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It seems that Nintendo have developed a camera for its DS system – although it will not be built-in to the portable console. Gaming company Intelligent Systems is developing a game called Adult Face Training, which teaches people the discipline of facial exercises. And do you know what? I think this one is for the…
You might be looking at plans for the iPhone nano. Here’s a patent application by Apple, dated today, that shows a simplified input pad with numbers on it, and it could conceivably be a simple follow-on to the iPhone. The touchpad “displays graphical elements to indicate input areas of the touchpad,” and as you can…
Really, what’s all this ruckus about the Second Coming of the JesusPhone in Europe? Some regional German newspaper said that it was going to be T-Mobile in the Fatherland. The never-sensationalistic British press is claiming that “O2 gets UK iPhone deal” and even the BBC is getting its knickers in a twist about it. Can’t…
This is what every al fresco party needs – a cooler that plays tunes and lugs your beer to the pier without you needing to see a chiropractor. There’s an AM/FM radio to fiddle around with, a jack for your iPod or MP3 player into. And if all that wasn’t enough, it also looks like…
The US Patent Office has spilt the beans on the (allegedly) next Apple mouse, a multi-touch device with no buttons that extends the iPhone concept into desktop computers. From the description of it, it will be both funky and useful. According to the filing, it will have a transparent shell with a light source that…
Still only a concept, Gilles Belley’s Energy Saving Adapter promises to cut your power consumption by ten per cent, saving the world one power plug at a time. Designed with more than a nod to Apple’s white period, this eco-friendly idea monitors your electrical devices individually and notifies you if it thinks you are wasting…
From Japan, Feeling Egg is a waterproof LED light in the shape of, yes, an egg. You can put them anywhere you want, lighting up places where no egg has gone before, and they sell two pairs in each eggbox. Each egg runs on 3 LR44 button batteries and the set of red, green, blue…
Trascend has just upgraded to 32GB their Solid State Drive for ExpressCard/34 slots. It will accelerate your laptop PC using Vista’s Ready Boost, but it’s also compatible with Linux and Mac OS X, which will be specially useful once Leopard comes out. Why Leopard and technical specs after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/transcend-16gb-express-card-fabulousness-comes-at-a-pr-249147 Why Leopard? Because this…
AT&T is saying that they have sold more iPhones in the first weekend than any other cellphone in the first month. Meanwhile, the iPhone Apple Store locator says it’s sold out everywhere but in Pittsburgh and Tigard, Oregon.
What better way to enjoy beer on the 4th than with a Godzilla beer cozy that roars when you pour. (Seriously.) Video by Sarah Meyers and Richard Blakeley
Here is the Nokia HF-300 Bluetooth speakerphone, hot from the 4th of July grill. It will allow you to quickly install a hands-free and cable-free call system just by clipping it to your sunvisor, using its own batteries for up to 20 hours of talk. The HF-300 knows when to turn itself off so you…
We’re personally looking forward to the Vista-capable HTC Shift for our UMPC-from-HTC needs, but this HTC Omni seems quite nice from the renders. It has WM6, 3G UMTS/HSDPA, a 4-inch 800×480 display, TV/VGA out, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, microSD expansion slot, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, GPS, a large QWERTY and a size of 130 x 81 x…
Legend of Zelda stickers and a Halo 3 paint job not getting the message through? Try these Fuzzy Game Boy dice. A Kotaku reader crafted them himself, which means you can’t buy them, but they look easy enough to make for a fun day of crafting and sewing with your kids. And that message you’re…
Take your pup out to the July 4th festivities in this Croc-Eat-Dog Suit, and show your fellow Americans he’s not only a cooperative little mutt, but he’s also some doggone good eatin’. Best Dog Suit Ever. By a Longshot [Spinwall]
Evil Mad Scientist’s disclaimer that this little project “just isn’t safe” kind of lowballs the danger level involved, since you’re basically plugging your hot dog directly into a power outlet. To be more precise, you alligator clip two forks, which you shove into the hot dog, into a wall socket (or power strip, which would…
Although we’re totally hungover from the Transformers premiere, we still can’t get enough. We’ve collected all of our Transformers videos from the last couple of months into one post to make your Optimus Prime worshiping that much easier. Whether it’s helmet hi-jinks, Botcon 2007, toy reviews or devoted fans you’re looking for, it’s all here…
Surprise: All those gadgets, computers and TVs are boosting domestic power consumption. [Reuters]
Thanko, that provider of all things gimmicky but good, has just launched another surprisingly useful tool, this time the FMP3 Watch. As the name suggests, we’re talking combo MP3 (and WMA too) player and FM transmitter. That’s surely enough to make even Mr. Bond a bit envious (although I’m sure those innards would be packed…
The MacBook Smasher finally received a new computer from Apple. [Consumerist] https://gizmodo.com/the-wrong-way-to-handle-macbook-repairs-271030
On top of the two phone activation tricks, DVD Jon has found a way to emulate the iTunes server, getting the iPhone to work as a Wi-Fi iPod. (No calls, of course.) [So Sue Me via Adam H.] https://gizmodo.com/unconfirmed-activate-the-iphone-with-extra-iphone-274046
