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Gadget Deals of the Day

Deals, deals and more deals! Come on in to craaaaazy Gizmodo’s basement of bargains, where we guarantee you will leave 150% satisfied or your money back! Bluetooth • JawBone Aliph JawBone Bluetooth Headset (1st Gen) for $43.99 (normally $100). Computing • HP Pavilion TX2525NR 2GHz Dual Core Entertainment Tablet (Refurbished) for $699.99 (normally $850 –…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 15

Wiimote-Controlled Coil Gun Gets Serious About Office Warfare

Having Nerf weapons in your office makes for a fun battle every now and then. Having a coil gun? Well, that takes things up a notch. You don’t mess with the Wiimote-controlled coil gun dude. Sure, it doesn’t seem like the most agile weapon in the world, and he still needs to hook up the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 15

Women Control Gadget Buying Regardless of Who Controls the Remote

From a Sex and Electronics article: “Women buy 57% of consumer electronics (to the tune of about $80B), but influence 90% of all CE purchases.” I find those numbers shocking. But I am not married. The figures are from CEA and Best Buy respectively, and were presented at a panel at CES on Sex and…

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 14

Mutant Solar Powered Doohickey Monster Brings a Touch of Ugly to Any Room

I think the term “handmade” just about covers this, this…whatever it is. For about $80 you to can own this freaky electronic Frankenstein that does nothing but consume sunlight and writhe around in agony. I’ll admit, “Nigel the Bugbut” is kind of cool in a Edward Scissorhands and Naked Lunch sort of way—but I’ll bet…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Jan 14

Gadget Deals of the Day

Hey, cheapskates! I’ve got deals on everything from subwoofers to movies to coffee in here, so come inside and continue your penny-pinching ways with me. Computing • Western Digital My Book 1TB External Drive for $129.99 plus free shipping (normally $150). Flash Memory • PQI 8GB Class 6 SDHC Card for $12 shipped (normally $18…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 13

A Round up of Random, Delightfully Crappy Gadgets from CES 2009’s International Gateway

Up in the Siberia of the Las Vegas Convention Center there’s International Gateway, where obscure Asian electronics companies congregate to hawk their wares. It’s generally boring/terrible, but sometimes you stumble on wonderfully goofy gems. I scoured the entire area, and found what I consider to be the most amusing items there and placed them into…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Jan 9

Inside the Rocket-Proof Obamamobile

I love this cutaway illustration of the new Cadillac One by John Lawson, Obama included. Specially things like “Doors: eight-inch thick and the weight of a 757 door”. Other highlights: • It can withstand rocket impacts and it’s perfectly sealed against biochemical attacks. • Petrol tank: Can withstand a direct hit thanks to a special…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Jan 9

How SanDisk’s slotRadio Turned a Good Idea Into a Horrible Product

SanDisk’s slotRadio plays super cheap 1,000 song packs on microSD cards, something that should be awesome. But a series of disastrous design choices have turned it into one of the worst products I’ve ever seen. https://gizmodo.com/sansa-slotradio-comes-with-1-000-songs-preloaded-5125055 In theory, being able to buy 1,000 good songs on a microSD card for $40 is great. You’d be…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 8

Wii Crossbow with Laser Sight is Perfect for all the Wii Games Involving Crossbows

Unlike most Wii controller gimmicks, this one brings a new feature to the table: a laser sight. And they tell me it’s historically accurate to boot. You simply pop 2 AA batteries in the handle and suddenly get infinitely better at Link’s Magic Bean Shooting Challenge, or whatever the hell it is. In addition, CTA…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 8

Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote

The second real day of CES 2009 kicks off with Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s keynote speech. Sony said yesterday they saved BIG product announcements for the gadget emperor himself. What are they? (Besides Tom Hanks.) Apparently, a trailer for Angels & Demons. Tom Hanks is here! He has Betamax regret! His first real gadget was…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jan 8

Hands-on With 3M’s Second-Gen Pico Projectors With Added RGB LEDs

It seems that we see tiny projectors often, but never in actual phones or in devices I can imagine myself using. The tradition continued tonight with more prototype pico projectors from 3M. They had two prototypes on view: one played video off SD cards, the other plugged into an iPhone and played videos off that.…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

Insane Unmanned ‘Mule’ Drone Can Fly at 289MPH

This Mule unmanned aerial vehicle is huge, fast and crazy. It’s just going through its first wind tunnel testing, but it might someday be hauling injured troops back to base with no pilot involved. This is one serious UAV, one that puts most others to shame. Just look at these specs: With a payload of…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

