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Now the Synethesia Mandala high-def drum and synthesizer is about to bust out in version 2.0, sprouting itself a USB 2.0 port that lets you hook it up to any PC or Mac. Synethesia is calling it “the only electronic drum that truly emulates an acoustic drum.” It’s called high-def because it has 128 concentric…
Never encountered a real woman? Here’s your chance: Moaning Lisa, who is part sex doll and part interactive game. She has seven strategically placed touch sensors—and even a couple of potentiometers on her nipples—and she can see you, too, with sensors in her eyes. Just like a real woman, the spots that get her hot…
This Body Mouse, designed by Chris Lomaka in 2002 but heretofore undiscovered, is just a concept, and something tells me it’s going to stay that way. Not that there isn’t a big market out there for people who want to look like they murdered someone and made computer peripherals out of their corpses, but, well,…
UPDATED WITH VIDEO!When Cartman donned the Awesom-O 3000 suit and convinced Butters he had a robot friend, I thought that nothing that pathetic could happen in real life. I was wrong. A grad student at the International Islamic University in Chittagong, Bangladesh has been designing this goofy-looking best friend out of scraps he from auto…
HTC gear always seems to leak a bit early, and here is what appears to be the first shot of the WM6 Pro HTC Polaris (sitting in front of the HTC Shift). We’d seen a CG mockup before along with what we’re still assuming to be the smartphone’s specs: HSDPAEDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS w/compass, 3MP…
Click to viewHere are the top three rigs in the Best Computer Rig Contest. The winner: Steve Larson for his Nebuchadnezzar-like overloaded cockpit. Jump to see the three mega-galleries, which show just how cool the winning rigs are. After seeing all the details, my personal winner is Dlinc. His rig, with Transformers-style, fully-articulated rotatable monitors…
This graph charts the market caps of Apple and Dell over the last 10 years. We’ll just call these numbers “The iPod Effect.” And according to stock values, the iPod didn’t exist until 2005. Show of hands—who out there is still holding a boatload of Apple stock from 2004? And can we borrow 5 bucks…
In the days of technology where many of us never need to leave the house, WooMe webcam speed-dating offers 1-minute romance from the comfort of your own home (and even bathroom if you want it). Users log on to the service, searching for love. After one minute of intense video chatting, potential Romeos and Juliets…
Boost Mobile’s half-inch thick Motorola i425 iDEN candy bar is now up for grabs for a mere $40. It comes in black with slate trim or white with espresso accents, and features push-to-talk and IM. [Business Wire] https://gizmodo.com/boost-mobile-adds-motorola-i425-to-lineup-hell-freezes-290755
Here’s another USB hub from Brando, the company that wants to create a USB hub for every possible situation. This one might just come close, because this four-port hub lets you revolve the upstream port and then one of the receptacles 180° to accommodate USB devices from all directions. We’re not big fans of that…
You knew it would happen: DVRs are finally breaking down the TV ratings system. Because DVRs make skipping over commercials so easy, Nielsen is now rating commercials themselves, based in part on how often people stop fast-forwarding and watch them. According to a New York Times report, DVRs have also affected show ratings themselves: after…
To fight off the evil empire that is MySpace, tiny entities Facebook and iTunes may be teaming up to bring a musical component to Facebook’s offerings (while offering Apple another venue to sell their music). According to the unconfirmed rumblings, Facebook is working on expanding their interface. Musical artists will now have special pages with…
Made of metal scrap, the gigantastic 25-feet-long and 5,000-pound-heavy Robohand has enough power to crush a car. This technological terror was shown a few days ago at Robodock 2007 in Amsterdam. Anyone at the festival—a raving orgy of moving metal parts, fire and music, much like Jason’s pants— was able to operate it like Kouji…
Here’s a short video of the 21-foot-long X-Wing rocket. launching at Plaster City, California, and then desintegrating spectacularly in mid-air. The culprit wasn’t Darth Vader or those pesky deflector towers, just the stress from the launch. I can only say two things. Absolutely amazing. And poor Porkins. Check out the original coverage of the 21-foot-long…
Samsung has brought out another LCD monitor from its Syncmaster range. The 245T is a 24-inch monitor with PiP (Picture in Picture), PbP (that’s Picture by Picture), and its Motion Picture Acceleration gives better-quality pics. Also featured is HMDI and S-Video connections. Another pic, plus the price after the jump. At over a million Won…
The chaps over at Pocketinfo.nl have just obtained word on ETEN’s Glowfish M800, the successor to the X800. From the spec sheet, boy, does it pack quite a punch. The M800 will have: https://gizmodo.com/glowfiish-x800-theres-a-two-eyes-joke-in-there-somewhe-244712 A 500MHz processor, 256MB ROM, two cameras, VGA display, HSDPA/UMTS, GPS and a standard stereo headset connector. The HTC TyTN II…
Steampunk fever still seems to be tootling along, as this modded computer shows. More pictures are on the English Russia blog. Nice rug, dudes, really ties the room together. [English Russia]
Transcend has added to their popular StoreJet line with a new 160GB external HDD. The product does not do too badly in the looks department either, with brushed aluminum cases in gray, silver, blue or red. A SATA interface offers transfer rates of a reportedly optimistic 480Mbits/s. The form factor is the smaller 2.5″ standard.…
Despite the rumors, the New York Times says that software will be the emphasis of the Google phone. While Google has created prototypes for show-n-tell, their objective is not creating a rival to the iPhone, just software to rival Windows Mobile. https://gizmodo.com/google-phone-all-but-confirmed-by-new-plates-of-details-296051 Google wants to be everywhere to leverage the mobile phone’s advertising potential. Miguel…
Goldmund has just added to their Logos speaker line with the Logos1 monitor and the Logos2 active subwoofer. The Logos1 is available in both passive and active versions, whilst the Logos2 contains 2×150 watt Telos amplifiers with analog and digital inputs. The Logos2 features an active crossover that will drive the 7″ woofer and tweeter…
