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So some jackass hit your parked car and didn’t leave a note? Who cares! You have GPS and Brickhouse Security’s Car Camera Voyager Pro on your side to log pretty much all you’ll need to bust their ass and collect your insurance money. The unit contains a G-sensor that detects fender benders, as well as…
Forget the opportunistic naming conventions for a moment, and focus on the tech and potential of the iShoe. Designed Erez Lieberman, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, the iShoe could one day help doctors and NASA scientists detect balance problems before a fall occurs. Currently, the iShoe only diagnoses…
Add this to my “Things to hyperventilate over” list: British police are on the lookout for something called a WASP Knife, a weapon that injects a ball of compressed gas into its victim that then expands to the size of a basketball, instantly freezing and exploding their internal organs. The blade, which was designed to…
The iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool is now available, weighing in at 19.7MB. It came slightly earlier than expected, but I’m sure nobody’s complaining that they can now unlock their iPhones and iPod touches a day early. Grab it on the iPhone Dev Site. It only jailbreaks, not unlocks the iPhone 3G, so you’ll have to…
Looks like Asus listened to us when we complained about the price of their biggest and best Eee PC yet, the Eee PC 1000H. It’s been on sale for less than a week, but Newegg’s already dropped the price by $100. In case that was the only thing preventing you from taking a bite out…
For DIYers with a lot more technical know-how than cash, an Instructables user has put up a really interesting tutorial on building an electric motorcycle using just $3000. The vehicle has a 70mph top speed, but can only go about 10 miles before it needs to be recharged. It’s great for a quick trip to…
With all the advances in technology we’ve had over the last couple of decades, you’d think that something as simple as changing your land line number into a cellular one would take hours at most. At least Congress does, and its now urging the FCC to put rules in place that will speed up local…
The iPhone Dev hints rather strongly on their official blog that the much anticipated Pwnage tool that’ll jailbreak phones running the 2.0 software so you can install unofficial apps alongside those from the App store will be released tomorrow. Usually I hate Sundays, but apparently not tomorrow. UPDATE: Nevermind, it’s out.[iPhone Dev Team Blog] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-jailbroken-5025415
After he left Microsoft, Satoshi Nakajima, the lead architect of Windows 95 and a “defining force” in the creation of Internet Explorer 3.0, wanted to understand why people were so into Apple. He picked up a Mac two years ago and decided he’d never use a PC again. Now his company, Big Canvas, develops apps…
Sometimes I pick up my phone and say to myself “Gee, this communication device just isn’t cryptic enough. It’s too user friendly and not enough like a puzzle out of the Da Vinci Code.” Apparently designer Marc Schömann was listening in, because he’s now created a baton style mobile that forces you to twist sections…
European researchers are developing a software that will give robots the power to learn when a person is sad, happy or angry. The Feelix Growing project is putting together simple robots that can detect different parameters-facial expressions, voice and proximity-to determine emotional states. The aim of the project is to develop a robot that can…
Not looking so good on the Psystar front. Following Apple’s inevitable lawsuit and demand that every Mac clone be recalled, apparently their HQ is on the market and “priced for quick sale” by owners Constructora Canahuati. “Find new headquarters” is a hell of an addition to an already busy to-do list. [Yahoo!, Thanks Sean!] https://gizmodo.com/apple-finally-unleashes-lawyers-force-lightning-on-psy-5025370
If you Google “iPhone apps,” the first thing that comes up is iPhoneApps.org, a site selling a bundle of “top 10” iPhone applications for $25 using “safe PayPal.” Friends, there’s nothing safe about this site. It’s a scam. The iTunes App Store is the exclusive distributor of official iPhone apps, period. Don’t get your apps…
Apple TV’s onscreen keyboard is an exercise in stress management, especially with its morsel of a remote. Not pimped by Apple is that the iPhone’s Remote app solves this by presenting the iPhone‘s keyboard anytime you need to type and would otherwise pop a blood vessel, like when you’re searching for “Jay and Seth Vs.…
Little girls in Japan will get their chance today to act out their fantasies of being American corporate tools, thanks to Bandai’s new mobile communicator “Smart Berry” toy, which kind of looks like a Mylo done up in pastel colors. The Smart Berry includes a touchscreen LCD panel measuring roughly 2 inches by 1.4 inches,…
These photos, taken from a Flickr set, show what appears to be some sort of crashed spacecraft in London’s Potters Field. They offer no explanation as to what’s going on over there across the pond. Do any of you know what this is? Movie shoot? Publicity stunt? Photoshoppery? Actual alien invasion? Let’s hear your guesses,…
Guitarists may get all the chicks, but some of us loudly and proudly played less popular instruments and heck, we ought to get a chance to be a hero too! While I plead with Harmonix to include the noble Euphonium in their next music game, you other band geeks can show solidarity with your instrument…
Let’s say that you did have some disposable income at some point in time, but it happened to turn into a spankin’ new iPhone 3G right before you realized Junior desperately needed a new computer for the school year. Don’t worry, Gizmodo’s here to help make up for your bad parenting without throwing you deeper…
Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee with carbon-fiber “cheetah” blades, failed to qualify for the Olympics. He just missed the needed time in the 400 meter of 45.55 seconds, though it should be noted he posted a new personal best of 46.25. [New Scientist Tech, via Engadget]
Motorola, upset that one of its former executives might be violating a no-compete clause in his contract, has sued him for going to work at Apple with the iPhone as an executive in sales. The contention isn’t just sour grapes, says Moto, but that the exec, Michael Fenger, has intimate knowledge of Motorola’s “trade secrets…
