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Another day, another dubious method for saving gas. Today it’s FastSkinz, the dimpled car wrap that promises a gas mileage boost. We think it’ll attract driver heads and dents from confused, drunken golfers. Dimples are a proven method for reducing wake turbulence on golf balls, and that’s what creator SkinzWrapz (you know, ads on cars?)…
Click to viewWe brought you a pic of the Dev Team’s iPod touch 2g “redsn0w” jailbreak yesterday, and just as the team promised, a video proving the hack works was up and ready for viewing today. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-touch-2g-jailbroken-by-the-iphone-dev-team-5133669 As with the yellowsn0w video we showed you last month, this video was brought to us by Dev…
After a brief delay, the flexible BitTorrent-delivering Myka set top box will be delivering torrents to your television in about four to six weeks. https://gizmodo.com/myka-brings-bittorrent-to-your-tv-370820 “The factory in China is humming. We are eagerly awaiting our first shipments due to arrive in 4 to 6 weeks,” said a Myka email sent to CrunchGear. As we…
If President-elect Obama really is the technology president, as many believe he will be, he’s going to need to replace that red phone hotline on his desk with a chumby. Luckily, MAKE shows us how. Now, just to begin, this clever bit of chumby hacking doesn’t turn the device into a direct line to the…
Are you trying to live more like Jesus? Is that purity ring just not cutting it for you? Let’s introduce to you these sexy Inflatable Foot Cushions, guaranteed to make you a virgin for life! Although these ridiculous looking kicks promise to help “keep you active while maintaining blood flow and muscle tone in your…
This wood and brushed aluminum keyboard features real Scrabble tiles with the points score slightly modded to show each key’s secondary function. It’s classy, it’s nerdy, and it’s worth a ton of points. I’m a huge Scrabble geek, so it’s great to see such a great mod made out of the 2nd-greatest board game of…
Having attended UCDavis for college, I had to bike everywhere. You would think a college town would have had designated bike lanes everywhere, but it didn’t. That’s where the LightLane would’ve come in handy. Using lasers affixed to your bicycle, the LightLane concept projects a virtual bike lane around you, letting cars around you know…
Touch screens are everywhere now—on cell phones, televisions, airport kiosks, MP3 players and cameras. It’s about time vending machines got in on the action, and that’s just what Sapient’s Coke machines are doing. Revealed at CES, this Coke vending machine from Sapient has a completely interactive touchscreen front panel that lets you view the product…
Sure, the U-Fizz is a fun little toy. You could make homemade Sprite, orange soda, or experiment with wackier flavors. But this gadget has a dark side: ungodly fizzy creations that anger the soda gods. U-Fizz, used in conjunction with normal baking soda and vinegar, can make any drink carbonated. But instead of giving you…
I’m a deep sleeper. Too many times, I’ve ignored the snooze button and turned off the alarm, making Jason wonder, “Where’s my slave Andi?!” This DIY alarm clock would be perfect for us sleep addicts. This Do-It-Yourself Safety Alarm Clock will only shut off after you’ve unlocked it with a key. When you go to…
A young woman’s visit to the wondrous(ly dirty) world of New York City was sullied by the loss of her iPod to a cabbie, thanks to big-city intimidation. As the 20-year-old tourist recounts, her credit card was declined due to the cab’s malfunctioning machine, yet the cabdriver refused to accept her explanation and threatened to…
CNN is asking anyone at the Inauguration this Tuesday to take digital photos, send them in, and let CNN use PhotoSynth to create a massive 3D experience. All you have to do is take a picture (under 10 MB), send it into [email protected], and then wait for Microsoft’s 2D to 3D software to compile the…
An Aussie construction worker and part-time filmmaker (?) was instructed to destroy a substantial quantity of Apple equipment— some of which, he says, was salvageable. But can we really trust his account? The construction worker, who refused to give his real name, says that he destroyed nine full pallets of equipment, including MacBooks, Mac Pros,…
PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA: A Gizmodo staffer is officially fed up with increasingly-ridiculous news about Obama’s BlackBerry after an AP report on the status of said BlackBerry after a vicious and unwarranted drop onto hard, cold cement. Sources say Dan Nosowitz, who turns 23 today, does not care in the slightest about the latest rumors regarding President-Elect…
The Xbox 360 is the best console you can buy. Except it’s inexplicably missing something the Wii and PS3 have: Wi-Fi. You could buy Microsoft’s $90 dongle. Or you could follow our guide. The Xbox 360’s lack of Wi-Fi is a totally killer hardware flaw—if you’re not right on top of your router, you’ve either…
The 2nd generation iPod touch proved a tricky customer to break, but the Dev Team has made the first big step toward a full-on jailbreak. The Dev Team stumbled upon the break when making yellowsn0w, the iPhone jailbreaker, but says the touch’s jailbreak is far too manual to be done by most people at this…
A neuroscientist at Emory University discovered the chemical he believes is responsible for the abnormal (for mammals) inclination humans have toward monogamy. He reasons that a true love potion might not be far off. Though his research is geared to help the social skills of autistic and schizophrenic patients, the isolated chemicals have the same…
Samsung is placing TVs, phones, printers, computers and home appliances under one division and semiconductors, components and LCD manufacturing into another. [Yahoo via Boy Genius]
Vikki Smyth is a designer that makes food presentation and table-top sets for high end hotels (W, Wynn’s places). Her signature piece, the Sushi-Ushi sushi tray, is gorgeous, and upstages anything that’s placed on it. You can get a 36-inch version for $330, a 25-inch version for $230 and a 20-inch version for $180 if…
To be honest, I wouldn’t want an ear mirror for the same reason I wouldn’t want an ass mirror—some territory on the body should remain unexplored. The device works like a two headed dentist’s mirror. Place one end over your ear and adjust the other mirror until you can see whether or not you need…