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I really love to shop, but I always feel bad about pestering the salesperson for different sizes or colors of a pair of pants or something. But Facecake eliminates that issue—and makes it so you never have to ask another human being if a pair of jeans make you look fat. Using Kinect, you can…
When we first saw the ZBoard, an electric skateboard with weight-sensor controls, we hoped it would be the first powered skateboard that could actually ride, well, like a skateboard. We tested it out today and it’s exactly that: a fun ass skateboard that can move on its own. https://gizmodo.com/the-electric-skateboard-built-to-actually-ride-like-a-s-5887181 The ZBoard works like this: you…
Magnets can do more than just heat your meals—they can power the rest of your cooking gadgets as well. https://gizmodo.com/how-induction-cooktops-make-meals-with-magnets-5955643 The Haier Cordless Blender is the first such device to part ways with power outlets. Instead, you install a power transmitter (read: induction coil) in your kitchen counter top and place the blender on that.…
T-Mobile now has a No-Contract Unlimited Plan for $70 a month. That’s unlimited voice, data, and text. Very sweet deal.
Tablets are getting thinner and thinner, and the end result is bound to be tablets that are paper thin. We’re almost there—but there’s still a question of exactly how handy that’ll really be. A flexible, paper-thin E Ink display, Plastic Logic’s “Paper Tab”—developed in partnership with Intel and Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada—is a glance…
Here’s a cute little animation video that’ll teach you the ABC’s of architecture. Like, literally. Its an alphabetical list of the most important architects along with their most famous buildings. Can you guess who was under W? Here’s the full list: Alvar AAlto – Säynätsalo Town hall – Finland Luis Barragán – Satellite Towers –…
Always be charging. That’s what we do at CES. But there isn’t always an outlet around, which is why Hyper’s Pico charger is so awesome—it juices up three smartphones at the same time. The 3000 mAh pack goes on sale in March through HyperShop.com for $70. It comes with retractable lightning and microUSB cables, along…
The Steam Box (or Steam Boxes, more likely) has been a long time coming, and today, the Xi3’s Piston is leading the charge. While the details about Piston specifically are few and far between, we got a look at her and boy is she pretty. https://kotaku.com/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next-gen-5966860 The first of what will probably be many, Piston…
With the volume of high-quality videos flooding every corner of social media these days, it’s easy for the less artistically inclined among us to feel a little left out. And sure, video-editing apps that streamline the process aren’t new, but nothing will drop a seamless end product into your digital lap quite as quickly and,…
Samsung and Netflix have been working together on a 4K video solution for the Ultra HD world we’re entering. I just saw a demo of some of the 4K streaming content, and it’s horrifying. They’re going to have to work harder to not suck the life out of the video. The 4K streaming video demo…
You’ve seen hints of it over the past couple months: a photograph here and there on Gizmodo that you could click and spin and almost play with. These are the work of the Gizmodoscope, an interactive imaging system that we’ve spent the past year developing to make the most badass pictures on the Internet. And…
You know, I’ve been wondering when we’d see a battery pack case for the iPhone 5. Mophie tends to be the first to market but it looks like iBattz might squeak one in first. With two 2200mAh batteries, both the Mojo Refuel and rugged Moro Armor can recharge your iPhone 5 up to three times,…
The WSJ, never ones to pass up a good (or bad) Apple rumor, is reporting that the company is working on a less expensive alternative to its $200 (on-contract) iPhone. And if that sounds familiar, well, it should. It’s the same rumor they trotted out back in February of 2011. In other words? Don’t get…
Getting foreign gadgets to play nice with the local power grid is a nightmare any time you travel internationally. Here’s why every country on the planet (except yours) totally screwed up indoor wiring. In the early days of the electricity craze, just after Nikola Tesla and the Westinghouse company wiped the floor with Thomas Edison’s…
Designed to complement the Roomba, the Scuba, and the myriad of other cleaning robots that keep your floors spic and span, the new Winbot 7 uses its suction powers to stick to and clean your windows instead. So when it’s available come April for somewhere around $400 to $500, you may never have to buy…
The name ZTE doesn’t mean a ton in the U.S. The Chinese company has only had a handful of phones make it stateside and they’ve been way on the low end. Now, suddenly, they’re going for broke with the Grand S. On paper, this thing looks mighty appetizing. It has a 5-inch 1920×1080 screen (1080p,…
Moments ago, at a small press event, Raj Talluri, Qualcomm’s VP of Product Management dropped this little nugget. “You are just starting to see 1080p display phones. I think that will go even higher.” My brain instantly exploded. If people are working on UltraHD screens for mobile phones, Raj would know about it, as Qualcomm…
CES: Microsoft has sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses to date and that includes upgrades, as well as new PCs.
Our friend Jonnypartys at The Scuttlefish found this video of the Architeuthis, the living kraken filmed by Tsunemi Kubodera and his team after 400 hours in a research sub. It’s only a few seconds, but you can see the beast both peacefully floating and attacking the submarine. https://gizmodo.com/live-giant-squid-filmed-in-the-pacific-for-the-first-ti-5973909 The monster was kind of pissed off,…
Harman has developed an augmented reality display technology that give you real-time information in your windshield while you drive. It’s like Google Glasses for your ar except that the product is actually about to launch it (or so they say…). And Harman promises you won’t crash while using it. The idea is to provide you…
