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$230k Flight Simulator Took 10 Years in the Making

It might have taken 10 years to complete, but Matthew Sheil’s 747 flight simulator is without a doubt the most elaborate set up out there. And it should be considering he shelled out $230k to build it. Sheil, who is an amateur pilot living in Sydney, uses 13 quad-core Voodoo PCs to power his rig.…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

Just in Time Watch Concept

A concept by Martin Frey, a designer, the Just in Time Watch allows you to get relevant appointment information with just a glance. The JIT Watch is a “thinking” watch, which means it interfaces with your Bluetooth phone to coordinate your schedule. Once interfaced, the JIT Watch can use GPS to know where you are,…

Gadgets Jason Chen

LGs new HDTVs Have Hard Drives Built In

LG announced a couple of nice-looking HDTVs with built-in hard drives today. They come with built-in 160GB drives with a USB 2.0 port tacked on to allow you to bump that up when you fill it up with HD recordings of Skinemax flicks. The new sets will come in both LCD and plasma flavors, with…

Tech News Adam Frucci

10 Vista Myths Debunked

Even though our own experience in using Vista on a day-to-day basis side by side with our OS X machines have been pretty decent, there’s been lots of rumors and misconceptions floating around about Microsoft’s new OS. Here are ten. The first is that you have to buy a high-end PC to run Vista. Well,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rumor Smashed: Philippine Call Center Not Awarded Zune Contract

Even though the Zune Phone is all but confirmed (there haven’t been any formal announcements yet), we shouldn’t be jumping to conclusions every time there’s an announcement that somehow ties Microsoft to phones. Case in point, this morning Global Sky, a Philippine-based call center, issued a press release saying they were going to support Wi-Fi…

Tech News Jason Chen

Patent Watch: Nintendo Gaming Phone Found!

Forget Bejeweled or BrickBreaker, in 2001 Nintendo knew what was up with mobile gaming because they filed a patent for a gaming phone. Oddly enough, the patent was not issued until June 27, 2006, over four-and-a-half years later. I highly doubt Nintendo is planning on pursuing a phone like this, especially given that the patent…

Tech News Travis Hudson

The Cast of The Office Done Mii-style

If you’re one of the millions who still can’t manage to get your hands on a Wii, take a look at this set of Miis made to look like the character from the US version of The Office. We’d have preferred the “real” version (the one with David Brent), if you know what we mean,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Movie to Be Created by MySpace Users; It Will Suck

It what is destined to become the biggest failure since Waterworld, British MySpace users will collectively create a movie for consumption by the general public. It is speculated that it will include a lot of sparkles, 5 seconds of crappy music at the start of every scene, and be written by a collection of half-retarded,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Wheelchair Segway Mod

Why shouldn’t the wheelchair-bound not be able to have fun on the Segway, or perhaps hit up a little Segway polo with the Woz? This mod converted the Segway over to a little more ass-friendly version. –Travis Hudson [Via Nextlust]

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Philips DECT Baby Monitor is Interference Free

We’ve covered many DECT-capable cordless phones and Skype phones here, whose main attraction is non-interference with the already crowded 2.4 GHz spectrum. David P. over at Boing Boing discovered that the benefits of DECT’s (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) 1.9 GHz extends to baby monitors as well, when he found that all standard baby monitors use…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

•Xbox 360 Gets a New, Quieter Drive •SlimStar 820 Pleases Mother Nature with First Solar-powered Keyboard •Canadians Photographing Every Property in the U.S. •Optimus Mini 3 Comes in Another Box •Thanko USB Wiimote Charger https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-gets-a-new-quieter-drive-234276 Comment of the Day: “Quick fix – call 911 and tell them someone is in front of your house and…

Tech News Blongo3

Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Dissected, Benchmarked

The sadists over at iFixit have taken apart an Airport Extreme 802.11n to see what’s going on on the inside. What is on the inside? Well, just a board, some wires, and Ethernet ports. No little 802.11n Gremlin like you would have thought. Their benchmarks, however, show that the claims of 5x performance and 2x…

Tech News Jason Chen

Steve Jobs on DRM: It Must Die!

