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On some level, I know that these minimalistic wireless speakers by Phillipe Starck are classy works of art. But when I look at them, all I can think about is Nuni and Nooni Schoener. Zikmu, a collaboration between speaker company Parrot and noted super designer Phillipe Starck, is a set of 2.5 feet tall speakers…
It looks as if Tomas Schneider’s piece, Ohm, is of electric demigods bowing to each other a moment before the telsa coils on their heads toss off arcing streams of electrons. It might be how they’d converse. [behance]
The Land of Godzilla now has another monster terrorizing its streets-Boston Dynamic’s BigDog robot! Only… aren’t those feet? This isn’t BigDog Beta, is it? No wonder the Japanese look more puzzled than scared. [JapanProbe] https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651
A Chinese man, killed by a weather rocket, was thought to have died from getting struck by lightning until his body exploded at his own funeral. Wang Diange was attending a wake in his home when an explosion took off half of his roof and left him dead in the wreckage. Because it had been…
Spoiler: If you’re going to buy a netbook for Hackintoshing, try the MSI Wind or a Dell Mini 9. Rob explains more at BBG. [Boing Boing Gadgets]
This iPod dock by iLuv is not really an iPod dock, but a full fledged stereo with subwoofer. And four CD players. Is that right? I mean, I make fun of gadgets with just ONE CD player and this has four CD players. FOUR. [Gadgetreview]
256GB SSDs were a possibility in my mind as storage in a fantasy rig. But a 512GB 2.5-inch laptop drive is big enough to dream about from the depths of my storage fanboy heart-of-hearts. TOSHIBA LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST 512GB SOLID STATE DRIVE and NEXT- GENERATION SSD FAMILY USING 43nm MLC NAND New SSD Family Achieves…
Another piece of brilliance you never knew you needed from the venerable Hammacher Schlemmer: A simple GPS device that points the way back to a single spot. That’s it, for $80. [Hammacher-Schlemmer via Chip Chick]
The X-Touch Mixer faucet trades analog knobs or levers for buttons so you can regulate exactly what temperature the water is. Better, it has a digital readout to show you exactly what temp it is. X-Touch is a product of Newform Italy, and looks to be either a sink faucet or a bath faucet. Either…
Underwire’s Annaliza Savage has published an intriguing video on The Sex Life of Robots, which shows animated bots made out of modified Barbie dolls and G.I. Joes doing naughty naughty things in gritty robot land. Note: I know that many won’t consider dolls having sex NSFW-I don’t-but in case you are a prude version of…
It really is stunning. The time is displayed across four separate digital windows, like an altometer. I wish they stripped out the radio to make it even more essential. [Verdict via Chipchick via BBG]
Before there were ASCII portraits of Dwight [PDF], there was this: “Keyboard Art,” from Popular Mechanics, October 1948.
The rumors Sony is working on a PSP2? Pure confusion, says Sony exec John Koller. Rumormongers are somehow mistaking its push to digital distribution, away from UMD, as work on PSP2. Uh huh. [SAI] https://gizmodo.com/sony-claims-theyre-not-working-on-psp2-5108377
So you got a job, moved into your own place, picked up an IKEA Poang and then felt pretty good about life. Things were working out alright! Then you saw the Frederic Sofia Relaxation Chair… Sitting on a cast aluminum frame, a cloth or leather cushion waits to do your rump’s bidding. The arm rests…
French designer Julien Bergignat’s Tima Watch concept has an actual basis in reality, and is something you may actually wear to places more upscale than Red Lobster. https://gizmodo.com/seikos-e-paper-watch-prototype-39344 E-Ink watches have made it onto the market in one form or another, but they’re still not as good looking as this render from 2006. You get…
These guys don’t know when to stop—after wowing with the Bird’s Nest and an upcoming Jenga apartment tower in NYC, H&dM have just unveiled their equally stunning design for a bank HQ in Madrid. https://gizmodo.com/blue-screen-of-death-strikes-birds-nest-during-opening-5035456 Aside from looking like a delicious ‘nilla wafer standing upright in a field of whipped cream, or a sailboat at…
The greatest gift of all is love. But for those people who you don’t love, these last minute gifts will do just fine. Bluetooth • Samsung WEP301 Bluetooth Headset for $4.99 plus free shipping (normally $25 – valid until 12/31. Use rebate form). Computing • Corsair Dominator 2GB PC2-8500 Kit for $10 plus free shipping…
I don’t know that anyone goes around complaining that their table is just too darned thick, but this carbon fiber “Surface” Table has been fashioned to a scant 2mm. Sadly, there’s no stat as to its weight or tensile strength, but at 3 meters long (that’s almost 9 feet), I can’t imagine you could stand…
It may look gross, but this cup and saucer set is not covered with ants. Available now on Etsy (there’s supposedly one in stock, but these things can generally be back ordered), this coffee/tea set is a nasty way to welcome a guest, or a warm greeting to the occasional ant eater who may live…
If you don’t know the IT Crowd, get up to speed pronto, because you are missing a lot. It’s hilarious, as this clip from the lastest episode shows. [Thanks Addy-yeah, the zowielala Addy] https://gizmodo.com/in-the-immortal-words-of-the-conchords-goodbye-leggy-b-5020347 Bonus, completely unrelated clip with Richard Ayoade as Dean Learner.
