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Noise Both visually and by the numbers, the NEX-5 delivers excellent noise performance for its class. Photos are pretty clean up through ISO 800, and you don’t start to see significant softness until ISO 1600. Photo credit: Matthew Fitzgerald/CNET May 10, 2010 10:00 PM PDT By: Lori Grunin Noise, ISO 6400 Sony has really gotten…
He’s known as one of the most famous English artists of the twentieth century, was hugely popular in the Pop Art phase—and now, David Hockney is creating artworks with his iPad. After experimenting with iPhone artwork, Hockney’s picked up an iPad (despite it not being available in the UK yet), and is making streaky masterpieces…
The 303-foot-long Tatoosh is number 26 on the world’s largest yachts list, but don’t worry too much about Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: he still owns the world’s ninth largest, the Octopus. Allen’s put Tatoosh up for sale at Fraser Yachts in Florida, with the asking price of €125,000,000 (around $158,564,719.54). It’s a lot of money,…
It’s a dustpan! It’s a bin! It’s DustPan+Bin! A smart and pretty idea for those who live in a small apartment and don’t have a vacuum cleaner. [Lufdesign via Core77] https://gizmodo.com/dyson-makes-its-smallest-vacuum-cleaner-yet-the-city-d-5453590
Thanks to LG’s Flickr, we now know that 3D gaming on the Xbox 360 is possible—with LG 3DTVs, at least. The details are sketchy due to the translation, but it appears they’ll be sold together in South Korea. The Flickr account, after translation, says that LG and Microsoft Korea have entered a “strategic partnership” to…
Not content with just two digital cameras with interchangeable lenses, Sony has shown off a camcorder prototype which uses the same lenses—telling of a fall 2010 launch for the model. https://gizmodo.com/sony-nex-5-and-nex-3-interchangeable-lens-cameras-go-of-5535890 Like the EX-3 camcorder which leaked only last week from Sony, today’s camcorder-with-no-name will be able to swap E-mount lenses with the NEX-5 and…
Just last night a man fell between the train and the platform at Liverpool station in the UK, due to overcrowding. If that’s not reason enough for train companies to adopt this X-ray vision concept, I don’t know what is. It’s the work of 4-id Creative Network, who have conjured up what I hope is…
A pre-Christmas launch date was always known for Project Natal, but October sounds quite early. Perhaps Microsoft has seen what happens with the Wii every Christmas and is taking measures to ensure they don’t sell out, making kiddies worldwide disappointed? Of course, a “Project Natal sells out everywhere” story is powerful publicity for Microsoft, but…
I’m very fond of Canon’s IXUS line of compacts, and definitely want to check out this 300 HS at some point, with a f/2.0 lens, backlit CMOS sensor, and the first in the range with manual controls. It’s a 10MP model with f/2.0 28mm 3.8x Canon lens, and can shoot HD video in 720p resolution.…
Sony’s gone and made both the NEX-3 and NEX-5 official, with the NEX-5 carrying the large boast of being the world’s smallest and lightest camera with interchangeable lenses. The leaked specs of the NEX-3 have panned out according to Sony’s news release, but it’s the NEX-5 I’m most interested in. Both have 14.2MPs, Exmor APS…
We’ve seen a bit of the user interface already, but now we’ve got a slide show explaining the vision behind the “super-duper fast” Firefox 4 browser: https://gizmodo.com/a-mockup-of-the-firefox-4-user-interface-hello-gorgeo-5432623 Click to view The plans described in the slides aren’t final and could change before the browser ships. But boy, do they sound great. [Beltzner via Engadget]
Does Lenovo’s already expansive IdeaPad line really need another series? Actually, maybe! Because the new Z360, Z560, and Z565 offer something other IdeaPads haven’t, as much: compromise. A design that’s attractive but not flamboyant? Check. Performance options at a wide range of price points? Check, all the way from an AMD V series single-core processor…
When he found himself stuck in a public restroom stall without any toilet paper, Twitter user naika_tei did what any clever man would do: He posted a Twitter message pleading for help. It worked. It took 20 minutes from the time aika_tei first voiced his desperation, but someone apparently really brought him a roll of…
This t-shirt contains 108 objects—from gadgets to computers to A-Bombs—that appeared during six seasons of Lost, and…the code to reveal the identity of The Candidate! I know because a little purple man told me in a dream! OK, maybe this only makes sense to me, but the t-shirt is cool nonetheless. [Threadless via Uncrate]
This Lego creation has one purpose in life: To turn itself off every time it’s turned on. It’s about as logical as a piece of artwork which keeps reselling itself. [Boing Boing] https://gizmodo.com/this-disgruntled-artwork-perpetually-sells-itself-on-eb-5455369
Overheard projectors were never the most glamorous educational technology—that first Smart Board was some Star Trek-type shit!—but they could be found in pretty much every classroom growing up. I wish they all would’ve played music like this one. Blair Neal from New York said, “Oh yeah, Dirty Projectors? I see you and raise you five…
This luxury villa isn’t grand architecture. It’s not made of titanium. And it’s not even underground. But it’s the first home in the world with a 256-foot-long double loop water slide going from its top balcony to the pool. https://gizmodo.com/the-stunning-works-of-pritzker-winner-jean-nouvel-373937 Click to viewThat’s comparable to most water slides in amusement parks. The house is available…
Yes, we’re aware that there are some problems with the site right now. This is the note our tech team sent us about them earlier today: We are still working on the problems that plagued us today. Issues you may run into: Difficulty logging into the website Clicking on page 2 of the frontpage often…
If you really like eating eggs, but you really like making toast, the BangBang is the device you’ve always dreamed of: a toaster-style, four-egg steamer, suitable for streamlining your morning routine or rigging your neighborhood egg toss. Delicious efficiency. [Yanko]
There were rumors that AT&T and Apple have a five-year exclusivity agreement for the iPhone, but Engadget dug through court documents and found confirmation that such an agreement really was signed in 2007. Of course, things might’ve changed since 2007 and the agreement could’ve been altered plenty of times, but at least now we know…
