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Just remember, it could happen to any of us—at any time. Perhaps it will be the draw of soft Barry White playing on our alluring RED Nano, or a particularly revealing angle as Lara Croft illuminates our smooth, curvy, porcelain-white Xbox 360. Indeed, the question is really less “how” than “when”. The Sun reports on…
Originally designed as a commentary on the excessive opulence of luxurious home accessories, the Zip-Tie light allows you to yuppie it up without feeling bad about strip mining for your golden candelabras or skinning little puppies alive for those cuddly duvets. What we like about the Zip-Tie is that unlike most of the cool designy…
According to Harvard Business School professor David Yoffie, Apple has generated a scant $400 million in free iPhone advertising since its announcement (granted, at least $200 million of that was from Gizmodo alone). He explained: No other company has ever received that kind of attention for a product launch…It’s unprecedented I doubt that the iPhone…
Commercial contests aren’t a new idea, especially for those who watched the Superbowl this year. However, Battlestar Galactica is throwing a contest that sounds fun. Instead of leaving fans to do everything on their own, SciFi has released video clips and sound effects for the public to use and recut to their liking. (Though, the…
“Home Sweet Home” is a project by artist Louisa Bufardeci in which she captured 13 one-minute long conversations and embroidered their waveforms. The artist hopes to invoke …the sense of paranoia generated by the idea that anyone could be listening in, anytime. But we can’t believe she’d use such vulgarity to make her point. Just…
“Hello?” “Would you go out with me?” “Who is this?” “Rick.” “No.” “Joe.” “I thought you said Rick-” “I meant Joe.” “Still no.” “Joe as in Joline.” “Eh-” If you are the type who likes to call without the caller-tracing consequences, you might want to partake in Telespoof.com’s free Friday service through March. It also…
No, we are not teasing you with the headline. Robots officially kill people. Developed by Elbit Systems Ltd for Israel’s army to avoid hand-to-hand combat, the VIPeR is about the size of a small television and easily rolls up stairs and down into trenches (ok, with that trenches part we kinda went freestyle, but the…
This week at iLounge: There’s no accessory as important to your portable listening experience as a good pair of earphones. Just like the speakers that sit on your desktop, bookshelf, nightstand or floor, the tiny speakers in earphones can seriously muffle, distort, or otherwise change the way your music sounds. Since Apple’s packed-in earbuds aren’t…
A few months ago, Harmon Kardon announced their new Guide+Play GPS/PMP, and thanks to one dedicated dealer (of Harmon Kardon products, people) a video has been uploaded for all to see. I like the interface, and especially enjoy the inherent navigational music video that starts whenever you flip from music to map mode. It reminds…
Even if you usually skip over dull PC articles, this one’s worth reading. Earlier this week, Intel announced their plans to mass produce phase-change memory (PCM or PRAM) by the end of 2007. So why the hell does this matter to you, oh searcher for the USB bust-enhancer? From Intel: The phase-change memory gets pretty…
Samsung has finally gotten serious about its point-and-shoot cameras, as evidenced by its NV11, with a Schneider 5x optical zoom lens, 10.1-megapixel sensor and face recognition. We especially like its slim good looks and super-easy user interface. Check out the gallery, and you might agree that it’s a fine example of the breed. It’ll be…
Here’s that Nikon D40x DSLR that’s been bumped up to 10.2 megapixels from its D40 brandmate, with 3fps shooting instead of the 2.5fps of the plain ol’ D40, as well as longer battery life and slightly wider ISO range. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-spruces-up-its-d40-now-the-10-2-megapixel-d40x-241789 But the hands-on experience reveals a lot more, where the Nikon click sound is more…
Designed for both Xbox 360 and the original Xbox, Kontrolfreak is a small plastic attachment that gives you better grip on the analog sticks on your controllers. It’s essentially two wings that ensures your thumbs don’t slide off and go flying, which honestly hasn’t been a problem for us as far as we can remember.…
By providing you with an easy way to keep your child’s information all in one place, this USB Amber Alert Child ID kit can be a lifesaver in the hopefully unlikely event that your child goes missing. The device gives you a nice software app where you can enter in photos, emails, personal blog URLs,…
We’ve never been to the UN, or any other venue where speech needs to be translated on the fly, so we were impressed with these little translation headphones at GDC. They have two interpreters in the back translating the talks on the fly (see my Loco Roco coverage), feeding directly into these wireless headsets. This…
It may sound like something from a sci-fi flick, but South Korea is writing up a code of ethics to protect robots from being abused by humans and vice versa. Tops on their list is the issue of safety, especially now that more people are interacting with robots. Roboticists in Europe are also lobbying their…
One of the main (only?) improvements in Vista for gamers would be the inclusion of DirectX 10. And to make gamers upgrade, they made DirectX 10 a Vista exclusive. Is it worth it? See for yourself. Above are two screenshots of the same game rendered in DX9 and DX10. Can you tell which is which?…
As if USB guitars and USB keyboards weren’t enough, Ion Audio’s just produced a USB electronic Wind instrument. Shaped like a plastic clarinet, this gadget lets you simulate woodwinds, brass, strings, and synth instruments from the comfort of your computer desk. Of course, playing a clarinet—and in turn, this USB wind instrument—is harder than playing…
In yesterday’s article by Hal R. Varian, (a professor of business, economics, and information at UC-Berkeley), we see that over the last 100 years, society has been convinced technological and social progress would bring about vast amounts of leisure time. “When you account for the much longer time in school, the more or less constant…
Did we hear someone ask for video shot by the Canon PowerShot TX1 7.1-megapixel still camera/720p flash-drive camcorder? Well, here it is, unedited and unaltered straight off the flash card in all its 720p glory. Download this AVI file shot with a TX-1 preproduction prototype, and you’ll see that results are mixed. To be fair,…