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I think it is pretty safe to assume that you will be the only one in the office brushing your mug’s teeth after each coffee break. [MollaSpace via 7Gadgets via Likecool]
Anyone who’s ever attended a Styx concert can tell you that lasers and smoke are both integral components to any musical act. But now compressed audio pioneer David Schwartz is squeezing the tech into microphones to achieve higher fidelity recording. The first clip explains how things work. Essentially, smoke rises through a tube, you talk…
Microsoft confirmed to gaming blog Joystiq that they will release an 802.11n wireless adapter for Xbox 360. Looks like it’ll accompany rather than replace the current adapter, though MS was tight-lipped on price or release date, saying only “soon.” [Joystiq] https://gizmodo.com/official-xbox-360-802-11n-wi-fi-adapter-coming-soon-5359628
For the love of the holy underpants of Yoda! This R2-D2 is the most amazing astromech mod yet. Created by Popular Science reader Brian De Vitis, it holds eight consoles, a sound system, and a projector! Check its interior. https://gizmodo.com/r2-d2-pc-case-mod-warps-us-into-hyperspace-363426 Brian first took an R2-D2 shaped cooler and modified it to make it look more…
I’m not sure it’s the most forceful statement ever uttered by a titan of industry, but Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has expressed confidence that Netflix content will make it to the iPhone—some day. When questioned by Reuters if Netflix was working on an iPhone-related partnership with Apple, Hastings responded: it’s something that’s likely to come…
The Tiny Drill serves absolutely no purpose. It doesn’t mean we don’t love it. Seriously, look how small the damn thing is! And it comes with its own case/holster that doubles as a keychain! Konstantin Leonenko made these from little more than a watch battery, a tiny motor, a switch, molded plastic, and the smallest…
No doubt, this headset is going to make you look like a douchebag, but it is freaking killer. When you get past the rendering on a rendering, you notice it has a screen that will project a 15-inch virtual display. Yes, Kopin has decided the best place to put its latest .44-inch SVGA resolution LCD…
Snapture, the powerful camera replacement app that singlehandedly justified god knows how many jailbreaks, has finally passed through the App Store gauntlet. Let’s see how it held up, shall we? https://gizmodo.com/snapture-improves-the-iphones-camera-with-digital-zoom-377041 From the looks of it, pretty well. This is by and large the same Snapture you’d have found in Cydia or Installer last year:…
Oh my. The sex doll for dogs, seen only as a render for so long, is finally real. And it’s… awkward. It’s here at the Gizmodo Gallery, and if your dog fucks it, you’ll win a prize. Interested in seeing this thing for yourself? Come on into the Giz Gallery when it opens on Wednesday.…
It doesn’t look like Microsoft has formally announced any new two-tone controllers, but either way, Gamestop will begin selling this black and red version of the Xbox 360 wireless controller on October 15th. Priced at a steep $70 when bundled with a battery and charger (about $20 more than a wireless controller will run you…
We’ve seen large-scale multitouch air hockey tables before, but this Japanese version cranks the difficulty up a few notches with crazy flashing lights and even crazier multiple puck games. If all the lights and pucks aren’t enough, the last video demonstrates a third level of difficulty involving virtual goal barriers that must be destroyed before…
Dedicated 100% to partying, the Big Blue Bus is the ultimate Maximum Tailgate Machine. Watch as Eddy D, owner of the Triple B, describes some of the state-of-the-art features in his converted churchmobile. Then send him your great gadget ideas! If he likes your gadget (something you already use or a fantasy tailgating gizmo) best,…
You’ve heard of SATA. It’s the technology used for the majority of today’s hard drives and people generally like it. But SATA wasn’t designed for tiny portables. That’s why the guys behind SATA are introducing mini-SATA, or mSATA for short. Supporting 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s transfer rates (peaking at half the speed of existing…
Nikon’s crazy hybrid projector/camera combo is up for grabs today. Better make sure mom never figures out how to put that album of baby photos on a SD card. • The Nikon S100pj, sure to be the weapon of choice for embarrassing relatives, is now available. OK, so the Lumière brothers might have had the…
Maker Bot is awesome because it’s a 3D printer that’s also open source and plays Daft Punk tunes while it’s at work. And it’s meant to be hacked, so this gallery item is limited only by your imagination. The formal name for this MakerBot is the Cupcake CNC, and is able to rapidly prototype anything.…
FCC’s Julius Genachowski just took out his mighty sword to kill internet providers’ greed-driven traffic filtering, and the fat cats are already attacking. A Comcast fat cat named David L. Cohen, who of course is playing the FUD card. https://gizmodo.com/fcc-wants-to-ban-internet-traffic-screening-anti-torre-5364343 Cohen is Comcast’s executive vice-president for broadband. And of course, he believes that the FCC…
Last week, Brian Eno‘s management company released “Air” to the app store. While it wasn’t written specifically by Eno, it was “based on concepts” by him. Trope, on the other hand, was made by Eno and Peter Chilvers. https://gizmodo.com/new-brian-eno-based-iphone-app-like-music-for-airports-5361633 Eno and Chilvers developed Bloom together, and Trope is very similar to it. It’s the same…
Perhaps you would be better about lowering your carbon footprint if lighting up your home required a sample of your own blood. Designer Mike Thompson thinks so. His concept Blood Lamp calls for users to break off the top of the bulb-shaped glass, cut their finger on the jagged edge and then mix a tablet…
The 103-inch Panasonic plasma TV is back at Giz Gallery, and as absolutely ginormongous as we remembered. But, uh, how exactly do you install a 900 pound television? A veteran of over 50 events, this set has actually seen crazier installs: An outdoor event under a tent during heavy rain flooded the set’s power cables…
Taking cues from devices like the Chumby, Squeezebox and HP’s DreamScreen, Pure is throwing a kitchen sink full of features into their new Sensia radio—including Wi-Fi, DAB and FM support, a 5.7-inch touchscreen and plenty of popular widgets. https://gizmodo.com/hp-dreamscreen-brings-pandora-media-streaming-to-the-d-5361344 Other features include: two full-range 3″ drive units, an optional rechargeable battery, RF remote and a…
