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If you have a PC you don’t have to be envious about the multitouch pad in MacBooks: Now you can replace your mouse with a big ugly thing and do the same magic moves. Wheee. The SmartTrack Neo is a external USB trackpad that will allow you to use gestures to control your PC: Two…
Manufactured for KDDI (au) by Sharp, this outdoorsy phone should show up in Japan by June. Unlike the unrealistic claims made by other solar phone dabblers like Samsung, KDDI’s ambitions here are modest, but practical. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-blue-earth-phone-solar-powered-and-made-from-w-5152585 KDDI has taken a pragmatic approach to the solar phone, integrating a waterproof panel onto what sounds like a…
HTC’s second Android handset looks as though it’s been subjected to its last delay, with a listing for a May 5th release on Vodaphone UK’s website. We still have no idea when the supposed T-Mobile US release is coming, or if their pricing will bear any resemblance to Voda’s. I somehow doubt it will, because…
Samsung’s updated Instinct S30 is now listed on Sprint’s website for 130 whole American dollars. Never mind that the original Instinct—an almost identical product—was available for the same price nearly a year ago. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-samsung-instinct-s30-promises-faster-internet-5193011 The S30 does improve on its forebear in a few not-insignificant ways, shipping with the excellent (but free and previously downloadable)…
To date, Adobe’s efforts to push Flash to TVs have passed mostly under the radar, and haven’t netted many actual products. This is about to change, according to a forthcoming announcement from the company. https://gizmodo.com/sweet-sweet-flash-coming-to-your-hdtv-via-intel-5123302 Products we’ve seen to date—namely the Intel Media Processor, Yahoo! Connected TV platform and smattering of proprietary connected sets—have offered…
Our children may never get to experience the revelatory joy of wandering through the miles of barely organized VHS shelves of a sleepy local video store, but at least they’ll have this. [3600 via Metafilter]
Apple has fired back, in an unsurprising way, at those new Windows ads we’ve been hearing so much about lately (you remember Lauren, yes?). The counterattack comes in four new, but familiar, flavors: https://gizmodo.com/someone-found-microsofts-lauren-and-shes-an-actress-5190861 “Time Traveler” – During which the PC character goes to the year 2150 to see if PCs have become any less…
An unnamed Russian wardriving girl makes a go at getting this extreme activity accepted as a new event in the Summer X Games. Someone get her a Mountain Dew, stat. [English Russia via CrunchGear]
What kind of world do we live in where 600 superfluous carbon fiber dog bowls cannot find a market? A crappy one, that’s what kind. Indeed, in a perfect world bike designer Sky Yaeger would be sitting on a huge pile of money today thanks to her slick $65 carbon fiber Splash-N-Go dog bowl. But…
Meet Peter Terren. Inspired by the The Thinker, he set out to recreate that classic sculpture using electricity, wire caging, a conductive foil suit, and a death wish. Can’t forget the death wish. Now, we’ve seen Terren and Tesla Down Under’s work before here at Gizmodo, most notably when he put his son in a…
The impossibly cute (and possibly malicious) Peapod mini-car just got slightly cooler. Apparently, the included iPhone docking station does more than play tunes and monitor EV usage—it turns your phone into a key too. https://gizmodo.com/peapod-electric-car-makes-us-smile-even-while-it-may-ea-5054016 “Simply dock your iPod for a fun, cutting edge way to start up. Exclusive software designed exclusively for Peapod turns…
Kotaku’s right. This skin, made by an enterprising Crackberry forum member, does what the mighty iPhone cannot do out of the box: Implement interactive user-defined home screens. https://kotaku.com/pip-berry-3000-5218452 The screen is available now, and comes in blue and green versions. Creator “sadosdemetrios” is asking for donations if you do decide download. May we suggest a…
Festo is no stranger to autonomous robot creatures, but their latest initiative, called the Bionic Learning Network, might as well be referred to from here on out as Skynet for the animal kingdom. Extinction level events aside, the first few moments of this Festo promotional video are pretty amazing. Those little blue-eyed Terminator penguins you…
Once again, Dilbert takes on and lampoons infamous gadget demons and memes so you don’t have to. Man, do I hate rebates. [Dilbert] https://gizmodo.com/cellphones-vs-women-or-men-5167428
Cool demonstration of the tech in action, but damn woman, get back on the road! Brief clip, with the fun beginning at 30 seconds and ending pretty much instantaneously. Update. Now, the driving may be terrible, but the video itself answers a question about the emulator regarding sound support. Short answer: It looks like it…
The swiveling Nikon D5000 DSLR is up for preorder over at Amazon for $850, and will be delivered to Best Buy on Friday, April 24, says our anonymous tipster from the inside. [Amazon]
I can’t think of a more old school, geeky tribute to Queen than a band comprised of an Atari 800XL, 8-inch floppy disk, 3.5-in hard drive and HP Scanjet 3C. If only it sounded better. The composer, YouTube user bd594, says what you hear is 100% pure, straight from the machines themselves—no effects or sampling…
Photographer Juza rocks the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III with a monstrous Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG lens. For reference, the Sigma weighs about 35 pounds. Hell yes. [JuzaPhoto] https://gizmodo.com/monster-intern-eating-sigma-lens-up-for-order-357804
Windows 7, the savior of Microsoft, should see an RC download become available on May 5th, according to an official Microsoft site. Of course, this could just be a slipup. Apparently the RC should be available right now on MSDN and TechNet, but it’s not showing up there or on Windows Connect, so it’s possible…
The Ora ilLegale clock tips to one side for an excessively elegant solution to the minutely irritating problem of daylight savings time, but it has to eliminate all its numbers to do so. Designed by Denis Guidone, the minimalistic wood clock will actually be produced, by NAVA, and will be displayed at Milan Design Week…
