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Despite having crates and crates of vinyl, I am too lazy (and too strapped for space) to shell out for a USB turntable. Another reason is that most of them look like shite. But this one, the Vestax Guber CM-02, is gorgeous. Delishy-wishy. It totally poops on last week’s non-usb, acrylic home-made versions (sorry Mike)…
I love this weird combo, multi-tool gadget: it’s a mashup between the Solar Phone Charger and the great 5-in-1 Pen. It’s got a solar cell to top up your gadgets with juice (USB connector, or cellphone adaptors), a UV note-checker, LED flashlight and, best of all, an FM radio. Why not an MP3 player? Where’s…
Understanding the frenzy that LEGO can bring out in grown men, Brando has come up with some correction tape in the shape of everyone’s favorite Danish brick. Measuring 6.5 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm, the corrector-thingies come in a pack of four (red, green, yellow and blue) and cost $7. The perfect present for the…
Scientists have made a discovery that makes silicon cool again: it can now be made into bendy chips. Stiff silicon devices are powerful, of course, but not the best fit for some situations such as advanced medical sensors. Now a team University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has worked out a way to stick 1.5 micron-thick…
Although not the most tuneful of instruments, this plastic finger piano was a freebie with a kids’ magazine in Japan. I reckon it sounds like that high-pitched "weee" sound you get just before a bomb goes off in the movies. And until we can fit a baby grand into our apartment, this shinky-shonky toy will…
I’m about to move home, and this sideboard by designer Sotirios Papadopoulos is going right on my dream-about-it furniture list. “A sideboard?” you say. Well, it’s simple and beautiful, in a very sciencey kind of way. The detailed luna surface is painted with a glowing paint Sotirios invented, called EcoLightInside since it’s apparently eco-friendly. Why’s…
This is the PLC-XW60, the world’s smallest and lightest XGA LCD projector—according to its maker, Sanyo. Weighing in at just 3.6 pounds, the projector can beam a 1024 x 768-resolution, 100-inch image on a wall just nine to 11 feet away and is aimed at teachers and travellers. Find out what else the compact little…
Waxy.org has a link to a February 27, 1995 Newsweek article stating that this whole Internet thing is a bunch of hype. Author Clifford Stoll proclaims, “no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.” You…
Yeah. New Iron Man trailer. Shorter than the amazing full trailer, but with a few new seconds. Tony “Iron Man, it’s kind of catchy” Stark still looks like a billion dollars. And Virginia “Pepper” Potts looks like a trillion. Iron Monger, however, looks like a gigantabolous vintage Italian espresso machine, as you can see in…
There is something about aquariums that is just plain cool—and the Moody Acquario is definitely a cool bathtub. While I can see where the designers got the idea, the logic behind the $14,500 price tag is a little harder to fathom. I mean, the design itself is pretty basic and it doesn’t look all that…
Part of AMD’s multi-core Phenom blast today is the Phenom X3 8000, “the world’s only triple-core x86 processor,” which we heard about a few months ago. They’re supposed to bargain chips for budget consumers, but they’re a nicer bargain for AMD, actually, since it lets them dump bug-plagued quad-core Phenomsby disabling a core. But if…
According to Hearing Components, their new Comply NR-10 Earphones can deliver more than 48 decibels of noise reduction using the same technology enjoyed by the US Army and Special Forces. They were also designed to “maximize bass response and deliver superior sound quality.” At $80, it would seem like a decent value—if they worked. Fortunately,…
A hands on with the new Linux-based MING A1800 from Motorola by the guys at Boy Genius Report has revealed some interesting information. For example, the phone features CDMA, quad-band GSM and dual SIM card slots along with Bluetooth and a 3 megapixel camera. They also claim that the phone felt “sturdy as a rock”…
This watch has been dubbed the “Accurate” not so much for its abilities to keep accurate time, but for its reminder about our inevitable demise. Following in the tradition of memento mori, the Accurate watch continuously alerts us to the fact that life is short and that we should strive to seize the day. Damn…this…
Everyone here at Giz has been a 14-year-old boy before (yes, EVERYONE), so we know how tempting it is to want to see your classmates naked. Well, stealing her iPod and then demanding that she film herself “performing a sex act” before you return it is probably the wrong way to go about it. Trust…
Okay, so Comcast and BitTorrent are finally making nice after being all Crips and Bloods, even rousing the FCC out of its slumber at one point, which Comcast fought with every trick in the book. It sounds awesome on paper: Your torrents are safe! More bandwidth! Torrents will work even better! Comcast is all for…
Samsung and AT&T have officially announced the arrival of the “Access”—Samsung’s first device to support AT&T Mobile TV. The phone features a 2.3-inch landscape display, dual-band 3G and quad-band GSM, one-touch access to AT&T Mobile TV, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, Bluetooth, a microSD slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera with video. Pricing has not…
Hey, in case you missed it, don’t forget to check out the most thorough review of the Dash on the web—we drove over 1000 miles with it so you don’t have to. [Dash on Giz] https://gizmodo.com/dash-express-gps-full-drive-review-total-traffic-termi-372736
This sketch by Human Giant is about kicking video cameras. It’s funny, and you really should be watching this show. But what I really like is how it was written: in a dream. It was about a month after I had finished writing for Human Giant and Tom Gianas (the showrunner) called me up to…
Earlier this month we were horrified to learn that as many as 50% of home theater buyers are not hooking up their rear surround speakers. For the vast majority of these DIYers, the main culprits were aesthetic issues and/or a lack of knowledge about how to install the speakers properly. One of the easiest ways…