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Wi-Fi Pain Vest Doles Out Punishment for Nearing Hotspots

The “Constraint City” vest is a weird project by Austrian artist Gordan Savicic that’s a sadistic type of Wi-Fi detector. It’s a vest, and as you get closer to Wi-Fi hotspots, it gets tighter and tighter, causing discomfort and pain. The idea, according to Savicic, is to create “schizo-geographic pain map” of the wireless signals…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Bored Construction Workers Turn a Digger Into a Dangerous Carnival Ride

This is what happens when you mix boredom with heavy machinery: the digger swing. Sure, it’s terribly dangerous, but it does look fun. At least it looks safer than the industrial robot arm ride. [Spulch] https://gizmodo.com/crazy-industrial-robot-on-ebay-lets-gallagher-your-own-239715

Gadgets Adam Frucci

PS3 is Getting DivX; PS3 is Getting Better

Good news, downloadable porn DivX fans! DivX has announced today that they are currently testing the PlayStation 3 before adding their final certified stamp of approval to the device. While we’d seen rumors last week, now it’s confirmed that DivX is coming to the PlayStation 3. https://gizmodo.com/hint-of-coming-xvid-and-divx-support-slipped-into-ps3-f-320751 Details are scant, but interested PS3 owners will…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Samsung Rolls Out Next-Gen WiMax Toys While We Wait and Wait

So is Korea actually a country from the future, or what? We’re asking because Samsung is now rolling out its second generation of phones, mobile devices and USB modems that support WiMax. Heck, the whole country has a WiMax network at their disposal, while here in the States we keep hearing about how Sprint wants…

Gadgets Charlie White

Scooter Made of Reconstituted Appliances

The taillight is made of old vacuum parts. The side cowling covers are made from a porch light, cut in half. The entire project is a Frankenstein’s scooter, the monster’s trademark stitches replaced with welds, his green skin replaced with stainless steel. And when the project is finally done, the maker will surely take one…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Dell’s New 30-Inch 3008WFP LCD Loaded With DisplayPort, Dual DVI and HDMI

Succeeding the 3007WFP, Dell’s latest 30-inch deskbuster LCD, the 3008WFP, packs the much-ballyhooed DisplayPort input with its visual-cortex-pleasing 2560×1600 resolution support and 10.8Gbps data rate. (Samsung was actually first out of the gate with its DisplayPort-sporting 30-incher back in July.) https://gizmodo.com/dell-3007wfp-30-inch-lcd-reviewed-verdict-just-how-i-168621 The 3008WFP’s more pedestrian inputs are a pair of DVI ports, HDMI, component vid,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Fake Robot Walker Offers Superficial AT-ST Pleasure

Definite props for the hydraulic pump legs, but we’re taking points off for the plunging neckline. We just wanna see the faux robot stompage, not your lily white chest, dude. Check out how to build your own "steampunk chicken-walker mech" here. [via MAKE via BoingBoing]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

In Russia, Robot Suitcase Tony Tows You

Rolling along in 2009, this Russian robot suitcase, oddly named Tony, will follow its owner’s footsteps, tracking a card you slip into your pocket like a dog following a stick of jerky. It’s loaded up with a gyroscope, light detectors, sound and infared sensors so it doesn’t bump into old ladies or tumble down stairs…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Squirt Gun Fanboy Collects Every Super Soaker Ever

This dude, for some unholy reason, owns every Super Soaker ever. I can’t imagine anyone being insane enough to hunt down some 1988 special edition Super Soaker, but evidently, this guy is. Sure, this ventures into the world of strange, but we all have our own unhealthy obsessions, right?[Electro^Plankton via Geekologie]

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Drive eRazer Tabula Rasas Hard Drives, No Computer Required

Need to kill the data on a hard drive you have lying around but don’t wanna bother hooking it up to a PC? Wiebetech’s pocket-sized eRazer plugs directly into lonely hard drives and genocides whatever naughtiness you have have etched into it at a rate of 35MB/s, leaving a 250GB hard drive scorched earth in…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Saudi Prince Dropping $475 Million on Airbus A380

The mystery baron who’s dropping $475 million on an Airbus A380, the biggest commercial aircraft in existence, has been revealed. It’s none other than everyone’s favorite member of the Saudi royal family, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Oh Alwaleed, you were always the crazy one in the family! He already owns a 747,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Next Up for Verizon FiOS: Invading Manhattan, Japan-Like Uber-Bandwidth

