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Finally, graffiti and technology have joined to create something beautiful. Mark Ecko is designing digital citylights that will consist of a giant LCD screen and a Bluetooth interface that will allow passerby’s to “spray graffiti” by accessing the screen via Bluetooth. They will then be able to use their cell phone cursor to spray any…
Apple notebooks are in third place for US market share at 17.6 percent. That’s not far behind the leaders, Dell and HP, which have an approximate share of 50% total, together. Interestingly, 19% percent of Gizmodo readers use Macs. [Macworld]
So, you know me. We’ve worked together for years. When I need a review unit, I email you, and we work out the details and everything is gravy. Easy. Except for that silly loan agreement that we have to fill out every single time. And don’t get me started about the faxing part of it.…
Despite what the floor salesmen at Best Buy tell you about Plasmas vs. LCDs, LCD TVs actually do get burn-in. Sure, it takes longer to make that “Fox News” logo locked into your TV even when you’re watching, say, The Venture Bros., but it’ll get there. As you can see in this 22-inch Sharp LCD…
Ben Heck, everyone’s favorite video-game modder, has gone and done it again. This time, he’s gone and stuffed an Atari AND an NES into a handheld portable, and dubbed it the NEStari. As usual, he goes through plenty of detail showing how he did it, and as usual, it’s way too complicated for 99% of…
Via releases a one watt (0.1 watts when idle) 500MHz x86 CPU designed for mobile, industrial and embedded applications. Stick it in my toothbrush and make it play Doom. [Via]
There are two reasons to watch this Fall’s remake of The Bionic Woman on NBC. One is Michelle Ryan, English actress and utter, utter hottie. The other is Katee Sackoff, Battlestar Galactica’s chewer-upper of Cylon raiders —but we all know about her hotness already, so let’s focus on the new girl. There’s a video preview…
We’ve been lucky enough not to be carried in a stretcher, but if we’re going to be, we’d want it to be in one of these. This design for a Caterpillar stretcher looks standard at first, but can tilt up to a reclining or sitting wheelchair and glide gracefully up and down stairs. This lets…
Click to viewUnlike the original version, the NES emulator for the iPhone works great now —except for the sound. There’s still one big problem: the lack of tactile feedback on the buttons. Natetrue, the creator of iBrickr, came up with an ingenious hardware patch: a transparent vinyl layer cut like the gamepad buttons. It seems…
In a blatant example of downright-lazy journalism, the Wall Street Journal has just discovered the fact that, OH NOES, there is slang coming from the internet! And kids are using it irl (that’s “in real life,” for you WSJ writers). It’s the exact same story that pathetic local news stations use for scare stories between…
Here’s another spin on that countdown clock idea, but this one takes more of a Hollywood movie star approach. Decide your goal from among the few printed strips of paper included (or go ahead and make your own), slide that goal into the slot on the front of this clock, enter the day and year…
The new version of HandBrake is out, complete with a new user Interface and a variety of presets for devices, including the iPhone. [HandBrake]
Venzero’s black-sheened players have always looked good, which is why the Venzero Linq looks so promising. Besides having the standard MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, JPEG and MPEG4 playback, it also supports Wi-Fi streaming from internet radio stations and your Windows Media Player 11 on a PC. That means you don’t need to jam-pack its…
The PS3 webcam PlayStation Eye is coming October 23, bundled with a copy of Eye of Judgment, the weird playing/trading card game. [Amazon via Krunker]
Those of you who have managed to brick or accidentally upgrade your PSP have been looking for this Pandora’s Battery software even if you didn’t realize it. The app lets you turn any battery into an official Sony Jigkick battery, which is what their repair staff uses to unbrick (and also downgrade) your PSP. Best…
Paramount and Dreamworks’ recent decision to dump Blu-ray and go HD DVD exclusive may have had something to do with the $150 million incentive, but Paramount’s Chief Technical Officer says it’s not just that. He lays out the technical reasons why HD DVD is a superior platform, many of which we’ve seen and heard before.…
This Plantronics Calisto Pro set takes your standard Bluetooth headset and adds in landline and Skype dialing, which means you get the big three (Skype, home, cell) all in one dorky-looking device. The base station has a USB connector to hook into your PC for Skype and Yahoo calls, a DECT 6.0 handset to handle…
The title of world’s tallest LEGO tower just shifted from California to Toronto, where energetic LEGO Master builders Erik Therkelsen (at left), Per Knudsen and 12,000 of their closest friends stacked up enough of the plastic bricks—more than 465,000 of them—to create a 96.1-footer. https://gizmodo.com/arrrrgh-pirate-ship-mast-worlds-tallest-lego-tower-265480 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it’s now…
The headsets that come for free with the Xbox 360 don’t exactly scream quality. Sure, they get the job done when it comes to trash talking the 11-year-olds you’re losing to in Shadowrun, but the one-eared design that makes you listen to both the TV and your headset isn’t really an optimal solution. The new…
The 4000 DPI resolution and 100 inches per second tracking speed of this Razer 3G Laser Sensor will probably give you as much of an advantage in BioShock as you’re going to get, short of injecting yourself with a “Not-Suck-At-FPS” Plasmid. At 4000DPI, the imaging is so good you could hold it up to your…