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DirecTV SAT+GO! Brown Box Does Portable Satellite TV

Duh. Who knows if this’ll see the light of day, but the DirecTV SAT+GO!, or Satellite To Go, has both an annoying name, and a brown color reminiscent of the swampy Zune. The briefcase sized box folds out to reveal a dish in the back, and an LCD on its face, with controls below it.…

Gadgets Brian Lam Nov 28

The Annoy-a-tron

If you’ve got a professor, a co-worker, or sibling that you really, really hate, this Annoy-a-tron is the perfect thing to drive them up the wall. The small-ish gadget fits discretely under desks, in bags, or in closets and lets out a short beep in 2 to 8 minute intervals. We had a cellphone run…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 28

Drinkomatic Vends Your Drinks Cold

A perfect gift for those who were alive during the depression, this Drink-O-Matic holds 10 cans at 30-degrees less than room temperature. Essentially a small refrigerator made just for drinks, this thing will set you back $149.95, which in Grandpa-money is like 847 Werther’s Originals. Better get one before he dies. Product Page [Sharper Image…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 28

Flipperoo Clock

With all the weird digital clocks we feature, we thought it’d be a nice change of pace to show you an analog one for giggles. The Flipperoo clock has hand-drawn words and numbers that flips as the days pass, letting you know that you’re one day closer to your eternal slumber. https://gizmodo.com/digiview-basketball-projection-clock-official-gift-of-217101 The manufacturer’s only…

Gadgets Jason Chen Nov 28

Talking Thermometer Won’t Guilt You For Eating Wilbur

If your meat could talk, it would probably scream in a high pitched voice about the cruelty of slaughterhouses, the pain of being cooked on the grill, and the indignity of being eaten by a chubby guy in an A1-stained “Vote for Pedro” t-shirt. Which is why there’s no technology out there to give a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Nov 28

LiteCubes for Colorful Quaffing

Here’s a accessory that could prove to be a fine enhancement to the upcoming holiday festivities: LiteCubes that light up your drink like a Christmas tree and have a gel center that you can freeze, cooling off that drink in cool style. They’re available in a variety of colors, each with an LED and battery…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 28

Ultrasound Stethoscope for Docs on the Go

Regular stethoscopes are all well and good if you’re working in a quiet country hospital where the only sounds audible are the quiet churning of some old Amish woman making butter on the front porch, but if you’re out in the field and you need to hear someone’s heartbeat it’s a different story. Have you…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Nov 28

Parking Timer Keychain

For those of you without any sense of time, or easily gets distracted—this is the parking timer keychain. Program this $10 doodad with exactly how much you dropped into the parking meter and will warn you when time is getting close. It is also great for you frugal bastards that would rather underpay a parking…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 28

Jura-Capresso Pointless Coffee Cup Warmer

Really, what the hell is the point of a coffee cup warmer? Isn’t coffee supposed to be served warm enough to heat any mug regardless? The Jura-Capresso Coffee Cup Warmer can hold 16 coffee cups or 24 espresso cups. It will warm the cups up to optimal serving temperatures for you prissy assholes who can’t…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Nov 28

Ecosol Powerstick Mystery Solved

When this Ecosol Powerstick was announced as a CES 2007 Innovation Award winner I thought it was some kind of solar charging stick. It turns out that this USB doohickey draws on old-fashioned electricity—in version 1.0 at least—and then charges your portable devices on the go. What makes it worthy of an Innovation award? Here’s…

Gadgets Noah Robischon Nov 28

Toyota Designs Hybrid Vehicle Using Pedal Power and Electricity

Toyota has designed a concept car for that time when we’ll all be towing our Priuses with a team of horses, calling its creation a Renewable Lifestyle Vehicle (RLV). It takes the word “hybrid” to the next level, splitting its powertrain between pedal power and a battery-powered electric motor. Yep, it’s like that little pedal-powered…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 28

First Grope: 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Lets You Operate in 3D

Imagine a controller that you can push, tilt, pull, and rotate—that’s essentially what the SpaceNavigator is. This multitalented device is the latest addition to 3Dconnexion’s arsenal of 3D controllers. It frees you from the tyranny of your mouse by letting you manipulate/twist objects in ways you can’t with a standard mouse. It doesn’t have the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Nov 28

