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International Telecommunication Union Claims Cut Cables Were Sabotage

While we’ve been told that those undersea cables that were cut a couple weeks ago were slashed by errant anchors, the International Telecommunication Union now claims that it was deliberate sabotage. https://gizmodo.com/what-most-likely-killed-the-undersea-data-cables-354174 The reasoning? While one of the cables may have been cut by an anchor, the others were too deep for that to be…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Woosim Waterproof Printer Will Give you Tickets

Woomsim’s upcoming 3-inch roll paper printer won’t do anything for you, except probably give you your next speed limit ticket. But we like it because of its bright orange jacket and because it reminds us of Domokun, the Cyclops Version. Look at those teeth. That thing is hungry. For your money. [Red Ferrett and Aving]

Gadgets Kit Eaton

USB Owl Blinks Wisely, Doesn’t Leave Owl Pellets, or Worse, On Your Monitor

This desktop owl toy is the intellectual’s version of the USB humping dog: plug it in, perch it on your monitor and get lovely warm reassuring feelings as it looks around and blinks appreciatively at your typing. On the other hand, it may also evoke weird Harry Potter-esque waking nightmares—watch the short video to check…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Electronic Cigar Not Something You’d Find in Monica Lewinsky’s Underwear Drawer

Although it sounds like something you might find tucked away in Monica Lewinsky’s bedside table, the electronic cigar is a SMOKE. Give it its full title, “Natural Wood Effect Electronic Cigar” and you would think that it belonged in Bill’s bedroom, though. It works on the same principle as most electronic cigarettes—see how in the…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Quadband GSM Wristphone from Epoq Charges Kinetically

The EGP-WP88 from Epoq is the first GSM wristphone that actually looks like a watch. Waterproof to 50 meters, the WP88 has a kinetic recharge system, meaning you can charge it just by walking around, and boasts a 1.3-megapixel camera, OLED display, plays MP3 and MP4 files and can transfer data via either USB or…

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Ricoh Updates Its Compact Camera Series With the R8 and R50

On the left is Ricoh’s new R8 compact camera, a successor to last year’s R7, packing a 7x optical zoom along with a 10 megapixel sensor with CCD-shift image stabilization. It also has a 1:1 square image capture mode, for that medium-format feel, a 2.7-inch LCD, and captures images up to ISO 1600. Also new…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Motorola Updates Its Mobile TV With Navigator

Motorola’s DH01 mobile TV, above, seen at CES last month, has been updated already. The beleaguered electronics company added a GPS navigation system to the DVR (and an “n” to the model number) and took its DH01n to Barcelona’s MWC to show off. It still uses DVB-H format, though, which ain’t exactly popular over here.…

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Star Wars Series 2 Mimobot Flash Drives Ship Tomorrow

The Star Wars Series 2 mimobots—Luke, Leia, Han and Boba Fett—that were due last month are finally shipping tomorrow, three months after going up for pre-order. They’ve got a brand new feature that I’m not sure if I love or hate: When you plug in or eject the drive, it plays sounds from Star Wars,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Japan’s Nikkei: HD DVD Announcement from Toshiba Tomorrow, Sales and Production End by March

Nikkei is reporting that Toshiba prez Atsutoshi Nishida will officially call it quits for HD DVD tomorrow, with sales and production ending in March for players, PC optical drives and the disks themselves. [Nikkei]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Monster Intern-Eating Sigma Lens Up for Order

That bazooka-like Sigma lens we saw at PMA 2008 can now be your very own—for $25,000, more than what the rep told us, but you save $9,500.01 (28%) off its $34k list price (!). It’s 50 pounds, but no worries, just use Super Saver shipping. [Amazon via 1001 Noisy Cameras] https://gizmodo.com/the-most-massive-lens-at-pma-2008-351502

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Reebok Released Kool-Aid Scented Shoes for Some Insane Reason

In one of the most unnatural and nonsensical exercises in cross-branding, well, ever, Kool-Aid has teamed up with Reebok to create Kool-Aid scented shoes. Yes, now your feet can smeel like grape, cherry or strawberry rather than like sweaty death like they do now. Apparently, they went on sale at the start of the month,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Samsung Makes a Bold Choice, Decides to Focus on Blu-ray Over HD DVD

Oh man, big news, guys! I don’t know if you’ve heard, but it looks like Blu-ray has won the format war and HD DVD is dead! You heard it here first, spread the news! In fact, Samsung has just announced that it’s scaling back its HD DVD operations and focusing more on Blu-ray. “Samsung is…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Gizmodo Celebrates the Fathers of Invention on Presidents’ Day

