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AT&T’s 3G Network Sees 2,000% Increase Since iPhone 3G Release…Droid Camera Fixed, Without Explanation?…Genius Bar App Won’t Help if Your iPhone Is Broken…Samsung Beats out Vizio for Top LCD Seller… AT&T’s 3G Network Sees 2,000% Increase Since iPhone 3G Release In the wake of a big $65 million upgrade to its network here in the…
Noah Feehan looked at his raw steak one day and thought "What if I plug some composite video into that hunk o’ meat?" So he did just that. Turns out that it lets him judge when the steak’s perfectly cooked. If you have nothing better to do, it looks like you could easily imitate this…
If I ever have kids, odds are that they’ll turn out to be gadget-obsessed bookworms. But even if they don’t, we’d probably spend a few afternoons flipping through these interactive iPhone-powered picture books together, giggling in delight at the stories. Dubbed Phonebooks, these neat little books combine with your iPhone to create a fun experience…
There are plenty of electric bike designs out there, but few (possibly none) can compare to the Grace E-bike. Its CNC-aluminum frame is fitted with eurofighter and Formula One parts, and it has a top speed of 40 mph. So it’s a hell of a lot cooler and more powerful than a scooter, moped or…
Every single day we oooh and aahhh over the latest design concepts, but right now, let’s focus on one of the minds behind such designs and smile in awe of her motivations and inspirations. Meet MIT designer, Neri Oxman. Oxman went through medical school, but abandoned that career path for a “mishmash of design, architecture,…
If you’re thinking about getting a PSP Go, then head to Amazon before midnight PST/3:00AM EST tonight. No, the PSP Go’s $245 price tag hasn’t changed, but you will get a $50 gift card for Amazon’s PlayStation Network store. It’s still a pricey gadget, but hey, at least the gift card will cover you for…
A spillover from last week’s Cyborg-a-thon, Wired has put together a list of the top ten cyborg videos. But not everything is about fusing man with machine. As you can see in the sample videos above, sometimes we choose to make bionic monkeys and insects. Truly, it’s the weirdest of the weird sciences. Check out…
If you know a geek with a sense of humor and a taste for offbeat stuff, all but one of these products will make a great holiday gift. The last is one you definitely should avoid. BTW, if you hate the gallery format as much as the Grinch hated Christmas, click here. https://gizmodo.com/gifts-for-fun-geeks-who-enjoy-really-stupid-stuff-5405930/ Darth Vader…
You drive them, you idiot. But if that’s not an option—say, if you’re shipping your Belaz mining truck from Belarus to South Africa—you’ve got to break them into pieces. Hulking, multi-ton pieces. English Russia’s got a series of photos detailing how some of the largest vehicles on the planet, the 35-foot-long, 26-foot-high Tonka-styled mining trucks…
Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie was discussing smartphones at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference earlier. Apparently, we just don’t get what is and what isn’t important in the smartphone battle, because according to him, apps don’t really matter. We’re focusing too much on the number or type of apps available on the different platforms, according…
Like many of the design competitions in recent memory, the theme of Samsung’s Young Design Award for 2009 centered around energy conservation and sustainability in the home. These gadgets were voted best of the bunch.
Star Wars: Trench Run for the iPhone gets you into Luke’s multitouch underpants, so you can blow up the Death Star while Darth Vader and a thousand TIE Fighters chase you. And, apparently, you can play on the Empire’s side: https://gizmodo.com/1950s-stereo-3d-projector-is-lukes-grandpa-5406307 Looks nice in the screenshots, but remember that the $5 Star Wars Trench Run…
Over the apple-smoked mountains, the great yolk rose again. And day began anew. [jenntotten via Geekologie]
A new study by the University of Pennsylvania has found that it’s safer for cops to use tasers to subdue perps than their fists and batons. But safest of all? Using words and patience. The team examined over 24,000 cases where police had used force, including almost 5500 incidents involving a Taser. After controlling for…
A team of Spanish researchers at the University of Lleida have developed a way to detect false coins using mouse sensors, detecting particular patterns in two Euro coins, which at the ongoing exchange are about $150,302 each. The system rotates the coin, sampling its surface using a 30 x 30 pixel resolution optical sensor (although…
Surprise! Friday’s report that the Chrome OS “launch” for this week was almost true: Google’s OS will be shown in “complete overview” on Thursday. But what does that mean, exactly? https://gizmodo.com/is-google-chrome-os-launching-next-week-5404030 According to Techcrunch this isn’t really a launch, but rathe a chance to give us a first look at the OS, and for Google…
The problem: The US Army—purveyors of all things camouflage green— thinks that spy planes are too slow to recognize remote battlegrounds. The solution: Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles loaded with weaponized spy bots. The side-effect: World War III. See, the US Army is right. ICBMs are the fastest way to deploy ISR-Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance-spy bots. They…
The fact that Grackle68k exists is wonderful for two reasons: First, and most obvious, is because it makes for a bizarre juxtaposition between the ancient OS 9 (or OS 8, or Systems 6 and 7) and Twitter, and self-consciously modern online service that would’ve seemed ridiculous in the age of the Bondi Blue iMac. And…
The answer: with a crane people…with a crane. It makes perfect sense now. I mean, the manual for the ride-on lawnmower did not specifically state that you couldn’t raise it up with a crane to trim the top of a very large hedge, so that’s just what two lunatics from Cambridge New Zealand did. “The…
In 1985, people thought Laserdiscs would be the future of cinema. After all, they had unmatched picture quality, they were virtually indestructible, and they had a lot of extras. Just like Blu-ray. See what I did there? See? [Obsolete]
