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Urinal Headrest Invention Would Make Thomas Edison Proud

This, my friends, is the greatest patent the world has ever known. Brilliant in its simplicity, it’s a headrest for placement above urinals. I mean, haven’t we all been in a state where we would just love to take a quick nap while peeing, but worried about the cleanliness/comfort of the tiled wall above the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Spy Camera Mooches Energy From Fluorescent Lights

The problem with setting up spy cameras in places where you’re not supposed to is that you need to find some source of power to plug them in to, which make it hard to be sneaky. Not so with these Symbiotic Cameras, which mooch power off of fluorescent lights. Simply slide the ring around the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Dell Smartphone in 2008?!

In an already interesting article chronicling the last 10 months of the second coming of Michael Dell at his namesake, Forbes mentions two more interesting upcoming products: A suicide chip for stolen laptops that remotely nukes the hard drive, and a smartphone coproduced with Quanta—led on Dell’s end by one of the RAZR’s daddies, Ron…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Spotlight LED In-Car Torch Finds Fluff Down the Side of the Car Seat

The Spotlight, a tiny little flashlight that charges via your car’s cigarette lighter and allows you to find all the little bits of detritus and ting that manage to fall down the side of the car seat. It comes in a dozen different colors and was runner-up for Best New Interior Accessory prize at SEMA…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Astone Sit N Joy Inflatable Massage Chair Does What It Says

How do I love thee, Astone Sit N Joy inflatable massage chair? Let me count the ways. Cup holder. Dock for iPod. Remote control. Works on the beach, grass, home, prison (probably). Great name (ass-tone, heh). Wipes down for easy maintenance. Wonderful lay-dee-filled gallery (see below.) Just 122 buckeroonies. [AxPertZ via New Launches]

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Cat Bed Made from Old Computer Monitor

Geek cats might appreciate this bed made from an old computer monitor and costing around $40. The modder made good use of the letters from an old keyboard, as well, as you can see from the gallery below. ZOMG I iz on da interwebz. [Etsy via Craftzine via MAKE]

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Nokia’s Patent Reveals Innovative Six- or Eight- Megapixel Slider Phone

Cellphone sites are speculating that these rather fascinating images from Nokia could mean an interesting addition to the Finnish company’s N-Series. Rocking slightly more detailed drawings than your usual patent-application sketch, the pics show a slider phone with retractable flash. It could mean that Nokia is preparing to welcome a six- or eight-megapixel phone onto…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Ricavision VAVE100, Universal SideShow Remote

As a Mac user, the one Windows feature I’m constantly a little jealous of is SideShow. Particularly, I dig devices like this Ricavision VAVE100. At its heart a powerful 20-device, backlit IR universal remote, the VAVE100 also sports a 2.4″ screen SideShow compatible screen with Bluetooth connectivity. So you can have all those SideShow gadgets…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

8 Reasons the PSP Will NEVER, EVER Overtake the DS

Our own pantsing expert Jason Chen recently wrote up 8 Reasons Why The PSP Might Overtake the DS. It was a fascinating article with some worthwhile arguments. But alas, he was completely, entirely wrong. Jason’s logic is the consumer electronic equivalent of Zeno’s Paradox, perfect in theory…but clearly fallible in real world testing. So here…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Self-Healing Organic Transistors, Wolverine Electronics

Organic transistors are appealing for their cheap manufacture and flexible materials. But often when cooling, misaligned molecules trap electrons that destroy the chips’ bandwidth. A new breakthrough in organic, pentacene transistors has found that when these chips are left to sit in a vacuum, the material “self heals” at room temperature, realigning the structure properly.…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Motorola Zine, Totally Trademarked

We’ve already covered a juicy rumor about Motorola developing Motorola Z10 successors known as “Zine.” Hmm…maybe that’s Zines when pluralized. Anyway, Motorola has filed a trademark for “Zine” in relationship to the following huge blockquote of smartphone technology categories: https://gizmodo.com/moto-zine-the-official-name-for-upcoming-multimedia-pho-328049 Mobile telephones, pagers, radio transceivers, electronic personal organizers, headsets, microphones, speakers, carrying cases and phone…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The Wii is MORE Expensive This Year Than Last

