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If you thought the Muvi Micro DV was tiny, check out the new Muvi Atom video camera. At 1.57 x 0.78 x 0.59 inches and 1.4 ounces, this $122 nano camera is destined to record a billion amateur gonzo videos. The black aluminum-encased Muvi Atom saves 640 x 480 AVI movies with audio in a…
Before it was announced, we mocked up a crude iPad to test some basic tablet ergonomics. It was awkward! (And oddly sensual!) Now that I have my iPad, I still don’t know: How are we supposed to hold it? Our original mockup might’ve been a little off—our aspect ratio was closer to widescreen than the…
Music services embedding personal info into the songs you buy as sekret DRM isn’t new. But it could take on a whole new level of relevance once cloud-based music streaming services from Apple or Amazon or Google finally launch. As those three work out deals with the major labels to do a cloud-based music service,…
Supposedly these images are screenshots of Internet Explorer 9 and they look surprisingly good. Is Microsoft finally redesigning its browser for the better or are these just mockups of someone’s dreams? We don’t know Update: What a cruel joke. Geez. If everything about IE9 is as minimalist and clean as this supposed design, I might…
Right before the iPad came out, Apple added an “iPad Ready” section to its site, bragging about all the major sites that would run seamlessly without flash on the device. The problem? Some of those sites are anything but. Sure, the front pages of all those sites work just fine. But try going in-depth on…
The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered glider with a wingspan larger than that of a Boeing 787, completed its first true flight today, a major milestone in its aim to circumnavigate the globe in 2012. In December the plane left the ground for the first time, though only for 28 seconds. Today’s 90-minute adventure was its…
If you like your phones heavy and stupid, the Mobiado CPT001 is for you. It’s made of marble. You know, the heavy, polished stone? It will assuredly be offensively expensive and only complete assholes will buy one. [Mobiado via BornRich]
The iPad should technically be perfect for comics. The large screen, the swipe gestures and the pinch-to-zoom all make digital comics that much better than it has before. But no one comic reader has gotten it completely right. Here are the contenders for comic readers. There’s the Comixology and Marvel’s reader, the latter of which…
Connecting devices can take hundreds of pins, which is a lot of real estate. That’s one reason why Sony’s new wireless chip technology is so exciting—a circuit board free of clutter could be here in just three years. Sony’s using millimeter wave technology in the 30 to 300GHz spectrum to to create a short-range link…
Riding Honda’s U3-X personal mobility prototype is easy. Very easy. Gut-fatteningly, motivation-drainingly, muscle-atrophyingly easy. The U3-X is a continuation of Honda’s unofficial human meat puppetry project, which started in 2008 with a set of assistive robo-legs, and will end with, well, Wall-E. Conceptually, it sits somewhere between two other historically dignified modes of transportation, the…
It’s still very, very early in the world of iPad-specific apps, with less than 2,500 of them in the store compared to 150,000+ iPhone apps. But so far? It’s totally dominated by games. App store analysts Distimo did a rundown of what you’ll find in the iPad app store, and a full third of them…
Rumor is that HTC’s EVO 4G will be coming to Sprint on either June 6 or June 13—though supposedly Sunday the 13th is being favored. There’s also talk of an additional $10-20 monthly charge for the 4G service. The additional ten or twenty bucks is supposed to also give you access to the EVO’s 8-device…
Everybody’s talking about Amazon retaliating against the iPad with a multitouch, multimedia, app-heavy Kindle 3. But it’s not as obvious a move as you think. In fact, it’s a bad idea. As I pointed out yesterday, Amazon is going to do well by the iPad—and plenty of other platforms—as long as they keep their software…
The shipment for the winning iPads was delayed until next week, so I’m going through the entries now. I will post the winners next week, so have patience, please! There are a whoooooooole lot of what I am sure are all wonderful designs by very talented people, so I gotta give em all my full…
The silicone Drop Showerhead—designed by Giulio Iacchetti. For some reason, it makes me anxious. I would always expect it to drop on my head. [IB Rubinetterie via Likecool]
You’ll need more wallet to hold all the savings with dealzmodo’s like today’s. Dell’s serving up a XPS desktop complete with a monitor, Mass Effect 2’s a steal with the first one for free, and play Cubiboard on the iPad. Top Deals: • Dell Studio XPS 9000 Desktop with Core i7 2.66GHz and 21.5″ LCD…
This week’s random Gizmodo starred commenter/My Fusion Site enthusiast is the one and only OCEnterainment, who has made made some excellent choices. Check them out below, then create your own Gawkmodo or Jalopspin or Kotako9! With My Fusion Site, you can elect to read your favorite content from any combination of Gawker Media titles, all…
I’m glad someone actually took the time to design a simple stand that not only matches the iPad’s industrial design but makes it look even better. The Joule’s made in California, but it reminds me of classic 70s European designs. The Joule is made out of solid aluminum bricks, CNC’ed like the unibody iPad and…
It’s April. That means the long-slumbering skeletons of wood are coming back to life, blooming with green anew. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, that’s what we want to see. In a word: Spring. The Challenge Shoot whatever you want, provided it captures the essence of the spring season—when a bunch of wet, brown gunk…
At first sight, this Lego version of the world’s most expensive street car—the Bugatti Veyron—looks like just a nice reproduction. And then you see the video, and realize it’s actually an RC car with a 7+R sequential gearbox. It also has a retracting spoiler and independent suspension. [MOCpages vua Brothers Brick]
