SpaceStation Organizer Looks Futuristically Minimal [Organizer]

We've seen our fair share of organizers over the years--especially since we live next door to those good-naturedly anal folks at Lifehacker--but this SpaceStation seems like it's the most minimal that we've seen yet. The system consists of a long, rubberized pad to lay your electronics on top of and a hollow...

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Waci-Pad Gives You Total Entertainment Control in a Light Switch [Home Entertainment]

The Aurora Multimedia site says that their 6 or 12 button Waci-Pad is "ideal for wall or podium mounting," we know exactly where we're putting this--next to the our front door so we can switch on all our electronics when we enter the house (or off when we leave, but that never happens). The Waci-Pad is essentially...

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Dash Express GPS Preorders Shipping March 27th [GPS]

Dash Express GPS, one of my most highly anticipated gadgets, will ship to customers who preordered on March 27th. [Dash on Giz, Dash Blog] ----------------------...

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MAKE Round-Up of 2008 Toy Fair [Toy Fair 2008]

The guys over at MAKE had a great time at the 2008 Toy Fair, and their round-up post links to all the weird and wonderful things they found there. We've had a look, and collected some of their findings into a gallery. Check it out and you'll find matchstick architecture, VEX robotic bugs, 3D mazes, crystal-growth...

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Limited-Edition Honeybee DS Lite is Monochrome, Smooth, Sophisticated, Japan-only [Black DS Lite]

The creative result of a collaboration between Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and Japanese fashion magazine Honeybee, this Nintendo DS Lite sports a matte black exterior with co-ordinating jazzy white interior and hinges. Ok, so "creative" means they just painted it black and white, but it is classy isn't it? Wait...

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New Camera Chip Design Can Take Photos in 3D [3d Lens]

A new camera chip design from scientists at Stanford University has opened up the possibility of 3D photos. The chip has stacked 16 x 16 pixel arrays and a host of micro-lenses, much like a fly's eye, enabling the whole chip to "see" in three dimensions, unlike a normal 2D pixel array digital camera sensor. Here's...

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Windows Vista SP1 Available to Some People, Allegedly [Rumor]

UPDATED: IT WAS REAL, BUT MICROSOFT HAS PULLED THE UPDATE. According to Hexus.net, the widely-pirated but not-officially-available-yet Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now ready for download... for some users. The site points out that the update popped today in one of their 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium systems....

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Home-Made Alarm Clock Beeps Until You Solve a Mathematical Problem [Turing Alarm Clock]

I tend to have a cup of tea and some cereal before I do anything in the morning, but Nicholas Paul Johnson swears by his Turing alarm clock. Powered by an PIC16 microcontroller, Johnson used a four-buck LCD display and has, very sweetly, made the whole thing free and open-source. [cheaphack via MAKE] ----------------------...

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Wall-E GameCube Mod is Too Cute (but Not Too Cute for the Giz) [Wall-E]

Long before the Pixar movie hits the big screen this summer, a group of German modders have been inspired by Wall-E's cuteness to take an old and unloved Nintendo GameCube and some scraps of metal and acrylic, and put together a sweet mod that looks just like the little robot himself. It even has tank treads...

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GPS Navigator with Built-In Breathalyzer [GPS Breathalyzer]

Billed as the first in the world, NDrive's G400 is a GPS navigator with a breathalyzer built into the side. I suppose this means that big drinkers will, finally, have an excuse to sing Show Me The Way To Go Home after a skinful. The fact that it costs 200€--just under $300--and that, according to Kit, who lives...

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Ping Pong-Themed Webcam Hopefully First and Last Homage to <i>Balls Of Fire</i> [Webcam]

Oh Brando, not only do you not heed my pleas for a USB trouser press, but you also continue putting products that are, quite frankly, strange and reprehensible. Who in their right mind would be interested in buying a webcam that looks like a ping-pong bat? Don't you know that we computer-fixed weirdies have no...

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Bravia F Series Are Thinner, Have 24p Cinema Mode [Sony]

Sony has upped its LCD count again, releasing its Bravia F Series. At just over an inch thick, the TVs, which come in 46-, 42- and 32-inch sizes and can be wall-mounted, have 24p Cinema mode and a contrast ratio of 3000:1. Oh, and a more simple remote unit, apparently.The sets, which are out in Japan on March...

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SonyStyle Drops the 80GB PS3: Makes its Demise Pretty Damn Official [Gaming]

If you were looking for even more proof that the 80GB PS3 is on its way out, the fact that it is no longer available on the SonyStyle website makes it about as official as you can get outside of a press release. Perhaps that means we are one step closer to that rumored 120GB version we have been hearing so much...

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Cobra 29 LTD BT is the World's First Bluetooth CB Radio: 10-4 Good Buddy [Trucker Tech]

Cobra Electronics is expected to unveil the world's first Bluetooth CB radio at this years Mid-America Trucking Show. Naturally, this device will allow truckers to synch their mobile phone conversations to their CB radio, making for more effective communication. Plus, a noise canceling microphone will allow calls...

