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In addition to providing a unique looking home lighting solution, these Moonlight globes double as speakers that can deliver sound in one of three output levels: 120 watts, 150 watts and 200 watts. The speakers can also project that sound in a 360-degree dispersion pattern—providing clear audio no matter where you might be standing. You…
The only complaint we have with the Optimus Maximus display-changing OLED keyboard is its price, which is why this news of United Keys and Foxconn teaming up to build their own keyboards is exciting. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-optimus-maximus-keyboard-341896 Foxconn, if you remember, manufactures many of Apple’s iPods while at the same time breaking Chinese labor laws—which to us…
If news of the Israeli military developing a robotic defense system that’s completely AI and human-independent doesn’t scare you, you haven’t watched as many Terminator movies as we have. Their system, which defends against attacks that would “exceed physiological limits of human command,” is described thusly. …supremely oriented, highly intuitive virtual coach-cum-battle manager whose primary…
Do people often walk in on your copulation sessions? Just hang a Sex in Progress Light outside your door, fire it up whenever you’re meat spelunking and no one will ever “accidentally” bother you again. And as our own Sean Fallon says, if there’s ever a “Masturbation in Progress” sign, he’ll let everyone know. [Baronbob…
Click to viewSo, you want to take more professional-looking pictures. You know who takes a lot of professional pictures? Earl Miller, Penthouse Magazine’s most published photographer. He seemed an appropriate enough person to ask for some advice, so we asked him to give us some tips for shooting pictures that’ll make both aspiring pornographers and…
Remember that completely arbitrary rule by Microsoft limiting virtualization (which lets you run Windows concurrently with OS X on a Mac) to only the more expensive versions of Vista? It’s now gone. https://gizmodo.com/vista-on-the-mac-only-legal-with-enterprise-or-ultimat-233231 Microsoft’s relaxed their ruling, which was previously justified by saying that virtualization wasn’t mature enough for consumer adoption, which allowed them to…
In case you still cared about the Ferrari crashing, money embezzling, portable gaming device making Gizmondo exec, Stefan “Fat Stefan” Eriksson has just been set free from jail. If you’re worried that he’ll be back up to his old ways, driving around roads tearing cars in half, he’s now awaiting transport to either Sweden or…
So all you need to do to get a MacBook Air early is to be an internationally known musician and perform at several Apple events. Done and done. [John Mayer Blog via tuaw]
For all of those people wondering about the details of Verizon Wireless’s pledge to open its network to all compatible hardware, it seems the answers will come March 19 to 20 in New York City, at the carrier’s Open Development Conference. The focus will be on “development for new devices,” and from what Verizon is…
If you thought we were Apple fanboys, you might want to check out this video and readjust your fanboy dial. It’s a real trailer for a real movie called MacHeads the Movie, which apparently features real insane Apple users emoting for the camera about how Macs changed their lives. They even talked to such Mac…
Waiting around for a rebate offer so you can score a sweet new handset? Why not go retro instead with Kraco’s KCP-205 Trans-mobile cellular phone, listed on eBay at an opening bid of $15. That’s approximately $1,500 less than it originally cost back in the day, when all you needed was a shoulder, an oil…
Just in case the reason you haven’t yet bought a PS3 has nothing to do with game selection or price and everything to do with color, Sony is bringing the previously Asia-only white version of the Playstation 3 to American shores. There’s no word on the release date for the cosmetically changed 40GB model, but…
This here is a new comedy video about "Life Frite," which is pretty much a Lite Brite used to give people horrible news. It’s hosted on the brand new UCBcomedy.com, a site that promises to cut through the piles of garbage comedy videos on the internet and actually be selective. That’s because unlike YouTube or…
Before the advent of immediate gratification digital cameras, self-portraiture was an arduous process requiring oil paints, canvas and training. Polaroids made things quite a bit simpler, but photos in mass quantities still became expensive. In the electronic age, for those who don’t like the cold exterior of a camera or computer screen to view their…
Implanting a micro-camera directly into the eyeball may be a future solution for restoring sight to people with damaged vision, according to this patent application. The camera could be charged wirelessly, and communicate directly with a chip implanted at the back of the eye, so very little external hardware would be needed: Technology to restore…
The Meizu M8 may not seem like the most…original concept on the market, but that hasn’t stopped the company from pursuing a patent on the device. Filed back in February 2007, Meizu proclaimed to the world that, sure, their M8 may be just an iPhone clone. But clones have rights too, dammit! [meizume via wired]…
This week at TreeHugger: Sure, the new MacBook Air is svelte and thin, but how green is it? Got a cell phone or two gathering dust? Here’s 50 ways to recycle your cell phone. The Greener Gadgets Conference is coming to New York City next month, and TreeHugger has discounted tickets. Lastly, after years of…
This user interface project allows you to control objects on a display using gestures, working like Microsoft’s Surface but without touching the screen at all. Inspired by Johnny Chung Lee’s work, the system requires you to wear Minority Report-style gloves equipped with infrared emitters on your fingertips. A Wiimote on top of the display keeps…
Click to viewFor those who’ve seen the unique monster movie Cloverfield, you know that the story is supposed to have been shot by the aptly-named character “Hud” with a cheapo handheld consumer camera. You know, something you could grab at Best Buy next weekend, use once and forget about forever. Convincing the audience of that…
It seems like an obvious move: Apple’s little pink 8GB iPod nano ($199) comes out in time for Valentine’s Day, and perhaps before most pink second-gen nanos have kicked the bucket. But there’s a problem: if you’re trying to impress your lady friend by buying her a nano that contributes money to some worthy cause,…
