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 »
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 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 »
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 »
Cargo cosmetics has a line of Blu_ray make up for looking good on high definition video. [Cargo Cosmetics via BBG] More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
