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The marketing campaign for the Motorola Q is heating up. And by heating up, we mean it’s no longer nonexistent. Cashing in on The Da Vinci Code fever, Motorola is holding a contest where you can enter to win your own Q (not John de Lancie). This is only available in the US, so tough…
We got lots of hands-on time with the Nintendo Wii last week while we were out in LA covering E3 for our dorky younger sibling Kotaku; not two minutes after getting the Wiimote into our sweaty little hands to play Super Mario Galaxy, we’d already decided the Wii was going to have the honor of…
This Octarm makes us think stuff like Dr. Octopus’s arms and Japanese Tentacle Hentai are just a few more product revisions away. The octopus like arm can grasp and carry various objects in real world situations without mangling or dropping them. Watch and listen to the NPR-like voice make a bad-ass robot seem like your…
Announced to the public just last month, Nokia’s new best of breed multimedia device N93 has already received FCC approval—but as those of you who follow high-end phones already know, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to be seen in the US any time soon. We can’t wait to get our hands on this beast,…
What with Skype getting lots of phones, Windows Live Messenger must have felt like the fat transfer student on prom night. Fret no more, Microsoft! Uniden’s Dual Mode WIN1200 has both a regular land line and your WLM dialing. https://gizmodo.com/reviewed-us-robotics-usr9610-skype-speakerphone-verdi-171618 With a broadband internet connection, Live Messenger 8.0 and Windows XP, you can go from…
Based on the headsets worn by NFL coaches, the Motorola X205 Gaming Headset allows you to scream obscenities and racial epithets just like the pros. A soft mono ear-cup cushions your ear while the microphone is position-able for optimal voice coverage. Just make sure to mute it before asking for chocolate milk. Compatible with both…
We were pretty frakin’ tired waking up at 5:30 in the morning to hack through LA traffic to get to E3 last week. This alert driver fatigue wrist device could have saved us from all those near-misses. The device comunicates with an RFID tag positioned in your car and only starts to detect whether you…
Even the most technologically inclined amongst us encounter products so overly bedecked with buttons and features that we can’t imagine how normal people could possibly use them, and it turns out we’re right and they actually can’t: More and more, Americans are being caught in a dilemma: They love electronic gadgets with lots of bells…
What’s a day at the pool without some daiquiris to go with? A boring day, that’s what. Take this battery powered blender down with you to the beach and ensure you’re never sober enough to care about the risks of skin cancer. We know a certain blogger that would love this in his basement. Hint:…
TiVo’s store unwittingly leaked their secret relationship with Blockbuster last month, so it’s fitting that Blockbuster now returns the favor. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-bundles-blockbuster-online-168198 The plan? Get one year of TiVo plus a one year subscription to Blockbuster online for $35.99—cheaper than the two services by themselves. If you cancel the Blockbuster portion of the subscription, your monthly…
More football fun from over the pond. While we get the shittiest sports-themed phones ever, the Britons get a hot little Samsung slider with lots of fun content and a cool design. What gives, Europe? https://gizmodo.com/espn-mobile-phone-157264 Nothing too special but it has a 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth and even includes the clip of Lampard knocking…
Cook your own dinner while at the table with the Cook-N-Dine table-grill. The center heats up to 430 degrees Fahrenheit and serves as a cooking pit for your meat and veggies. Your forearms are safe as the outer edges of the table are kept at room temperature. Practice your knife juggling as your and your…
Our non-PC-using brethren over at Gawker discovered an Slate’s attempt at capturing the eyeballs of old folks for whom “downloading audio and listening to it” is much too difficult. Essentially, they’re offering “textcasts” of their content. These are text versions of their stories attached to 15 minute blank audio files. They load just like podcasts,…
If you must have the latest version of Windows Media Player—I know I do—then hop on over to the link below and download it for yourself even before it plops from Microsoft’s gaping anal pore like an owl pellet full of bloated DRM-ware. Oh wait, that’s iTunes. Download Page [Softpedia via DailyTech via TheInquirer]
Got a fancy designer desk but only have a crappy Ikea lamp to go on top? Grab this Herman Miller LED Leaf-Light and decorate your office in style. Combining a metallic crane body with energy-saving LEDs, this is both economical and extravagant at the same time. Oh, those paradoxical designers! Yves Behar Leaf Personal Light…
After many long years of drugs and booze it seems the iPod silhouette people are finally getting the help they need by making their issues known to the public. Anti-Drug Campaign Using Apple’s iPod Advert Design [Scary Ideas]
In order to monitor his child’s early language development, researcher Deb Roy has wired his house with 11 cameras and 14 microphones. The baby will be monitored for 14 hours per day in order to watch his development over time. Roy and his wife can erase recordings or turn off the cameras if they need…
This is an average electric trimmer, but some of the customer reviews over on Amazon are interesting to say the least. Groin: Lets just say the “Bodygroom” is Shaft, Beanbag, and Starfish safe. No nicks or any pain…no worries…that does not mean go in there like a maniac…take your time…the two trimmers on the front…
Pix is a LED medallion that is customizable. It can display moving pictures, images, text and other patterns on 177 LEDs. The Pix medallion includes special software for programming. The fun doesn’t stop there, faux Flava Flav. These medallions also include infrared for communication interactions between two medallions. Pix is available for $73. Product Page…
DLMag has some video of the Palm Treo 700p in the wild. It’s long as all get out, but you get to hear Palm people talk up their latest and greatest. Exclusive Palm Treo 700p briefing [DLMag]