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Magic Cube Heralds the Future of Gaming and Human Interfaces

Nobody really knows what the future of human interfaces and gaming will look like, but Andrew Fentem—who went from working on classified missile systems to developing multi-touch human interfaces, kinetic surfaces and motion sensing technologies before almost anyone else in the planet—gave us a fascinating vision on where we are headed in this exclusive interview.…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

THE STRIKE IS OVER! TV IS BACK! TV IS BACK!!

HOORAY! According to Disney’s Michael Eisner, the writers’ strike is over! We don’t know why, and we don’t know how. But the man assured us that this whole horrible travesty is finally coming to an end with writers returning to work soon. Wait, we just remembered something…TV kinda sucked. [CNBC]

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Autonomous Submarine Runs Off Ocean Water

Researchers just finished a successful field test with a robotic submarine that can autonomously study the ocean for up to 6 months at a time. While it uses battery reserves for its more fundamental navigation and communication systems, the torpedo-like glider by Webb Research Corporation and WHOi can propel itself using the temperature differences within…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Seiler Piano Supports Hands, Keys and Cars

This “suspension” piano by Seiler brings everyone’s favorite style of bridge indoors and gives it a soundtrack beyond the typical roar of automobiles drowning out the subtle splashing of suicide jumpers. A meticulously crafted mahogany piano suspended on a cast iron frame, we’d be afraid to even touch a key lest we induce the sound…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Pill Camera Not So Hard for Patients to Swallow

As the miniaturisation of cameras continues apace, more and more innovative products are thrown up, such as this pill camera. Basically a lens on a piece of string (isn’t that something that Hell’s Angels like to do involving string, bacon and laydeez, and goes by the name of Wolfbagging?), the technology costs just $300—far less…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Flashing Earphones from Brighton Let You Pimp Your Ears

The USP of Brighton Inc.’s new BI-LEDEAR earphones are light-up earpieces that flash in time to your music. Now, that’s what I call product satisfaction—everyone on the train can be irritated by flashing blue LED lights as well as the, tinny, secondhand noise of your tunes, while you sit there oblivious to the retina-searing effect…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Mustek PF-E700: a Digital Photo Frame With Extra Clock Screen

Mustek’s PF-E700 is yet another LCD photo frame, but with added alarm clock and indoor temperature gauge functions on a second small LCD screen at its base. The standard alarm snooze also gets an extra feature as a moody room light: you can set it so that each time you hit the snooze button you…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Samsung Soul Has Mighty Morphing Touchpad Display

Samsung’s Ultra Edition range will get a revamp with their new Soul, a 7.2Mbps HSDPA cellphone which, at only 12.9mm thick, it comes with auto focus 5MP camera, 2.2″ 320 x 240 pixel full-color display, SD slot and a touchpad display system that will morph the user interface, changing icons according to the application you…

Gadgets Haroon Malik

Tech Company Logos Over the Years

Neatorama has a great feature on the evolution of tech company logos, from the really stylized and arty logos of the early 1900s (for companies that have been around that long), to the colorful and shiny Web 2.0 logos of today. A pretty crazy example is Japan’s Canon, which was originally named Kwanon, after the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

PSP Flexible Grip Gives Dualshock-Like Controls

The PSP is nice enough to hold, especially compared to the boxy DS Lite, but wouldn’t it be better if it were even nicer? Like, Dualshock/Sixaxis nice? Now you can get this Flexible Hand Grip Advance Pad and make that dream come true. Sure, the bulk added doesn’t really justify the slight comfort improvement from…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Orbiting Solar Panels to Shoot Energy to Earth in the Form of Laser Beams

Solar energy is great in theory, but the problem is that panels need to face the sun, which is frequently behind clouds or shining down at some less-than-optimal angle. The solution? Put solar panels in space, of course! Duh! That’s just what the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun working on, actually. They are…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

The Bat Phone

Unlike the previous half-assed Bat Phone, this Bat Phone is the real deal—meaning you get a retro ’60’s handset, base, and flashing light when someone calls. You’ve got a few ringing options here. You can either have a standard ringer, no ringer (just flashing light, like Batman), or a buzzer. You’re going to want the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Pong Helmet Designed for Idiots, People Who Like Pong

