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The Pitch DirecTV’s ingenious ad agency, Deutsch Inc., mods yet another cinematic classic, this time selecting a flick that’s sure to delight the Gizmodo crowd: James Cameron’s superb Aliens. Yes, that’s the real Sigourney Weaver, made up to look 21 years younger and slotted into a similar-looking robot-arm apparatus. This time, though, no dirty mouth—the…
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PC World’s McCracken wonders who the “brilliant engineer” behind iMovie ’08 is. Apple generally doesn’t glorify individual engineers, so he won’t get an official answer. Anyone know? [PC World]
People are asking for a boycott of Regal Cinemas after they began pushing for jail time for a 20-year-old girl who recorded 20 seconds of Transformers on her Powershot to show her brother. Come on Regal, don’t be dicks, that’s clearly not piracy. [Consumerist]
If you caught Bjork on tour this year, then you might have seen the ReacTable, a tactile synth. Moving, flipping and rotating the blocks on the perspex surface creates the music, while a projector beneath the table provides the visuals. It’s intuitive and thrilling stuff that can be used by both professional musicians and novices…
Panasonic parent Matsushita will start selling a $2,500 37″ LCD HDTV in Japan next month, apparently amending its rule that it would only sell plasmas in 37″-and-up flat-panel screen sizes. [Reuters]
You know all those ads, including the iPod one, that has a guy dancing like he’s made of rubber? It’s all the same dude: David Elsewhere. The nimble virtuoso has basically invented his own style of dancing, and it’s so unique that basically any time you see it in an ad, it’s him. Even if…
During a meeting with the CEO of Sling Media, Om Malik got a peek at a trial version of the Nokia N95 that supports the US version of HSDPA. A few phone calls later, he’s confirming that Nokia has plans to release the 3G’d-up N95 in the US next month. One of our big knocks…
This is a moth pupa with an implanted chip equipped with microelectrodes and fluidic paths. One day they could be the equivalent of R2-D2 for fighter pilots according to Dr Amit Lal, who works at DARPA integrating chips, sensors and nano-mechanical systems into insects to convert them into combat allies. Jump to see its final…
Porn company Perfect 10 is suing Microsoft for thumbnailing their naked ladies. [infoworld]
When Dell, Earthlink, Google, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Philips got together to create a prototype “white space” device—that is, a box capable of two-way high-bandwidth wireless communication in the frequencies now occupied by analog TV signal—you would have thought the combined muscle would ensure success. But the White Spaces Coalition has failed its first test…
MP3s may be the wave of the future, but that doesn’t mean we’ve had the initiative to digitize our CD collection. This Dual Music Player concept is a both a portable MP3 player and a more portable CD player. Unfolding á la butterfly knife, the DMP concept spins your CDs while exposed to the world,…
Apple is a further tinkering with its MultiTouch interface, now showing how it might be implemented on a Macbook Pro in a patent application that extends the idea from an earlier filing in 2004. No, you won’t be smudging up that gleaming screen with your pasty paws—the touchscreen on this Macbook is not actually a…
On Jan. 1, Intel’s revamping its branding scheme for processors in the name of efficiency and simplicity. But, going by the examples, it looks like they stand to accomplish neither. [Ars]
Sony is hopping on the SSD laptop bandwagon, releasing a new Vaio without a platter HDD. The Vaio TZ18GN is an 11.1-inch ultraportable with a 32GB SSD, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB of RAM and, unfortunately, Vista preloaded. It weighs in at a svelte 2.5 pounds, which is a bit heftier than Toshiba’s “world’s lightest”…
Philips has been cranking out LCD Ambilights for a few years, upgrading the line in relative moderation. But their new Aurea televisions (a prototype pictured here) are a more aggressive take on ambient television lighting. Fully LED back-lit, the Aureas will actually glow through the case border, creating a dynamic frame effect. To minimize visible…
Those of us who are follicularly challenged take great fascination in baldness gadgets, such as the HairMax Laser Comb which didn’t impress us much. But why not just learn how to do an elaborate comb-over like this Japanese guy? He must be the world comb-over expert. Take a look at what he does with a…
After finding himself bored by his Wal-Mart R/C Tumbler, one modder decided to do the only logical thing: make the toy into a badass case mod. While the specs are a bit on the lame side—AMD Sempron 2800+, 40 gig HD, 736 MB of DDR 400 ram and a CD/DVD drive—we’re still fairly certain this…
Tarkan Akdam hated the iPod until his wife demanded one. However, instead of getting a new one he went the cheap way: got a broken one on eBay, a couple of small parts, a 4GB Compact Flash card and ended up with a custom 5.6mm x 51mm x 61mm module to replace its broken hard…
Strapya might just have come up with this year’s most useless thingy, the Piano Can. Housed in what looks like a baby-food tin is a polythene keyboard that may or may not have been made out of an old plastic bag. It’s got two play modes: annoying; and very annoying. All this for just $9?…