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It’s that time again… yes, time for another Gizmodo Photoshop Contest! This time, it’s a little different. Rather than providing you with a source image to debase, we want to see you be a bit more creative. So here’s your task: deliver us an image of the first Thanksgiving — you know, the one with…
The Bi-Plug is actually AC/DC, but gives it to you straight, simplifying the charging of USB devices in a flamboyantly colorful way. We’ve seen similar chargers before, but much bigger. Not to fret, because even though this diminutive conversion tool weighs just an ounce, size doesn’t matter much, because it’s packing all the right circuitry…
Some of us noticed that the VW Space Up! blue concept car at the LA Auto Show has a car computer that looks like an Apple coverflow UI. Could this be the result of Apple and VW launching a UI together per earlier talks? My eyes are screaming yes, but my brain tells me that…
This is the new Lenovo i909 cellphone, which has standard-issue features like a 2.4-inch TFT display, 2-megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, mp3 and video player. But it also has an NES emulator on board, and it comes with a controller that snaps on to the phone to make it a little Game-Boy-like device. It…
The Crayon Physics Deluxe must be one of the coolest touchscreen games ever. The aim is very simple: take a ball to where the start is. The tools to do it are a crayon and your imagination, since whatever you draw will automatically get recognized by the physics engine and put into motion over a…
The witty pranksters at The Onion are at it again, creating a whole new set of four GotchaBox containers for Christmas, 2007. Get one of these fake boxes ($7.99, or $17.99 for a three-pack, available November 19) and wrap it up with a real (or shitty) gift inside. Then watch their faces as they try…
The Wall Street Journal details a lot of the “strong signals” Google’s going to bid in the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction in order to launch a wireless network of its own. Aside from openly declaring “we are making all the necessary preparations to become an applicant to bid,” what’s really compelling is that https://gizmodo.com/fcc-keeps-open-access-provisions-for-700mhz-auction-de-308923 back…
I’ve put together a list of new information on the Kindle, and the picture is coming together nicely. Some of these are from my own sources, some are from Caroline at CNet News, who put together a great piece on the Kindle, and if timestamps have it right, scooped the news of Monday’s Launch a…
Japanese researchers have come up with a method using quadrature amplitude modulation to cram hundreds of terabits of a data a second through standard fiber optic cable. HD movies in seconds, here we come. [Digital World Tokyo]
Is there anything more fun in the DIY world than gigantic cannons made from PVC piping? I say no. Proving my theory is this pneumatic cannon, built from the aforementioned pipes and hooked up to an air compressor. It launches everything from potatoes and pumpkins to sprinkler flags and brooms, all while emitting a low,…
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This two-seater motorcycle for kids from Neiman Marcus isn’t going to go very fast—it’s not even motorized at all—but the pictures of those cute rugrats dressed up in biker duds was too much for us to resist. This is a highly detailed model, though. It really does look a lot like a Harley-Davidson FXSTC Softail…
Attention all shoppers, attention all shoppers of iMac-wannabe PCs, and Dell fans, whoever you are: the Dell XPS One is now available for order, just in time for the holidays. Prices for the 20″ all-in-one computer range from the $1,499 of the Core 2 Duo E4500 with 250GB HD and integrated video to the $2,399…
Nintendo knows lots of people want a Wii this holiday season. Well, don’t worry! They’re pumping them out at a rate of 1.8 million a month, which should be far less than demand! Yep, that’s 1.8 million for the whole world, not just America. So, uh. Yeah, I got nothing. Sorry kids, but Santa doesn’t…
Behold the smallest electric guitar in the world. Well, it’s called the “smallest precision electric guitar available,” because even though its body is just 1/6 the size of a normal instrument, its fretboard is the same size as an ordinary guitar. This is not a toy; it has a couple of pickups that can give…
If you put enough water in a plastic bag, does it become a gadget? There’s only one way to find out—in this internet classic, these fine citizens tested the theory by loading 300lbs of water in a thin plastic shell to make one hell of a water bomb. Though we admit that the video would…
The AT&T website is allowing iPhone customers to drop their $20 unlimited EDGE data plans. Maybe those not satisfied with pokey but readily available unlimited sub-modem speeds can use that money towards half a month’s T-Mobile/Starbucks hot spot subscription? I really don’t get this.
Japanese Lego builder Jun Brick (think that’s his real name?) has been hard at work at a 1:40 model of the famous Battleship Yamato for over a year. This gargantuan model puts the Millennium Falcon to shame, stretching out for over 20 feet and using a whopping 100,000 pieces. He posts a metric ton of…
According to actual scientific research, a robotic Pied Piper can lead a flock (gaggle?) of roaches out of a secure location and into the open, where they could technically be exterminated more easily. José Halloy, a biology researcher at the Free University of Brussels, was lead author on a paper published today in Science, wherein…
Witness the mother of all big mechanical toys: the GE90-115B turbofan engine, the most powerful gas turbine engine in the world with a 127,500-pound maximum takeoff thrust, even if it’s rated at a maximum 115,000 lb. It may not look big on video, but with a 128-inch fan tip diameter, up close and personal this…