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I love convergence when it comes to gadgets—especially when food is involved. If you agree, feast your eyes on this 4-in-1 Hot Dog Maker. As the name implies, it will cook your hot dogs—but it doesn’t stop there. It can also make popcorn, boil eggs, warm your buns, and steam your foodstuffs. Are you clutching…
Even the best carriers have their fair share of critics. Whether the problem is dropped calls, poor reception, billing issues or excessive fees—chances are you have been screwed by at least one (if not several) carriers during your lifetime. That having been said, which carrier has given you the most trouble? Feel free to elaborate…
The dude behind this etched LED glass door is sharing his methods. You’ll need some plexiglass, wood, tools, and about 120 LEDs to complete the design pictured above—or you could always do your own thing. Hit the link for the full how-to. [bit-tech forums via Hacked Gadgets]
California congressman James B. Utt wrote a short piece for the time capsule book 2063 A.D., which was buried in 1963. The honorable James B. Utt first says that he could not even make an uneducated guess as to the future of space travel but then, in true politician form, makes one anyway. His contribution…
I’ve moved 10 times in the last nine years, which means I know quite well how much of a pain it is to pack up an entire apartment’s worth of stuff and drag it into a new place. If I had this Casulo, however, moving would be cake, as long as I didn’t mind sleeping…
It appears that the Energizer bunny can keep going even when the power is out thanks to a new line of “Light on Demand” products that feature a wireless, removable, low-power LED light stick. Each one of these sticks includes a backup rechargeable battery pack that will kick in in the event of a power…
Reuters’s reporting that RIM, the company that made the BlackBerry you love so much, is having a complete North American disruption of service right now. You probably won’t be seeing the messages in your inbox from your coworkers asking whether or not your service is working (because theirs isn’t). At least you’ll have something to…
Best Buy turns Netflix’s hard right hook to HD DVD into a solid one-two smasher, stating it’s going to officially recommend Blu-ray over its battered, crippled rival. (Gleefully ignorant Super Bowl spots notwithstanding.) Officially, it will continue carrying HD DVD stuffs, but unofficially, the clock is ticking. If one more retailer goes Blu, is that…
Pens that digitally record what you write onto paper have been on the market for a while, but this D:Scribe pen actually sends out SMS and Email messages in real time directly from the pen! That is, it would if it were real and not just a design, but it is a pretty awesome idea.…
Designer Du Tran Nguyen envisions the Verva Vie Sports Glove as the ultimate piece of sporting equipment. Like many current products, the Vie would allow users to use GPS to develop workouts, map routes and send out distress beacons. However, this concept takes those technologies a step further by offering an interface that can be…
Sigma’s second camera to accumulate “near mythic” status in as many years, the compact DP1, is up for pre-order on Amazon. It uses the same Foveon X3 sensor as their SD14 DSLR, which means that at higher ISO settings, shots might be noisier than a Ministry concert. And for $800, you could actually buy an…
It’s like a can of Pringles falling from the sky in Barcelona today. Texas Instruments has a pair of new mobile chips—one gives cellphones enough GFX juice to record HD video, while the other will power integrated pico projectors. Big pics popping out of tiny phones. The suit-and-tie function would be Powerpoints sans bulky computers,…
Click to viewLeopard finally gets its second patch, and boy does it fix a lot of stuff. The first patch hit back in November, with test builds of the second making it out a month later. Here’s a list of the major things the 10.5.2 patch fixes (including menubar transparency and Stacks). https://gizmodo.com/leopard-10-5-1-update-coming-heres-the-list-of-fixes-323268 • Airport…
The Samsung Soul tries, and largely succeeds at making a touchscreen 5 way navpad. Like the Maximus Optimus keyboard, the controller is backlit by an OLED screen (this one is a two color deal) that changes icons depending on the context: In the media player, you get FF/RW and play/pause controls; in the calculator, you…
We tried the Nokia 6210 Navigator assisted GPS for pedestrians at Nokia’s World Mobile Congress booth today. The device itself feels very good and is extremely compact, but the best of all is that it really works great, using its built-in compass and accelerometers to know exactly where you are facing exactly, changing the orientation…
This fan-made PSP concept design is pretty much the coolest thing ever. It’s got a big beautiful screen and an iPhone-like home button on the front, but when it’s slid open it reveals all the necessary buttons for gaming bliss. Needless to say, I want one. Hit the jump for high-res shots of the concept…
After fueling all kinds of fun “What if X bought Moto?” mashups with rumors they were fleeing the handset business like a burning building, Motorola gets all killjoy-y today, affirming that they’re “fully committed” to the mobile biz. Hey, there have been bigger turnarounds. [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/moto-knocked-out-of-handset-business-350026
Long a staple at the GSM party, the Blackberry Curve is finally shuffling over to CDMA’s digs. It’s pretty much the same bag of tricks as the other 83X0s, in a nearly identical bod, but with the added zest of GPS. It probably won’t get official for at least another month, though, so hang tight.…
MSN Direct’s weather, news, stocks, and entertainment info have been available on MSN Spot devices for a while now, but have been surprisingly missing from Microsoft’s own cellphone devices. Not anymore. You can get now up-to-date info right on your Windows Mobile home screen direct from whatever data connection you have (Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE). Best…
Click to viewWhen we first saw the Nokia Symbian Touch UI over the familiar S60/Symbian OS, we were stoked. Then we found out it was not a working proto but a rendering, and we wondered how far along they really were in their touchscreen UI. Turns out, not as far as we would like. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-introducing-touch-ui-to-open-source-s60-os-311363…
