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CUin5 Cellphone: Design Fiction by branko Lukic

The design of your phone is the result of countless business plans, TCO and ROI analyses. The CUin5 is the bizarro world version of that business plan. Every face includes a keypad, microphone and speaker. Imagine grabbing it quickly – from inside your bag, from off a shelf, from under a car seat – and…

Tech News Noah Robischon

Frank Buchwald Lamps: Pricing and Ordering Info

Remember these totally awesome lamps that I told you about a couple weeks ago? We’ve got a price list and ordering info from the artist, and, well… you’d better sit down. https://gizmodo.com/coolest-lamps-ever-235028 The lamps are all limited edition, hand made pieces of art. The cheapest one is $3,900 and the most expensive is a whopping…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Heaven’s Landing: The Neighborhood With Its Own Air Strip

“Heaven’s Landing” is a gated community in Georgia created by former NASCAR racer Mike Ciochetti. What makes it different from other gated communities is the fact that all of the houses have planes parked in their driveways. That’s because Heaven’s Landing is based around a 5,000 foot private airstrip. Yes, those of you out there…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Boring but Important Stuff

“That’s where my financial aid went!”—PhoenixDebaser Watch out the sky is falling! Consumer electronic spending is slowing down. Seriously though, in 2005 year over year spending rose by 7.2%, where as in 2006 it only increased by 3.6%. Trying to pick a college where you’ll be able to download tons of free songs? The RIAA…

Tech News Ben Longo

Proporta Clear Cases for BlackBerry Pearl

With the BlackBerry Pearl becoming the new “in” business phone, it is essential for swanky business types to get their precious phones in cases, asap. This is where Proporta steps in with their clear cases for the Pearl. The Clear case will protect and hold the Pearl and prevent any scratches. Proporta also makes silicone…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Noiseblocker NB-X-Swing Silences Those Hard Drives

Unless you’ve switched to a liquid cooling system in your PC, the loudest component probably wouldn’t be the hard drive, it’d be your fans. But if you have, then these NB-X-Swing hard drive silencers could be just the thing to keep you throwing your dog out of a window over drive noise. How does this…

Tech News Jason Chen

Black iMacs and 8-Core Mac Pros Expected Next Month

MacScoop claims to have the inside dirt on next month’s rumored Apple announcements, saying we’re in for a full barrage of hardware releases, including a black 24-inch iMac and 8-core Mac Pros (no word on whether they’ll be sporting new designs). Also in store for us are 15-inch MacBooks and new Cinema Displays with HDMI/HDCP…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Raymarine SR50 Sirius Weather, Audio Receiver

Despite that blasted merger between Sirius and XM, humble companies like Raymarine are still pushing out their satellite radio products. The SR50, for example, is a Sirius Satellite Weather/Audio receiver perfect for your boat, storm chasing vehicle, or hell, for your home. On the lake the weather functions can be extremely helpful with wind, wave,…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Twenty-Second Workout Girl

If you thought you were the only one that lasted twenty seconds, check out these desktop workout girls. As the name suggests, they exercise like mad for a third of a minute, stop, and waits for you to wind her up again to repeat the entire process. A tacky gift for yourself, but a brilliant…

Gadgets Jason Chen

SuperBot Robot Can Construct Itself

This robot, named the SuperBot, can do some pretty super, and unique things. The SuperBot has the ability to build itself, in a way. It can be constructed into a variety of different figures to accomplish different tasks, for example as a walking unit, rolling unit, snake unit, etc. Each individual block is a robot…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Future Aircrafts Could Shapeshift (Not Transformers-Style, Unfortunately)

In an article in the latest Air & Space, shapeshifting planes could actually be made a reality. Not shapeshifting in the sense of Transformers, but morphing to alter wingspan, wing area and other features. A lot of this approach on morphing planes is inspired from flowers and batteries. Chiang and colleague Steven Hall took advantage…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Me-Mo Modular Cellphone Design

Designer Peter Norberg has found the happy medium between cellphones that just makes calls and do little else, and smartphones that have so many features that nobody can possibly use all of them. His Me-mo design takes a large cellphone and breaks it into multiple modular parts—meaning the keyboard, screen, phone, MP3 player, GPS, and…