You might have heard about Verizon’s new 20/20 symmetric FiOS—a sweet 20Mbps upstream and down. But 20 ain’t 100, and we’re damn jealous of the Japanese, so we got on the phone and asked the guys managing Verizon’s tubes what’s around the bend. The scoop for city dwellers is that we can expect “not too…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

MARS Programme Simulates Living on the Red Planet Here on Earth

We might not be all that close to sending a manned mission to Mars, but that isn’t stopping people from preparing for the journey. The Mars Analogue Research Station (MARS) Programme sets up simulations of the Martian atmosphere here on Earth, allowing people to “test out protocols and procedures that will be required for human…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

New Bill Would Deny Schools’ Funding if They Don’t Comply with the RIAA

In a ridiculous display of just how much you can get done in government if you have enough money, a new bill on the House floor states that if colleges don’t police their networks and do the RIAA and MPAA’s bidding as well as buy into services such as Napster for their entire student body,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

HTC Touch Cruise Is So, So Official

We told you about the HTC Touch Cruise back when the specs leaked, but HTC has gone and made the GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA phone official, admitting its affiliation and paying child support. Their third phone in the Touch line, this newest version packs a TomTom Navigator 6 GPS that’s highly viewable on the 2.8″ screen. Plus you…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Sony Enters High-End Cable Game

Sony has just announced a new line of premium A/V cables. Constructed from 24-carat gold plated connections, triple shielded wires and, of course, impressive but merit-questioned 99.996% oxygen free copper. Their available products include Digital HDMI, Component Video, SCART, Optical Digital Audio, Coaxial Digital and Stereo Audio cables coming in 1, 3 and 5 meter…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Intel Penryn Arrives In 16 Flavors for Desktops and Servers

The wait’s over: Penryn is here, as promised, in 16 flavors. On the high-end desktop front is the no-stranger-to-us 3GHz quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (seen on Lenovo’s newest Thinkstations) which runs a not-so-low-power $1000 in bulk (1000 chips or more). https://gizmodo.com/intel-penryn-45nm-xeon-processors-to-ship-november-289615 We’ve also got 12 quad-core Xeons ranging from 2 to 3.2GHz with 1333Mhz…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Disney Mobile Resurrected—In Japan

Almost two months after announcing that it’d be shutting down in the US at the end of the year, Disney Mobile’s finding new life across the sea. Disney’s latest MVNO—Japan’s first, according to Reuters—will run off of Softbank’s network and sell its phones at Softbank’s stores. With two dead MVNOs under its belt, going for…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Samsung Multimedia Speakers Are Pure Eye Candy

Dear Samsung, It’d be nice if you brought speakers like this to the American market. Fresh from the 2007 Korea Electronics Show, the speakers are part of Samsung’s “Chic and Smart Style” line in the Korean market. Aving’s photos indicate they only pack 1 watt of power apiece, but the design is undeniably beautiful. And…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Heated Insoles Probably Won’t Char Your Feet

For those interested in having warm feet and tempting fate by walking on top of two rechargeable lithium batteries, Scarpa has announced a new insole (or “footbed,” as they seem to be calling them these days) designed especially for you. The Grizu footbeds have a temperature sensor that keeps things inside your shoe a toasty…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Wi-Fi Pain Vest Doles Out Punishment for Nearing Hotspots

Bored Construction Workers Turn a Digger Into a Dangerous Carnival Ride

PS3 is Getting DivX; PS3 is Getting Better

Samsung Rolls Out Next-Gen WiMax Toys While We Wait and Wait

Scooter Made of Reconstituted Appliances

Dell’s New 30-Inch 3008WFP LCD Loaded With DisplayPort, Dual DVI and HDMI

Fake Robot Walker Offers Superficial AT-ST Pleasure

In Russia, Robot Suitcase Tony Tows You

Squirt Gun Fanboy Collects Every Super Soaker Ever

Drive eRazer Tabula Rasas Hard Drives, No Computer Required

Saudi Prince Dropping $475 Million on Airbus A380

Next Up for Verizon FiOS: Invading Manhattan, Japan-Like Uber-Bandwidth

MARS Programme Simulates Living on the Red Planet Here on Earth

New Bill Would Deny Schools’ Funding if They Don’t Comply with the RIAA

HTC Touch Cruise Is So, So Official

Sony Enters High-End Cable Game

Intel Penryn Arrives In 16 Flavors for Desktops and Servers

Disney Mobile Resurrected—In Japan

Samsung Multimedia Speakers Are Pure Eye Candy

Heated Insoles Probably Won’t Char Your Feet

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

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

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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

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