TV Show Wants Gadget-Freaks April 26, 2007
READ MORE Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , TV
How much do you love your gadgets? Are they a necessary evil or the only reason you don’t top yourself on a regular basis?
If the answer is closer to the latter [a large chunk of obsessive Gizmodo readers] then a new BBC2 programme being commissioned could be your chance to spout lovingly about your obsession and, get on the tube at the same time.
Celador Productions, of ‘You Are What You Eat’, fame has been commissioned by the Beeb to do a documentary on consumer luxuries, with a big chunk devoted to gadgets and those that love them madly, and unhealthily.
Those geeks chosen will get to travel afar and see how their fave toys are made. All you have to do is convince Kimberley at kgodbolt@celador.co.uk that you’re the geek for them. Saddle up Gizmodo readers, it's time to get famous.-Martin Lynch
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Sony’s Tiny HD Camcorder April 26, 2007
READ MORE Digital cameras , HD , Home Entertainment , Portable Media , Storage
Sony is claiming the honours of the smallest HD camcorder today with the introduction of the back-in-black cool, Handycam HDR-CX6EK.
It is quite small and Sony is saving weight – but making money off you – by making the storage medium its own Memory Stick technology, which tops out at 8GB. This is enough for an hour of 1080i video at top quality or almost three hours at the lowest quality setting. It takes photos at up to 6.1megapixels. There’s a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens which is good for 10x optical zoom and the whole thing weighs in at 370g, excluding battery. Frankly, that last bit is marketing nonsense to make the weight look good. After all, we don’t know what the battery weighs and, more importantly, who’s going to use it without the damn battery?
Hell, the Sanyo Xacti HD2 weighs just 235g, with battery.
There are lots of funky features thrown in, not least of which something called Face Index, a face detection technology for highlighting your little Johnny when playing back the school play.
Due in July but no UK prices yet. The US price though is around £600.-Martin Lynch
The George Foreman iGrill April 26, 2007
READ MORE Digital Audio , Entertainment , Gadgets , MP3 , iPod
I guess it was inevitable really but here you go, the George Foreman iGrill. Not only can you boogie while you burn stuff, the end result will make you thinner, in an ideal world.
Considering the vagaries of our climate, it’s good to know that this is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
First up, it’s a stool-shaped barby with a 200 square inch, cooking surface covered in Georgie’s non-stick coating.
The ‘i’ bit, as you’ve probably guessed comes in the form of the in-built 10W speakers and the ability to hook up your iPod or other digital music player. It costs, at least in the US, around £75.-Martin Lynch
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