rigs
Cameras
Redrock Hybrid Cinema Rig Aims dSLRs Right at Spielberg
8:00AM Mark Wilson | The latest dSLRs shoot excellent HD video, as long as you don’t mind the shakiness. Redrock, who released some of the first pro solutions to this problem, have just announced a product that’s downright buyable. More »
Computers
Computer Rig Sets Your Brain in Sensory Overload Mode
5:40AM Jesus Diaz | If you liked our awesome computer rig contest, you will like Mitch Haile’s clean but sensory overload workplace, with a total of eight displays. To me it’s not as good as my favourite, the Death Star battle station, but that may be because I imagine it is a lot more comfortable to do visual work. And yes, with visual work I mean watching porn. Still, the gallery is impressive. More »
Vehicles
Ghetto Disappearing Licence Plate Hack Rigged to Avoid Tolls
6:20AM Sean Fallon | It’s not what I would call a Bond-calibre flipping licence plate, but the system that a Queens truck driver hooked up in his rig is chock-full of ghetto ingenuity. Apparently, Orlando Payano mounted his licence plate on a hinged piece of metal then ran an attached cable through his cigarette lighter. When he went through a toll booth, all he had to do is pull the cord and abracadabra! No licence plate caught on camera. More »
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Winners of the Gizmodo Readers’ Best Computer Rig Contest
11:30PM Jesus Diaz | Here are the top three rigs in the Best Computer Rig Contest. The winner: Steve Larson for his Nebuchadnezzar-like overloaded cockpit. Jump to see the three mega-galleries, which show just how cool the winning rigs are. After seeing all the details, my personal winner is Dlinc. His rig, with Transformers-style, fully-articulated rotatable monitors and keyboards, is absolutely stunning and the most useful of them all.
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Kickass Computer Rig Looks Like Death Star Combat Station
11:08PM Jesus Diaz | Dlinc, the reader who sent us the pictures of the LEGO Millennium Falcon unboxing, also included a picture of his computer rig, which looks as if it belongs right in the Falcon itself. I don’t know about you but I am absolutely amazed by its space-combat-meets-CTU looks. Which got me thinking: what kind of work/play computer areas do you have? Send us your photos or post a link to pictures in the comments. We will publish them in a gallery at the end of the week. More »
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Gliding Laptop Mount is Perfect For The Lazy College Student
10:35AM Jason Chen | When we want to use our laptops in bed, we usually grimace through the third-degree burns or find some kind of laptop stand. This guy takes it one step further, creating a sliding laptop mount for his ceiling, complete with tracks and a power system to keep his unit charged as well. See the video to see what we mean when we say this is the laziest bastard we’ve seen in a while. [Instructables via Core77 via TechEBlog] More »
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