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Gizmodo Celebrates the Fathers of Invention on Presidents' Day

Apart from bringing us laws, wars, peace, hanging chads, lobbies, sex scandals, First Ladies and Rough Riders, there have been presidents and Founding Fathers who have brought us all kinds of gadgets and inventions. Jump to see the best tech that the fearless leaders of the free world had to offer us.

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1:37 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By AddyDugdale
6,473 views, 91 comments

Latest by johnnyabnormal: @gibson042: FYI: Despite the fact that I absolutely disagree with you on this subject to the point of probably being a more »

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Disappearing Car Door Revolutionizes Paparazzi Upskirt Photos

The parking spaces at my apartment are so narrow that I have to suck in my gut and shimmy like a burglar on a ledge whenever I get out of my car. If I had this disappearing car door, however, that would be totally unnecessary. We don't want to spoil the video by describing it here, but suffice it to say that if this were placed into cars that it would revolutionize boarding and de-boarding more than even the wing doors on the DeLorean. At the very least, the disappearing car door will provide a clearer view into Britney's birth canal. [Disappearing Car Door]

5:50 PM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Jason Chen
20,213 views, 73 comments

Latest by robinandtami: @Diplomate: The problem with getting a van would be that I would only need it on rare occasions. Less than one more »

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Electric Door Opener

We can see how an electric door opener is useful for small children, the elderly, and the infirmed, but if you're using this because you can't manage to get off your ass for 30 seconds to open the door for the UPS guy, you should just go smack your mother right now for not raising the lazy out of you. More »

8:13 PM on Mon Jun 5 2006
By Jason Chen
4,586 views, 10 comments

Latest by ThisOldMan: Nah. I'm holding out for Star Trek doors (yeah, I know on the set it was really set hands pulling more »

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Gizmodo Japan: Auto door

Cleanliness, efficiency, compactness, cool-factor... for a variety of reasons, automatic doors have become a standard feature of Japanese shops. While the typical sliding star-trek style design has proven itself, the tanaka auto door aims to improve upon a good concept. This new design entails strips equipped with infrared sensors that open to the approximate shape of the person or object passing through, minimizing entry of dust, pollen, and bugs while keeping precious air-conditioning in. The technology for the new design seems to be in it's infancy, but Japan has proven once again that it's a least 10 years ahead of everyone else. -JM More »

4:36 AM on Sat Aug 13 2005
By jmanzone
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