Gadgets
Paper Shredder Reinvented In Sculpture-Like Paper2Dust Concept [Shredder]
Paper shredders are usually simple and utilitarian-designed boring boxes, which may be why Bluelarix Designworks went to town on this reimagining of the machine. Paper2Dust is bizarrely sculptural, an ....... read more
11 days ago
Dell Ditching Zing-Based MP3 Player Plans, Says Rumor [Zing]
In July there were some strong rumors that Dell would be bringing out a Zing-based MP3 player that would be a "Zune killer": but now it looks like those plans have been canned. According to the Wall S ....... read more
11 days ago
Happy Birthday Saturn V, Still The Biggest Rocket of All [Retromodo]
November 9, 1967, T-minus 8.9 seconds: Thousands of gallons of kerosene and liquid oxygen begin coursing through the giant center F1 rocket engine: The Saturn V's ignition sequence has begun. Next, ....... read more
12 days ago
Gold Retro iPhone Handset Is Perfect for Gangsta Dorks, DePalma Movies [IPhone]
If you bought the white iPhone because the black was too passé and they didn't have the leopard prints model available, then you can compensate for the lack of bad-enough taste by buying this gold ret ....... read more
13 days ago
10 Gadgets That Help You Cope With The End of Daylight Saving Time [Thank Giz It's Friday]
Ever since daylight saving time ended last weekend, I've been a little depressed. By the time work is through, there is nothing but bleak, cold darkness outside. It perpetually feels later than it r ....... read more
13 days ago
Viper MkII from Battlestar Going Up for Sale Along With 100s of Other Props [Battlestar Galactica]
Want to be the coolest guy in your neighborhood? Slap a full-sized Viper MkII on your lawn. Too big? Well, how about sprucing up your office with President Roslin's desk? Or making yourself more intim ....... read more
13 days ago
Helios Off-Roader is Designed Like a Dinosaur, Minus the Extreme Violence [Vehicles]
There just aren't enough vehicles out there with designs inspired by dinosaurs. I mean, come on, dinosaurs! This Helios off-roader rectifies that with a totally badass design that's straight out of th ....... read more
14 days ago
The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have [Tests]
Gizmodo readers like you tend to think they know more about technology any other people—including (or especially) Giz editors. You're the person your friends and family come to with computer p ....... read more
14 days ago
DIY Telepresence Robot Lets You Work At Work In Your Undies [Telepresence]
Telepresence robots pop up in different guises, including the Rovio (which lacks a screen to truly telepresence your image), but now there's this DIY project to follow to build your own. At core Spark ....... read more
14 days ago
Paul Smith Makes Lomo Camera Fashionable with Fisheye No.2 [Photography]
Paul Smith's Fisheye No.2 Lomo camera is a subtle mixture of two things: The 180-degree bug-eye lens creates distorted images that are even more arty than your usual Lomograph. Plus to the dwindling n ....... read more
14 days ago
Star Trek Tribble Replica Wriggles and Coos, Won't Over-Run Your Home [Tribbles]
A six-inch furry toy that vibrates and makes the genuine cooing sounds of the Tribbles from Star Trek... probably something to not buy if you've got predatory cats around the place. You never know tho ....... read more
14 days ago
Samsung Slips Into Number One Cellphone Slot, Leaves Motorola Sadly Second [Cellphones]
Samsung is now the leading cellphone vendor in the US, according to research by Strategy Analytics, and it's assumption of the top slot has pushed Motorola into second place. In the last quarter, Sams ....... read more
14 days ago
Design Your Own Heads-Up Display of the Future [Photoshop Contest]
Heads-Up Displays, or HUDs, are what you see in front of you when you play first-person video games. You know, it shows you stuff like your health, the map and your inventory, allowing you to have all ....... read more
14 days ago
Virgin America Getting In-Flight Wi-Fi on November 22 [Friendlier Skies]
At long last, Virgin America is finally bringing in-flight wireless internet access to its flights. On November 22, a beta flight above San Francisco will be the first to test the service, with it the ....... read more
15 days ago
Sex Alert Announces When You're Having Sex, Which is Never [Smooth]
Everybody had a method in college to warn their roommates to stay the hell away when you were lucky enough to con someone into coming home with you. Be it a sock on the doorknob, shoes outside the doo ....... read more
15 days ago
Teac's LP-R500 CD-Equipped Record Player Fell Through Ugly Timewarp [Ugliness]
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This is Teac's LP-R500. Ugh. Sorry, I'll try pulling myself together: it's a modern version of what my grandad used to call a "radiogramme," cramming in an FM radio, a CD player, casset ....... read more
15 days ago
WPA Wi-Fi Security Gets Cracked; Your Network is No Longer Secure [Security]
When it came to setting up Wi-Fi networks, if you knew what you were doing you would enable WPA security. This would keep people with a small amount of knowledge from gaining access to your network, w ....... read more
15 days ago
Japanese Umbrella Is One Huge Speaker [Singin' In The Rain]
Japanese researchers in Japan have developed a clever way to turn an entire umbrella into one giant speaker. Made of bamboo and paper, the Oto-Shigure uses a built-in amplifier connected to four tiny ....... read more
15 days ago
Apple Patents Head-Tracking Auditorium-Effect Wearable Display [Apple Patents]
Apple's patents are nothing if not copious, and occasionally confusing: this new one is in the latter category. It's for a goggle-like display system with an in-built head tracking system that changes ....... read more
15 days ago
EOps i24R3 Wireless Gesture-Control iPhone Speaker is Quite Beautiful, Actually [Speakers]
Just unveiled at Tokyo Designer's Week, EOps i24R3 is probably the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone I think I've seen. Plus it's jammed-full of wirelessness, so the iPod-dock, woofer-eq ....... read more
15 days ago