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Panasonic is showing off a prototype of a 4K micro four thirds format interchangeable lens camera. It looks just like Panasonic’s video-chomping GH3. We don’t know much about the forthcoming protoype, but we’re told that it’s more than wankery and that we’ll see a product in the near future. Panasonic is showing a prototype of…
So the Oculus Rift is fantastic. If you’ve used it in its original incarnation, you know that it’s incredible. It’s virtual reality done better than you’ve ever seen it before. It’s revolutionary. And it’s nothing compared to what’s coming next. I mean Oh. My. God. Dubbed Crystal Cove, the newest model of Oculus isn’t meant…
Yahoo has finally revealed what a certain newly purchased, industrious young entrepreneur has been working. Say hello to News Digest, a Summly-inspired app that offers bite-sized bits of news stories “blended” from a variety of sources. The individual stories, called “atoms,” are pulled together from a variety of news sites and even provide background info…
Digg found this video of a guy jumping on a frozen trampoline. Here’s the money shot in slow motion, but check out the full video to hear the noise: It’s a nice change from all the people recording themselves throwing pots of boiling water in the air. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
Here we are at the Yahoo CES keynote—hosted by Marissa Mayer—and David Pogue has taken the stage to show off Yahoo’s new tech vertical. Mostly he is VERY ENTHUSIASTIC and YELLING a WHOLE LOT. He’s making bad jokes at Gizmodo’s expense (he called us Gizmoody), even though we helped him find his iPhone that one…
Yesterday, Panasonic told us that its new 4K LED Life+Screen TVs has picture quality that’s just as good as its recently murdered plasma line. I spent some time with the 85-incher. Plasma was wonderful, but everything’s gonna be OK. There can still be beauty. A/V nerds breathed a sigh of achy nostalgia when Panasonic told…
After 14 years of prohibition, the Chinese government has lifted a ban on the sale of foreign consoles inside the country’s border. This opens the door for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony to tap in the multi-billion market—though the companies have already admitted it won’t be easy. It’s so far unclear exactly how far the suspension…
Everybody knows that it’s cold as hell in the Midwest right now, but satellite images of the tundra are still a sight to behold. It’s amazing to see it like this, with any sign of civilization covered in snow. From NASA: NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured a Midwestern wintertime “White Out” at 2015 UTC/3:15 p.m. EST…
When you’re digging for CES gold, you can usually ignore about 99.99 percent of the iPhone accessories announced at the show. But in that last 0.01 percent is where you can find some real treasures. This year FLIR has managed to shrink the same thermal imaging technology it sells to law enforcement and the military…
This week, temperatures in Chicago dipped to -16 degree Fahrenheit (-26.7 degree Celsius) on the heals of the frigid, dense air known as a polar vortex, which has swept across the Midwest and through huge portion of the United States. The freezewave brought dangerously cold temperatures, colder than any seen for 20 years, and transformed…
Flexible, stretchable, bendable circuits will make futuristic wearable devices and implantable medical sensors possible. Today, a Swiss research team revealed a big new step in that field: a super-thin circuit that can function while wrapped around a human hair or laid on a contact lens. The team, led by Giovanni Salvatore at the Swiss Federal…
We all have that friend—that friend who won’t even look at a slice of bread because they’re participating in the latest faux-hippie, fitness-addict trend, the Paleo diet. “Cavemen didn’t eat carbs so why should I?” they say. Well, they’re just plain wrong. Cavemen actually ate tons of carbs, according to new research from paleobiologists at…
The scene seems like a storm over a sea of lava somewhere in Mordor, but you are looking at the surface of a failed star—the weather on a brown dwarf based on new data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. It’s spectacular. Even more so when you think that’s not water falling from the sky. Published…
On the left, a promotional image from WobbleWorks!* LLC, creators of the 3Doodler, a pen that lets you print 3D creations as magical as your imagination allows. On the right, an actual 3Doodler creation. Whoooo, boy. It is no doubt possible to make a convincing Eiffel Tower out of thin air with the 3Doodler, but…
Eton Corporation has updated its outlet-mounted emergency backup flashlight with a built-in carbon monoxide detector that will trigger both an audible and visible flashing alarm when CO levels reach dangerous levels in a room. It’s particularly well suited for home use since it’s best to mount carbon monoxide detectors closer to the ground for maximum…
Building your own computer is generally reserved for the hardcore, the devoted, the geeky. But with Razer’s Project Christine, it’s as easy as playing with Legos. Really big, actively mineral cooled Legos. Also it looks like a badass rack of rockets or something, which is cool as shit. Project Christine is, at its most simple,…
Sony just announced a super slick projector called the 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector that’ll be able to turn any wall into a 4K display. It’s a part of Sony’s new Life Space UX What’s cool about the projector is that it’s placed right next to a wall instead of behind your head. And that…
It’s not necessarily sound from Edifier’s e25 Luna Eclipse speakers that grabs your attention on the show floor here at CES. It’s that they look distinctly like a row of Daft Punk helmets. Otherwise they’re pretty standard fare as far as Bluetooth speakers go. The unintentional set of homages to the French duo connect to…
The biggest advantage to e-ink display technology is its incredible battery life. It means your Kindle can flip through book after book before needing a charge, and it allows this gorgeous digital wall clock to run for months on just a single cell-sized watch battery. It also makes the clock remarkably light. It attaches to…
CES 2014 is flush with 3D printers this year, and while they’re getting cheaper and easier to use, you still need to either buy 3D models online to print, or design your own which requires know-how of 3D modelling software. But we all know how to use a crayon or magic marker to draw, and…
