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Want to know why the sun is non-existant in Alaska? Let Legos help you out. One kind father created this model to help explain why there is very little sunlight in Alaska during the winter. There is no attempt to make the size, distance, or orbit periods correct, but it is cool beans nonetheless. Lego…
Here’s two GPS tracking devices that you probably have absolutely no use for, but are interesting enough to show you anyhow—both allow you to see where they are at all times on Google Earth. Worldtracker SMS will alert you to its whereabouts through—you guessed it—SMS to your cellphone and then lets you watch it live…
You’ve got to love Nintendo’s ability to seize the moment. They’re announcing a “Lite” version of the DS (you know, for everyone who wants to reduce their daily caloric Electroplankton intake). It’s less than two-thirds the size of the original, 20 percent lighter, and has a brighter screen. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced the redesigned…
With more music phones hitting shelves every day, it’s now time to concentrate on the important stuff: Accessories. So, to try and make a dent in this not so sexy category, JBL is partnering up with Motorola to market all kinds of headphones (think Bluetooth), speaker systems and other goodies to accompany the Motorola stable…
Yesterday we showed you Pantech’s music phone and today we have another nice surprise from the Korean wunderkind (though remember, it is only the second largest cellphone manufacturer in the country). Take a gander at the IM-U100 portable multimedia phone. This thing comes with MP3 player, camera and movie functions and has a pretty big…
When you re creating your own home videos, usually the last thing you think about is the audio. Because of this neglect, your sound quality is left to the devices of the on-camera mic, ending up sounding like a cross between a transistor radio and fingernails on a chalkboard. Now Sony Japan comes to the…
BusinessWeek is reporting that technology powerhouse, Microsoft, is working on plans to develop some type of portable media player to rival the iPod. There is no confirmation whether this device will actually happen, but some little birdies within the corporation said that Microsoft has assembled a team that is analyzing the business aspect of such…
Japan-based buds tell us if you don’t have a GPS navigation system there, you’re in deep shit. Few of the streets are marked with so much as a measly sign. That’s why we keep seeing such powerful new navigation systems coming out of the Land of the Rising Sun. This HDV-770 from Kenwood has a…
Wissmann Raumobjekte decided that having a plasma TV or LCD TV was just too plain. Hell, he even thought that having a projector on the wall was too plain. So he designed a “contemporary entertainment surface.” It is mounted in a cool manner, and comes with stands for surround sound speakers. It is essentially a…
Today was have another case of a mistaken gadget identity. Yesterday we saw the Samsung cameraphone that was fighting between being a badass camera or an actual phone. Today we see Pantech’s Audiophone. This phone features an embedded fully digital amp chipset. Additionally it has 11 acoustic modes, a 7-band equalizer and 3D stereo sound.…
Lothar of the Hill People sometimes needs to carry his multimedia with him as he clomps through the underbrush. How does he do it, you ask? With this weird wooden USB key. Why anyone else in their right mind would go for these wooden USB drives is beyond me, unless of course you’re dying to…
Ear to the ground, I hear rumblings of enormously powerful home theater PCs on their way down the tracks. Here’s one prototype computer case, the Origen AE S210, that lets you pack a dozen hard drives into its rather corpulent form factor. A crucial attribute for home theaters is quietude, and this baby has a…
Alienware keeps on cranking out the workstations, with these two new models aimed at creative professionals, hard-core power users and film editors. The 7500i packs a single Intel dual core Pentium inside, while the MJ-12 7500a features dual-core Opteron processors. The real fun starts when you take a look at the new motherboard this thing…
Disney, ever on the prowl for new ideas even if it has to spend billions to buy them, has filed a patent for a media player that monitors your mood and then picks out songs accordingly. As this player suggests a video or song for you, you accept or reject that pick, and then the…
The latest tracks are live at Odeo, and there are some choice cuts on the playlist. Although to be honest, I’m beginning to think the same three DJs are submitting tracks over and over again. I guess that’s just the nature of having tools like ACID, Ableton and Garageband on every desktop. There is some…
After an outcry by angry Lost fanboys everywhere, TiVo has added a new undelete feature to its service. When a show is deleted, it will sit in a “TiVo Purgatory” for an extended period of time before being automatically deleted. This will be coming in the Series 2 software update that should be out in…
Like the rest of the world, I thought the Mac Cube died off with Tony Danza, but some images have appeared in our tips inbox. These are obviously fake. Regardless, the hoaxer has done a phenomenal job of either A. Photoshopping, or B. Modding. It still looks cool as hell, though. There is some information…
Aaron wrote us with a handy hack turning something he learned about in an old Gizmodo post into a cheap on-the-go tripod. Back in November we wrote about the Nalgene Press-Bot, a way to make coffee on the fly in Nalgene bottles. Aaron purchased this and encountered some problems. He mentions not only was the…
Only .5 inches thick, the Live CA F280 MP3 player weighs .7 ounces and is obviously a small, lightweight alternative to some of the other DAPs around. Includes a USB port and supports WMA, WAV, ASF, OGG and MP3. Comes in 256 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB varieties and has an FM radio built…
You’ve been waiting for this, I know you have. So here’s the first Rocket Bike with a 200-pound-thrust engine capable of blasting from 0 to 60 miles an hour in five seconds. Built by Tim Pickens, president of rocket-design firm Orion Propulsion, this power bike uses roofing tar instead of synthetic rubber fuel. A button…