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On display at Maker Faire 2009, Interactivation is a whimsical, slightly non-sensical cross between a six-way collaborative music machine and a Tesla coil, producing improvised sounds and scientific trickery from the same machine. Interactivation was created by a group called Lightning Temple, who want to use sound vibrations to promote holistic healing or something like…
Of all the ridiculous things one can see at the Maker Faire, the Puppy Mover Monorail might take the cake. The scary thing about the Puppy Monorail is that it has managed to evolve over the years. The project started out as a modest 3 car train, but now has expanded to a WHOPPING five…
If you, too, want to start making Hollywood caliber videos like our man Adam Frucci, this $14 DIY video camera stabilizer project we found over at Lifehacker today will help. Now you just need to work on being funny. [MAKE (PDF) via Lifehacker] https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-kindle-3s-new-secret-feature-to-take-america-b-5270332
Microsoft “guru” Paul Thurott says the Zune HD launches on September 5. Mind you, this info comes fresh from the Zune forums, so we’ll slap a rumor on it for now with the caveat that it matches our earlier post about a September launch window. [Zune Forums – Thanks Joel] https://gizmodo.com/say-hello-to-zune-hd-in-september-5252850
In the tradition of the Atari ring comes this gold Optimus Prime ring from deviantartist =Dans-Magic. https://gizmodo.com/found-18-karat-atari-computer-chip-bangle-geek-vitalit-5190252 It’s the perfect gift for that special someone. That same special someone who’s willing to wait hours and hours in line with you at a premiere so you can go into the theater to watch Transformers: Revenge of…
The folks at Energizer are updating their Energi To Go line of rechargeable battery life extenders to encompass the iPhone 3G and solar power. The first new entries, two form-fitting, rubberized AP Charger battery packs for the iPhone, had me thinking of Incase Power Slider. https://gizmodo.com/incase-power-slider-for-iphone-3g-skillfully-conceals-i-5090674 They’re not as eye-catching as the Incase, but they’re…
From the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen we’ve seen the new Devastator robot, Megan Fox disrobing, and various trailers. But what about, you know, the Fallen? Well, this image is him. https://gizmodo.com/the-transformers-devastator-23-years-later-5151896 Admittedly, this is not as cool as a trailer. And it certainly doesn’t elicit the tingling sensation Megan Fox gives you when…
Way back in 2006, a young, eager Jason Chen brought the world word of a Yoda Back Buddy that mimicked the training scene from The Empire Strikes Back. Now Darth Vader, ever the envious Sith Lord, wants in on the action too. https://gizmodo.com/yoda-backpack-179185 Kind of demeaning for the ol’ baddie, no? I mean, turning one…
Let me save you $100 with a tip. The wind, old as time and completely free, will push your kid around the pool on a rubber raft faster than this inflatable speedboat. Plus, the wind doesn’t require huge expensive D batteries, of which this inflatable cash sink requires eight. The wind also dissipates eventually, takes…
JMicron is preparing to debut its new NAND flash controller at Computex, and with it the company intends to boast it can slash SSD pricing by 50% in time for the holiday season. Officially labeled the JMF612, the chip is targeted at a “new generation of NAND flash chips built using smaller process geometries that…
Either Eric Cartman has started eating electronics or the design folk at Sony have some explaining to do regarding how they thought up the PSP Go. [Thanks, Joel!] https://gizmodo.com/psp-go-leaked-slider-with-16gb-of-flash-storage-and-bl-5273203
If this cellphone release date stuff keeps up, we’ll be seeing a cellphone releasing every day in June. The latest we can add to the list is the Nokia N97. https://gizmodo.com/htc-s511-snap-pops-up-early-at-best-buy-for-519-withou-5273378 It’s the first Nokia N-series to sport a touchscreen, and you pre-ordered earlier this month, it will arrive around June 15 with the the…
Or perhaps it ended with literally nothing at all. Regardless, it appears as though the netbook debate, started by Psion and now purportedly given a finishing move by Intel, is over. https://gizmodo.com/psion-orders-websites-to-stop-using-the-term-netbook-5117806 French web site Blogeee reports that the two companies, locked in a somewhat ridiculous legal dance for the past several months, have reached…
Cool in theory but a mess in reality, the Auto-Cannibalistic Table starts life off strong, but finishes with a whimper as a mound of dirt and vegetation on your family room floor. Now, if artist Ate Atema could get this thing to recycle old cellphones or something, instead of old egg cartons, that’d be something.…
Which brand goes best with your new home server: The popular Cohiba, or the unvarying mellowness of a Macanudo? I ask because this is the kind of question you’ll deal with once you install a Home Servidor. Created by software developer Donavon West, the Home Servidor is a small home server that sits in the…
Hey Brian, are you ready for more confidence-crushing Wii Fit workouts? https://gizmodo.com/the-wii-fit-review-six-months-later-5083987 Ones that are “more accurate” and completely sharable with friends over the Internet? Great, because I smell another sweaty six-month review in your future if this rumor comes true at E3. Basically, as the headline suggests, an online WIi Fit, complete with enhanced…
Lest it be lost in the coming maelstrom of Apple iPhone 3G 3.0 and Palm Pre news, let it be known the HTC S511 Snap (aptly labeled a Stepford Wives take on the Blackberry Bold) has popped up at Best Buy a few days before its June 7 release. [BGR] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-dash-3g-is-htc-snap-landing-in-may-5213513
I’m looking at these images from a Hong Kong blog, and they totally look like The Real Thing™ to me. Sure they are blurry, but those applications’ user interface definitely screams Apple design. The gallery shows the compass and autofocus in action—which can’t work in current hardware. These could very well be the first shots…
Sure, Wall-E is all cute and adorable, but does he spew melted floppy disks? No. This is why I, in my humble opinion, think that Mech Virus is way cooler than Wall-E could ever hope to be. The actual tech behind Mech Virus, on display at Maker Faire 2009, is pretty simple, it’s just a…
Okay fine, maybe this is more of an artistic representation that’s taken a few liberties, but still, the Neuron Chamber on display at Maker Faire 2009 is a pretty cool looking piece of extraterrestrial art. Creator Alan Rorie says that the concept behind the Neuron Chamber is that there are alien brains inside the chamber…