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If you’ve ever wanted to sit on a hard, flat, unyielding piece of metal while biking but your butt gets cold easily, we’ve got a solution for your ridiculous problem. This “heated cycling seat,” cleverly named the Iron Saddle, is made from a clothes iron with remarkably few changes. There’s no steam, because that could…
A Google cache at Dell’s site reveals a few details about their upcoming MacBook Air competitor, the Adamo. The leak indicates a few interesting things about Dell’s plan for peripherals, and hints at price. We already knew the Adamo was slated to run significantly cheaper than the expensive Air, and a leak this Thursday suggested…
While picking the Best of Lego 2008, a naughty reader sent me this Lego Mindstorms NXT Masturbator machine. It’s no Robotech thruster or pink blowjob machine but, if you have an hexagonal penis, get it. https://gizmodo.com/japanese-robotech-thruster-sex-machine-262624 Click to view
Modder extraordinaire Ben Heck is growing disciples like Chia Pets, and his forum poster SifuF’s new Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R is an incredible little portable N64. We’re sure he’s made the Heckster proud. The Sixtyfree Lite-R features a 5-inch screen, headphone jack, C-button stick, and the smallest case we’ve seen yet in a portable N64 mod.…
As an intern for Gizmodo, hobomodos have become my favorite part of our daily gadget deals: my marketing information in exchange for free TiVo cookie cutters? It’s yours before you can even say “leaky faucet.” https://gizmodo.com/be-gizmodos-nyc-intern-5116656 Whether these hobomodos ever show up are highly questionable-so imagine my surprise when my free TiVo cookie cutters showed…
Giz friend Jean Snow interviews Amusement editor Abdel Bounane for Ping Mag. I like the magazine’s unique mix of game coverage with the feel of an art or fashion book. I love the photography. I also found it interesting that the magazine does its own one of a kind ads for the companies for placement…
Hack-A-Day builder TheOreos took a realistic toy version of the Heckler & Koch MP5 and outfitted it with a Wiimote, ending up with the cleverly named and scandalously realistic WeeP5 you see before you. [Hack-A-Day]
While Asus has some interesting products, I’d never expect the company to win a design award. That said, Asus’ wireless keyboard and mouse for the EEE Box look pretty nice, if not terribly original. EEE PC News posted the images, but details on the accessories are pretty scant. And if the pics are correct, Asus…
A company called Nextreme Thermal Solutions recently demoed this LED—which shines brighter than the candle whose heat powers it—as first step in what I assume is a move toward bonfire-charged laser weapons. [Tech-On]
New Scientist has a neat story about Elektro, arguably the first celebrity robot, and Jack Weeks, who is attempting to rebuild the golden humanoid that sat in the basement of his childhood home during WWII. As the story goes, Elektro was first unveiled at the 1939 World’s Fair, where it was considered a technological marvel…
Your favorite pyromaniac might have to surrender his giant Hallmark snowman snow globe: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission just discovered that a bit of sunlight passes through them and it’s “Goodbye drapes, hello firestorm!” The physical principle of magnifying sunlight is ancient, but apparently the materials here, combined with the size, make the 17″-tall…
So, are you all Wii Fit now? Great. Because Nintendo wants to fatten you up before Wii Fit 2. Starting this spring, Nintendo will introduce the Food Delivery Channel in Japan. Much like how TiVo users can order Pizza Hut, Wii users will be able to place orders to Demae-can.com (which offers everything from sushi…
The enthusiastically titled “Fan-Tastic Chandel-Air” by Meyda lighting combines, you guessed it, a chandelier and a fan into one crazy looking customizable design. The first design in the series, “Tall Pines at Dusk” features “a Silver Mica shade transformed into a decorative /functional casement for a 29-inch fan.” It is also designed to be an…
According to a tipster at Consumerist, somewhere AT&T has been giving away free car chargers with an iPhone 3G purchase. No big deal, but free is free right? Well, not so much. The tipster claims that the cord is incompatible with the 3G, leading us to believe that AT&T was simply clearing out inventory from…
Hanging a real light fixture can be hard. But snapping a metal bird to a lightbulb? Easy. The $50 Bird Pendant Light by Sweden-based artist Hung Ming Chen is a simple brass fixture that squeezes onto a bare bulb. And while we’re guessing it might get a little hot, there’s certainly no easier way to…
It’s official: My money is gone. Electronics? Mortgage? Pants? No superfluous spending for me, thanks. I invested in life’s two basic pillars: Food and booze. So, I can has flash memory for zero bucks? Yes. Computing & Peripherals • HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One w/ Bluetooth Dongle & HP Photo Book for $139.99 (Recertified) (normally…
It’s likely to be one of those defensive patents, but RIM’s patent application for a fold-out smartphone keyboard forgets why you might want a fold-out keyboard. Because while Blackberries are historically known for excellent emailing on huge keyboards, their newer SureType (two letters per key) system has turned off many users to smaller models like…
The weekly Thank Giz It’s Friday lists are about unwinding and having fun. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Here is the best of the bunch. •10 Sex Toys That Are Confusing and Wrong (NSFW): A roundup of NSFW toys that are pointless, vulgar, confusing and…
Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International’s design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base. The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times,…
While it seems Walmart will no longer sell $99 iPhones to the masses, AT&T is now offering some $99 iPhones of their own—except these ones are refurbished. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-iphone-coming-to-walmart-by-the-end-of-decem-5103986 Over at AT&T’s online store, you can find the black, 8GB iPhone for $99, or the 16GB iPhone for $199 in white or black. A two year…