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Thingamakit DIY Synthesizer is Horribly, Wonderfully Noisy

Weird… but I kinda want to hear more. That’s roughly how I’d describe the sound output of the Thingamakit, a strange "noise monster" DIY synthesizer. I like the fact that it uses some sort of optical feedback: adjusting those tentacles affects how the sounds are generated, which then gets fed back to the LEDs in…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Dealzmodo: T-Mobile Cellphones Going for Free at Wal-Mart

Fancy a BlackBerry Curve that earns you $50? At the moment, Wal-Mart is running an online deal that means the normally $149.99 phone will cost you just $49.99, and after rebates you’ll actually be $50 in profit. The T-Mobile Wing and BlackBerry Pearl (normally $299.99 and $99) are also going for free, and will get…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Pioneer Pushes Blu-ray Discs to 16 Layers, 400GB Capacity

Just last month we were reporting 42GB research DVD technology, but Panasonic’s scientists have blown that figure out of the water with a 400GB optical disc. The trick’s been done by making a 16-layer deep Blu-ray disc, and a player with sufficiently clever optics that it can pick up the light scattered by all those…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

New Study Says Solid State Drives Are Better for Battery Life, Not Worse

I hope this SSD good/bad theme doesn’t turn into one of those long-running “good for you/bad for you” food fiascoes (is coffee on the good list again, by the way? Blogging is thirsty work.) A new bit of investigation by Laptopmag seems to challenge the Tom’s Hardware study that put SSD’s battery performance in the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

NES Cartridge Modded into NES System With Screen, Space-Time at Risk Again

I’ve changed my mind: this has to be the most jaw-dropping NES mod ever, beating April’s one. And this time the space-time continuum is at risk of ripping. Modder Darkeru over at Ben Heck forums has twisted reality around by including an entire NES emulator system, plus controls, plus an LCD screen into an original…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Huge Rubber Snake is No Joke, Generates Power From Waves

For some reason or other, we’ve shown you a lot of robotic snakes here on Giz. But this new one is kind of a robot snake in reverse: it’s designed to float just beneath the surface of the sea and capture wave energy, which it then turns into electrical power. A science team in the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

10 Gadgety Reasons Why I Love America

With an unpopular war going on, an unpopular president in the White House and an economy in crisis, sometimes we struggle to remember what makes this country great. July 4th should be a time to reflect on the positives-a day to celebrate our independence and recapture our patriotic spirit. For some of us, that may…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Research UAV is Preview of Hovering Spy Drones of Tomorrow

Meet STARMAC, the Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control. Possibly the cleverest remote control mini-helicopter you’ve ever seen, packed with GPS, sensors and computer power. It’s a research quad-rotor that the Stanford team is using to develop algorithms for future aircraft like it. The algorithms the team develops will allow hovering ‘bots like…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Concept Jewelry Celebrates Birth With Plasticized Human Milk

Did you know that science has made it possible to turn milk into a plastic by solidifying the casein it contains? Well, you do now. But I bet you’d never think of using the technique to turn human breast milk into a “jewel” of sorts, and then use that to make a necklace. But that’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

USB LED Light Tube Speaker is Like Bad Sci-Fi Prop For Your Desk

This transparent, glowing USB speaker is either missing one glowing arm to make it look like a flux capacitor, or has one arm too many to be the light on top of the TARDIS. It’s weird. But if you’re into EL-wire PC case modding, then I suppose this blue LED-lit USB speaker from Brando might…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Scientists Build Nanowire Memory That Uses Trits, Not Bits

Scientists at University of Pennsylvania have been tinkering with germanium-tellurium nanowires and have figured out how to make them store data in three states. Yup, that’s 0,1 and 2… binary seems passé now doesn’t it? According to the team, storing trits instead of bits “could allow for a huge increase in the memory density of…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Tic Tac Toe Reinvented, Gets Mirror Upgrade

It doesn’t take long for kids to learn that when it comes to Tic Tac Toe “the only winning move is not to play.” But there’s something iconic about the game that means it keeps coming back. And designer Shahar Peleg has crafted such an unusual version I’d be tempted to pop it on my…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Anima Machines Robotic Art is Freakishly Organic

