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David Smith believes he has build the world’s smallest working train, and based on the images and video I wouldn’t doubt that claim. Apparently, it is 35,000 times smaller than the real deal. Of course, it would have been more legit as a model train if it ran on its own mini engine instead of…
You’re on your couch, ensconced in a Snuggie body blanket, commanding fifteen different devices at once with your new Philips Prestigo Universal remote. Sound like couch potato paradise to you? A one-way ticket only costs 40 bucks. Top Deals: • Philips Prestigo Universal Remote for $39.99 plus free shipping (normally $105). • TomTom ONE 140…
Whether by force of tradition or out of respect for the keyboard-clinging power users out there, Windows 7 has more—and more useful—keyboard shortcuts than ever before. Like, enough that a definitive guide would be very, very useful. Oh! https://lifehacker.com/the-master-list-of-new-windows-7-shortcuts-5390086 Lifehacker, doing what they do best, has put together an incredibly helpful list of Windows 7…
“Retina display technology” sounds frightening if you think about it for more than a second. Brother’s upcoming specs beam 800×600 images refreshed at 60hz directly onto your retina, so that they appear, transparently, about a meter in front of you. They’re coming out next year, though they haven’t set a price. Separate, NEC’s planning a…
It’s almost Halloween, and for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want to see see pumpkins. And we want them to be evil. The official challenge: “Jack-o’-Lanterns.” As always, interpret the theme however you’d like to give us the best shot that you can. And for a little inspiration, check out the photos of “fall leaves”…
A lot of people are writing up this video of the NYTimes Editor "leaking" the Apple Tablet (see 8:20 in the video) in this supposedly off record talk. But this isn’t proof of anything. It could easily just be that Bill Keller reads rumors, too. But what if that was a whoopsie letting loose a…
This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don’t compare too well. Number one is, predictably, Japan, where the average broadband speed is 60mbps and they pay $0.27 per 1mbps. We, in comparison, average 4.8mbps and pay $3.33 per…
Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn’t even a gleam in some nerd’s eye, but a new book shows that the painter was, nevertheless, a photoshop god. Very few Gizmodo readers were even born when Rockwell painted his last Saturday Evening Post cover, but we all know them. You hear that name and…
I don’t know how the new Vivitar DVR 150‘s quality will stack up against the Flip, but being waterproof down to 16 feet and having infrared night vision is a promising start. At least, for amateur submarine night porn filmmakers. The Vivitar DVR 150 has a 1.8-inch LCD screen, 2GB of built-in memory expandable using…
Lenovo introduced a few new computers today, most interesting among them (visually, at least) being the B500 all-in-one with a crazy angular design. But they’ve also got their first Core i7 notebook and a pretty nice-looking ultraportable. Lenovo is fleshing out their all-in-one lineup (which already includes the cheaper C100) with the terrifyingly angular IdeaCentre…
The Y550P, a 15-inch laptop, is Lenovo’s first portable to offer a Core i7 option. Besides that, it’s got a lot of juice available in options—up to 8GB of memory, 500GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce GT 240M (1GB) graphics, an integrated subwoofer, and some kind of crazy “touch-sensitive slide bar for easy desktop navigation.” It’ll…
Get your $1200 ready, because after you learn this Bluetooth mouse is made with grade-1 titanium, high-quality resin, and has a neodymium scroll wheel, you are so going to want it. Come on, you know you want it. And you thought that the Magic Mouse was expensive. Seriously, who the hell spends $1200 in a…
Turns out those leaks about a BlackBerry Bluetooth companion watch were dead on: The Allerta InPulse Bluetooth companion watch—not a watchphone—isn’t actually a RIM product, and should ship in February for $150. So what does it do? https://gizmodo.com/this-folks-is-the-blackberry-smartwatch-5385044 Think of it as an extender for your BlackBerry, or a wrist-mounted dashboard. It won’t place calls…
I swear, Japan is just fucking with us at this point. [YouTube via SirAshcraft]
We’ll suspend our general disbelief for a moment to talk about the Renu, an unbelievable but incredible solar product that’s actually coming to market next year. The ReNu probably doesn’t work as you’d imagine from looking at the photograph. Sure, you see an iPod dock with speakers, just as you’d expect. But that huge back…
The good news: for those of you who want it, the TomTom iPhone Car Kit can be ordered for $120 at the Apple Store. The bad news: while TomTom originally promised the device for October, it’s still not shipping for “2-3 weeks.” [Apple via SlashGear via CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/tomtom-iphone-car-kit-priced-at-120-available-october-5367653
Sprint’s just gone public with its plans for the Pixi: a single c-note, payable November 15th. It’s not the aggressive, bottom-scraping pricing I was hoping to see for Palm’s second, daintier webOS device, and just $50 less than the Pre. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pixi-hands-on-the-smaller-pre-with-a-better-keybo-5355112 The Pixi is generally thought of as a hardware downgrade from it’s older brother,…
This week, a long-brewing FAA regulation requiring planes to protect passengers from 16 G crash forces will come into full effect. What does this mean for you? Well, your next seat—or more accurately, seat belt—could have an airbag. Instead of building airbags into plane seats or the bulkhead—that big flat wall at the front of…
Looks like that unknown HTC handset may be the Android equivalent of the HD2—complete with speedy 1GHz Snapdragon processor (like the upcoming Acer Liquid). And it’s rumored to hit Verizon by year’s end as the HTC Passion. https://gizmodo.com/mystery-htc-android-phone-appears-discloses-nothing-5384405 The HD2 is probably the most interesting WinMo 6.5 phone out there (even though it won’t arrive…
It looks like you’re being clever. Would you like me to help you post that to the internet? [Reddit via The Daily What]
