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If you still rock the bunny ears we salute you. But odds are, you probably get TV one of two ways: Cable or satellite. There’s a newer way: IP, that is Internet Protocol, TV-in this case, the TV delivered over the internet by your phone company. Verizon and AT&T push FiOS TV and U-Verse, respectively,…
Asahi’s first attempt at producing a bartender robot was successful enough to be proclaimed the “best invention ever” by some overzealous technology writer, but this new Asahi bartender robot really may be the best invention ever. After all, it is a robot that can talk and pour beer. Actually, on second thought, that’s one function…
PLX Kiwi, as seen above, is a plug-in device that analyzes how you drive and teaches you how to do it in the most gas-efficient way possible. Although you could easily accomplish the same thing by yourself after reading some tips online-Kiwi says you get about 20-33% improvement in your MPG-it’s easier to have something…
From what we’ve heard, a 22-foot robot can be a pain to keep. Sure, it sounds great at first-get carried everywhere, never wipe yourself again-but you never know when a robot will reach singularity and gut you in revenge for making it love like a real person. Luckily these styrofoam robots by artist Michael Salter…
You may disagree, but we think this MacBook Air keyboard mod for the iPhone looks super neat. The package installs directly from Installer.app and gives your on-screen board the black separated look that the standard MacBook and the MacBook Air both feature. It’s just cosmetic, and doesn’t affect your typing performance in any way—unless of…
There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer’s day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don’t want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you’ll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on.…
Over at The Audiophiliac they’re running a story about a visit to the house where abstract painter Jackson Pollock used to live with wife Lee Krasner. Apparently the guy had a pretty cool hi-fi: a Bogun DB-20 tube amp, a Crown turntable and speakers built into a stairwell. Audiophiliac’s Steve notes that the door holding…
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My attempt: “Hunting season really needs to start earlier this year.” Surely, you can do better. [MetkuMods via Unplggd]
Those who threw down the extra cash for a first gen PlayStation 3 got a few bonuses in return-the newer 40GB version is shy a few USB ports, a memory card reader and hardware-based backwards compatibility. Nyko is solving two of these problems with their Media Hub, a 3-port USB hub with media card reader…
Last time we talked about Blackbox gizmos from Gear4 it was a largeish Bluetooth speaker, but this new one is different. It’s wired, USB-powered and designed to be a portable companion for an MP3 player. You may think size sacrifices bass power, but apparently it’s got an “SFX gel” base, meaning it uses any flat…
According to DigiTimes, Apple just placed a very large order of NAND flash chips from Samsung, which has in turn forced Samsung to tell other customers to wait. 50 million 8GB chips were reportedly ordered by Cuptertino primarily for use in Apple’s iPhone (that’s on top of the 25 million that were ordered in June).…
It’s not uncommon for firmware updates to go wonky, and apparently Sony’s 2.4 PS3 update is no exception. The PlayStation forums are scattered with various reports of bricked PS3s-users report that upon booting their system, the SIXAXIS controller will not sync and the video signal is blank with no sound. Unfortunately, you can never tell…
The OpenMoko Neo Freerunner we caught back in January will be available to order on July 4th. That makes the Linux-based cellphone a perfect birthday gift for Uncle Sam, assuming he’s into shell commands. It’ll run $400, press release after the jump. [OpenMoko] https://gizmodo.com/openmoko-neo-freerunner-linux-smartphone-hands-on-341755 Openmoko Declares Independence for the Mobile Phone: Neo FreeRunner to Hit…
I have tried the iTunes 7.7 confidential pre-release-which will be required to install the new iPhone OS-and the latest iPhone OS 2.0 release: 5A345. After a few days of heavy use, I can tell you that both versions are rock-solid. As you can see in the video, the App Store is there-although it’s not active…
Rolando isn’t the name of some Chinese OEM iPhone knockoff, it’s an iPhone game in development that looks a lot like Sony’s LocoRoco. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Players simply gesture with their finger for easy controls in gamplay that doesn’t require d-pads or all that crazy, this-will-never-fly-on-the-subway tilting. And the video looks…
Wow. Stan Glasgow, at dinner last night with a few journalists, told us that Sony plans to network 90% of all of their products, thousands of models, by 2010. It’s a matter of getting content on and between devices. He said that the goal was to have it happen automatically or with a click of…
See that robot there? It’s burned by a laser-etch machine. On genyoowine human skin. Ohoho yes: that sent an icky feeling up your spine didn’t it? If it didn’t, then it should have. Try looking through the gallery, and then watch the video of a skin-etch in action, and that should do the trick… https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-can-be-laser-etched-with-monkeys-359683…
Behold the Waspinator 2! It has an intelligent optical and ultra-sound directional microphone tracking system which identifies wasps flying near your house by their flight pattern and buzz. Then, the Waspinator 2 uses up to six retractable low-power laser mini-cannons to individually target and kill the wasps, virtually vaporizing them in mid-air. Or at least,…
Previously it was double slots and eSATA, now the cartridge-style HDD dock gets a one-touch backup button. Makes it ideal for backing up your main drive to an old HDD you’ve got spare, and then bunging the backup in a cupboard until you need it. It’s got eSATA and USB 2 connectivity and even comes…
