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The GlideCycle is a giant “U” of tubing with wheels on each end and a seat strung through the middle. You still use your legs to move forward without having to support your own weight. The video below has everyone from amputees to injured high school cross country athletes singing the GlideCycle’s praises, and it…
After Safari was busted in 10 seconds at the Pwn2Own hacking competition, you’d think puny smartphones wouldn’t stand a chance. But you’d be wrong! https://gizmodo.com/safari-cracked-in-seconds-at-pwn2own-hacking-competitio-5175246 Every smartphone OS up for total destruction—iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android and BlackBerry—made it through the competition unscathed. Not because they’re inherently more secure. It’s just because their puny processing…
The new iPod Shuffle might seem innocent enough, but after having to listen to your music selection hour after hour, even it reaches its breaking point. We teamed up with our friends over at UCBComedy.com to create this, our first original comedic video. It was written by myself and Mark Wilson, directed by Will Hines,…
Sure, plenty of car companies have already stepped up to manufacture hybrids. But Hyundai’s BLUE-WILL concept is the only one that resembles some sort of carnivorous, aquatic beast. The BLUE-WILL looks to be a pretty standard gas/electric hybrid, save for the lithium ion polymer battery pack hidden under the back seats that, like the Volt,…
The Gametrack Freedom (a Wiimote-like device planned for the Xbox 360 and PS3) has been redesigned since we last saw it, and in the meantime, it’s been slated for Xbox 360 release this fall. https://gizmodo.com/in2games-gametrak-freedom-motion-controller-for-ps3-and-5050431 (A PS3 version could come sometime in 2010). The Freedom is quite similar to the Wiimote in that it features…
Ah, detènte. Even though Russia still loves to stick it in our eye whenever they get the chance, at least now we can look inside their MiG fighter jet factory. I don’t know how old these photos may be and I don’t care—seeing a MiG-29 in various states of assembly, and attended by a fine-looking…
Today’s Woot is a 32-inch, 720P Bravia LCD television. It features a 2500:1 contrast ratio and two rear HDMI inputs. And it’s probably a solid alternative to just picking up something cheap at Walmart. [Woot] https://gizmodo.com/review-sonys-complete-bravia-link-home-theater-system-5082721
Beyond scanning a barcode and finding you the best deal either online or in nearby brick-and-mortar stores, ShopSavvy can now tie into major retailers’ inventory systems to see if things are actually in stock. We haven’t seen a list of supported retailers, but the service tie-in comes from the folks at Krillion, who seem to…
It’s easy to lump Asimo into a stagnant pile of clips demonstrating a short robot waving, dancing and rolling down stairs since 2004. But as these 1/8 scale dolls action figures show, he’s improved. https://gizmodo.com/honda-asimo-vs-slippery-stairs-220771 Honda has designed the latest Asimo to be thinner, taller, and carry a smaller backpack than Asimo of yore. And…
DVICE threw a design contest to create BSG steampunk cylons. And while we love this particular piece by Shawn Sharp, thank the gods he didn’t opt to model Cylon 6…or did he? Ewwww. [DVICE]
Hot off an announcement that they’d be charging for radio access outside the US, UK and Germany, Last.fm has said that all non-official mobile clients will be banned. This isn’t going over well. The change comes with a new developer API that will actually make things much easier for other developers, who’ve had to rely…
I’ll grant that OnLive—the streaming game service that its makers claim will bring high-end games to virtually any PC or TV—borders on implausible, but you gotta beliiieevve! For the haters, here’s a demo video. https://gizmodo.com/onlive-streaming-games-turn-any-tv-or-pc-into-a-bleedin-5181840 Plenty is discussed here, and it’s worth watching all the way through if you were at all intrigued by yesterday’s…
Remaining minutes and texts, a bill summary, online payment capabilities, and support information are a few of the features in T-Mobile’s first official Android app, released today to thrifty G1ers everywhere. My Account is a simple, obvious app, but one that could only ever come from the carrier itself. Luckily, T-Mobile had the sense and/or…
If you’re in the market for these products, you probably have a powerful imagination. Where, then, would you prefer to stare? Into the laser cannons of the TIE, or directly into the lightsaber’s hilt? Forgetting about the conceptual weirdness, these cameras—both boasting 300,000 dot resolution, a built-in mic and LCDs for eerie illumination—do have one…
Swiss watchmaker Borgeaud has teamed up with Indian fortune tellers to create a watch that allegedly predicts the future. When things are about to go sour, a bedpan-shaped section on the watch will turn brown. According to the Borgeaud site, the watch automatically displays a daily 90-minute period called the Raju Kaal, which is believed…
A carpenter in a Chinese village, perhaps unwilling to spend what would amount to a month’s pay on a bicycle, has created a 100% wooden one to ride around town instead. 55-year-old Peijia Wu, from Shandong province, allegedly took three months to build his DIY wooden bike. It features no metal parts whatsoever – joints…
Have the urge to really ruin the resale value of a diamond? Here’s one way—permanently embed a hi-res grayscale photograph of yourself in it. A company called DiamondPure takes any photograph you want and then, using a “revolutionary” nano-photograph process, etches the visage into any size diamond you want. Though they’re normally invisible, you can…
This couture collection, designed by Jiang Zhou of the Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology, was featured at China’s recent fashion week and looks to have been inspired by the country’s recent brush with extraterrestrial lifeforms. https://gizmodo.com/ufo-spotted-over-china-5174559 Jiang insists that the elaborate white designs were inspired by the theme of “watching,” and involve fully or partially…
TiVo just acquired the right to stream Blockbuster’s OnDemand content through Series2, Series3, HD and HD XL boxes. It’s a joint venture with cross-marketing involved, but all you need to know is that you’ll be able to rent and buy Blockbuster’s OnDemand movies directly from your TiVo at some later date. The image above is…
T-Mobile’s 3G laptop USB sticks are finally here. We just fondled their webConnect dongle, trying out its 3G capabilities from inside our home. Things look good. First off is the speed test. 952kbps down and 318kbps up isn’t too bad when you consider that T-Mobile’s network is fairly new, and I was connecting from inside…
