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CES Innovation Awards Innovating Bullshit?

A few days ago, we wrote about hardware that “demagnetizes vinyl and cds” to make them sound better. Utter bullshit, but the surprise was that CES had given it an award. What does a CES Award mean? http://http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/rss/ces-2007:-furutech-demag-demagnetizes-your-money-away-213439.php Just as we were wondering that, Chris Null over at Yahoo Tech writes about a 2005 winner…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 13

Eco-Friendly DVR-150 from TVonics

I never could have thunk it that I could be saving the rain forest by DVR’ing softcore porn all day. But it can happen, thanks to the DVR-150 from TVonics. What makes this DVR eco-friendly is the low power consumptions and construction. While in operation the DVR-150 only uses 20W of energy and 3W while…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

Dealzmodo: $100 off Xbox 360 Core or Premium at MicroCenter

To celebrate the grand opening of gaming departments at MicroCenter stores, they are offering $100 mail-in-rebates on the Xbox 360 Core or Premium systems. This would bring the price of the Core down to $200 and the price of the Premium down to $300. It is likely to be in-store only and the offer begins…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

Snow Drive: The $20,000 White Gold Thumb Stick

Available from the Mii Store—no association to the Miis on Nintendo Wii—the 4GB Snow Drive is made out of 18 carat white gold with “three strip of 1.44ct white diamonds.” So how much does white gold and 96 diamonds cost you? How about 9,950 ($19,018). No? Perhaps sir would fancy something from the Wal-Mart department?…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 13

Dealzmodo: Radio Shack’s Black Friday Ad

We don’t see anything really spectacular with this, but if you want to get some $29.99 speakers at $19.99 (omg what a deal!), Radio Shack’s the place for you. Other deals: $9.99 for a 1:32 Ferrari or Lamborghini RC car, $9.99 for a home maintenance tool kit (down from $39.99), and $6.99 for a spotlight…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 13

Gizmodo Theme Song Contest: Vote for the Winner

The Gizmodo Theme Song Contest finished up last week. I compiled nine of the better entries and now leave it to you, the readers, the vote for the winner. The winner will receive of pair of Audioengine A5 speakers valued at $350. Big thanks to Audioengine for sponsoring this contest. Now, hit the jump to…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

PSP Ring of Light Mod

Just the thing to go with our shiny PlayStation 3, this “ring of light” PSP took over 30 hours over three days to make. And that’s for an experienced modder. That being said, I probably won’t make a how-to. Considering the difficulty level of this mod, if you can’t figure it out yourself, you’ll probably…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 13

PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Tour

Fancy a $600 Blu-ray player in the form of a PlayStation 3? Find out what you’re getting before you part with your rent money with our Blu-ray tour. Nothing contrary to what you’d expect out of disc playback—it’s just the same old DVD functions when you boil it down—but one cool feature is that the…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 13

Wicked Lasers Blu-ray Powered Laser

Wicked Lasers, the same company that manufacturers lasers capable of blowing up the earth, has dismantled a Blu-ray DVD player, taken the extra electronic doodads and created a Blu-ray laser pointer. https://gizmodo.com/wicked-lasers-you-know-for-killing-154683 This laser pointer has a 405nm Blu-ray laser diode housed inside spacecraft grade 6061-T6 aluminum. These are the same laser diodes that caused…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 13

Complete PlayStation 3 Media Tour

One of the major draws of both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles are their ability to play back media in addition to games. Here’s a tour the PS3’s media functionality. You can stream media directly off memory cards (SD, CompactFlash), or you can copy them to your hard drive for easier playback and…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 13

Frigits Mini Rube Goldberg Toys

We’ve seen some pretty awesome Rube Goldberg machines in the past, but if you were too lazy or don’t have enough room to build one yourself, Frigits may be the solution. This is a set of miniature contraptions that allow you to set up a Rube Goldberg-style machine on anything capable of holding magnets. Impress…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 13

