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I’m sure that this $29 Mobile-USB-SD/MMC Hi-Fi Speaker won’t produce perfect sound, but it gets points for looking 70s retro, being tiny, and playing music both from the computer, and almost every Flash memory-based media out there. Add the remote control, and it looks like a nice solution for people in extremely small spaces, or…
This is the Smart Measure Cup. It’s a simple, great idea—a measuring cup that displays precise volume on a backlit LCD complete with unit conversion. So great, in fact, that it’s been rebranded and picked up for manufacture: Taylor Kitchenware should have their version (above) on store shelves by fall. No, it’s not quite as…
After last Sunday’s rumor on the Apple Tablet’s September announcement, and yesterday’s evidence of two new iProducts in the iPhone OS 3.1 USB devices list, I have decided to elevate the level in our Apple Tablet Probability Meter to 90%. https://gizmodo.com/analyst-has-supposedly-seen-apple-tablet-announcement-5328472 The launch date remains the same: September launch, November release. That’s three months. Or…
Say hello to BLU-TOOTH, a handmade Bluetooth earpiece holder that’s probably as pointless as he is cute. Nom nom nom. As I write this, the one-of-a-kind critter with Velcro nose can still be picked up for $7. If you miss out, his pink SWEE-TOOTH friend may still be available for adoption. [Etsy via GeekSugar]
Nagoya’s FuA-Men (Fully Automated raMen) restaurant features two assembly line style chef and assistant robots that can dish out 80 bowls of noodles a day. Shop owner and robot manufacturer, Kenji Nagaya, told Reuters that the robots improve “the accuracy of timing in boiling noodles, precise movements in adding toppings and consistency of the taste…
They ain’t revolutionary, but should get the job done. The 14-inch Compaq 515 comes with either an AMD Athlon X2 or Turion X2 processor, while the 15.6-inch Compaq 610 goes the Intel route, with either a Core 2 Duo T5870 or dual-core Celeron. Both laptops have 1366 by 768 LED-backlit displays, and support up to…
Here at the gdgt party, Lenovo introduced an all-in-one nettop we haven’t seen before: The IdeaCentre C100 is an Atom-based, 20-inch nettop that will eventually pack Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but it’ll have touchless Vista first. The IdeaCentre C100 is a 20-inch all-in-one that’ll launch at a price point of, as the Lenovo people…
DefCon’s badges encourage hacking. In fact, the best hacks at the conference receive a black über badge signifying free lifetime admission. But why compete for the über badges when you can use steal them with this year’s winning hack? https://gizmodo.com/defcon-badge-hacked-in-10-minutes-285998 You have to hand it to the guy behind this DefCon 17’s winning badge hack.…
…The Mac Pro That Didn’t Exist…Our Nominee for Sexiest Use of Modern Video Production…A Gas Stove You Wear Around Your Neck…The Decline and Fall of Wikipedia… Spec nerds felt a momentary spike in their britches today when Geekbench turned up a Mac Pro with a 3.19GHz Intel Xeon X5580 processor. “No,” you’re supposed to mutter…
I thought this mousey was chewing gum, but it turns out that green lump in its mouth is a fully-functional, bioengineered tooth, the result of “tooth regenerative therapy” research at Tokyo University (of the ear-pulling navigation system fame) https://gizmodo.com/pull-navi-system-gives-directions-and-dumbo-like-ears-5328923 Basically that little mouse, let’s call him Jerry, lost a tooth and grew a a new…
Apple and Palm may not like each other much, but it seems like their employees sure do as yet another former Apple boy is heading over to Palm. After two stints with Apple, Jeff Zwerner is quietly taking up a post as Palm’s new Senior Vice President of Brand Design. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-itunes-8-2-1-breaks-pre-syncing-5315386 This isn’t shocking news…
CEA, the organization that represents every gadget-maker (and throws CES every year) is involved in a squabble with the NYC Department of Sanitation over new, stricter laws governing proper disposal of electronics. Do they have a leg to stand on? Due to certain materials used in consumer electronics (especially in batteries and displays), gadgets are…
NZXT, makers of PC gaming hardware, introduced its new Beta EVO mid tower case, offering some pretty nice premium features like direct cooling for video cards and CPU and thoughtful wire management, all for $50. Not bad. The focus here seems to be on airflow, with support for up to six 120mm fans and one…
Please, can somebody tell me what the hell is this green thing parked in a Russian airfield? Who built this nutty contraption? Apparently, some crazy vodka-addicted Russian engineers/mechanics/crazy Ivans decided that putting together a Soviet-era truck, a gas tank, a top cockpit, and a jet turbine was something useful. Or funny. Or both. What the…
We love data visualization here in Gizmodo, specially when it’s smart and elegant. This one belongs to a book coming out October 27: Visualized, the Information Atlas, written by David McCandless, featuring the works of brilliant designers. [Visualized] https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-world-lit-up-by-millions-of-voices-during-oba-5270200
The Onion delivers again, this time reporting on how badly Sanyo doesn’t want a guy to mail in the rebate that came with his cordless phone. Executives at Sanyo-which employs more than 85,000 people worldwide-said they were initially overjoyed that someone had actually purchased one of their products. The celebration was short-lived, however, as it…
OK people, let’s review: Laser pointer, check. Doberman, check. Guy placidly sleeping on a sofa, legs wide open, and his crotch openly exposed, check. What could go wrong here? Yes. everything happened according to plan. [Thanks David]
As if the stoners and dopers weren’t paranoid enough, the police may soon be able to detect whether or not you partake in one the five most popular recreational drugs: cocaine, heroin, cannabis, amphetamine, and methamphetamine. The device is intended for roadside use by law enforcement agencies and includes a disposable plastic cartridge and a…
If you didn’t get a Google Voice app before they were all wiped out from the App Store, here’s a method to do a bookmarklet speed dial from your iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/apple-rejects-official-google-voice-iphone-app-5324268 It’s basically going to allow you to dial quickly without having to open up Safari, go to the GV page, pick out a number…
It was only hinted before in a text string, but the new iPhone OS 3.1 update’s USB Device Configuration XML property list clearly shows not one, but two new unidentified Apple products: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-reveals-new-iphones-ipods-and-the-myster-5175348 The first model—identified as iProd0,1—has a standardMuxPTP description. Since no other models start with a zero as a first identifier, we can…
