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Detergentless Haier Washing Machine Uses Ions to Clean Skid Marks

Instead of using detergent, this Haier WasH2O uses ions to get rid of brown and yellow stains in your clothes. The WasH2O breaks up water into OH- and H+ ions, where the OH- “attracts” stains and the H+ ions “sterilize” the clothes. We don’t know anything about chemistry, but that sounds like black magic to…

Costco has a 42-inch Magnavox LCD for $1000, but only until August 6th.[CostCo]

The Bluetooth SIG group just approved Bluetooth Core Spec Version 2.1+EDR, which brings easier pairing and enhanced power optimization. [Bluetooth]

Scientists Figure Out How to Grow Gas From Bacteria

In our current quest to stop giving the kings of Saudi Arabia billions of dollars to build yachts and bombs via our love affair with gasoline, some scientists at a company called LS9 claim to have figured out a way to grow petroleum from bacteria. The exciting prospect could shoot us to energy independence in…

Start ’em Young (1991)

I have three questions about this picture: 1. Why did we believe paper faxes were the future? 2. Does that toddler have Wi-Fi? 3. Why does the teddy bear have a phone? This illustration by Tom Chalkley ran in the November-December, 1991 issue of The Futurist magazine. See also: Apple’s Grey Flannel Navigator (1988) Connections:…

Nutcracker’s Minimalist Design Gets The Job Done

Leave it to the commenters to make the nutcracking jokes, but this design concept could be a serious ball-buster. Consisting of two aluminum tubes, it’s sized to fit a walnut inside, and all you need to do is twist, and the nut is cracked right in two by the nutcracker’s ridged edges. Seems pretty simple.…

15-inch Gigantor Digital Photo Frame Comes Cheap

The Gigantor photo frame isn’t only big on size, like its name, but it’s big on value as well. For $249, you’d normally only be able to get an 11-inch photo frame, but the Gigantor gives you 15 inches of mother-in-law- viewing glory (as opposed to the 19-inch monstrosity that is the PhotoVu). It even…

Deletemusic Worm Goes After What Really Counts

Call me crazy, but this sounds much worse to me than past viruses in the news: A new worm goes straight after MP3 files, deleting them all from your hard drive before moving on to find more victims. It’s spread mostly via external devices, so as long as you don’t plug in some random thumb…

Microsoft’s HD Photo standard, which compresses more easily than JPEG2000, could be the next generation JPEG. [Ars]

USB Calculator Mouse Puts the Numbers Where You Need Them

Yesterday we showed you a mouse with a keypad under its lid, but here’s an idea for number-crunching road warriors that might be even better: a USB mouse with an integrated calculator. Just like that keypad mouse, this could useful for laptop users who don’t have a keypad that’s easily used. A major difference is…

Xbox 360 CPU Possibly Going 45nm in late 2008, early 2009

We still haven’t gotten 65nm Xbox 360 processors, and there’s already talk of Microsoft’s contracted Singaporean chip manufacturer moving on to designing 45nm CPUs for gaming devices. Why is this important? Because the smaller the CPU fabrication size is (90nm vs 65nm vs 45nm), the less power it takes to run and the less heat…

Tuesday’s Best Stories

If you feel trapped in time and think the Giz is one big conundrum interconnecting the latest technology with crazy stuff, bouncy boobs and surreal news, then stop taking your pills because you are right. Here are my fave Tuesday stories: https://gizmodo.com/delorean-going-back-into-production-284252 • New iMacs! Probably. I wish. Hopefully His Steveness will announce them because…

Nanopoint’s Celltray Still Shaking Up Live Cell Imaging

Last week we reported on Celltray, a microscope slide that allowed for real-time cell imaging. The astute Gizmodo readership rightly pointed out that the technology was not the first on the block. However, we are sticking to our guns; the technology is the first practical solution to allow real-time cell imaging. Following up on our…

Best Buy Drops Xbox 360 HD DVD Price to $149

Best Buy has dropped the Xbox 360 HD DVD price yet again, down from the not-yet-a-week old price of $179 to $150. The five free movie deal is still intact as well, as long as you order before September 30. However, the player looks like it’s sold out now with no store pickup available. [Best…

Lossless Bluetooth coming in 2008, A2DP sound to improve with simple firmware update [PC Magazine]

Lyndon B. Johnson on 2063 A.D. (1963)

Today we have Lyndon B. Johnson’s predictions for the future of space exploration, as printed in the book 2063 A.D.. Perhaps the outstanding feature of a prediction about the next century in space is that our imagination today is too limited to visualize the vast possibilities. In other words, more will be accomplished in space…

Apple News Hit Last Night, Heads Up!

Just a quick heads up, there was some big Apple news that got mesmerized in the headlights last night: • There’s an Apple town hall meeting on Tuesday, and the topic of discussion will be Macs. • There is an update 1.01 now available for the iPhone, fixing Safari vulnerabilities and a few other things.…

SEMI FINALS, Logitech AudioStation Express Vs. Griffin Amplifi

There are only three battles left in our iPod Dock Bracket, and we will have a final verdict by the end of the week. Yes, we’re amazed, too! For our first semifinals battle, our kings of cheap battle it out for the Cheapo Dock title. In one corner we have the AudioStation Express. In the…

Star Wars Characters Now Hassle You From the Dashboard of Your Car

In addition to all those saints and Jesuses you have on your dashboard protecting you from god-knows-what, now you can add Yoda, Darth Vader and C-3PO, blurting out an assortment of thirty Star Wars sayings with every bump and jostle. Take the jump for a video showing these characters nagging the driver, along with a…

Canon releases 1D Mark III DSLR firmware update Version 1.1.0, fixes autofocus problems and more.