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The LG EnV3, EnV Touch, and Glance are all set to debut for Verizon on June 5th, for all those middle of the road customers who want some features, but not too many. They look about much as good as every other nearly-smart phone. The LG EnV3, followup to the EnV2, packs the same QWERTY…
It takes a connoisseur to pay a fortune for a sculpture, but it takes a maniacal boozehound with major ducats to burn to buy one to stash his (or her) liquor. Core77 says Liquor Master was conceived by Atelier Van Lieshout, and made from foam, fiberglass and metal, and is intended to be part of…
45 years after it was first created, Livermore Data Systems’ “Model A” Acoustic Coupler Modem finally gets hooked up to the Internet, and travels to the World Wide Web at a whopping 300 baud. The slow, yet beautiful, modem is encased in a hand-carved box with brass buckles and leather handles, and was given to…
These Salt & Pepper cell shakers are kinda backwards; they’re stored in cupboards while actual batteries are stored in your fridge. If you were high, that would have blown your mind. They’re not for sale yet since Antrepo Design is waiting for someone to manufacture them. [Antrepo via Fubiz via Dvice]
Apparently, several Apple users are reporting in forums that the screen in the unibody MacBooks has been quietly upgraded to MacBook Air standards, offering noticeably better quality than older units. It all started last April. Although the photo is not that good, you can notice the difference here. On the left you have the new…
It looks like Sprint might drop the $100 mail-in rebate for the Pre in favor of an instant one, thanks to pressure from Best Buy, Radio Shack and people bitching about it. Woo. [Palm Goon] https://gizmodo.com/its-official-palm-pre-coming-june-6th-for-200-5260704
Like other Japanese “infinite toys”, this gadget simulates a mundane but strangely satisfying experience in order to relieve stress. Every time you bend it you are treated to the sound of cracking knuckles. https://gizmodo.com/10-gadgets-that-provide-perpetual-pleasure-5068177 The gadget also features various spikes that can be used to stimulate pressure points. That’s all well and good, but isn’t…
Dan Aykroyd at the American Society for Psychical Research in New York [NY Times]
A 62-year-old tourist was trying to enter the United States when he was stopped at customs to have his fingerprints scanned. This was a problem for both him and the customs agents, for he had no fingerprints. The man, dubbed Mr. S in news reports, was detained for hours as agents checked to make sure…
Just seeing the serious-looking picture above, you’d be forgiven for thinking the solar-powered Trilobot had crawled out of some Caltech basement lab, or shared a desert proving ground with a certain recently-immobilized Martian rover. Nope! It’s art. Goofy art. https://gizmodo.com/fellow-robots-trying-to-help-stuck-mars-spirit-5264223 Designed by Dan Roe as a “kinetic art” project, the Trilobot seems perfectly content to…
This morning, police in Lancaster Pennsylvania showed off their brand new X26 Tasers to the public by electrocuting some unfortunate dude and posting the results online in an embarrassing frame-by-frame test. So this is what Lancaster residents can expect should they find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Watch your back Amish folks!…
The folks at Dwell have tapped cognitive scientist and design consultant Don Norman to offer up his unique opinion on the design of several faucets—demonstrating that there are people out there that think way too hard about this stuff. “There are only two things you care about besides the appearance,” he explains. “The amount of…
From time to time I like to revisit the issue of communication because the options are constantly expanding and it is an interesting ongoing sociological experiment. So, the question is simple: which method of communication do you utilize most? Which Method Of Communication Do You Utilize Most?(online surveys) [Image via Flickr]
Having just played with a prototype for a few minutes, I’m really impressed with the Zune HD. I’ve got a video, too, showing off how well the animations work. The device is tighter and more physically beautiful than the iPod Touch and it’s got a better UI, the main menu’s scrolling so natural through the…
Take 50 Nikon D700s, arrange them in a circle, get them all to fire at once, then play them back in sequence, and you get a crazy 360 array—like the kind used in The Matrix—live on the red carpet of the MTV Movie Awards. LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET…NIKON, THE OFFICIAL CAMERA SPONSOR OF 2009…
From our Palm at All Things Digital liveblog with Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee: Jon confirms that the Palm Pre GSM is coming “in a few months.” https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-the-definitive-guide-and-faq-5133554 Roger also confirms that there’s a special line for iPhone converts: “Of course, the line wraps around uranus.” Oh, that Roger. [All Things Digital Coverage] https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-better-than-viagra-5272185
Sony Ericsson gets it: Why show the 12-megapixel phone that’s already been introduced, when you can just show it obscured in various ways by insanely beautiful women? https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-idou-smartphone-appears-with-whopping-12-5202641 Yep, Sony “announced” the Satio, a new name for the Idou it showed off in Barcelona last spring. The GSM HSDPA handset has a 3.5″ widescreen display…
Sony Ericsson’s Aino isn’t the PSP phone, but maybe it’s the next best thing—it’s the first phone with Remote Play, so you can remotely control your PS3 and watch videos from it over Wi-Fi or anywhere through the internet. Why the hell didn’t Sony do this before? https://gizmodo.com/video-of-ps3-and-psp-dancing-over-wifi-playstations-re-216445 It also has a new feature called…
Palm’s Jon Rubinstein hushing up key investor (and notorious chatterbox) Roger McNamee in this goofy D7 video. [AllThingsD] https://gizmodo.com/palm-asks-the-sec-to-dismiss-roger-mcnamees-senseless-i-5167804
The Sony Ericsson Yari has gesture gaming. Instead of moving the phone or clicking buttons, “you make moves in front of the screen to get right in the middle of the action.” Oooooooook. Seriously, can somebody explain to me how can you get in the middle of the action while moving in front of a…
