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You’d have to be an April Fool (nice tie-in, huh?) to not like this massive hand-built locomotive grill and smoker. It recently fetched $12,370.95 on eBay, but considering that it’s actually an eat-in kitchen (complete with booth), the price is really pretty reasonable. The conductor hat you wear while cooking, however, is not. And no,…
This guy claims to be running Apple’s OSX on Apple TV. And from the looks of this video, he most certainly is. While I’m approaching the situation with an open mind, it had better not be a stupid April Fools’ prank. Because here at Gizmodo we have a ton of real news to cover. Scroll…
After our exclusive first Zune photo, an anonymous tipster just sent us this shot of a new MP3 player from RCA. It’s hard to make out much due to the blurriness and poor lighting (proof of the photos’ legitimacy), but the screen looks to be very large for a unit this size, and that silver…
Brian Lam just called me to see how posting was going, checking in on how I was keeping up with all the press releases today. “It’s fine,” I assured him. Then we had the following conversation: “So what else is going on, Brian?” “I’m on a trip.” “On a trip. That’s impossible since we are…
Wired recently published a rundown of geek pranks—better known as tech jokes that the 1337 play on the normals. Their doozies include: – Switch Keyboards to Dvorak – Hide a Mouse’s Trackball – Use Mac Remote to F&*# With People, Making Them Weep Into Their Lattes Here’s a prank for you, Wired. How about you…
In all honesty, we usually leave Sundays for copying and pasting Sharper Image ads and dreaming about ionizers that can fit in our pants (all while we nap off our wine cooler hangover). But the news just keeps on coming, folks, and it doesn’t look like it’s ending anytime soon. Zenith has just announced their…
Those crazy inventors over at Sony have done it again! Somehow (the real method is a closely guarded trade secret) engineers have combined the best parts of a clock (telling time) with the most useful parts of a radio (playing the radio). The resulting product is something we’re absolutely first to call a radio clock.…
Always the witty pranksters, Google has released yet another new beta product: TiSP (Toilet ISP we believe). They send you some fiber optic and a pair of gloves. Then what do you do? (no pun intended) Grasp both ends of the spindle firmly while a friend or loved one flushes, thus activating the patented GFlush™…
Imagine a fabric that sticks to another fabric with ease, without the use of messy glues or clumsy threads. Image a fabric that, when removed from its residence, sings the melodious harmonies of static on a television. Now. Stop. Imagining. Half-hook, half-loop, “Velcro” is a velvety fabric of the gods who’ve been long searching for…
There’s more than Eminem in Detroit, as a chap named Ford has just announced his Model T manureless carriage. Nicknamed “Tin Lizzie”, the Model T utilizes a 4-cylinder motor that produces a whopping 20 horses worth of power. Let’s put 20 horses in a real world context for scale. Pretend you are riding in a…
Despite our passionate detestation of April Fools’ Day, we must admit that Crunchgear’s new layout, complete with a hyperactive piggy bank gif, is almost enjoyable. Gizmodo—of course—would never do such a radical design change overnight, lest our readers be left in the barren wasteland of non-news when our page suddenly failed to load or display…
With the global spread of cancer, HIV/AIDS and the soon to be avian flu, the medical community has been shamed by their inability to cope with these hardcore diseases in the new millennium. In short, the knee reflex hammer is getting us nowhere, and there are only so many vitamins a man can swallow until…
We know, the “wheel” doesn’t look like much to the untrained eye. But just imagine if the technology of roundness was integrated into some of our favorite devices: The iPod We may never understand why Apple created the clickblock, but we’re thinking the interface would be much smoother without the severe edges. The Auto When…
I guarantee it. It isn’t what I expected at all. And I’ve already said too much. And it’s the iPhone. You didn’t see that. I never said it.
Robert Cringely takes issue with YouTube’s blind compliance with DMCA requests by looking at a pulled interview that reportedly potentially poses problems for Steve Jobs in regards to a lawsuit between Apple and Burst.com. The problem is that the actual copyright holder, Oregon Public Broadcasting, never filed a request, but it was pulled in the…
Just when we were sick of iPod docks, Smart Design releases the Dragon I. So what makes the design a “dragon”? We’ll put it to our Gizmodo dragon test we’ve just been dying to try out. 1. Breathes Fire – NO 2. Has Some Red on It – YES 3. Coated in Scales – NO…
The OCZ Trifecta combines SD, MicroSD, and USB into one super device that may not be a creation of Earth. I’s kinda like if one were to combine bacon grease, butter and lard in one package; it’s pretty sure to get the job done, whatever it may be. At its heart, you are really getting…
Generally one steers clear of establishments with “wine on tap”, but from the comfort of one’s pretentious Manhattan loft we understand that such phrases may actually be encouraged. The Vin Au Verre can hold 8 bottles (4 red, 4 white) of your readily drinkable wines on tap for leisured consumption. Temperature is electronically balanced per…
See that badass guy above holding the gun? Well that’s no gun—that’s a flashlight. Ok, it’s really a gun. But the new Pelican 7060 is still hardcore enough to fool you for a moment, and that’s all that matters. Designed for the LAPD, the Pelican 7060 uses 10,000 hour LED bulbs that run for 90…
The Terratec Headset Master is an interesting, $78 solution to surround sound gaming that not only ignores the need for speakers, but for that completely inexpensive-to-buy-awesome-quality soundcard that you’ve been cheaply admiring from afar. The headset connects to your PC via USB, you install some drivers/software and you are good to go. In a recent…