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Cable operators Comcast and Time Warner plan to gather up $1.5 billion to $2 billion in order to get their own WiMax network going, and it’s said that they would turn to Sprint to run the show. Now, I don’t know what part of this plan makes sense to anyone else, but A) WiMax as…
For the upcoming BBC documentary series Tiger – Spy in the Jungle, filmmakers enlisted the help of elephants to capture the tigers with hidden HD cameras. The large “trunk cam” (pictured here) was the most ludicrous of the devices carried by the elephants, while the smaller, lighter “tusk cam” proved to be easier for the…
Bad news, folks. After a fire earlier this month at an LG Chem plant (South Korea’s second largest battery maker), Dell, HP and Asustek are all admitting noticeable supply shortages for portable power. While they scramble to secure other battery manufacturing, know that Dell has already raised their battery prices (the exact percentage, we’re not…
Today Motorola said it would chew off its woefully underperforming Mobile Devices group in order to safeguard its healthier businesses—namely Broadband & Mobility Solutions, which includes network equipment, walkie-talkies and business products. This comes after famous Wall Street curmudgeon Carl Icahn laid seige to the mismanaged company. Assuming the deal passes the usual legal and…
If you thought Humanity was damned after watching the latest BigDog quadruped robot, prepare to loot the nearest supermarket and run for the hills, because this video of the beta version of BigDog will leave you in awe. And probably make you wet your pants like some of the best Monty Python skits. Peter Furia…
According to its creator, Christoffer Nøkleby, the Merium Home Theater PC has a “sky high wife approval factor.” According to my wife, any home theater PC should be hidden away in another room, although “the zebra cover could be cute. Hidden under the table.” The 10.4 x 9.2 x 3.6 inch Merium runs Windows Home…
Bead curtains are like, so 1950’s huh? Artist Devorah Sperber doesn’t think so. Her amazing Star Trek bead curtains are much more likely to be adorning gallery walls than the front door of your local grocery store. Kind of like pixel-art in 3D, she slides tens of thousands of beads onto threads to create these…
On a slow news day, one company can always be relied on to bring out something so unutterably useless that I fall to my knees and give thanks to James T. Kirk and all the angels: Brando. Their phone strap-slash-stylus-slash-lightsaber-for people-of-extremely-restricted-growth costs five bucks and would redefine the word pointless if it didn’t actually have…
Reuters is reporting that the Miami-Dade police department will “soon” start deployment of the infamous Honeywell Micro Air Vehicles, the spy drones that will keep all you criminals and Gizmodo editors in check with forward and downward looking cameras, flying over a 100 waypoint flight plan at 57MPH, and from 10,500-foot altitude. Seeing them hovering…
A posable sports robot-theme webcam, with a choice of ball: basketball, baseball and football (US and Euro style). Who’d’ve thought there’s a market for this? Chinese company Rodintech for one, though a trip through their website shows that they’ll try and stick a USB webcam in just about anything. This MPC-095 has a 350 kilopixel…
My Touch Keys is a simple idea; a thin sheet of plastic with holes where each key appears is mounted onto the iPhone’s screen. When the keyboard is used, you can “feel” each key as you press, thanks to the slight depression the My Touch Keys sheet offers. Though this isn’t exactly a new concept,…
Asus’ president of sales, Kevin Lin, has announced the upcoming 8.9-inch Eee PC will have a touchscreen incorporated. Lin also speculated that the device may have GPS functionality, too, however this was not confirmed. The announcement has us a little confused, as earlier reports suggested otherwise. Still, Lin went on to say the expected starting…
Toshiba’s new robot pal is basically a voice-operated infrared universal remote control, heavy on the cuteness. Programmed to be fairly smart, he’ll wait until you use a controller for your electronics, then ask you what you were doing: the next time you want to perform the same action, you just have to tell ApriPoko to…
After reading Gizmodo’s interview with a technosexual I thought it was as good a time as any to look at an article from the July-August, 1997 Futurist about sex with robots. https://gizmodo.com/technosexual-one-mans-tale-of-robot-love-367698 Joel C. Snell wrote a piece called, “Impacts of Robotic Sex,” which describes many of the same reasons for wanting a robotic sex…
I’ve heard of two-port USB car chargers, but a four-port charger? That’s two more gadgets, baby! Indeed, it makes complete sense to pick one of these up given the fact that many of our favorite gadgets can be charged via USB these days. And you really can’t go wrong for only $12. [gadget4all via Ubergizmo]
Microsoft justice is cold but apt. If you tried to goose your Xbox Live Gamerscore to match Chen’s (he’s an achievement demon, but I still rock his face at Halo) with game save hacks, the long arm of Microsoft is squeezing your nuts right about now. To start, they’re nuking your Gamerscore, and you can’t…
Callpod—maker of one of our favorite charging devices, the Chargepod—has just come out with a Bluetooth adapter called The Drone. What’s special about this Bluetooth adapter that’s not in any of the hundreds of other Bluetooth adapter sticks already out? It “automatically pairs itself with your headset or headphones,” which saves about 30 seconds of…
They say that inventors should find a need and fill it. I don’t know who needs a solar boosted pedal boat, but a design concept for one exists nonetheless. The boat features a center cockpit where up to four passengers can sit, alternating pedaling duties in two-person shifts. When you get tired (which should be…
The debate between expensive cable and generic cable has raged on for ages now, with the manufacturers of high-end products receiving quite a bashing for their high prices. So, even with all of the negative press about expensive cable being a waste of money, we have to ask: Do you use expensive cable or generic…
Researchers at New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute believe that truckers can put down the caffeine and NoDoze in favor of blue LED light to keep them awake on long rides. Apparently, certain wavelengths of blue LED light can trick the brain into thinking it is daytime—thereby increasing alertness. Possible applications of the technology include bathing…