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Glowing Mountain Dew Trick is a Hoax
We had our doubts about that Mountain Dew that glowed like a lightning bug when the guy in the video you see here added a bit of baking soda and peroxide. Sho’ ’nuff, it turns out to be a hoax. The intrepid mythbusters at Snopes.com (in addition to many of our Giz readers) tried the … Continued
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Pear Cable CEO Calls James Randi’s $1 Million Offer a Hoax
Last week, magician and paranormal debunker James Randi (pictured above left) offered the makers of Pear speaker cables $1 million if they could prove in double-blind testing there was a difference between their $7,250 cables and ordinary Monster Cables. Now, Adam Blake (pictured above right), CEO and co-founder of Pear Cable, has called Randi’s offer … Continued
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Russia’s “Father of All Bombs” Not Quite That Manly
To our innocent eyes, the video of Russia’s “Father of All Bombs” looked pretty impressively explosive, but US big-boom experts are now questioning Russia’s hoax-y claims about the weapon’s size and power. For one, it might not even be a shockwave-generating thermobaric bomb—one expert says it actually looks like a fuel-air bomb, which is just … Continued
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Promotional Gadgets Grip Boston in Fear and Loathing
Gadgets practically turned the entire city of Boston upside down yesterday. Fourteen of these horrifying and obviously dangerous devices were found throughout the city, and it turns out they were light boards depicting a “Mooninite,” an outer space delinquent who shows up on the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. As Err the Mooninite … Continued
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Fortune Ball: Elaborate Way to Part Fools and Their Money
Enter the exact time of your birth into the Fortune Ball, and it goes through its colorful permutations, using “computers” to tell your “fortune.” This would be great for those occasions when a coin-flip just doesn’t seem to be elaborate enough. The device was invented by Dr. Ming Fang, whom we suspect is the proud … Continued
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ZeroPA Low EMF Hair Dryer: Be Afraid
For those living in fear of unseen forces all around them, here’s the ZeroPA Low EMF Hair Dryer, an electromagnetic frequency (EMF)-blocking blower that will keep those villainous magnetic fields away from your catastrophisizing hyper-vigilant chickenshit vulnerable brain. That’s right, all of this technology around us just can’t be good. It’s all too easy, this … Continued
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Dear World: Laser Pen is Kind of Real, Don’t Send it to Us
Every so often we get an email containing some exciting hyperbole about some kind of laser keyboard computer pen with a smiling Asian man winking at us mysteriously. This product does exist in a very nascent form and does not work. It is a promising technology, not ready for prime time, and I foresee foldable … Continued
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PowerMac G5…Cubed?
Like the rest of the world, I thought the Mac Cube died off with Tony Danza, but some images have appeared in our tips inbox. These are obviously fake. Regardless, the hoaxer has done a phenomenal job of either A. Photoshopping, or B. Modding. It still looks cool as hell, though. There is some information … Continued
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Live From CES: Atom Photo Swirl
Gizmodo Noah is at the Atom booth right now and getting some good shots. This guy has been showing up at CES for years now dumping all sorts of super-ninja PC components and has never let anyone—at least anyone he hasn’t paid—touch his toys to validate his claims. I’m calling bullshit. Above: Inventor Dr. Shimon … Continued
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