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JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7 Hard Drive Camcorder with 3 CCDs Due Next Month

We are just in lust around here over the JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7, a 3-CCD camcorder that was introduced at CES in January and is aimed at consumers but has lots of pro-level features. For starters, the GZ-HD7 uses a clever pixel shifting technique to deliver the full HD raster, 1920 by 1080i—that’s not 1080p,…

Gadgets Charlie White

SensorFresh Sniffs Out Bad Meat

The SensorFresh Q is an electronic nose that sniffs out bacteria in meat. Just hold it over your meat, let it do its thing, and see if you get the green or the red light. Green means go ahead, while red means toss it away. Overall, it seems like a much better test than the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

La Crosse WS-1025 LCD Window Thermometer For Weather Watchers

Now that Spring is about to finally spring, you’re going to want to watch those temperatures rising so you’ll know when it’s safe to dance naked on the patio again. Here’s a thermometer that’ll tip you off, and it’s easy to stick onto the outside of a window, too—the La Crosse WS-1025. It doesn’t look…

Gadgets Charlie White

Eureka E! Powered Tent: You Might As Well Stay Home

If you’re going to go camping, go camping. Don’t use it as an excuse to play Xbox in the woods. This Eureka E! Powered Tent misses the point completely. Would it be kind of convenient to have outlets in your tent so you could plug in stuff like a hairdryer or your Blackberry? Sure. Would…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Talking Beer Glass Helps Emphasize your Alcoholism

St. Patty’s Day is coming up, which is yet another excuse to go get obliterated in celebration, and here is a gadget that can assist in the obliteration. This talking beer glass is the perfect for the person who always needs to be told what to do. It is also great if you have previously…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Tasers: More Dangerous Than We Thought?

CrunchGear did an investigation into the safety of tasers, and what they discovered is a bit troubling. Despite the fact that Taser International just loves zapping reporters to get themselves on the news, they also sue the pants off of anyone who does studies on the safety of their devices and gets results they don’t…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Vending Machine Fridge: Cold Ones at Your Fingertips

Imagine this Vending Machine Fridge right next to your favorite chair, and then substitute a dozen cans of serious brew instead of those pussyfied cans of sugar water you see in the picture above. Push a button next to your selection and after a few little bumps and grinds just like a real vending machine,…

Gadgets Charlie White

Next Gen Bluetooth Promises Easier Pairing and Longer Battery Life

It won’t be ready till December, but the folks at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) are already demoing the next version of Bluetooth dubbed Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. The feature we’re psyched about the most is near field communication. NFC lets you pair and transfer files/images from one Bluetooth gadget to another by putting them within…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Vianney Halter Steampunk Watch

What? We haven’t been on a steampunk kick lately. This white-gold watch is the work of Vianney Halter. It comes in the familiar rectangular case and has rivets out the wazoo. This is your kind of watch—as long as you are into futuristic antique-looking steampunk watches that may or may not be comfortable. Steampunk watch…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Hybrid Concepts From Toyota and Honda Roll Out at Geneva Auto Show

Well, well. Look what those Japanese automakers are playing around with in the hybrid arena. On the left is what some wags are saying could be the next Toyota Prius, but for now it’s called the Hybrid X concept, loved by many but called such epithets as “jellybean” and “suppository” by others. Inside this concept…

Gadgets Charlie White

BlackBerry 8300 Caught on Video

The same folks that bought us those leaked images of the BlackBerry 8300 (Daytona) are now bringing us the first video of the handheld. Granted, it only shows you the demo clip that comes loaded on the device (which is the same video that comes with the 8800), but it’s further proof that RIM’s got…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Sizemodo: Vulcan FlipStart vs. a BlackBerry

It’s hard to judge how big the FlipStart is even with a gallery with shots of it next to Brian’s hand (he has dwarf-like appendages, in case you were wondering). So here’s the UMPC-like device next to the businessman’s favorite love/hate gadget, the BlackBerry. In fact, business people are so familiar with RIM’s little emailing…

