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Remember those monsters that took up permanent residence under your bed when you were a kid? Now there’s a weapon to vanquish those malevolent presences, banishing them forever to the purgatory whence they came. The secret weapon? Well, everybody knows that lights will immediately vaporize a monster. This $29.95 Blue Moon Night Light, decked out…
This new phone from Kyocera sets itself off from the others for three main reasons. The first of which is its anti-shake technologies for the integrated 3.2 megapixel camera. In my day-to-day usage, my camera phone is used most when there are certain alcoholic beverages involved: how am I supposed to blackmail someone when the…
Everybody talks about quantum mechanics, but nobody ever does anything about it. Until now. Eggheads at the University of Michigan have come up with a computer chip that uses quantum mechanics, that strange science that says yes, you can be in two places at once. The Michigan dudes created a chip that’s the size of…
This is no laughing matter. Yeah, ass jokes can be funny, but we are dealing with rectums here. Serious stuff. No poop jokes from you commenting monkeys, either. This is designed to assist with the training of rectal palpation exams. The set includes an adult lumbar torso, normal rectal unit, rectal cancer A unit, rectal…
Looks like the Australians take their sports extra seriously, with some of them actually burning the logos of TV channels into their brand new plasma screens from too much viewing of the same channel. Fascinating, really. I’ve had a plasma for over 2 years and I’ve never had this problem. But Aussie Wayne Siers claims…
Seasonal Affective Disorder is this year’s “Hot Disorder” as voted by E! Last week we saw the SAD Body Clock and this week we see some other SAD light boxes. They provide a 20-minute light therapy session that can supposedly set someone up for an entire day with energy. These light boxes (a.k.a. lamps) begin…
Looks like GPS units are proliferating, appearing in lots of new products whose prices are falling while their physical size diminishes. That trend is about to accelerate, where even smaller GPS-enabled equipment is in the pipeline. Making that happen is New Zealand company Rekon, developer of a tiny GPS receiver that’s about the size of…
Will you be able to dual-boot Windows XP and OS X? Well, many would agree that the likelihood of booting Windows XP on an Intel Mac is just about as certain as getting laid at the Chicken Ranch. Colin Nederkoorn of Houston, Texas decided to pledge $100 of his own money to anyone who can…
Yea, we think it’s pretty hot, but we’re not saying it’s genius. The company that makes this infrared VideoCAM Trek 310 is actually called Genius and the IR turns on automatically when lighting conditions are low or not up to standard. The camera is 1.3 megapixels and has 32-bit VGA video up to 30 FPS.…
They straight up pwn. Period. Thanks to: Audible, Apple, American Apparel, Lenovo, Olympus, Nokia, BenQ, Datastrand, Game Daily and Nokia Want to pwn too? Well, the only way to do it is by giving us some sponsor love. https://gizmodo.com/preview/advertising-with-gizmodo-8027
Throw out every gizmo and gadget you own—this is all you need. It can do everything: order alcohol, pizza, has a pee break alert, “Adams Mode,” L button, mood button and it can even call up Spock to help you operate the damn thing. Best of all: a sex button. Sorry ladies, I am off…
Here s a mouse with its own little secret compartment. The M-D7UR Stealth Wireless Mouse from Elecom Japan is aimed at road warriors, with its USB receiver conveniently stored in a trunk-like compartment that opens using a sliding mechanism on top. Even though the mouse doesn’t look particularly ergonomic, at least it will be equally…
We likey this. For just $200, you can get yourself a little 27dBm transceiver for your 17-inch iMac G5 that will let you pick up AirPort signals you wouldn’t usually get, plus boost your wireless speed significantly. Basically, the transceiver works like a regular antenna booster, amplifying the wireless signals of the internal Airport antenna.…
Casio takes its Exilim line a step further with the new EX-Z600, a 6-megapixel shooter with a 3x optical zoom. The big story here is its 3.7-inch viewfinder which the company says is three times brighter than its predecessor, the EX-Z500. The LCD also has an auto mode which automatically adjusts to the brightness of…
DJ Hitachi Global Storage has dropped six new tracks on us. Head Stuck to Platter, Slow Spindle Motor, and Head Damage 1-4. Yep, these are all the authentic sounds of hard drives experiencing meltdowns. Or, as Hitachi artfully puts it: “There are various noises that may indicate a failing hard drive. If you are experiencing…
The Koreans are at it again, this time launching the cool-looking yet somewhat boring YEPP T55 MP3 player. In 256MB, 512MB and 1GB flavors, it’s certainly small and colorful and can play back MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG music files. Also comes with an FM Tuner and a whopping 18-hour battery life on a single…
Ladies and Gentlemen, look what the wild and uncontrolled urbanization of our nation’s shores hath wrought! Every day millions—or one or two—XBoxes wash up onto our beaches where they die an excruciating and horrible death. They are lured to the sands by the lights of million-dollar condos and teenage jackanapes involving beer and bonfires. Actually,…
Well, took ’em long enough, but T-Mobile has finally decided to offer Windows Mobile 5 devices starting next month. This week, you’ll be able to pre-register on the company’s website to get some of the Windows Mobile devices its European parent offers, like the MDA Pocket PC phone that’s based on the HTC Wizard, featuring…
Looks like everyone’s favorite handheld is being screwed again by the United States Supreme Court, which has refused to review the patent infringement against Research in Motion. Obviously, the maker of the Blackberry is trying everything in its power to stop a ruling from a trial judge in Richmond, Virginia that could shut down almost…
Casio s XD-ST6200 hopes to make international travel a little easier to understand. This electronic dictionary includes text-to-speech capabilities for six languages: English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, and Chinese. True-voice technology lets users listen to entries from the Genius English-Japanese dictionary as spoken by a native speaker. Other built-in dictionaries include the Nikkei personal computer…