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Use Your Fingers to Tap Out The Jams

For some reason, rhythms I produce by nervously tapping my fingers do not translate well to musical instruments. However, this “Jam” concept could help fidgety individuals like myself become musical virtuosos. A central hub wirelessly links the Jam finger taps together allowing one, or several people to play sound clips by tapping their fingers on…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Sonic Nausea Makes Your Prank Victims Sick, Literally

Nothing says hilarity like making somebody else physically ill. That’s the idea behind Sonic Nausea, a tiny device that makes people sick to their stomach when they’re within it’s range. You simply plug the little thing into a 9-volt battery and then it pumps out “ultra-high frequency soundwaves which soon leads most in its vicinity…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Gadget Deals of the Day

Still holiday shopping? There are plenty of deals to grab out there including an 80GB PS3 for $323, a Philips Blu-ray Player for $199.99 shipped and a ScanDisk Sansa MP3 player for $25 shipped. Computing • Lenovo IdeaPad S10 10.2″ Netbook for $367 plus free shipping (going for $399. Use coupon code USPTS10). • Samsung…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Samsung: Hey Circuit City, Where the Hell Is Our $74 Million?

Sony isn’t the only company that tried to rips its gear out of Circuit City’s broke, zombie clutches. Samsung has been asking for the bankrupt company to return $74 million of merch from September.UPDATED 4:00PM https://gizmodo.com/sony-trucks-literally-turn-around-to-stop-circuit-city-5072782 In a bankruptcy court filing, Samsung said it believes “that Circuit City Stores was insolvent at the time it…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Firmware Update For Netflix HD Streaming on Samsung BD Players Available Now

Just as planned, Samsung has loosed a firmware upgrade (version 2.1) for its BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 Blu-ray decks that now supports Netflix streaming in glorious 720p. Go grab it now. [Thanks, Ari!] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-bd-p2500-and-bd-p2550-blu-ray-players-getting-n-5099266

Gadgets John Mahoney

IBM Embarrasses Itself with Five Idiotic Predictions for the Future

IBM has just released a list of five innovations it thinks we’ll see in the next five years, and they’re ridiculous. It’s the kind of crap we laugh at when we see old Life magazine from the 40’s predicting airship kitchens by the year 2000. https://gizmodo.com/the-kitchen-of-tomorrow-in-1943-5101336 Here’s the list: -Energy saving solar technology printed and…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Gadget Deals of the Day

Just because Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over doesn’t mean there aren’t all sorts of deals out there to satisfy your impulsive seasonal shopping cravings. There’s your usual selection of cameras, TVs and computer peripherals, but we also found a deal for the first season of Three’s Company of DVD for $2.75. Now that’s…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Stalker with Low Standards Hides GPS Transmitter on Simon Cowell’s Car

Apparently, some stalker or weasely Paparazzi photographer sneakily affixed a GPS transmitter on American Idol judge Simon Cowell’s Bentley. It’s a pretty weak move, both for Cowell’s privacy and for a public who doesn’t care about Simon Cowell’s whereabouts. Apparently, a leather-clad biker kept showing up everywhere Cowell went, so he had his car swept…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

VideoMan Rig Turns You Into the Most Annoying Guy Around Instantly

In theory, the VideoMan suit is designed to allow you to create public protest art on the go. In practice, it’ll get you beat up and robbed of all the fancy gear you have strapped to your back. The rig consists of a video camera, projector, large portable battery pack, power inverters, amplifiers and other…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Surfing for Seniors: In Case You Need a Refresher on How a Mouse and IE 3.0 Work

On one level, this video is fun because it explains how computers work in the most dumbed-down language imaginable. On another level, it’s from the 90s, the golden early age of the internet. And it’s aimed at the elderly, creating the trifecta. Yes, Surfing for Seniors is a real gem, explaining how computers work in…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Instant Xmas Tree-In-a-Pizza-Box Is Probably Made by ACME

The fully-decorated tree in a pizza box is one of those amazing ideas that kick ass and sucks all what’s good about Xmas at the same time. Yes, I hate it. I mean, look at it. You buy the thing, it comes in a flat pizza box, you put two sticks together, place the flattened…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Medion’s New GPSs Are Really Secure, Need Your Fingerprints to Navigate

Medion’s new GoPal GPS units have an unusual extra feature intended as a deterrant for thieves: fingerprint scanners. The GoPal X5535, P5235 and P5435 all have a tiny scanner and will only work when they recognize one of five stored prints, making them useless if stolen. They’ve all got 5-inch screens, though the P5235 has…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Tiny Sony Laptop Hits FCC—Is This A Sony Netbook?

