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Liu Bolin Creates Slowest, Least Practical Invisibility Cloak Ever

Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who makes himself invisible. See him hiding there in the picture above? But wait, how does he do it? With paint! Yes, Bolin paints his whole body to blend into the background, which is incredibly impressive yet also pretty impractical when you need to get invisible quickly, without the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Study Claims Motion Blur Is a Non-Issue In Most Mid-To-High-End LCDs

A study conducted by DisplayMate Technologies claims that the issue of “motion blur” so long associated with LCDs is no longer an issue in mid-to-high-end LCDs. However, manufacturers have no problem selling you gimmicks that supposedly fix the problem. The HDTVs included models from the top-tier brands of (alphabetically) LG, Samsung, Sharp and Sony –…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Olympus E-P2 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced Tonight?

Now we’ve got what might be specs and the first look at Olympus’s EP-2, supposedly announced tonight. It’s decidedly less drool-inducing than the EP-1, and still doesn’t have flash, but just look at that periscope-huge viewfinder. Updated. Mark’s a micro four thirds convert, though he preferred Panasonic’s new GF1 to Olympus’s retro-sexy EP-1, which lacks…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Gadget Deals of the Day

25 years ago today, Dell Computers was founded as PCs Limited. Celebrate by buying yourself their 14z laptop for $699. Or show them how you really feel by getting a deal on one of their competitor’s laptops. We have several. Top Deals: • 14″ Asus K40IJ-D1 Laptop for $465 plus free shipping (normally $670 –…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Make Professional Multimedia PDF Portfolios with Adobe Acrobat 9

Your dreams of dynamic, seamless PDF portfolios can now be realized. With Adobe Acrobat 9, you can combine video, audio, and documents all in a single file. Read: awesome. Get ready to blow them away with your next presentation. With Adobe 9, you can: -Combine videos, movies, simulations and 3D objects into a single compressed…

Tech News Chrissie Lamond

Blockbuster Employee Stabs Himself Because He Didn’t Want To Go To Work

We all know that Blockbuster kind of sucks, but I had no idea that working there was this bad. https://gizmodo.com/blockbuster-is-on-its-deathbed-5201935 Amazingly enough, 29-year old Aaron Siebers stabbed himself then made up some phony story about being attacked by three skinheads in an attempted robbery. However, surveillance footage of the area where it supposedly happened turned…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Monster Monster Laptop Stand Will &#*@ing Chomp Your Face (Or Just Sit There)

Who would have thought that six acrylic limbs could transform a MacBook into something so evil…so powerful? Luckily the designer hasn’t designed the legs as articulating and retractable, or we’d really be screwed. $40. [MonsterMonster via Unplggd via Core77]

Tech News Mark Wilson

iPevo Point 2 View USB: The Webcam Who Thinks It’s a Luxo Lamp

I usually don’t pay attention to webcams because I assume all computers come with them nowadays. The flexo-like iPevo P2V USB Webcam, however, caught my oh-look-so-cute-Pixarized eye. See it in action here: The 2.0-megapixel Point to View USB 2.0 camera—which also has a macro mode for 2-inch close ups—goes for $69. [iPevo via Gizmowatch]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Is The Crunchpad Dead?

The Silicon Alley Insider has heard that Mike Arrington’s vision of an affordable Crunchpad web tablet is dying due to higher-than-expected costs. The fact is that the timeline for the Crunchpad thus far reads like a vaporware gadget or the financially-challeged launch of the OLPC project. First, the Crunchpad was $200, then it became $300,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

DocuPen X-Series Scanner Powers Espionage and Coupon Clipping

The DocuPen X-Series isn’t necessarily a new idea, but it may be the snazziest pen scanner we’ve seen to date. Loaded an OLED display and an incredible 64GB of storage (further expandable via MicroSD), you simply run the pen (lengthwise) over text and color images to capture them at 600dpi. But to simplify matters even…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Walmart Selling $200 Xbox 360 This Weekend with Free $100 Gift Card

