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Virgin America Airlines Gets Gadget Friendly

Looks like we’re going to be flying Virgin next CES—that is, if the Department of Transportation approves their airline application. The new planes from Virgin America theoretically has a whole bunch of cool gadget-friendly features such as a 110V plug, USB port, and RJ-45 (Ethernet) port in every seat. For comfort, they’ve got adjustable headrests…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Cellphone Something Starts Fire in Man’s Pocket

Remember that story we posted on Tuesday about Luis Picaso, the Californian who was lit on fire by his cellphone exploding in his pocket? Well he’s now in critical but stable condition. However, upon further investigation it was found that the cellphone was not the cause of the fire, and not only that but the…

Tech News Ben Longo

Update: Apple To Charge $1.99 To Activate 802.11n

Remember that post about Apple charging $5 for current Mac users to activate 802.11n on their machines? Turns out it’s only $1.99, and it’ll be available for purchase on Apple’s website. https://gizmodo.com/want-some-802-11n-action-mac-owners-get-your-wallets-228852 Apple said it is required under generally accepted accounting principles to charge customers for the software upgrade. “The nominal distribution fee for the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Progress Meter Design Watch

Fancy the idea of taking the idea of a progress meter (such as when you’re downloading a file) into real space? Check out this design watch from Pierre Haulot. The Elio Linear Scale Watch has two meters instead of hands which track hour and minutes. Still just as readable as a regular watch, the Linear…

Gadgets Jason Chen

China Space Attack: Unstoppable

Though it sounds like something out of a sci-fi flick, Defense Tech is reporting that China has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon. They conducted the test by demolishing an old Chinese weather satellite over 500 miles above the earth. What does this mean for us? Well, unless we can get a real-life Jack Bauer over…

Space & Spaceflight Louis Ramirez

Tokyo Night Photo in High Dynamic Range: Please Build HDR into Cams!

You might have already seen this HDR, or High Dynamic Range, photo of the Tokyo skyline at night from Boing Boing or JeanSnow’s blog. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, so here’s a post. It was taken by an unspecified Pentax DSLR, according to flickr’s metadata. Of course, the magic to HDR…

Tech News Brian Lam

Japan Watch: Pockey Cellphone Strap

If you’re not a Japanophile (or an Asian), you may yet still be familiar with Pocky thanks to Penny Arcade. Not only can you enjoy Pocky in your mouth, now you can enjoy it in your ears with this Pocky cellphone strap that plays the Pocky theme. We honestly had no idea there even was…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Dolby Volume Nixes Loud Commercials

Dolby’s Volume technology (capital V) is designed to be added to TVs, DVDs, and other equipment in order to normalize volumes when watching TV. Instead of being bombarded by loud ads—purposely introduced by ad makers to have volume only on the LOUD end of the range—Dolby Volume makes sure all sound gets outputted at an…

Tech News Jason Chen

Magic Mirror Lets You Text from the Fitting Room

We’ve seen plenty of smart mirrors before, but this one might top them all. Developed by Christopher Enright, the Magic Mirror is a mirror packed with infrared technology that lets you try on clothes without having to put them on. Not only that, but it also lets you take and send snapshots of yourself with…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•Stream iTunes To Your Wii With Orb •Asus Pegasus Guides You Like a Sexy Stewardess •Windows Mobile Crossbow Leaked Gallery •Minority Report Touch Interface for Real •Hands On the Netflix Download Video Service: Thumbs Up https://gizmodo.com/stream-itunes-to-your-wii-with-orb-229735 Comment of the Day: Canon Dolls Up Their First Designer Fax https://gizmodo.com/canon-dolls-up-their-first-designer-fax-229652 “What’s a fax?”—Netcretin

Tech News Blongo3

Wowpen Anti-Carpal Tunnel Pointer Gets Less Vaporish

Despite seeing the pen at CeBIT in 2006, CES was the first we’ve heard from Wowpen in nearly a year. The pen looks like a pen, but works like a mouse with either PCs or Macs. https://gizmodo.com/cebit-06-anti-carpal-tunnel-wowpen-159814 There’s even a built-in laser pointer, optional flash memory, and “silver nano” technology to keep germs away. If…

