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August 2008

Jumbo Airplane Hotel Allows Mile High Club Experience on the Ground [Airplanes]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 8:47 P GMT-06

Back in 2006, Oscar Diös heard there was a dead Boeing 747-200 built in 1976 on one of the runways at Arlanda Airport, the largest international airport in Sweden, north of Stockholm. It was once owned by a Swedish company called Transjet, who used i

Robot Uses Master/Slave Remote Control Suit [Robots]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 8:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/marufightingbots_giz.flv", 475, 376,""); Naoki Maru may live in Hikone, north of Kyoto, down the road from a samurai castle full of katana swords and armor, but for him, the ancient Japanese art of bushido is best carried out with ro

Gorenje Fridge Is Officially Made for iPod, As Lickable as the Touch Itself [Ifa 2008]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 4:47 P GMT-06

Believe it or not, this beautiful Gorenje fridge is an official Apple-licensed Made for iPod refrigerator. And believe it or not, it's not just a speaker and a dock glued to a glossy black fridge: You can actually control the fridge itself using your

Stunning Desert Canyon Flight Scares the Underpants Off Me [Airplanes]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 4:47 P GMT-06

Once upon a time I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which is probably why I write so much about the biggest and baddest machines ever. My feeling then and now is that there's nothing that can match the thrill of flying one of the fastest, most expensive

LG X110 Feels Solid, Fast, Is Netbook with Capital N [IFA 2008 Hands-On]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 4:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/lgnetbook_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); I groped and used the LG X110 netbook for some time here at IFA. As Mark pointed out, this is the first netbook where "net" actually means something else: direct 3G network access without additio

iRiver Concepts Feel Straight Out of Terry Gilliam's Brain [Ifa 2008]

Sunday, 31 August 2008 8:47 A GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/gilliamiriver_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); Apart from their Spinn 70s-retro analog goodness, iRiver had two beautiful concept products in their IFA 2008 stand which had a design that looked further into the past, as far as the beginni

iRiver Spinn Media Player Has a Great 70s Retro Flair, Feels Oh-So-Good [IFA 2008 Hands-On]

Saturday, 30 August 2008 8:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/spinn_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); I love the new analog controller in the iRiver Spinn as much as I love its simple brushed aluminum design, the old radio-inspired user interface, and the whole packaging. While I'm still partial to d

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RED May Be Making a DSLR Camera [DSLRs]

Saturday, 30 August 2008 8:47 P GMT-06

The RED camera's Jim Jannard mentions the next generation Mysterium "Monstro" sensor, which be offered as a free upgrade to the Mysterium-X piece shipping in the Epic cam. Then he blows my mind by revealing he's getting into the DSLR race with the sa

Unreal Rocket Launcher PC Mod Will Blast Your Pants Off [Ifa 2008]

Saturday, 30 August 2008 4:47 P GMT-06

newVideoPlayer("/unrealmode_gizmodo.flv", 520, 410,""); One more IFA, one more gallery of absolutely crazy PC mods by nutty Europeans. The best of the lot was, without a doubt, this menacing Unreal Rocket Launcher. But there are others, each of them