Is the OPC Computer Amplifier a guitar amp with a bonus computer or a computer with a bonus guitar amp? The look suggests the former. The 500GB HDD, GeForce 9300 graphics card, and Windows 7 OS suggest the latter. More »
Octopuses, it is generally agreed, are the sneakiest, most awesome animals in existence. They have magical camouflaging abilities and can squeeze through teeny holes. The latest octopus rascality: stealing a diver's video camera and shooting an undersea home movie. Updated More »
Heartwarming: An elderly actor used the internet to recreate the Manhattan apartment he lived in as a youngster, item by item. Not so heartwarming: it was a stunt by the Swedish Postal Service to familiarize old people with e-commerce. More »
I don't buy into the iPad as a laptop replacement—not quite. But it is fantastic at tapping into your computers to access video and audio, documents, and even your full desktop, remotely. Here's how. More »
Outside of the U.S., soccer is taken quite seriously. So seriously, it turns out, that members of England's national team will soon sleep in oxygen-deprivation tents to prepare for their high-altitude matches at the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. More »
If a rugged cam is only as good as the places you can mount it, then the X170 Action Camera, which can be strapped to heads, latched to handlebars, and velcroed just about anywhere else, must be pretty damn good. More »
The great thing about cloud computing is that no matter where you are, your files are just there. It turns out they're just there for law enforcement, too, as two Google Docs-using spammers recently found out. More »
The Droid Incredible follows HTC's standard remix formula: Two parts existing phoneware—Android 2.1 with Sense, speedy processor—one part fresh spice—Verizon's network. More »
After its latest firmware update, available right this instant, Seagate's set top FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player will deliver Netflix streaming, YouTube, vTuner and Mediafly content. Right, just like some other boxes out there today, but there's a caveat. More »
Here's the difference between the pros and the amateurs who can't never find their fucking Lego pieces. Enjoy, the supply room of a Lego maniac: More »
Congratulations are in order for the Boy Scouts, who have figured out a cool way to combine the old with the new using a "geocaching badge" for Scouts. More »
Having seen "sewable computing" at the MIT Media Center firsthand, I can say something like Ping clothing will exist someday soon. If wearable, always-on computing gets you hot and bothered, read on, because Ping clothing promises to do that, constantly. More »
The headline humor is the work of Gizmodo head honcho Brian Lam, but the iPad app, called Telecom Tycoon HD, is all Telect. It's sort of like SimCity or RollerCoaster Tycoon, but with cell towers and consumer-screwing subscription plans! More »
It's a shame Nine Inch Nails isn't touring anymore. Their concerts, while an acquired taste for some, were always a spectacle, replete with one-of-a-kind technological marvels, and I could totally see Silent Drum at the forefront should they return. More »
So this happened last night. Much to Frucci's chagrin, it looks like Laser Harps are catching on. In other news, the innuendo-laden Shake Weight now has its own DVD. [SNL] More »
The flying car, a goal of starry-eyed engineers since at least the beginning of the last century, is getting the DARPA treatment. Called Transformer TX, this flying Humvee-like prototype could be airborne by 2015. More »
Is this yet another iPhone knockoff, a cosmetics mirror, or some super-secret prototype that proves Apple is getting into networked birth control case design? Shoot, how about all three? More »
Using mysterious-yet-well-known medical knowledge about negative suction healing and a $3 plunger I swore I just helped my friend buy for his new apartment, MIT Grad Student Danielle Zurovcik may have invented something truly special. More »
