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If you find your digital camera gets into that sort of situation often, that’s probably quite an attractive feature, right? In addition to withstanding 1.6-ton of weight, these three new memory cards are shock, water and magnet proof. You can pick up 4GB, 8GB or 16GB for both microSD and SD formats and 4GB and…
The Joojoo web tablet (AKA crunchpad) is a pretty neat idea! I kind of just wish Google was making it. I mean, if there’s any company in the world suited to making one, it’s Google. It’s Cool But Makes No Business: Unlike the impending Apple Tablet, the Crunchpad was supposed to be low margin, subsidized…
Phwroar, get a load of ‘er rear end! This German heavy machinery calendar is wall-porn for anyone who fetishizes CAT bulldozers and diggers. Strangely enough, I want one. A calendar, that is—where would I park a digger? The Heavy Equipment Calendar 2010 came about with CAT fan Marcus Mumbach trekking across Europe, photographing these beautiful…
We’re big fans of Electrolux’s concepts, which include vacuum shoes, a flatshare fridge and waterless washing machines. Thanks to Electrolux’s brilliant robot cleaner I haven’t vacuumed properly for a year now, but could be cajoled into using this iPod-packing model. https://gizmodo.com/electrolux-vacuum-shoes-good-concept-222376 This ‘Silence Amplified‘ concept follows the UltraSilencer model which is on sale now, but…
Tesco, the UK supermarket equivalent of Walmart, will start stocking the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS from December 14th, from £20 ($32) a month. It’ll be the country’s first 12-month contract for the iPhone, though 24-month plans are also offered. That’s the lowest monthly rate the Brits can find, though the £222 ($361) upfront cost…
The ribbon was cut on Nokia’s New York and Chicago flagship stores in 2006, but just three years later the shelves are coming down and staff are having to make alternative employment arrangements from early 2010 when doors will close. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-to-open-retail-stores-170247 Joining the flagship London store on Regent Street which announced its closure two days…
Today in the Gizmodo junk cabinet called Remainders we’ve got another report of a Verizon iPhone, a slightly-skinned new Android phone from Acer, death by exploding gum, and a questionable report of Microsoft being kind of a dick. Onward! More Analysts Make Total Speculation About a Verizon iPhone Sound Confident and Certain Until we get…
There’s something incredibly whimsical about Google Chrome’s artsy new ad that making me smile. Maybe it’s just because the “Speed” section of the ad keeps making me think of those crazy contraptions in Tom and Jerry cartoons. [Thanks, Emery!]
After seeing how stylish, tiny, and yet unstackable the Boxee box’s design is, the staff had a lively debate about the growing number of boxes sitting underneath our TVs. How many do you have, and how many is too many? Long ago, we started worrying that the death of the physical movie format would not…
At midnight tonight, Verizon will begin the process of pushing out an update for the Droid Eris. The process will be gradual and it may be up to a week before all customers receive the update. As with the Droid, you’ll receive an alert and then need to accept a download. Things affected by this…
This art beats the coffee paintings hands down, mainly because you can actually smoke it: They’re portraits of famous Mary Jane lovers made of bits taken from weed joint butts. https://gizmodo.com/famous-paintings-reproduced-in-coffee-5399583 Wait, what is Jesus doing there? And where the hell is Rick James, bitch? They are made by Pittsburgh-based tattoo artist Cliff Maynard, who…
Howard Hallis has been drawing pop culture icons, historical figures, and just about anything he can think of since 1997. He’s hasn’t stopped drawing since that year because what he’s working on is The Picture of Everything. Over the years, Hallis has been making this picture in sections, and in some of these selections you…
Chi Mei Optoelectronics, a major LCD maker who sells to companies including Apple, HP and Dell, has admitted to a wide-scale price fixing conspiracy between late 2001 and late 2006. The details are being kept under wraps, but Chi Mei has pled guilty to the charges in a San Francisco court, and in addition to…
A resourceful Pennsylvania man waterproofed his router using a box and tape before sticking it onto his windowsill to use a nearby library’s wi-fi. Too bad that he taped the gadget up so well that it looked like a bomb. Note: The pictured router belongs to GitEmSteveDave and to the best of my knowledge isn’t…
Behold the Baby JesusPhone. And be happy, for He is the one who will bring peace, love, and 1,546 fart applications for all of us in this good Earth. Hallelujah! God bless, god bless. [Thanks Joshua Naudascher]
This commercial has left me convinced that I need to order a five dollar HandJob right now. I’m just confused about whether I’ll be getting what I think I’m getting or a weird kitchen tool. I guess with that price, odds are that it’s probably the kitchen tool. Geez. Talk about a tease after all…
Kids imagine that their Christmas presents come from a huge, crowded workshop full of elves at the North Pole. In reality, they come from huge, crowded warehouses full of workers in the ‘burbs. These insane shots come from Amazon UK’s distribution center, but you can be sure that there are a bunch more just like…
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Other frequently used words might be: “pay,” “dollars,” and “disappear.” Too bad this flexible, portable silicon keyboard doesn’t include a matching font—although I’m sure that can be easily remedied. [Conran Shop]
I’m not sure what kind of sound these MP3 player speaker cans put out, but I’m sure they are just as edible as some other stuff people have put in cans. https://gizmodo.com/8-foods-that-should-never-be-canned-5347767/ The speakers are battery-powered and can be daisy chained together to create the Sanford and Son equivalent of a surround sound system. Although,…
