Blade Runner Gun on EBay
When you absolutely, positively have to kill every replicant in the room, you have Richard A. Coyle’s remarkable recreation of Deckard’s gun in Blade Runner. Most of the major pieces are made of metal and it even includes a fancy display stand for impressing skin jobs. What I have done is to take a hand…
LEGO Pinball Machine
LEGO-maniac Anders built this working pinball game out of LEGOs and pure iron will. It doesn’t just react to the ball hitting certain sensors—it even takes score and can keep a high-scorer’s list. We’re hunting up some more information this as Anders’ site is pretty aged. Functional LEGO Pinball Machine [TechEBlog]
TiVo Gurus: You Trust Us, Don’t You?
TiVo has created a “gurus” feature that allows people of importance, namely magazine editors, to suggest television shows for you to watch. The guru advice is branded according to the source magazine—gurus include include folks from Automobile and Entertainment Weekly—and presumably they pay for the pleasure of getting their logo out there. Considering I only…
Hollywood Studios Looking to Stop Network DVR in its Tracks
Remember the network DVR we mentioned a while back? It seems that those dinosaurs in Hollywood and on Madison Avenue want to shut it down before it’s even released by Cablevision, the New York-based cable company that had been planning to release it in the next few weeks. The studios claim that the network DVR’s…
Gear4 CruiseControl Universal iPod Remote Control
Maker of fine iPod accessories, Gear4 is jumping back into the fray with yet another entry into the completely unsaturated market of iPod accessories, the CruiseControl universal iPod remote control. The CruiseControl (gotta love marketers) works via RF and has a 164-foot range. Since it works via RF, the CruiseControl can work through walls, for…
Nintendo Wii to Cost About $250
We can’t hardly wait. The PS3 is coming. The Wii is coming. And maybe there’ll be some cool XBox games with HD-DVD support. Best of all? Buying a Wii will leave us plenty of Bar Mitvah money in order to invest in a partial ownership/timesharing plan on the super ‘spensive PS3! https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-wii-for-less-than-200-173935 The Wii will…
MyWay GPS For Your Cellphone
For those of you who actually leave your house on occasion, traveling to strange and unfamiliar destinations where getting lost is part of the itinerary, MyWay may prove to be a useful addition to your bag o’ tricks. It’s a GPS navigational system for phones running Symbian Series 60, including Sony Ericsson’s P910. MyWay exchanges…
Canon to Cease Film Camera Production
Following on the heels of Nikon, Canon will no longer develop compact and SLR film cameras. While the old models will remain in stores and they will continue to sell and support them, there won’t be a new 35mm Rebel in our futures. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-nixes-film-camera-production-148434 They’re hemming and hawing a bit, saying they’ll assess the market…