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Buried in an OS X configuration file in the new MacBooks is a string referring to Nvidia’s MCP79 (aka GeForce 9400m) chipset and unreleased models of the Mac mini and iMac, says MacRumors. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-does-the-new-macbook-pro-have-two-gra-5063832 It’s far from the first time an errant string of code has unintentionally revealed new Apple products in the pipeline, and…
Wazabee will be debuting several ‘autostereoscopic’ products at Macworld that add non-glasses 3D tech to everyday LCDs, including the iPhone. The 3DeeShell wraps around the iPhone like a protective case, and it features a clear “3D” lens that’s removable when not in use. And while the case can’t magically convert 2D content to 3D, the…
A very steep water slide? Pretty scary. The same water slide, but with a shark coming down it right behind you? Yeah, that takes things to the next level. At the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, there’s a shark tank right next to the waterslide. Somehow, one of the sharks managed to jump out of…
I don’t know why people insist on assembling massive robot armies, even if they are R2-D2. Sure they are cute dancing, but one day they will get fed up and kill us all. [starwarsblog]
Condensed explanation: Digital rights management is a corporate pain in the ass that stops you from doing whatever you want with music and movies in the name of fighting piracy. But there’s more to it. Straight up, you run into DRM pretty much every day. Bought music from three of the four major labels or…
Following Apple’s patents on multitouch applied to mice, MacBlogz has created this simple prototype of how a multitouch Mighty Mouse could look like. I specially like the fact that it’s aluminum and its profile. The fact is that the current nipple in Apple’s mighty doesn’t work very well. At least two of mine, which lose…
Reports hit yesterday that Dell had shipped Mini 9 reviewers a 32Wh battery while shorting consumers with an undersized 24Wh battery. Dell has since denied the claims, and further testing sides with Dell, too. https://gizmodo.com/dell-denies-mini-9-undersized-battery-claims-5114263/?op=postpreview&refId=5114263 According to a spokesperson, Mini 9 is configured with and has never shipped with anything but 32WH batteries. A third…
We know it can be difficult to differentiate between endless mounds of faceless electronics to pick the perfect gift. Luckily, a recent Best Buy podcast was quite specific as to exactly which products are best.
The weirdest thing happened to me. I was showing some photos in the iPhone to a friend and, for some reason, we discussed touch gestures in the new MacBooks. What happened next blew my mind. I was passing the photos very quickly, pinching in and out, sliding, using various fingers… the works, all very quickly,…
One would think that a shitty economy = more cheap stuff for us consumers, right? You know, the whole “go out and shop!” brand of problem-solving we’ve become accustomed to? Not this time. Analysts at DisplaySearch have told Eric Taub at the NYTimes that they are projecting a dismal year for TV sales in 2009:…
Glad Joel posted this, because I almost missed it: Majel Barret joined her husband Gene Roddenberry Where Many People Have Gone Before. Maybe you think you don’t know her, but you do. You have heard her voice many times: She was the voice of the Enterprise’s computer. She died yesterday age 76. https://gizmodo.com/star-treks-enterprise-boldly-went-42-years-ago-today-5046570 The First…
Using the Aerogarden to grow plants without soil is by all means a neat idea, but the product isn’t exactly urban chic. We like this concept more. By designer Gabriela Mombach, the Broto Domestic Greenhouse grows plants through aeroponics (in which nutrient mists replace soil) while constantly measuring pH, temperature, nutrients, and humidity. A row…
As everyone who’s had a ref make a bad call at their team’s expense knows, NFL refs aren’t perfect. But footballs and gloves with built-in sensors? Those might just make coach’s challenges history. Dr. Priya Narasimhan of Carnegie Mellon University has developed the football and gloves, loading them up with wireless sensors that can precisely…
No good can come of this, but if you’re in need to a quick and unreliable way to test your spouse’s fidelity, then the $8 Agile Lie Detector for the iPhone might work. Allow me to repeat myself. No good can come of this. The Agile Lie Detector uses voice stress analysis to judge a…
Whether you’re a pratin’ granny, single mom or a full-on haxxor, you no longer have to dread waking up to an RIAA summons. They still might rat you out to your ISP, though. https://gizmodo.com/single-mother-gets-riaa-suit-dismissed-sues-them-right-384380 Alas, it took the RIAA five years and 35,000 cases to realize that suing individual for illegal downloads was not an…
AndNav2 is Android’s first turn-by-turn navigation app, marking one of the first instances where Android’s wide-open apps policy has put it at an advantage over the iPhone. At least, in Europe. UPDATED 10:38 EST Since the software is based on the OpenStreetMap mapping data, the app will be more useful in some areas than others,…
In Barcelona, anyone passing by is invited to lend some stationary bike exertion to a cause—lighting a tree to create a true Christmas miracle. It’s a neat idea, if you believe it. Wired does not. Like the Wizard of Oz, the workings are hidden behind a curtain. One thing we do know — there is…
The CV-MP01 shares a lot with some other mobile projectors we’ve seen—namely from 3M—but measures up at a stunningly small 40x57x59mm and 90 grams. https://gizmodo.com/3m-mpro110-handheld-mobile-projector-lightning-review-5083502 In terms of styling, the CV-MP01 is much more toylike than business-oriented PowerPoint machines from the likes of 3M and Dell, but it boasts roughly the same specs: a blacklit…
According to the Korean news outlet ETNews, Samsung is working on a touchscreen Android phone, which will be sold in the US through Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. The phone is said to be similar to the Instinct and Omnia non-QWERTY handsets, which I’m pretty sure is ETNews’ overspecific way of saying that it’ll probably look…
Scouring the recently-posted PopSci archives on Google Books, reader Wesley Treat has put together a collection documenting the magazine’s odd, decades-long obsession with the idea of a personal monowheel. https://gizmodo.com/browse-the-popsci-and-popmech-archives-on-google-books-5105776 Just as vague questions of cosmology and consciousness make up just about every other cover of New Scientist today, fantastical futurist gadgets were at one…