Monday, December 13, 2010 - Page 2
Gadgets

The 2010 Gizmodo Gadget Awards: Best Overall Gadget

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Now that Gizmodians have spoken and decided on their favourite gadgets of 2010 across five major categories, it’s time to put the winners in a steel cage, lock the door and let them battle it out for your love.


Geek Out

Watch The Metrodome Collapse From The Inside

The giant inflatable roof of Minneapolis’ Metrodome stadium collapsed this morning under the weight of heavy snowfall. Here’s some apocalyptic video taken inside the stadium as the roof tears open and snow cascades onto the turf.


Cars

The GizMod: Security, Security, Security

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If your car had a PS3, wireless router and digital TV tuner in it, wouldn’t you want to put in the best alarm system you could possibly imagine? That’s why we went to the guys at Intelematics to look after security for the GizMod Rukus.


Gaming

Latest Kinect Hack Gives More False Hope To Air Guitar Enthusiasts Everywhere

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Gadgets

Is The iPad Meant To Save Newspapers Or Kill Them Quicker?

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A study from The Reynolds Journalism Institute in the US has found that iPad users like using the device to stay up to date on the latest news. Big surprise! But they also found that of those who use newspaper apps to facilitate this news-getting, more than half are planning on cancelling their newspaper subscription. So is this good or bad for the papers?


Speakal iPig Easily Corners The Atrocious Pig Speaker Market

For those who love music that pumps from the plump, alien-looking frames of little white pigs comes Speakal’s ugly-as-sin iPig.


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of The Weekend

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Gadgets

The Dust Ball: The Perfect Robot Vacuum For Rooms Without Walls

This autonomous concept vacuum, called the Dust Ball, rolls about the room thanks to an internal motor that constantly shifts its centre of gravity. Instant motion! Too bad the spherical shape means it can’t vacuum near walls…


Online

Not Just Another Face In The Facebook

With most Facebook updates there is, inevitably, backlash against the changes that greet users when they sign in for the first time. Not so with artist Alexandre Oudin. He saw an opportunity:


Gaming

Enormous 10:1 Scale NES Coffee Table Actually Works

There have been NES coffee tables constructed in the past, and there will be NES coffee tables constructed again in the future. For now, however, this playable NES coffee table is the sexiest yet. Plus, (incredibly ambitious) DIY!