Gizmodo has a exhibit/hangout set up in some gallery space in the Lower East Side showcasing awesome gadgets and technology, both old and new. Some of the highlights include a 103 inch Panasonic plasma TV (I had the chance to see it at CES, PMA and NAB in Vegas this past year), a working time machine and beer.

However, the highlight of our visit was a live, probably unsactioned, iPhone “Will it Blend” demonstration.  The phone, limonata and bananas blended just fine, until something in the phone violently exploded and misted everyone with iphone flavored smoothie.  That was the end of that. 

I was mildly worried about whatever we were misted with, after having chemically burned my face in an o-chem lab accident many years ago. Greenpeace says that the phone contains some environmentally harmful stuff, but nothing about the immediate harzards of skin contact or inhalation (of the phone). Maybe the iPhone needs a MSDS.

Here’s the video: