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This Push Pin Lamp comes in four different and equally cool colors. This may be the only push pin that doesn’t end up stuck in your foot at some point. The lamp stands about 15″ high and turns on with a press to the head of the push pin. The base is also corkboard so…
Video game weapons are now in active use by the military in the form of the M-32 MGL. The weapon uses 40mm ammunition that would be a fine addition to Unreal or Quake, let alone Fallujah or Baghdad. In fact, this is the next-generation of the weapon used by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his crew in…
Nature and marketeers abhor a vacuum, and so the hole left by the demise of Sony’s robot dog Aibo will soon be filled with another, more ambitious design. Jindo—Hindi for “alive”—has specifications that are both impressive and head-scratching. The Korean developer of Jindo, Eungsang Park, has given it a Navigator Screen that will let you…
Some cool USB design concepts were shown in Munich at Universal Connections. Ranging from USB-for-art’s-sake to merely fanciful, the show also had items that were almost practical. The USB lock pictured, for example comes very close to being a useful device if the lock hasp wouldn’t prevent a connection. The USB bra was my favorite…
Add this electromechanical Tronicle PowerTune from Synthax to your Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul, and all you need to do is press a button to tune up that ax within two seconds. Have a tin ear? Or are you on a stage with 120dB music blasting in your ears? Dial up the tuning you’re…
Swiss computer mouse company Pat Says Now specializes in designing and selling novel mice, but we think their most adorable products have got to be the Kitty mouse and the Doggy mouse shown here. But is it just us, or is it a little strange that they don’t have a Mouse mouse for sale? Pat…
Here’s a dirt-cheap GSM cellphone that’s available everywhere in the world except the United States: the Motorola C116 is a basic $39 handset (or get it unlocked for $70) that Motorola developed specifically for developing countries. The bare-bones candybar has a monochrome screen and is good for five days worth of talk time on a…
If you’ve ever thought your life was perfect only to have the illusion cruelly shattered by your inability to spread butter straight from the fridge onto your breakfast toast, you can now live the dream for real with the ButterWizard temperature controlled butter dish. Keep it on the recharging station plugged into the wall in…
This hat — made from cotten fiber, silver and copper — will help reduce your brain’s exposure to EMF. LessEMF also sells shirts and cell phone covers to accomplish the same thing. The shielding comes at a price, though. When you reduce the radiation coming from a cell phone, you also reduce the signal strength…
Those loud subwoofers may soon get you a ticket via an automated system that is a marriage of red-light cameras and noise sensors. A New South Wales company has turned technology developed for the Australian Navy into a ticketing system that can target drivers with thumping stereos, loud exhausts or who may be too heavy…
We re already over three months into 2006, the year that high definition and next generation DVDs are set to make their big splash. The gang over at The Register got their hands on Samsung s SH-B022, the company s Blu-Ray disc burner and gave it a thorough testing. The overall impression of the drive…
Some more information, including this scan showing a lot of the key features and a targeted release date of May 28th, showed up over on the Treocentral forums. Rumors are that this will be a Palm OS powered Sprint smartphone that will include EV-DO, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and an SD expansion slot. Bunch of…
Griffin iTrip Debuts for PSP “This actually could be kinda handy for the kids in the backseat. If I had kids. Or a backseat. Maybe if I had a backseat, I’d have kids…” by weatherman https://gizmodo.com/griffin-itrip-debuts-for-psp-160995 Giant LG Cellphone Balloon Best. Balloon. Ever. by Nick https://gizmodo.com/giant-lg-cellphone-balloon-161292 MacBook Magnetic MagSafe Connector Not So Safe After All…
Rumor and Speculation Apple Touchscreen Forthcoming? https://gizmodo.com/apple-touchscreen-forthcoming-161190 News Audi & Volkswagen Drop XM, Sign Exclusive Deal with Sirius Sony NAS-M7HDS Hi-Fi Net Jukebox Giant LG Cellphone Balloon IBM Magic Book Audio Recorder Uni-P Toilet Tango Cocktail CK-5201 Mini PC Has Viiv Inside Philips Plasmas Overheating, 12,000 to be Repaired Sony ICF-M1000 the radio LG Style-i…
If you love Howard Stern, this news might make you happy; if you love having choices, this news will make you sad. Audi and Volkswagen recently announced they will be dropping XM satellite radio receivers as an option for their cars beginning with the 2007 models in favor of an exclusive deal with Sirius. Both…
Sony announced a 40GB hi-fi jukebox earlier this month, and now they’ve got an even bigger one out on the market: the new NAS-M7HDS has 80GB of storage onboard, which translates to being able to hold about 40,000 songs. It plays and records the ATRAC and MP3 formats (no AAC love for you, Apple), and…
LG announced yesterday that in an effort to strengthen its European market the company will be participating in the 2006 European Balloon Tour with a massive cellphone balloon. Yes, it is one big-ass cellphone, and no it doesn t get any better reception. Good luck on your trip, LG. We hope your massive cellphone doesn…
IBM is taking audio recording to the next level with this unique voice recorder. The Magic Book records the audio digitally, but the best part is the search functionality. There are a variety of searching options including time range, keywords or even a person’s voice. All of this is done thanks to advanced voice-recognition technology.…
Design student Tamar Dax’s minimalist concept for the Uni-P is a hygienic toilet that serves both genders, so men can use it standing and women can use it in a semi-squat. Interesting take on the traditional squat toilets, but the very design makes it somewhat impractical for mass production because children would have a very…
Korean company SungJu International put together a competitor for the Mac mini, its Tango Cocktail CK-5201 Mini PC Viiv with an Intel Core Duo T20300 processor inside running at 1.66 GHz. It looks like it’s just slightly larger than a Mac mini, and has a gigabyte of RAM inside as well as DVI and S-Video…