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E! True Hollywood Story: Gizmondo

One of the biggest, and most controversial stories of the year was the downfall of the Gizmondo and the CEO and his busted up Enzo.. (That is Gizmondo, not Gizmodo.) What a better way to wrap up the year with the complete story behind the Gizmondo, how it got to the way it was and…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid: 0-60 in 4 Seconds

Yeah, it’s just a concept car, but this one might find its way onto the highway. It’s the 400hp Toyota FT-HS Hybrid Sports Concept, set to roll out on January 7 at the Detroit Auto Show. What really caught our eye was the Electric Tesla-like numbers of zero-to-60 in 4 seconds, and one big figure…

Gadgets Charlie White

Gizmodo Writers: Mostly Girlie-Men?

Who says Gizmodo doesn’t appeal to women? According to the Gender Genie, a website/parlor game that claims to be able to tell the gender of the writer of any text you paste into its interface, we write like a bunch of girls. Well, most of us. Apparently, Travis, Lam and I (Charlie) are the only…

Gadgets Charlie White

Atlantis X-380 GPS is Multilingual

Hey non-English speaking Europeans that have happened to stumble upon the English version of Gizmodo and are deciphering these words, this post is for you! Atlantis has released the X-380 GPS unit. This is a pretty ho-hum GPS unit, except for the fact that it supports up to 18 different languages and can read your…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

RoadBox Accident Recorder is Insurers Best Friend

This unique device was first unveiled at the KES electronics show in Korea and it is slowly making it rounds around the web impressing and confusing. For me, it does a little bit of both. The RoadBox has a very weak VGA quality camera, and some very non-weak acceleration and speed monitors that can “sense”…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

First Take-Home HIV Test Available in Britain

Good news all around in the medical world—the first home HIV test has been launched in the U.K. This test involves swabbing a sample of saliva and sending it off to a laboratory. Upon a negative sample, the person will receive an e-mail, if it is a positive HIV sample a doctor will call directly,…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Alc-Mobile Keeps Alchies from Getting Behind the Wheel

KDDI Corp has developed a breathalyzer/cellphone combo that prevents inebriated taxi and bus drivers in Japan from getting behind the wheel. Companies that buy the phone will require their employees to blow into the breathalyzer before getting behind the wheel. The phone then measures how drunk (or sober) you are and sends the results to…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Carry Three Brewskis, Have a Seat, Too

Leave it to those Finns with their small asses to create a simple object that lets you carry three beers and gives you a place to sit after you’ve quickly guzzled them in a couple of minutes. The product is available in 13 colors, and it’s called a Footstool, but works just as well with…

Gadgets Charlie White

DREAD: Silent Monster Weapon Spins Out 120,000 Rounds Per Minute

You’re not going to want to be on the receiving end of this DREAD gun, capable of cranking out 120,000 rounds per minute of .308 and .50 caliber round metal balls at 8000 feet per second (ft/s). To give you some perspective, the M-16 rifle delivers its ammunition at 3200 ft/s, and can shoot a…

Gadgets Charlie White

Japanese Retro Analog Wrist Watch

The Showa Retro Heisi Pop Analog Watch would be great if you were alive in Japan from 1926 to 1989. Then you’d appreciate the fact that in order to extract the time from this watch, you have to dial 117 on the rotary face. Once you do that, a robotic woman will announce the time…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Leica Gun Camera Appeals to Trigger-happy Photographers

Though it looks like it could blow a hole through a steel door, what you’re looking at is a 400mm picture camera from Leica. Dubbed the Leica Gun, it’s part of a rare camera auction taking place on January 28th through Tamarkin Photographica and eBay Live Auctions. While it looks like it can scare the…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Contest: We Want Your Pets and Gadgets

Did you get a cool new gadget for Christmas? Has your dog eaten it yet? If so, did you take a photo? Teresa S did, with her dog demonstrating exactly how much he likes her new talking Barney. All together now: “I love you, you love me, there’s a dog chewing on me…” She could…

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Electric Ice Scraper For Frigid Windshields, Wives

Being that we’ve lived most our lives in California or other temperate areas, we’ve never known the pain of scraping ice off our windshields when we set off for work in the morning. Here’s a reminder for you poor bastards up in the northeast: this Eddie Bauer electric ice scraper is a pretty handy way…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Get Up, MoFo!

How cool would it be to have Samuel L. Jackson wake you up every morning with his trademark yelling? Unless you’re his kid or his wife (or mistress), the only way you’ll accomplish that is with this Ventriloque alarm clock. You can record any sound into the alarm, which will play back at the specified…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Dealzmodo: Sharper Image Half-Yearly Sale, Up to 70-Percent Off

Sharper Image, the king of all crazy gadgets, is having their half-yearly sale with 100 items or so with up to 70-percent off discounts. I would say half or so of the items are actually fairly cool and could be useful, the other half is garbage, more or less. Just go check it out for…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Old School Beer-Opening Lego Device

Now this is one hell of a Lego mechanical device. None of that new-school, open-source Mindstorms nonsense here. This is straight up mechanical Legos capable of opening a beer bottle with ease. It may be a bit slower than traditional beer-opening methods, but it is a hell of a lot cooler. – Travis Hudson

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The Communication Flower

Even if we could read Japanese, we’d still be boggled at what the hell this Communication Flower is for. From what we’ve pieced together through the powers of Google translator and a spirit medium, the Communication Flower consists of two people—one human and one pixie—which combine together to tell you what your plant is thinking.…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Clear Your Drains With Flexisnake

Not quite a replacement for a plumber, this Velcro Snake allows you to fish out smaller hair clogs from sink drains all on your own. You still have to call the pros when little Susan’s shoved her hamster down the drain, but for smaller clogs, the Flexisnake should do fine. The trick comes from the…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Gizmodo Frankenfight: Return Policies

We know. You asked Santa for the greatest gift of all time, but he got you a Zune instead. No problem, because you can return it, just don’t miss those deadlines. https://gizmodo.com/usb-pole-dancer-220912 In today’s Frankenfight, we stack the return policies of major retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Circuit City and Amazon in one huge…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Peter Petrie Egg Separator

This may not be a very high-tech kitchen gadget, but it is absolutely awesome, nonetheless. Crack the egg in Peter and let ‘er flow. $12.99. Product Page [Stupid]

Gadgets Travis Hudson

E! True Hollywood Story: Gizmondo

Toyota FT-HS Hybrid: 0-60 in 4 Seconds

Gizmodo Writers: Mostly Girlie-Men?

Atlantis X-380 GPS is Multilingual

RoadBox Accident Recorder is Insurers Best Friend

First Take-Home HIV Test Available in Britain

Alc-Mobile Keeps Alchies from Getting Behind the Wheel

Carry Three Brewskis, Have a Seat, Too

DREAD: Silent Monster Weapon Spins Out 120,000 Rounds Per Minute

Japanese Retro Analog Wrist Watch

Leica Gun Camera Appeals to Trigger-happy Photographers

Fuzzy Wuzzy Modo Contest: We Want Your Pets and Gadgets

Electric Ice Scraper For Frigid Windshields, Wives

Get Up, MoFo!

Dealzmodo: Sharper Image Half-Yearly Sale, Up to 70-Percent Off

Old School Beer-Opening Lego Device

The Communication Flower

Clear Your Drains With Flexisnake

Gizmodo Frankenfight: Return Policies

Peter Petrie Egg Separator

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

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

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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