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The Pitch A Super Bowl debut we somehow overlooked, this Dell spot features a cast of thousands swarming around one lucky laptop owner. With an XPS M1530 tucked beneath his arm, our handsome protagonist goes roaming around the streets of a European metropolis, Mick Jagger’s “Charmed Life” pumping on the soundtrack. The city’s denizens hail…
At this point, I think it’s safe to say that we’re living in the future. And what kind of sucker in the future carries his own luggage when there are robot slaves to do it for them? Luckily, the Kita Kyushu airport in Japan is now offering RoboPorters to help travelers tote their baggage. As…
Number two in an occasional series of crazy things to do with meat, this is Mortadella, one of four sausage-inspired rugs. The others in the series are (below, from left) Blood Sausage, Bierschinken and Salami. Made in Germany and available online, I think I can safely say that it’s one of the Wurst rugs I’ve…
Update: Unsurprisingly, this is bunk, as confirmed by Ann Arbor officials. But hey, the concept is still… interesting. Everybody knows that the biggest, most bustling cities in America are Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan. You know what they say: “If you can make it in Ann Arbor, you can make it anywhere!” That’s why it…
Holy crap, I want this Elmo, and I don’t even like Sesame Street. It makes Pleo look like a dumb hunk of plastic. The ways it moves and interacts is incredible—it tells stories, sings songs, dances and is simply the most expressive toy we’ve ever seen. It even yells out “Jazz Hands!” when he finish…
Bongkun Shin’s concept design Smart Guide keeps your drill at right-angles to the surface, meaning no more badly-placed and mis-aligned holes. It also keeps your aim right on target by collapsing smoothly as you advance the drill bit forwards. It looks like it acts as a guard to protect you from flying debris, as well.…
This week at Uncrate: We build ourselves a backyard man-room with the Kithaus K3, plan to pick up tickets to Bonnaroo 2008, and give our kitty some morbid toys with Little Dead Things. We also keep our shades in our pockets thanks to some Ray-Ban Folding Wayfarer Sunglasses, dig into the first installment of Fray,…
Now, this is what microwaves were invented for—forget about reheating your coffee, or drying your underpants out in an emergency, or heating your pajamas. Nope, if you’re Washington University research engineer William J. Beaty, it’s all about melting beer bottles and making glowy yellow plasma in your kitchen. [MetaCafe via BoingBoing]
Two days ago I posted a kinda funny email that my mom had sent to me in which she, quite logically I might add, asked if Blu-ray televisions existed to play all those Blu-ray movies. https://gizmodo.com/sony-confuses-my-mom-355416 Many of you good sons and daughters out there understood the situation, relating some funny-to-geek stories and comments of…
Hot tubs: discuss. I’m sort of a fan of them, but can’t quite get over the hygiene bit—or, in some cases, the molded plastic naffness. The Lay-Z Spa is a blow-up hot tub with enough room for six people to contract Weil’s disease at the same time. The 317-gallon capacity tub has massage jets, a…
A nanotech invention by a US research team offers an intriguing glimpse of the future: slip on some nanowire-embedded clothes, plug your MP3 player or cellphone into them, and as you dance or walk around, your outfit generates enough power to run the gadget. More details on how the fabric works, and some nano-imagery after…
Until Microsoft’s Jeff Bell said there was a frickin’ drought of Xbox 360s in the U.S. (“literally out of stock in many stores”) I totally had no idea. I mean, my local Best Buy and Circuit City’s shelves are practically overflowing with 360s whenever I drop by (especially the Halo 3 editions). Has anyone tried…
The new KITT’s dashboard has been officially revealed, confirming the previously leaked image (in high resolution after the jump, along with a gratuitous—but necessary—photo of the new car and the Hoff at the Playboy Mansion) and Knight Rider’s producer David Bartis’ words about the interior design’s similarities with the iPhone: You look at the iPhone…
While the Senate passed the bill giving telecoms like AT&T and Verizon a free pass on their collusion with government to warrentlessly wiretap American citizens, there’s one last hope we might one day find out the scope and depth of the program. The House’s version of the bill does not include a telecom immunity provision,…
At first glance, I thought the CFD-W77 was a double iPod dock from our friends at Sony. My second glance made me want to call the SPEG—that’s the Society for the Prevention of Extinction of Gadgets and give them the good news. “The double tape deck is still alive.” This species, with CD player and…
Louvered shutters may not be everyone’s idea of a great time, but Damian Savio’s spangly, light-up version sure is mine. The 23-year-old industrial design student designed them for his final-year show at the University of Western Sydney. Using OLEDs and advance transparent Photovoltaic Nanoscale technology, the Lightway shutters allow the sunlight in during the day,…
We’ve talked about Philips Xenium cellphones long battery life before, but the new Xenium 9@9j goes one better: it’s the first to use “BackuPower” battery technology. Slot an AAA battery into the phone, and the April-bound 9@9j will slurp power from it when its standard Li-ion battery goes flat, giving you an extra three hours…
Sharp’s scientists have improved their blue-violet laser technology, reducing waste heat and boosting power and efficiency so that soon your laptop Blu-ray drive will be able to burn at a rocking 6x speed. All while reducing its size to 3.3mm, which will mean thinner laptops. They will start mass production in April. [AV Watch]
Today, Mossberg takes a look at the lukewarmly anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. It’s an odd little beast of a review, its flat, monotonal surface covering a bed of barbs. (Most of ’em are true.) Here’s the sharpest one (bold is mine): SP1 doesn’t resolve some of the most annoying flaws in Vista,…
Click to viewThe first iteration of Android wasn’t the prettiest phone OS by a longshot. However, today’s release of the refreshed Android SDK shows a UI that has more than a bit of polish. We took screens, but you should also check out the details, like this video showing smooth, animated transitions. Good on them:…