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Say you’re Brian Lam, out there on the slopes of Tahoe, snowboarding as your iPhone drops the biggest beats since the Propellerheads’ dropped Decksanddrumsandrockandroll. It sounds grand, but there’s a logistical problem: You have goggles, plus the earmuffs your mom knitted for you, plus your (definitely not white) earbuds, all connected to your head using…
Perhaps the biggest deal about Microsoft’s latest pair of laser mice—Laser Mouse 6000 and 7000—is that they break from the standard form factor for MS grippers—less glaringly round, and more about lines and angles. They certainly look sexier than past models, but the big test is: How do they feel? Both use 2.4 GHz wireless…
This week at TreeHugger: Grab your tinfoil helmets and get this: WiMax, Wi-Fi on steroids, may be frying your brain as you read this. Check out the Aerogenerator, one sexy wind turbine capable of generating 9 megawatts of power from a breeze coming from any direction. Humancar, the fun, funky human-powered, electric-motor-assisted, street-legal ride that’s…
Gizmodo is looking to expand our weekend staff with a seasoned writer (6 months minimum experience required). If you’re interested in the position, please send an email titled “Weekend Writer Applicant” to our tips line. Make sure to include: 1. Resume 2. A list of your favorite gadgets (along with why you like them). 3.…
This has to be the best thing in fast food convenience since the freakin’ straw: A cup that holds your chicken nuggets AND your soda. Nuggets on top, soda on bottom—hand to nugget, straw to face. AT THE SAME TIME. Amazing. Adam’s vivisection of the Col-Pop shows that the material between the pops and the…
This is just a friendly reminder from your friends here at Gizmodo to go out and vote if you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states. It’s one of the closest contests in years, and your votes will actually make a difference for once, so don’t blow this. Check out Giz’s analysis of…
Space Invaders 2008 is an art installation with 176 lamps (each with its own lampshade style) hung in a 1,600 feet-square curtain. They’re all wired up to a system with a camera, turning them into a low-res video display that reacts dramatically to passers-by, as you can see above, or to music, as you can…
It might not be the stunning achievement of brilliant scientific engineering that is the cheeseburger in a can, but the indomitable spirit of man means we’ll never stop trying to top it. The latest attempt: Laser-etched lunchmeats. Classier than savagely severing dead animal flesh into pieces with a laser, Mleak‘s laser-etched art brings refined aesthetics…
Click to viewThe iPhone 16GB is now available for ordering at the Apple Store. Same specifications, no 3G in the iPhone, just more space so you can put double the music, double the images or double the non-authorized applications. Both the iPhone 16GB and the iPod touch 32GB will be available for $499. Full press…
Dutch designer Hån Pham has devised the Urban Needle Box to tackle the problem of used, and possibly infected, needles lying around in public areas. A kind of pocket-sized safety box for sharps, the Zippo-lighter-sized device should be cheap to make, and looks easy to use. The concept might have just one difficulty to overcome:…
French engineering firm Alstom unveiled its successor the the TGV today, the AGV. Standing for Automotrice Grande Vitesse, the train, which boasts an individual engine beneath each carriage, can travel at speeds of up to 223mph, or 360kph. Up to 700 passengers can be transported at a time, and less fuel is used, as the…
I got rather excited when I saw this, thinking that J and I could take it in turns to be Death Row prisoners on a Sunday evening, but apparently it’s not an electric chair. It is, my little bunnies, the Mind Chair, which uses sensory substitution techniques to allow the sitter to perceive moving images…
The latest Opera Mobile Browser, version 9.5, has just been previewed in time for GSMA 2008. The new version tries to be more like a desktop browser and adds a full text history search, allowing you to find pages you forgot to bookmark previously. Flash gets a look in too, since Flash Lite 3.0 support…
As expected. They’ll be back soon, like always. I sense a strong weak disturbance in the Force. Maybe updated MacBooks or iPhones or USB-powered cocktail shakers. Or something like that. Update: It’s the iPhone 16GB and iPod Touch 32GB. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-16gb-and-ipod-touch-32gb-available-352671
Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a modded PC who does exist although we all wish it didn’t. Thomas Fan, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the LED abusers, the lounge music fans, the tasteless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law. He…
Strap-Ya has accomplished what we thought was impossible; they’ve created a useful cellphone charm: a small solar cell that retains energy for when your handset is out of juice. Simply clip it in, and it will give you the vital power boost in your second of need. If the sun is playing away from home,…
Drop your phone near the MCube concept and it charges via short-range induction. There’s a Bluetooth link, which means SMS and caller info get shown on its Cocoon-like hidden display. Meanwhile, calls and MP3s stored on your phone can be played through MCube’s speakers and controlled by touch pads on its surface. Why do these…
Sony Japan just announced a brand new satin silver version of the PS3. The standard 40GB machine will hit shelves in Japan on March 6th, but don’t expect the color refresh love to be extended to the States anytime soon. Press release after the jump. Tokyo, February 5, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ),…
I just cleaned my keyboard, and I admit, its been long overdue. All it took was a papertowel slightly damp to remove that slimy, salty (theoretically salty, from my sweat) feeling from the keyboard and rest guard. How often should someone clean their keyboard? How gross is it to use someone’s machine for an email…
Six engineering students in France have modded an open source Pekee robot to respond to Nintendo DS controls. It uses the the d-pad, microphone, gyroscopes built-in to game cartridges and a target interface on the touchscreen to control the robot wirelessly. Watching the video made me wonder why Nintendo hasn’t announced a DS-powered R.O.B. v.2…
