

Population Close to “Standing Room Only” (Chicago Tribune, 1899)

FCC Outs Logitech’s Forthcoming Vista-Keyboard Combo

Sprint’s Treo 755p Also Comes in Maroon

Mystery Nokia Phone Caught by Gadget Paparazzi

The Future World of Energy (1984)

ABC Becomes First Network to Unveil Full Screen “HD Streamer”

Will Phones Replace Wallets?

Elgato’s Turbo 264 USB Stick Encodes H.264 for Your iPod, iPhone and Apple TV

WiRanger Extends USB Over Wi-Fi

Today at Giz

Rubik’s Revolution: Crapping All Over 2 Classic Games

Make This Product: SnuzNLuz

Apple Playing Second Fiddle: DRM Free Tracks Were EMI’s Grand Idea

Giznotes

Pantech Concept Phones Make Rare Appearance at CTIA

The i Has To Go: 25 iPrefix Gadget Name Alternatives

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