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A Canon EOS 4K SLR is on the way. We just learned about the $20,000 Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera due out in January. Canon has also released some details about a video-oriented SLR, and we’re drooling. https://gizmodo.com/canon-c300-a-digital-killer-cam-for-the-hollywood-set-5856240 The Canon EOS 4K SLR is just a concept now, but it’s pretty exciting. We do…
Here’s what the newly renovated Glass Cube Apple Store on Fifth Ave in New York City looks like now. It uses only 15 panes of glass to create the cube (compared to 90 panes previously) and is held “seamlessly” together without any visible hardware. CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE. https://gizmodo.com/the-amazingly-seamless-new-apple-cube-5829710 Of course you can! Well,…
The US has found itself in an Oh shit no you didn’t internet espionage moment, blaming China and Russia for billions of dollars in online theft, the Washington Post reports. Their response? Wasn’t us! It’s like a geopolitical high school prom scandal. The setup is simple: a new government report on international hacking—Foreign Spies Stealing…
CBS has all but confirmed that Apple tried to launch a subscription streaming video service, but couldn’t get enough content partners to sign on. Very interesting in light of the rumored Apple HDTV that’s supposed to be on the way. CBS CEO LES Moonves spilled the beans about the Apple TV service—or lack thereof—on the…
Everyone knows cable sucks, and Google knows they stand to make some coin off it. The WSJ claims Google is up to something pretty wild: it’s plotting its own cable network, based atop its own broadband ISP. This is ambitious. The program, according to “people briefed on [Google’s] plans,” say the Google Cable service would…
Did you see the Samsung Galaxy S II and think, “Man, that looks nice. If only it ran Windows Phone instead of Android…” Well guess whose dreams are about to come true on November 6th? (Hint: Yours) We first caught wind of the Focus S and friends a couple weeks ago and it certainly looked…
A bunch of cyber security experts from the EU and the US have been messing about with some pretend cyber attack scenarios, making plans for what would happen in the event of a proper, damaging electronic attack. The roleplay manoeuvres are based around two scenarios — private info being stolen from some of the EU’s…
I swear, nothing takes the edge off a long day at the grindstone better than a little Swedish Death-Metal. That’s especially true when you’ve got some Arch Enemy on tap with stone-cold fox Angela Gossow growling out vocals. Oh, did I mention I’m a sucker for female leads? Arch Enemy has been around for, well,…
Sure you could blow sixty grand on an Arri Alexa or $16 thousand for a Canon C300. Then again, you could just as easily get the same 4K video quality for less than $10k with Red’s newest iteration of the Scarlet Cinema Camera rig. https://gizmodo.com/arri-alexa-camera-digital-cinematic-bliss-5511054 The pocket-sized Scarlet has advanced quite a bit since its…
Well, yeah. How else are you going to spruce up an abandoned Arkansas hotel? Pillow mints? This artistic installation by Jessica Wohl is entitled “Hairy Staircase” and currently resides at the derelict Mountainaire Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. [Jessica Wohl via Boing Boing]
The K supercomputer just got a bit quicker—boosting its computational output to 10.5 quadrillion calculations per second and making it the speediest number-crunching system on the planet. The K Computer was built by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MoMESST) in conjunction with the Fujitsu Corporation and specifically aimed towards breaking…
Do you love dried meat products? Of course you do. Maybe not enough to eat a Beef-Potato Chip Chimera but definitely enough to squeeze your favorite cow-based meat-product through a food-safe caulk shooter like the Weston Original Jerky Gun. Carnivores, you’re welcome. https://gizmodo.com/beef-jerky-potato-chip-hybrid-is-the-pinnacle-of-human-5834117 The Weston Original Jerky Gun can press up to a pound and…
Joergen Geerds, Dan Finkler and Mark Sevenoff got six Sony Ericsson Xperia phones, combined them with a special panoramic mount and then recorded an 360-degree videopanorama of their ride in Moab, Utah. The result is beautiful, especially the Little Planet view. Go play with the interactive version here. [Xperia Studio via All Things D]
Granted, it may not actually shoot anything, but this 10.5-pound, 63-inch replica of Halo’s SRS 99 Anti-Matériel sniper rifle is the perfect accessory for your Master Chief costume. Wait, whaddya mean it’s already November?!? Check out Obvious Winner for more images. https://gizmodo.com/working-lego-gun-will-make-you-shoot-bricks-5020573
There’s a good reason this is probably the first bike mounted hands-free umbrella you’ve ever seen. Previous attempts to bring such a product to fruition fizzled out once their creators realized what a terrible idea it would be. But not the makers of the Uberhood. It’s a streamlined, aerodynamic umbrella designed to repel rain while…
It’s November. Welcome to the most stressful part of the year. The weather is getting crappy, the holidays are approaching, and the relaxed pace of the summer months is quickly fading into the drudgery of actually doing work. Here are a few tools to keep you from snapping and strangling the Whole Foods cashier. You…
RED has their Epic camera. Arri has their Alexa camera. And now Canon has the C300, a digital video camera that’s soley intended for professional film production, promising accurate color reproduction and awesome low and natural light performance. https://gizmodo.com/arri-alexa-camera-digital-cinematic-bliss-5511054 According to Engadget, prospective buyers can opt for Canon’s own EOS lens mount or Arri’s PL…
Like a spring snake being released from its canned prison, the White Salmon River in Washington State was freed after the 98 year old Condit Dam was dramatically breached with explosives last week. The detonation, and resulting deluge, was fortunately captured on video by Andy Maser who also created a series of timelapse videos, condensing…
The details of the next Nook have been leaked and SlashGear got em. With the Barnes & Noble event scheduled for the 7th, the timing seems about right. Oh man, it’s going to be an exciting holiday season for book lovers. SlashGear reports that they got their digital hands on the specs for the next…
Sony filed a series of patents recently that would add biometric sensors to PlayStation 3 controllers and to a handheld resembling the Playstation Vita. How will gaming change when your console knows how you feel? It’s weird to think that the behavior of your video game avatar could change concurrent with your level of tension…
