Dubbed a “nested skyscraper,” this building is a concept design which is intended to be particularly good at resisting the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters. What really gets my attention though is that robots are required for construction. More »
The Hifiman HM-801 looks like an old portable cassette player, but apparently it might just beat out most music players in sound quality. At least that’s what CNET though when they had a listen. They even found it worth $790. More »
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HP spent $40 million on their new “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign. For those big bucks they managed to get Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords and Dr. Dre. And an odd sense of humor. More »
Before listening to the explanation for this project, I couldn’t figure out what was going on, but once I realized that the 64 flashing squares on the Arduino-powered display would let me play Mario, it was time to get supplies. More »
Sony’s been pretty tight-lipped about its ultra compact DSLR camera concept, but someone did share screenshots of what appears to be a rather nice menu system designed for a touchscreen. It looks like it’ll gives almost complete control to fingers. More »
Pioneer is known to make digital mixers that leave us drooling and wishing for some DJ skills. First they gave us the CDJ-2000 with its beautiful LCD screen, and now they’ve given us the DJM-2000, a multitouch screen-having per-frequency-mixing beauty. More »
Once upon a time being alone meant you were unable to play a decent game of rock-paper-scissors, but now you can finally amuse yourself with just your own hand. Granted you’ll have to actually make a glove like this first. More »
We thought that Google’s Reader Play is perfect for tablet computers, but the New York Times‘ Nick Bilton has other ideas. He thinks that the feature is perfect for TVs and other larger screens. [NYT] More »
32GB, 64MB cache, and read and write speeds of 25MB/s and 70MB/s aren’t terribly exciting when it comes to a solid state drive, but the OCZ Onyx still caught our eye because it’s among the first SSDs to slip below $100. [Hot Hardware via CrunchGear] More »
The most fuel efficient hybrid for sale in the US gets 51 MPG, but a startup called Transonic Combustion claims they can improve that. They claim their fuel-injection system will get 64 MPG. More »
Next time someone complains about your habit of using a cellphone in the movie theater, just casually tell him this story of a man who got stabbed with a meat thermometer after making a similar complaint. More »
12 Full Color Printed VHS Video Boxes: $9. Full Scale Plastic Washer and Dryer Set: $139. 2 Piece 20″ Wide Screen LCD Style Computer Package: $49. Outfitting your entire home with prop gadgets: Probably a bad idea. More »
Here’s some tasty-looking hard candy. And here’s that same tasty-looking hard candy scanned by an SEM. Tuns out that there’s a company offering to stick almost anything under an electron microscope and we can’t help but wonder: What to pick? More »
Sometimes Wi-Fi just doesn’t do the trick when streaming something to several devices. Zinnet’s Brite-View LinkE system will cover you there by allowing you to stream things over a powerline network to four ethernet devices and at up to 200Mbps. More »
We just finished watching Google’s live announcement of the launch of the Google App Marketplace. Keep reading for information on what they’re offering users and developers. Oh, and know that the Marketplace is live today. Updating. More »
As a kid I had a pair of Barbie sneakers that lit up with every step. Sadly those aren’t made in adult shoe sizes, so I’ll have to settle for something like these slinky illuminated heels.
These shoes came from the minds of Rodarte, a two-sister design team, and are a beautiful example of how wearable tech can be integrated into our lives and into our three-inch heels.
Now can someone tell me where I can get a pair? [High Snobette via Fashion In Tech]
Several people are reporting that there are odd charges on credit cards they’ve used to make purchases from online retailer Monoprice. This is what the company had to say:
A few of our customers recently reported to us that information from credit cards they used on the Monoprice website had been misused. We promptly began an investigation with the help of expert computer forensic investigators to determine if any card data had been stolen from our computers.
To date, the investigators have found no evidence that card information has been stolen from Monoprice’s computer network. As a precaution to ensure that our customers’ information is not at risk, we have taken our website offline temporarily while we and our investigators complete the audit of our computer network.
We want to ensure that there is no security vulnerability in any part of our computer network system. We notified local and federal law enforcement agencies, our credit card processing business partners, and all credit card companies that some of our customers reported concerns regarding their card information to us.
We also advised these entities that we are working with outside security specialists to determine if there was breach of our computer system. We will post additional information when it is available. We regret any inconvenience that our investigation and the temporary suspension of the Monoprice website may have caused you. Thank you so much for your great support.
Until this issue is resolved, we recommend keeping a closer eye than usual on your credit card statement. [Monoprice via Facebook—Thanks, Richard!]
We’ve talked about how to comment, but there’s still some confusion about these mysterious #tags. What are they all about? Well, to put it simply: They’re the most fun you could have with a comment system.
#broken, #whitenoise, #tips, #lifechanger, #whateveryouwant. You’ll see plenty of these tags in the comments. Each of them links to a corresponding tagpage which is like a forum of sorts. You can contribute to one of those pages by using the box right next to the Gizmodo logo. Just enter whatever tag you want to use, be it #tips or some silly secret tagpage you decide to create and tada! You’ve just made a whole new tagpage linked to your tag. If you ever want to view what’s on a certain tag’s page, just head to gizmodo.com/tag/TYPEATAGHERE.
How can this all be fun though? Well, I asked some of the commenters in #whitenoise to share their favorite tags and what they’re for. Here’s what they came up with:
I’m sure there are plenty of tags that I’ve yet to discover—or maybe some secret ones that small groups of commenters are keeping to themselves—and that’s half the fun. The tagpages are your way to have a corner of Gizmodo to call your own. Heck, you can make a tag for #yourusername if you want.
Yesterday someone expressed sorrow about forgetting to pack books when he moved to a new city and I felt my heart break on his behalf. I can’t imagine life without being surrounded by shelves of books. But should I?
Globe and Mail‘s Russell Smith wrote a piece entitled “A Lament for the Bookshelf,” and in it he contemplates how it appears that books are slowly taking a similar path to the one CDs once took—from racks of plastic discs to libraries full of digital files. More and more people are reaching for ebook readers and sending books through email, IRC, torrents, or gifting them in the form of links.
Does this mean that old-fashioned bookworms like me a dying breed? Was it weird to head to Amazon and place an order of essential books to be shipped to my fellow book lover’s doorstep? Should I have sent ebooks instead? [Globe and Mail via NYT]
