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Who knew a machine with razor-sharp blades spinning at 200RPM you’re supposed to sit on top of might cause injury or death? Here are gruesome tales of mowing mishaps—from this past month alone! Lawnmowers, with their spinning, ground level blades, are most dangerous to small animals, young children, and feet. Recently, one Mowing Menace trapped…
I’m so very glad this didn’t come out twenty years ago, or my parents would have used it to set my console usage at 15 minute increments, allowing me to never reach a save point. The GameDr—whose degree I’m almost positive is honorary—can beep warnings at T-10 and T-1 minutes, hopefully to let them reach…
Why? Why not, that’s why.
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Intel’s Moblin 2.0 OS is designed specifically for netbooks, and marks the first time I’ve ever been tempted to utter “wow” and “netbook” in the same sentence. Just watch. It’s completely re-designed from the original Moblin, which was way more Linux-y. It’s not just really modern and awesome looking, it seems like the first OS…
The realness of FMLife quotes are still debatable on a case by case basis, but this one is pretty amusing. Today, my girlfriend broke up with me. She later came into the T-Mobile that I work at to return the Sidekick that I bought for her. I had to transfer her account to a new…
In the Beef Jerky crane game, there are three things you can win. One is a t-shirt. The second is beef jerky. And the third…the third is unparalleled satisfaction. We spotted this little gem at the All Candy Expo in Chicago. Sponsored by Jack Link’s, it wins points not only because it’s filled with salty,…
Both machines are killers, but which one is less evil? Which one would kill you more humanely? [Pickaklas]
That Tony Hawk plastic peripheral skateboard elicited groans from people who didn’t want yet another plastic controller in their living room, but you know what? Suck it up, because they’re the future. https://gizmodo.com/new-tony-hawk-game-requires-yet-another-gimmicky-periph-5255966 Do we want tens of plastic guitars, skateboards, drums, balance boards and light guns cluttering up our living room space? No, of…
Good news, worldly Giz readers: Google’s translation technology has been integrated directly into Gmail. By enabling “Message Translation” from the Labs tab under Settings, Gmail will translate emails between 41 languages.
We were extremely impressed with Microsoft’s Vision of the future, but we’re even more impressed with it after it’s been through Sarcastic Gamer’s lens. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-vision-for-the-future-gives-me-hope-for-huma-5162956 Click to view We still want to live here though. [IGN]
The AIBATO M Bluetooth watch from Citizen has a close relationship with your cellphone. It can alert you to calls and display caller information, emails and news tickers. It can even remotely operate a camera. Yeah, that last feature sounds a little dubious (like it could be used for evil), but rest assured—the watch will…
The Palm Pre is officially $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate. Meaning it’s really $299 for a lot of people. Here’s the deal: https://gizmodo.com/its-official-palm-pre-coming-june-6th-for-200-5260704 The $100 mail-in rebate scheme is clever, if slightly devious—it’d apparently cost more than Sprint wants to spend to subsidize every single Pre down to $199, and this way, they’re only…
Contributing Astronaut: Leroy Chiao King of the Food Nerds: Alton Brown Model Post-Human: Aimee Mullins Science Guy: Bill Nye https://gizmodo.com/giz-bill-nye-explains-the-iphone-3gss-oleophobic-scree-5302097/ Experimental Surfer Dude: Laird Hamilton War Photo Ace: Teru Kuwayama https://gizmodo.com/ask-a-pro-how-to-shoot-and-not-get-shot-in-a-war-zon-5330715 Some Guy Who Wrote Us a Guest Blog: Bill Gates https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-my-1979-memories-5321463 Our Spiritual Mascot: Woz Masters of the Science of Yum: Nick Kokonas and…
My childhood was active enough. I was as fearless as any toddler. I frolicked in the mud and climbed on now-banned metal jungle gyms. I was rambunctious. Then I met the pajamas with the feet. At first I remember loving the idea. Those PJs were unassuming, but warm. Comforting. The itchy brown fabric was completely…
A tiny version of iRobot’s Packbot reconnaissance machine, the Ember, was made to scout hostile environments in swarms, compiling feedback from multiple machines instead of risking a single, bigger robot for the mission. The Embers, which are around the size of a paperback book, are said to weigh less than a pound and are also…
Deals so hot you’ll be begging for mercy. Check out these great markdowns on computers and computing peripherals, video games, and personal portables. Computing and Peripherals: • 8.9″ Acer Aspire One Intel Atom 1.6GHz Netbook (refurbished) for $199.97 (normally $239). • 14″ Lenovo IdeaPad Y430 Intel Dual Core 2.16GHz Laptop for $399, plus free shipping…
A forum guy with an apparently decent track record says Verizon’s been cracking hard on Storm 2 tech support being ready by the end of the month, suggesting a soonish launch. [BlackBerryOS via BGR]
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to design some super-deadly robots for our Machines Behaving Deadly week. Here’s hoping none of these terrorbots ever get made. First Place — Adam Page Second Place — Mark Fletcher Third Place — Joey Del Real
Apple iPhone Apps, a site with no known track record (which is also down right now) just leaked a July 17 release date and a bunch of specs for the next iPhone. They look fishy. The July 17 release could technically be possible, since it’s on a Friday and Apple’s been releasing their iPhones on…
