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Pure Digital will donate 1 million Flip Video cameras to nonprofits around the world for use to “highlight the need for their services…and broadcast their accomplishments to the world.” Part of the Clinton Global Initiative, the offer will open to organizations in December. [Flip Video Spotlight]
Although this isn’t the first VoIP solution for the iPhone (that belongs to either SoonR or that one videoconferencing winner), TruPhone seems to be the most elegant (in theory) VoIP app so far. Although the service is really early on in its development stages, the end product will be able to switch seamlessly between VoIP…
You’d better hope your fingers are small if you want to play these positively minuscule table games from Japan. They’re shrunken down to palm size, letting you play hockey, Foosball or air hockey wherever you go. There are even fold-away legs to make them easier to carry around. Check out the air hockey game, where…
Here’s what happens when British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster toss a pile of trash in their living room. Somehow it stacks up so perfectly that when they shine a light through it, glorious, and sometimes even pisstastic, artwork results. Big names on the UK art scene since their highly acclaimed exhibition at the…
Though the lunchbox business is long dead, their futuristic-yet-tote-friendly look has made its way to the 4×6 photo printers. Canon’s 4.5lb. dye-sub Selphy ES2 is the latest example, with its 3″ LCD, an “Easy-Scroll” wheel, simple snap-and-print ink cartridges and built-in clipart for adding cartoon antics to your more somber shots. Now if only the…
HP announced its overhaul of the ENVY M:151 today with the appropriately numbered ENVY M:152. The 152 is the first Voodoo laptop to get the Intel Core 2 Duo chipset, and can even handle the Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile processor X7800 Extreme CPU. The new system also comes with a 2.0MP camera in place…
If you wanted a 4GB iPhone on the cheap, then it’s too late, mate. The Apple store is now back up without the smaller version. Clicking on the old 4GB link just gives you a “This product is no longer available” blurb.
When researchers at the Universidad Polit cnica de Valencia needed a lab scanner, but didn’t have the cash to pay for it, they didn’t panic. Instead, Angel Maqueira and his colleagues bought a bog-standard CD player &mdash and hacked it, saving themselves a potential $70,000 in the process. By soldering two additional light sensors inside…
Speaking of giant models, Maine-resident William Terra has spent 6 years completing this gigantic 1:20-scale model of a World War II German Panzerschiff, the Deutschland-class battleship Admiral Graf Spee. The 30-feet long, 700-pound model is built like a canoe and is capable of carrying two people on board. https://gizmodo.com/legos-ultimate-collectors-millennium-falcon-unboxed-no-303613 According to Mr. Terra the model…
After saying they were pulling content off the store when the contract expires and calling Apple names, the two companies have added two new series to iTunes: Chuck and Journeyman. You can buy a season pass for $39.99, which has 13 episodes. This means the last episode will air close to the December deadline, to…
Given that SatNav systems are one of the hottest items to steal these days, Medion’s latest GoPal might go some way in redressing the balance. Its P4425 model boasts fingerprint recognition for extra security, meaning that not only will thieves be unable to use it, but might find it that little bit harder to find…
Furniture designer Timothy Ben’s Arrow bookshelf modules are made from MDF and come in 20 different colors, with either a lacquered or laminated finish. Although they’re probably meant to be stacked in that delightful chevron effect, I’m sure you can play a basic form of Tetris with them if you’re really bored. [Timothy Ben Furniture…
The biggest LEGO set ever, the $499 Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon, is now shipping, 5,000-pieces and four-pound ring-binded manual included. Yes, this thing is massive. Julie Stern from LEGO confirms: “We’re a bit ahead of schedule, so some people who preordered now have their sets.” In other words: “Great shot kid, that was one in…
The Sanyo Xacti DMX-HD700 —the younger sister of the DMX-HD1000 we tried at IFA2007— has been announced in the US and will be available at the end of October. At 189 grams and 171 cubic centimeters, Sanyo claims it’s the smallest 720p camcorder in the world, taking AVC/H.264 video and 7.1-megapixel stills with Face Chaser…
Au’s Infobar 2 is hitting the streets in Japan in November. Impress describes it as “Square it was and the form like whether the candy dissolved in the mouth and had roundness of,” which makes me certain that it was designed by Yoda (another clue is that it comes in Yoda Green.) The 2.6-inch OLED…
Sharp has announced new Blu-ray recorders in Japan, with the 1TB hard drive-equipped BD-HDW20 as the new flagship. The player can start recording from its two digital or one analog tuners in under one second. The $2,620 recorder is followed by the BD-HDW15, which packs a 500GB HD for $1,750. The other models are the…
Last week, I played with T-Mobile’s upcoming Sidekick LX built by Sharp and Sidekick Slide, built by Motorola. Though it’s still over a month from their “holiday” release, T-Mobile is acknowledging their existence today with some official pics and specs. Both are more slender than anything yet seen in the Sidekick family: the $299 swivel-action…
Nothing quite lights up a room like the Discovery’s Rainbow In My Room &mdash it’s also one of the best leprechaun-catching tools available on the market. Using LED lights, the gadget creates a prismatic rainbow arc on your wall or on your ceiling. It uses a motion sensor that turns the rainbow on and off…
If your own, strange bathroom sounds startle and horrify you, Toilet Tunes is like a urine-drenched super-hero, ready to please. The gadget uses a sensor installed in the toilet lid that will play six musical choices when the lid is raised and that will make your trip to the bathroom that much more like a…
A lawsuit has been filed against Steve Jobs and O.J. Simpson, with allegations of Apple hiring O.J. as a hitman, exhibiting prejudice toward political prisoners by slashing iPhone prices, and cloning Dolly the sheep in 1998. The plaintiff also claimed he is in danger of being radio-wave warped by O.J. for possessing old cards of…