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Mars Rovers: Three Years Running and Smarter, Too

Those two Mars rovers, named Spirit and Opportunity, landed on the red planet in January 2004 and are still going strong, twelve times longer than their originally-planned mission of 90 Martian days. Together they’ve sent more than 160,000 images back to Earth and have driven a combined 10.4 miles. The two rovers were pretty much…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 29

Stain Detector Light for Post NYE Parties

If you’re holding a party for New Years’ and plan on inviting more than four people, you may want to invest in one of those Stain Detector/Black lights. Not only can you see just where all your revelers have spilled their beer, you can see if any of them got a little frisky on your…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 29

Ramen Noodle Cup Timer

Because I am a poor, malnourished student, I have become one with the ramen noodles. Unfortunately I burn the hell out of my mouth because I am so eager to feed my mouth with scorching hot noodles. This ramen noodle cup timer is really just a basic timer. Dump the boiling water into the cup…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 29

Start The Kids Off Right with the Mini Horse Racing Track

Some of my fondest memories as a kid included spending time at the horse track while my father gambled away all of my college savings. Man, those were the days—all of the second hand smoke I could handle, for free! This toy is for those less adventurous parent types that still want to expose their…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 29

TranSystems i-Blue757 Solar Bluetooth GPS: Sunny Power for Lost Souls

TranSystems has been making its small i-Blue GPS devices for a while, and now its i-Blue757 adds solar power to the mix, making it so you can be lost for weeks at a time and not run out of battery power. This will be great for backpackers and other wanderers. https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-gps-unit-size-isnt-everything-149089 This isn’t the first…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 29

Locking Wallet for Gambling Addicts

You know when you go to a casino, and you’re up up up up up?! And then you keep playing, until you’re so bust you can’t even afford a milkshake at some crappy Reno Diner? And then you make out with the 60-year old cougar waitress for her tip jar, just so you can afford…

Gadgets Brian Lam Dec 29

Sony’s Entry-level Cybershots Exposed

The guys at AppleInsider have gotten a look at Sony’s new range of Cybershot cameras, expected to debut next month at CES. The new S-series cams aren’t exactly what we’d call lookers, but they should satisfy casual photographers as they’ll each come with a 7.2-megapixel CCD sensor and a 3x optical zoom. AppleInsider claims the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Dec 28

The Inkless Metal Pen

Better than an astronaut pen, this stainless steel Metal Pen writes on most paper using the metal “nib” on the tip. The pen works by leaving bits of the metal alloy on most surfaces, which as a result, allows the pen to work for years and years. As long as this idea’s been around, in…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 28

Design Calendar: The Weight of Time

Winner of the 2005 Kokuyo design awards, this calendar uses weight to determine what month it is. From robotic translation we can gather that you place the weight on the spring, and depending on how heavy the current date is, “the machine which measures the time” is. Yeah. However it works, it’s much better than…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 28

Wireless Yacht Piloter Impresses Other Yachters

Own a yacht but too busy to go steer it? Check out this Minn Kota Wireless CoPilot, which lets you wirelessly control your boat so you’re free to do whatever you want. Aimed, no doubt, at the Pamela and Tommy Lee crowd, this wireless key-fob only costs $169, a lot less than you’d expect a…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 28

For the Kids: Cute Winnie the Pooh Speakers

It may be too late for Christmas, but these soft-plushie speakers from Run At Corp Japan look right for any time of the year. The speakers come in both Winnie the Pooh and Stitch characters, and can hook up to any standard music player or PC. Just plug in the stereo and AC cables emanating…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 28

USB Phonebook Backs Up Your Digital Black Book

If, like me, you’re constantly losing/changing phones, Brando’s USB Phonebook should come in handy. It plugs into your cell phone and downloads your phonebook info so the next time you get a new phone, you can upload your address book with the click of a button. The Phonebook also plugs into your PC letting you…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Dec 28

E! True Hollywood Story: Gizmondo

One of the biggest, and most controversial stories of the year was the downfall of the Gizmondo and the CEO and his busted up Enzo.. (That is Gizmondo, not Gizmodo.) What a better way to wrap up the year with the complete story behind the Gizmondo, how it got to the way it was and…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 28

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid: 0-60 in 4 Seconds

Yeah, it’s just a concept car, but this one might find its way onto the highway. It’s the 400hp Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept, set to roll out on January 7 at the Detroit Auto Show. What really caught our eye was the Electric Tesla-like numbers of zero-to-60 in 4 seconds, and one big figure…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 28

Gizmodo Writers: Mostly Girlie-Men?

Who says Gizmodo doesn’t appeal to women? According to the Gender Genie, a website/parlor game that claims to be able to tell the gender of the writer of any text you paste into its interface, we write like a bunch of girls. Well, most of us. Apparently, Travis, Lam and I (Charlie) are the only…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 28

Atlantis X-380 GPS is Multilingual

Hey non-English speaking Europeans that have happened to stumble upon the English version of Gizmodo and are deciphering these words, this post is for you! Atlantis has released the X-380 GPS unit. This is a pretty ho-hum GPS unit, except for the fact that it supports up to 18 different languages and can read your…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 28

RoadBox Accident Recorder is Insurers Best Friend

This unique device was first unveiled at the KES electronics show in Korea and it is slowly making it rounds around the web impressing and confusing. For me, it does a little bit of both. The RoadBox has a very weak VGA quality camera, and some very non-weak acceleration and speed monitors that can “sense”…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 28

First Take-Home HIV Test Available in Britain

Good news all around in the medical world—the first home HIV test has been launched in the U.K. This test involves swabbing a sample of saliva and sending it off to a laboratory. Upon a negative sample, the person will receive an e-mail, if it is a positive HIV sample a doctor will call directly,…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Dec 28

Alc-Mobile Keeps Alchies from Getting Behind the Wheel

KDDI Corp has developed a breathalyzer/cellphone combo that prevents inebriated taxi and bus drivers in Japan from getting behind the wheel. Companies that buy the phone will require their employees to blow into the breathalyzer before getting behind the wheel. The phone then measures how drunk (or sober) you are and sends the results to…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Dec 28

Carry Three Brewskis, Have a Seat, Too

Leave it to those Finns with their small asses to create a simple object that lets you carry three beers and gives you a place to sit after you’ve quickly guzzled them in a couple of minutes. The product is available in 13 colors, and it’s called a Footstool, but works just as well with…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 28

Mars Rovers: Three Years Running and Smarter, Too

Stain Detector Light for Post NYE Parties

Ramen Noodle Cup Timer

Start The Kids Off Right with the Mini Horse Racing Track

TranSystems i-Blue757 Solar Bluetooth GPS: Sunny Power for Lost Souls

Locking Wallet for Gambling Addicts

Sony’s Entry-level Cybershots Exposed

The Inkless Metal Pen

Design Calendar: The Weight of Time

Wireless Yacht Piloter Impresses Other Yachters

For the Kids: Cute Winnie the Pooh Speakers

USB Phonebook Backs Up Your Digital Black Book

E! True Hollywood Story: Gizmondo

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid: 0-60 in 4 Seconds

Gizmodo Writers: Mostly Girlie-Men?

Atlantis X-380 GPS is Multilingual

RoadBox Accident Recorder is Insurers Best Friend

First Take-Home HIV Test Available in Britain

Alc-Mobile Keeps Alchies from Getting Behind the Wheel

Carry Three Brewskis, Have a Seat, Too

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