Tzero-Analog Devices: Wireless HDMI

Makers of all things switchers and converters, Tzero-Analog Devices has anted up with the announcement of a wireless HDMI technology. All we know now is that it’s HDMI and it’s wireless. What we suspect? Flash drive-esque units that plug into the source output and destination input. What we hope? HDMI 1.3 support so we can…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Nov 28

Starck Watch for Fossil: O-Ring Digi Has a Doughnut Hole

That kooky designer Phillipe Starck (or S+arck, for the hoity-toity) is at it again for Fossil Watches, designing another sculpture you wear on your wrist that will tell the time only to those who know how it works. Sure, everybody else is using cellphones to tell the time, but all you have to do is…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 27

Zune Not Exactly Tearing Up the Sales Charts

So it’s been a couple weeks, how is the Zune selling? Is Microsoft on course to topple Apple’s portable-audio regime? Are people unable to walk down the street without having fellow Zune-owners offering to share their songs? Uh… no. According to Amazon.com’s MP3 player sales charts, the Zune is their 18th most popular portable music…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Nov 27

Stokke Gravity Chair Leans Back and Forward: We’re Stoked

Further proving you don’t have to be in orbit to be weightless, the Gravity Chair from Norwegian baby products maker Stokke can sit upright as an office chair, function as a rocker, and lean way back for that serious contemplation your boss told you to stop doing. See it in its variety of unusual permutations,…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 27

XCM Brings PC-style Gaming to Your 360

Miss using your keyboard and mouse to play first-person shooters? XCM is bringing old school PC gaming to your living room with the XFPS 360. The tiny adapter plugs into your Xbox 360’s USB port and lets you connect either a USB or PS/2 keyboard and mouse directly to your system. I could never get…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 27

Beatles-branded iPod in the Works?

First it was Bono and now it’s The Beatles. Fortune magazine is reporting that Britain’s EMI Group (the Beatles’ record label) is close to making a deal with the house of Jobs. There’s talk of bringing The Beatles’ catalogue exclusively to iTunes and even using one of their songs in an iPod ad. But what’s…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 27

Limited Edition Briefcase Go-Kart Track

As soon as we saw this briefcase-full-o’-go-karts, we immediately began trying to figure out how to somehow get our hands on one. Winding around inside this smartly styled steel briefcase is about 6 feet of track, where you can race the two tiny cars against each other using two wheel-shaped wired remote controllers. It runs…

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 27

The Daily Show Rounds Up Ten Years of Absurd Inventions

Sure, we report on plenty of goofy and questionable inventions here at the Giz, but this “Ten Fucking Years: Inventions” clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart takes it one step beyond even our wildest fever dreams. Funny Inventions You Never Knew About [Tech E Blog]

Gadgets Charlie White Nov 27

DirecTV SAT+GO! Brown Box Does Portable Satellite TV

The Annoy-a-tron

Drinkomatic Vends Your Drinks Cold

Flipperoo Clock

Talking Thermometer Won’t Guilt You For Eating Wilbur

LiteCubes for Colorful Quaffing

Ultrasound Stethoscope for Docs on the Go

Parking Timer Keychain

Jura-Capresso Pointless Coffee Cup Warmer

Ecosol Powerstick Mystery Solved

Toyota Designs Hybrid Vehicle Using Pedal Power and Electricity

First Grope: 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Lets You Operate in 3D

Tzero-Analog Devices: Wireless HDMI

Starck Watch for Fossil: O-Ring Digi Has a Doughnut Hole

Zune Not Exactly Tearing Up the Sales Charts

Stokke Gravity Chair Leans Back and Forward: We’re Stoked

XCM Brings PC-style Gaming to Your 360

Beatles-branded iPod in the Works?

Limited Edition Briefcase Go-Kart Track

The Daily Show Rounds Up Ten Years of Absurd Inventions

‘Exit 8’ Is a Satisfying, Scary Twitch Stream Come to Life

Sam Altman Says It’ll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer

SpaceX Starship V3 Engine Goes Up in Flames at Texas Site

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