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In one of the funnest examples of merging animals with technology yet, these herders took to the hills of Wales to create huge sheep-driven LED displays. Baaaad ass! It’s blatantly a commercial (for Samsung LEDs), but hey – if that’s what it takes to get those crazy next-level herding abilities displayed, I’m all for it.…
The latest features in the new iPhone OS make it a better phone, GPS, gaming and computing platform. But they also have the potential to turn it into the most perfect sex toy yet. [Updated] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796 Dr. Debby Herbenick—author and sex expert—liked our iPhone 3.0 guide so much that she wrote a great phone sex…
A walkthrough of Fennec (mobile Firefox) beta release 1.The Firefox Mobile, a.k.a. Fennec, just hit Beta 1, and can be downloaded right now for any Nokia N810 internet tablet. No "real" phones can use this yet. The video above takes you through the walkthrough of Beta 1 and gives you a good roundup of some…
iPhone 3.0 is NICE. We’ve got a huge gallery below, as well as impressions of how it runs. Spoiler: it runs well, even if it’s a beta development build. Some notes: • Note syncing is pretty great, even if it is almost two years late • You can sync notes through MobileMe as well as…
So this iPhone OS 3.0 was unveiled today (have you heard of it?), and since it’s not the only new/updated OS launching this year, I wonder: which upcoming OS are you looking forward to most? https://gizmodo.com/iphone-os-3-0-liveblog-archive-5170767 The WebOS announcement for the Palm Pre started the year off with a bang (IN MY PANTS), while the…
Boxee is one of those fun media programs/Apple TV hacks that we love to mess around with, so it’s obviously good news that there’s now a free iPhone app Boxee remote. But instead of just going the simple route, the folks over there made a really weird trackpad interface option—along with a button based one—so…
I’m seldom moved emotionally by elegant design but the $650 Tunto LED desk lamp—made of warped oak or walnut and activated solely by touch—is a sweet exception to that rule. [FinnishDesignShop via BornRich]
In this powerful morality play, a young man observes the pros and cons of picking up hot girls (and their robot dogs) using a clumsy bipedal cyber-friend. The best part is the translated narration. Oops! I can’t believe! Oh. I’m sorry. My dog did anything extraordinary. No no, my robot “Retro” cooked off. I’m the…
Such is the premise of a NYTimes piece today, which identifies a rampant increase in declared mistrials due to jurors contaminating themselves with internet research into the case—sometimes from their phones, in the courtroom. It’s something we take for granted, but one of the major premises of our judicial system is that jurors cannot subject…
If you thought the BigDog robot was scary before, check him out with horns. Now I will have nightmares of about running with the bulls, only the bulls are BigDogs, and I’m not really running… more like briskly walking away… in terror. [Boston Dynamics via BotJunkie]
So it looks like Kevin Rose still knows what the hell he’s talking about when it comes to Apple-centric rumors…for the most part. The Digg founder was nearly perfect with his predictions that the iPhone would have cut and paste, but no video. His claims that the iPhone would have more Palm Pre-esque features was…
Designing for small spaces certainly isn’t new—take this Electrochef all-in-one kitchen from 1920. It featured an adjustable height oven, four-burner stove and a small storage space hidden below. [Dornob]
After his debut, Daito Manabe decided it was time to torture four of his friends by connecting them to his Face Visualizer—a player which stimulates facial muscles using electrodes. The resulting video is funny. https://gizmodo.com/innovations-in-visualizer-technology-electroshock-your-5068772 The first video was good, but this one is even better, specially their reaction at the end. Clockwise, these four…
There is a lot of information to digest in the iPhone 3.0 update. If you want to get up to speed, check out our definitive guide—or watch the keynote in its entirety. [Apple] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796
I just don’t see Apple announcing a multimedia projector dock for the iPhone/iPod anytime soon, but in my imaginary world where Jobs and I sit together eating cucumber sandwiches every afternoon, he’s birthed me one. The E-Pod is a dock concept that fits a projector, speaker (with subwoofer), and alarm clock all inside what looks…
You should really add a little pizazz to your next board meeting with this mini laser-sighted machine gun flame thrower. We know, the premise sounds ridiculous. Who would ever really give a business presentation with the Mini Laser-Sighted Machine Gun Flamethrower? Let us paint a picture for you. You work in the sales department for…
Yet another small but fantastic difference in Windows 7 is that users can finally swap out that drab background used for logon. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-release-candidate-changes-increase-productivi-5169801 The customization still hasn’t been designed for the mainstream consumer—probably intended for OEMs like Dell, you’ll need to poke around a bit with regedit to change the background screen (full tutorial here).…
Remember that crazy, bulbous PS3 motion controller spotted in a Sony patent app? Well a newly uncovered Sony application is slightly less Requiem for a Dream and slightly more Captain Planet. https://gizmodo.com/ps3-wiimote-patent-merges-two-controllers-to-make-one-g-5070985 Diagramed to work with the PS2 (but probably just as applicable to the PS3), Sony recounts variably-colored LEDs that fit on your fingers.…
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Apple made a big deal about allowing in-app transactions with the new iPhone 3.0 API. It’s great news if you’re a developer looking to make more scratch, but it’s potentially terrible news for users. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-app-store-revamped-for-content-subscriptions-ga-5172200 Basically, this is opening the flood gates for nickel-and-diming microtransactions from the App Store. Before, when you spent $5 on…