Steve Jobs dropped a big one on us today, and no it wasn’t a new MacBook. Instead it was his anti-DRM Manifesto, a state of the union for the music industry so to speak. In a nutshell, he advised the music industry to give up on DRM. It won’t work. There are smart people circumventing…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Apple WWDC 2007 June 11th through the 15th, Let the Rumors Begin!

Apple says it best, Save the Date. June 11 through the 15 will play host to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 in the glorious San Francisco, California. For those Apple newbs, WWDC is just another ho-hum Apple event. Last year the Mac Pro was announced and a lot of new OS X features were shown…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Boring but Important Stuff

Caption! Caption! Remember Brian Emmett? The guy who forfeited a “free” trip to space, because he couldn’t afford the taxes. Well it looks like he might get another chance, thanks to Benson Space. Benson is hiring Emmett as a consultant to their upstart in exchange for being a test passenger in a sub-orbital flight. And…

Tech News Ben Longo

Thanko USB Wiimote Charger

If four-player Wii Tennis is costing you loads in battery money, check out this Thanko USB cradle and Wiimote charger. The cradle plugs into the back of the Wii in the USB port and charges one Wiimote at a time. The batteries charge in 3.5 hours and give you 25 hours of gametime, which should…

Tech News Jason Chen

Optimus Mini 3 Comes in Another Box

Epiphan, a video signal processing, broadcasting, recording, and printing company, has worked with Optimus to put the latter’s Mini 3 keyboard into one of the former’s boxes. https://gizmodo.com/optimus-mini-three-keyboard-first-unboxing-hands-all-194928 Now instead of selling the Mini 3 separately as a control scheme (which they’ve been doing), Epiphan’s integrating it into their own unit for both display and…

Tech News Jason Chen

Canadians Photographing Every Property in the U.S.

If you notice some poorly dressed guys wearing fanny packs outside of your house snapping photos in the near future, don’t worry, they aren’t terrorists; they’re Canadians. A Canadian company called Zaio is in the process of photographing every single house in America to then sell to banks, insurance companies, and appraisal firms. Creepy? Yes.…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Exploded Satellite-Launching Seacraft Finds its Way Home

Remember last week when that un-manned satellite launch didn’t go so well? The large Sea Launch launch pad that the satellite exploded on is actually making its way back to land under it’s own power. The massive explosion had me thinking that this seacraft would have an underwater burial, but I was wrong. Too bad…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

BlackBerry 8800 Hitting in Two Weeks?

Word on the street has it that RIM will be launching a new BlackBerry handheld two weeks from today (Feb 20). Considering all the leaked shots we’ve been seeing recently, this could be the day we finally see the 8800 come to fruition. Either way, if you’ve been shopping around for a new Crackberry, you’d…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez

$230k Flight Simulator Took 10 Years in the Making

Just in Time Watch Concept

LGs new HDTVs Have Hard Drives Built In

10 Vista Myths Debunked

Rumor Smashed: Philippine Call Center Not Awarded Zune Contract

Patent Watch: Nintendo Gaming Phone Found!

The Cast of The Office Done Mii-style

Movie to Be Created by MySpace Users; It Will Suck

Wheelchair Segway Mod

Philips DECT Baby Monitor is Interference Free

Afternoon Delight: The Best of Gizmodo

Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Dissected, Benchmarked

Steve Jobs on DRM: It Must Die!

Apple WWDC 2007 June 11th through the 15th, Let the Rumors Begin!

Boring but Important Stuff

Thanko USB Wiimote Charger

Optimus Mini 3 Comes in Another Box

Canadians Photographing Every Property in the U.S.

Exploded Satellite-Launching Seacraft Finds its Way Home

BlackBerry 8800 Hitting in Two Weeks?

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

Scientists Create ‘Living Pharmacy’ Implant That Doses 3 Drugs at Once

Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer Cuts Into Its Premium Price Tag in the Spring Sale, Bid Frequent Salon Visits Goodbye

I Wouldn’t Plan on Wearing Smart Glasses to Court Anytime Soon

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Comes Down $130 Amid a 2025 Smartwatch Lineup Clearout on Amazon

Disney Will Not Bow to Audience Belief That the Rock’s ‘Moana’ Wig Looks Awful

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Hits a Record Low as It Moves Beyond Espresso Machine Deals on Amazon

Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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