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Sure, money can’t buy taste, but in this case it’ll get you design and craftsmanship that looks amazing. And good news: Gaiser High End’s Design PC range will only cost you about the price of a new car. Processor options scale up to an Intel quad-core chip, and prices start at (cough), $7820. Yep. But…
The guys at HD Guru have shed some light, literally, on a bit of trickery retailers use to make lower performance HDTVs look more enticing. Have you ever noticed how bright the lighting is in many electronics departments? You may have not considered it before, but if the lighting in the store is not in-line…
It’s a stupid question, maybe. But why don’t bikes glow? The Pulse is the brainchild of design firm Teague. Sure, it’s packed with clever lights built into the handlebars, a motorcycle-like turn signal system and counterweighted pedals that never flip upside down. But the Pulse’s pièce de résistance is clearly its triangular glowing center (that’s…
I have, and always will, reflexively defend videogames against annoying “murder simulator” rhetoric, but the guys at Waterloo Labs, who have figured out how to use actual firearms to play first person shooters, aren’t making my life any easier. The setup is dead simple, all puns intended: Four accelerometers are stuck to a hard wall,…
I like when secrets are finally revealed, like the crazy Sukhoi Su-35 ejection. And I absolutely love it when the answers are really weird, like with the strange jet truck mystery I posted about on Tuesday. https://gizmodo.com/mystery-of-the-crazy-sukhoi-su-35-ejection-finally-reve-5330468 It’sa snowblower. Or better said, a snow melter. The ones above use Klimov VK-1 engines from Mig-15 planes.…
There comes a time in every geek’s life when he must unplug. While ingenuity, like carrying a laptop to the bathroom, can often stall such inevitability, it cannot thwart all of the social pressures of friends and loved ones. This pixel lamp softens the blow of the smooth, analog world. And after a beer or…
Click to viewRemember that insane water slide jump video? Unsurprisingly, it was a fake viral video. Surprisingly, it was made to promote…Microsoft Office? https://gizmodo.com/seriously-incredible-water-slide-jump-please-be-real-5330885 The site is still in German, but now it’s covered in Microsoft Office Project 2007 branding. I don’t get it as I don’t speak German, but I can only imagine how…
Fun fact: A healthy couple could’ve produced two children in the time it’ll take Garmin to bring the Nuvifone from the press office to customers’ hands, in Q4 of this year. By then, the oldest would be learning to walk. During a conference call today, a company rep told analysts that the phone, which shipped…
iStubz might sound like a stupid idea, but practically speaking, my iPhone charge/sync cable is a bit annoyingly long when charging over USB. The iStubz are essentially shortened iPhone/iPod cables. How short, you ask? Imagine a 3-inch cable. Then shorten it by .25 inches. Yes, that’s right, the iStubz measures just 2.75 inches in all.…
First working prototype of Orrey—or planetary display—for the 10,000 year clock. Prototype of a Solar Synchronizer to maintain the clock’s accuracy using the sun.
Estes may have discontinued its wicked Battlestar and Star Trek replica rockets almost 20 years ago, but some clever hobbyists have info on how you can still build one today. Verna Rockets has a full debrief on its own builds, complete with links to several sites with parts and instructions. You’ll find everything you need…
Remember the fascinating and spooky anatomy of the Lego Minifig? Well, it gets even more fascinating and spookier when it’s animated in 3D, which is precisely what the original designer—Jason Freeny—did. [Moist Production via The Brothers Brick] https://gizmodo.com/the-anatomy-of-a-lego-minifig-is-as-fascinating-as-it-i-5063801
I love Top Gear, but when James May gets the opportunity to fly to the edge of space on board a U2 spy plane, my love turns to plain, absolute, complete, overwhelming hate. Bloody good video indeed. The Lockheed U2 is an amazing plane, developed to spy enemy countries by the CIA and the United…
Holy crap, how did I miss this? Poop The World uses your iPhone’s GPS to track and share your dumps with the world, plus compete for trophies and achievements. Proud poopsters can describe the consistency and fragrance of the occasion to compete on worldwide leader boards. Everybody loves toilet humor right? Not if you’re Hitler:…
Sarah Palin’s autographed gadgetry…A DJ Mixer for dual iPhones…New York City coffeeshops crack down on WiFi leechers (like me, whoops)…Fully robotic kitchen is so pretty you’ll barely care when it kills you… Sometimes we find stories that are just barely not interesting enough to become a full post, so they end up here in remainders.…
We’ve talked about Tachyon’s 3D camera technology, but how does the video actually look? I didn’t have a pair of 3D glasses on hand when I watched this video, so trippy was an understatement. https://gizmodo.com/tachyons-head-mounted-2010-xc-video-camera-system-lasts-5331086
Those are 3500 steps, spread over 13 stories, with one vertigo inducing view. At 100 feet deep, Chand Baori in Abhaneri, India is the world’s deepest stepwell. No railings and a 100 foot plunge into water? Sign me up! [Smoont]
According to a Facebook executive, the target of today’s DDOS attacks on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, YouTube and other social media sites was one pro-Georgian blogger going by the username of “Cyxym.” No word as to who was behind the attack. Earlier today several competing social networks banded together to fight the DDOS attacks on their…
$1,000,000 gets you: a complete original Transformers boxed collection, a speedy car or…one. single. speaker. At a mil per channel, these speakers are almost as big as Transformers, but I’d still rather have Soundwave in my living room. https://gizmodo.com/original-transformers-boxed-collection-sold-for-1-000-279598 Made by Transmission Audio, this handmade speaker system has 12 separate, open-baffle dipole panels, each nearly…
Who hasn’t accidentally left a phone, camera or MP3 player in a swimsuit pocket and gone swimming? It’s a harrowing experience, but there’s hope: Dunking the gadget in rice is a somewhat surprising yet very effective drying method. We’ve all soaked a not-so-waterproof gadget or two, and we know that lots of them can come…
