Gadgets

Lightmare LED Watch: A Headache On Your Wrist

The Lightmare LED watch looked pretty rad, until I tried figuring out what time was displayed on the picture. The watch lights up a single red LED on the inner ring to mark the hour, a smaller one on the outer ring to mark a five minute increment, and one to four smaller lights denoting…

Gadgets Todd Haselton Jan 29

SFW Circuit Sex Positions

You know you’ve hit rock bottom when a bunch of circuits are seeing more action than you are. Wait, correction: you know you’ve hit rock bottom when you get turned on by a bunch of circuits seeing more action than you are. Not that I’ve hit rock bottom, I’m just saying… you know, for your…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 29

Shanghai Tests Out 4G Network with Plans for HD-capable Mobiles

Just as more and more 3G enabled mobiles have been making their way to States, out comes Shanghai with their big, bad 4G network. According to the China Daily, Shanghai ran the world’s first 4G trial yesterday. So what does 4G tech bring to the table? Well, aside from faster speeds and better data services,…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 29

Dumb Jet: F-22 Raptor Listens But Can’t Talk

The Lockheed Martin F-22a Raptor is fast, has a long range, and is more maneuverable than any other jet in the sky, but it’s crazy dumb when it comes to sending out its data to other jets and ground control. Pilots of the speedy aircraft are required to talk fast, telling other pilots in the…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 29

Synchronized LED Light Show For Audio Players

Vivify your Saturday night recreational drug use parties with LEDs and (pirated) MP3s. Once connected to an external audio source, Hammacher Schlemmer’s Dancing Light MP3 Synchronizer puts on a light show rivaled only by Gatecrasher. The cylinder spins ’round and ’round, beaming onto a nearby wall or ceiling spectacular patterns and colors, all in sync…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jan 29

Inflatable Leg Massager Makes You Look Really Cool

After a long day working in the mines, there’s nothing quite like coming home and inflating the ol’ leg massager around my tired gams. It’s like getting my blood pressure checked, but on my legs! Apparently that’s considered a massage. Are you not impressed?! Product Page [via Uber-Review]

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 29

Electro-Weapon: 800,000-Volt Lightning Rod Stun Pen Flashlight

If you’re looking for a flashlight that’ll make you feel more secure, maybe that smoke alarm torch we touched upon earlier is not the answer. How about 800,000 volts at your fingertips? This Lightning Rod Stun Pen and LED flashlight uses a couple of 3V lithium batteries to put the hurt on those miscreants who…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 29

FlareSafe Portable Smoke Alarm Honks Up a Storm, Saves Lives

If you like to travel to strange and exotic places and stay in questionable hotel rooms—and who doesn’t?—you might want to take along one of these FlareSafe personal safety devices, which is a combo smoke detector, distress alarm and really bright LED flashlight. https://gizmodo.com/wrapping-up-gizmodos-ip-address-during-ces-227880 Arm this baby before you go to sleep and at the…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 29

Did Verizon Turn its Back on the iPhone?

We all know Cingular has the exclusive on Apple’s iPhone, but did it get Verizon’s sloppy seconds? USA Today is reporting that Verizon passed on Apple’s temptation when Jobs and Co. first approached them two years ago. The reason? According to Verizon, Apple’s demands were too hight. They wanted a percentage of the monthly cellphone…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 29

DigiKoozie: Useless LED Party Mug

Happy Sunday. This, my friends is a Digikoozie. It’s a $10 beer cozy that’ll scroll up a message of up to 200 characters — non reprogrammable, mind you — on the side of the fine Bud you’re swilling. You can use it to show everyone your sign, pet peeves, preferred gun manufacturer, favorite NASCAR driver,…

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 28

Would You Buy It? (…I wouldn’t)

I lied. I totally would. 1979 Kirby Hunting Tophy [via make]

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 28

LED Lit Ear Wax Scooper: Dirty Ears Begone

My ears are waxy. The gooey kind. Is that too much information? Likely so. Regardless, I tell you because I need you help. This LED lit ear wax scooper was found in a random Korean grocery store, in between the air fresheners and the shower caps, by Andrew at DirtyNerdLuv. (Great name, btw. Nearly as…

