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I’m happy to report that no amount of flares will fix the lovely campiness and amazing performances of William Shatner and Ricardo Montalbán in Star Trek. And thank the gods for that. [Thanks Genevieve]
Mmmm…municipal water. Delicious and nutritious. Koehler Fluid faucet concept aims to make drinking from the tap a little easier with a design that can can be adjusted upward to form a drinking fountain. Koehler (not to be confused with the American Kohler company) also included an elegant control system that increases temperature by twisting the…
Artist Dylan Roscover did this amazing job recreating a famous Steve Jobs picture using Apple’s classic typefaces, used since its beginning in the 70s. The most significant thing, however, is the message in it: Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who…
This morning the L line was halted in NYC—my roommate and hundreds of desperate Williamsburg hipsters couldn’t get into Manhattan. And while the subway is still great*, I wish we had Robot Taxis. These are just a concept by Czech firm Kubik Design. Their Robot Taxis are a (pretty) variation of something that has been…
No, I didn’t stutter: GPGPU—general-purpose computing on graphics processor units—is what’s going to bring hot screaming gaming GPUs to the mainstream, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Finally, everbody’s face melts! Here’s how. What a Difference a Letter Makes GPU sounds—and looks—a lot like CPU, but they’re pretty different, and not just ’cause dedicated GPUs…
Hop inside for tons of sweet markdowns on monitors, TVs, games, and other assorted knickknacks. Plus, a little remedy to help you out if you drank too much the night before. Computers and Monitors: • 15.4″ Dell Vostro 1520 Laptop with Free Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB External Hard Drive for $549, plus free shipping (normally…
Looks like the US military has a new secret aircraft. Either that or the Nazis are taking over the world again, because according to other photos this looks like the Luftwaffe’s Go229 Flying Wing: This an artist rendering based on (not so) classified and unpublished photos obtained by UVonline.com reporter Darren Lake. The photo of…
I’d never propose that book burning is OK. But what if we’re talking ebooks? Made of wood to prove some sort of point that we totally get, but because we understand it so well, we’d feel embarrassed explaining, the Amazon Kindling is the only wooden, wireless reading device on eBay today. Sure, a paper book…
At 1GHz, the ATI Radeon HD 4890 is the fastest-clocked graphics card in the planet—a world’s first. It’s not a new chip, however, just a “factory-overclocked” air-cooled 4890 that looks like a Ferrari. So that’s a bit of a cheat: In theory, you can buy the 850MHz version and overclock it yourself without paying the…
iPhones 3G were available online at the AT&T store before, and now Apple has added them to their online store as well. Same old process—which will require an existing AT&T contract or creating a new one—to get the same result. [Twitter—Thanks jmreid]
Electric cars are a great idea until you need to drive beyond the range of your battery. What then? A company named Better Place unveiled their solution to the problem, a battery swap station. The $500,000 system works a lot like a car wash, with your vehicle placed on tracks while machines remove and replace…
Inspired by the classic magic trick, this Deadly Multipurpose Closet features “swords” that can be slid into the closet as supports or racks for clothes, books, etc. A commercial product would also include shelves that could be placed between the swords to eliminate the negative space. It’s a fun, practical idea—but it is going to…
Remember how well Sprint 3G did in tests? And how much we like portable hotspots? Put them together with the $100 Novatel MiFi 2200, and you have a pretty nice setup, dubbed “Sprint Mobile Hotspot.” https://gizmodo.com/the-definitive-coast-to-coast-3g-data-test-5111989 The coolest thing is that you don’t need a separate wireless card here. Novatel’s MiFi is both a wireless…
Sometimes it takes a little tough love to get your kids going in the right direction. For some, it might even take medieval love. That’s where the Study Ball comes in. Simply put, it’s a 20-pound ball attached to a shackle with a study timer that can be set for up to four hours. When…
It’s as if thousands of preteens sharing naughty videos cried out over a direct line into Samsung’s R&D department. The Samsung SCH-W760 is a pretty typical slider for Korea (the only place it will most likely be released), but it features a 3MP camera that can shoot video calls in the dark. The system uses…
With so many rumors about an Apple tablet buzzing around, it’s hard to believe Apple wouldn’t announce one this year. But what do we really know about this thing? Apple fans are an expectant bunch, and one thing or another has gotten their hopes up nearly every year since the death of the Newton. But…
SGP is selling these metallic stickers which go on and around the LCDs, panels and other parts of gadgets. Some look okay, like the HTC phone above. Some are far worse. This DSLR is tricked out exactly how I imagine a greasy paparazzi would carry a new Canon 5D Mark II as he stalked his…
Just like we’ve seen manufacturers like Dell push netbooks to the 12-inch barrier, Engadget China spotted a new offering from MSI that looks to follow suit. The Vista system features a 12-inch (1366 x 768) LED screen, GMA 4500M integrated graphics, 802.11n Wi-Fi, 2GB RAM, and 250GB of storage, when equipped with a 3-cell battery,…
AT&T may be worried about the Palm Pre, but they should be much more worried about refrigerators that smell so bad they force the evacuation of over 300 office employees. It’s true, an office refrigerator, unplugged for disinfection and scrubbed with some unsuitable cleaning supplies, grew so rank that it made over 20 people in…
You’d only need to be a little skeptical to realize that the main impetus behind the DSi was to thwart the rampant piracy on the DS. Well the DSi had a good run… https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-dsi-review-5197200 …a few months… The DSONEi could be the new R4, a drag ‘n drop ROM loader that plays games from the…
