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Remember yesterday’s stretch limo Ferrari? Now you can see it in all its rather tragic glory. Gizmag, which broke the story, is investigating claims that it’s not the first stretch Ferrari. Let’s hope it’s the last. [Daily Mail] https://gizmodo.com/first-gullwing-stretch-limo-ferrari-299096
The world of conceptual design often generates products that will make our lives easier and more fulfilling. For newlyweds, Katherine Gray has designed this combination wine goblets-plates-bowls-urinal-dildo kit. Plus when the deeds are done, the container can be used to store the ashes of your loved one. And while we admire Gray’s enthusiasm, we can’t…
You know Motorola is stepping up their game when they begin ripping the grammar-strained vowels from a product line. Take the TLKR, it’s Motorola’s new line of walkie-talkies meant to convey a sense of style while you are calling in for airstrikes on the cootie patrol. The first version will be the T3, offering eight…
Retired taggers with desk jobs and itchy fingers can go to town on Suck UK’s latest object of desire, the graffiti train. Ghostly white, it’s just waiting to be turned into a work of art. Wannabe taggers bestowed with less talent can use the transfers that come in the pack. And plain weirdos can just…
When you’re a patent troll “holding firm” who wins a settlement of $612.5 million, what do you do? Take your half billion and head home? No, you head after fatter fish who can afford meatier judgments. NTP’s anteing up by suing AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile for patent infringement relating to “the delivery of e-mail…
If you’re a Google god like Larry Page or Sergey Brin, you already own a double-wide Boeing 767-200 for personal use—which is less the equivalent of a stretched Hummer limo than, say, a stretched school bus limo. Once one has reached the level of stretched school bus limo airplane, how much higher can luxury ascend?…
Yes, fridges can hold any bottles and cans, but if you find one camouflaged as a photocopy paper box in the office supply room, you know that it can only hold one thing: beer. Or in my case, Guinness. And tequila, Cointreau and limes as well. Next: an ice box posing as toner. [Dethroner]
David Hanson, known to Giz readers for some brilliant-but-creepy robotics, has unveiled his masterpiece of five years: Zeno, by no coincidence also the name of Hanson’s 18-month-old son. https://gizmodo.com/amazing-robot-reality-or-techno-puppet-show-255821 A 6lb. 17″ tall artificial person with an expressive face covered in something Hanson calls “frubber,” Zeno was designed for edutainment purposes: conversation and emotional responses.…
Jonathan Rubinstein, the hardware engineering guru who helped bring Apple back on track, is going to be the new executive chairman of Palm. Hopefully this will give new life to their product line. Also joining in is former Apple CFO Fred Anderson, who will join the board, and Bono’s Elevation Partners, which is taking a…
They may not be the smallest and biggest notebooks in the world, but this Dell XPS m2010 makes the OQO2 sitting on top look like Mini-me next to Andre the Giant. [UMPCPortal via Wired] https://gizmodo.com/andre-the-giant-selected-as-new-hand-model-for-iphone-268165
Financial Times is reporting that the Wii has overtaken the 360 in overall sales—9 million to 8.9 million—making it the best-selling next-gen console in ze world. (To be clear, this is units sold, not units shipped.) Poor PS3 has amassed less than half of either, with a mere 3.7 million sold. [Ars Technica]
We Ubuntu hitting Dell a while ago, but Walt Mossburg’s just now getting around to giving them a go—apparently after a barrage of mail from readers, the same thing that prompted Dell to put ’em out. Evaluating it “strictly from the point of view of an average user,” he thinks “still too rough around the…
Just eleven and a half feet in length, the Sentry is an unmanned surveillance craft from British defense firm Qinetiq that can hit speeds of 50 knots. The boat, which can work up to 16 miles from its controller, and go for up to six hours, is on show at an arms fair in London…
According to ComScore, web video watchers have short attention spans: 2.7 minutes worth, to be exact, though we watch about 3 hours of online video a month. [NYT]
Apple UK is holding a press event next tuesday at their Regent St. headquarters. “Mum is no longer the word” they say in the invite, so I guess now we can talk about O2’s iPhone deal in the open. [Thanks Christopher]
Following its appearance at a Samsung dealer event in the Netherlands, the ultra-slim G800 slider is getting a bit of attention &mdash mainly because of its 5 megapixel camera with 3 x zoom and Xenon flash. And then there’s the small matter of the HSDPA and the micro SDHC card slot, making me think that…
Let us give thanks for firefighters and their mighty equipment. As well as putting out fires, rescuing people from burning buildings and being strong, brave and exemplary individuals, they can do special tricks with their hoses &mdash like this one: lifting a car using the extreme water pressure from eight (I think) of their hoses.…
I. Want. This. I want to stomp down Fifth Avenue in it. I want to dance on the subway. I want to hitch-hike to California. And most importantly, I want to do a striptease out of this Master Chief Suit. Gizmodians, I will do this for you on video if you buy me this. I’m…
We went a bit moist and gooey earlier this year when we saw Samsung’s F700 in Barcelona. Now the touch-screen smartphone with 3-megapixel camera and QWERTY keyboard has got a release date in Europe and a carrier: November; and Vodafone. I’d take a punt on it hitting our shores in early 2008, though. Full specs,…
On June 15, 1957 a Plymouth Belvedere was buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The car was to serve as a time capsule which would be opened in 2007. Among other things, it was packed with films, a commemorative plate and gasoline (in case the people of 2007 didn’t have any to start the car). The June…