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Inside Video of Operation “Blow Up a Satellite”: Heart Pounding Action…With Missiles!

Remember how the Navy fired a missile at that spy satellite a few months ago and made it go boom in one shot? Not surprisingly, they were quite proud of their accomplishment—which is why they have compiled footage of their exploits in a series of tense behind-the-scenes moments. The video after the break even shows…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Lacoste Asks: How Will We Play Tennis In 2083?

How will we play tennis in 2083? From the looks of things, Lacoste believes we will be in a virtual room with collapsible rackets and cool looking robotic suits. Although, I have to admit that the video after the break portrays it as more like a futuristic version of racquetball to me—but either way, it…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Blockbuster’s Box Is Hot Competition for Netflix

Can Blockbuster compete with the new Netflix Player? Their first attempt at a box of their own (seen here) looks like it might fall a little short when it comes to streaming movies and TV shows on demand. But it absolutely dominates the competition in the areas of fast food pizza delivery. Different strokes, I…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Bestlink Alpha 400, The $250 “Eee”

We’re a little sick of the Asus Eee metric too, but it sure makes for a succinct headline. The Bestlink Alpha 400 is a 7-inch Linux PC with a 400Mhz processor, scant 128MB of RAM and 1-2GB of internal flash storage. It’s nothing impressive, but it only runs $250…through probably not much else, if you…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Dude Takes a Tennis Ball to the Crotch at 50MPH for ‘Science’

Click to view This poor bastard signed up as a volunteer for this “science” show and ended up having to stand with his junk in front of a tennis ball machine. The test? To see what happens to your body during a solid strike to the ol’ hangin’ brains. Shockingly, his pulse rate went up…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Question of the Day: Are Desktops Dead?

Last night when I was chatting with Jesus, I mentioned I wanted to get out of the Giz virtual office so I could build my new gaming desktop. He laughed and mocked me for being “so 1990s.” It bothered me, but he’s right: Barely anyone I know has a full-size, honkin’ desktop anymore. By all…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Canon Digital Rebel XS/1000D Entry-Level DSLR Specs (Like an XTi + Live View)

More supposed info on the supra-entry level Rebel XS (1000D) DSLR Canon’s rumored to be cooking up as a replacement for the XTi: The specs are just like the XTi, but with Live View tacked on. A 10.1MP sensor with a Digic III processor, 7-point AF, 3FPS bursts, 2.5-inch LCD (what, no screen love?), XSi-esque…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

An Underwater Generator Inspired by Sharks, Minus the Seal Killing

It never hurts to take cues from nature when designing technology, and that’s just what BioPower Systems did when engineering its bioSTREAM underwater generator. It’s inspired by shark tails, using the shape in a fixed device that moves with the motion of the ocean. It reverses the use of the tail, with the water moving…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Epson Proud of Its 13 Inches of E-paper

We haven’t been talking much about e-paper as of late, but companies are still chipping away at the technology all the same. Epson just unveiled their newest flagship demo, a 13.4-inch display with 3104 × 4128 resolution and pixel density as high as 385ppi. Contrast ratio is also quite good at 10:1 (the WSJ is…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Sony Teases PSP GPS Dongle and App (Looks Good So Far)

Today Sony’s PSP guys gave us a heads-up on what’s next for the portable. Two years after launching in Japan, we’re finally going to get GPS action for the PSP on this side of the pond. Happily, it looks like we’ll be getting a much better package than Japan for a change. https://gizmodo.com/psp-gps-hardware-ships-software-to-follow-220383 Due in…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Australia Gets TiVo Minus the Subscription Fees

The Seven Media Group is so excited to distribute TiVos in Australia before the Beijing Olympics (and worried about fierce regional competition) that they’re actually offering the boxes with full service sans subscription fees. If you ask the average non-TiVo user why he/she uses an alternative DVR, 9 out of 10 people will probably point…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Huggable Electric Hoodies for Couples: A Visual Ipecac

Nothing gets the bile rising in the throat faster than a couple wearing the same clothes—that is until you have witnessed a couple wearing these Embrace Me hoodies. The abstract logo on the front of the garment is actually made of a conductive fabric. When two people wearing the shirts embrace, small white lights flicker…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Homemade Gunmetal PlayStation 3 (Ooh, Looks Violent)

