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If there’s a more entertaining show about cars in the world than the BBC’s Top Gear, I’ve never seen it. Which is why we’re psyched to see them take on the Tesla Electric Roadster. The gang finds that, while the Tesla is amazingly fast out of the gate and cheap to operate (once you drop…
This interesting lantern concept from designer Young Bok Kim puts a modern twist on the ancient hourglass by draining the light from LEDs instead of sand. By adjusting the dial in the center, you can control how fast the light “flows” from top to bottom. However, I can’t see it as being all that practical…
Remember Steve Ballmer’s Windows 1 infomercial? Here’s our buddy Richard Blakeley in his 3G Juice spoof. On a side note, isn’t it amazing that Ballmer looks exactly the same now as he did then? Poor guy looked like he was in his 50s when he was in his 30s.
It’s dark. There’s a box. It beckons. You stick your finger in and curl “your index finger towards you in a summoning motion”. Congratulations, you’ve just started your car. Two students, Zhao Wencai and Li Zhoumu, invented this gesture-based car interaction as a presentation for the third China-International Road Safety Expo. Not only can you…
Can’t get enough of your local cable guy and his blue paper booties? Order a Time Warner cable guy calendar. As the AP report suggests, you’ve got lots of open-shirted installers posing with cables and flowers as thinly veiled metaphors. In case you were confused, these are actual technicians that are doing the posing, which…
Colgate? Dead. Crest? Gone. Aquafresh? Don’t make us laugh. Look, people—laser toothbrushes are here. That means no more tarter, cavities or root canals. Life will be better. From the manufacturer Smart Miracles: Here’s your opportunity to have Hollywood white, super-healthy teeth, thanks this revolutionary, super-safe, medical-quality laser toothbrush. It has an energy concentration so low…
A recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that we are heavily influenced into choosing products with heavy technical specs—even when those specs mean nothing. Five related studies were performed in which participants had to choose between two items in various categories, including digital cameras, towels, sesame oil, cell phones, and potato chips.…
Don’t even think about shopping for a desk at IKEA—you’re better than that. Serious professionals need a serious workspace. If you are a gadget fanatic, the following ten desks should fit the bill. Bonus: If you are into epic rigs, check out this list from Giz readers (or this insane WoW rig). https://gizmodo.com/giz-readers-best-computer-rigs-contest-305122
I’ve always found PDFs to be supremely annoying thanks to Acrobat Reader’s slow, crashy behavior. Now, Gmail is allowing users to skip the Reader altogether. Now, when you click “View” on an attached PDF, you’ll get to view it inside your browser with no mess. All the pages show up thumbnailed on the right, and…
A man reconstructed the 2000 year old Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient "computer" built by the Greeks to keep track of the moon, the planets and cycles. It’s as amazing now as it was then. The video shows off how it worked. Turning the dial shifted the moon, the sun and planets around the Earth and…
After his parents took away Halo 3, Daniel Petric shot them both, killing his mother, according to the prosecution in this 17-year-old’s murder trial. Daniel Petric was caught with Halo 3 on his way into the house after sneaking out to buy the game. His father then took it, placing the game in a lockbox—the…
Leaving your gadgets on the floor while charging is barbaric (besides, the floor is made of lava). Prop up your precious portables with these handy Socket Deer antlers. The rubber antlers come affixed to the plate and are available in three different deer types (just in case you had a favorite). The manufacturer also claims…
Boing Boing Gadgets’ attempt: “Sony Takes Delivery of Kaz Hirai’s New Throne” Mine: “And still, Sony makes room for only one analog stick.” [bbGadgets]
Over the last few years, pop culture has become enamored with all things toast (and bacon). Everyone loves a cool toaster—except this one isn’t cooking up bread. It’s powering-up your gadgets. https://gizmodo.com/canned-bacon-guarantees-full-heart-failure-in-24-hours-5012656 The “Toasting Charger” concept by Hyun-A Ko is designed to charge your batteries like a toaster cooks bread to a golden brown. Just…
This week at Uncrate: We stay warm with the Mr. Heater Big Buddy Portable Heater, speed up our gift wrapping with the OpenX Precision Wrapping Paper Slitter, and check out the Boardwalk Photo Booth. We also take the new Volkswagen CC out for a spin, hone our golf games with the Gyro Swing, and get…
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Compliments of the FCC, we have some confirmation of rumors that Samsung will be releasing the 8MP Pixon M8800L smartphone to the US market. https://gizmodo.com/spied-t-mobile-branded-samsung-may-be-the-states-first-5104382 While initial reports suggested that the Pixon camera/phone would be arriving to T-Mobile, new hardware specs reveal it uses AT&T-compatible 850 and 1900 MHz WCDMA. Sorry T-Mobile fans. As the…
Finally, my own personal Geisha inside my iPhone. What amazing feats of artistry, beauty and elegance does she have in store? Well, it looks like she dances, slowly. You can spin the view of her tatami room around with your finger. This app is still forthcoming, so hopefully a nice tea service or cigar-lighting-for-d-bags trick…
We have seen racing simulators plenty of times in the past, but few can offer a vomit-inducing three degrees of freedom (roll 40°/pitch 25°/yaw 40°) like the Apex SC830. In fact, the SC830 is so realistic in its motion that it is good enough to train racing professionals. It features a custom USB “Plug-and-Play” hardware…
Before the iPhone 3G was released, a Chinese case manufacturer named XSKN showed a case with a curved back that ended up resembling the iPhone 3G. Now, XSKN has leaked their iPhone nano case. Real? https://gizmodo.com/3g-iphone-case-shows-thicker-curvier-backside-and-fro-391705 iDeals China claims that it is, and offers plenty of specs to back it up. They say that the…
