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Bookshelf Speakers Hide Your Illiteracy

Although if these are the only books in your living room, we think people will catch on. Call it a hunch. Product Page

Sit Key Stool Makes Programmers Chuckle, Regular People Groan

In the same vein as the delete key eraser, this sit key stool takes the keyboard and makes it part of your decor. https://gizmodo.com/delete-the-new-erase-237691 Not an actual key on any keyboard we know of—the END key would have made more sense, possibly—it’s still a pretty cool piece of furniture for the nerd in your life.…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Cellphone Ankle Strap is Unbelievably Awesome

Heading off to a formal affair tonight? Save room in your purse by carrying your cellphone on an ankle strap. Add some pearls, a little poop cellphone strap, six-inch heels, and you’re gunning set to fit into any crowd. https://gizmodo.com/japanese-golden-poop-cellphone-charm-205693 Hell, if you can carry a gun this way, why not a cellphone? We certainly…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Nokia Patent Morphs Your Stylus into a Cell Phone Joystick

Though it bears a very strong resemblance to another joystick/cell phone patent we’ve recently seen, Nokia’s take on mobile gaming is slightly different cause rather than house a pop-up joystick in your cell phone’s mid-riff, they want you to use your stylus as a joystick. Seems like a neat trick as long as it’s a…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

ELITE Bomb Detector Kit Identifies Explosives in a Minute

Now you could argue that a minute is one minute too slow, but for those times when the bomb squad ain’t around, the pocket-friendly ELITE (Easy Livermore Inspection Test for Explosives) detector lets you sniff out up to 30 different types of explosives. Just rub one of the ELITE swipes on the suspicious package (hopefully…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Frank Buchwald Lamps: Pricing and Ordering Info

Remember these totally awesome lamps that I told you about a couple weeks ago? We’ve got a price list and ordering info from the artist, and, well… you’d better sit down. https://gizmodo.com/coolest-lamps-ever-235028 The lamps are all limited edition, hand made pieces of art. The cheapest one is $3,900 and the most expensive is a whopping…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Twenty-Second Workout Girl

If you thought you were the only one that lasted twenty seconds, check out these desktop workout girls. As the name suggests, they exercise like mad for a third of a minute, stop, and waits for you to wind her up again to repeat the entire process. A tacky gift for yourself, but a brilliant…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Future Aircrafts Could Shapeshift (Not Transformers-Style, Unfortunately)

In an article in the latest Air & Space, shapeshifting planes could actually be made a reality. Not shapeshifting in the sense of Transformers, but morphing to alter wingspan, wing area and other features. A lot of this approach on morphing planes is inspired from flowers and batteries. Chiang and colleague Steven Hall took advantage…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Coke Bottle Plasma Lamp: Lightning in a Bottle

We were already considering ordering one of those plasma light bulbs we showed you the other day, and now we see this Coke bottle that also does the plasma trick. The 18-inch tall lamp costs $22.98. https://gizmodo.com/plasma-light-bulb-fun-by-itself-even-better-with-dope-237782 This version of the plasma lamp adds an extra dimension to the whole idea. Heck, it looks like…

Gadgets Charlie White

Low End Theory: Wonderful Electric?

By Brendan I. Koerner As hopeless gearheads, we’re naturally prone to assuming that today’s gadgets invariably trump their low-tech forebears. And for the most part that’s true—how many of y’all would honestly prefer a rotary phone to your Treo 700wx, except for the purposes of eliciting ironic laughter? But the quality gap narrows considerably when…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner

On/Off Lamp Keeps Kids Safe and You Sane

Not only does this On/Off Lamp go from on to off with just a wave of a hand—which is great by itself—it’s made out of some kind of thermoplastic material that makes it all but unbreakable. This means your toddlers who just happened to hang onto your 46-inch LCD a little too long won’t be…

Gadgets Jason Chen

R2D2 Trash Can Gladly Accepts Your Garbage

R2D2 sold out. Not only was his name and likeness used in a projector (that I had to walk really far to get pictures of at CES, thank you very much) and a Pepsi dispenser, but now he’s whoring himself out as a garbage can. For shame. The lid opens by stomping on his middle…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

