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A 39-year-old dentist from Vancouver had a shocking experience while he was out jogging and listening to his iPod. Lightning struck a tree next to him, and then jumped over to him, throwing him 8 feet and resulting in second-degree burns on his chest and left leg. There were also a couple of burns exactly…
Dexter is the latest soundboard released by JazzMutant. The board keeps the simple shape of the previously released Lemur, but has a brand new interface that’s a pleasure to watch. Unfortunately for anyone who’s not an industry professional, Dexter is a costly companion: $3,600. [JazzMutant via Crave]
Here’s a free way to control your PC from an iPhone, thanks to Nate True at cre.ations.net. Using TightVNC, software that lets you remotely control your PC desktop (sorry, it’s not Mac-friendly yet), he’s made a couple of simple changes that let you use the iPhone’s touchscreen interface to control your PC from afar. Here’s…
Following up on the creepy Baby Hands Hands soap, here’s the Grope On a Rope, a hand soap with an attached rope for the shower. You can actually buy it for $15, but really, somebody has to tell them that for serious shower groping the last thing you need is an extended hand. [Product page]…
What’s long, white, wiry and fluffy and has a bit of hardware stuck on the end? A tail cam, of course. Available in Japan from Angel Kitty (they are the hot freekz who brought us the French Maid Keyboard) it will cost you $146, but I think that’s a bit expensive, so, after the jump,…
Sofmap’s Digital Olive is a kitsch, cutesy MP3 player with removable speakers. Available in Japan from July 24 the battery-run music box comes in four shades and will set you back $50. This what there is – and isn’t… First of all, there is no built-in memory, just a USB port and an SD card…
An eggcup-like device with bionic legs attached to it has been developed by doctors for a man who was chopped in half by a truck in 1995. The accident left Peng Shulin bedridden for over a decade, but thanks to doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing, the 2’6″ fighter is back on…
Just in time for the return of Harry Potter, Logitech lands its own magic wand, the MX Air mouse. It responds to the Freespace motion control technology when held aloft, especially when aimed at a Media Center PC or other “10-foot” PC application. Gesture controls are included: in a music app, a nudge to the…
These Roller Lights are the equivalent of strap-on wheelies for the disco generation – provided you don’t weigh more than 176 lb. , the two-wheeled toys attach to your shoes and flash away with their three color lights. Tempting as it would be to announce the birth of the Gizmodo Roller Lights team, I don’t…
For those of you who haven’t yet checked out Plan59, I highly recommend it. The site has some amazing images of the paleo-future such as this Spaceport of the Future, as well as other vintage ephemera. I know I’ve seen this image somewhere but I can’t place it. Any idea where this image was originally…
Perhaps Gateway is not the PC powerhouse it once was, but its two new laptop lines, the M-Series and T-Series, show that it still has some fight in it. Make no mistake, these machines are HD savvy. They have HDMI outputs, optional discrete ATI graphics, your choice of Blu-ray or HD DVD optical drives and…
Forget about hassling with solar power or batteries when there’s no electricity any more (or on your next camping trip)—just wind up this LED camp light for a minute, and it lights up your post-apocalyptic world for 30 minutes. Wind it up all the way and it’ll give you four hours of its brightest light…
The EyeClops is a handheld microscope that looks like a grotesque eyeball, but can help you see that strange world that’s teeming with life right there in front of you, right under your nose. It magnifies everything 200x , but its design is about 800x as goofy as a typical microscope. You just plug the…
Samsung’s follow ups to the highly regarded BD-P1200 are here, and they are upgraded with audio format support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD. Everyone else looks pretty much the same, including this magic list: 24 frame support, HDMI 1.3, and ethernet. Except the 1400 doesn’t have that mind-blowing HQV video processor at $549 while…
This is kind of brilliant. This Microsoft patent allows for a user to receive a squirted song by Zune-to-Zune WiFi transfer, eventually paying for it when the 3-plays or 3-days are up. Even cooler, the squirter would get a commission from the squirtee’s purchase. A smart move if they could get it working in the…
Possible updated LG Prada in Europe late this year, featuring a YouTube-friendly 5-megapixel camera. [Electronista]
Harness the power of the technology that drives the iPhone‘s multitouch display as well as Microsoft‘s uber-expensive Surface table for a few hundred bucks and some elbow grease. Using a projector, a modified webcam and what amounts to a homemade acrylic whiteboard along with some community-made software, you can reenact the iPhone commercial at home.…
Nyko’s latest Wii’s accessory just sounds like a joke. An awesome joke. Behold: •Multiple LCD scoreboards •Built-in fan to cool off your steamy gamer hands •Chip & dip bowls •Four cup holders, complete with freezable sleeves to cool them •Wii remote storage •A drawer to store things like memory cards or manuals [Jerry’s IGN]
This guitarless pick is for when you want to jam without your axe. There are four picks with two songs each to choose from. Bands include Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, and Green Day—$15 per pick. Check for them at the end of August. [Himeya Shop via Technabob]
In a rough week for analysts, Microsoft shot down Michael Pachter’s claim today that predicted they would lower Xbox prices across the board in response to Sony’s PS3 price cut announcement this week. https://gizmodo.com/jp-morgan-retracts-iphone-nano-prediction-276937 Microsoft stated that they are comfortable with where the Xbox 360 is priced and that they have no future plans to…
