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Sony's Enormous Bravia Zoetrope Caught Zoetroping
As reported yesterday, Sony's new Bravia ad will feature the world's largest zoetrope, a 10m tribute to those Olde-Tyme Rotational Animation Dee-vices displayed in local children's museums. You know, with the horses? Here's a video. Sony is using this 174-year-old technology to draw attention to the new Bravias' MotionFlow interpolation technology, which guesstimates new frames between existing ones, smoothing out high-speed footage and bringing the display up to a massive 200Hz. Weighing over 10 tons and spinning at about 25MPH, the so-called Bravia-drome can be seen above displaying Brazilian soccer player Kaka juggling the ball around a bit, but Geek.com claims the ad was filmed using "a huge crew and tons of extras", so it'll be interesting to see what they manage to come up with. [Sony, Geek—Thanks, Joel] -
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Samsung Webcam Sensor Handles 720p, Fits Inside Your Laptop Bezel
It's not the the advent of 720p webcamming that we're seeing here—it's just a change that means that it won't have to look like this, and will probably come built into mainstream notebooks. Samsung's new 1/4in CMOS sensor is claimed to produce a 720p images at a full 30FPS, and VGA (640x480) video at 60FPS. Samsung manages to preserve low-light performance at such resolutions and framerates on such a small sensor using a technique called "binning", whereby certain pixels are sometimes deactivated and grouped together to help gather light for active pixels. In other words, if you're, uh, Vlogging in the dark, your webcam stream might look like it's 720p, but in reality a significant number of pixels might be clumped together. But at least you'll be able to see them. The sensor was designed with integration into laptops and desktops in mind, and should go to manufacture in the first half of '09. [Samsung] Note: actual sensor not pictured -
brain surgery
Brain Surgeons Give Mute Man Second Chance to Speak
Brain surgeons at Boston University have enabled a mute man to speak again by implanting an electrode into his brain. The electrode senses when he's thinking about vowels and reproduces them using a speech synthesizer. More » -
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17-Month Trip In Solar Taxi Ends At UN Climate Change Talks in Poland
After 17 grueling months, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's around-the-world trip in a solar-powered car is finally over. Altogether, he traveled 32,000 miles and across 40 countries. More » -
Homebrew
Homebrew iPhone App Lets You Reward Sparky From Afar
Wonder what your pets are doing when you're not home? Here's a simple homebrew iPhone app that'll allow you to spy on your dog, and shower him with treats, no matter where you are! More »
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Single Tear
NASA Scientists Give Up on Phoenix Resurrection
It may be extremely difficult, but even after its death, NASA scientists have been trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander at all costs. Sadly, they gave up last week. Happily, there's still hope. More »
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fakemodo
Fake Chinese Barbie Phone Better Than the Real Thing
You know what's fun? When Chinese fakes actually turn out to be more useful (and would possibly sell better) than the real product. Case in point: This cellphone designed to look like Mattel's Barbie B2 mp3 player. More » -
NetBooks
HP Mini 1000 Netbook Now Shipping With 3G Internet Capability
Not that it wasn't technically possible before, but the HP Mini 1000 now has official support for 3G WWAN Mobile Broadband out of the box and with support for multiple cell carriers. More »8:30 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Adrian Covert
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Dealzmodo
Gadget Deals of the Day
If you are looking to buy more Xmas presents after Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Dumbass Tuesday, and Boring Wednesday, you came to the right place: Get discounted games, TVs, digital cameras, and MP3 players in our Gadgets Deals of the Day.
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8:20 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
By Jesus Diaz
15,938 views, 24 commentsMost discussed melikespi: $455 for the D40 is not Dealzmodo. One quick look at the CNET review, gives a link to an online more »
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Nsfw
EQM - The Erectile Quality Monitor
You may think you have a powerful erection, but how do you know? The Erectile Quality Monitor is here to help. More »
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Gizmodo Gallery
Catching Up: Gizmodo Gallery Setup Timelapse Video
Hey Jason, Chris and I got into NY yesterday and haven't really stopped moving since then. The Gizmodo Gallery has been a huge success so far, especially with Phil Torrone from Make doing free laser etchings all day for anyone who brought him a graphic and a gadget to tattoo. But setup, well, it took awhile. More »
