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Now that 3D is in, like, everything—say 152-inch giant plasmas and little tiny OLED screens—it’s a good time to revisit how the hell 3D actually works. Surprisingly, no gnomes involved: [Giz Explains 3D Tech] https://gizmodo.com/panasonics-152-inch-3d-plasma-the-biggest-tv-yet-5442012
Here’s the new Samsung Projector Phone showing off the newest Texas Instrument DLP Pico WVGA Chipset, which has a 845 x 480 resolution and a 2000:1 contrast ratio for projection sizes greater than 50 inches, depending on the ambient light. The cellphone is just your usual 5-megapixel, AMOLED touchscreen device, but it’s the integrated projector…
On December 16th, Google formed a new subsidiary in Delaware known as Google Energy. They then requested permission from federal authorities to buy and sell wholesale electricity. What could Google want to do with this? In all likelihood, according to Cnet, Google doesn’t want to give us free power, but rather they want their operations…
And now we interrupt our CES 2010 programming for some new Facebook religious jibba-jabba. We will resume the gadget spam in the next post. Thank you, thank you. p.s. Satan gives free beer and he has lots of hot jacuzzis. https://gizmodo.com/jesus-wants-to-be-your-friend-5332424
Olympus’ Stylus Tough 3000 camera is bascially identical to last year’s Stylus Tough 6000. Same sensor (TruePic III), same ruggedness (waterproof to 10 ft, shockproof to 5 ft), same megapixel count (12mp). The difference this year? 720p video recording. https://gizmodo.com/olympus-stylus-tough-6000-waterproof-camera-snowmodo-r-5155279 This year’s model also gets a drop in price, starting at $230, down from the…
We got a chance to experience Geneva’s new Model S iPod/iPhone audio system today. It’s sublime. The best part? You can actually afford it (probably). https://gizmodo.com/mini-genevasound-ipod-dock-glossy-like-a-piano-red-lik-5429735 Geneva has been combining killer industrial design with solid audio quality for awhile now but their new Model S marks their first foray in to the mainstream (read: relatively…
Breaking into high-security areas is going to be a whole lot trickier in 2035, if this 2-inch electronic-ID has anything to say about it. The good news is, it’s guaranteed to get your good side.
The sister product to the amazing Herman Miller Embody chair, the Envelop desk actually slides out and down on rails to give you the correct angle for working while in incline. It’s amazing. Click to view It doesn’t sound like too much—desks are desks, right?—but it actually makes as much sense to pair a desk…
At tonight’s Microsoft Keynote, dear ol’ Steve Ballmer made it a point to include plenty of lame jokes, gimmicks, and antics. Whether all of them were intentional, we’ll never know, but here are our favorites. Yes, those are a crazy cat lady’s Twitter page, a skydiving Sea Hawk, some censored boobs, Steve’s anatomy homework slides,…
Energizer just announced two new portable solar chargers, the SP1000 and SP2000, both of which provide power through an AC or USB adapter. If you’re into that kind of hippie “let’s not destroy the earth” stuff, this looks pretty good. The SP1000 is a 1000mAh charger, while the SP2000 is, predictably, double that, but both…
Though nothing I do these days involves a helmet of any kind, if I was an extreme sports maven, I’d rock a Tunebug at all times. My skull wasn’t the best speaker, but Tunebug kept it a safe one. Would you ever wear headphones while driving a car? Of course not, it’s dangerous—having your ears…
Looking at the pictures this OLED concept produces is the strangest thing: a 3D image on a nearly 2D panel. The 14-inch panel from Samsung Mobile Display is just 1.6mm thin, and if you look at it from the side you might miss it completely. It’s at least three years away from being ready—much less…
It’s only a proof of concept, but this is laptop with a clear OLED screen—but a stone’s throw from those floating 3D displays of Avatar. Practical? Not necessarily. The future? OBVIOUSLY. The resolution is less than a 1000 wide, and less than 600 tall on this 14 incher. It’s pixely, but let’s not quibble. You…
Oh Tennessee, you have been in rare form recently. The latest tale comes to us courtesy of Nicholas Nunley, who hooked a Coke machine to his pickup outside a Dollar General then began dragging it down the road. https://gizmodo.com/an-insane-tv-shoplifting-situation-that-could-only-happ-5436265 Amazingly, an eyewitness noticed the one truck on the road with a vending machine engulfed in…
Sprint’s Overdrive hub is a lot more than a cellular modem: It’s got dual 4G/3G connectivity, shared connections with up to five devices over Wi-Fi, and can serve as a sort of mini NAS, with shared microSD storage. Early leaks of the device were mostly right, but given that the Wi-Fi range is even further…
Take your pick as to what’s better about these new Sanyo Xacti cams: On the one hand, they’re thinner and lighter than ever. On the other hand, they got rid of that pain-in-the-ass AVCHD video format. Slashgear says the bigger Xacti, the VPC- SH1 has 1080p recording, a 35mm wide-angle lens, 30x optical zoom and…
I just tried out the Fujitsu FLEPia, which has been shown in 2007, talked about in 2008 and finally released in Japan in 2009. It’s slow and janky. https://gizmodo.com/fujitsu-flepia-e-reader-displays-4-096-colors-309687 The FLEPia is still the production color ebook reader available, says Fujitsu. The problem is that it’s really slow. Page turns take 1.8 seconds, and slowly…
It’s not Courier, but HP’s rumored slate PC is here, now. Steve Ballmer and his hardware specialist Ryan Asdourian just showed it off, and man is it cute. Updated with VIDEO Update:Adrian just spotted this official video: “They’re more powerful than a phone and almost as powerful as a PC. Perfect for reading, surfing the…
From my admittedly quick hands-on, I’ve pretty much decided that the Kodak Playsport is the most practical pocket camcorder to date. Why? It’s rugged and waterproof up to a modest (though useful) 10 feet. That’s nice. But what you can’t tell from a spec sheet is that it’s wonderfully shaped and very solid in your…
This won’t be officially “announced” until tomorrow, so there’s no name or anything to it, but we just played around with Nvidia’s 7-inch Tegra tablet design that runs Android. Nvidia says they’ll talk about the details tomorrow, but they have several OEM partners working with the Tegra, and one ready to bring it to market.…
