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We loved the idea of turning our iPads into giant music remotes and we’re glad to see that we can finally do it. The Sonos Controller app is now available, free, and should be great for those who own both a Sonos system and an iPad. https://gizmodo.com/sonos-ipad-app-will-make-your-tablet-a-giant-music-remo-5569851 Those of us without the complete set of…
Most of us are familiar with the popular song “Fuck You” by Cee Lo, but I doubt many of us realized just how perfectly the tune could be applied to one of gaming’s most torrid feuds: Nintendo vs Sega. The song parody was created by Brendan Becker (also known as Inverse Phase) and is intended…
We’ve heard of airport employees abusing body scanners to get naughty looks at their coworkers, but now we’re hearing that some security officials at a Nigerian airport might be using them like personal nudie-vision goggles. https://gizmodo.com/airport-employee-abused-body-scanner-to-get-a-naughty-l-5501485 According to a report by THISDAY, some airport employees at Lagos airport sneak off to the cubicle where the…
Don’t worry, that little fish isn’t going to get electrocuted, it’s part of “Sound Interjections!”, a musical experiment by Yuri Suzuki. When that fish swims through the sensors on its tank, increasingly complex sounds are played. [Yuri Suzuki via Core77]
When we analyzed the plans for Steve Jobs’ future home, we found one very important upgrade to be missing: A slide. Hopefully he’ll think of making that addition later on, but in the meantime here’s a collection of our favorite houses with built-in slides: https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-plans-for-steve-jobs-new-house-5649909 And since not all of us can afford luxurious homes…
I’m not so sure I’d want to use a concrete slide on particularly hot days, but I still have to admit that this one looks particularly fun. It was designed by the architects at Aboday for an Indonesian “Play House” and goes from a bedroom to the kitchen. [Dezeen via Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/slide-into-home-5642077 I don’t know…
Looking at this DIY 60-foot slip ‘n’ slide both terrifies and excites me. Apparently the secret to building it was waiting until the home owners were out of town and then following these somewhat confusing instructions: The slide is made of eight strips of plywood (2 foot by 8 foot). Underneath the slide 3 rows…
Come on. You know you want it. I dare you. It’s only a fraction of the price of your spankylala Macbook Pro. And unlike your iPhone 4, you can hold it and caress it in any way you want. Not only is it Jobs’ bella figura, but it will be digitally created for you, on…
Looks like iOS 4.2 Beta 2 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center. We’ll be taking a look and letting you know what’s new since the last beta shortly. [Apple]
My goodness, Steve Jobs’ new house looks like it’ll be a doozy. And it’ll have to be, if he wants to keep up with the ivory castles his tech mogul cohorts have built for themselves. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-plans-for-steve-jobs-new-house-5649909 Larry Ellison The Oracle CEO put this $25 million manse up for sale back in 2005, though it’s hard…
TVs all look decent enough these days. In fact, picture quality is such an easy target that manufacturers have moved on to compete with widgets and 3D. Screw that. I’d like to remind everyone that TVs need better sound. We got hands-on (and eyes-on and ears-on) time today with Bose’s first ever TV, the VideoWave,…
Lexi Lacey was born 14 weeks premature. She weighed less than a pound. She was given a 10% chance to live. And a plastic sandwich bag from the hospital cafeteria saved her life. The main concern with a baby born that early is maintaining body temperature; they lack the necessary body fat to stay warm.…
>You’re an aural multitasker. You want to switch to streaming light classical music while you’re fragging away on your Xbox 360, maybe mixing in some evening news just for kicks. This Logitech F540 headset feeds your audio ADD. The F540 can connect to up to three audio devices, because it includes a wireless base station…
No, it’s not the video capture of an endoscopy. This particular black vortex lies a bit farther than that. The Venus Express, the European Space Agency’s spacecraft dedicated to the exploration of our sister planet, has made this surprising discovery on its south pole: A massive vortex similar to the one found on Saturn’s south…
Your smartphone’s screen: 500 nits. Your laptop’s: 400. Your living room projector bulb: 1700 lumens. Your mini Maglite’s: 16. To gadget makers, brightness is a numerical marketing weapon, wielded often and without grace. To us, it’s just another spec. No more! The first thing to know about brightness is that, most of the time, it’s…
Saturday night, a bright round moon and Downtown Manhattan’s millions of lights were upstaged by two giant projection screens, an inflatable dance orb, and multitudes of glow bracelets, necklaces, neon body paint, fiberoptic wands and light-up swizzle sticks that were brandished by 400 rooftop revelers at the Diesel-sponsored Superglued/Gawker Media Silent Rave. As the festivities…
Do you know those inventions that are so fantastically awesome that they feel like magic? That’s not what the iArm is, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting…no…demanding that someone makes this miraculous accessory for the good of all mankind. I mean, imagine to be able to use your iPad while you watch a sunset…
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Looks like we’re going to have to edit our streaming video box breakdown: Hulu Plus is coming to both TiVo Premiere and Roku. They join Boxee and PS3 the only boxes to offer the service for now. https://gizmodo.com/video-box-battle-royale-who-should-be-your-tvs-new-bes-5649560 All Roku players will offer Hulu Plus content, meaning that you can get the service streaming to…
In just about a decade, much of the world has forgotten that film cameras ever even existed. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, not only did participants shoot on film—they used crumby, often expired disposable cameras to do it. Lead Shot I took a Fujifilm Quicksnap flash 400 apart a little to get to the lens…