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Leaked RIAA Training Video: Find Pirates, Find Crack-Dealing Terrorist Murderers Too! [Riaa]

This is a leaked official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S. prosecutors why they should bust music pirates: Because it'll lead them to "everything from handguns to large quantities of cocaine [and] marijuana," not to mention terrorists and murderers! The...

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X-WIng Sled is Porkins' Transport of Choice in Tahoe [Snow Wars]

We've had X-Wing Fighters that go up and down; here's an X-Wing that just goes down. The venue was Minneapolis' Powderhorn Park, and the event was Minneapolis' annual Art Sled rally. Photographer Tony Nelson took pictures of the day, including a rather spanky la-la double robot one, which you can see below, alongside...

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Home Theater Designed to Look Like Radio City, But Smaller [Home Movies]

A house in Montauk has had a home theater installed by architect James Biber. With leather floors and co-ordinating beanbags, Biber took his inspiration from New York's Radio City, with a little bit of 2001: A Space Odyssey thrown in for good measure. Every surface in the room, which seats up to ten people, has...

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DVD Takes Bullet for Fire Chief in Fast-Food Shoot-Out [DVD]

A loose DVD in a pocket saved a South Carolina man from injury after he unwittingly got involved in a firearm fracas outside a fast-food joint. Fire chief Barry McRoy was leaving the Waffle House restaurant at the weekend in the town of Walterboro when he got involved in a gun battle between two men. McRoy, a...

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Stephen Fry Expands his Online Life with "Podgrams" [Stephen Fry]

Gadget-loving actor Stephen Fry has added podcasting to his digital repertoire, though in quintessential Fry style he's dubbing them "podgrams". Issue one is out on his site now, detailing his recent arm-breaking disaster. We hope it heals soon Stephen, so that in future podgrams we can hear more of your thoughts...

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Turn Your HD DVDs Into Blu-ray [Format Peace]

The process of converting your HD DVDs to Blu-ray is time-consuming, potentially costly and sucks balls. Really, there's almost no reason to, since you can bet most everything on HD DVD will be released on Blu, and if you have a million HD DVDs you don't wanna rebuy, you should just buy a dual format player....

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Lightning Review: ezSpace UFO Surge Protector [Lightning Review]

The Gadget: The ezGear UFO, a relatively compact surge protector/power strip that holds six distinct AC adapters so they don't bump into each other. The Price: $39 ($34 for a limited time) The Verdict: Definitely worth it if you have a bunch of large and unwieldy AC adapters to plug into one port--say, if you...

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Motherboard and Video Card Box Art Make No Sense [Motherboard]

It's something we've noticed ourselves over the years, but Joel over at Boing Boing Gadgets just did a roundup of some of the most atrocious motherboard and video card box art in existence. Face it, if you were an artist hired to design a box cover for a motherboard, what would you draw? A truck that's also a...

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Universal Turns Blu [Duh]

Universal smartly wants its movies to be on the HD format that still exists, so it's switching to Blu-ray. If you would like to further delve into their rationale, here's their statement: "While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and...

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Contest: Win a Toshiba x205 Laptop [Announcements]

Who wants to win a Toshiba x205 laptop? Everybody? Great! Here's how you enter. It's an easy one this time. Just send an email to contests@gizmodo.com with the subject "Toshiba laptop contest". We're going to pick a winner at random, so all of you have an equal chance to snatch yourself a lappy. Standard Gawker...

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AT&T Now $99 for Unlimited Voice and $35 For Unlimited Data [Wireless]

AT&T's responding to Verizon's Unlimited calling and data contracts with a $99 all you can eat voice plan that can be combo'd up with any data plan. The data plans are a step in the non-evil direction for AT&T: $35 bucks for unlimited connectivity and messaging. An AT&T spokesperson tells us that...

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Father and Sons Build Electric Car&mdash;a Popemobile for Pharoahs [Pyramid Car]

Greg Zanis' Dream Car is a solar-powered pyramid on four wheels that he built at home with the help of his two sons. Deceptively fragile, this little one-seater weighs in at 8,000 pounds, but its 80 batteries powering four electric engines really make it shift. Find out how fast, and watch the video of it pootling...

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Gravity Lamp Lasts 200 Years, Will Gmm/r2 Torchiere Lamps Out [Lamps]

This Gravity Lamp by a Virginia Tech student won second place at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition this week. The idea is quite simple in theory: a mass moves slowly down a column, which generates electricity by when the potential to kinetic energy conversion of the mass falling spins a rotor. To "reset"...

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Webasto Heater is Activated by SMS, Pre-Heats Your Ride [Cars]

The winter may bring with it romantic comedies featuring Hugh Grant, but the downside is the drop in temperature. Fortunately, the Webasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater allows users to send a text message to a car where it is installed, which then kicks it into action, ensuring your car is warm to the touch when...

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EyeClops Night Vision Goggles, My Secret Manhunt Weapon [EyeClops]

The EyeClops Night Vision goggles let you see in total darkness using infrared lights, all while giving you that special Terminator look. Two attachments allow visibility 10 or 20 feet ahead--the 10-footers give off no light, the 20s show some small red dots. I tried them on in a pitch black room and saw every...

