Gadgets

Samsung’s Animated, Flexible OLED Passport Shown On Video

Announced last year, this technology sounded more than a little bit pie-in-the-sky. A flexible OLED passport? With video capabilities? And it’s powered wirelessly? Yet here it is, captured in full sight, on video. And I’ll be damned if it doesn’t work perfectly. Alongside a static picture, this e-passport displays a rotating photographic avatar when placed…

Gadgets John Herrman

Samsung Launches 32 GB DDR3 RAM Module, Mostly Just Because They Can

Samsung yammered back in January about making a 32-gigabyte DDR3 RAM stick, and now they’ve unveiled the beastly piece of hardware for servers. These new 1.35-volt modules are also 20-percent faster than previous 1.5-volt DDR3 modules. Nice. That said, Mark heard straight from Samsung who said that there’s no release timetable for this thing yet,…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Samsung’s New 24-Inch Monitor Comes With an Epic 5 Megapixel Webcam Tacked On

Samsung’s gone and pasted a 5-megapixel webcam on the 24-inch Scopia VC240 monitor. Now we can finally see topless Jesus in all his HD glory! https://gizmodo.com/peek-o-matic-strips-pinups-hunks-flabby-gizmodo-edito-5271880 The Scopia webcam captures 720p video at 30fps with a bitrate of 2 megabits. It also supports V2oIP conferencing technology and uses h.264 compression. Obviously, this thing will never…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Panasonic iPod Merge Inflight Entertainment Will Integrate with Your iPhone, iPod, Digital Camera

According to Mary RunwayGirl Kirby—I call her Freckles myself—you will be able to use Panasonic’s new iPod Merge inflight entertainment system to access your digital camera photos and fully access your iPod as early as this fall. According to Panasonic, iPod merge is not just a connector for the iPod, but gives you full access…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Romulan Planet Drill Now In Testing Stages, For Real

If everything goes well, soon we will be able to reach the center of the Earth using 7200ºF flame jets that can go into any kind of material at 100 feet an hour. Wait, “if everything goes well”? Yes, apparently this is a great idea because it can be the key to obtain cheap geothermal…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Pūrleve Automatically Puts Condoms On Knobs

My job here is done. OK, it’s not. This is the Pūrleve, described by the manufacturer as a hygienic door handle. As someone who has mastered the art of opening and closing toilet doors without touching the doorknob, I’ve to admit that the idea of the Pūrleve is a good one: Every time someone uses…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Samsung Jet Actually Rocket Powered: 800MHz Processor, Six-Sided Cube Interface, Webkit Browser

Here’s the Samsung Jet—it’s got an 800MHz processor (obviously they want you to know what’s inside, unlike Apple), a pure Samsung six-sided Cube interface, and a WebKit browser. Samsung calls the browser Dolfin, and it’ll come to other Samsung phones in the future (okay, that’s what I’m most excited about). No carrier in the US…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Samsung Omnia II Has Biggest Ever Phone AMOLED Display, Coming to Verizon

Samsung’s dropping a whole lotta Omnia, if you haven’t noticed. Verizon’s getting the Omnia II (Sammy’s leaving when and for how much for Verizon to announce), which has the biggest AMOLED display yet in in a phone—3.7 inches at WVGA resolution. It’s going to have TouchWiz 2.0 as well, meaning it’s got more widget power,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Samsung ‘Louvre’ Is the Omnia Pro

Samsung “revealed” a few handsets today at an event in Singapore, first and foremost confirming that the OLED, WXGA, Windows Mobile Louvre B7610 is, in fact, the rumored Omnia Pro, pictured second from the right. Also present were the already-announced I7500 Android phone, the megapixel-obsessed Pixon 12 and the Jackie B7320, an Epix-like candybar. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-switcheroo-louvre-might-become-omnia-pro-at-la-5290085…

Gadgets John Herrman

Samsung Switcheroo: Louvre Might Become Omnia Pro At Launch

BGR is reporting today that the well-known AMOLED-equipped Samsung Omnia Pro might be linked to the recently unearthed “Louvre B7610.” By the way, “linked” in this case means “the exact same thing.” https://gizmodo.com/rumor-samsung-omnia-pro-could-feature-full-qwerty-amo-5228884 Why the subterfuge? No idea, but what today’s news does bring us are a slew of updated specs for the Omnia Pro/Louvre,…

Gadgets Jack Loftus

Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes of 30 Rock

We’re loving Samsung’s new line of PMPs, and as lifelong haters of forced video conversion, we’re especially glad that Samsung’s been throwing us torrent-using pirates a bone with great codec support and a 2.7-inch touchscreen in its new YP-R1 PMP. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-p3-media-player-review-here-comes-a-nano-beate-5200754 We don’t know too much about the 2.7-inch touchscreened YP-R1, as it’s merely leaked…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Samsung Crest E1107 Solar Cellphone: Sun-Powered, Dirt Cheap At $59