You could wait until Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out to get your gunmetal PlayStation 3. Or, you could make your own, spiting Kojima, Sony, all MGS4 fanboys and people who just like the color black. One modder did just that, repainting his case in dark weapon-happy silver (Tamiya Gunmetal TS-38 spray paint). And it…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Blu-ray Coffee Table, Pac-Man Tabletop For Grown-ups

When tabletop arcade manufacturer Retro-Tech makes a coffee table, it’s gotta do more than hold books on Famous Chateaus of the 18th Century and What Things Look Like From the Sky. It has to hold that stuff and piss off your home theater. So they start with a 19″ touchscreen, add a Blu-ray drive with…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Music Vest Ad from the ’80s is Probably the Pinnacle of Gadget Advertising

Back in the year 1984, there was no Gizmodo to warn you away from lousy gadgets. Instead, you had to take your chances on products that you saw on TV. If you actually sent away $34.95 for one of these Music Vests after seeing the commercial, however, you get no sympathy from me. Although it…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Metallic Blue PSP Announced, Bundles Only

We like the looks of this metallic blue PSP, but it won’t be a standalone product when it hits on August 12. The PSP will come as part of a $200 pack that includes Madden 09, “NFL: In Just One Play” on UMD, 1GB Memory Stick, and the downloadable PSP game Beats. Here are all…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Resealable Can Saves Your Sodas

Our mouths dropped last week when we discovered the double-lidded jar. Now we’re equally impressed by a can that’s resealable. The can pops open like any normal can. Then, when you’re finished taking a few sips, you simply rotate the the tab and a second layer of metal plugs the hole. (The video will probably…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Portable Urine Glucose Meter Hates Needles, Loves Pee

Most diabetics are tough enough to routinely test their blood without crying about it (the alternative to death is certainly a good one), but Tanita has announced a portable digital urine glucose meter for those with sugar-management diseases like diabetes and metabolic syndrome that needs no blood. A portable unit of what they’ve had in…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Do We Care About Air-Conditioning Units? We Do When They Have Friends Like Her

This is Samsung’s new air-conditioning unit from its Hauzen range. Blah blah blah blah pretty laydee blah blah legs blah blah is she smiling at me blah blah BLAH. Gallery below, and feel free to improve on my captions in the comments. [Akihabara News]

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Acer Goes for High-End Gamers With Predator PC

With its sassy orange and black body, the Predator is Acer’s riposte to HP’s Voodoo and Dell’s XPS and Alienware lines. Running an Intel Quad-Core processor, the desktop PC also has liquid cooling, a Blu-ray Disc drive and four swappable SATA disk drives, and uses Nvidia’s SLI graphics technology. Full stats below the gallery. Windows…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Inside Video of Operation “Blow Up a Satellite”: Heart Pounding Action…With Missiles!

Lacoste Asks: How Will We Play Tennis In 2083?

Blockbuster’s Box Is Hot Competition for Netflix

Bestlink Alpha 400, The $250 “Eee”

Dude Takes a Tennis Ball to the Crotch at 50MPH for ‘Science’

Question of the Day: Are Desktops Dead?

Canon Digital Rebel XS/1000D Entry-Level DSLR Specs (Like an XTi + Live View)

An Underwater Generator Inspired by Sharks, Minus the Seal Killing

Epson Proud of Its 13 Inches of E-paper

Sony Teases PSP GPS Dongle and App (Looks Good So Far)

Australia Gets TiVo Minus the Subscription Fees

Huggable Electric Hoodies for Couples: A Visual Ipecac

Homemade Gunmetal PlayStation 3 (Ooh, Looks Violent)

Blu-ray Coffee Table, Pac-Man Tabletop For Grown-ups

Music Vest Ad from the ’80s is Probably the Pinnacle of Gadget Advertising

Metallic Blue PSP Announced, Bundles Only

Resealable Can Saves Your Sodas

Portable Urine Glucose Meter Hates Needles, Loves Pee

Do We Care About Air-Conditioning Units? We Do When They Have Friends Like Her

Acer Goes for High-End Gamers With Predator PC

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

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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