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The Daily Show Rounds Up Ten Years of Absurd Inventions

Sure, we report on plenty of goofy and questionable inventions here at the Giz, but this “Ten Fucking Years: Inventions” clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart takes it one step beyond even our wildest fever dreams. Funny Inventions You Never Knew About [Tech E Blog]

Gadgets Charlie White

Reviewed: Samsung M610 (Verdict: World’s Thinnest Clamshell)

I’ve had the Samsung M610 for a few days now, but I’ll defer to Laptop magazine for their in-depth, mostly-fair review. Author Jeff Wilson gives it 3.5 out of 5 stars, and promises if you like small cellphones with tons of multimedia options, the M610 will do the job. I agree with this point. But…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

Pikashoes: Lightning Power at Last

In Gizmodo’s unending quest to become a team of supervillians superheroes, we’ve come across the Pikashoe. As my pea brain understands the science, the shoe sends low voltage negative ions somewhat safely through your body to the ground. But if you touch someone who is uncharged, ZAP, they are toast. And the plans look like…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Bowling Ball Flash Drive

Worried about the prospect of losing his flash drive in a world of ever-shrinking electronics, Chris Spurge permanently mounted his flash drive into a sixteen-pound bowling ball. I can see the new trend now – flash drives stuck into Foreman grills, Karate trophies and old Pintos. The future is a beautiful place. No More Misplacing…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The Handler: For Germaphobic Pirates

Every time I find the need to touch a public urinal/door handle/ho I get a little nervous of the oozing, boil-covered hand that may have been there last. The Handler is an interesting solution for such circumstances. Small enough to work as a keychain, the device uses a mechanical hook that can flip out as…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Vtech Nitro Vision: Heavy on Learning, Low on Nitro

We admit it. Children’s toys aren’t always our top priority, but this one looks interesting. The Vtech Nitro Vision is a cartridge-based computer than hooks up to your television. Children can play games that teach math, English, Spanish and science through a wireless keyboard and mouse. The Nitro Vision appears to be a nice $50…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

.17 Caliber Mini-Browning: iHurt

I’m not the gun-owning type, but if I were, the gun would need to be miniaturized marvel of technology like the PMPs and cell phones I love so much. And, the gun would need to look like a joke so my friends would shoot one another in the butt before they realized such behavior constituted…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Pocket Plasma: Tacit Perversion

The Pocket Plasma is a 3″ screen you can wear anywhere you’d like to get kicked in the nuts. It’s supposedly bright, and probably has nice contrast since it’s covered in glass. The “lightning” responds to environmental sounds, like all the people who will say, “Nice Pocket Plasma!” and mean it. It also works with…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

SOME Best Buy Employees Are A Bunch Of Wiis

Hot tipster Elizabeth just got back from a failed attempt to score her lazy blogger husband a Wii at Best Buy this morning. After getting in line around 9:45, she realized there was little chance to get a console due to a line wrapping around the building. https://gizmodo.com/fast-food-tech-prototype-intercom-212536 So instead she stuck around to watch…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Striker II: USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher

We’ve preached the merits of USB missile launchers before, which is why this new product is such important news. The $50 Striker II is the “next generation” USB missile launcher, featuring a class 3 “laser guidance system” for better aiming. https://gizmodo.com/usb-missile-launcher-reviewed-verdict-nobodys-getting-211450 You control the launcher through fully mod-ready PC software. But why no Mac support?…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball

Hey, you know our exclusive on Helio’s Frost White, GPS-enabled Drift phone? Well we’ve had a bit of time with the phone, and basic stats aside, the buddy finding, GPS, and mapping features are outstanding. But I’m not sure if its better than the combination of the already-downloadable Google Maps and Dodgeball buddy finding service.…

Gadgets Brian Lam

ClamperPod: When Crappy Gadgets Go…Crappier

Every once in a while, we get an absolutely terrible product tipped to us by a shady manufacturer…that isn’t even new. If the invention itself didn’t naturally border on parody, there are plenty of telltale signs. Notice the lazy yet cheesy slogan, “You can always find something to clamp to!” Notice the lazy yet clearly…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Cell Phone Battery Life, Extended

