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Since you're at Gizmodo, and given our usual demographic, there's a pretty good chance that at one time or another you wished for super powers. Well screw watching X-Men & Heroes, this Taiwanese guy...

Nothing's worst than driving behind some moron whose car is swerving 'cause they're on their cellphone (especially where it's illegal). In an attempt to end that, the Highway Safety & Technology...

Even more than than James Bond or Jack Bauer, Batman's the epitome of a guy using gadgets to the fullest. That's why we love him, and that's why we love the most recent Batman movie. Just for you,...

galleryPost('mcfly2015stuff', 8, 'McFly 2015 Pins and Stickers'); Those are the first shots of the newly printed buttons and stickers for the McFly 2015 movement. They're still trying their best to...

This $80 iCoaster from Mega Brands is a Rube Goldberg-like toy that you can set up tracks with for marbles to roll through. The best part of the toy is the magnetic lift at the start to lift the...

In keeping with our "Laziness in Domestic Chores" theme, we bring you the electric lawnmower shootout. That way we can rid ourselves of all the annoyances of gas mowers once and for all, but still...

Boy Genius and Engadget got their hands on some renders from Danger that seem to be the upcoming Sidekick 4 and Sidekick Slide. The Slide, seen in a domain registered by T-Mobile, looks to be fatter...

Remember the Ultimate Xbox 360 Racing Setup? VRX cuts all of that do-it-yourselfness out of the equation with their VRX Triple Screen Limited Edition 001. Here's what you...

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Rubik's Cube. That's probably because it makes me feel like a complete moron, and I just end up peeling the stickers off and replacing them so it looks like I...

[UPDATE: This ain't no Flash plugin. Read on.] It's no secret that our gold standard for mobile browsers is full Youtube support. Apparently, that ain't happening because Flash is a CPU and mem hog....

glumbert.com - Japanese Tetris Man, I love Japan so much. What other country would have a game show that consists of contestants dressed in metallic spandex trying to squeeze through moving walls...

Essentially the female version of the 8-Bit Tie, these "Stolen Jewels" designs from Mike and Maaike are pixelized jewelry that you can actually wear. Sure, they look like they're either made out of...

Who said great gadgets need to be complicated? For instance take a look at the Foot-dustpan. There isn't a circuit, battery or hell even a moving part on the thing. But the Never again will you...

At first glance, the Universal Remote MX-810's $399 price tag would turn off people who are used to Logitech's useful, but affordable, line of universal remotes. The 810 does have RF and IR, 44 hard...

DARPA, the future-leaning research branch of the Pentagon, wants a legion of little robotic wireless routers with tank treads. Called Landroids (adorable!), they would be dropped in urban warfare...

This Microsoft patent for acoustic caller ID seems ingenious. Instead of relying on the phone company to ID by easily spoofed phone numbers, the system IDs by voice. That way, callers can be...

Chances are I'm a little biased here (being a born and bred NYer), but this is my favorite iPhone ad to date (even if it's not official). It shows NYers throughout the city talking about Apple's...

Your cameraphone is about to shed some weight thanks to the folks at Tessera. They've created a minuscule camera that's half the size of the cameras used in today's mobiles. Dubbed the OptiML WLC,...

The last time I played with Lego's my parents had to ask me what it was, since they couldn't even fathom a guess as to what I had created. If only I could have put together something as amazing as...

This week at iLounge: Wireless iPod speaker systems are still in their earliest days, and the IntelliTouch EOS Wireless Speaker Core System is an example of why. Uniquely loaded with two sets of...

Stanford's entry in the DARPA Grand Challenge, the competition for self-driving vehicles, is this tricked-out VW Passat. Stanford's team is worth watching as their robo-Toureg from the last challenge...

Since we're all such gadget freaks here, we're guessing that you use just a bit more electricity than the average Joe. So take a look at what wireless provider Orange is coming out with, a...

I've been working on a feature for next week involving hair. I don't want to spoil anything, but it involves a lot of time spent naked, or at least topless. There's some bottomless action going on in...

Engadget HD has the story on why CableCARD 2.0—the standard that everyone's waiting for to provide bi-directional high- def cable support like video on demand—isn't here yet. Turns out...

Emo fanboy-ism can turn abruptly the other direction on occasion. Apple found that out this week as some declared this Monday's WWDC Keynote the worst ever, and that it signified the beginning of...

Japanese toymaker Take-G Toys make a set of spectacular wooden robots figures that beat the pants off the lousy wooden Russian dolls we got as kids. Each one contains some robots, some flying...

You have to have a certain special kind of fetish to enjoy watching German ladies in bikinis destroy gadgets with a scowl on their face, but if anyone fits the bill, we're sure they're in our...

Take your (old) job and shove it at Gizmodo Jobs: CSS/XHTML Coder - Tubatomic Studio, Chattanooga, TN (Downtown) TECH GADGET BLOGGER - Confidential, USA Associate Editor / Writer - Confidential,...

For those of you born in a swamp, this Firefly Lamp will give you the "at home" feeling you can only get when you're knee-deep in marsh water. Each lamp gives you five fireflies, which may or may not...

If it weren't for the sponsors, we'd be running around brainless, waiting for the Zombie horde to catch and eat our tender, atrophied flesh. Thanks Amazon Unbox, AT&T, Audi, Cazadores Tequila, Canon,...

This VGA Box sits between your console and your TV/Monitor in order to convert component video into VGA. This is useful for say, the Wii and PS3 that only have component but not VGA outputs, and will...

Popular Photography's Michael McNamara got his hands over the much-awaited Sigma SD14. It has been three years in the making but was the wait worth it for wondersensor Foveon X3 fans? Not really. The...

Like wearing beanies? Now you can buy a pair with a set of cans built in. Tooks' new beanies come with a hidden compartment for your headphones. The hats only work with Tooks' own headphones, so...

US and Australian scientists tested out a new experimental jet engine over the Aussie outback this week, and it broke Mach 10. That's 10 times the speed of sound, or 6,835mph, to the laymen out...

Leopard's October release date seems like as far as an eternity and a day to the OS X Geeks. But they can get their preorders in right now on Amazon. The smarter move: Put 128 dollars in a bank...

Not a huge update like 1.8 was, 1.81 will just fix a few bugs people have found since the end of May. You'll get an RGB Full setting fix as well as some various other items too inconsequential to...

Having trouble with the ladies? Your personality isn't to blame, I'm sure, as the fairer sex loves it when you describe funny LOL CATS images and talk about how Ubuntu Linux would take over if people...

Somehow, I can't stop watching this video. Warp 9 Craziness. – Ad Dugdale Nintendo Wiimote Theremin with Moog Little Phatty [YouTube via Popbitch]

We've got two IPEVO Skype phones up for grabs that you, yes you, can win. They make it easy for you to keep in touch with someone overseas thanks to the fact that there are two phones. Send them one...

TrustedReviews (with that name, you know you must trust them) just tested one of those mythical Solid State Drives that everybody announces but nobody actually seems to get. This 32GB Samsung SSD has...

Gold Man promises to turn your ordinary toilet into a urinal. When it's time to pee, just place the Gold Man on the toilet, and there you have it, a big porthole for your piss that supposedly keeps...