Friday, July 17, 2009
Gadgets
11:40PM Adam Frucci | The Speak and Spell, which was first shown at CES in 1978 and sold in 1979, was one of the first gadgets with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges, and it taught a whole generation how to spell. More »
Speak And Spell: 1979’s Best Robotic Teacher
11:40PM Adam Frucci | The Speak and Spell, which was first shown at CES in 1978 and sold in 1979, was one of the first gadgets with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges, and it taught a whole generation how to spell. More » 
Design
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Without a doubt, this is one of the best and simplest inventions I’ve seen in a long time: A long strip of calendar days, made with a material that sucks ink to tint one complete number each day. Genius. More »
This Is The Coolest Calendar Ever
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | Without a doubt, this is one of the best and simplest inventions I’ve seen in a long time: A long strip of calendar days, made with a material that sucks ink to tint one complete number each day. Genius. More »
Phones
Cigarette Lighter Mobile Phone Gives You An Excuse To Smoking
11:10PM Sean Fallon | This mobile phone comes from a dubious Chinese website, so there is no telling whether it is legit enough not to quit. However, a mobile phone with a cigarette lighter built-in would certainly be a boon to smokers. More »
Robots
Flesh Eating Robots Are Actually Vegetarian
10:40PM Jesus Diaz | Zombies, rejoice, for your jobs won’t be replaced by flesh eating mister robotos. Cyclone Power—the guys who were thought to be developing flesh eating bots—are now saying that their creations are vegetarian. That’s what CEO Harry Schoell says: More »
Random Stuff
Make Up For Looking Sexy In High Definition Video
10:20PM Brian Lam | Cargo cosmetics has a line of Blu_ray make up for looking good on high definition video. [Cargo Cosmetics via BBG] More »
Design
Mirror/Ironing Board Concept
10:00PM Brian Lam | Aha! I hate pulling down ironing boards and then having to fold their screechy legs back up. Having one disguised as a mirror is a great idea that would save time and space. (Just figure out stability.) [Aissallogerot via Toxel] More »
Cameras
The Invisible Flash That Takes Clear Pictures At Night
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | I like to take photos at night without a flash. With an iPhone. After too many Caipirinhas. The quality isn’t good, but to me they beat the flash look. Soon they may be perfect thanks to this new dark flash. More »
Peripherals
USB Chocolate Popsicle Flash Drive
9:20PM Brian Lam | Brando, how kind of you to deliver us a chocolate popsicle shaped USB drive to stave off the summer heat. For sure, children are going to choke on this. [Brando via Giz.jp] More »
Computers
Then And Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
9:00PM John Herrman | Gizmodo ‘79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analogue age gave way to the digital, and most of our favourite toys were just being born. More »
Computers