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 28

Beautiful Korean Washing Machine Makes Me Want To Washy All Night Long

It takes a whole lot of mojo for a new gadget to give me that pitter patter in my chest, the butterflies in the tummy, and the sweaty palms I associate with only the most lust worthy of gear. Today, I find myself wanting to get my wash on with this baroquely designed, deep red,…

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 27

Slot Machine Flashes Blue Screen of Death

I’m not much of a gambler, but when it comes to slot machines, I used to think these things were like ATMs—meaning they were indestructible. But alas it appears even our quarter-popping friends are prone to the occasional blue screen of death, which leaves me wondering what else they’re vulnerable to. Slot Machine Suffers Blue…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 27

Microsoft Bird’s Eye View: Tech for Peeping Toms

Have you seen what Microsoft Live Search Maps can do lately? Its web-fueled Virtual Earth software continues to gain on Google Earth, adding to its library of “bird’s eye views” where you can you get a surprisingly sharp look into your neighbors’ windows from all four points of the compass. Of course, it only works…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 27

Wii Remote Controls Robosapien, Tickles Elmo

Innovation of the WowWee Robosapien V2 robot continues to flourish, and now you can control this budding robot overlord with a Wii remote. In this seemingly endless preview video, watch just long enough to see the 3.x alpha version of Robodance open-source software linking the Wii to the little guy. In addition to letting you…

Gadgets Charlie White Jan 27

Ad Watch: Swiss Self-Cleaning Toilet

Watch as an attractive Swiss broad shows you why a self-cleaning toilet is a bad idea in a public place, but a great idea at home. Let’s see if we’ve got this straight. The Swiss get self-cleaning toilets and the Japanese get toilets that treat your ass like a Queen. What do we get? A…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 27

Wii-Mote Mod: Get Your Rave On

Come on Nintendo, this is the kind of stuff we need to see coming down the pipeline. Screw that classical music conductor shit. I want to start my own arm flaring Wii-rave. Does it still need some work? Sure, but the potential is all there. Here’s a link for a YouTube-less version Clip: Wii-mote Burns…

Gadgets Ben Longo Jan 26

Hourglass Watch Concept Design

Instead of digital digits, or sweeping hands, this concept watch gives its face an hourglass form. And tells time using LCD pixels like so many trickling grains of sand. Hourglass Watch [Table of Malcontents]

Gadgets Brian Lam Jan 26

Open X Package Openers Now Cheaper, Still Great

These awesome Open X package cutters we wrote about two years ago has a pretty steep price drop. No longer $10, it’s now $4.95, and even come with free shipping if you buy 6. Never rip the inside of your mouth opening a package like an idiot again. https://gizmodo.com/openx-plastic-package-cutter-101818 We’re not sure why you’d buy…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 26

Lightmare LED Watch: A Headache On Your Wrist

SFW Circuit Sex Positions

Shanghai Tests Out 4G Network with Plans for HD-capable Mobiles

Dumb Jet: F-22 Raptor Listens But Can’t Talk

Synchronized LED Light Show For Audio Players

Inflatable Leg Massager Makes You Look Really Cool

Electro-Weapon: 800,000-Volt Lightning Rod Stun Pen Flashlight

FlareSafe Portable Smoke Alarm Honks Up a Storm, Saves Lives

Did Verizon Turn its Back on the iPhone?

DigiKoozie: Useless LED Party Mug

Would You Buy It? (…I wouldn’t)

LED Lit Ear Wax Scooper: Dirty Ears Begone

Beautiful Korean Washing Machine Makes Me Want To Washy All Night Long

Slot Machine Flashes Blue Screen of Death

Microsoft Bird’s Eye View: Tech for Peeping Toms

Wii Remote Controls Robosapien, Tickles Elmo

Ad Watch: Swiss Self-Cleaning Toilet

Wii-Mote Mod: Get Your Rave On

Hourglass Watch Concept Design

Open X Package Openers Now Cheaper, Still Great

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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