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On the Web: Free Headsets and Rebates (269 diggs) It's all out there: free cell-phone headsets, help getting refunds from big-name retailers, and, of course, cell phones making popcorn.

Polymorph Robot Mimics 'Human Joints And Muscles' (356 diggs) Using polymorph plastic, some curtain rods, electric screwdrivers, motors, and a whole lot of mad-scientist creativity, an Xrobots hobbyist created this organic-looking robot base. By using wooden sockets and curtain rings as hip joints, the designer is clearly going for a human-like creature of doom here. Knee joints are kept moving with four moto

10 things you might not know about robots (606 diggs) The movie "Wall-E," a futuristic tale of a trash-compacting robot, has become a money-making machine at the box office. Here are some key components of robotics:

A Transformer Under Construction [PIC] (1,527 diggs)

10 Gadgety Reasons To Love America (608 diggs) And if you are still not convinced, just remember —you could be living in Canada.

Tyrant alarm clock dials your contacts if you refuse to wake (879 diggs) The alarm clock dials a random number in your mobile contact list for every three minutes that you address the obnoxiously loud ringing. Brilliant. Pure, sadistic, barbarous brilliance.

Rumor: Blackberry Thunder has Higher Res Screen than iPhone (766 diggs) A bit more tricklage on RIM's "Apple Killer," the touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder: The official model number is the BlackBerry 9500, and the touchscreen is a bit higher res than the iPhone's (360x480 to 320x480).

10 Awesome Gadgets You Should Grab for 2008 (872 diggs) During the six months since CES, some toys had us sitting up, smiling and paying attention. Here are the top gizmos we ¹re excited about so far this year, ranging from the practical (surge protectors and hard drives) to the downright silly (a dancing robot).

Diggers do you want a girlfriend? Read this and learn how (1,022 diggs) Diggers have no fear The Internet is not a separate place a person can go to from the real world. The Internet is the real world as this geek learned how to master it, By the end of the year, he had six girlfriends simultaneously, all maintained through a complicated system of instant messenger, e-mail messages and heavily orchestrated dates.

Why Canada Sucks For Gadget Lovers (783 diggs) Canada was always kind to me, providing cheap higher education, affordable healthcare and a government that didn't totally suck. I loved living there, and haven't ruled out moving back. Yet beneath its placid exterior, there is a deep, dark secret threatening the life and liberty of its people: It absolutely blows to be a gadget nerd in Canada

Gizmodo's Ultimate Water Gun Battlemodo Royale (413 diggs) There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer's day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don't want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you'll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on. We don't want that to happen to you; we're here to help.

New Taser Headcam to Fend Off Next "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" (485 diggs) At first blush, it sounds like Big Brother," a Taser VP says. "But if we're not doing it, it's the kid next door recording it with his cellphone. And what if he didn't flip it open in time, and he doesn't catch his buddy making verbal threats or attacking the officers first? What happens then?"

Hidden spy camera to catch fly-tippers is taken to rubbish (380 diggs) A spy camera, estimated to cost £10,000 and designed to catch fly-tippers, was cleared by council workers after it was concealed in a rubbish bag.

LEGO Gun Will Make You Shoot Bricks (1,207 diggs) One man's LEGO is another man's treasure, and what better way is there to guard your grand stash of colored bricks than by using the bricks themselves as a weapon? The Thriller Automatic and Thriller Compact are slide action crossbow pistols with cocking and chambering mechanisms that are almost completely made out of LEGO.

Wireless Company To Allow Other Carriers' Devices (710 diggs) MetroPCS Communications Inc. has become the largest U.S. wireless carrier to say it will let customers bring cell phones from other carriers, which it will then reprogram for use on its own network.

Meet the Man Who Could Destroy Photogragraphy (1,720 diggs) Julius von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator' projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. Depending on whom you ask, it's either a clever hack or an obnoxious intrusion. Naturally, we had to find out more.

The Real Wall-E: meet uBot-5 a high-tech personal assistant (554 diggs) The new Disney movie WALL-E features robots of the future actively helping humans, but the future is now. This ScienCentral News video reports on a real robot that could make it possible to check in on an elderly relative, help around the house, and even perform a physical exam from hundreds of miles away.

Straight-to-Web video camcorder is easy to use (433 diggs) (CNET) -- The Flip Video Mino is the fourth generation of Pure Digital's popular straight-to-Web mini camcorder, designed to make shooting and sharing low-resolution videos very easy.

65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals Store 19 Billion Pieces a Year (912 diggs) Exclusive video of the Lego Cathedrals, eight massive Lego storage buildings with 65.6-foot high ceilings, a 65.6-square-mile shelf space, and dozens of giant robots going up and down retrieving boxes full of bricks. "I felt like I entered the Matrix. Below the thunderous noise of the flying machines, I heard myself shouting: 'It's a cathedral'".

California Bans Talking While Driving, Sort Of (846 diggs) You can use your phone to check your calendar, contacts, music, email and more -- just don't try using it to make calls.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego (1,276 diggs) Do you wanted to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What's the best-selling set ever? What has been the worst? Do they recycle? You sent the questions and here you have the answers: Here's the definitive mega-reference, straight from Lego.

Taser "Parties" Pitching Them To Women (413 diggs) Call it a modern-day girl's night out. Dana Shafman throws "Taser parties" to try to sell the weapons to women -- civilian women. The stun-gun-type weapons have proven controversial, even in the hands of law enforcement officers, but Shafman, who heads ShieldHer.net, says it's time they were sold to everyone.

Dual-display e-book reader lets you flip pages naturally (522 diggs) E-book readers like the Kindle may be getting better, but still fall short of the usability of paper books. You can't turn or flip through pages, or compare different documents as you would with paper. A new prototype with two displays can do all that.

Why We'll Never Have Full Conversations w/ Robots (433 diggs) Not long ago, a caller dialed the toll-free number of an energy company to inquire about his bill. Forty years after “2001,” how close are we to talking to a computer? Current applications of speech technology are a far cry from HAL.

Nokia buys Symbian! (1,160 diggs) Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be approximately EUR 264 million.