LG Prada Bluetooth Headset: The Official Ear Candy of the Rich and Famous

It’s been less than a week since our encounter with the beautiful LG Prada phone and already we’re back with news of the phone’s first accessory, the equally stylish LG Prada Bluetooth headset. The headset has a display with a battery meter, volume indicator, and caller ID, but what matters most is the presence of…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

i.Dear Portable Wooden Speakers: 1.5-Watts To Annoy Your Neighbors

i.Dear enters a crowded field of wooden electronics with its 1.5-watt keychain speaker. The market for uselessly small speakers must be a burgeoning one. It works with any audio source that has the standard audio out jack, while its Korean designers laud its ability to output sound from devices like the all but failed PSP…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Star Trek Voice Activated Light Dimmer: Pretend You’re Talking To Computer

Just one day after a voice activated answering machine comes a voice activated light dimmer, complete with wholly unnecessary Star Trek (no, not that smartphone from HTC, silly goose) branding. It plugs into any power outlet then responds to Star Trek-themed commands like, “Computer, Off.” Magic! It even has the voice of the show’s computer.…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Art Lebedev’s Verbarius Clock Tells Time Pretentiously

Art Lebedev’s apparently as bored of the Optimus keyboard as we are, which is why they’re releasing so many weird products lately. Their latest, a clock, is a timepiece that shows you the time in “writing”. Yes, instead of digits or a bunch of hands, it says “midnight”, or “two sixteen a.m.”, or whatever time…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Wanky, the Freaky Turn Signal Cat

In the days before secondary brake lights were mandatory, Winky The White Cat was the thing to get to indicated to cars behind you that if they don’t slow down, they’d get really intimate with the back of your vehicle. Unfortunately, Winky went out of sale nearly two decades ago. So what did Jalopnik do?…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Russians Invent TeleAlcoholics With a USB Shot Glass

Not content with teledildonics, the Russians have come up with a design for telealcoholics. Apparently Russians drink a lot. And they link to drink socially and in business situations. In this case, this USB shot glass allows two parties to drink together over the internet, notifying the other person just how much booze is left…

Gadgets Jason Chen

SkyTRX Magnet-Mounted GPS Tracker

We’ve seen mini GPS loggers before, but stalking your girlfriend has never been easier than with this $259 SkyTRX GPS Mini Tracker. It has a magnet mount for easy stickage to the undercarriage of her car, and will record her every move for 100 hours straight. https://gizmodo.com/find-yourself-personal-gps-tracking-126901 Plus, after you upload the data onto your…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Cyclists: Topeak AirFender Keeps Water and Mud Off Your Back

Topeak, further bringing the comforts of home to cyclists everywhere, now whips out AirFender, an inflatable rear fender that slides onto your bike’s seat post. https://gizmodo.com/topeak-bikamper-111259 When rain hits, a few strokes of a pump inflates it, and it sticks up like a turgid schlong, keeping that telltale skidmark of water and mud off your…

Gadgets Charlie White

Bookshelf Speakers Hide Your Illiteracy

Sit Key Stool Makes Programmers Chuckle, Regular People Groan

Cellphone Ankle Strap is Unbelievably Awesome

Nokia Patent Morphs Your Stylus into a Cell Phone Joystick

ELITE Bomb Detector Kit Identifies Explosives in a Minute

Frank Buchwald Lamps: Pricing and Ordering Info

Twenty-Second Workout Girl

Future Aircrafts Could Shapeshift (Not Transformers-Style, Unfortunately)

Coke Bottle Plasma Lamp: Lightning in a Bottle

Low End Theory: Wonderful Electric?

On/Off Lamp Keeps Kids Safe and You Sane

R2D2 Trash Can Gladly Accepts Your Garbage

LG Prada Bluetooth Headset: The Official Ear Candy of the Rich and Famous

i.Dear Portable Wooden Speakers: 1.5-Watts To Annoy Your Neighbors

Star Trek Voice Activated Light Dimmer: Pretend You’re Talking To Computer

Art Lebedev’s Verbarius Clock Tells Time Pretentiously

Wanky, the Freaky Turn Signal Cat

Russians Invent TeleAlcoholics With a USB Shot Glass

SkyTRX Magnet-Mounted GPS Tracker

Cyclists: Topeak AirFender Keeps Water and Mud Off Your 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

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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