Samsung Looking to Outsmart Q with a Little BlackJack

We knew it was coming, but today Samsung officially lifted the veil off its new BlackJack smartphone. The Windows Mobile-based phone will have everything you’d expect from a smartphone (QWERTY keypad, 320×240 screen, 1.3-megapixal camera) and at 3.5 ounces, it’ll also weight less than the 4.1-ounce Q. Samsung claims the BlackJack’s battery will last for…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 13

Gizmodo Comment Executions: Fanboy Spam Edition

Still wondering about commenting accounts? All you have to do is fill out the comment and select a username and password. Submit and our commenting overlords will approve you—if you fit the criteria of a superb commenter. Behave, or be executed like the poor fool below. Have a nice exit, dominiward. Sure, you are an…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

Actual Video of an Exploding Laptop Battery

We’ve been hearing stories about exploding laptop batteries for months now, but finally, we actually have video of said explosion in action. This isn’t a completely legitimate laptop battery explosion—the folks at PC Pitstop forced a lithium-ion battery into an unstable state—the same state that usually occurred with the Sony laptop battery explosions—and the explosions…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

Glowing LED Balls Protect Your Zen

These glowing balls are useful in a couple different ways. First and foremost, they can supposedly provide a zen atmosphere and act as a calming device. Secondly, and debatably more important, they allow me to make all of the “ball” puns that I could handle. The AIL-B120 and AIL-B130 will glow different colors depending on…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 13

Use The Xbox HD-DVD Drive on Your Windows PC

If you’re cool you’ve already picked up the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive to watch all those high quality Hollywood movies in stunning high definition. What’s even better is that, with some potentially illegal software, you can plug the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive right into your Windows-based PC and enjoy high def movies on your computer!…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 13

Homemade Roller Coaster Doesn’t Snap Your Neck

The thought of riding someone’s homemade roller coaster kinda freaks me out (especially when the "car" looks like a car seat/lawnmower hybrid), but in just a year and half, John Ivers managed to build his own 180-foot long roller coaster right in his back yard. The "Blue Flash" even has it’s own 360-degree loop, and…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 13

T-Shirt Turns Air Guitar Riffs Into Actual Sounds: The World Weeps

Odds are that everyone has rocked out to the sweet sounds of an air guitar on at least one occasion and now scientists have invented a t-shirt that transforms your air riffs into real ones. The t-shirt interprets the movements of the wearer’s arms (one picks and the other creates cords) and wirelessly sends the…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Nov 13

PS3 Dissected—Prettier than Expected

While our own Jason Chen is a bit too in love with the PS3 for these measures, the folks at DailyTech weren’t and took the huge, son of a gun PS3 apart. What surprises did they find? Nothing really; just a bunch of circuit boards, fans, and other electronic components. I must say that it…

Tech News Travis Hudson Nov 13

Diamond-Encrusted KRZR For The Rich and Heartless

As if owning a Motorola KRZR doesn’t already make you a tool, why not outfit it with enough diamonds to make the regent of Siam jealous? That’s exactly what Peter Aloisson did when he created the KRZR White, KRZR Leopard and KRZR Roma, the last one being a nod to his love for all things…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Nov 13

CES Innovation Awards Innovating Bullshit?

Eco-Friendly DVR-150 from TVonics

Dealzmodo: $100 off Xbox 360 Core or Premium at MicroCenter

Snow Drive: The $20,000 White Gold Thumb Stick

Dealzmodo: Radio Shack’s Black Friday Ad

Gizmodo Theme Song Contest: Vote for the Winner

PSP Ring of Light Mod

PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Tour

Wicked Lasers Blu-ray Powered Laser

Complete PlayStation 3 Media Tour

Frigits Mini Rube Goldberg Toys

Samsung Looking to Outsmart Q with a Little BlackJack

Gizmodo Comment Executions: Fanboy Spam Edition

Actual Video of an Exploding Laptop Battery

Glowing LED Balls Protect Your Zen

Use The Xbox HD-DVD Drive on Your Windows PC

Homemade Roller Coaster Doesn’t Snap Your Neck

T-Shirt Turns Air Guitar Riffs Into Actual Sounds: The World Weeps

PS3 Dissected—Prettier than Expected

Diamond-Encrusted KRZR For The Rich and Heartless

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