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We’ve already seen those dancing beer can-radios that groove along to FM broadcasts, but now the genre has moved on to “man’s best friend.” The Sega Toys iDog not only rips off Apple’s packaging (like everything else these days) but it’s AIBO-like facial expressions take a lesson from Sony as well. Just sit the iDog…
Hitachi is introducing a 10-bladed electric rotary razor. It shaves at variable speed and has a brush/washer inside that cleans the steel as it rotates. Little else is known about the RM-SX100, except its code name: Hattori Hanzo! Hitachi Rotary waterproof electric razor with 10 blades [NewLaunches]
A Taiwanese company has made coinjoined twins out of SD and USB. It’s called the PsD or Personal Storage Disc. One half is a regular SD memory card—slot it in and load it up. Ready to transfer to a PC? No need for an external SD card reader, or to rely on Bluetooth discoverability. Just…
Well, now that we know that the p950i aka Hermione exists and will be released, thanks to Dr. Shunke and his merry band of lawyers, we feel so much better about posting wild conjecture and potentially Photoshopped images of it for you. This page, which may or may not be accurate, seems to have just…
The specs on Nikon’s upcoming 12.4 megapixel DSLR, the D200, have emerged. The CMOS is 23.7 x 15.7mm, and the ISO equivalency is 100 to 800. It’s got a 2.5-inch 230,000 dot display, along with instant power-up and a 52ms shutter release lag. USB 2.0 dumps the data to CompactFlash or Microdrive. And along with…
The hardware gurus over at GameSpot gave the new Razer Copperhead a full review. As a quick refresher, this mouse features 2000dpi and 1000 MHz USB response rate, both of which were unheard of in mice until now. This mouse also features built in memory to store all of your personal settings. The shape of…
Ken Channing seems to be trying to pull this off as a hip retro creation destined to be sold at Hot Topics worldwide. To be honest I bet he just opened up the junk drawer and started piecing things together until it looked artsy enough to promote on the internet. This is a CD holder…
Panasonic will be releasing a 65 inch full HD plasma television early November. Full HD means there will be 2.07 juicy megapixels of beautiful high definitionness. Word around the block is that this monstrosity will be less than $10,000 when it is released in Japan. Along with this, Panasonic will also be releasing three other…
In most cases I like to leave the double (mouse) fisting to the professionals, but ErgoClick is releasing a dual-mouse for the everyday user. The right mouse is used for movement and the left mouse is used for clicking. It is designed to be palm usage only to prevent repetitive stress injuries (RPI). Personally I’m…
This has to be the weirdest clock radio I’ve ever seen. See, at each intersection of the quilted grid on top of the radio, is actually a preset radio station. You change the station by rolling the magnetized ball to another grid intersection. What, pressing buttons wasn’t good enough? What happens if you lose the…
This amplifier and speaker dock by Greenhouse Japan looks suspiciously like a Bose SoundDock for the Shuffle. Oh sure, it comes in black and white and can be connected via USB as a power source, but Greenhouse can’t fool us; the shape and style is just way too reminiscent of the Bose. I guess someone…
Pacemakers are a thing of the past with the Biotronik Lumos defibrillator implant. Next time your heart stops beating and you aren’t near civilization, this implant will take charge and get your rhythm back on track. Connected via the cellular telephone network to your doctor or physician, you’ll never feel isolated from immediate care or…
Hurricane Katrina is on everyone’s mind, but it didn’t seem like anything for Gizmodo to touch, until this letter from a reader arrived in the tips box. I’m one of the people that lived in the place they used to call New Orleans. My house is gone as is just about everyone else’s. We were…
Just when you thought 2GB flash drives were huge, now come drives with twice as much room. According to UberGizmo, Imation is coming out with a 4GB model of its swivel flash drives. It could possibly be the most powerful USB flash drive on the market, with 29MB per second read speeds and 24MB per…
Y’know, I’m all for creative expression, really. But when people start designing laptop sleeves around curtains and Persian rugs, I have to draw the line. Oh sure, some of you will say these laptop protectors by Rebe actually look pretty or something. Well fine, go ahead and make your perfectly sleek laptop look like it…
LG and Verizon Wireless launched the VX5200 today, the latest clamshell cameraphone by LG that has a full duplex speakerphone with advanced voice command features, which could be handy as a hands-free solution if you don’t have earphones ready. The camera is a VGA CMOS digital camera, with digital zoom, integrated flash, and “enough memory…
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More slim and tiny notebooks. The VAIO VGN-TX90PS is the latest in the Sony T series of laptops, and it’s only 21mm thick and 1.25kg in weight. Comes either with Pentium M at 1.2Mhz or Celeron at 1Ghz, up to 1.5Gb RAM, 40 to 60Gb hard drive space, DVD burner, Memory Stick/SD/MMC card slot, WiFi,…
You have to wonder about this when the website copy consistently calls this a “food source” rather than a “piping hot, delicious pizza, delivered immediately out of the gaping maw of a machine.” What is this “food source?” Could it be… God, forbid… people? This thing is a pizza vending machine. It’s quite old, but…
Even more Samsung products today. The Sense X1 is the latest super-slim laptop offering by Samsung, weighing in at 1.7kg, and is only about 20mm thin. It has a 14″ screen, 128MB ATI X300 graphics card, Pentium M733 at 1Ghz, 512Mb of DDR2 RAM, and a 60Gb hard drive. There’s also a funky way of…