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Electric Masterpiece

Step back for a moment and admire the craftsmanship of the electric guitar sculptures from Carver Doug. After carving wood for over 40 years, sculptor and woodcarver Doug Rowell claims that he can carve anything, out of anything. He proves his point with an astounding collection of hand-carved guitars, some which he salvages from old…

Gadgets Charlie White

Duck Hunt on a Plasma Screen

The biggest problem plaguing the new age of televisions is the inability to use the traditional light gun for video gaming. Our problems have been solved with the release of the LCD TopGun, a video game gun designed to work with all TVs. Empty out your clip on that god-forsaken Duck Hunt dog on a…

Tech News Travis Hudson

High Score: The Best of Kotaku

The week in Kotaku: John Madden finally gets something right and it’s not an Ace Hardware commercial line-reading. EA’s NFL franchise cashcow programmatically predicted that the Steel Curtain, fueled by Cowher Power, would win the Super Bowl and it was right. That’s the Pittsburgh Steelers I’m talking about. Sorry. The 2006 NFL Super Bowl XL…

Tech News Brian Crecente

Gizmodo Japan: AQUOS Vision Recorder

Sharp announced the DV-ARV22, as latest model in the AQUOS HD recorder series. Apparently it is the world‘s thinnest (3.74 inches) VHS video recorder/player, HDD (250GB) and DVD player in one device. It features a HDMI port, terrestrial digital tuner and analog tuner. It also starts up in 1 second for instant recording. You can…

Tech News Johnb

General Hospital, Here We Come: Morphy Richards Fold Down TV

If you’re working on being a housewife or live in such a small space you have to watch your TV in the kitchen, here’s the perfect gadget for you. The Morphy Richards Flip Down TV is a 10.2-inch LCD TV with integrated FM radio. It includes an AUX input for DVD and VCR connections and…

Tech News Tgrumet

Pre-Order PS3 Games on Gamestop

Can’t wait for your PS3 to hit stores? Here’s a little tip: Gamestop is selling 32 Sony PS3 games on pre-order right now. First come/first served people and they’ll be shipped to you as soon as humanly possible. Games include Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4 and the ever-popular Scarface: The World is…

Tech News Tgrumet

Tuning Fork: New Column on the Future of Television

Introducing Brian L. Clark, Gizmodo’s new writer on all things TV. He’ll talk about everything that’s coming next—IPTV, Video-on-Demand, HD, Blu-ray, Interactive Media, iPod and cellphone video, video downloads—stuff that’s going to turn a decades-old, highly-entrenched industry on its ear. Brian is a reporter and consultant on all things digital, runs the The Tech Enthusiast’s…

Tech News Johnb

By the Numbers: ABCs Super Bowl XL Coverage

1,000,000,000 worldwide television audience 130,000,000 US viewers 70,000 fans at Ford Field in Detroit 720p HD standard of the broadcast 500 monitors in control trucks 400 crew people for production, technical, administrative and support 180 frames per second of Sony s new experimental super slo-mo camera 100x optical zoom of the longest Canon lens to…

Television Charlie White

Give Your 360 Some Breathing Room

Yes, you forked over the extra cash to buy the Xbox 360 with the hard drive ( the real one ). Pretty soon, though, you may find that the spacious 20 GB hard drive is not quite enough for all of your downloading needs, especially since you really only have access to 13 of those…

Tech News Gizloco

Bringing Back the Arcade Table

Don’t hate me, but I still yearn for the days of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. That was a time when video games were simple and all I had to do was press one button and use a joystick. What can I say, I just haven’t evolved to the current level of video game fervor needed…

Tech News Tgrumet

Remokon Saucer

Isn‘t it convenient to switch on the heater at home one hour before you come back? Or to remotely switch on the light or the TV at home for a few hours a day, while you are on holiday to scare off robbers, owls, and crazed, naked squatters? Or maybe to remotely switch off your…

