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We’re normally pretty down on cases for cellphones and iPods since our thought is why cover up a perfectly good looking device with an—and we’re generalizaing here—ugly case? Fabrix, on the other hand, has really, really good looking sleeves that we wouldn’t mind shoving our iPhones and iPods into. You can see some of the…
I’m still working on the full review, but I wanted to give everyone an update on that performance fix that was released last week for the HTC Touch Diamond. I installed the new ROM (it was easy, just run the executable on your PC), and now TouchFLO is noticeably faster. It’s still not instant, but…
Bill Gates is officially “transitioning” from Microsoft this week, but really, he checked out a long time ago. His Big Hairy Vision isn’t just modernizing the world anymore-it’s saving it. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest charitable foundation, with a current asset trust endowment of $37.3 billion. Last year, it gave…
In the unsettling video found after the jump, Soviet scientists in the mid-20th century keep the severed head of a dog alive via an “autojector,” a primitive heart and lung machine. The dog reacts to sounds, opens its eyes, eats, licks its lips, and generally looks alive. The video has been debated by experts for…
The long-in-development force-feedback PC game device Novint Falcon is a good idea in theory, but without actual support from games there’s not a whole lot you can do with it. Good news though, since Valve just announced support with the controller for PC versions of The Orange Box, Counter-Strike: Source, the Half-Life 2 series, Team…
A while back, my luddite cat had a run-in with an R/C dragonfly. It left her jaded and frightened of the device, so much that we topped our Christmas tree with it to keep her ornament attacking at bay. It was remarkably effective. Since then we’ve relocated to an apartment and she has a new…
While everyone is up in arms about US ISPs such as Comcast instituting bandwidth caps that’ll keep you from downloading all the sweet, sweet data that you want, what about telcos in Japan? Well, they’re going to start instituting caps as well. Oh, the horror? What is it, 25GB a month? 50GB? No, actually. NTT…
We’re more than a little excited over the prospect of inexpensive liquid lenses, even if Varioptic’s first outing with the technology isn’t all that mind-blowing. The initial devices on the market will be the S1300 and S2000 AF SnakeCams (yeah, they’re pretty typical webcams featuring 1.3MP and 2MP resolutions). But starting at just $20 per…
Poor Spidey. His disembodied head suction-cupped to your windshield, forced to hold your mobile devices with his face. That’s no way for a superhero to go out. On the plus side though, this little plastic gadget will give you a unique place to store your cellphone while keeping it at eye level in case you…
So what does Bill Gates really have to show for his years of hard work? Sure he built a software empire, and yeah he has been known as the richest man alive. But those things aren’t as cool as being immortalized on film and in song. Maybe. Either way, he’s been cartooned, acted, clayed, and…
Could these be actual shots of the upcoming Nikon D700 mid-range DSLR? The spy image and the production shot (pictured after the break) look decent enough, so there is a good chance that they are the real deal. Hopefully, it won’t be long before we know for sure. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d700-mid-range-full-frame-dslr-leaked-has-d3s-im-5017658 [Nikon Rumors Shot 1 and Shot…
We’ve seen some clever bathroom fixtures in hotels, clubs and even people’s homes, but this Gessi ceiling mounted sink faucet is really nice. The water comes down from the ceiling, which says to us that there’s going to be quite a lot of water pressure if you decide to stick your face under there and…
Google’s refuting the WSJ’s earlier claims that Android is delayed with its own statement. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-android-is-a-giant-delayed-flustercuck-iphone-ea-5018800 We are on schedule and we’re very excited to see the momentum continuing to build behind the Android platform among carriers, manufacturers, developers and consumers. Here’s what we make of this. The WSJ pointed the finger at T-Mobile as the…
If you thought the AirMail case was a little on the bizarre side, get a load of these sleeping bags designed to custom fit your Macbook Air or any 7″ UMPC (Eee PC included). Each bag features a waterproof nylon surface combined with shock-absorbent quilted 5mm PE foam and leather trim. It’s the perfect way…
The last time we saw the rumor of Microsoft licensing Xbox 360 technologies to other companies was a few years ago, but EGM’s got a fresh update to it. Their rumor column says that Microsoft might be licensing third-party manufacturers to build Xbox 360 hardware that can play off-the-shelf Xbox 360 discs. That’s right. What…
Hasn’t Gotham suffered enough? First that huge depression, then deranged lunatics trying to kill everyone in the city via gas, then a prison break, then this dude dressed up as a joker. And now they have to use COMCAST INTERNET? The humanity! Can’t Bruce Wayne do anything about this? He can buy them out and…
If robots are ever going to get to the point where they can interact with people, they’re going to have to figure out how to read someone’s face. If a robot can’t decode my expression, it totally won’t pick up on my biting sarcasm and will take everything I say at face value, and I…
As if yesterday’s Iron Man origami wasn’t enough to seal artist Brian Chan into our hearts for ever and ever, he’s created an even more impressive paper robot masterpiece: an origami WALL-E. To quell rumors started in the comments yesterday, yes, this model is folded from one uncut piece of paper. https://gizmodo.com/origami-iron-man-has-a-reasonable-handicap-5019209 And if you…
If I need to spend a hundred words explaining to you just why the $18 Channel Changer Ray Gun is worth your time, then you really shouldn’t be reading Gizmodo at all. Seriously, do yourself a favor. Unplug your computer and—very carefully—carry it to the trash can and—gently—drop it in. And when you’re finished doing…
Intel’s tiny, cheap, power-efficient Atom chips are performing every bit as well as we could have hoped. So you know what should be even better? Intel’s dual core Atom chips. Unfortunately, product shortages on the Atom 220 (original) are delaying production on the 330 (dual core)-Intel’s original Atom is simply selling too well to justify…
