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You can all sleep soundly tonight, for the mysterious DVD-dealing insides of the Red Box are a mystery no longer. You’re welcome. Surprisingly (disappointingly) not seen: Gnomes, whimsical sprites, unicorns. Unsurprisingly, the kiosks run Windows, as seen in this follow up spy shot: [Thanks, Mark]
Flickr user Kadath got his mitts on the Nikon D5000 a day before Amazon is scheduled to make the new kit available to the masses, so of course he unboxed it and took test shots. https://gizmodo.com/the-nikon-d5000-ships-april-27-5225948 Judging from all those CB radios car stereos in his Flickr set, this D5000 might be stolen. I kid,…
Sanyo’s Eneloop label, known for Wii charging stations and batteries, is taking cycling for a spin with the CY-SPG226 battery-assisted bicycle. Don’t let the 85km range fool you though—there’s still pedaling to be done. The impressive range is accomplished, Sanyo says, by a battery that recharges itself on downhill stretches or when the cyclist brakes.…
UFO-Hayashi, famed Japanese gadget artist, applied his Midas Touch to an Acer Aspire One and gave the budget netbook a fully-loaded MacBook Air price tag. Question is, would you travel with a $3,000 netbook? Now don’t get me wrong, I want ten of these things, but the art is so slick and the final result…
Call it a stretch all you want, but today I was wracking my brain trying to figure out ways to pay tribute to Bea Arthur on a gadget blog. I think I’ve figured it out. With a little help from an earlier tribute by Neatorama, I learned about, and will bring to you, two geektastic…
What is best in life? To crush other browsers, see their worm-ridden code driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their fanboys. And if the whole thing is depicted in a chalk drawing, so be it. And it was, so here’s the details. The chalk drawing was delivered to us fresh from the…
If you want in on a projector that Gizmodo once dubbed the “world’s crappiest projector,” head over to Woot right now. It’s been marked down considerably, and is still the worst ever. [Woot Thanks, Akif] https://gizmodo.com/worlds-crappiest-projector-reviewed-327587
We found a video showing an iPhone running World of Warcraft. It looks surprisingly full-featured, but this isn’t a standalone app— more of an evolution of what we’ve seen before. https://gizmodo.com/world-of-warcraft-on-the-iphone-kinda-276399 We don’t think it’s fake; if it is, it’s an unbelievably elaborate one and we’d prefer to think nobody is willing to put in…
The oddly-proportioned portable NES called the FC Mobile is great because it plays actual NES cartridges. Now, with the addition of a light gun, TV-out, and external controllers, the FC Mobile II is even better. The new version is sleeker and way better looking than the original, but the new features turn it into a…
Instructables user Mikeasaurus used household items— including thumbtacks and a Bic pen— to make a remotely-triggered rig for his kite, compatible with any camera. Well, any camera he felt comfortable dangling off a kite. As much as we love complicated, Arduino-based wonders of homemade coding, sometimes it’s nice to see a simple, MacGuyvered mechanical creation.…
The new Quicktime X Player, which will come with this summer’s Snow Leopard upgrade, has a cool new feature: Like Snapz, it’ll record motion on the screen. Screen recording has been an option in the Snow Leopard betas, but hasn’t actually done anything until the release of build 10A335 this Thursday. It’s a nice little…
The Smart fortwo seems like a perfect candidate for the electric makeover, and with Tesla lending its expertise to the project, we all expected an impressive showing. But to be honest, we’re not thrilled. https://jalopnik.com/tesla-to-supply-battery-packs-for-the-smart-ev-5130390 The fortwo is a tiny, tiny car, and we’re sort of surprised it took so long to be fitted with…
Readers Ben Kennedy and Mike Liszka sent shots of today’s launch of the monstrous Saturn V model rocket. “Model rocket” doesn’t really convey the enormity of this thing, check out the gallery and video below. https://gizmodo.com/largest-scale-model-rocket-in-history-blasts-off-on-apr-5219723 [Thanks, Ben and Mike!]
Tablet PCs usually seem like a great idea until you actually use them, but the Windows 7 team has been working hard to make the platform more usable than ever— especially for students. New features for Windows 7 include recognition of mathematical formulas and East Asian languages, as well as the addition of a soft…
A Pew survey back in 2006 showed what Americans felt were their necessary luxuries (car, TV, air conditioner, computer). That survey was recently re-done, and tech showed surprising strength despite the economy. The biggest loser is the microwave, far and away, with only 47% naming it as essential— a 21 point drop from 2006. In…
While on vacation in Mexico, Alberto downloaded Wall-E over his wireless carrier’s network, only to be slapped with an insane $62,000 bill. After explaining to the carrier how outrageous that is, he was made an offer: They’d knock the bill down to what it cost them in bandwidth. Unfortunately for Alberto, they claimed their cost…
Usually, when us modern, sensitive, environmentally-conscious types leave the computer on all night, it’s because we’re downloading something sizable. But what if our computers could handle that task while in sleep mode, thus saving energy? Computer scientists at UC San Diego along with Microsoft Research have developed this USB device they dub the Somniloquy, which…
This isn’t an animation, and it’s not CGI and it’s not a building doing the humpty dance. It’s actually the old mint in downtown SF being painted by 7 perfectly mapped HD projectors. Obscura Digital, the company behind the light show at Youtube’s Symphony last week, has has used their propriety software to control a…
Guitars are fun. X-Y MIDI controlers, like the Korg KAOSS Pad, are also fun. So in theory, combining the two, like this Manson MB-1 Guitar does, makes this thing twice as fun. Music Radar says this £3300 guitar is the signature axe of Matthew Bellamy, frontman of the band Muse. It lets you run any…
Some ubergeek named Viktor Lofgren devised a way of transfering files between computers using soundcards and noises, following the basic principles used for modems. All you need are two soundcard-equipped computers, speakers and a microphone. According to CrunchGear, the same pulses and blips used in modems can be recreated on your computer, and sent to…
