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At least, when you set it to opera music. Actually, even when you hit mute, the delicately synchronized way the bridges collapse as the charges fire is beautiful, like ballet. With explosions. [VDOT via BoingBoing]
Would you buy an iPhone case to match your shoes? I wouldn’t, but I’d certainly buy shoes to match my iPhone. This $35 copper/green number from Incase will be available “soon.” [Incase via iPhone Savior]
With a 6-inch wingspan and a military-style remote control box, I wish this minuscule 1/72-scale $150 Spitfire actually had two micro-guns and a micro-camera to dogfight against wasps this spring. [Plantraco via Oh Gizmo]
If you wanted the unlocked $400 Android G1 phone but were reluctant because of its problems, the new 1.1 update fixes most, but still leaves the issue of running paid applications partially unsolved. https://gizmodo.com/unlocked-developer-g1-banned-from-accessing-paid-apps-5160678 Now, the Dev Phone 1 will be able to access the Paid apps in the store, although according to Developer Advocate…
Ironically, it’s one of the biggest decisions you make when you get a Mac: How should I run Windows on it? Parallels or Fusion? An exhaustive battery of benchmarks by MacTech reveals a clear winner. The short story is that in most cases, Parallels runs a solid 14-20 percent faster than Fusion, except in the…
The Woz is going to dance tonight and kick everyone ass with his wicked moves, but there’s so much more TV potential in our favorite tech personality ever. Imagine the possibilities, people. https://gizmodo.com/vote-tonight-woz-only-needs-6-more-votes-than-others-5157625 Admiral Woz Adama, Starsky and Woz, Woz jumping on Oprah’s sofa, Woz lost in Lost, Woz running with Pamela Anderson in Baywatch……
Designed by Dr. Jim Levine of the Mayo clinic, the Gruve is a wearable device that measures calories burned throughout the day. If you have been sedentary too long, it lets you know it. By keeping track of all your daily movements / calories burned and comparing those numbers to a predetermined goal, the user…
Someone scored two iPhone prototypes allegedly manufactured way before their release. Apart from one being matte and having basic OS, the Skankphone—as it identifies itself—has some funny secret messages hidden in its fugly operating system: • Skank is the new black. • Nine parts perspiration (in reference to Picasso’s—one of Jobs’ idols—words about inspiration and…
Besides all the Windows 7 flavors we told you about, Bloomberg is reporting that there won’t just be one Windows 7 Netbook Edition, there will “several editions.” What the eff. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-flavors-of-windows-7-explained-5145366 Let’s just say, conservatively, that “several” netbook editions means four of them. (A couple would be two, a few would be 3-4, so several,…
If constantly referring to the iPhone as the JesusPhone wasn’t enough to convince you, take a look at this piece shown at the PULSE contemporary art fair in NYC this weekend. Notice something familiar? Our lovely tipster Erin tells us it was exhibited near works by Eckhart Hahn, but she’s not sure that it was…
Wi-Fi internet radios are usually more function than form oriented, their plastic and metal bodies lacking the elegance or charm of a vintage radio. Solution: Reanimate a classy vintage corpse with a modern soul. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-aluratek-wi-fi-internet-radio-alarm-c-388250 Luckily, Wi-Fi internet radios have gotten a lot cheaper lately: That Aluratek I reviewed has fallen to $120, from $200.…
Starting this week, Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains will feature wireless LAN from Tokyo to Osaka. A project including the joint efforts of NTT, KDDI and SoftBank, Japan’s big three wireless carriers, data lines were actually run aside the entire track and use periodic wireless transmitters to connect to passengers. From inside the train, users should…
Sure, the new 17-inch MacBook Pros stuff 8 hours of power inside. But whatevers. Asus’s G71gx gaming notebook crams in 12 gigabytes of RAM. That’s more RAM than most netbooks have for storage. https://gizmodo.com/the-17-inch-macbook-pro-review-5160578 And, it’ll have a Blu-ray option, up to 1TB of storage (via two 500GB drives), and Nvidia’s latest mobile GPU, the…
Kudos to Dutch designer Joonsoo Kim for attempting to give the plain old umbrella a whimsical cumulus makeover. Unfortunately, I think there might be some problems with the concept. I would expect the rain to collect in the channels and roll underneath the umbrella—soaking the user in the process. Perhaps a mountain umbrella with cloud…
Kicking Tires takes the iPhone’s first turn-by-turn GPS navigation app, XROADS G-Map for a spin, and while it’s got some issues, it’s an “outstanding value” for $40. Here’s the major issue, which is worse if you live in Illinois: The app is a 900MB beast, so it’s split into east and west sections of the…
I’ve got the Monday Blues, and the only prescription is more gadget deals. And perhaps a new 52” HDTV and a handful of free curly fries. And maybe some cowbell. Computing Peripherals: • Kensington SlimBlade Media Mouse for $14.99 free shipping (normally $59.99). • 22” Samsung 1080p Widescreen LCD Monitor for $168.99 plus free shipping…
Last year, a 22-year old failed to sail down the Mississippi in a boat made from juice cartons. Now, an even more ambitious eco-adventurer will attempt a 11,000 mile journey in plastic bottle boat. https://gizmodo.com/22-year-old-set-to-sail-the-mississippi-on-a-boat-made-5018973 Currently 12,000 to 16,000 2-liter soda bottles are being collected to fill in the twin hulls of their Plastiki vessel.…
Unless you jailbreak your iPhone to install Intelliscreen, your iPhone’s wallpaper is static and pretty, at best. But two apps, Wallpaper Labeler and gCalWall Lite, let you add appointments and notes to the home screen. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-unofficial-apps-on-your-iphone-3g-or-ip-5166029 With Wallpaper Labeler, you can enter any text you want to your wallpaper, so you can leave yourself (or…
If your household is statureally diverse, this 3-in-1 door from Slam Doors may be of interest. It features separate doors for kids and humiliatingly short adults. It’s a fun idea, but at prices that hover around $3500, you had better start feeding those kids caffeine and cigarettes to increase the longevity of your investment. [Slam…
The best part of this photo is not the chunky plastic design or the model’s subtly agape mouth. It’s that fatty, curlicue phone cord hanging out the back. [Flickr via bbGadgets]