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I love this new trend of homemade videos with incredible special effects. We’ve seen a few of them before that deal with UFOs, and now a bunch of dudes went and made a video about attaching helium balloons to their car with predictably great results. This one used a crane as well as computer effects,…
Despite making a Meizu phone that looks way too close to the iPhone to be a coincidence, the latest news about Meizu ripping off an artist to pimp their work is off-base. It’s true that someone placed Deviant Art artist Lithium Picnic’s photo onto a Meizu M8, but it turns out that the image was…
Mimobots, those adorable USB flash drives created to look like various characters, are about to be joined by a new set of Star Wars peeps. Sure, Darth Vader, Chewy, R2-D2 and a Stormtrooper have been out for a while, but now you can preorder Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Boba Fett. What, no…
Our parents were too cheap to buy us one of those plasma balls that arc’ed “lightning” to your fingertips when touched, but this Plasma Bulb Night Light is a cheaper way to relive our childhood than to look on Craigslist for a some lady to breast feed us. For just $9.99, the night light keeps…
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Soon-to-Be-Inter-dimensional Empire also known as Google is planning to give free online disk storage beyond the gigabytes they already allocate for GMail, Picasa or Google Apps. This space will be able to hold any kind of file, although it’s not clear how would it be integrated with your…
The Xbox 360 backward compatibility team’s just pumped out a batch of new updates, this time adding support for many older sports games, driving games and Batman games. There aren’t many A-list titles on here (probably because they’ve been added earlier due to the fact that they’re A-list titles), but if you really want to…
Glowing umbrellas usually light up their shafts rather than their mushroom-like tips, but this concept “Glowing Umbrella” has a glowing parasol to illuminate your way at night. It’s lovely in the way that a black, non-light up umbrella isn’t, but is only a concept for now. If science and technology could manage to make one…
The Kyosho Robo Hopper beats los pantalones off other similar flying toys like the RC Helicopter or the WowWee Dragonfly because it reminds us of a Japanese Inspector Gadget. Check the guy out in full motion as he whirls around a Japanese office space complete with snazzy Japanese soundtrack. Go Go Gadget Decapitation Device! [Daily…
We wrote about this a long, long time ago, but the invisible bookshelf that magically props up your reading material is now available from ThinkGeek at $12.99—ten bucks cheaper than it was before. [ThinkGeek] https://gizmodo.com/invisible-bookshelf-172069
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a way to make people with prosthetic limbs feel by transplanting nerves from the amputated hand into the patient’s chest. Though the feeling would be in the chest rather than their arms, the scientists are hopeful that this could lead to prosthetics with sensors under the fingertips that would…
setteB.IT took it upon themselves to chart up the four different iPhone providers in four different countries and see who’s getting the best deal. Apparently, it’s Orange (France) if you’re looking at the cheapest overall price, but their plan only includes about 240 minutes and limits both Wi-Fi and EDGE data. In comparison, AT&T’s got…
Our last Blu-ray Dealzmodo was also from Wal-Mart, but featured a more gamey solution to the next-gen debacle with an 80GB PS3 and 10 free Blu-ray movies for $499. This time you can go purely set-top-box with a Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player (which doesn’t support the latest BD profile) and 10 free movies for the…
The Dell XPS M1530 laptop that had most of its details leaked early last month was made official this morning, delivering a 15-inch version of the popular XPS M1330 to the masses. It features a 15.4-inch WXGA display, a slot-loading DVD-RW (or Blu-ray) drive, is available with a 64GB SSD and weighs in at a…
Today was supposed to be a fun day, a day where I moderated a discussion between HD DVD and Blu-ray, where the bullshit would be kept to a minimum as both parties insta-fact checked each other’s propaganda in real time. Delicious sounding, isn’t it? Well after a few months of getting them to commit, Blu-ray…
Hey gals, here’s the perfect companion to those “Call Me” panties that hold that cellphone up close to satisfy your nether yearnings. Now you don’t have to wait for a phone call to engage in intimate activities with your cellphone if you have this Massage Vibra software. It works with any MIDP 2.0-compliant cellphone (such…
This is how they do hot tubs down under. This homemade contraption was built using a large storage container, an LP gas bottle, stainless steel tubing, polystyrene packing material, and some corrugated iron. You can spend however much you want on a hot tub with a built-in HDTV or 1,500 jets or whatever, but it…
Click to viewWe just got the juicy details on the Verizon Wireless Any App, Any Device initiative going live in the second half of next year, helping them catch up to the GSM/SIM phone swapping capabilities of TMO and AT&T. The big answers, from the company heads: • Yes, you will be able to port…
If you’re too lazy to paddle your own kayak, the solar-powered SPK-1 outrigger can harness the energy of the sun to get you on your way. Three big solar panels on this kayak-mounted attachment feed power to a silent-running electric trolling motor with 36 pounds of thrust. On the next page, take a look at…
Get out of the way everybody! Here comes a Taser Flying Saucer from France. A company headed by Taser distributer Antoine di Zazzo is working on an unmanned “mini flying saucer” that will be able to zap electric hell from above onto rioting crowds, malcontents and evildoers. Zazzo says his hovering shocker will be raining…
At only $60 with free shipping, you too can afford to toss around the helmet from the Halo 3 Legendary Edition and not feel (too) bad about it. It’s Amazon’s deal of the day, so make haste before they sell out. [Amazon] http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/?tag=gizmodo08c-20 https://gizmodo.com/halo-3-xbox-360-swag-bag-is-incredible-unbagging-shots-302483