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When shoveling snow, you usually end up throwing your back out, falling over, getting pneumonia, and eventually, you die. Or you could start shoveling snow with the Wovel. The Wovel is this huge contraption with a big wheel and a snow shovel attatched to it. You use your body weight to move the snow around…
This is the Noxom 2 wireless audio adapter. Here is the deal, but I’m sure you smart Gizmodo readers could figure it out anyway. Connect it to your wireless network and then plug it directly into a hi-fi block-rockin’ stereo system and let the polka beats roar. This little diddy (about Jack and Diane) goes…
Two new Samsung laptops debuting in the UK are incredibly cool-looking. The M70 has a detachable 19-inch widescreen LCD display (Samsung says it’s the first of its kind, though I can’t be absolutely sure), so you can just take the body of the laptop if you’re going somewhere that you can plug in the unit’s…
I love compost. I love hats. I love belts. I love fashion. NatureMill almost succeeds in pleasing me on all of those fronts. It’s an in-home composter that takes trash in one end and produces a delicious organic humus out the other—that’s humus not hummus. One is is a tasty chickpea dish, the other is…
Oh, the black box. So boring to look at, yet so full of interesting junk. And pointing out that these things just aren’t as cool these days, Parasound has named its new product the NewClassic D 200 DVD Player, aimed for those of us with deep pockets (with a $1500 pricetag) and a love for…
Come and listen to me children/a story I will tell/’bout Gizmodo’s numerous sponsors/Oklahoma knew them well. It was in the town of Shawnee/on a Thursday afternoon/their wives beside them on their wagon/as into town they rode. Gizmodo offers ad space/sponsors offer cash/and in the the fight that followed/the Sponsors laid Gizmodo down. Thanks to: Shure,…
No, not the magical fluff marshmallow cream that I consumed per pound in the 1990s, this is a more hardcore fluff. This fluff is elegant, classy and sophisticated. This fluff case is made out of soft faux fur (no fluffs were killed in the making of this) and an interior satin lining. The satin protects…
Stereo maker Princeton decided that some people must really have a boner for iPods and want to let everyone know how big it is. So they built the iPod Tower, a 37-inch structure with 2.1-channel sound and a nice little subwoofer to give it that “ooomph” kick in the groin you’ll need when you see…
Insignia: Mark of the Least By Brendan I. Koerner I trust I’m not alone in dreading my semi-regular trips to Best Buy. The haphazard selection of products can be truly maddening, and many of the blue-shirted sales clerks need to get with the program. Don’t get me started on the nightmare that was Christmas 2003,…
Psst. Hey you! Over here in the dark alleyway, check out what I got! All kinds of goods from Iran’s army surplus. Wanna score some? How? Iran Electronic Industries: “Western Performance Eastern Price.” But don’t go looking for missiles and AK-47s from IEI as they specialize in communications, optics, electro optics, and “electronic warefare.” You’ll…
Whether you are already lining up for the XBox 360 or holding fast for the PS3, investment firm Merrill Lynch says that when it comes to cold hard cash, Microsoft is looking good to win the next-gen gaming console war. They did a breakdown of parts being used in the machines, and claim that: PS3…
In a surprising twist, the Nokia N-Gage’s reported sales have fallen slightly off the mark this quarter. Projected sales number were in the 6 million in three years but the company only sold 2 million units, even after constant rejigging of their console and their sales model. The company attributes this failure to sun spots,…
Wacom must’ve taken note of the increasing number of widescreen monitors lately, because they’ve recently come out with their first widescreen tablet. The Intuos3 A5 Wide has an active area of 11 x 6 inches and has a 16:10 aspect ratio. Meant for professionals and pro-sumers alike, the Intuos3 A5 Wide has the same features…
It seems bit early for them to be dropping something like this, but the NY Times has a Very Special Circuits Section on the upcoming holiday gift-giving season. Destined to occupy NYTimes.com’s most-emailed articles list, the gaggle of write-ups include retailer predictions of what the hottest-selling devices will be, why you’re starting to see $2,400…
Samsung just broke the megapixel barrier on camera phones today. The SPH-V8200 has 8 — yes 8! — megapixels. And this just eight months after the release of the 7-megapixel SCH-V770. Samsung president Ki-Tae Lee revealed it today at a special press conference (pictured here). I don’t know anything else about this thing, but updates…
You’d think we’d be at the point, by now, that a PC comes in a box of Cracker Jack, but that is not to be. Instead, the majority of the developing world has to depend on cellphones, or rural cyber cafes, to maintain a connection to the increasingly important data and tools that we take…
Yeah yeah, another day, another iPod nano sleeve. But at least these look like none other I’ve ever seen. Each Marty Flint case is hand textured and hand oiled, with metallic foil words blended onto the 100% black leather. Because it’s hand-made, the patterns of each case may vary slightly. I don’t know if they…
The Beolab 4 loudspeaker by B&O includes built-in amplifier and proprietary acoustic technologies (B&O love their proprietary stuff). These are also active speakers, so the amplifier is encased in the cabinet. And because they’re small, they’re perfect for either a home theatre situation (I’d use them as rear speakers. Or, with their dedicated PC mode,…
Another Bang & Olufsen audio system that is, per usual, extremely stylish and easy to look at. The Beo4 is a CD player, FM radio and has an SD slot. If you’d like DAB radio, you can get it factory fitted as an option. B&O says this is the first audio system of its kind…
So Sony… sorry, no more alliteration… says—damn—that their BMG induced spyware wasn’t so bad after all and that only malicious music companies would be able to ruin your PC, not malicious h/>