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If it’s wrong, well, I don’t want to be right. Though what I would like is $483 and the nerve to actually buy this box of 150 Pantone reference color-pens. You can buy them in packs as little as 12, but where’s the fun there? [DickBlick via Werd]
OK Go, the mastermind musicians behind the awesomest music videos, recently revealed their latest creation: All Is Not Lost. It puts the camera underneath a glass panel to get a trippytastic and revealing view of people in skin-tight body suits. Yes, the feet and butts are in your face but the kaleidoscope effect is perfectly…
Sure, you probably own a million USB cables as is, but this 3ft-long USB cable with both a micro and mini USB head is $12 well-spent, let me tell you. [StarTech]
Landmines are simple but ridiculously effective and obnoxiously long-lived devices— often killing and maiming civilians long after the end of conflict. The Digger D-3 aims to clear the world’s war-zones one mine at a time. Created by the Swiss NGO, Digger DTR, the 18 foot D-3 is a fully-armored, remotely operated mine-clearing device. Like a…
That bloody bastard Anders Breivik sent his plan to kill people in Oslo and Utoya to more than one thousand recipients one hour and 17 minutes before the first explosion. His deadly spam even contained a 1500-page attachment. The list of recipients go from Norwegian ex-congressman Jan Simonesen to about 250 anti-islamic grous in the…
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth just ruled that funding for embryonic stem cell research doesn’t violate federal law, clearing the way for more study. This is huge news for doctors, patients, and President Obama. Sucks if you’re a religious conservative. Obama hoped to expand funding to stem cell research in order to find treatments to…
A byproduct of innovation and technology is that it makes once useful things obsolete. Laserdiscs, tape decks, AOL, Dreamcast and more have all been killed off with better technology. Could that happen to sign language? Some people think so. The NY Times has an interesting report on technology and sign language and it’s actually becoming…
While Drift Innovation’s new Drift HD is certainly not the first of its kind, it wins points for being a lot smaller than its kin. 25% smaller. That alone, rather than its familiar specs, makes it stand out as a helmet cam you’d want. https://gizmodo.com/x170-action-camera-is-ready-for-any-adventure-5519437 This little guy takes 9MP photos and shoots in 1080p…
The Facebook app for BlackBerry’s PlayBook has been given a once over, bringing along Facebook Places for checking in and grabbing freebies, Events, plus the ability to change your privacy settings. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry phone app has been upgraded with Chat functionality. [BerryReporter via UberGizmo]
What the hell? A Royal Australian Air Force man suffered severe burns yesterday after he was caught in a porta-potty explosion. And no one seems to be sure why it happened. I smell a conspiracy. The “military incident” took place at Rockhampton Airport during a US-led military exercise. Apparently the man decided to light up…
The thing about the flu is that there’s a lot of different strains. One flu season is different from the other and each one requires a new shot. That could change! Doctors believe we’ll develop a universal vaccine soon enough. Specifically, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, believes that in the…
Hi! So you might notice that Gizmodo looks a teensy bit different today. Back at HQ, we’ve been calling this project the Open Design, and it’s all about making the site easier to read and navigate. The main difference is that you can choose whether you want the entire site to scroll as one unified…
With the fall semester approaching, incoming freshmen have a difficult choice: keep using the same backpack from high school or take that first tenuous step towards responsibility with real backpack. Sorry, JanSport. I’ve moved on to Hex. Hex, the the iPod Nano watch strap folks, have expanded their selection to include functional backpacks, laptop sleeves,…
Facebook’s facial recognition system was so intrusive, the EU felt it necessary to investigate it for privacy violations. While Facebook has always allowed you to turn it off, it’s always been a bit fiddly—until now. [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-latest-privacy-settings-shadiness-invades-you-5809647
Let’s say you’re actually fortunate enough to own a Leica MP or M7 and two lenses. Instead of carting a camera bag around for a second lens, you could pick up a $200 extra lens holder which uses the tripod mount, and also stabilizes shots. [Leica via Fancy via OhGizmo]
I love companies that let you customize their products, like (cough) Urban Outfitters’ hipster bike service, and now RED5’s Vibe watch. They’ve got enough solid and translucent color options for every part of the watch that you can rack up 80,000 combos apparently. They cost £30/$50, with women’s and kids’ sizing coming in August. [Red5]
Julie Kim wondered what would happen if you placed a coffee table, stack of newspapers and a cheery vase of flowers at an LA bus stop. Secretly filming them, she found that people actually engaged with one another. It certainly poses a question to local councils about how they can improve the environment of waiting…
Obviously those who disabled natural scrolling are laughing. But as you may’ve noticed already, Chrome’s three-finger left/right swipe to navigate through previously-viewed pages has been broken in Lion, because that gesture now flips between desktops. https://gizmodo.com/fuck-natural-scrolling-this-is-bullshit-5823588 Google’s since updated Chrome to number 14, as while it’s not been released past the dev channel yet, TechCrunch…
If the recent trend of larger-than-your-hand phones has got you down, you’ll be pleased to hear that the rumored HTC Omega supposedly has a 3.8-inch display for the WP7 Mango it’s going to (allegedly) run. Coupled with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm chip, 8MP camera and 16GB of onboard storage, these leaked specs give us something to…
I crave the flagship E-P3 like I’ve never craved a micro four thirds before, but at $900/£800 I fear it’s something I’ll have to think over very carefully. The next step down, the E-PL3, has just been priced at $700—a good two hundred notes cheaper, but is that inbuilt flash worth the extra cash? Not…