The leaks were real. This weekend, Walmart is kicking off pre-Black Friday deals, including a $199 Xbox 360 Arcade that comes with a free $100 gift card, effectively dropping the price to $100. Other deals are just as good: https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-with-free-100-gift-card-deal-might-be-hitting-5396211 • $298 HP Notebook Computer – 3GB memory, 160GB hard drive, Windows 7 Premium •…

Tech News Mark Wilson

New Droid Commercial Turns to All-Out Sci-Fi

The Motorola Droid! It’s a robot from space, shot to Earth from fighter jets, letting you check Facebook! Or something like that. Apparently, this ad that shows you nothing about the phone itself will start running next week. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-review-5396168

Tech News Adam Frucci

Microsoft Courier’s Swipes, Snips and Scribbles: The Leaked Interface

We’ve seen slides and videos of Microsoft’s Courier booklet in action, but nothing has quite explained how all of these things actually work. This document explains Courier’s interface, gestures and features more in-depth than ever before. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 Click to view

Tech News The Paperboy

Words Cannot Explain This Strange Japanese Video Mashup, But They’ll Try

In the clip you’re about to see, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-il lock lips to the theme song of an erotic video game. That’s sort of the punchline. Here’s how we got there: “My Boyfriend Is the President” is a risque video game (or eroge) out of Japan. Of course, the game has its own…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Nvidia Confirms Intel’s Senseless USB 3.0 Delay Until 2011

Bad news: Nvidia has confirmed Intel’s stance on USB 3.0—no Intel chipsets will support the new standard until 2011. Short of Intel stating something different, USB 3.0 probably won’t hit mass consumption until then. Is there any hope? We’ve already seen an Intel motherboard hit the market with USB 3.0, but it’s technically manufactured by…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Intel Hit With a Massive Antitrust Suit, In the US This Time

Remember how Intel got smacked in the face with a $1.45 billion fine in the EU for shadily suffocating AMD into submission? Today, New York’s Attorney General has brought the fight to the US. This is going to get messy. https://gizmodo.com/intel-smacked-with-staggering-1-45-billion-fine-in-eur-5252046 From the looks of it, this case will mirror the European Commission’s case almost…

Tech News John Herrman

Courier User Interface In Depth

Gestures: The basic finger gestures are exactly what you would expect. A one-finger tap-and-hold clips content, one-finger flicks scroll vertically and turn pages. Two-finger gestures open and close apps: Up or down opens an app, while a swipe offscreen closes it. Flicking toward the other screen with two fingers slides it across. Pinches come into…

Tech News The Paperboy

Ok, But Which Device Is Better at Smashing Through Walls?

The DSi shatters and fragments, which is more effective at maiming and disabling a target. On the other hand, the N97 remains whole, for greater penetration through tough surfaces. Both, however, are fun to look at. Far from an honest ballistics test, the shoot(ing), staged by French gaming magazine Amusement, was just an opportunity to…

Tech News John Herrman

Steve Jobs’ Original Name for the iMac Was So Horrifying It Would Explode Your Ears

The iMac revived Apple after a decade of sickly malaise. The name is so obviously iconic. So it’s shocking that Steve Jobs hated it and wanted to call it something so awful it would “curdle your blood.” That’s according to the man who named it, Ken Segall, who talked to Leander at Cult of Mac.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

“Matt Damon” Shows Women Where Men’s Brains Are Once Again

This Gizmodo reader says his name is Ryan Kennedy, but you ain’t fooling us, Matt Damon! And you are not going to get anywhere near pretty pixelated face girl for some makeouty as long as you wear your pixeljunk outfit. https://gizmodo.com/the-8-bit-low-res-make-up-is-high-res-clever-5396145 Come on, Señor Damon. A girl brings us beautiful elegance, extraordinary cleverness, and perfect…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Liu Bolin Creates Slowest, Least Practical Invisibility Cloak Ever

Study Claims Motion Blur Is a Non-Issue In Most Mid-To-High-End LCDs