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The September 28, 1958 Chicago Tribune ran this Closer Than We Think! strip about meat-plants of the future. There will be less grazing land in tomorrow’s crowded world, so beefsteaks may have to be replaced by extracted vegetable proteins flavored with synthetics that taste like real meat. According to Cal Tech biologist James Bonner, new…
Last night was the Gizmodo Tokyo meetup, and it was a smashing success. Beers were drank, chicken was consumed, and gadgets were passed around. The turnout was awesome, with over a dozen local geeks and masters of industry showing up to talk shop and talk things that were not so shop. It was a total…
SanDisk, flash memory cock o’ the walk, is suing 25 companies for infringement of five key USB-drive patents. We finally got a list of companies that SanDisk is suing, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say, “It’s all of ’em.” Kingston, Buffalo, Dane-Elec, Corsair, Kanguru—they’re all there. Jump for the press…
After Gateway released their 30-inch, 1600p XHD3000 display, they’re hoping to springboard the positive press into their entire line of LCDs, including their new 24-inch ($499) and 22-inch ($350) models. Both have impressive monitor specs, double as HD TVs (1080p and 720p, respectively) and feature image enhancement through a Faroudja video processing chipset. Obviously neither…
The Airbus A380, the biggest commercial jetliner ever put into production, at long last took its first trip—and it didn’t hit any icebergs. Out of a possible 850 travelers, 450 were on board in this seven-hour Singapore Airlines trip from, well, Singapore all the way to Sydney. This means that, today Airbus officially steals the…
Gizmodo readers are now confirming that the AppleStore is shipping their Mac OS X Leopard boxes. They sent them the notification, along with FedEx tracking number and estimated arrival time earlier this morning: I just got a shipment confirmation from the Apple Store. They say I’ll have my copy of Leopard by 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.…
It’s a good thing this story written by satirical website CAP News isn’t true. The goofy web rag has Engadget and Gizmodo going at it, “planning to meet at the flagpole at 3 p.m. tomorrow to determine once and for all which site reigns supreme.” Even though such a hand-to-hand battle would certainly never take…
This is what happens when a forward-thinking cellphone giant gets together with a bunch of its future potential customers &mdash a robot dog made from an N800. The children at a Nokia-funded school in Finland came up with this idea of having an internet tablet that doubles as a pet. [YouTube via Crave]
Starz’ PC subscription video service, Vongo, reaches version 2.0 today. On the mobile front, it now supports the Archos 405 and 605WiFi, as well as Creative’s Zen, Zen Vision:M and Zen Vision W. https://gizmodo.com/first-hands-on-with-archos-605-wi-fi-cinemanow-download-268985 The software will also make streaming video to Media Center Extenders possible: it is compatible with the new lineup from Linksys,…
Click to viewDon’t have time to read over the full reviews from NYT’s David Pogue, USA Today’s Ed Baig and WSJ’s Walt Mossberg? Read our handy review matrix instead, where we break out everything that wasn’t merely feature description in an easy-to-compare chart. You can thank us later! • Pogue’s NYT review • Ed Baig’s…
It looks like that Boeing jet we showed you yesterday isn’t going to be the only airplane using hydrogen if the European Union has its way. The European Space Agency just got $14.5 million in a second round of funding from the EU to study the idea of developing A2, a hydrogen-fueled hypersonic aircraft that…
Everybody wants a piece. Microsoft just plopped down $240 million to keep Facebook afloat and score exclusive advertising. But that $240 million is actually small change—just 2% total share—since Facebook is now worth $15 billion. [valleywag and adage]
It’s not that we have any particular dislike for doors, it’s just that, growing up in a barn, we never had any use for them. But with our current Balls-of-Fury-infused obsession, the Ping-Pong door is enough to change our minds. Housing a Ping-Pong table within an internal frame, the door…unfolds…for a quick match. It’s a…
Nintendo first mentioned this 1seg tuner for the Nintendo DS well over a year ago. Since then, we’d pretty much forgotten that it existed/lost any hope that it would ever actually be released. But Nintendo just announced that they will be launching the product on November 20th in Japan. The sweetness of wireless digital television…
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A pen that lets you write anything anywhere and then transfer it to your computer has been developed by Samsung. Situated in the nib of the Quad pen is an electronic sensor which records its movements and saves it onto a tiny memory chip in the barrel, meaning that, should inspiration strike while you wander…
UBS analyst Ben Reitzes reckons there will be a new version of the JesusPhone before Spring has sprung next year. “Our contacts in the supply chain,” he claims, “point toward a new iPhone model to be release by March.” A report from UBS Investment Research has raised Apple stock to an estimated $220, and author…
Click to view Three reviews are in from USA Today, WSJ and NYT and they’re all positive (though some more positive than others). That’s Mossberg’s video, above, but the rest of the reviews are summarized below. USA Today Review: Ed Baig says it “hits all the right spots”—a obvious pun, but it gets right to…
Today NEC announced the development of a LCD display that can switch between wide and narrow viewing angles without sacrificing image quality. Essentially, this would allow users to choose between a wide angle “public” mode (sharing photos of your vacation) or a narrow “private” mode (watching porn at work). This development is made possible thanks…
Instead of spending all of your money on expensive gadgets and cheap hookers, try saving some cash with the Money Monster Bank. The bank will gobble up both coins and bills, then follow up with over 20 stupid comments as their eyes flash and ears wiggle. After all is said and done, the monsters will…