Temperature-sensing accelerometer are possible, but Japanese researchers at the Rekimoto Lab have taken it a step further with their AffectPhone project, which monitors Galvanic Skin Response for conveying emotions through an iPhone. More »
Don't tell me you're still using that clunky old Xbox? And actually using Live on it? From today, old-console-clingers will be cut off their online supply by Microsoft. More »
Didn't we say Apple should've given iPads to mainstreamers such as Betty White, to influence their corners of the market? Betty took matters into her own hands, taking her iPad on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. More »
This LA street performer, Mirror Man, has just succeeded where dozens of scientists have failed. Take that, Harry Potter! [Kuriositas via Toxel] More »
I've got a real soft spot for post-apocalyptic scenery. It reached a peak when I visited Chernobyl a few years' ago, and after seeing these wallpapers of the Kremlin an apocalypse doesn't look too bad, does it? More »
Another company has fallen down the glasses-less 3DTV route. Hitachi's going to use Sharp's parallax barrier technology (supposedly used in the Nintendo 3DS and that mysterious StreamTV panel) on some mean LCDs, hopefully just as slim as their previous models. More »
HOW GOOD IS SPACE MINER. The answer is INCREDIBLE GOOD. It's probably the best original game to hit the iPhone. Imagine Nintendo made Asteroids, adding a mild upgrade path on top of extremely gratifying space flyingabout. IT IS FIVE SPACE DOLLARS and worth every penny, but there is a "LITE" version that will give you ample time to gauge your own proclivity towards shooting rotating rocks and watching them explode. [iTunes] More »
The pocket cam's claim to fame is being "good enough." The Flip SlideHD strives to be a little more, adding a sliding touchscreen for watching videos on the camera itself. That's biting off more than it can, or should, chew. More »
It's Monday night and you need a place to gossip about that weird thing you saw earlier? Or maybe you just want to have some off-topic conversations with fellow Gizmodo readers? Head to #whitenoise and let's talk. More »
KFC's Double Down will kill you someday. But we wanted to see what eating the greasiest finger-food known to mankind would do to a touchscreen device. The result: A disabled iPad and two ruined stomachs. More »
Manga comics have long breathed life into complex worlds and absorbing characters. Now they're doing so for radish plants in artist Koshi Kawachi's collection of elegant Manga planters. More »
I keep twisting and turning my iPad with childlike wonder while reading the familiar tale of the adventures of a girl named Alice. For the first time in my life, I'm blown away by an interactive book design. More »
If you thought all the obnoxious comments found on the internet came from all sorts of various misanthropic and socially maladjusted people, you were wrong. It was the government. [FunnyorDie.uk via StuntMandrew] More »
Holy crap. Against our wildest expectations, Apple approved the Opera Mini browser for the iPhone, and it'll be in the App Store within 24 hours. Original iPhone users should be reallllllly happy right now. Update: Now live in iTunes! [Opera] More »
It's gotta happen all the time, but it's rarely captured on film. But this past Saturday, an unlucky comet found itself pointed right at the unforgiving maw of our sun. Guess how this ended? More »
According to folklore and Woody Woodpecker, St. Bernards once carried barrels of brandy around their necks to revive stranded mountaineers. Now such barrels can go around your dog's neck to revive you for $50. [Kegworks via TheGreenHead via OhGizmo!] More »
Imagine, if you will, being sucked into a parallel universe in which the original Nintendo Entertainment System was exactly the same, but games like The Legend of Zelda were rendered in 3D. Don't know what I mean? Watch this clip. More »
Let's say a vodka bottle's fancy label doesn't quite broadcast how awesome you are for drinking it. What then? Why, slap a programmable blue LED ticker on there like Medea did. They also, lord help us, made an instructional video: More »
