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Dragon I iPod Dock: Hot.

Just when we were sick of iPod docks, Smart Design releases the Dragon I. So what makes the design a “dragon”? We’ll put it to our Gizmodo dragon test we’ve just been dying to try out. 1. Breathes Fire – [...]

MIT using disco-style lighting to calm erratic brain activity

MIT’s brainiacs aren’t exactly new to the world of partying, and now scientists at the MIT Media Lab have invented a way to “reversibly silence brain cells using pulses of yellow light.” The presumably rave-inspired pulsing design offers up the [...]

Hackers next target: your in-car navigation system

We hate to break it to you, but that oh-so-reliable GPS system that you simply obey each day could eventually lead you down a dark, perilous path. No, we’re not referring to the blind faith drivers who throw caution common [...]

Aigo’s F989 / MP-E817 PMPs are eying your kids

Let’s face it, portable media players are no long reserved for the adults out there, as even Aigo has caved to the kiddos’ pressures and produced its own duo of youngster-centric PMPs. Following in the footsteps of Disney and Toy [...]

US Army trials hybrid vehicle, sports night vision / remote weaponry

This certainly doesn’t mark the first case in which the US Army has fiddled with hybrid vehicles, but the Maneuver Sustainment Vehicle (MSV) that the military is currently testing out most definitely ups the ante in other areas. The diesel-electric [...]

DeVillian’s Centerfold guitar sees release

First designed by airline pilot Fredrik Johansson all the way back in 2004, the newly-named and self-descriptive Centerfold guitar is now finally seeing the light of day courtesy of DeVillian Guitar Co., with the company now accepting orders for the [...]

Hood Toaster: MRI Your Bread

The Mool Hood Toaster is undoubtedly more likely to get you laid than the standard 2-hole variety, but with this concept modeled without any objects for scale, a once brave little toaster comes across more like a Massive Human Baker [...]

CardioPocket: Is that an EKG in Your Pocket?

The CardioPocket by CardioSen’C isn’t jut another wallet, though we’re guessing you knew that since the word “cardio” is attached to the (can I pull off the word “bloody” here?) thing. Designed to function as a normal wallet during the [...]

Toyota planning its own in-car operating system

We’ve certainly seen all sorts of exotic vehicles run on Windows XP before (so to speak), but Toyota execs are mulling the idea of crafting its own in-car operating system in order to keep that competitive edge alive. Currently, OS’ [...]

Sony Ericsson W580: A Nice Pedometer

The Sony Ericsson W580 sports ONE feature that we were mock/really drooling over just the other day: a pedometer. Even though the pedometer has essentially become the “stick a clock in it” device of the new millennium, this video shows [...]