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The Black Matte Robot Clock may appear cute and innocent, but beneath those darling Aibo eyes, there lurks an insane robo brain obsessed with counting every second of the day and compiling them into minutes and hours. On the plus side, he comes in gunmetal, which is my favorite type of both gun and metal.…
Cnet hosts a show called Prizefight in which two gadgets duke it out head to head for bragging rights of the Universe. It’s like our Frankenfights with less sources and in video. https://gizmodo.com/frankenfight-zune-vs-ipod-214869 They break the battle down point by point as the Zune almost goes the distance. Scores: Design: Zune 4 – Ipod 4…
The Coolight is from designer Wen-haur Yen, otherwise known as the modern day Einstein. It’s essentially a battery powered rod thermometer that fits in a bottle. Encapsulated cryogen keeps your drink cold (and will double to put your sober personality in stasis). LED colors can denote temperature, time…the real world possibilities are endless. Green: You…
With only 100 randomly dispersed pink Zunes in the world (have 100 even sold yet?), there are groups who will do almost anything (ok, just bidding on Ebay) to get their hands on one. Cue music: Oompa Loompa Dupidee Zune, If you pull pink, You’ll lose masculinity soon. You should sell your Pink Zune on…
You know those Mac commercials? They go something like this. “Hello, I’m a Mac. “And I’m a PC” “I’m a bit pretentious and condescending, and refuse to capitalize proper nouns.” “I sometimes poop my pants.” “I’ve been pooping my pants for years!” Yeah, those commercials. We put together some of our favorite parodies that we’ve…
We’ve been pretty excited about the R/C Dragonfly from Wow Wee, makers of the Robosapien. Then T3 got their hands on one and posted this video. Verdict was as expected: fun, potentially dangerous (translation: even more fun). They say the steering is “dead easy”, but the clips don’t tell the same tale. Maybe the left…
Amazon is offering a special edition of their customer voting sale. The prize? Get a PS3 or Wii at a whopping discount of zero dollars and zero cents. It’s the complete lack of savings that makes this sale so “special”. Real classy, Amazon. However, I am digging their odds, which put people at a 6…
We got cocky earlier today with the mind controllable robot, and we’ve paid the price. Score one for robots in their epic battle with humans, as they’ve officially merged with the insect world. https://gizmodo.com/mind-controllable-robots-too-late-222371 Insect Lab makes mechanical insect displays. By taking high quality preserved insects and imbuing them with watch parts, the insect world…
Telecom company Orange is teaming up with Apple for a unique offer. For 2 euros a day, or about $2.60 in overworked American dollars, French consumers can get a MacBook with 1 Mbps DSL. Is this a good idea? I’m not sure. If we were talking about a MacBook Pro and/or a wireless standard, my…
This Nintendo Wii hasn’t exactly been billed as the media entertainment mecca like the PS3 or Xbox 360, but it is still an SD (both the resolution and the card) capable alternative. Wii Transfer is software that will recompress video exclusively for Wii playback including Itunes video podcasts. While Quicktime Pro can get the job…
Hanukkah has got to be tough. Instead of finding 1 decent gift like most Chistmastians do, Hanukkahians need to find 8 (but only on their 8th birthday, otherwise there are more candles and it’s even harder.) The 100% recyclable stainless steel credit card dreidel could make a nice modern addition to traditional Hanukkah gifts…but we…
Power supplies don’t catch our eyes very often, but the Earthwatts power supply by Antec is ecologically impressive. While most power supplies distribute various power to components sloppily without worrying about efficiency, the Earthwatts meets the 80-plus standard, meaning it runs at 80% efficiency no matter what the level of computer usage. So for $50,…
Need to add a little excitement in the bedroom and Cosmo is out of ideas? We recommend the Mod-Light Mirror Tile. During the day, the fixture is a normal, well-adjusted tiled mirror. But at night, customizable remote control LEDs can offer new “light scenarios” to couples with interior design troubles. At $600, this is one…
Electrolux, makers of everything vacuum (translation: evil) tipped T3 to their new vacuum cleaner shoe concept design. There is no information on the functionality of their design, such as how the shoes will create suction, find power, or store dirt, but these are just details, people. The only real flaw I can see is that…
22Moo has updated their VR glasses product line with the VG-SD (also going by ZuneVG). Simulating a 35″ 2M away, the VG-SD supports direct input from your video iPod or Zune, as well as SD A/V inputs from all of the latest gen videogame systems (well, really anything with an RCA output). https://gizmodo.com/22moo-ipod-video-glasses-183615 The 320×240…
In a recent interview, Bill Gates said these fine things about DRM: – “DRM is not where it should be” – “causes too much pain for legitmate buyers” – “huge problems” – “People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.” Well…then…uhh…sure wish someone with power and influence would do something…
This week US, Japan and South Korea have teamed up to investigate possible price fixing between major LCD manufacturers. The companies subject to investigation include Sharp, Samsung, and LG Philips/Philips. Of course, this would be a recent strike two against Samsung – right after we forgave them for the whole memory fiasco. Very not cool…
In the war between robots and humans, the humans just scored a major victory. Researchers at the University of Washington have successfully demonstrated a robotic interface operated through mind control. Utilizing an electrode cap (a non-invasive tool generating a noisy signal), mental powers commanded the robot to walk to a block, pick it up, and…
This means less to me, not being a hipster freebasing Sidekick user myself, but some of you will probably be interested in the new Sidekick wiki. It’s sponsored by T-Mobile but run by fans. Content is a little light at the moment, but we picked up that Kevin Federline learned of his impending divorce from…
Hot on the heels of the (probably not so much) original Vibrator patent, Google patent search fans have found some of the original Transformers patents. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-first-vibrator-patent-222027 This one is the one for Megatron, the guy who turned into a gun and needed someone else to fire him—the most co-dependent robot this side of Bender. Of…
