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What could this be? A crashed, miniature spaceship? An alien device that burrows in through the back of your skull to control your every thought?? Nope. It’s a frother. A completely custom, completely badass frother. Starting with a $2 IKEA milk frother, designer Laurent Hongisto added some repurposed cutlery and silicone to the mix to…
The guys at DVICE got one of the first fondles of the bizarre Microsoft Arc keyboard that raised some eyebrows at CES. Initial impressions were positive for both design and functionality. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-arc-keyboard-is-really-warped-5442670 Interestingly, the bottom of the keyboard is actually flat—so it won’t hug your lap as one might have initially presumed. However, the arched…
Made in under 10 minutes for less than two bucks, this adjustable smartphone car mount was created by one very frustrated Scion XB driver, fed up of not being able to find a suitable cradle. Using some PVC parts picked up at a hardware store, plastic coated wire and adhesive-backed craft foam, Instructables user NiftyCurly…
Rumors about Microsoft’s mobile plan are evolving, weirdly! Today, we’ve got dueling speculation: from Twitter, evidence of new “Danger” hardware; from Microsoft, mention of “the next generation of Windows Phone.” It’s mystery meat, this stuff, but at least it’s juicy. Engadget spent the better part of their morning piecing together a puzzle’s worth of cryptic,…
Corsair’s Dominator GTX 2333MHz is the fastest RAM you can buy that’s Intel XMP-certified, at 2333MHz with latencies of 9-11-9-27. Each 2GB module is individually tested, in case you’re wondering why else it’s $200 a stick. [Hexus]
One of the most annoying aspects of the Xbox 360 Marketplace is Microsoft Points, a fake currency used to buy games and add-ons that obscures how much real money you’re spending. But that may be on the way out. In an interview with G4, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg had this to say about the Points system.…
You don’t know how to use this toilet? Wait, wait, you don’t know about the three seashells, either?? How could someone not understand the three seashells? Well, before you are further humiliated, let me explain. The Home Core Integrated Toilet, a concept by Dang Jingwei, fits a pedestal sink and a toilet into one, eco-friendly…
Some people want the Apple Tablet to run Mac OS X’s user interface. Others think its UI will be something exotic. Both camps are wrong: The iPhone started a UI revolution, and the tablet is just step two. Here’s why. If you are talking hardware, you can speculate about many different features. But when it…
The homescreen. Here’s an example of an applications running at full screen, tailored for the tablet resolution. The ebook app, running full screen.
In some interesting research by Siemens, wireless data has been successfully, wirelessly transmitted at 500Mbps using white LEDs. (The former record was 200Mbps.) While light data transmission sounds less convenient than RF, there are many instances, like hospitals, when you don’t want extra radio frequencies floating around. As for the system’s range, apparently five LEDs…
Here’s an app running. When you approach your thumbs anywhere near the corners of the device, the four hot corner icons would appear. On the top left, there’s the close app icon. Click it and… … the application will close. On the top right there’s the Exposé icon, which will show you all running apps,…
Apple is quietly padding the buffer on new, completely stock 27-inch iMac shipments to 3 weeks, for reasons we assume are tied to their well-documented manufacturing issues. (You’ve probably heard us talking about the iMac’s production problems with yellow and flickering screens, but if not, follow the Faulty iMac Saga here.) Notably, Apple has not…
Let’s take a moment to appreciate Viewsonic’s new Android tablet while we can, before it gets crushed in the tidal wave of coverage that a certain other tablet’s debut will get next week. And it’s got some things worth appreciating! The VTablet 101 will come equipped with Tegra T20 graphics, a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor,…
Weighing just 3.5kg, it’s small enough to fit in your hand like a little kitten. It’s about as powerful as other Dysons, so sucking up all those cat hairs shouldn’t be too much of a problem for the City DC26. It’s apparently been in the works for five years, according to vacuum god James Dyson:…
A year ago, the satnav people at Garmin made an alliance with Asustek, the computer people. A while later, the G60 and M20 went on sale. In October, we branded the G60 with a ‘DO NOT BUY’ review tag. https://gizmodo.com/garmin-asus-nuvifone-m20-a-surprisingly-cute-winmo-6-1-5152088 So why do I think Benson Lin’s (the president of Asustek’s mobile division) boasts of…
This isn’t just a treehouse. This is an actual man’s home, in Portland, Oregon. Natural wood ceilings and floors, curved edges, round windows, plenty of wooden beams, it’s a naturalist’s dream. And possibly a naturist’s too, with all those windows. [The Wilkinson Residence via Giz Mag] Image Credit: Cameron Neilson
Could this be evidence that Apple’s little touchscreen portable thingamybob won’t be called the iSlate? Developer iBuiltThis may have a case on his hands if Apple rips the name off, seen as how his app has been available since November 2008. The app is described as a “digital clapper board that can help video enthusiasts…
With phones, cameras and computers packing projectors nowadays, it’s only fair for HP to want in on the portable projector scene considering they’ve conquered the attractive home office projector market. Attractive for PowerPoint professionals, anyway. According to the Vice President and manager of personal computing systems group at HP Taiwan, Monty Wong, HP’s working on…
Following Google’s momentous news last October about free turn-by-turn navigation on Android phones, Nokia’s just now abolished the price-tag for 74 countries. That’s 73 more than Google offers it to. And even better news—it’s available now. https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-navigation-a-free-ass-kicking-turn-by-tu-5391408 You’ll need a Nokia phone with Ovi Maps (which runs on Navteq’s digital mapping, who Nokia bought out…
Google may’ve delayed the Chinese launch of Android phones from Motorola and Samsung, but Sony Ericsson sees no problem with wading into the censorship row between the big G and big C. They’re launching their Android phone there in spring! https://gizmodo.com/google-delaying-launch-of-two-android-phones-in-china-d-5451674 The X10 will be available worldwide around March/April time, for anyone who still hasn’t…
