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The Zeroshock is a notebook sleeve made of high resistance polyurethane foam to protect from the occasional notebook dive. The manufacturer claims this type of polyurethane to be more pressure resistant than your normal, garden variety polyurethane, which allows it to absorb 100G of pressure more than a standard notebook sleeve. It also looks cool.…
This Limited Edition, German-only, S68 BenQ phone is made from stainless steel, and a back made from ceramics formed at 1350 degrees celsius. It’s the same material used in car brake pads, soooo…if you drop it on the floor, it shouldn’t get scratched too easily, and it shouldn’t slide too far either. Same 13mm form…
Just shut up and hit play now. This is an parody of the PC vs Mac ads, but instead of computers, we have a feature-bloated PS3, and a very, very, very sexy and fun Wii. Did you hit play yet? HURRY! – Brian Lam [Thanks Andrew “Hip-Tip” Booth”!]
The Trazer is a “virtual reality” exercise machine by Cybex. The user wears an infrared belt, or “beacon”, which tracks movement and mimics it on-screen in one of Trazer’s 20 proprietary games. Yes, we said “proprietary”. Instead of opening the technology to support real games, you are stuck with some Lawnmower Man-looking 3D titles. In…
Mad scientists in the UK figured out how to steer humans via remote with so much accuracy, they could steer test subjects through a botanical maze, blindfolded. How did they do it? The scientists from Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales, and University College London electrically stimulated the subjects’ semicircular…
So you never learned how to read sheet music, and you are too lazy/occupied/generally dumb to learn? That’s alright! The Mungo Enterprises Infinite Horizon generates an original song just by hitting that big red button. Sit back and pop some ex while the built-in software mixes 5 sequencer channels into harmonious techno. For the slightly…
•Sharpest Manmade Object Ever: A Tungsten Needle •Aquagate Steam Shower: Sings to You •Samsung Q40: Pretty in Pink •Mind Controlled Wheelchair •Spill- Resistant eMark Super Mobile Keyboard, World’s Thinnest https://gizmodo.com/sharpest-manmade-object-ever-a-tungsten-needle-193728
PC Magazine reviews the Lamborghini-branded Asus VX1, filling the entire writeup with terrible automotive journalism cliches. They compare it to the iTronix ruggedized Hummer Laptop, and last year’s Acer Ferrari Laptop. Predictably, with its 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo T2500 and Gig of RAM “Under The Hood”, it’s faster than both. Although, in their defense, the…
•AMD Is Ready To Introduce a Dual Core Opteron CPU In The Next Few Days [eWeek] •Dell To Be Sued Over False Advertising Relating To Its Inspiron 640M Notebook [BBC News] •U.S. Passports Featuring Smart Chips To Debut On Monday [Wired] •MIT To Throw Its Weight Behind Developing “Green” Technologies, Likened To Manhattan Project [Wired]…
The picture you’re looking at on the left is the tip of a tungsten needle, which happens to be the sharpest object ever made by man. How sharp is it? Well, you see those red and black orbs? Those are ATOMS! And the tip of the needle? One single atom. Postdoc Moh’d Reqeq at the…
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) issued a press release saying they’re forming an advisory committee to see if they’re ready to explore gaming event options, a.k.a., make an E3 replacement. They’re fairly experienced in tradeshows, seeing as they’re responsible for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which gives gadget freaks like us a behemoth woody. If…
We’re doing our little Gizmodo dance here, and Comedy Central, Maxell, Toyota Yaris, Ask.com, Intel, Nokia, Smirnoff Ice, Verizon, Best Buy, Sprint, Sony, Dice, Texas Instruments, Mio Technology, have all tucked dollars into our thongs. But remember, no editorial content is for sale—and no sex in the champagne room. If that doesn’t turn you off,…
Despite stories about the Microsoft Zune being confiscated at the airport, most airports are still allowing passengers to carry laptops, cellphones and music players on board. Also, the TSA’s official policy as of today, August 11th, still allows these gadgets on planes. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-zune-vs-heightened-airport-security-193480 Question: Media have also reported that laptops, cell phones and electronic items…
This Aigo F529 Omnisphere audio system is an MP3 player, speakers, and household decoration all in one. The F529 has 1GB of internal memory holds around 250MB of MP3s and a MMC/SD card slot for even more music. The speakers give you 360-degrees of “omni-directional” sound and a 4096 color LED on top that can…
This is totally unconfirmed, but reader Ryan writes in saying that a Sprint phone service representative told him that Sprint was getting the Treo 700w in September! I was reading treocentral chat about some suggestions on how to get discounts on my Sprint bill. I called up to try, and somehow got talking about if…
The Nintendo DS Opera web browser is set to land on European soil October 6th. In case you don’t remember, the browser used the WiFi connection in the DS to connect to the internet, and both screens to render pages. There’s a special mode in the browser where the top screen shows a zoomed in…
Why go through the messy act of “intercourse” when you can get your wife/girlfriend/lover pregnant the easy way: with a conception cap. The cap works by having the man squirt his baby-making goods into the cap, then placing the cap at the woman’s cervix opening. With any luck, the woman will soon be vomiting and…
The Signeo SN-A800 calculator-lookalike MP3 player may seem cool, if you’re into the old school gadget motif. However, its high price tag ($170 and $250 for the 512MB and 1GB versions respectively) make this a bit too much to pay for a gimmicky player. https://gizmodo.com/signeo-sn-a800-mp3-player-now-with-english-os-190521 The SN-A800 supports MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV files, has an 11 hour battery…
These two ultra-thin CD players from Teac not only include two Hollywood-actress-slim speakers and a subwoofer, they also include an iPod dock. The CD player supports regular CDs along with MP3 CDs, CD-R and CD-RW discs. An AM/FM tuner also allows you to listen to the barren wasteland known as drive-time radio now that Howard…
That’s it, folks. Our inbox is closed and we have narrowed down the 14 best submissions for our Show Us Your ‘Pod Giveaway. Belkin has been kind enough to supply a fabulous iPod accessory package for our prize. Hit the jump to see the 14 best submissions and vote for the winner. Polls will close…