Our uberbrain (their word) friends over at Lifehacker found some ways to save precious cell phone battery life. The three they liked most? Kill the Bluetooth detection, set your screen for darker and most important/obvious of all, turn your cell off when not in use. But cool people might call me at any moment! They…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Exclusive: White Helio Drift Gallery

There are only 10 Frost White Helio Drift in existence, and Gizmodo got 3 of the GPS-enabled sliders straight from the factory today. As it turns out, the frost version of this tricked-out phone is only going to be produced in small numbers—only about 3 percent of all Drifts will be made in this lustrous…

Gadgets Noah Robischon

$3 Pocket Digicam Trio – If Bond Were Broke

It’s official. You no longer need to be a rich international man of mystery to have cool gadgets. For only $3, you can own a pocket spy camera that takes stills and movies, and can double as a webcam. Storing up to 2MB of data and drawing energy from AAAs, the Digicam Trio doesn’t need…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

More Than 15% Of People Carry Two Wireless Phones, Voluntarily

According to a recent report by In-Stat, over 15% of people carry two wireless phones. Other findings include: 80% camera phone users say they regularly carry their digital camera 75% of SmartPhone users say they also carry a PDA >50% of users of multimedia phones also carry their MP3 player. Just 43% of the respondents…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Sonar Blu-ray Laser: How They Make It

We recently told you about Wicked Laser’s new Sonar model, a pocket laser made from the Blu-ray diode (ripped from the still-beating heart of a Blu-ray DVD player). https://gizmodo.com/wicked-lasers-blu-ray-powered-laser-214360 Those mad scientists over at Wicked Lasers provided some pictures of the process. For those sensitive to the graphic misuse of A/V equipment, parental discretion is…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Transcend JetFlash 180 – Stores Data, Plays in Mud

We are always looking to spend a little too much on a flash drive, and Transcend’s new JetFlash 180 might be just the ticket. We’ve drooled on their products before, but their new offering is clad in stainless steel, the official steel of motorcycle gangs and housewives. Coming in 1, 4, and 8GB varieties, the…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Digiview Basketball Projection Clock – Official Gift of Relatives Who Don’t Give a &@#!

Are you looking for that special gift that tells a distant cousin, “I don’t really give a crap that you are a successful tax attorney blogger who makes occasional appearances on Bloomberg cropped-head YouTube stripteases. Back when you were five, you played basketball in a peewee league for a month, and since then I haven’t…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Rugged Wheelchair Lets Disabled Go Off-road

It may look like some oversized BattleBot, but the Tank Chair is a rugged, off-road wheelchair that lets anybody with leg injuries “get back to nature.” Each chair is custom built and can take on any type of terrain. There’s no word on pricing, but any wheelchair that looks this cool has got to be…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

The Daily Show Rounds Up Ten Years of Absurd Inventions

Reviewed: Samsung M610 (Verdict: World’s Thinnest Clamshell)

Pikashoes: Lightning Power at Last

Bowling Ball Flash Drive

The Handler: For Germaphobic Pirates

Vtech Nitro Vision: Heavy on Learning, Low on Nitro

.17 Caliber Mini-Browning: iHurt

Pocket Plasma: Tacit Perversion

SOME Best Buy Employees Are A Bunch Of Wiis

Striker II: USB Laser Guided Missile Launcher

Grope: Helio Drift GPS Buddy Stalker Vs. Dodgeball

ClamperPod: When Crappy Gadgets Go…Crappier

Cell Phone Battery Life, Extended

Exclusive: White Helio Drift Gallery

$3 Pocket Digicam Trio – If Bond Were Broke

More Than 15% Of People Carry Two Wireless Phones, Voluntarily

Sonar Blu-ray Laser: How They Make It

Transcend JetFlash 180 – Stores Data, Plays in Mud

Digiview Basketball Projection Clock – Official Gift of Relatives Who Don’t Give a &@#!

Rugged Wheelchair Lets Disabled Go Off-road

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