Samsung has announced it’s first solar powered GSM cellphone, the Crest E1107, for eco-friendly, budget conscious types that don’t seem to be concerned with practicality. Apparently, the Crest can generate enough power for 5-10 minutes of talk time with one hour of exposure to the sun. Like I said, practicality flies out the window here.…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

12.2-Megapixel, HD-Shooting Samsung WB1000/TL320 Arrives Next Week, Still Thinks It’s a Car

Samsung has posted the full details of its WB1000 (née TL320) analog-gauged point-and-shoot, and its specs—like its exterior—are eye-catching. https://gizmodo.com/gauging-samsungs-tl320-oled-display-point-and-shoot-5163157 The WB1000 is built around a 12.2 megapixel sensor, which is capable of shooting up to ISO 3200 (in reduced 3.2-megapixel mode) and 720p video, which can be smoothed, like SD video, with the camera’s…

Gadgets John Herrman

Lego Now Making Gadgets, Including a Stop Motion Video Camera

No longer content to just have their notorious bricks serve as props, Lego are using their bricks for actual gadgets, including a digital camera, MP3 player, boombox, walkie-talkie and—my personal favorite-a stop motion video camera. Dvice says the digital camera and the MP3 player were the only prototypes on display, which are limited both in…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Electronic Skin Changes Gadget Colors On the Fly

Remember when Leeloo painted her nails in many colors at the touch of a button in The Fifth Element? Yeah, me neither, I was too busy falling in love with Milla Jovovich. This invention, however, will make that possible. What you are seeing in this image is a cellphone that has changed its color from…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Panasonic Goes Cheap, Light With the HDC-SD10, TM10 1080p Camcorders

Nothing about the hardware Panasonic’s new camcorders is going to do much to liven ye olde pantaloons, and that’s fine. The HDC-SD10 and HDC-TM10 aren’t meant to be cutting edge. Instead, they’re cheap—under $600—and super-light, at just .5lbs. It’s a smart strategy, since consumer-grade 1080p camcorders, like point-and-shoot cameras, are hugely common and rarely differentiated…

Gadgets John Herrman

Insert Technology Into Classic Album Covers

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to take classic album covers and insert gadgets or technology where they really don’t belong. Send your best work to me at [email protected] with “Album Covers” in the subject line. Name your files FirstnameLastname.jpg with the name you want used as credit, and save your files as…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

57 Classic TV Shows Brought Awkwardly Into the 21st Century

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to take you favorite classic TV shows and drag them into the 21st century. And let me tell you, I would pay good money to see Doogie Howser, /b/tard. First Place — Snickers McPickles Second Place — Miguel Lopez Third Place — Ana Andrade

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Samsung 14.1-Inch and 31-Inch OLED TVs Are Now “Production Ready”

Talk of 14.1 and 31-inch OLED TVs from Samsung has been going on for some time now, but decent-sized units have not materialized on store shelves thus far. Hopefully, that will change soon as Samsung deems these new AM OLED sets “production ready.” https://gizmodo.com/samsung-set-to-show-off-31-inch-oled-screen-at-ces-2008-337943 The 31-incher is the first OLED display to boast full HD…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Heated Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Gadget Makes Scratching Obsolete

If mosquitoes find you delicious, this gadget can help you find relief. Apparently, holding its heat source over the bite “helps neutralize the insect-injected proteins that cause itching and swelling.” Something tells me that good old scratching is still the best medicine—that and avoiding bananas. I seem to recall Mr. Wizard saying something about how…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Samsung’s Animated, Flexible OLED Passport Shown On Video

Samsung Launches 32 GB DDR3 RAM Module, Mostly Just Because They Can

Samsung’s New 24-Inch Monitor Comes With an Epic 5 Megapixel Webcam Tacked On

Panasonic iPod Merge Inflight Entertainment Will Integrate with Your iPhone, iPod, Digital Camera

Romulan Planet Drill Now In Testing Stages, For Real

Pūrleve Automatically Puts Condoms On Knobs

Samsung Jet Actually Rocket Powered: 800MHz Processor, Six-Sided Cube Interface, Webkit Browser

Samsung Omnia II Has Biggest Ever Phone AMOLED Display, Coming to Verizon

Samsung ‘Louvre’ Is the Omnia Pro

Samsung Switcheroo: Louvre Might Become Omnia Pro At Launch

Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes of 30 Rock

Samsung Crest E1107 Solar Cellphone: Sun-Powered, Dirt Cheap At $59

12.2-Megapixel, HD-Shooting Samsung WB1000/TL320 Arrives Next Week, Still Thinks It’s a Car

Lego Now Making Gadgets, Including a Stop Motion Video Camera

Electronic Skin Changes Gadget Colors On the Fly

Panasonic Goes Cheap, Light With the HDC-SD10, TM10 1080p Camcorders

Insert Technology Into Classic Album Covers

57 Classic TV Shows Brought Awkwardly Into the 21st Century

Samsung 14.1-Inch and 31-Inch OLED TVs Are Now “Production Ready”

Heated Mosquito Bite Itch Relief Gadget Makes Scratching Obsolete

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

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Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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