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It just looks like any other, but this WD Caviar Green is three terabytes, using 750GB-per-platter. At just $240, it comes just in time to upgrade my backup storage unit. WD® Now Shipping the World’s Largest Capacity SATA Hard Drives WD Caviar® Green™ 3 TB Hard Drives Support the Continuing Demand for Increased Capacity in…
Robot cars that drive themselves, steampunk furniture made from naval mines, a house (and everything in it) made entirely of paper, robotic legs that help paraplegics walk again, and making gadgets more like guts. Bike Doctor App Empowers Mobile Bike Repair (Video) Spearheaded by Andreas Kambanis of London Cyclist (one of the worlds most popular…
If you haven’t seen the original video of a McDonald’s Happy Meal lasting six months with no perceivable decay, you should! Then watch this video a Gizmodo/Consumerist commenter made that shows a much more likely—and humorous—outcome. https://gizmodo.com/video-six-months-of-the-everlasting-happy-meal-5662271 I think it’s high time we started seeing more of these, and if you make your own send…
Sometime this week two new AMD GPU cards, the 6870 and 6850, will launch. Tested.com’s figured out some of the specs from the images, so if this pic is getting you hot under the collar do check ’em out: [Tested]
You might’ve seen yesterday’s divabot, the singing HRP-4C popstar. Using the same voice synthesizer technology, these cute-as-animals PaPeRo ‘bots can sing the Ponyo theme tune, and take other requests. Have you ever seen anything as cute? [TokyoTek via PlasticPals] https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-worlds-first-robot-pop-star-5666855
Android head Andy Rubin must’ve been pretty riled up by Steve Jobs’ comments yesterday about the openness of Android, because he finally sent his first tweet, which you can see above. What does it mean? Why, it’s Android. https://gizmodo.com/shit-my-jobs-says-earnings-call-edition-5667183 TechCrunch has confirmed with a few various people that it is actually Andy Rubin’s Twitter account,…
Oh, you work in an office where everyone has an iPad? Good for you. Here’s how to spend less time in meetings and more time being productive. The $10 Meeting Mngr Pro app will obviously pay for itself very quickly. Following blogger Seth Godin’s plea for an app allowing for shareable presentations, with a voting…
The chairmen of the House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus sent that nice young man from Facebook a letter about Facebook’s problems with user information getting leaked out to advertisers through third-party apps. Good for them! I hope it was strongly worded. http://gawker.com/5666325/how-to-stop-facebook-from-sharing-your-information-with-third-parties So, we have a House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus. Did you know? It’s kind of…
Nothing like making proper takeaway-style meals at home. How many of us have tried replicating Whoppers or Taco Bell burritos on a Tuesday night, when you’re too lazy to hotfoot it over to the drive-in? You can get in on the rotisserie chicken act at—of course—Hammacher Schlemmer, for $130. The machine cooks chooks on a…
I love that the inventor of this inflatable photo studio was so frustrated at rising studio hire prices in New York, that he built his own portable studio for sidewalk-working—and is now flogging them for $500 each. If that doesn’t show this photographer as having a large dosage of creativity and forward-thinking, then I don’t…
The Open It! instant-coffee-in-a-straw kind of makes me hurt inside. But it is very clever! [Yanko Design via Shot Zombies] https://gizmodo.com/chasing-the-perfect-cup-of-coffee-with-science-5642561
Click to viewFor some reason 18-year-old Zak Anthony King seemed surprised that police officers would threaten to taser him as he evaded arrest wearing nothing but swim goggles. And that wasn’t even the awkward part: King told officers that he also had unidentified “super powers,” and that he left his southwest Palm Bay home sometime…
“This is sexy” is not a comment a teacher should post on a student’s Facebook photo. But that’s what Chadwin Reynolds allegedly wrote on a photo posted by one of a half dozen female students he friended on Facebook. The New York Post reports that the Department of Education in New York City has fired…
This seemingly innocent compilation of footage captured by sports fanatics will probably give you the sudden urge to buy rugged cameras, skateboards, snowboards, surfboards, race cars, and motocross bikes. I’d warn you more, but I’ve got stunts to practice. https://gizmodo.com/gopro-hero-hd-camera-review-5396576 In case you’re curious: All of the clips were shot on a GoPro HD Hero…
This is for you. Yes, you, the one hiding behind that desk in the #corrections room. [YouTube]
Irvin Kershner directed the greatest Star Wars movie of all, The Empire Strikes Back. It may be time to forgive George Lucas, but it’s hard not dreaming about the saga of Anakin’s rise and fall depicted by more capable hands. https://gizmodo.com/its-time-to-forgive-george-lucas-5664218 In an interview coinciding with Empire’s 30th anniversary, Kershner reveals that, had the prequels…
The EU banned lightbulbs that suck more than 60 watts to improve the energy efficiency of an entire continent. And responding with the proverbial “F U” are two Germans, importing high-wattage bulbs and marketing them as heating devices called “heatballs.” But Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law aren’t just run of the mill entrepreneurs with an…
The last time Steve Jobs got on an earnings call, it was to reassure investors that he was in good health. So what made him spend an hour taking questions today? Here’s what Jobs said, and what it means. https://gizmodo.com/apple-quarterly-earnings-6-9-million-iphones-sold-mo-5066543 Steve On RIM (But Really WP7) We’ve now passed RIM and I don’t see them…
In theory, a Blow Globe sounds like the most amazing gadget a man could have. But in reality, it’s only another reminder that some things should just be kept low-tech—and not purchased from door-to-door salesmen. [UCB via Splitsider]
Some of the first concrete details about Android 3.0 Gingerbread are pretty goddamn exciting. It’s a smoother, faster, better Android—potentially with built-in video chat and Google Voice Wi-Fi calling. Here’s what Phandroid details, alongside the worst leaked picture in history. Imagine a lot of the aesthetic and UI improvements in Android 2.2, taken to the…