If you are retarded and need to wear a helmet around to keep that noggin of yours safe, you might as well make it entertaining for others around you. I guess. I’m not really sure what other uses there are for this except perhaps as a way for construction workers to pass time on their…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Giz Explains: Why We’re Psyched for Silverthorne

Silverthorne is a teeny processor built on the 45nm process (like the much-ballyhooed Penryn), designed for UMPCs, subnotebooks, mystery Apple products and any other smallish gadget that needs real crunching on an ultra-lean power diet. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-whats-the-f-is-a-penryn-335090 It’s about as powerful as the first Pentium M chips (Banias), but while those idled at 5W and averaged…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Scientists Invent Updatable Holographic Display

Researchers at the University of Arizona, with funding from the US Air Force, have developed the world’s first rewritable holographic display. And by “holographic display” we more mean cheesy baseball cards, mid ’90s artwork and credit card logos…as opposed to Star Wars. But the process is still pretty incredible nonetheless. Essentially just laser-etched plastic sandwiched…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

TSA Apologizes for Being Douches About Gadgets HOORAY BLOGGERS!

So, this new Transportation Security Administration blog is both endearing and creepy. Endearing, because it’s cute when bureaucrats try to act like real people with real lives and feelings and whatnot, but creepy because of things like its subtitle: “Terrorists Evolve. Threats Evolve. Security Must Stay Ahead. You Play A Part.” Anyhoo, some real bloggers,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

The PS3 Processor Has Been Successfully Shrunk

IBM has successfully miniaturized the Cell processor that you know from Sony’s PlayStation 3. Formerly built upon the 65nm scale, the new version will be based on the 45nm high-k process. What’s this mean? Money, power and heat savings for Sony. And maybe a smaller or cheaper PS3 for you. Along with the higher processor…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

LEGO Electric Chair, Too Far?

Hey kids! Do you like Bionicle? Of course you do! Well then you are gonna love LEGO’s rad new collection, Prisonicle! Take your friends Eddy (serial killer), Charly (LEGO thief) and Jeffrey (reformed serial killer who just wants to do his time and repent) to the LEGO electric chair and watch as they fry away…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Motorola Gifts Personalized Copies of Its ROKR E8 to Oscar Nominees

Just like they did at last year’s ceremony, Motorola is gifting 2008’s Oscar nominees with personalized versions of its as-yet-unreleased ROKR E8. Yeah, yeah, you probably think we are turning into a celebrity website, but, given the past few weeks of will they, won’t they? speculation as to whether they are getting out of the…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Heart MP3 Players Lock Together With a Kiss, Lock Us Over Sickbag

These MP3 players grab on to every single lovey-dovey Valentine’s cliché: a separable pair of players for you and your other half, that look like kissing lovers when they’re stuck together in a cutesy heart shape. We don’t know where you can buy them, but we do know they’ve got touch controls, have 1GB memory…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Magic Cube Heralds the Future of Gaming and Human Interfaces

THE STRIKE IS OVER! TV IS BACK! TV IS BACK!!

Autonomous Submarine Runs Off Ocean Water

Seiler Piano Supports Hands, Keys and Cars

Pill Camera Not So Hard for Patients to Swallow

Flashing Earphones from Brighton Let You Pimp Your Ears

Mustek PF-E700: a Digital Photo Frame With Extra Clock Screen

Samsung Soul Has Mighty Morphing Touchpad Display

Tech Company Logos Over the Years

PSP Flexible Grip Gives Dualshock-Like Controls

Orbiting Solar Panels to Shoot Energy to Earth in the Form of Laser Beams

The Bat Phone

Pong Helmet Designed for Idiots, People Who Like Pong

Giz Explains: Why We’re Psyched for Silverthorne

Scientists Invent Updatable Holographic Display

TSA Apologizes for Being Douches About Gadgets HOORAY BLOGGERS!

The PS3 Processor Has Been Successfully Shrunk

LEGO Electric Chair, Too Far?

Motorola Gifts Personalized Copies of Its ROKR E8 to Oscar Nominees

Heart MP3 Players Lock Together With a Kiss, Lock Us Over Sickbag

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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