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If you’re having trouble keeping that video shot from shaking, here’s an alternative to $8,000 Steadicam camera stabilization gear: Steady-ORB, created by Hollywood cinematographers for mere mortals. This lightweight 3.2 lb. device is made of aluminum and Teflon, and it was designed specifically for DV camcorders. You can place it on the floor or a…
Digital Expert found some potential photos of the iRiver E10, a small MP3 player with Macromedia Flash Lite support and MP3/WPA/OGG/ASF playback. https://gizmodo.com/live-from-ces-iriver-nice-booth-nothing-showing-147114 Apparently this thing has an infrared interface and comes in black or white. Given iRiver’s track record, we could expect to see this thing here in a few months. Is this iRiver…
I’m not making much pee-pee over these, but it’s nice to see some good departures from the old fashioned thumb-drive design. These Imation drives come in multiple colors and attach to your person with a caribiner clip. Amazon? Naw. Cute? Sure. Priced from $29.99 for a 256MB model up to $119.99 for a 2GB model.…
I mean seriously, people, what the hell is going on here? Amazing New Pokemon DS Stylus [WiredBlogs via Kotaku] http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/pokemon/the-worst-ds-stylus-ever-163040.php
MacVision has changed its name to Nextar and now offers this rock-bottom priced 7-inch wide-screen portable media player that has a 40GB hard drive that can play back and record MPEG4 video. The list of file types that it can play is impressive, including DivX, MPEG, MPEG4, AVI, DAT, VOB, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPEG, BMP…
Strange things afoot at Cablevision. They’re apparently working on a DVR without a hard drive—the content is stored remotely on Cablevision servers and then pulled down when needed. Customers “record” by pressing a button, ensuring that the cable company’s server’s don’t get bogged down by simply recording everything that goes over the customer’s tuner. The…
If you thought Hummer limousines were over the top, take a look at LimoJet, a million-dollar cruiser converted from a jet fuselage and scheduled for unveiling in late spring. Inside is a 42-inch plasma screen, spacious seating for 18 and a 4500-watt stereo. It’s 42 feet long and at 101 inches wide, just barely narrow…
This is not the first Bluetooth helmet we’ve seen, but this BMW Motorrad WCS-1 System 5 helmet is by far the best-looking example of the breed. https://gizmodo.com/motorcycle-cell-phone-headset-115930 Using a two-microphone array up front, you can talk to a passenger sitting behind you or another rider that’s less than 30 feet away. It has a simple…
Not sure if this is a trend or what, but this guy doesn’t seem too happy about wearing this poopy-looking hat. Maybe this scat-hat trend will spread to Wisconsin and beyond, supplanting the cheesehead craze and taking us all to a new level of discourse. If you’d like to be forever called “shithead,” here’s a…
Musicians and artists will be congregating in Milan on April 6,7 and 8 for a cornucopia of events surrounding digital music, culture and technology. Moving through 9 different venues, there promises to be something interesting for anyone involved. Art exhibitions will flow into designer showcases and the evenings will be filled with the OONTS! OONTS!…
The new V604T phone from Toshiba adds an analog TV and FM tuner to the standard mix of features including a 1.3-megapixel camera, music player, and miniSD card among others. Toshiba’s press release advises that analog TV will be unavailable as of 2011—as if anyone keeps a cell phone for five years anyway. The phone…
These Pimpstar rims are programmable using a Wi-Fi equipped laptop and can display images as you roll down the street. The LEDs are full color so there is no limit to what you can display on them, and the software allows you to rotate through a series of six different images per wheel. The wheels…
As if you weren’t in enough trouble, FlexiSPY will now drive the last nail in the coffin of your relationship by allowing you to spy on all aspects of your spouse’s phone use. The software allows a sickening amount of privacy-invading features. Not content to just let you eavesdrop on phone calls and SMS messages,…
It’s making its way around the hallowed halls of the Internet that Sony is planning to release a redesigned version of their iPod Shuffle-like Network Walkman E-Series. Precious little is known thus far aside from storage capacities, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB. The players, which will be available in green, red, blue, purple and black (what,…
We want to congratulate Tony and Juan for winning our War of the Worlds Broadcast contest by only 10 votes. If you haven’t heard it yet, be sure and check it out here. We also want to say thanks to everyone who entered and voted. Also, special thanks to WickedLasers for donating a laser WITH…
Somewhere there is a think-tank devoted solely to the creation of new and innovative ways to give you tickets. Red light cameras are commonplace, and we’ve written before about parking meters that take your picture to aid in ticketing. More recently we showed you the emergence of sound cameras to ticket you for your loud…
This week’s Tokyo International Anime Fair saw the debut of the EVA 01 bike, modeled after the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion series. The bike has a six-speed Shimano transmission, suspension for front and rear and can be folded into a more compact shape. To the dismay of fanboys everywhere, this model is colored to match…
Ipfini offers the ability to program your soda with up to 32 different combinations. The patent-pending bottle design has aroma, flavor and color buttons on the side. The bottle is filled with basic carbonated high-fructose water and the user hits additives to taste. For instance, press the cherry flavor button and add the lime smell.…
Just a couple weekend notes about the two contests that are going on right now. Today is the last day to vote for the winner of the War of the World’s Broadcast contest. Head on over there, listen to all of the entries and vote for your favorite. https://gizmodo.com/wow-broadcast-vote-time-162799 Also, we still have our HDTV…
This Thermaltake case fan will be a big hit with the case mod crowd. The 80mm fan has a red LED to display the case temperature and Thermaltake logo while it spins at 2,000 RPM. The fan comes in two versions, the iFlash mini and the iFlash 12. The latter version trades in the logo…