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I was honestly shocked to see this at Toy Fair. I mean, it’s about toys. Yet they have this model prancing around in a skin-tight outfit that leaves little to the imagination. You so deserved that. One nice thing I can say about Toy Fair is that there’s no booth babe exploitation, unless you count…
Here’s a video of a new band that uses iPhones and a Nintendo DS to play their music. Unluckily, they call themselves iBand. Luckily, they are not as bad as the name. And in any case, they show the great possibilities for having fun creating music with these devices. Giz fan Seb, one of the…
With the HD DVD ship sinking faster than the Titanic, the rats are quickly abandoning the ship: according to rumors, Microsoft may be releasing a Blu-ray-based Xbox 360 soon. We don’t know if the rumor is real, although it seems reasonable to expect it. The only real question is when. Their Microsoft insiders are saying…
The D3, that enormous full-frame camera from Nikon, has had its first in-depth review. PhotographyBLOG’s Gavin Stoker gave the $5,000 machine five out of five for features and image quality, while design, ease-of-use and VFM got 4.5 out of 5. Choice quotes after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-d3-and-d300-impressions-beefy-and-beautiful-292552 I haven’t been so impressed with a set of…
Hasbro’s FX whip, part of the flotilla of Indiana Jones merchandise that is sailing into port this year, should be hung on the wall of every office in the land. This is what makes corporal punishment in the workplace such a pleasure. The $19.99 toy plays the theme tune —this is, sadly, the one crappy…
It may look like a stealth bomber, but Kenwood’s new AS-IP300 iPod dock just connects to your iPod and fires your music out at 2W per channel. It’s also got a 3D sound option, remote control, and can take mains power or AA batteries for portability for about eight hours of playback. Measuring 15 x…
Four of Intel’s mobile chipsets—including its most recent and well-known, Santa Rosa—have been Centrino as far as your mom is concerned. To help us keep things a little straighter and make it obvious they’re actually updating stuff, Intel’s upcoming Penryn-oriented mobile chipset, Montevina, which’ll be pushing Santa Rosa aside, will be branded Centrino 2. Thanks,…
While Fisher-Price’s Kid-Tough digital camera was already built to withstand the Guantanamo-level torture your average four-year-old dishes out to their toys, the latest model will hold up to 30 minutes of waterboarding too, despite a rounder, slimmer body. The insides have gotten an upgrade as well, with a 1.3MP sensor (up from 640×480) and 64MB…
While weren’t quite as blown away by D-REX as we were by Elmo Live—”jazz hands” killed our objective judgment—the level of interactivity is pretty impressive for what’s supposed to be a dumb child’s toy (the kid, not the ‘bot). About the size of a small puppy, it behaves semi-autonomously, though it’ll follow patterns you pick…
At some point in our lives, we were cramming for exams that we had no chance of passing. It is unfortunate then that we did not have the Leapfrog Crammer at our disposal, which would have permitted us to create customized digital flashcards for viewing whilst listening to our tunes. As it goes, our preparation…
Powerful game consoles are often just as programmable as research computers, and scientists are finding real world applications for them every day. “There is no doubt that the entertainment industry is helping to drive the direction of high performance computational science,” said Professor Peter Coveney of University College London. The Sony PS3 and Nintendo Wii…
The Street is running a new video that cites research from Mindset Media, which pretty much says Mac users are “snobs.” The company surveyed 7500 Mac and PC owners, and what they found seems ok for the most part… until they talk about the five pair of sneakers. Apparently, Mac fanboys and fangirls are perfectionists,…
We previously told you analog cellular networks were soon to be terminated. Well, now it is happening, with many of the major US mobile operators, including AT&T and Verizon set to put a stop to their analog networks this Monday. You might want to upgrade your burglar alarm. [Washington Post] https://gizmodo.com/analog-cell-network-goes-bye-bye-escalade-owners-weep-337645
I always wanted an RC car that didn’t eat batteries like Tom Cruise devours babies there’s no tomorrow. Corgi’s H2Go is fuel-cell powered RC car that just needs water and light—a solar panel powers its hydrogen station, which karate chops water into oxygen and hydrogen. The station tank takes about 2 minutes to refill, and…
We just spotted these great, life-sized Lego models of Indiana Jones, C3PO and a Clone Wars Trooper at the annual Toy Fair. We asked how many Lego bricks it took to construct each one, but were told that it was “a big secret.” We couldn’t care less, they look amazing, and we desperately need some…
We told you the HTC Tilt was rumored to be getting an update. Well, wash those rumors away; it’s official, baby. The ROM update is for AT&T users only, and should you try loading on handsets locked to other networks, we reckon you will be sorry. The upgrade brings enhanced Bluetooth performance, enabled DTMF tones…
The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some exclusive Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren’t allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. That may not be a shocker, but the…
WiFi leechers can be a real pain in the ass; they’d happily eat up your bandwidth even if you told them your life depended on it, which given our social existence, it pretty much does. The guys over at Ex Parrot have come up with a great plan to serve up some ice cold revenge…
Fernando Orellana and Brendan Burns have teamed up on a neat project, which involves a robot logging and re-enacting dreams of a human subject. Brainwave patterns and eye movements during dozing will be monitored, depending on what is logged, the robot will alter its behavior accordingly. Sure, this is not dream enactment proper, but it…
The product is called the Oral Sex Light. We’re not too sure much of an explanation is needed, but if you still don’t get it, there’s a completely NSFW explanation image after the jump. For all those who were gagging to see a giant illuminated phallus, I apologise; it was a very mean trick. Graphic…