At Impress they’ve posted a review of a recent show titled Anima Machines by artist Choe U Ram that contains some of the most bizarre robotic exhibits you can imagine. Choe’s work includes things like sophisticated glowing robotic flowers that respond to each other’s behavior, and whirling bladed sculptures that look organic in their complexity…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Show Us Your Wildest Gadget Dreams in Napkin Sketch Form

It’s a classic story: someone comes up with a million dollar idea while sitting at a bar and sketches it out on a napkin to remember it. Later, they profit, and they have a cute story about where they came up with the idea. Well, now’s your chance. For this week’s photo contest, I’m looking…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Hidden Tap Faucet Changes Temp When You Move Your Hands Side-to-Side

This lovely faucet uses a sensor to follow your hands as you move underneath it. As you move them from left to right, the water increases in temperature, enabling you to control how hot the water is by placing your hands on one side or the other. It’s pretty awesome. Hit the jump for a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Gizmodo’s Ultimate Water Gun Battlemodo Royale

There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer’s day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don’t want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you’ll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on.…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Jackson Pollock’s Hi-Fi Was Paint-Splattered Too, Played Loud

Over at The Audiophiliac they’re running a story about a visit to the house where abstract painter Jackson Pollock used to live with wife Lee Krasner. Apparently the guy had a pretty cool hi-fi: a Bogun DB-20 tube amp, a Crown turntable and speakers built into a stairwell. Audiophiliac’s Steve notes that the door holding…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Gear4 BlackBox Micro is Micro Black Box Speaker For MP3 Gear

Last time we talked about Blackbox gizmos from Gear4 it was a largeish Bluetooth speaker, but this new one is different. It’s wired, USB-powered and designed to be a portable companion for an MP3 player. You may think size sacrifices bass power, but apparently it’s got an “SFX gel” base, meaning it uses any flat…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Guy Uses Laser-Etch Machine to Tattoo Himself (Verdict: Flaming Nutcase)

See that robot there? It’s burned by a laser-etch machine. On genyoowine human skin. Ohoho yes: that sent an icky feeling up your spine didn’t it? If it didn’t, then it should have. Try looking through the gallery, and then watch the video of a skin-etch in action, and that should do the trick… https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-can-be-laser-etched-with-monkeys-359683…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Brando USB, eSATA HDD Dock Gets One-Touch Backup Button

Previously it was double slots and eSATA, now the cartridge-style HDD dock gets a one-touch backup button. Makes it ideal for backing up your main drive to an old HDD you’ve got spare, and then bunging the backup in a cupboard until you need it. It’s got eSATA and USB 2 connectivity and even comes…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Thingamakit DIY Synthesizer is Horribly, Wonderfully Noisy

Dealzmodo: T-Mobile Cellphones Going for Free at Wal-Mart

Pioneer Pushes Blu-ray Discs to 16 Layers, 400GB Capacity

New Study Says Solid State Drives Are Better for Battery Life, Not Worse

NES Cartridge Modded into NES System With Screen, Space-Time at Risk Again

Huge Rubber Snake is No Joke, Generates Power From Waves

10 Gadgety Reasons Why I Love America

Research UAV is Preview of Hovering Spy Drones of Tomorrow

Concept Jewelry Celebrates Birth With Plasticized Human Milk

USB LED Light Tube Speaker is Like Bad Sci-Fi Prop For Your Desk

Scientists Build Nanowire Memory That Uses Trits, Not Bits

Tic Tac Toe Reinvented, Gets Mirror Upgrade

Anima Machines Robotic Art is Freakishly Organic

Show Us Your Wildest Gadget Dreams in Napkin Sketch Form

Hidden Tap Faucet Changes Temp When You Move Your Hands Side-to-Side

Gizmodo’s Ultimate Water Gun Battlemodo Royale

Jackson Pollock’s Hi-Fi Was Paint-Splattered Too, Played Loud

Gear4 BlackBox Micro is Micro Black Box Speaker For MP3 Gear

Guy Uses Laser-Etch Machine to Tattoo Himself (Verdict: Flaming Nutcase)

Brando USB, eSATA HDD Dock Gets One-Touch Backup Button

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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