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Reducing the price of those HD DVD players to a rock-bottom $99 must be catching on, with 90,000 of its HD DVD sold last weekend. Most of them were those Toshiba HD-A2 players (pictured here) sold by Wal-Mart and Best Buy, locking horns in a price war, and resulting in a welcome reduction in inventory…
Today Nokia said that in technical trials, the target of 100Mbps download speed and 50Mbps upload speed for its next-gen cellular data network “can be met,” and promised initial deployment by 2010. Americans probably won’t see it until later, since the 3GPP LTE (don’t ask) initiative has more momentum across the Atlantic. The founding members…
Reminding us of a tiny paper airplane with flies superglued to its wings, here’s another melding of insect and machine, the Robo-Moth. This six-inch robot uses a moth’s brain and eyes to get around, and wherever the moth’s eyes look, that’s where the robot goes. Sure, moths are plenty stupid, with brains scarcely larger than…
Sorry kids, but Microsoft knows that your parents are the members of the family holding the wallets. That’s why they’ve gone and given them a big, red, NO FUN button that they can hit whenever they want in the form of the Xbox 360 Family Timer. Essentially, it allows Mom and Dad to set how…
Something about the Wii has really lit a fire of creativity in cheap Chinese game accessory manufacturers. They just love releasing add-ons for the controller that makes it feel like the object you’re supposedly using in the game, such as this nifty sword-and-shield setup. But this… this is too much. I mean, will this really…
We know, you didn’t show up to Gizmodo today to see a pair of gloves. But sometime this winter, you are going to try to make a phone call or use your iPod with some fat-fingered glove and wish you’d paid attention. The $30 Tec Touch gloves are meant for using your gadgets while staying…
These two widdle kitties say they’re not coming out of their cups until you vote for the Giz! The 2007 Weblog Awards voting is getting down to the wire, and we’re running out of time. Voting ends tomorrow, November 8th. You can vote once every 24 hours, so please support Gizmodo for Best Technology Blog,…
ATHLETE, NASA’s “All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer,” was designed for lunar cargo hauling with expertise in hernia-free crouch and lift. A pair of cameras mounted on each of its six sides provide full stereoscopic panoramic view of the lunar surface. The small wheels are used on hard terrain, but they can lock to become feet when…
Samsung is intent on leading the way in SSD adoption with their new 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch 64GB solid state drives featuring a super-fast SATA II interface. With a combination of speed, 100 MBps write speed and a 120MBps read speed and lower power consumption, it won’t be long before we see these babies popping up…
The My Chopsticks Bra is yet another triumph of Japanese German novelty underwear company (aptly named) Triumph International. In accordance with the Japanese dining table theme, the right cup is reserved for rice while the left is for miso soup. Neither food is real, of course, lest hungry perverts descend from all directions, induce chest…
You’ve already seen the spiders made out of scissors confiscated at the airport, but let’s face it: scissors aren’t very dangerous most of the time. That is to say, they weren’t created with the sole intention of doing some killing. Not so with this M16 spider. This one will definitely not make it onto any…
We told you about the plans and simulations last May, but now a couple of bold Swiss adventurers just unveiled a prototype of Solar Impulse, a carbon fiber solar-powered airplane they plan to fly around the world in 2011. The 3000-pound aircraft will have a wingspan that’s about the same as the Airbus A380, but…
This working pen is ridiculously awesome, if you believe the uncorroborated early reports: • At under 6 inches long and just a half inch thick, it records 320×240 video at 30fps, even in low light. • You can set it to start recording video when it detects motion, or recording audio when it hears a…
Watch what happens when scientists put a 2-foot-tall Sony QRIO robot together with a bunch of two-year-olds. After spending a couple of weeks with the giggling bot, the kids accepted it into the group—hugging, bonding and interacting with QRIO much like they did with their human playmates. As a control, the researchers introduced a robot…
It may look like it was built for battle, but Sanyo’s new inspection robot goes into crawlspaces to check out foundations, to make sure the building doesn’t collapse because of structural-integrity issues like cracks or sinking. The robot uses image processing, collision avoidance and what Sanyo simply calls “the robot technology,” and can rummage around…
These speakers from Japanese design company 25togo are constructed of concrete and glass. Aside from what is promised to be excellent audio quality, the speakers feature less conventional external geometrics, allowing users to easily angle the direction of sound/trajectory of toe-stubbing impact. The In Visible City speakers had better sound amazing. Because when you inform…
Are you tired of our testosterone-fueled booby gadget mentality? Well keep reading us anyway, but you might want to give Homotron a look. Aside from having the most fantastic name ever, it’s the best only gay gadget blog we know of, thereby making it the only best gay gadget blog in the world. [homotron]
Not that it matters to most of us shopping for our next phone, but not only does T-Mobile love whoring magenta in all of their self-promotion—they actually have a trademark for the color’s use. As far as our tiny brains understand the legality, if you are promoting anything within the telecom sector through either print…
Are your earphone cables always in auto-tangle mode? Here’s a good idea from designer Jaehyung Hong: a Bluetooth lanyard with transport controls on board, letting you control your MP3 player while you’re listening, and then store your earphones in its handy slot when you’re not. Roll those messy cables up inside the device, keeping that…
Oprah, that generous talk show host who no longer needs a last name, stooped down to YouTube to join up with the great unwashed yesterday, and to commemorate the occasion she gave away a $150 Flip Ultra camcorder to everybody in her talk show audience. Check out her condescending peptalk to YouTubers in the video…