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Here’s something you don’t see every day: water bouncing. GE has developed some pretty incredible superhydrophobic surfaces in it’s Global Research Nanotechnology lab, and they’ve captured the results with super-high speed cameras. Hello everyone, I have some exciting videos that I want to share with you! Using a high-speed camera setup in the lab, we…
If you’re looking to start your kid off with both a tough-guy attitude as well as an air of entitlement, you can’t go wrong with the ludicrous Oakley Roddler stroller. While it’s a concept that’s apparently “inspired” by Oakley, it looks more inspired by a combo of overpriced strollers and military aircraft. [Serious Wheels via…
In the midst of the financiapocalypse, with consumers stuffing money in mattresses and sprinkling themselves with holy water to avoid the layoff plague, you might think companies like Sony would slash and burn their typically premium prices to move whatever HDTVs and Blu-ray players and cameras they could. Nope. We talked to Sony Electronics President…
The ubiquity of iPods has led to a ridiculous glut of accessories, some useful, most not. The best of them have essentially become a seamless part of the iPod experience, but they’ll all cost you — and it really starts to add up. The expansion of the iPod universe, however, is twofold; more official products…
While most smartphone manufacturers have released at least one fancy touchscreen model, RIM has pretty much stuck with their Blackberry’s standard businessman-pleasing form, a squat candybar design with QWERTY and a tiny screen. That was, until they announced the BlackBerry Storm, the first full touchscreen Blackberry on the market—and also the first smartphone to transform…
Apple has patented a new display technology that will allow their iPhones to have always-on displays with almost no battery cost whatsoever. This doesn’t mean the whole display would be lit at all times. In reality, only part of it would be activated using a secondary backlight system located under the main one. According to…
Why do companies ship products they know are mad buggy? Apple did it with the iPhone, RIM did it with the BlackBerry Storm, which locked up and crashed on me plenty during the review period, even after it was delayed precisely to make it less buggy. RIM, however, is at least admitting they screwed up…
Indeed, Nintendo and Everlast have tag-teamed in the retail ring to knock you out with these new boxing glove accessories. And while you’re down they plan to steal your wallet—because this is an obvious attempt to milk gamers for every last cent. The gloves are available for $30, but I think I’ll be saving my…
What’s the team a Polyphony Digital doing besides finishing their upcoming Gran Turismo 5 racing simulator? Making some crazy ass tech demos with four PlayStation 3s hooked together to share rendering time. Not only can four PS3s create a 2160p image (that’s four 1080p images for a resolution of 3840×2160 blasted on Sony’s 4K projector),…
This week at Uncrate: We get away from it all in our very own Tepee, make bath time fun with the Hover Q Tiny R/C Hovercraft, and invite our conspiracy theorists over for a viewing of JFK – Ultimate Collector’s Edition. We also entertain our guests with our own Muppet Whatnot Puppet, store our goodies…
You know what is better than getting a brand new Toshiba Qosmio X305 gaming laptop this holiday? How about getting one for free? Yes, that definitely would be the way to go—but there is one small catch. You have to earn it by designing your vision of the ultimate gaming laptop of the future. Just…
The BBC has a fantastic, 3-minute clip touring a frozen pizza factory that manufactures 2 million pizzas a week. There’s something about precision, large-scale automation, even when the technology isn’t necessary cutting edge, that’s even more telling of our technological place in the world than sleek touchscreen phones and GPS navigators. Notice the eerie lack…
Nyko didn’t like seeing fellow third party manufacturer Penguin create a 4x Wiimote charger first, so Nyko fired back with the Charge Station Quad for Wii. Priced at $50, the Nyko Quad includes four NiMH rechargeable battery packs, four rubber Wii Remote battery covers and, of course, a four-port Wiimote battery charger that’s loaded to…
While we liked the shiny unibody MacBooks, their new miniDisplay Port requires the use of a dual link DVI adapter to drive the 30″ CinemaDisplay. Not only is the adapter $100; it’s a custom cord that can’t exactly be spotted between the batteries and singing cards at the drug store. Now Apple has informed preorderers…
I know, it’s just salt in the wound for those of you with G1s in the audience. But for all you procrastinators out there, today is your day. The G1, with its solitary mini USB port, hasn’t been the most headphone-friendly device. Now it’s prepackaged with a 3.5mm headphone adapter and everything is rainbows and…
We’ll have a lot more than the 1983 Apple Phone prototype at the upcoming Gizmodo Gallery. Perhaps you were interested in getting a good look at the famous Red One camera? That’s good, because we sorta know a guy. https://gizmodo.com/at-gizmodo-gallery-ancient-apple-phone-prototypes-5091517 The Red One camera was never really interested in capturing HD video (1920×1080). Instead, the…
It was nearly six months ago when Samsung laid out their plan to manufacture an affordable, super-fast 256GB SSD by the end of the year. It sounded a little bit optimistic at the time, but as of today, they’re here. Sort of. Samsung says that manufacturing has begun, but still hasn’t let loose on the…
Another day another Black Friday leak, this one courtesy of Staples! So what exciting things does the world’s largest office supply chain have in store for us? Quite a few decent deals, if you’re not afraid of rebates being invalidated. Here is some of what Staples has to offer, with a little asterix to warn…
It’s the worst thing about phone cameras (except for the image noise, poor low-light performance, desaturated colors and incessant motion blur): the picture delay. Scalado says they’ve managed to eliminate it by constantly recording and displaying actual JPG images of the frame in real time. In other words, when you take a picture, rather than…
Neuros, who built their reputation with weird, chunky (but wonderful) modular MP3 players, has long since moved exclusively to the home entertainment field. Their latest attempt at eroding the Apple TV’s market share is the Link, a set-top streaming box that will pull video from a wide range of online TV sources — Hulu, NBC,…
