Gadgets and Gizmos affect our daily lives in so many ways. From mundane things like toasters, coffee pots, and watches to cool things like video games, big screen TVs and souped up cellphones.
Gadgets are the tools we use to make life easier to live and more enjoyable. This lens is meant as a meta-gadget reflection on exactly what gadgets and gizmos are and why they affect our lives in such drastic ways.
Gadget Sites
- Gizmodo
- Gizmo is in the name, and that's exactly what this site does: it features cool, wierd and interesting gizmos and gadgets.
- Gadzooki
- Gadget and tech information with a focus on innovation.
- One Big Gadget
- A collection of the best gadget and gizmo sites on the internet.
- Engadget
- Gadget is in the name...well, because they are the biggest gadget site on the web.
- Watch Gadgets
- Do watches count as gadgets? See my article below and ask yourself: what make a gadget?
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What makes something a gadget or a gizmo? We use these terms all the time as if we know exactly what they mean. Clearly, a souped up cell phone counts as a gadget. But a gizmo? I don't know. A toy helicopter might count as a gizmo. But a gadget? I don't know.
Some people think that TVs count as gadgets and gizmos...but are they really? Gizmo makes me think of visible moving parts. But TVs don't meet this requirement. Gadgets make me think of complicated toys. TVs have never seemed very complicated to me, but I guess, in a sense, they are.
Computers definitely count as gadgets. But gizmos? I don't know.
But what about a watch? Does a watch count as a gadget? A gizmo? Watches aren't as high tech as the things we typically think of as gadgets and gizmos, but there's a sense in which they the original gadgets, with their cogs and wheels.
Do all artifacts...all human innovations...count as gadgets and gizmos? Does the coffee cup that I'm now drinking out of count? It's not very complicated. But it certainly serves a function. It was an innovation that affects millions of people each day.
I'm not sure that we'll ever have a precise definition of these terms, but one thing we know is that we all love gadgets and gizmos... whatever they are!
Some people think that TVs count as gadgets and gizmos...but are they really? Gizmo makes me think of visible moving parts. But TVs don't meet this requirement. Gadgets make me think of complicated toys. TVs have never seemed very complicated to me, but I guess, in a sense, they are.
Computers definitely count as gadgets. But gizmos? I don't know.
But what about a watch? Does a watch count as a gadget? A gizmo? Watches aren't as high tech as the things we typically think of as gadgets and gizmos, but there's a sense in which they the original gadgets, with their cogs and wheels.
Do all artifacts...all human innovations...count as gadgets and gizmos? Does the coffee cup that I'm now drinking out of count? It's not very complicated. But it certainly serves a function. It was an innovation that affects millions of people each day.
I'm not sure that we'll ever have a precise definition of these terms, but one thing we know is that we all love gadgets and gizmos... whatever they are!
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