Saitek Aviator Flight Sticks: Joysticks for Your Xbox 360 or PS3

This sure isn’t something I’d ever need, but flight sim nerds are sure to be jazzed about the new Saitek Aviator Flight Sticks for their console of choice. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 models are compatible with your PC, if you like to mix things up. They both have their console-specific buttons, of course,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

Guy Gets Trapped on Ski Lift, Hangs Bare-Ass Naked for 15 Minutes

Here’s a horrific reminder that at the end of the day, technology still has power over us. This poor guy got trapped hanging upside-down by his pants from a chairlift for 15 minutes. That’s embarrassing. In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado’s ritzy Vail…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

Garmin’s 855 and 885T Nuvis, Maps for Life and Eco-Friendly Driving Software

Garmin just dropped a couple new GPS units on us, the 855 and 885T. Both of ’em bring lane assist and voice control together and cost as much as a used car. The two units are essentially the same, with the one difference being that the 885T has Bluetooth speakerphone and MSN Direct, which loads…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

Sansa slotRadio Comes With 1,000 Songs Preloaded

Do you enjoy music but not enough to care what specific music you’re listening to? Then the Sansa slotRadio is designed for you, it comes with 1,000 “hand picked” songs. No taste required. Yes, Sandisk’s newest Sansa makes acquiring music easier than ever, with 1,000 songs “handpicked from the Billboard charts” coming on a microSD…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7

First Look at The Sharper Image’s New Direction: Cheap iPod Docks

We reported last month that The Sharper Image would be rebranding itself as a gadget maker here at CES, and now we have our first hands-on with their cheap iPod docks. Welcome to the future! https://gizmodo.com/sharper-image-to-relaunch-at-ces-2009-5108452 Yes, now instead of a store in the mall to buy your stepdad a spatula mixed with a thermometer,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6

The Evolution of Technology Ends In Steaming Hot Androids

According to this amazing ad, the evolution of the technology species will end in gorgeous, half-naked fembots. YES! The video was done by Scholz&Friends, a Berlin-based ad agency, for European electronics chain Saturn. [Dark Roasted Blend]

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Jan 6

iPhone Condom Is Touch Sensitive Too But Requires Stylus

I promised myself I wasn’t going to do any more sex-related post in 2009. I failed. Yes, like its predecesor, this is equally as stupid, but at least it can now be unlocked. [DeviantArt—Thanks Jordan] https://gizmodo.com/icondom-perfectly-fits-your-other-turtleneck-392717

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 1

Yoshimoto Cube Blows My Mind then Fries My Brain

I have played this video again and again, trying to figure out what’s going on here. I can’t. My brain is fried. Yoshimoto Cube has fried my brain and it’s not even 2009 yet. According to the description, the Yoshimoto Cube transforms into two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons. Which is a fancy way to say “the…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz Dec 31

Gadget Deals of the Day

Wiimote-Controlled Coil Gun Gets Serious About Office Warfare

Women Control Gadget Buying Regardless of Who Controls the Remote

Mutant Solar Powered Doohickey Monster Brings a Touch of Ugly to Any Room

Gadget Deals of the Day

A Round up of Random, Delightfully Crappy Gadgets from CES 2009’s International Gateway

Inside the Rocket-Proof Obamamobile

How SanDisk’s slotRadio Turned a Good Idea Into a Horrible Product

Wii Crossbow with Laser Sight is Perfect for all the Wii Games Involving Crossbows

Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote

Hands-on With 3M’s Second-Gen Pico Projectors With Added RGB LEDs

Insane Unmanned ‘Mule’ Drone Can Fly at 289MPH

Saitek Aviator Flight Sticks: Joysticks for Your Xbox 360 or PS3

Guy Gets Trapped on Ski Lift, Hangs Bare-Ass Naked for 15 Minutes

Garmin’s 855 and 885T Nuvis, Maps for Life and Eco-Friendly Driving Software

Sansa slotRadio Comes With 1,000 Songs Preloaded

First Look at The Sharper Image’s New Direction: Cheap iPod Docks

The Evolution of Technology Ends In Steaming Hot Androids

iPhone Condom Is Touch Sensitive Too But Requires Stylus

Yoshimoto Cube Blows My Mind then Fries My Brain

Skip the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Apple’s Entry-Level iPad (A16) Hits Its Lowest Price on Amazon

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Apple App Store Experiences Surge in New Apps Amid Vibe Coding Boom

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Microsoft Says You’re Not Supposed to Take Copilot’s Advice Seriously

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