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This is Yama, a pinhole camera made of silver, gold, mercury, gem stones and a Tibetan monk skull blessed by a Lama. Even if I had the $5,000 that it costs, I won’t buy it. And unless you are Dr. Stephen Strange, I won’t recommend it either. I mean, not only it looks terrifyingly freaking,…
No matter what they do, the new Polaroid PoGo Instant digicam will never have the magic nature, heartwarming charm, and craptastic retro quality of their good old Instamatics. But they are kind of cool, anyway. Sure, the new Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera can print 2 x 3-inch photos in 60 seconds. That’s moreless what…
CES, schmCES. Are these half-neekeed girls at CES? No, they are not. They are somewhere. No clue where. Maybe walking the streets of Madrid. I should go down and check it out (NSFW gallery ahead). Click on the link for the mega-gallery. [Buzznewsroom]
The Razer Mamba looks like a winner for gamers or anyone looking for a high-performance mouse: Lag free, 2.4GHz wireless or wired, with teflon base, and 1ms polling rate, rather than the usual 8ms. Razer has unleashed the full potential of gaming mice by designing an ergonomic, lag free gaming mouse with 2.4GHz gaming grade…
The second real day of CES 2009 kicks off with Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s keynote speech. Sony said yesterday they saved BIG product announcements for the gadget emperor himself. What are they? (Besides Tom Hanks.) Apparently, a trailer for Angels & Demons. Tom Hanks is here! He has Betamax regret! His first real gadget was…
The Cybershot G3 is a camera so special Sony Sir Howard Stringer himself did the honors: It’s the world’s first Wi-Fi camera with a built-in browser. GALLERY END Besides stealing your neighbor’s Wi-Fi, it has free access to any AT&T hotspot until 2012, but then it won’t matter since we’re all going to die then…
Before Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer jumps onstage to deliver the second day keynote, CEA President Gary Shapiro is trying to rally the troops but drops this bomb: The industry’s gonna shrink this year. The industry has only shrunk three other times in the last four years—it’s grown every other year. 2008, even, saw 5.4…
I’m sick of using library receipts as bookmarks. I could buy one, but it kind of seems like a waste of money. Not so with the Bookmark lamp. It provides two useful functions. The only problem is that it is only a concept at this point. Then again, anyone could make one of these in…
According to various SD Times sources, including one inside Cisco, Google is exploring the idea of dumping Juniper Networks in favor of building its own routers to handle their ever-expanding need for bandwidth. It seems unlikely that Google would go all in on the hardware end like this, but whether they partner up or not,…
Here’s Looj, iRobot’s second generation of—get this—The World’s Only Gutter Cleaning Robot. Just put Looj in the gutter and operate it via remote controller. According to them, it is more efficient than the previous. The iRobot Looj Gutter Cleaning Robot drives easily under gutter straps, propelled by a three-stage auger that dislodges and eliminates dirt,…
Leave it to the Japanese to freeze a pair of testicles from a famous Gifu bull known for his delicious buttery marbled-textured meat, extract living cells 13 years later, and have the beast mooing again. In fact, three of them, mooing, destroying the ozone layer with their gases, and ready to go into the grill.…
After announcing their partnership with Rand McNally yesterday, Navigon has announced more downloadable content for their GPS devices—including data on red light cameras. https://gizmodo.com/navigon-integrates-rand-mcnally-travel-guides-into-gps-5125067 NAVIGON Red Light Cameras give drivers the information they need by providing an advanced warning when the driver is approaching dangerous intersections monitored by traffic cameras. These alerts make the driver…
Remember those gimmicky neck cooling fans that came out years ago? Well, the NxSet from S1 Audio is kind of like that, only these are intended to replace your earbuds. Designed as a sleek and light-weight neckband, NxSET products move the traditional headset to the shoulders, where two integrated speakers on either side of the…
The smoke surrounding Creative’s rumored offshoot, ZiiLabs, cleared today at CES, where it was revealed to be a media-application processor developer with a very slick system-on-a-chip, less consumer product than building block for many. https://gizmodo.com/creatives-zii-is-actually-a-processor-still-no-idea-wh-5120704 Yeah, I know, you see “StemCell Computing” and you kinda want something goopy and weird that could perhaps, when given…
Mattel’s hanging its hopes on kids making their own fun with its Ucreate brand. Ucreate Music turns your tweens into amateur djs while Ucreate Games gets them started on creating their own gaming empire. The Ucreate Music can record samples, mix and match loops and use an assortment of rifts, instruments, runs and backbeats to…
Alpine is rolling out their new lineup of receivers, with the iXA-W404 leading the charge. It features a 4.3-inch QVGA touchscreen monitor that more or less mimics coverflow. Beyond the touchscreen navigation, the iXA-W404 meets “Works With iPhone” and “Made For iPod” designations, it also features a dedicated USB input (can also play iPod/iPhone video…
As I mentioned perhaps all too subtly in my Ballmer keynote post, Windows 7 Beta is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with wide availability on Friday, January 9. [Microsoft] https://gizmodo.com/live-microsoft-ces-2009-keynote-kicks-off-the-ballmer-5125953
Hey. You might have noticed, we’re back in Vegas and back at CES. Come have a drink tomorrow night. If you’re in Vegas, a ton of my favorite characters from Gizmodo, Boing Boing and others are going to be hanging out at Casino Royale at 9pm Thursday. I hope to see you there. I’ll update…
The idea sounds so sexy: An Android tablet. Remarkably thin, with over four inches of touchscreen, like an Android iPod touch. Actually, that’s a lot what it’s like. Namely, ’cause there’s no cellphone—Wi-Fi only. But since it’s Android, you can obviously VOIP out of the box, so it’s not THAT big of a deal. At…
PogoPlug is a little conduit box that plugs into your router on one end via ethernet, and mates with your hard drive via USB on the other. The Good: A quick and easy way to turn your barnacle-ridden USB drive into a young and fresh network-attached storage device-something no good home should be without. The…
