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We’re not sure what this art project from 1999 is designed to say, but it’s a kissing mask that locks two girls into kissing mode when worn. During the exhibition, there was a microphone sewn into the connecting tube that recorded the “conversation, breathing and kissing that occurs inside,” which was then burned onto CD…
The American Chemical Society is claiming that the “holy grail” of the LED world has been reached. A pair of Indian Scientists have created a pure white LED. No longer will we have to suffer with odd blue- or yellow-like white LED’s. The method used to achieve the white color was so blatantly obvious, they…
Gateway’s been acting all mysterious about its upcoming one-piece PC, and now the cow’s out of the bag (with no spots anywhere in sight), revealing the Gateway One, a 19-inch all-in-one desktop box that’s just 3.6 inches deep. The long-chinned PC will be available in three models, two of them retail versions and one available…
The long-awaited season premiere of Bionic Woman airs tonight at 9 PM, and I know what you’re thinking. When will my girlfriend get a nanotech immune system and deadly superstrength? I want a bionic babe in my living room, hopefully sitting on the wireless network, acting as a firewall and a Slingbox all at once!…
Amazon.com’s new MP3 store watermarks its MP3s, but only with information stating where the songs were purchased, not who did the purchasing, according to the online uberstore. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this issue has inspired me to ramble about the stupidity of the whole idea of watermarking tracks with identifying…
Singaporean Yong Jieyu’s ceramic paper speakers (actually, they’re less speaker than amplifier) are made from clay &mdash one of the best materials for sound amplification thanks to its low sound absorbent coefficiency &mdash and recycled music scores. Place your an earphone inside each “speaker” and voila! your tunes can be heard by all and sundry.…
Not that this is some kind of genius design or anything, but wouldn’t it be nice to walk up to a horrific crime scene in see this “everything is ok” barricade tape strung all over the place? Wouldn’t it make you feel much better about all the blood, guts and mayhem you just directly witnessed?…
For those who haven’t unlocked your iPhone or had problems doing so, there’s a new revision of the free unlock software for the iPhone: anySim v1.02 fixes a lot of bugs and speeds up the process. You can download the program from here but as an added bonus you can use Installer.app. You just have…
Gizmodo buddy Ramon of Ultimate DS, Wii, and PSP mod fame is back, this time with a Samus Metroid mod for the Nintendo Wii. Not only does it have a big S on the side for Samus (or Sexy) and a Wiimote battery charger built in (!), he’s painted the parts red, orange and green…
Dell’s monster XPS M1730 laptops, loaded to the gills with goodies and costing between $3,000 and $4,500 for the honor of ownership, are now available on the Dell website. [CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/dell-xps-m1730-laptops-are-high-end-multi-colored-gami-294330
Now that pencils are finding their way into obscurity, here’s a divinely inspired team of craftsmen who decided to construct a gigantic memorial to the obsolete writing utensil, calling it “the world’s largest pencil.” But wait a minute here. Suspiciously missing are the dimensions of this construction project, but you can see and hear a…
In 18 hours, Gateway will unveil “Gateway One, the sleek all-in-one PC.” At least, that’s if you believe this teaser site and the fact that Gateway is holding a press conference tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the DigitalLife expo in NYC. Wait, WTF? According to the site’s timer, the news will actually pop at 6:45…
Here’s a badass-looking watch from Diesel that uses an OLED display in a minimalist style. At first glance it looks like it’s all bracelet, but then you press a button on the side and its aqua-colored OLED lights up with the time of day. It’s available in stainless steel (DZ7080) for $215, but if you…
This is the Transparent Pinball Machine, a custom piece created out of a 1976 “Surf Champ” unit by Michael Schiess, owner of the Lucky JuJu Pinball Arcade in Alameda, CA (which looks like the coolest place ever). It is, without a doubt, the most beautiful pinball machine we’ve ever seen. And unlike most custom fetishized…
In order to simulate the most difficult WiMax reception scenario, Motorola and Sprint took reporters and analysts on a Chicago River (booze?) cruise. The service, which officially be ready for “pre-commercial” service by the year end, performed excellently, in spite of deliberate obstacles: “Motorola has reached a significant milestone in the industry by proving through…
Apparently, the Japanese were just waiting with wallets in hand for Sony to drop the new version of their PSP; they went ahead and bought 250,000 of the things in the first four days they were on sale. That’s about how many units Sony sold of the original PSP in the two months leading up…
Paul Hersey makes fantasy-based armor for you, your kids and, most adorably, your pets. Yes, now your dog can ditch that obnoxious, emasculating sweater and put on a sword-stopping breastplate that’ll make him seem like the badass warrior that you know lurks within. Or, just get a cowboy hat that looks like it was made…
Click to viewDlinc, the reader who sent us the pictures of the LEGO Millennium Falcon unboxing, also included a picture of his computer rig, which looks as if it belongs right in the Falcon itself. I don’t know about you but I am absolutely amazed by its space-combat-meets-CTU looks. Which got me thinking: what kind…
Youth may be squandered by the young, but it’s the older folks that foolishly spend on equipment that should cost much less. Take for instance Olive’s Opus No. 5 hard-drive audio server, referred to in marketing material as “The world’s first digital audio system bringing together the sweet sound of vinyl and the accuracy and…
We learned a lot from the feedback we got from the story about those “danceable” $7,250 cables from Pear Cable. Besides a complete reinforcement of that concept of a sucker being born every minute, we also found out the Pear Anjou cable’s $7,250 price is a downright bargain compared with the prices of these Transparent…