Tech News Jason Chen

Coke Bottle Plasma Lamp: Lightning in a Bottle

We were already considering ordering one of those plasma light bulbs we showed you the other day, and now we see this Coke bottle that also does the plasma trick. The 18-inch tall lamp costs $22.98. https://gizmodo.com/plasma-light-bulb-fun-by-itself-even-better-with-dope-237782 This version of the plasma lamp adds an extra dimension to the whole idea. Heck, it looks like…

Gadgets Charlie White

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This Week at Uncrate: We count our blessings with the Digital Cash Counter, get our game on with the Four-in-One Rotating Game Table, and celebrate our manliness with a Testosterone Keychain. We also make our own sledding track with the Home Snow Machine, dream of a less-cluttered life with the Milk Desk, and erase some…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Steampunk Keyboard Mod for Brazil Re-enactments

Although steampunk laptop mod was cool, if a bit unpractical, forcing steampunk fans back to their holes to re-read their dog-eared copy of The Difference Engine for the 48th time. But with this Steampunk keyboard mod, (almost) anybody can take an IBM Model M keyboard and turn it into a work of art. Kinda. https://gizmodo.com/working-steampunk-laptop-207297…

Tech News Jason Chen

Apple Succeeds in Patenting the … Lanyard

Yes, Apple, the kings of patent whoredom, have successfully patented the lanyard, or “Ornamental Harness” as they call it. This essentially looks like a Wiimote strap with a male iPod dock connector on the bottom, but to be honest, that would work. Exspect this accessory to show up on the Apple Store soon (and yes,…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Today at Giz: To: Cisco & Apple

To: Cisco & Apple From: Ben Hey guys, I’m so glad that you finally patched things up. It was making dinner time really stressful with you two not talking and all. I’m not too sure what Cisco meant by interoperability, but Apple I’m guessing that you will find out soon. https://gizmodo.com/iphoneygate-finale-cisco-and-apple-hug-it-out-and-shar-238657 Anyways, since you’ve been…

Tech News Ben Longo

When Two Worlds Collide: Jobs and Gates Hang Out Together

Here’s a little preview of the D5: All Things Digital conference that’ll be happening on May 30th, where Steve Jobs shares the stage with Bill Gates to talk tech. https://gizmodo.com/gates-and-jobs-to-share-stage-at-wsjs-no-holds-barred-t-238244 Lots more pics, after the jump: In these pics taken by photographer Asa Mahat at D3: All Things Digital in 2005, Jobs and Gates had…

Tech News Charlie White

Fujitsu’s 1080p AVIAMOs Claim Plasma Superiority

Nowadays, 1080p HDTVs are a dime a dozen, but Fujitsu’s straight-from-Japan AVIAMO series (which come in at 37-, 50-, and 65-inches) are claiming plasma superiority due to their unique design. You see, what separates these sets from the rest is their frame, which is made of aluminum (rather than plastic) so as to mesh with…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Gaming Console Power Consumption Revisited

We looked at PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube and Dreamcast power consumption last year, but now with the Wii and PS3 out, it’s time to see who uses the most power. https://gizmodo.com/console-power-usage-181610 Xbox 360 was the big loser last year, costing over twice as much to run as the nearest competitor, the original Xbox.…

Tech News Jason Chen

CUin5 Cellphone: Design Fiction by branko Lukic

Frank Buchwald Lamps: Pricing and Ordering Info

Heaven’s Landing: The Neighborhood With Its Own Air Strip

Boring but Important Stuff

Proporta Clear Cases for BlackBerry Pearl

Noiseblocker NB-X-Swing Silences Those Hard Drives

Black iMacs and 8-Core Mac Pros Expected Next Month

Raymarine SR50 Sirius Weather, Audio Receiver

Twenty-Second Workout Girl

SuperBot Robot Can Construct Itself

Future Aircrafts Could Shapeshift (Not Transformers-Style, Unfortunately)

Me-Mo Modular Cellphone Design

Coke Bottle Plasma Lamp: Lightning in a Bottle

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

Steampunk Keyboard Mod for Brazil Re-enactments

Apple Succeeds in Patenting the … Lanyard

Today at Giz: To: Cisco & Apple

When Two Worlds Collide: Jobs and Gates Hang Out Together

Fujitsu’s 1080p AVIAMOs Claim Plasma Superiority

Gaming Console Power Consumption Revisited

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

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Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

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