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Ever get your electric bill and wonder to yourself, ‘How can that be right, what is using so much electricity?’ Of course, there’s no way to know for sure, so you vow to turn off the lights when you leave [more…]

Face it, that box you live in ain’t no palace. When you can pee in the toilet from the living room, it’s time to start finding ways to maximize your precious square footage. I may not be able to…

You may recognize Alphagrip from their bizarre line of handheld keyboard/trackball mouse hybrid controllers—but by the looks of their entry into Microsoft’s Next Gen PC design competition, it…

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Do you like to play frisbee? Many people can spend hours and hours chasing those simple plastic disks with their friends, be it at a park, on the beach, or even in the relative privacy of their yards, but [more…]

This small V-22 Osprey lookalike looks a sleek and sexy machine, doesn’t it? The Falx Salker is a VTOL aircraft and is designed to be a hybrid electric vehicle, with solar energy augmenting the 100hp…

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One of the biggest phenomenons to hit is the Sudoku craze. People of all ages are playing this Japanese game created in the 18th century. With puzzles ranging from easy to extremely difficult, Sudoku can provide young and old with [more…]

Daryl J. Roy isn’t your average Sprint sales drone. Service doesn’t stop just because you’ve got the receipt and walked out the door. Have you ever checked out Sprint’s picture mail? He wanted to…

The Blu Jacket concept from Lunar Design aims to turn our children’s children into walking billboards using an electronic fabric based on e-paper technology and space-age organic fabrics. It could…

In the ’80s, the only things bigger than man-perms were robots and synthesizers. Waseda University’s WABOT-2 combined both of these trends in to what may be considered the ultimate ’80s icon….

This replica medical tricorder from Star Trek TOS is hugely detailed and looks pretty much like the “real” thing. It even comes with the removable scanner thingy. Plus it’s got light and sound…

You know, one of the most common typos I make when I try to go to Google is googlemotherfucker.com. Happens all the time. Luckily, Google actually owns that domain name, so I won’t happen upon a bed…

Maker Faire is in town again, hitting up the bay area with their ridiculously dangerous projects and robots and flaming robot projects this May 3 and 4. If you’re in town, you should stop by and see…

Designed for the XXIst Century Man exhibition in Tokyo, this monocycle by Ben Wilson is pretty damn cool. While not as ornate as last year’s steampunk monocycle, Wilson’s one-wheel wonder is stunning…

The Super Mario Galaxy Wii Mod is a good mod. This PlayStation 3 external hard drive mod is not. We’re not against adding more hard drive space to the PS3—Sony actually puts instructions on how…

newVideoPlayer(”lasonic_ipod_boombox.flv”, 494, 295,”");We’ve covered a handful of new and modded Lasonic gear here at Giz, but I finally got up close with their fabled i931 iPod Ghetto Blaster. If…

Evolution Robotics ViPR visual search technology is coming to the iPhone this June. ViPR allows you to take a photo of any movie, CD or book, send it to a server, and automagically get an email back…

Earlier today we posted on a New Yorker piece about a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours. But the real gem of the article was the mountain of “Did you know…” facts laced throughout. Like that…

This Puch moped only has a range of about 7 miles and with a top speed of only 18 mph, it isn’t going to break any land speed records, but there is definitely something special about it: it runs on…

A couple of years ago we introduced you to the privacy scarf, which was based on the same principle as this body-laptop wooly jumper, but lacked its homemade, knitted style. The idea is intended to…

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Ever get your electric bill and wonder to yourself, ‘How can that be right, what is using so much electricity?’ Of course, there’s no way to know for sure, so you vow to turn off the lights when you leave [more…]

Five years in the making, Pharad’s wearable antenna is aimed at troops in covert operations, and, I guess, undercover cops and agents. Waterproof and flexible, the wearable antenna, which is made out…

With the release of Eee PC 900 imminent, the folks at XEPC have managed to get their grubby little mitts on a final production model. Not only that, but they’ve posted the glorious unboxing pictures…

The problem with the lithium ion batteries powering your iPods and notebooks is that they can be a mite explode-y. But German scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research have figured out…

Apple may have strayed away from design that looks like a table lamp, but Touch Interactive is having none of that. Their Hybrid DVD Player and Display unit has the same weiner tip base as the old…

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Give the gift that reads people’s minds! A game that can tell what you are thinking in 20 questions or less, and which provides hours of fun as you try to stump the machine. Can it be done? [more…]

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Do you deal constantly with a pillow that just isn’t up to par? Sometimes you may wake up with a stiff neck or back pain because the pillow you used last night was just too flat or too fat. That [more…]

Kenny Baker, the man behind everyone’s favourite ‘droid, is in a Manchester hospital after suffering a severe asthma attack. The 73-year-old actor was on a Manchester-bound plane returning from a…