I4U points out that when acquiring some Wiis from wholesalers, they were surprised to find that the price had increased from last year. While the Wii retails for $250, in 2006 they had to settle for a $476.11 pricetag for just the Wii system. This year, that number has inflated to $538.80…or become $60 more…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Conventional Vs. Solid State Hard Drive Race, Sony TZ91

The Sony TZ91 is available in two flavors. You can get the computer with a standard 5400rpm hard drive, or you can load it up with a 64GB solid state drive (for around a $1000 price premium). Check out this video to watch the SSD toast the moving hard drive by about 12 seconds when…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Tokyo Is No Longer One of Top 10 Expensive Cities

We write about Japan and its geek mecca Tokyo with some frequency here on Giz, which is why we found this recent census data so interesting. Tokyo slipped from the 10th most expensive city in the world to 13th, according to a survey by ECA International. The survey factors in the city’s price of things…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

8GB Asus Eee PC Priced and Quasi-Dated

It looks like a Dynamism product listing has revealed about when the 8GB Asus Eee PC will be hitting store shelves and for just how much damage to your bank account. Listed for $499 as expected, the tiny laptop featuring 8GB of flash storage and 1GB of RAM will be shipping in mid to late…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The FCC Cuts Comcast Off at the Knees

Comcast is pissed. Per the FCC’s latest vote, it can’t provide cable to more than 30 percent of the country. It has a 27 percent market share right now with 26.2 million subscribers. With the FCC’s 30 percent market cap, it can add fewer than 3 million new subscribers before it hits the wall, pretty…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year

The PS3’s still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It’s launching next year in Japan only. And the launch content seems pretty anemic unless you’re into cars and racing:…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

$250 Flat Fee Producers Offer Writers Guild for Internet Distribution Is Way Lame, Still Screws Writers

The Writers Guild strike languishes on: Heroes ends for the year next week. In a bid to end our suffering, the producers’ trade group has made a “groundbreaking” offer to the Writers Guild, grandiosely titled the “New Economic Partnership.” The deal’s a mind-blowing less-than $250 flat fee for an hour-long show to be re-broadcast on…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Tag Heuer’s Cellphone is a Watch Phone?

The announcement earlier this week that Tag Heuer was designing a luxury cellphone didn’t inspire shock as much as a raised eyebrow, but Biggs the watch fetishist over at Crunchgear dug through his old archives and found this rendering. Dated January 18, Dialaphone.uk found these renders of a possible Tag Heuer cellphone watch that’s both…

Gadgets Jason Chen

How to Eavesdrop on Bluetooth Headsets

Our experience with Bluetooth headsets tells us that you first have to place it into discoverable mode before any other device can connect to it, but this video claims otherwise. The man in the vid explains that just by knowing the default code (0000 on just about every headset) and spoofing your device as a…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Urinal Headrest Invention Would Make Thomas Edison Proud

Spy Camera Mooches Energy From Fluorescent Lights

Dell Smartphone in 2008?!

Spotlight LED In-Car Torch Finds Fluff Down the Side of the Car Seat

Astone Sit N Joy Inflatable Massage Chair Does What It Says

Cat Bed Made from Old Computer Monitor

Nokia’s Patent Reveals Innovative Six- or Eight- Megapixel Slider Phone

Ricavision VAVE100, Universal SideShow Remote

8 Reasons the PSP Will NEVER, EVER Overtake the DS

Self-Healing Organic Transistors, Wolverine Electronics

Motorola Zine, Totally Trademarked

The Wii is MORE Expensive This Year Than Last

Conventional Vs. Solid State Hard Drive Race, Sony TZ91

Tokyo Is No Longer One of Top 10 Expensive Cities

8GB Asus Eee PC Priced and Quasi-Dated

The FCC Cuts Comcast Off at the Knees

PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year

$250 Flat Fee Producers Offer Writers Guild for Internet Distribution Is Way Lame, Still Screws Writers

Tag Heuer’s Cellphone is a Watch Phone?

How to Eavesdrop on Bluetooth Headsets

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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