Apart from bringing us laws, wars, peace, hanging chads, lobbies, sex scandals, First Ladies and Rough Riders, there have been presidents and Founding Fathers who have brought us all kinds of gadgets and inventions. Jump to see the best tech that the fearless leaders of the free world had to offer us. Thomas Jefferson, the…

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Schizo Beam Can Put Voices In Your Head From Afar

Non-lethal yet still horribly unpleasant weapons are all the rage these days, from puke rays to pink tasers. What’s the next step? How about a beam that inserts voices into your head? Yes, you could be minding your own business looting a Best Buy during a riot and all of the sudden there’s a voice…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Samsung Ace Official on Sprint: Mega World Phone Does GSM and CDMA

The Samsung Ace is coming to Sprint. It’s worth noting because it’s a cellphone that uses CDMA cellular tech, like all Sprint phones. But it also has an unlocked slot for a GSM SIM card in case you’re wandering around a foreign country and want to buy a prepaid card (or just use Sprint’s GSM…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Waterproof MP3 Player is iRiver, Dives to 200 Feet Under the Sea

I wouldn’t—well, I would just once, like to see what it’s like to dive with The Hives singing along while I fin down to a reef —because I like to live out my Darth Vader fantasies, but this MP3 player could just persuade me otherwise. What is remarkable about this iRiver iFP-380T, with its waterproof…

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Steampunk Taxidermy Takes Steampunk to Awkward Places

Stuffed animals are creepy enough as is — there are few better ways to make people uncomfortable in your home than having a dead animal propped up next to the sofa — but this just takes it to the next level. The “Fixed – Fawn” by New Zealand artist Lisa Black crams gears and mechanics…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Muscle Robot Suit Makes Most Powerful Carpenters Since Jesus

While we’re all about powered exoskeletons to accelerate soldiers’ badassery, Japan builds them for stuff like carpentry. Apparently the suckiest aspect of the job is fitting in ceiling boards, which requires a lot of raw power in an unnatural body position, since it’s all done over-the-head. Nagoya University’s robot suit basically makes their arms like…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

DSLRs Shoot Video With New Patent

The one feature point-and-shoots still have over DSLRs is the ability to shoot video clips. DSLRs are optimized in the other direction—the mirror setup, specialized auto-focus systems, etc. Hiroshi Terada’s patent for a movie mode on DSLRs has one big innovation—a semi-transparent mirror—and then pulls a PS2-on-PS3 emulation trick, cramming in the components necessary to…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Nikon D3 Camera Is So Good Reviewer Doesn’t Want to Send It Back

The D3, that enormous full-frame camera from Nikon, has had its first in-depth review. PhotographyBLOG’s Gavin Stoker gave the $5,000 machine five out of five for features and image quality, while design, ease-of-use and VFM got 4.5 out of 5. Choice quotes after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-d3-and-d300-impressions-beefy-and-beautiful-292552 I haven’t been so impressed with a set of…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

International Telecommunication Union Claims Cut Cables Were Sabotage

Woosim Waterproof Printer Will Give you Tickets

USB Owl Blinks Wisely, Doesn’t Leave Owl Pellets, or Worse, On Your Monitor

Electronic Cigar Not Something You’d Find in Monica Lewinsky’s Underwear Drawer

Quadband GSM Wristphone from Epoq Charges Kinetically

Ricoh Updates Its Compact Camera Series With the R8 and R50

Motorola Updates Its Mobile TV With Navigator

Star Wars Series 2 Mimobot Flash Drives Ship Tomorrow

Japan’s Nikkei: HD DVD Announcement from Toshiba Tomorrow, Sales and Production End by March

Monster Intern-Eating Sigma Lens Up for Order

Reebok Released Kool-Aid Scented Shoes for Some Insane Reason

Samsung Makes a Bold Choice, Decides to Focus on Blu-ray Over HD DVD

Gizmodo Celebrates the Fathers of Invention on Presidents’ Day

Schizo Beam Can Put Voices In Your Head From Afar

Samsung Ace Official on Sprint: Mega World Phone Does GSM and CDMA

Waterproof MP3 Player is iRiver, Dives to 200 Feet Under the Sea

Steampunk Taxidermy Takes Steampunk to Awkward Places

Muscle Robot Suit Makes Most Powerful Carpenters Since Jesus

DSLRs Shoot Video With New Patent

Nikon D3 Camera Is So Good Reviewer Doesn’t Want to Send It Back

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

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

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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