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No more spy shots for us, well, at least as far as the Nokia N810 Internet tablet is concerned. These pics are for real, straight from the horse’s mouth and leaked out before today’s scheduled announcement. We’ll have more specs for you later as soon as the official press release emerges, but for now, you’ll…
A group of four students got a few Wiimotes and transformed them into a musical instrument. While we’ve seen other music mods in the past, this is a completely different beast. It uses a Mac interface to control the input and generate the sound, using Propellerheads Reason, and a Windows PC to visualize the instrument…
In case you were unaware; Japan is awesome. Adding to the cool by a factor of a soccer ball shaped dwelling is Baria’s Soccer Ball Home—living like no other. The unorthodox abode is constructed from 32 panels of steel reinforced, glass fiber fabric and is available in whatever color you choose. (Color like no other?—I…
The WaterHobo is a fully automated system that uses an infrared-capable videocamera, a PC and custom software written in C# to search and destroy garden pests. Well, actually, just humans. And it doesn’t destroy them either, it uses water to dissuade people from using its inventor’s yard as the path to a common swimming pool.…
With new iPods hot out of the oven, I’ve been asking myself: Is it worthy to upgrade to the iPod classic now? Should I wait until an iPod touch with massive storage comes out to replace my aging iPod video? Well, who cares about that when my iPod is going to be dead in 5…
Next week Samsung will unveil a trio of new LCD panels for notebooks. Two of them, at 18.4 inches and 16 inches have a 16:9 aspect ratio, while the third measures 15.4 inches and White-LED backlighting for picture clarity and power consumption. The 16:9ers go into production in the first half of 2008, expect the…
Forbes currently has an extensive examination of the future, with both past and present perspectives, posted online. Neil Steinberg’s look at the videophone should be of particular interest to paleo-futurists. Somehow, these future marvels of the past—food pills, jet packs, flying cars and, yes, video telephones—have an inertia that reality doesn’t seem to be able…
TiVo most recent 9.2 update is adding two nice features to modern TiVo boxes: Quasi-Streaming of Amazon Unbox so you can start watching it as soon as a bit has buffered, and official eSATA support. [Zatz]
Excited about all the new features in Leopard? Buy your copy from Amazon and you can get $20 off the single-user edition and $10 off the family edition. No catch as far as we can see, other than the fact that you’re pre-ordering from an online store and thus probably won’t get the product exactly…
According to Panasonic, their new RP-WF5500 headphones are “the world’s smallest and lightest wireless surround sound headphones.” Believe it or not, each unit packs 5.1-channel Dolby Surround support over a 2.4GHz connection, a 20 to 22,000 Hz frequency band, 30-meter (98-foot ) operating range, and six hour battery life into a 250g (.56-pound) frame. They…
These roof tiles by designer Lambert Kamps feature built-in LEDs powered by series of self-contained solar-photovoltaic cells. Owners can program the lights to display static or animated mosaics of text, pictures and other graphics in multiple colors. It appears that these tiles are only concept pieces at this point, but it is not hard to…
The Alpha Liege lounge chair helps yoga hippies wind down from a long day of smoking weed and eating granola by syncing vibrations, celestial sounds, and a gentle rocking motion with the rhythms of their breathing. Apparently, this will result in a state of deep relaxation—somewhere in the limbo between being asleep and awake. Tension…
Only two days left until the Gizmodo vs. Kotaku Halo match is here. We’re still working on how we’re going to record Kotaku’s loss for posterity, but you can catch it live on Justin.tv at 8 p.m. PST (11PM EST). We’ll be liveblogging it as well, so expect to see lots of “8:53: I just…
After two years, Apple’s updated the Universal Dock to accommodate the Brady Bunch of iPods out in the market—it now comes with five adapters. Also thrown into the box is an Apple Remote, which can be used with the dock’s infrared sensor. One thing that’s missing is S-Video output, which has been booted in favor…
Movie Gallery, the number two video rental chain, has been browbeaten into bankruptcy by the vast array of forces assaulting B&M rental outlets—the bloodbath between Netflix and Blockbuster, web video, VOD and so on. Quick and dirty takeaway: The picture’s not looking pretty for your corner video store. [Crave]
The R2D2 iChat Video fx is not making it to final build, according to what Apple told us this morning. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy? I’m upset, but my girlfriend thanks you for saving her from hours of Princess Leia impressions over iChat. Drop your petition signatures / curses / cries / conspiracy theories in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/r2d2-hologram-effect-coming-to-ichat-267813
Although this Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) doesn’t have as many features as Onkyo’s DTX-8.8, it still gives you an all-in-one solution for your entertainment needs in a relatively affordable package—and it’s Onkyo’s top of the line HTiB. The receiver in the HT-SP908 and HT-SP904 models has 7.1-channel audio, two HDMI 1.3a ports, 1080p…
Click to viewNow you you about Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard launch details, it’s time to dive into that list of 300+ features and point out the functions I think we’ve never seen before today, not even at WWDC 06/07 keynotes: https://gizmodo.com/apple-confirms-october-26th-leopard-ship-date-preorder-311259 •Mail’s Post-It-style notes synchronize automatically with the iPhone. •Address Book now synchronizes with…
Olympus is dropping three new SWD (Supersonic Wave Drive, their proprietary AF tech) Zuiko lenses and a plethora of new accessories to go with its newest DSLR flagship, the E-3. First up is the ED 12-60mm f2.8-4.0 SWD lens, which Olympus claims “delivers the fastest autofocus speed in the world” when paired with the E-3.…
Ever since it was spotted in Korea, it’s not a well kept secret, but today Olympus made its flagship E-3 digital SLR camera official. The body will costs $1,699 without a starter lens. The big claims: • World’s fastest autofocus when coupled with new Zuiko Supersonic Wave Drive lenses • Weatherproof magnesium alloy body is…