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Released in 1982, the ColecoVision was infamous for advertising games using doctored or artist renditions of screenshots designed to look like a completed game. Various other advertised games were never even released. Other problems: Coleco Industries tried to do too much and made a hardware expansion module (the Adam), turning the console into a full…
We always start our day with a glorious view of the piss-stained alley next to us, but some clever contractor in Australia designed and built a motorized house that rotates to the view of your choice (assuming you have nice views to choose from). The house is made of glass and steel and has a…
If you’ve got a fridge full of half eaten jars of questionable freshness, toss them all away—what are you, cheap? Once you’re done with that, grab some Digital Day Counters and attach them to all your new food, letting the counter keep track of how many days that sour cream has been sitting there, waiting…
Here’s another DIY for today. Although not as hands on as our last. The EZ-Canvas is an acryl panel that clips onto your CRT or LCD and turns it into a touchscreen display. It has dual sensors up top that allow it to detect a pen/stylus’ movement and latches on to screens sizes 17″ and…
Now every hipster-doofus roaming the streets around your town will loudly and boldly profess their love for Radiohead because it will be blaring out of a messenger bag. G-Tech has released this messenger bag that comes audio-ready with an integrated external speaker and controls built into the strap. It has a standard 3.5mm jack that…
If the gurgle, gurgle, drip, drip sound of your humidifier keeps you up at night, try your hand at this Non-Electric Humidifier. Completely silent thanks to the lack of moving parts, the humidifier uses a wick to draw water and allows hot air to pass through from your forced-air vents, evaporating the water and humidifying…
From the Duh section of today’s Gray Lady. Hazards: A Study Gauges the Risks for Ears With iPods [NY Times]
My nickname used to be portable party, but no longer. The Ion iPa03 is more partier and more portable than I will ever be. This 15-watt PA system includes an iPod dock so your beats can be bumping at any party or gathering. Not only that—included is a microphone, audio inputs, handles and even a…
So Apple’s MacBook Pros have grown into Core 2 Duo swans, making the jump from a 2.16 Core Duo processor to a 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo processor. Apple makes vague claims of a new Macs 39% speed jump from the previous Macbook Pros and that they’re 7 times faster than a 1.7Ghz Powerbook. But what…
Seeing as Sony’s PlayStation 3 costs as much as two months’ food budget, we’re going to have to choose to either eat or play. We of course chose play, but if the FDA says the wireless SIXAXIS is safe to consume, we may not have to. FCC [via Mobile Whack]
Tiger Direct has a 1GB Memorex TravelDrive that includes CA Internet Security for $90 with an $85 mail-in-rebate. There is always mixed reviews about Tiger Direct mail-in-rebates, so take this one with a grain of salt. Other than the risqu mail-in-rebate, this is a pretty damn good deal. Five bones for a 1GB flash drive?…
Gee, would Negroponte just pick a name for the OLPC laptop and stick to it? First the $100 laptop was just called the $100 laptop, then “upgraded” to the CM1: The Children’s Machine 1, then the 2B1 Children’s Machine. Now? XO, which stands for nothing (besides being short for hugs and kisses). Now called XO,…
Go figure, this is only available in Japan. The Navirobo Teddy Bear has a GPS module crammed where the sun don’t shine. Sit it on your dashboard and let the navigating begin. Navirobo will point you in the correct direction and dance when you arrive at the final destination. Don’t miss a turn or the…
In case you didn’t notice, those fabulous babes are holding some exceptionally slim PCs from Trigem, and they’re calling them Little Lluon+. They offer a choice of either a 1.7GHz or 2GHz Core 2 Duo processors, up to a 320GB SATA hard disk and 512MB of RAM. The diminutive PCs are aimed at home theater…
This week at TreeHugger: The Audi R-Zero may not be much more than a fantasy, but if we’re going to dream big, might as well dream 286 mph, 1091 horsepower, and 0-62 in 3 seconds big. Being a computer nerd can lead to greener behavior: we discover a study that shows downloading music to be…
Sony’s second generation GPS came out today, building upon the solid, if not a little boring first system. This one has a few tricks up its sleeves, though. Most notably traffic monitoring, and finger gesture reading. Traffic is par for the course, but the finger gestures are something we”ve never seen before. Essentially, you can…
Mobility Today has a gallery of the HTC Artemis, a GPS-enabled Windows Mobile smartphone that we saw reviewed here. You can see the 2-megapixel camera, the BlackBerry Pearl-like jog ball, and the slim slot. https://gizmodo.com/htc-artemis-gps-smartphone-reviewed-verdict-scrolls-l-208899 Bonus shots of the Artemis against the T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excalibur), Motorola Q, and the Samsung I-320 after the jump.…
Diana Eng of Project Runway fame is a geek’s fashion designer. Today, she’s teaching us how to sew LEDs into your clothing. We’re all familiar with the LED belt buckle and the Motorola/Burton jacket, but now we’re grabbing fashion by the threads and showing you how to make your own tech-inspired clothing (and not look…
Yesterday we told you about Target’s new illuminating Wii gift cards. Since then my super secret Target employee has given me some new info about this card and how it will work. https://gizmodo.com/target-illuminates-wii-gift-cards-209559 The Target mole also says that a PS3 gift card that has “similar shape and some feature to it” will be on…
The man, the myth, Steve Wozniak landed himself a little guest DJing gig on XM Radio 15, the Village. The show is appropriately titled: Guest DJ On A Segway—because of Woz’s obsession with the Segway. On his show he talks about his latest book, iWoz: From Computer Geek To Cult Icon along with playing his…