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If I had $80,000 to spend on a car, I would probably go with an Audi A8. And now I have even more reason to want one since they partnered with Nvidia for their dashboard graphics. Their Tegra 2 chipset will be installed in all Audi 2011 models—giving a boost to their dashboard graphics and…
Panasonic may be aggressively pushing their $21,000 3D camera for broadcasters and indie film types, but already, smaller players are applying the laws of cheap manufacturing to 3D cams. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-3d-camcorder-will-cost-21-000-this-fall-5441912 By DXG (if you’ve never heard of them, we don’t blame you), this pistol-grip pocket cam shoots in dual-lens 3D. Its 3-inch display has been…
I don’t know if this Cornucopia food printer—an MIT project that assembles ingredients in layers—will ever be a reality, but I’m sure lab cuisine chefs like Ferran Adrià are already lining up just based on the description: Cornucopia’s cooking process starts with an array of food canisters, which refrigerate and store a user’s favorite ingredients.…
Kodak’s been on the decline for some time, but they’re showing some fight today with ITC complaints against Apple and RIM, and two full-on lawsuits against Apple in US District court. The issue, as always, is patents. https://gizmodo.com/kodaks-slow-fade-inventor-of-oled-sells-oled-business-5418985 Kodak’s complaint to the ITC claims that RIM and Apple both infringe on a patented Kodak technology…
For those who enjoy nothing more than a good clamping, this $14, 7-port USB hub clamps to your desk. (Shhh, technically it might actually “clip,” but that desk won’t ever pay up without fear of the clamps.) [Brando via CraziestGadgets]
It’s not only that this yacht has been designed by an Egyptian naval architecture house, it’s that it reminds me of the Egyptian ships of old, rolling up and down the Nile. Except that this 197-foot vessel runs on hydrogen. Its hydrogen diesel-electric engine can, in theory, give it a range of 13,000 nautical miles…
That’s him on the other end of that teeny-tiny Brunton Echo Pocket Scope Monocular. He spying (duh) on you to see if you are making preparations for the premiere of 24 on January 17. Oh, and he’s packing a 9mm, so get that DVR set. Jack’s weapon of choice is said to be the HK…
It’s iPhone 4 day! We’ve already seen rumors of a touch-sensitive case and an iMac-inspired concept. Now comes two actual patents filed by Apple that hint at stylus functionality and a customizable GUI. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-iphone-4-casing-will-be-touch-sensitive-like-the-5448003 According to Apple Insider, the first patent was filed in July 2008, and proposes a stylus outfitted with a conductive tip…
This subtly updated iPhone concept from mysterious designer hdi is really rocking my world. It mixes aluminum and glass just like an iMac. And in fact, after seeing it, I may be disappointed by whatever iPhone Apple releases next. I mean, just imagine the adorable little iMac stand that third parties would make for this…
Designer Emil Kozak has knocked together some graphic Dell skins which will help out the (Product) Red charity. There’s four different designs, with 23 color variations to choose from, and conveniently help disguise the fact that you own a Dell. They’re $65 each, and are available now. [Dell via Emil Kozak via 2Day Blog]
The HP Envy 15 isn’t my favorite laptop around, but if you buy one configured with both a Core i7 and ATI Radeon HD 5830, it’ll arrive loaded with USB 3.0. Oooooh! [CNET via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/hp-envy-15-inch-review-5413076
We’re not usually prone to listening to analysts’ speculation—especially when it comes to Apple products—but this latest, previously unheard-of rumor could see the iPhone experience reinvented completely if proven to be true. Still, please do BYO salt bag. Robert Chen, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, told Bloomberg that the next iPhone will launch in June…
By now you would’ve heard about the earthquake which left Haiti devastated on Tuesday, leaving thousands dead and even more injured. These high-res satellite photos show the damage the earthquake, measuring 7.3, had on the capital Port-au-Prince. The photos were taken by the GeoEye-1 satellite which has a resolution of 0.5 meters per pixel, from…
Windows Mobile 7 may not be coming anytime this year, but HALLELUJAH WinMo 6.6 will be debuting next month according to Digitimes. Don’t hold your breath on it being your phone’s savior, folks. [Digitimes] https://gizmodo.com/remainders-the-good-bad-and-ugly-things-we-didnt-pos-5446810/
Mere days after Google stuck it to the man and refused to continue censoring search results in China, the country has put IMDb.com on its list of inaccessible sites. [The Reg via TechRadar] https://gizmodo.com/google-refuses-to-continue-censoring-results-in-china-5446712
Google may not be too interested in giving their US market native app multitouch in the Nexus One, but Motorola aims to please, with CEO Sanjay Jha promising to “deliver multitouch in the majority of our devices.” https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-totally-does-multitouch-in-europe-5443090 Going on, he told Laptop Mag “There’s a complex set of factors, not all of them technical,”…
Science visualization doesn’t get much awesomerer and old school than this. We should put a bunch of these together near the North Pole, to keep the Russians from stealing it. [Caleb Charland courtesy of Michael Mazzeo Gallery—Thanks David ] https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-earths-core-plume-shifting-the-magnetic-nort-5434876
Back in November, former TBWAChiatDay creative Ken Segal said that Steve Jobs’ original name for the iMac would “curdle your blood.” I guessed Macternet, but according to this account, that wasn’t blood-curdling enough. Jobs’ alleged proposal was a lot worse: https://gizmodo.com/what-do-you-think-steve-jobs-blood-curdling-first-nam-5396904 Our sources claim that the name that Steve Jobs wanted was… MacMan. At the…
In today’s remainders: The Onion visits CES; Recompute makes a cardboard PC; a robot spins on its head; and a helmet inspired by an armadillo. Raw Onion America’s Finest News Source visited CES this year and reported on the gadgets that excited them most. Among them: Bose Noise-Delaying Headphones, Texas Instruments’ Graphic Bassoon, and an…
A Canadian woman trapped under rubble after the recent earthquake in Haiti managed to send out a text message to the Foreign Affairs Department in Ottawa, a place nearly 3,000 miles away. And it saved her life. Once received, the text message was “relayed to Canadian diplomats back in Haiti” who then provided aid in…