Tech News Jason Chen

Boring but Important Stuff

“Attack of the 50ft woman screams, ‘I LOVE ‘THE OFFICE!’ “—yoooooon First off, Microsoft is adding two options when purchasing Vista. The first is that you can download vista over the internet, and the second is a new Family Pack option. Apparently HP has now squeezed by Dell for the Worlds largest PC vendor title.…

Tech News Blongo3

DIY Aerated Mousepad for $35

If you’re a sweaty beast like Travis, you know how difficult it is keeping your hands dry when you’re at the computer. Lucky enough for you, someone’s come up with a way to make an aerated mousepad for only $35 and some material. First you need some steel mesh from a trashcan, an antec laptop…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Update: Sacramento Sheriff’s Dept Launches Criminal Investigation Into Wii Water Death

It seems the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department was keeping tabs on the Internet, and specifically our heated discussion yesterday regarding the death of Jennifer Strange (pictured right, with family) in a “Hold Your Wee for a Nintendo Wii” contest put on by a local Sacramento radio station because a criminal investigation has begun. https://gizmodo.com/person-dies-trying-to-win-nintendo-wii-228704 Our poll…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Stream iTunes To Your Wii With Orb

With a simple hack to Orb’s streaming software, a Swedish Wii owner made his iTunes stream music and photos directly to his Wii. Thanks to Orb’s acceptance of third-party addons, they’ve accepted this as an official feature. All you have to do is download Orb to your Windows-based PC and you’re set. At our count,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Scandyna Golden iPod Dock and Speakers

The Skinny: It’s an iPod dock with a 30 watt amp and speakers. The Trick:They’re gold. And so, I want them. Chance of Purchase: Something this gimmicky is not something I’d put money down for. The details: the dock charges, has a sub out, and has a video pass through. Scan Dyna

Tech News Brian Lam

myBlu iPod Cellphone Adaptor Beat iPhone to the Punch

Who needs to wait until the Summer for a $600 iPod cellphone when you can accomplish the same task now for $77. The myBlu is a pair of white earbuds and shuffle-like controls that act as a semi-wireless Bluetooth headset. myBlu communicates with your cellphone via Bluetooth and the call information is displayed on the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Asus Pegasus Guides You Like a Sexy Stewardess

We don’t have much in terms of details for this Asus PDA phone other than it looks pretty sleek with its brushed metal finish and aluminum borders. The 0.6-inch thick phone runs Windows Mobile (we’re guessing smartphone edition), plus has a jog dial and an on-board GPS. So yes, until the official announcement is thrown…

Tech News Jason Chen

Apple Including Upgraded DVD Player with Leopard

OS X Leopard is gonna give Apple users a brand spanking new DVD player. The biggest enhancements include chapter navigation in fullscreen mode, no longer forcing you to window your movie to jump around between chapters. If you are viewing in windowed mode, a new vertical chapter navigator appears in a separate window. Additional enhancements…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Alltel Celltop Widgets Hands-On

Apple’s not the only one with a widget-capable phone. Alltel’s Samsung u520 has celltop built-in, which means you can get weather, stocks, and sports scores with only a few clicks. The response time is pretty decent for a cellphone, and the graphics are actually quite good. As you can see in the video, each cell…

Tech News Jason Chen

Virgin America Airlines Gets Gadget Friendly

Cellphone Something Starts Fire in Man’s Pocket

Update: Apple To Charge $1.99 To Activate 802.11n

Progress Meter Design Watch

China Space Attack: Unstoppable

Tokyo Night Photo in High Dynamic Range: Please Build HDR into Cams!

Japan Watch: Pockey Cellphone Strap

Dolby Volume Nixes Loud Commercials

Magic Mirror Lets You Text from the Fitting Room

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

Wowpen Anti-Carpal Tunnel Pointer Gets Less Vaporish

Boring but Important Stuff

DIY Aerated Mousepad for $35

Update: Sacramento Sheriff’s Dept Launches Criminal Investigation Into Wii Water Death

Stream iTunes To Your Wii With Orb

Scandyna Golden iPod Dock and Speakers

myBlu iPod Cellphone Adaptor Beat iPhone to the Punch

Asus Pegasus Guides You Like a Sexy Stewardess

Apple Including Upgraded DVD Player with Leopard

Alltel Celltop Widgets Hands-On

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