The computer rear-end in this photo is a Sony machine that’s just hit the FCC. There’re a couple of things that make it interesting: it’s labeled with PCG-1P1L, making it synonymous with Vaio numbering. It was tested for 802.11 Wi-Fi in b, g and n flavors, with Bluetooth and both EVDO and HSPA. Its label…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Fujitsu’s Laptop4Life Scheme Gets You A New Laptop Every 3 Years ‘Til You Die

Craziness: Buy one Fujitsu laptop, get a new one every three years until you’re dead. That’s basically the crazy principle behind Fujitsu’s Laptop4Life program. Sure, you have to buy the extended 3-year warranty at first, not damage the old machine too much, and hang onto the receipt for grim death, but then you’ll get a…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Samsung Omnia on Verizon Wireless Now $50 Cheaper at $200

Apparently we weren’t the only ones a little baffled by the pricing of VZW’s Omnia—after being available for only six days, the price has dropped down to $200 (with the same $70 rebate and two-year contract), bringing it even with the Blackberry Storm. We’re still only seeing the Omnia being a must-have for Windows Mobile…

Gadgets John Mahoney

Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They’re Worth A Fortune, Because They Are

Japanese firm Hario just came up with this rather beautiful new speaker system, dubbed Harion. So far, so groovy. It’s made of heat-resistant glass (the first to be like it, according to Hario) and the woofer, two tweeters and two mid-range speakers proved so complex to create that it took a small army of companies—23…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Russia’s New Armor-Fooling Rocket Grenade Is An “Abrams Killer” Apparently

The new rocket-propelled grenade RPG-30 anti-armor weapon recently unveiled in Russia has a sneaky trick to help it get past active defenses—it fires a tiny decoy rocket flying ahead of the main warhead. This is to confuse defensive systems into attacking the decoy, meaning they’re too busy to successfully defeat the real weapon inbound just…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Duo Wireless Penmouse Adds Touchscreen Tablet Tech to Laptops Cheaply

Modding your laptop to add a touchscreen is certainly possible, though you’ll need to be pretty competent with tools: with the Duo gizmo all you need to be able to do is clip it to your screen. The two-piece device has a sensor you pop on top of your monitor or laptop screen and a…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Landport Cubes Squeeze Powered Speakers In Just 1-Inch

Portable speakers for MP3 players are two a penny, but not many are not far off a penny in size: Landport’s Cubes are though. They’re just an inch cube, but fit in stereo speakers, 3.5-mm jack plug, rechargeable batteries and a mini-USB port. They’ll run for 4-5 hours on a charge, too. Just don’t go…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Nikon’s D3X Masterpiece DSLR Goes Official With An $8,000 Price Tag

The rumors pointed pretty firmly to it, and then some leaked specs detailed what it’d be like, but now Nikon’s new pro-level D3X DSLR has arrived officially. Touting it as a 24-megapixel “Digital Masterpiece,” with exceptionally low noise sensor, 5fps full-frame shooting speed and with file sizes of 138MB, Nikon’s saying the camera’s available now…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Use Your Fingers to Tap Out The Jams

Sonic Nausea Makes Your Prank Victims Sick, Literally

Gadget Deals of the Day

Samsung: Hey Circuit City, Where the Hell Is Our $74 Million?

Firmware Update For Netflix HD Streaming on Samsung BD Players Available Now

IBM Embarrasses Itself with Five Idiotic Predictions for the Future

Gadget Deals of the Day

Stalker with Low Standards Hides GPS Transmitter on Simon Cowell’s Car

VideoMan Rig Turns You Into the Most Annoying Guy Around Instantly

Surfing for Seniors: In Case You Need a Refresher on How a Mouse and IE 3.0 Work

Instant Xmas Tree-In-a-Pizza-Box Is Probably Made by ACME

Medion’s New GPSs Are Really Secure, Need Your Fingerprints to Navigate

Tiny Sony Laptop Hits FCC—Is This A Sony Netbook?

Fujitsu’s Laptop4Life Scheme Gets You A New Laptop Every 3 Years ‘Til You Die

Samsung Omnia on Verizon Wireless Now $50 Cheaper at $200

Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They’re Worth A Fortune, Because They Are

Russia’s New Armor-Fooling Rocket Grenade Is An “Abrams Killer” Apparently

Duo Wireless Penmouse Adds Touchscreen Tablet Tech to Laptops Cheaply

Landport Cubes Squeeze Powered Speakers In Just 1-Inch

Nikon’s D3X Masterpiece DSLR Goes Official With An $8,000 Price Tag

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

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

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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