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We have no faces. We have no names. Please take these free buy these headphones from an unremarkable company you’ve never heard of and won’t remember tomorrow. Someone is paying us to be here. The body suit-clad humans you see above are the sheer embodiment of CES: faceless human billboards using their bodies to draw…
In the early ’90s, Sennheiser gave its engineers a mission: make the best headphones ever, irrespective of price. They came up with the Orpheus HE90. Only 300 were made. They initially sold for $16,000. Today they sell phone upwards of $30,000 on eBay. The Orpheus is more proof-of-concept than anything else. Each set comes bundled…
This person was doing handsprings at a mildly traumatically awful press event to demonstrate the in-ear tenacity of some earbuds. faces have been withheld because it’s hard to get a picture of feet and face at the same time to protect the innocent.
The enticing plate of stale gummy bears is supposed to interest you in visiting a booth that sells Chinese iPhone cases. Or something. Twenty-five gummy bears just sitting on a paper plate at a booth in a back corner of CES. Seriously, count ’em.
Whether you’re battling the forces of evil or the forces of nature, you’re going to need to protect your face. And what better way to do both than with this awesome Captain America Mask Costume Beanie? Made from acrylic, the beanie sports the Captain’s trademark A and wings. Just pull it over your upper face,…
This person works for a gadget blogsite called The Verge. faces have been withheld because it’s hard to get a picture of feet and face at the same time as a matter of professional courtesy.
Camera manufcaturers announced so many awesome cameras this fall. We honestly weren’t expecting much from them at CES this year. But some big manufacturers delivered the gear anyway. Here are four dope new shooters that all surprised the megapixels out of us. Fujifilm X100 and Fujifilm X20 https://gizmodo.com/fujifilm-x100-and-x20-get-new-faster-guts-to-match-thei-5973868 Been following the saga of the fancy…
The Boeing EA-18G Growler is designed to jam enemy electronics from the air so that the US can kill people. But here, it’s just sitting in the Japanese snow, looking pretty as can be. There’s not very much to say about this. It’s just a lovely photograph, don’t you think? I wonder what it’s like…
One of the clear automotive technology trends at CES this year is cars that drive themselves. From Audi to Lexus to Ford, the world’s largest car companies are beginning to follow Google’s lead in an effort to produce cars smart enough to drive themselves. The thought is that autonomous cars will reduce the number of…
Van Gogh’s is undoubtedly one of the most immediately recognizable self-portraits in the world. And it’s this familiarity with the impressionist painting that makes Lithuanian architect and photographer Tadao Cern’s digital recreation so haunting. Seeing what should be a dreamy, swirling image with such clarity and realism is jarring, but it’s also kind of incredible…
Don’t go into the Audi booth without sunglasses. It’s an entire squint-inducing tunnel of light. The light represents the future laser headlights Audi is hawking. The insufferable pounding dubstep represents current trends in Youth Culture™. Audi, you have cool cars, but do you realize that every journalist here is suffering from a hangover? Your entire…
2013 is shaping up to be a huge year for huge televisions. Almost every major brand is rolling out gigantic sets and packing them with four times the resolution of current TVs. One curved display is even redefining what constitutes a “flat screen” TV, period. Here’s what to watch in 2013. https://gizmodo.com/the-only-thing-bigger-than-westinghouses-110-inch-4k-te-5973999 Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K…
Remember Sammy Sosa, the guy who was hitting all those home runs? He’s back—in Pinterest form. This page will be the most bizarre and perhaps mentally ill thing you see on the Internet this week. Every single photo has the exact same caption. Every single photo is of Sammy Sosa smiling at the camera. One…
It’s our last day in Las Vegas, and we have devolved to the lowest level of human function. For example, Sam forgot to brush his teeth. Luckily the press room trashcans double as sinks. CES is a picture of hygiene.
Beats Electronics got control of a lot of digital music rights and technology when it acquired the streaming music service MOG last year. Now, Beats is launching a new service—Project Daisy—to sell you beats by every artist you can think of. According to the release, the project was developed under the direction of Trent Reznor.…
All technology, if you wait long enough, eventually goes on sale. Yes—all those crazy new gadgets we’re seeing at CES will eventually become cheap if you can wait a year or five. But if you can find a bargain as soon as a new model comes out, well, that’s where deals live. Today, our Bestmodo-winning…
At CES every year, we cover hundreds of products. They’re usually only barely differentiated from previous models. But sometimes, companies trot out devices and technology that could bring something new and wonderful to the market—it’s just too bad the odds of this vaporware ever being for sale are slim to nil. Here’s the best fantasy…
Commemorate your recent European travels and turn any loaf of bread into a pile of shredded crumbs with this trio of knives that feature serrated edges mirroring the silhouettes of the Alps. Pricing and availability haven’t been locked down yet, but the famous peaks include the Zurich Panorama, the Lake of Constance Panorama, and the…
This is not surprising, but since the Wall Street Journal keeps releasing stupid stupid STUPID reports on Apple developing a cheapo iPhone year after year, it’s good to have Phil Schiller punching them in the groin with a big hell-no: Despite the popularity of cheap smartphones, this will never be the future of Apple’s products.…
Gentlemen, brace yourselves: once upon a time, you were a girl. Strictly speaking, when you were just an overgrown ball of cells in the womb you were female—but fortunately a few things happened along the way to ensure you were all man by birth. This video explains the whole process, which boils down to the…