Gadgets Jason Chen

ShowerBow Ends Dreaded ‘Shower Curtain Effect’ Once and For All

Finally, here’s a device to put an end to that dreaded attack of the moldy shower curtain once and for all. That mysterious physics-defying principle, the shower curtain effect, has finally been defeated by the ShowerBow, a flexible bow attached to a 1-pound pivoting weight, holding that slimy piece of plastic away from you and…

Gadgets Charlie White

FlashFog Car Security: This Time the Fog is Inside the Car

FlashFog may sound like an in-car disco, complete with dry ice and strobe lighting, but it is actually a silent anti-theft device that, if it catches on, could spell the end of noisy car alarms. The mist is made from a combination of glycerol and water, and the manufacturers are already adapting it with tear…

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Brando Jumps on Wiimote Charging Stand Train

Remember last year when the Wii launched and there were zero Wiimote charging stands? Those were simpler times, weren’t they? Now that Thanko, Thrustmaster, and even Brando are in the game, there’s no excuse to have your Wiimote die out in the middle of a Wii party. https://gizmodo.com/thanko-usb-wiimote-charger-234407 This Wii Rechargeable Battery & Charger Stand…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Vulcan FlipStart Hands-On Gallery: See What Makes This Thing Tick

Now that the FlipStart has finally moved its way from the land of vaporware into the real world, you’re probably curious as to how it looks. That’s why we took a huge gallery when we got our hands on it. https://gizmodo.com/vulcan-flipstart-e-1001s-vaporware-four-years-later-241860 In it, you can see just how super small it is (5.9 x 4.5…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Sonaki Vitamin C Showerhead: No More Early Morning Cruelty To Oranges

Sometimes Gizmodo wakes up, reads its gadget news and thinks it must have put a spoonful of industrial-grade acid rather than sugar in its morning coffee. This is one of those moments. This is the Vitamin C showerhead from Sonaki – which, apart from giving you an all-over citric tang in the morning, can remove…

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The Love Tester Properly Shifts Blame For Your Parents’ Divorce

This Love Tester is the perfect gadget to sell to teenagers and foolish people. It requires a male and a female to hold the appropriate end of the Love Tester, and if the thing lights up, the two of you are in love. Depending on how high the love goes (our love doesn’t go to…

Gadgets Jason Chen

AT&T Lets You Control Your DVR with Your Mobile

Looks like AT&T is trying to beat Sony Ericsson to the punch. They’re giving their Homezone subscribers the option of using their Web-enabled cell phones as remote controls for their Homezone DVRs. Homezone is AT&T’s satellite TV meets IPTV service. It lets you get sat TV programming from Dish while offering Internet-based services from folks…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Golf Ball Launcher Makes Golf Fun for All

Yesterday was the start of a glorious season for me—it was the first day I was able to hit the driving range, but for those who don’t fancy swinging a club it was just another Monday. The Golf Ball Launcher is a new concept that can make golf accessible and fun for everyone. The launcher…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7 Hard Drive Camcorder with 3 CCDs Due Next Month

SensorFresh Sniffs Out Bad Meat

La Crosse WS-1025 LCD Window Thermometer For Weather Watchers

Eureka E! Powered Tent: You Might As Well Stay Home

Talking Beer Glass Helps Emphasize your Alcoholism

Tasers: More Dangerous Than We Thought?

Vending Machine Fridge: Cold Ones at Your Fingertips

Next Gen Bluetooth Promises Easier Pairing and Longer Battery Life

Vianney Halter Steampunk Watch

Hybrid Concepts From Toyota and Honda Roll Out at Geneva Auto Show

BlackBerry 8300 Caught on Video

Sizemodo: Vulcan FlipStart vs. a BlackBerry

ShowerBow Ends Dreaded ‘Shower Curtain Effect’ Once and For All

FlashFog Car Security: This Time the Fog is Inside the Car

Brando Jumps on Wiimote Charging Stand Train

Vulcan FlipStart Hands-On Gallery: See What Makes This Thing Tick

Sonaki Vitamin C Showerhead: No More Early Morning Cruelty To Oranges

The Love Tester Properly Shifts Blame For Your Parents’ Divorce

AT&T Lets You Control Your DVR with Your Mobile

Golf Ball Launcher Makes Golf Fun for All

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