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I should be in awe of this autonomous, two-wheeled prototype robot by Toyota, dreaming of The Jetsons and Wall-E. But instead, all I can think is, “Who needs a robot that just balances crap on its head?” [PlasticPals via CrunchGear]
It all about the full packaged bundles in today’s deals. Pickup an Xbox bundle with two major tiles at a discount, those wanting to dive into DSLRs have the great deal from Nikon, and nab some free prints too. Top Deals: • Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera Kit 2 (18-55mm and 55-200mm VR Lens) +…
Are you real? You may seem real and solid, but you are mostly made of empty space. To demonstrate it, someone enlarged an electron to the size of one pixel, proportionally showing its distance from a equally scaled proton. Click image above to zoom in This is all basic stuff to anyone who’s taken a…
Feel like your broadband’s not living up to how it’s advertised? Here’s your chance to prove it: the FCC’s introduced a Consumer Broadband Test that’ll let you know exactly how good a connection you’ve got. The test is in beta, but can be used for both fixed and mobile broadband, and there are already iPhone…
I’ve got to hand it to Mosspuppet: he’s always on top of the latest trends. This time out: Chatroulette! And while it ends with Mosspuppet’s most cherished dream fulfilled, it’s also. Totally. Gross. NSFW. [Mosspuppet]
The iPad launched today, and while most of us are buying one, there may be a lot of undecideds among you. Here are the arguments to help push you over the edge—or to pull you back from it: https://gizmodo.com/you-can-pre-order-the-ipad-now-5491789 The Litany of iPad Resistance https://gizmodo.com/the-litany-of-ipad-resistance-5491901 The Litany of iPad Submission https://gizmodo.com/the-litany-of-ipad-submission-5491903
Sony’s XMB may be a bit of a RAM hog, and Microsoft’s Project Natal will require about 15% of the Xbox 360’s resources. But the new PlayStation Move controller? Its footprint looks light. https://gizmodo.com/every-playstation-3-now-has-70mb-more-ram-during-gamepl-5479083 While Sony has not come forward with complete CPU footprint information, they’ve stated that PlayStation Move requires an “insignificant” 1-2MB of…
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to take Sony’s new PlayStation Move and put it in some real contexts. It’s supposed to let you pretend to play with guns, swords and other objects, right? Let’s see it. Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with PS Move in the subject line. Save…
You’re considering an iPad. You’re giving it serious thought. But the doubts are mounting, and you can’t quite pull the trigger. You know what? Time to man up. You want the iPad. You need the iPad. Do what’s right. Honestly, there are a lot of good and bad reasons to buy or not buy an…
Look. The hype has gotten to all of us. You’re up at some ungodly hour. You said you wouldn’t buy one til the third generation, but now look at your apple.com cart. Let me talk you down; Do what’s right. Honestly, there are a lot of good and bad reasons to buy or not buy…
What could this be? A futuristic mood ring? An artist’s rendering of a wormhole? Nah. Those are too abstract. This is based on something all too real, and totally inescapable. What you’re looking at is a project from Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg called Flickr Flow. It’s a look at how the colors in Flickr…
This is exactly why the 3G model is the iPad to buy, unless you’re positive it’s never leaving your Wi-Fi-covered house. You can buy data and cancel at any time, right from the iPad. Look at it this way: That $100 up front for the 3G model? It’s insurance. Because if you need 3G and…
The Plastic Logic QUE, also known as the promising but $650 Nook alternative, has been delayed until summer. By then, will you still actually want an oversized eBook reader? For $650, upcoming Apple and/or Android tablets are looking pretty good. From: Richard Archuleta Subject: QUE proReader Shipping Update Thank you for being one of the…
Laser-powered carbon nanotube speakers! They’ll fit in walls and windows, and can noise-cancel ambient rackets. Or blast some music. “Speakers made with carbon nanotube sheets are extremely thin, light and almost transparent,” Kozlov said. “They have no moving parts and can be attached to any surface, which makes the surface acoustically active. They can be…
In case you missed Giz Explains the other day—which lays out the entire ebook format and DRM landscape—the iPad will support DRM-free ePub books, in case you’ve got some on your Sony Reader or B&N Nook. If you’ve got a Kindle on the other hand, you’re SOL, since it uses its very own ebook format.…
PadNotes, an upcoming iPad app, offers a very simple, very useful function that the iPad seems to lack: You can type and draw on any PDF. Watch the video and you’ll understand, the possibilities are quite impressive. [9to5Mac]
It’s not a front-facing camera, but Apple has added something to the iPad since announcing it: A button on the side that locks the screen orientation. Update: Okay, not new, we just figured it was the silent switch in January. That’s right, you can lie on your side and hold the iPad in any awkward…
There’s nothing quite like an Apple product launch: The lines, the sights, the smells. Are you pre-ordering and getting an iPad on the very first day? Here’s what everybody from Gizmodo’s doing: https://gizmodo.com/you-can-pre-order-the-ipad-now-5491789 Brian Lam: I feel like I have to live with one for the sake of knowing what the shit I am talking…
You can place your iPad pre-order at the Apple Store now. And if you’re still between a few models, it’s not too late to read our iPad Buyer’s Guide, Haiku Edition. [Apple] https://gizmodo.com/ipad-buyers-guide-super-simplified-edition-some-jest-5491558
Some watch manufacturers think adding a sapphire crystal face, compass or having a diving depth of 1,000m is enough. Me? I won’t consider strapping something to my wrist unless prehistoric animals have been set in the dial. Louis Moinet’s Jurassic Tourbillon watch has fragments of fossilized dino bones set in the dial, and is encased…
