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It most definitely takes longer than two minutes to take apart a PSP Go and figure out how to piece it back together, but this neat stop-motion video makes it look like it’s a quick and easy task. I wish every gadget teardown were done like this. Sound effects and all. [Engadget]
The recent Apple craze led John Markoff of the NY Times to contact Beat-era poet Gary Snyder and ask him to pen a poem reflecting on “the milestones of the digital age”. The result is a delightful read. You can read more about Snyder in the NY Times article and I recommend that you do,…
It could have been worse. He could have been an unlicensed plumber caught with hallucinogenic mushrooms while playing…well, you know. Down old mangrove way in Florida, our new favorite criminal allegedly stole a 1998 Dodge Durango (for reasons that escape us—a ’98 Durango? Really?), which was then found outside a house, miles away. Inside, the…
Why carry a jack, tent and sleeping bag on your back when all these items can fold into one, wearble 3lb bundle? The JakPak is a three seasons tent built into a sleeping bag built into a jacket. Constructed of breathable but waterproof urethane coated ripstop nylon/polyester fabric, through the miracles of velcro-secured chambers, the…
Like many of you, many of us are huge Star Trek fans. It not only shaped everyone’s view of technology from a young age, it’s arguably one of the driving forces of technology today. And now you can live it. Here’s a quick intro to what Star Trek Online is all about. It’s about 30…
You know what, this analog version of facebook looks a lot cleaner and more user friendly than the real deal. Besides, there is still something to be said for putting pen to paper. Unfortunately for those that prefer an old school form of data entry, the design is only a concept. [Laura Balboa via This…
In this week’s distracted app roundup: Grand Theft Auto, committed! Live video, streamed over 3G! Photos, psycedelicized! Blocks, stacked, smashed, and squeezed through holes! Casual gaming norms, subtly subverted! Spying spouses, caught! Songs, made with magic! Barack, Obama’d! And more… If you want to view this post as a single page, click here https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5455047 Chomp:…
Meet Bashful, an older brother of the upcoming Apple tablet. Unlike the Newton, this tablet didn’t go past prototypes whipped up by an industrial design firm, but at least we have some pictures to sate our curiosity about the device. https://gizmodo.com/the-story-behind-apples-newton-5452193 You might remember Frog Design as the company who kindly let us show off…
ZOMG. Is that Optimus Prime…on the iPhone??? This, and more stories from this week in video games: G1 Transformers Awaken On The iPhone Now if we only knew anything about the game. https://kotaku.com/g1-transformers-awaken-on-the-iphone-5454657 LittleBigPlanet Is Also Playable… In 3D!!! A cute game, but I don’t play it much in 2D. https://kotaku.com/littlebigplanet-is-also-playable-in-3d-5452302 Borderlands Level Cap Raise…
Earlier today, we posted our first dSLR follow focus mod, and it nothing if not simple. This other follow focus mod…well…its hand crank drill drive shaft is but a stone’s throw from a hamster wheel and a hot poker. [FocusDrill] https://gizmodo.com/canon-7d-loaded-with-6-diy-follow-focus-5454640
Google just put out an SEC filing saying founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin plan on dumping some of their holdings of the company’s stock. When they finish selling 5 million shares apiece, they’ll still own 15% of the outstanding shares, but their voting power will have dropped below 50%. So they are ceding absolute…
For all the talk of sexting, you’d think it was the only kind of text out there. Not so! There’s plenty of other ways to message, most of which come with just as much regret: Becksting: Texting after one too many fine imported lagers Sectsting: Blasts to give your cult to-the-minute updates on Xenu’s ETA…
Activated display phones in AT&T stores are fun. You can send dirty text messages to strangers or make long-long-long distance calls. What this individual did is far better than any prank though: He donated money to Haiti on AT&T’s behalf. I’m assuming that this person donated $10 at a time by texting HAITI to 90999.…
The duaLink cable is essentially a specialized USB hub: It splits from one USB connector into two iPod/iPhone cables. Great for incredibly rich people with two iPhones, or upper-middle-class folk with two iPods. Available now for $26. [Engadget]
"You may be thinking that you’re more gangsta than me, but you motherboarders have never seen my PC." That, and more brilliance, from IBM Fellow John Cohn‘s music video, Engineering Paradise. [@IBMResearch]
In today’s Remainders, the future! The soldiers of tomorrow get a new battery for their exoskeletons; a 2012 Olympic Stadium built from recycled weapons; a discovery showing that a big brain can indicate a great gamer, and more. Hulk For Hours The HULC exoskeleton is supposed to make you strong like the Hulk. Or strong…
Watch as this bad boy—the Humvee-mounted Laser Avenger that destroyed a drone in January 2009—obliterates bomb after bomb during a test at the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. It just takes a few seconds, and boom. https://gizmodo.com/boeing-laser-avenger-shoots-down-incoming-enemy-for-the-5139231 Click to view Not exactly Star Wars material, but this will save a lot of lives in…
The announcement that Asus was getting into the eBook reader game was a bit of a surprise, but not an unwelcome one. Now that new hands-on pics have hit Flickr, it looks like our initial enthusiasm was founded. https://gizmodo.com/asus-dr-950-yet-another-ebook-reader-thats-more-impres-5450795 What’s most alluring about the DR-950 is still the thinness—just .35-inches despite the 9-inch, 1024×768 display.…
Nick Veasey is not superman, but he has one of his superpowers: X-Ray vision. Veasey spends his time taking stunning X-ray photographs, including this Boeing 777 and its twin GE90-115B turbofan engines, which took three months and 500 separate x-rays. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-powerful-turbofan-engine-in-the-world-up-close-323572 TED just posted this talk by Veasey, in which he explains how he does…
Get some hot bargain basement action in this Friday’s deals. A solid and sturdy 15.6″ Dell Vostro laptop, the epic sci-fi-landmark ‘The Prisoner’ on Blu-ray, and some HP Snapfish prints to send your grandma this President’s Day. Be seeing you! https://gizmodo.com/dell-vostro-v13-hands-on-bruce-waynes-laptop-5421997 Top Deals: • 15.6″ Dell Vostro 1015 Core 2 Duo Laptop for $451 (normally…
