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And there Ikea stood in front of 300,000 misshapen ironing boards. “These have a use!” someone proclaimed. That man received a raise, and the rest is history. The Jesper chair is an ingenious seat offering neither back support nor acknowledgment of male anatomy. Presumably, the sitter’s weight is pushed forward, meaning that the illusion of…
The Teckell Collection is a completely glass foosball table designed to be “Green.” I just wonder if the designers have ever actually played foosball. I mean, it’s no pool, but it’s still not that low-impact of a game. You’ve got people leaning on handles, a small ball whipping around and bouncing off the walls. It’s…
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As promised, here are more details on the unscientific audiophile gear comparisons I did in Michael Fremer’s audiocave. They range from the mildly crazy to the borderline batshit—and they were all fun as hell. https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-audiophiles-5213042 My objective in experiencing a full-bore audiophile’s listening room was not to try to call him on whether or not…
Hello, we’re looking for another intern to work in both the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. Here’s what you need to know and what we want: What You Need • Gadget love and knowledge • A decent laptop (one that can handle light video editing) • An alarm clock, ’cause you’ll be…
A few of us were hoping that the upcoming April 21 T-Mobile event might be for a new Android handset, a sequel to the G1. Instead, it’s just a launch party for the new Sidekick LX. But hey, we like getting awkwardly drunk at corporate sponsored social events as much as the next guy. https://gizmodo.com/major-t-mobile-launch-event-set-for-april-21-in-nyc-wi-5205472
Next time you hop on a bus in Oslo, it might not run on regular gas. Instead, it may be running on methane fermented from human waste. Awesome? Apparently, a year’s worth of human excrement is equal to a measly 2.1 gallons of diesel, but when you collect an entire city’s worth of crap, you…
Hongkiat has put together a list of 50 photographers you should know. Some work is brilliant and some is just cheesy. But all of the portfolios (warning: some nudes) will help kill a Friday. [Hongkiat/photo]
Say what you will about Bose, but more than once, we’ve found their low-end docking products to be alright. And besides, this concept is perfect for a company focused on ease of use. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-dock-8-way-battlemodo-5211025 Designed by a Bose intern back in 2007, these modular Bluetooth speakers offer omnidirectional sound that can be enhanced by simply…
It is among my few regrets in life that I don’t have a front yard, only in that it limits me from unleashing an army of solar-powered squirrels on the neighborhood. Imagine, if you will, standing behind a legion of weather proof, poly-resin rodents that operate off free energy. What in the world would not…
Beatles’ record producer and arranger George Martin—the Fifth Beatle—once said: “You’ve never really heard Sgt Pepper until you’ve heard it in mono.” As it turned out after hours of listening tests, it’s completely true. The first article I ever got published was an opinion piece on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I was 16…
The $8.99 ChocoShuffle looks delicious, turning your new iPod shuffle into milk chocolate, white chocolate or…some sort of strawberry chocolate. But buyer beware. It could happen on a deserted island, or it could happen on a particularly long wait in the subway. Either way, it’s only a matter of time before, in a moment of…
Say you’ve got some old Pentium III hardware sitting around, collecting dust. You could ship it off for “recycling,” OR you could build an remote controlled bulldozer. Sure, the bulldozer is just filled with a “PIII 700MHz, 512Mb SDRAM, WiFi, D-Link, SeaGate 500Gb+80Gb, and FX5200.” But all the floating point processing in the world won’t…
Proving that more expensive is not always better, a $25 “value” stereo system has obliterated $1,000 equipment from Sony and JVC in a British customer choice award as voted on by 500,000 people. The system was a Tesco Value MC-907—16.49 British pounds—a small compact stereo that was pitted against several other models. It got a…
The first album I owned was Still Cruisin’ by the Beach Boys. It was 1989. Shoulder pads were big. Hair was bigger. The Beach Boys were on Full House the previous year. I was eight. Eight and easily impressionable, as I’d love to say I selected this cassette because of some deep appreciation for campy…
The Señor Presidente Obama may want a high speed train. We want it too. Actually, we want a monorail, which have been dreamed and actually built since the very beginning of the 20th century. https://gizmodo.com/obamas-crazy-ambitious-plan-for-high-speed-rail-lines-i-5215079 Dark Roasted Blend has published a good collection of early high speed monorail concepts like the ones you are seeing…
If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty’s Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It’s part-time. The MI5 is looking for a a chief scientific adviser to “lead and coordinate its scientific work.” Someone that has “world-class scientific expertise and…
Early this morning, Peter Sunde, co-founder of the Pirate Bay, glumly tweeted a “leaked” verdict, indicating that things didn’t look good for the four Swedish shipmates. Shortly after came the official word: Guilty. After a decidedly entertaining trial replete with posturing, theatrics and serious cockiness, the four co-founders of the torrent site were found to…
As expected, Sony Ericsson lost mounds of money this quarter, with sales down by almost half in just a few months; cuts followed. This after Nokia had its worst quarter in a decade. [SE] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-sales-drop-by-almost-half-in-one-quarter-5176733
In a crushing blow for vegetarians worldwide, a cucumber doused in vegetable oil has been proven inferior to prosciutto when tasked with cutting through steel sheet metal. Pork: 1, PETA: 0. The fat in the prosciutto and the oil-slathered cucumber is used with oxygen and a flame to combust, giving a fairly strong-burning torch. Check…