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For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want to spruce our old friend Santa up with technology. His sleigh only runs on what I assume is 8 horsepower, after all. Let’s give him an upgrade. Your task is to upgrade Santa Claus with technology. Come up with your best images and email them to me at…
After drones took over the skies, bots are now taking control over land. And looking at the Ripsaw MS1 gun tank running at 60MPH, it looks like war is going to get fierier, scarier, and more convenient than ever. It’s going to be convenient because the Ripsaw MS1, an unmanned ground vehicle that is designed…
If you are in NYC right now, find an excuse to get out of your office. Say you have to go and rescue some kittens, or your mom called about the mags under the bed. Whatever. Just come, see, and touch all this: You can also touch Adam, Matt, John, Chris, Brian, and meself. Look…
If you are a Comcast subscriber that worries about exceeding the 250GB data cap, I have some good news. A usage meter is in the works that will help you avoid this problem. https://gizmodo.com/comcasts-250gb-data-caps-now-official-starting-in-octo-5043253 Obviously, the vast majority of subscribers will never have to worry about service suspension or termination because of bandwidth overages, but…
The most popular free iPhone game of the year has gotten a full overhaul with more Open GL goodness, more frantic Guitar-Hero-inspired music tapping, and most importantly, more Daft Punk. https://gizmodo.com/list-of-most-downloaded-iphone-apps-is-full-of-frivolou-5101021 After initially feeling the burn of Apple’s SDK restrictions (not allowing access to a user’s own iPod tracks, like in the jailbreak version of…
I’ve always wanted an old radio, like this 1946 Stromberg Carlson recreation. But it would just be something that I looked at, like, “ooh, neat…now what?” But old tyme modder Jeffrey Stephenson has another idea. This particular radio actually has a PC inside. So while the exterior is a tribute to the Ingraham Cabinet Co,…
For a few weeks you’ve been hearing about the Gizmodo Gallery in NYC, catching plenty of teasers for the cool stuff—contemporary marvels, homemade wundergear and pieces of history—we’re showing down at the Reed Annex on Orchard St. from today 12 noon through Sunday 4pm. Now, for the first time, we’re revealing the whole list. And…
A new Sony Bravia ad from the creators of the Balls, Paint and Play-Doh ads is currently in production in Northern Italy, and we have some shots of the shoot. It looks just as crazy and awesome as its predecessors. I’m not sure what the ad is going to end up being, but I do…
Like every year, the Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease are now live, tackier and wonkier than ever, with more than 20,000 lights, plus inflatable Santa, Elmo, Frosty Family, SpongeBob, Homer, and even Hulk. Everything is controlled using a web page, which is connected to the huge setup using X10 power control systems. Alek Komarnitsky…
Pole dancing robots. Yes, they exist, and yes, I have video of them. No, they are not sexy. They are the polar opposite of sexy. The robots are part of the MuTate London exhibition. Beyond that, I have no idea what in the hell is the deal with these things. I mean, I know that…
Someone give somebody at Nyko a raise, because they finally remembered the most important component of any pretend rock setup: Skeletons! The Nyko Metal Pedal is a durable replacement for your Rock Band or Guitar Hero drum set pedal. Whereas Rock Band 2 upgraded their pedal from plastic to metal, many have cracked their old…
You may remember the original Annoy-a-tron, a tiny device designed to annoy the crap out of friends and enemies alike. Well, now there’s the new Annoy-a-tron 2.0, taking the obnoxiousness to new heights. https://gizmodo.com/annoy-a-tron-lose-friends-for-cheap-232824 The Annoy-a-tron is a tiny device that plays annoying sounds at random intervals, perfect for hiding in your targets office. While…
In one of the odder front pages we’ve seen, The Daily Mail wants to tell you about the four most exciting consoles today: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and, of course, the Sega Mega Drive. [UKResistance via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/a-most-bizarre-newspaper-headline-453117626
Yes, my friends, the Blackberry Storm screen may be the hardest material on Earth. I enjoyed watching some guy take his pocket knife to the Blackberry Storm screen with nary a scratch, but things only get better as our host frantically searches around the room for a sharp enough implement to upstage his first trick.…
These watches from Tokyo Street take three novel approaches to telling time: one draws a target, the other makes a graph, and the last displays ants. Glowing, inscrutable little ants. The Ever-Increasing watch slowly draws a graph of the time which, though it displays what some might call a rather predictable function, gets the point…
Netflix’s Silverlight-based Watch Instantly feature for Macs is out of beta, and activated for all subscribers. The catalog still isn’t complete and the six machine limit stands, but good news is good news. [Netflix —Thanks, Ben!] https://gizmodo.com/netflix-watch-instantly-for-mac-now-live-for-beta-user-5074323
Each release of Windows treats us to a new boot screen. XP had its endless progress bar, and Vista added its emblem. Windows 7, though, gets a glowing Microsoft blob. As is always the case with early software, this video could represent a concept that never makes it to manufacture. However, as Ars Technica notes,…
Just as we’re coming to grips with the entire netbook phenomenon, low end manufacturer Coby comes up with something even lamer. “[Midget PCs] are smaller than a netbook but not THAT small.” Midget PCs. Lovely. UPDATE 12/5 19:37: The story, as it turns out, was a hoax. https://gizmodo.com/why-i-hate-netbooks-5042814 What’s makes a midget PC different than…
Are you obsessed with Sputnik, the Space Race, Googie architecture and radioactive powers for superheroes? Look out, it seems like your fetish is about to get a name: “Atompunk.” According to a mailing list from the Netherlands, Atompunk is devoted to the cultural period (mostly of the United States) of between 1945 to 1965. While…
Sometimes, things as mundane as tool kits can look like great works of art. This piano repair box, perfected by Henry Studley, does a great job of fixing up instruments, but it’s careful placement of knicknacks also makes it beautiful. Studley was an organ and piano maker, as well as a carpenter and mason, who…