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Camera: D3; Lens: 50mm f1.8; ISO/2500, [email protected] -Derek Davis Stuff used: Canon 5D Mark II; Canon 35 1.4L; ISO 400; f/2.0; 1/200th; Natural Light -Tony Hoffer I’m a beginner at cameras, this is a regular point and shoot. I’ve been dying to buy a D700 Nikon for the past year because i’ve fallen in love…
Here’s the idea: your child scribbles an animal on Shidonni’s website, they hand-sew a corresponding one-of-a-kind plush toy and mail it to you. Neat, right? From the looks of this video, sweatshop laborers aren’t stitching their fingers to your child’s Christmas gift. Shidonni is just a small operation with a really good idea, actualizing a…
Attention, teenagers of America: things cost money, even when plucked out of thin air. And attention parents of America: buy a data plan, already. When Ted Estarija added his son to his cell phone plan, he probably wasn’t expecting the adorable little scamp to download 1.4GB in a month. But these kids, that’s they do!…
Jamie Capp was paralyzed playing football in high school, robbing him of the ability to hunt. But now, after a two and a half year legal battle, he’s obtained a hunting license. Jamie is now able to hunt using a 12-gauge shotgun attached to a battery-powered machine operated via breathing tube. For a quadriplegic, firing…
Assuming a 20-mile round trip to a store on Black Friday, one study found Cyber Monday emits 50 times less carbon through the miracles of online shopping. [GigaOM Pro via Treehugger]
If you’ve seen the internet (or Giz) this weekend, you’ve heard about it: the “real Google phone” that “changes everything.” But before we get carried away, a counterpoint: Google isn’t magic. And the Nexus One isn’t a game-changer. Not yet. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-google-phone-everything-is-different-now-5425146 And I don’t mean to say that I don’t understand what the Nexus One…
For once, the Konami Code will help you cheat in real life: Punch it in on any product page at Gizmine followed by [enter], and a mystery gadget worth $20-$60 will be added to your cart, for free. Exciting! We had a hard time getting it work in Firefox, though it worked okay in Safari.…
It’s a neat-looking concept Corbin Dunn came up with, as far as cycling death-traps go. But in this economy, it’s also practical for couples who’d rather not splurge on extravagances like a second wheel. UPDATED: Now with instructions and video! For coolness factor, I’d put this tandem unicycle somewhere between Bi-Cycle tandem bike and the…
Remember the Adidas Imperial Stormtrooper sneakers sneaky sneak preview? The full collection has been revealed. I like the Skywalker and X-Wing models. Yoda is not bad, but Leia and the TIE Fighter are way too much. https://gizmodo.com/adidas-imperial-stormtrooper-sneakers-5409657 Still, what I really want are the original Zissou Adidas. Head to Kicks on Fire for the full…
We posted our feature on Christmas Lights yesterday and the writer, the talented but inexperienced Chris Jacob used Jim Hutchison’s piece as a source for some of his writing. But he didn’t attribute clearly enough! We had the idea for the story, coincidentally, without knowing of Jim’s fine work. And when it came time to…
The WSJ follows up their original story, adding things we heard, like that Google might partner with a carrier eventually and that they talked to Verizon and T-Mobile about it. The price is still elusive. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-pushing-the-nexus-one-google-phone-because-ve-5425542 Which is what matters at this point, really. The WSJ continues to insist it’ll be sold “directly to consumers”…
If a failed Russian missile launch hadn’t been confirmed as the instigator for those mysterious sky spirals, we would’ve seriously looked at this osmotic power plant in Norway as the potential source. https://gizmodo.com/giant-mysterious-spiral-takes-over-the-skies-of-norway-5422574 Statkraft, the company leading this project, has built a small-scale operation near Oslo in Norway, but hopes that it’ll have a commercial…
Not likely to match anything in your house unless you’ve wallpapered using LEGO, these limited edition De Stijl FS 247 speakers are bound to be cheaper than buying anything from the Dutch artists they take their name from. Part of ELAC’s Art Edition range, these $1,500 left and right loudspeakers measure 1,021mm high × 220mm…
The Guinness World Records doesn’t just award insanely tall men and disgusting long fingernails, you know. Sometimes they happen over to our side of the crazy pool, to give recognition to things like the camera with the most lenses ever. Created at the Nagoya Institute of Technology of Japan (it had to be Japan), the…
How could Christopher Nolan ever follow up on the Tumbler? Maybe he won’t. Maybe Batman will just walk. But should Nolan give in to inevitable studio pressure to design another new, marketable Battoy, I humbly propose this modified Lamborghini Ankonian. A concept Russian design student Slavche Tanevski, the Ankonian, named after a breed of black-haired…
Fuse is what Synaptics—who probably made the trackpad you’re swirling your finger on, and maybe your phone’s touchscreen—says the next generation of touch phones will be like: You’ll be squeezing, touching and stroking the phone, all over. The more three-dimensional interface is designed by The Astonishing Tribe, who also designed Android’s UI, as well as…
Let’s face it, nobody was too upset by the opaqueness of the Nook’s spec sheet—screens and software, not board-level componentry, are what make ereaders great. But with this teardown comes something glorious: the Nook’s Android software has been hacked. And not hacked like “oh, cool, now we can change the system font” hacked, or “sweet…
The world’s first dual wireless sound bar system with wireless subwoofer and rear speakers makes me want to clear space on my walls and crank some of that rock and roll music. The TH-BA3 system is a 280 watt 5.1 home theater that doesn’t let any wires get in the way. The sound bar has…
The iMac? That would be sent back in a heartbeat for this glorious homage to the 50s. https://gizmodo.com/did-my-imac-ship-broken-5424452 The Philco PC is pretty much a reimagined Philco Predicta—a short-lived but ridiculously iconic television. Then there are other fantastic touches as well, like a typewriter keyboard and a mouse that looks like some sort of repurposed…
This isn’t the first time Christmas lights have met Guitar Hero on the pages of Gizmodo, but this former Disney employee’s efforts are definitely the best use of the game that I’ve ever seen. https://gizmodo.com/interview-with-the-guitar-hero-christmas-lights-guys-w-338254 Using 21,268 lights and LEDs, ex-Disney imagineer and special effects specialist Ric Turner turned the front of his house into…
