Gadgets

Nissan Round Box Has Most Incredible Dash We’ve Seen Yet

Our brothers from another mother over at Jalopnik posted this great video of the Nissan Round Box concept car from Tokyo Auto Show. Honestly, the vehicle looks a bit like a minivan molested a PT Cruiser on the outside. But the inside has a dashboard that’s absolutely amazing featuring superfluous graphics up the wazoo. Granted,…

Fujitsu Flepia e-Reader Displays 4,096 Colors

Keep ignoring e-paper and e-readers, but as we see more color displays it will slowly take over the world. And Fujitsu just showed off some of their sweet new color e-reader prototypes. These readers feature 8″ or 12″ displays, boast 4,096-colors and XGA 768 x 1024 resolution…all on top of touch screen capability. The only…

Video of Chinese Citroen Transformer Shows off Its Size

Remember yesterday’s photos of the Citroen that a couple of Chinese guys lovingly turned into a Transformer ? Our sister site Jalopnik has uncovered a news report of the cut-and-shunt-it-into-something-altogether-more-wondrous-than-a-Citroen leviathan and Bloody Norah is the bugger big. [Jalopnik] https://gizmodo.com/hefty-assed-transformer-built-in-china-from-a-citroen-309054

Payittome, a Begging Website for Gadget Addicts and Other Unfortunates

From time to time we get sob stories here at the Giz, where unfortunate souls are so enthralled with our gadget coverage that they just want that stuff sooooooo bad. Bad enough to beg us to post some publicity for their personal begging websites. Well now, here’s Payittome, a “wish fulfillment” website set up specifically…

Clarion’s Car Stereo Comes in White, Gives you 728 Shades of LED

Clarion’s new car stereos are definitely aimed at Eighties aerobics teachers with permed highlight — the type that wore Reebok Jazz trainers and carried their gear in a Head sports bag. With an FM/AM tuner and CD player, the DUB275MP connects to your music player via the USB port, and will also let you connect…

Doctor Who Dalek Sec Hybrid Voice Changer Mask is Deliciously Disgusting

So, it’s official, we’re bored by Star Wars gear (yeah yeah, hate mail to [email protected].) Chen is championing Star Trek (yaaaaaaawn) and with there being a lack of BG stuff — you know what I mean: Commander Adama dolls with realistic commando-parts; Cylon toasters, Starbuck frack-wear; Gaius science kits; Raider croissants; Number Six Real Dolls…

Toshiba has recalled the AC adapters sold with its SD-P1600 portable DVD player between Jan 2005 and April 2006. The power units are, apparently, a “burn hazard.”

Cayago Magnum Turns Navy Seals Into True Aquamen

The Cayago Magnum is the latest in Seabob’s line of underwater propulsion devices, and one look at the statistics will tell you that riding this bad boy will either kill you or give you the ride of your life. Perhaps that is why they are pitching it to rugged military professionals and not pasty nerds.…

Whoa! AT&T TOS Becomes Less Evil

Earlier today we let you know that AT&T would be changing their Terms of Service following some bad publicity regarding their limits of freedom of speech…that we swear we had nothing to do with. Now the company has just followed up with a finalized draft of the new TOS, and it looks like the rainbows…

Phantom Phone Vibrations Afflicting BlackBerry Addicts, Giz Crew

Hey look, a tech trend piece with some truth to it! The AP’s got a story about people with cellphones and BlackBerries practically soldered to their hip feeling that you’ve-got-a-call quaking when it’s not ringing or even in their pocket, like when they’re bathing. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams offered up the best quote on the…

Samsung, Sony Blu-ray Players Get Firmware Update to Fix Compatibility Issues

Samsung and Sony both have firmware updates for their Blu-ray players today, with Samsung patching the BD-P1000 and BD-P1200 to fix compatibility problems found in several movies, and Sony applying updates for the BDP-S300 to address BD-Java compatibility in movie extras (a similar problem to the one identified here). Unfortunately for owners, only the Samsung…

’80s Stereo Turned Into a HTPC

With everyone trying to slap more chrome and neon on to their custom PC creations it’s nice to see someone going old school for a change. This enormous stereo form the ’80s has been modded and prodded into a decently capable HTPC complete with built-in 15-in LCD, Hauppauge TV tuner, 1.83GHz Athlon XP 2500+ processor…

MILF Phone Roundup: Samsung SGH-A127, SGH-A517, SGH-A127 and the Moto W470

You know when you need to help pick out a phone for someone’s mom? They want em pretty, not crappy, but not expensive and high-end like the ones you’d buy for yourself. Here are some of those. Today we’ve got a Samsung SCH-U410 flip phone on Verizon, and the SGH-A127 plus the SGH-A517 flip-phones on…

Frankenreview – Gateway XHD3000

Last week Wilson Rothman took a look at the new Gateway XHD3000 monitor. You may know it better as the 30-inch, 1600p beast display that has scared the collective crap out of Dell, Apple, and every other competitor on the market. For the full consensus, hit the jump for the Frankenreview: every review that matters…

Micro Camera Shows the Workings of a Combustion Engine

Someone had the great idea of putting a high-pressure, heat-resistant camera inside the cylinder of a four-stroke engine. Shooting at 1000 fps, the camera recorded just exactly what happens to make engines run. Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow! [LiveLeak]

Darth Vader – “Luke, I am your flashlight”

How does it feel, Darth? From Ruler of the known Universe to kiddie flashlight. How far you have fallen after 30 years of over-merchandising. How do you work? A kid squeezes you, your head pops an you light up. Seriously? Do you like that, Darth? When the kids squeeze you? Oh how the mighty have…

Hefty-Assed Transformer Built in China from a Citroen

A couple of Chinese guys spent $8,000 on building a Transformer out of a Citroen. Weighing in at 1,322 pounds, there are a couple more pics after the jump. I like what they did with the car doors. [17173 via CNET Asia]

Samsung Releases a Trio of Music Phones

Samsung has launched three music phones that are “100 per cent music, 100 per cent phone,” according to the Korean electronics giant. We’ve already seen the i450 which slides to reveal a speaker, and the skinny swivel-stick design of the F210, but this is the first time we’ve seen the F330, which has a full…

Wide VGA OLED for Handhelds on the Horizon From Samsung

Samsung is currently hard at work on what should be the first OLED display capable of wide VGA (800×480) resolution on a screen that measures as little as 3.08 inches across. Quite a leap when you consider that up until now, the best manufacturers could muster was a quarter VGA (320×240) on displays of that…

British Performing Rights Society Wants to Outlaw ‘Making Hearable’

Here you were, thinking the execs in the music industry couldn’t get any more offensively idiotic, when some Brits come along and set a new standard for hubris. Yes, the UK-based Performing Rights Society — the Brit equivalent of ASCAP or BMI — wants to make listening to music loud enough for anyone else to…