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If you’ve been promised a Nook for Christmas, no worries, it’s in the mail. But if you’re ordering one now, Barnes & Noble has stated, “Customer demand continues to be strong and new orders will be fulfilled beginning February 1, 2010.” And there’s no rush shipping in the world that can save that holiday wish.
After officially taking over Sanyo earlier this week, Panasonic is hitting the ground running with a joint venture aimed at developing a powerful lithium-ion storage battery than could store enough juice to power an average [Japanese] home for a week. The battery will also include a system that will allow users to monitor their electricity…
Just imagine about how much faster your computer would run, and how much less blood you’d have to clean off of your doormat! Cats are terrible beasts. [YouTube—Thanks, Tim!]
Don Dodge was Microsoft’s champion in the startup community, their connection to the crazy world that gave us Facebook and Twitter. They laid him off a month ago. Now we know what he really thinks about Microsoft. It’s bad. What’s interesting isn’t Dodge lobbing the bomb that Microsoft is the new Big Blue because “after…
Apple makes some of the most specialized mainstream devices around, but the gear is never very cheap and, let’s face it, it stinks for any one company to own your wallet. So here are the best alternatives for each iProduct: (If you’d like to see this post in non-gallery form, just click here.) https://gizmodo.com/the-best-alternatives-to-every-apple-product-5431521/ Apple…
Diabetics are saddled with the unenviable task of checking their blood sugar levels constantly. But a new non-invasive technology lets diabetics keep tabs on their glucose levels with contact lenses that change colors as their blood sugar rises and falls. Nanoparticles — is there anything they can’t do? — embedded in the hydrogel lenses react…
What you’re looking at is a satellite image of the Dasht-e Kavir. Its mix of sand and marsh puts any artist to shame. And this shot is just one of 60 equally remarkable photos from a roundup from Webdesigner Depot. The images are from the Landsat 7 satellite, which used a combination 8 spectral bands…
Why people insist on creating things to freak the hell out of me? There’s only one thing I hate more than cockroaches, and that’s nazis. I’m sure the solar-powered $15 cockroach bot was created by the latter. [Gadget4all via Nerd Approved]
Nothing quite says the holidays like killing pygmies and blasting baddies with noseballs in Pocket God and Doodle Jump; possibly the two best games for the iPhone ever created. They are to the iPhone what Super Mario Brothers was to the NES. Meet Doodle Jump, the iPhone version of crack – this game is so…
Say hello to the Japanese Snuggie. The Two-Legged Sleeping bag. The Human Larva. Say hello to…this. There is no pitchman charismatic enough, no paid spokesperson straghtfaced enough, no model poised enough to give this the informercial it so clearly deserves. The legs on this thing almost feel like a cruel joke. Sure, you’ve got a…
Over at DroidForums they’ve got a tutorial on how to hack your Droid to enable GUI Wi-Fi tethering, as Moto’s Android may do many things, but it stops short at hooking up with your laptop or other wireless gadget. Modder WebAcoustics says of the hack: “Please note that this involves rooting your phone, installing a…
ZOMG! This Christmas tree! It’s just…floating! How in the love of Santa Christ did they do that?! Oh, I see, they just hung it from the top. I will admit that the bottom is pretty badass looking, and it certainly does leave a lot of room for presents. But you need to have a home…
With all the sexting craze going on, and teens getting arrested left, right, and center on child pornography charges, I’m surprised the Safe Sexting iPhone application—which allows you to take and easily censor any photos—didn’t appear months ago. https://gizmodo.com/one-third-of-people-send-naked-pictures-of-themselves-u-5418476 It works easily: Just take a photo, apply a censorship patch out of a total of…
I know what you’re thinking right now. “Who in the hell is Koyi Matei?” We haven’t the slightest clue, but she was probably the chief protagonist in Episode 2, or something. [ThinkGeek via ChipChick]
Was that $490,000 gold Wii on the wrong side of the allegiance for you? Thankfully Goldstriker’s now offering a 22ct-gold-and-diamond-studded PS3, letting you take on the terrorists in MW2 the proper way. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-are-an-idiot-you-may-want-to-spend-490-000-in-5429554 Only three have been made, so you better get your skates on if the 1,600 grams of solid 22ct gold and 58…
You just know that the kid who gets pushed around in this stroller will grow up to become a boy-racer. At $2,000, it’s almost karma for the parents who decided buying a Roddler was a good idea. There’s two rear wheels and one front wheel, all encased in red-painted chrome, matching brakes, wheel bullets and…
We already saw some stunning night video of the Canon 1D Mark IV, but it’s nothing, nothing I tell you, compared to this mind blowing movie of a cold winter day in Prague. You won’t believe some of the shots. https://gizmodo.com/canon-1d-mark-iv-the-5000-new-king-of-cameras-5385446 Philip Bloom, the same guy who shot the Skywalker Ranch earlier this year, got…
Did you think the giant bed condom was the biggest condom in the planet? Wrong! Those Italians have made one for the biggest salami on Earth, one that can fit 230 people at the same time: The Mob Condom. https://gizmodo.com/put-a-giant-condom-on-your-bed-5430413 It was part of a campaign to raise awareness of STDs, asking people to get…
Details are unclear at this time, but an American Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 plane split in two, overrunning the runway at Jamaica’s Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston. One of the passengers’ description is frightening. The passenger declared that the landing seemed all normal. Everyone applauded when the Boeing touched down, after a very rough flight…
Remember those plastic glasses we had as kids, which changed color if liquid was inside? You’d quite often get them for 99c with a kid’s meal at a fast food chain. These are the next (grown-up) step in the evolution. While it’s just a concept for now, I’m really hoping designer Damjan Stankovic can send…