Tech News Johnb

Darth Vader Popcorn Machine

Orville Redenbacher doesn’t have anything on Anakin Skywalker. This is a Darth Vader-themed popcorn machine that would fit perfectly into any home theater. It features a six-ounce popcorn popper, smoked glass, chrome cabinet and also has an etching of the Vader on the glass. Don t let him catch you watching Lord of the Rings,…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Remote for Control Freaks

Here’s a remote control that attempts to one-up the Logitech Harmony 880, one of the best and easiest-to-use universal remotes I’ve tried. With the OpenPeak SimpleRemote you can avoid that pesky USB cable, and simply grab codes and program guides from its mother ship website via WiFi. If you don’t have WiFi in your house,…

Tech News Charlie White

Paradigm Cinema Speakers

Paradigm does a nice set of speakers, and these Cinema 220 and Cinema 330 Left/Right/Center models are no exception. Both include a more-powerful driver system, though the 330 takes on a different look, with two 4.5 ICP injection-molded co-polymer polypropylene bass/midrange cones and two 4.5 high-power polypropylene bass cones. The 220 features two 5.5 ICP…

Tech News Tgrumet

Thump-No-More with Koss MP3 Tgo

No longer do you have to wear horribly ugly Thumps in order to carry around a self-contained MP3 listening system. Koss, the company that’s been making headphones for the past few hundred years, offers MP3 T go, self-contained MP3 headphones that do away with wires by placing everything you need right there on your head.…

Tech News Charlie White

Amazon Inches Toward Movie Downloads

The era of downloadable major motion pictures is nearing, but the biggest players are taking baby steps. Case in point: Amazon, which according to Variety is about to inch its way into the digital movie download market. The only catch is, the online shopping giant will probably tie its downloads to DVD sales. Amazon officials…

Commerce Charlie White

CableCard, Your PC and You: Someday the Twain Shall Meet

Someday you’ll be able to record cable TV shows on your computer. But that’s not going to happen until you can somehow plug a CableCard into it, that PC Card that lets you receive encrypted digital cable programming without the need for a set-top box. There’s one catch, though. Behind-the-scenes rumblings tell us that you…

Tech News Charlie White

Xbox Uno Modless Hacking

A forum jockey over at Xboxhacker has developed a way to play burned ripped backup DVDs on his Xbox one without the use of a hardmod or softmod. This hack does all of the work by hacking the DVD firmware. Basically, all you have to do to get the xbox 1 to ‘authenticate’ a disc…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Xbox 360 Patch Today

Confirmed word came via Hard OCP that Microsoft will be publishing the first 360 dashboard software update today. The update is supposedly going to fix the lockups that users are experiencing with their 360s. Additionally it will be adding even more features to the dashboard. Whatever, as long as it doesn t interfere with my…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Sundance Looks to Digital Future. Well, Duh.

Like we didn’t see this one coming. Sure, the Sundance Film Festival looks like a great place to see, be seen and let A,B,C and even D-list celebs grab lots of free swag, but let’s face it, many of the movies shown at the indie festival aren’t exactly huge moneymakers. So it’s no surprise that…

Tech News Tgrumet

Electric Masterpiece

Duck Hunt on a Plasma Screen

High Score: The Best of Kotaku

Gizmodo Japan: AQUOS Vision Recorder

General Hospital, Here We Come: Morphy Richards Fold Down TV

Pre-Order PS3 Games on Gamestop

Tuning Fork: New Column on the Future of Television

By the Numbers: ABCs Super Bowl XL Coverage

Give Your 360 Some Breathing Room

Bringing Back the Arcade Table

Remokon Saucer

Darth Vader Popcorn Machine

Remote for Control Freaks

Paradigm Cinema Speakers

Thump-No-More with Koss MP3 Tgo

Amazon Inches Toward Movie Downloads

CableCard, Your PC and You: Someday the Twain Shall Meet

Xbox Uno Modless Hacking

Xbox 360 Patch Today

Sundance Looks to Digital Future. Well, Duh.

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