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Kumho's Lavender-Scented Tires Go By the Name of Ecsta DX; Probably Answer to the Name 'Pointless' [Scented Tires]

Apparently, Kumho's skid 'n' sniff tires are going out to the "trend-setting, fashion-conscious drivers" who want their cars to rock something that no one else has: the sweet smell of lavender. Now then, while I wholeheartedly applaud Kumho's decision to bring something so unique to wheelwear, I question the...

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Nerf Vulcan EBF-25: Fully Automatic Toy Dart Guy Rambo Junior's Weapon of Choice [Toys]

The best new Nerf toy out of the entire Toy Fair 2008 lineup is this fully automatic dart gun. The toy is $40, and comes with 25 belt-fed darts, powered by six D-cell batteries. (!) Paired with the Mission Kit Tactical Light, this is the kind of base unit a Nerf gun modder could really learn to love. N-STRIKE...

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Backstory and Teardown of the Lenovo X300 (Components By Weight!) [Laptops]

Here's an interesting bit: The Lenovo x300 almost had the old IBM butterfly keyboard of old. This detail and others were revealed in a Businessweek cover story on the ultrathin, quickly being recognized as the antithesis to the Apple Air. The piece has a lot of other interesting background, like the above info...

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Star Wars Series 2 Mimobot Flash Drives Ship Tomorrow [Mimoco]

The Star Wars Series 2 mimobots--Luke, Leia, Han and Boba Fett--that were due last month are finally shipping tomorrow, three months after going up for pre-order. They've got a brand new feature that I'm not sure if I love or hate: When you plug in or eject the drive, it plays sounds from Star Wars, in case your...

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The �99 Elonex One Laptop: Basically British OLPC Without the Innovation [PCs]

Brit PC maker Elonex is developing the Elonex, a PC meant to run in the same range as the OLPC. It'll have Wi-Fi, a flash HDD, a Linux OS, a rugged case, wireless music server and weigh less than 2.2 pounds. The price? About £99. Of course, they're doing it for the kids and not the PR. Elonex? Unlike the OLPC,...

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Hands On Batman Retrofuturetastic H2Go Fuel Cell-Powered RC Car [Green Goodness]

I always wanted an RC car that didn't eat batteries like Tom Cruise devours babies there's no tomorrow. Corgi's H2Go is fuel-cell powered RC car that just needs water and light--a solar panel powers its hydrogen station, which karate chops water into oxygen and hydrogen. The station tank takes about 2 minutes...

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Schizo Beam Can Put Voices In Your Head From Afar [Non-lethal Weapons]

Non-lethal yet still horribly unpleasant weapons are all the rage these days, from puke rays to pink tasers. What's the next step? How about a beam that inserts voices into your head? Yes, you could be minding your own business looting a Best Buy during a riot and all of the sudden there's a voice coming from...

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Microsoft Never Loved HD DVD Like Sony Loved Blu [Hd Dvd]

Microsoft said back in January HD DVD is only "over when Toshiba says they're not doing HD DVD." Well, Toshiba hasn't even officially officially killed HD DVD yet and the Xbox team is already dropping an official statement on the sitch. The fact that they're even addressing it doesn't look good then, right? Well,...

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Nikon D3 Camera Is So Good Reviewer Doesn't Want to Send It Back [D3 Review]

The D3, that enormous full-frame camera from Nikon has had its first in-depth review. PhotographyBLOG's Gavin Stoker gave the $5,000 machine five out of five for features and image quality, while design, ease-of-use and VFM got 4.5 out of 5. Choice quotes after the jump. I haven't been so impressed with a set...

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D-REX Pet Dinosaur Stalks Prey, Bites Your Sister, Doesn't Poop on the Floor [D-REX]

While weren't quite as blown away by D-REX as we were by Elmo Live--"jazz hands" killed our objective judgment--the level of interactivity is pretty impressive for what's supposed to be a dumb child's toy (the kid, not the 'bot). About the size of a small puppy, it behaves semi-autonomously, though it'll follow...

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HERCULES Laser is Most Intense Laser in the Universe, Almost as Powerful as the Death Star [Science]

"If you could hold a giant magnifying glass in space and focus all the sunlight shining toward Earth onto one grain of sand, that concentrated ray would approach the intensity of a new laser beam made in a University of Michigan laboratory." - PhysorgIf that doesn't amaze you, you need a slap. The HERCULES laser...

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Analog Cellular Networks Closing Down Next Week [Announcements]

We previously told you analog cellular networks were soon to be terminated. Well, now it is happening, with many of the major U.S mobile operators, including AT&T and Verizon set to put a stop to their analog networks this Monday. You might want to upgrade your burglar alarm. [Washington Post] --------...

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H2Go Fuel Cell-Powered RC Car Is Batman Retrofuturetastic, Preserves the Future [Green Goodness]

I always wanted an RC car that didn't eat batteries like Tom Cruise devours babies there's no tomorrow. Corgi's H2Go is fuel-cell powered RC car that just needs water and light--a solar panel powers its hydrogen station, which karate chops water into oxygen and hydrogen. The station tank takes about 2 minutes...

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 [Cellphones]

The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some very interesting Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren't allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. However, that is not...

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