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Our sister blog Kotaku already has all the latest deets on Activision’s DJ Hero, but we’d be remiss here at Gizmodo if we didn’t at least profile the latest bit of shiny video game-related plastic that could be invading living rooms in the near future. After more than a dozen iterations and two years of…
If I didn’t really, really love Lego and Technic, like many of the staff here at Gizmodo, I might very well be running in terror at the sight of this eight-legged, Theo Jansen-inspired monstrosity. It barely makes a sound as it claws its way across the floor, aside from the slight hiss of the motor…
Check this out this morning. This new iPhone app from the App Store, called XBMC Remote, does just that—it lets you control your XBMC from an iPhone or iPod touch. The app is pretty open-minded, too. It allows for XBMC control on Windows, Mac and Linux machines. It’s yours, if you want it, for $5…
A friend told me about the Grinch today, a machine you hammer into the ground with a towrope attached to a 7HP engine, meant to rocket snowboarders and surfers into ramps and waves. [The Grinch]
It’s well known that Steve’s Merc does not have a license plate, but a barcode. Many thought that this sticker was some sort of replacement, an agreement with the state of California to display his information. But some car-savvy folks tell us that Jobs’ bar code is just the VIN number to his car and,…
Have you lost your excitement about the upcoming Watchmen movie? This Dr. Manhattan poster constructed out of Lego pieces should remind you that you need to turn up that giddiness dial a bit. Great job, artpoly! All that’s missing is Manhattan’s Lego junk. Maybe you can CGI that in, like in the trailer. [Thanks Ryan!]
Just released yesterday, iPhone Modem for the Cydia jailbreak application repository promises tethering your laptop to your iPhone in just 10 seconds. We haven’t gotten around to jailbreaking our own yet, but this one is supposedly even easier than the official NetShare tethering app in the official App Store. ModMyiPhone forum says it works just…
Hath Hell frozen over, or hath an internth presseth the wrong buttoneth? [Thanks Dustin!] Update: Readers are pointing out that it’s probably due to the hurricane. Had no idea it was due to that, so we hope our Houston readers and their friends and family are safe. Here’s to you guys.
Trent Reznor, front man for Nine Inch Nails, is no stranger to cool tech, incredibly in-depth viral and ARG marketing campaigns, and new ways to entertain his fans live in concert. During their current Lights in the Sky tour, they let Wired writer Brian Gardiner and photographer Jon Snyder record and catalog basically everything that…
If Gundam mated with Will Smith’s Audi in I, Robot, the offspring would resemble these futuristic concept cars from European brand Peugeot. The cars car-like vehicles were all entries in the 2008 Peugeot Design Contest. Designers were asked by organizers to create vehicles for that ambiguous but tantalizing “city of the future.” Areas of focus…
Here’s an idea for new unofficial Gizmodo game. It doesn’t have a name, but it’s based on guessing what Bob Woodward was talking about when he said the U.S. military had some super secret new gadget, gizmo or technology at their disposal in Iraq. Woodward says the tech is used to “locate, target and kill…
If you’re an iPhone owner who wants the updates presented in the 2.1 firmware, and want to run jail-broken applications, the iPhone Dev Team today released PwnageTool and QuickPwn for 2.1 devices. According to the folks at the Unofficial Apple Weblog, this update does not work with iPod Touch 2g, and is “for iPhones or…
Flight attendants are the latest group looking to put the kibosh on in-flight porn, which they say is polluting the airways thanks to the new American Airlines in-flight wireless network. Taking a page from Focus on the Family, the 19,000-strong union is looking to filter the content web surfers can access in the air. But…
Imagine screaming down the freeway sometime in the near future and seeing this loop rushing forward to fill your windshield. Or, changing gears, what if commercial airlines flew their birds in a V formation, like birds? That’s what Dutch design firm NL did recently using Photoshop, everyday architecture, and a little imagination that was perhaps…
We’ve seen the immense Lego Star Wars Death Star diorama big reveal, the Brickworld 2008 coverage, and the massive minifig-packed set being built in beautiful time-lapse video—and now it’s available for order! Just a quick recap: that’s 3,803 pieces, 24 minifigs, $400. Get saving or get ordering. Your inner Grand Moff Tarkin commands you! [Lego…
First off, I hope everyone who stayed behind in the path of Hurricane Ike is OK this morning. Second, we know what we knew about Ike due in part to the guys, gals and tech shown in these storm chaser photographs. The photo above shows a “Smurf,” or the Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer, which has adorned…
Call it cliche (or just inevitable), but those sheep-herders down not-quite under have created the ultimate fabric by weaving a synthetic textile fiber called Vectran with ordinary sheep’s wool. It’s so amazing, its said to withstand blowtorches, dog bites and even knife attacks. “We have tested it…putting the fabric over a cushion. With a screwdriver…
The folks at Nikon Rumors are puzzling over a new product SKU appearing on inventory lists, a Nikon D60 body only that lists for $649.99, $50 more than the standard D60. As you can see in the listings, it’s named “Black Gold,” utilizing all two of Nikon’s favorite colors. We don’t know what it is,…
Bad news today at the Large Hadron Collider, that big-bang tester everyone’s been nervously joking about all week: Some badasses who call themselves the Greek Security Team hacked computers at the facility. In fact, they got in so deep, say reports, that they were “one step away” from cracking into the computer control system of…
The latest casualty in Apple’s App Store blacklisting is Podcaster. A native app built according to exact SDK specifications, it goes beyond its creator’s web-bound streaming-only Podcaster.fm by letting you download and manage podcasts in a nice straightforward interface. Insidious, right? Apple thought so. According to Podcaster’s blog, Apple at least explained why it booted…
