Blog Profile / Gizmodo
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Gadgets | |
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| Posts / Week: | 264.4 | |
| Archived Since: | March 6, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: LSD ABC
This awesome educational short from animators Laura Sicouri and Kadavre Exquis is equal parts School House Rock and Magical Mystery Tour. Read more...
There's Something Comforting About A Peanut-Shaped Nursery School
People say that peanuts are healthy. They're a super food or something. But the peanut is apparently good for other things too, like inspiring design. The Japanese architect Hiroshi Ueda overlapped two circles to create the peanut concept for this building, completed last year. And it seems only fitting that the peanut house a nursery school. Read more...
Science Happens In Places That Are Beautiful By Accident
Those spikey deals look pretty menacing. It wouldn't be a bad guess to think that they're abstract art meant to invoke a Medieval torture aesthetic. But that's way off. The infinitely repeating barbs are part of the anechoic chambers at the Technical University of Denmark. Show More Summary
The LEGO Movie Trailer Is Here And It Sure Is Quippy
In summer 2012 the news broke that a feature-length Lego movie was actually happening and slated for 2014 release. And it's all true! The first trailer shows LEGO figures and indicates a chosen-one-saves-the-world-type plot. Plus a lot of superhero mentions. Read more...
Huge Lego Wizard of Oz Build Includes a Motorized Tornado
At last weekend's Brickworld 2013 in Chicago, one Lego build stood out above all else, a 3D diorama that showcased virtually every major scene from 1939's The Wizard of Oz. The detail is incredible—and it features a tornado! Read more...
Kanye West: Blood on the Leaves
Whatever you think of Kanye West, the release of his sixth album is a big deal. I'm totally biased, I've already listened to the album probably two dozen times, and "Blood on the Leaves" is an early favorite. Read more...
Use PRISM Break To Reduce Your NSA-Related Paranoia
Okay PRISM. It's enough already. Erosion of privacy! Whatever. Apathy is setting in. But actually we should probably all be putting some thought into what we're doing with our private information. Maybe you're already trying to. But it can feel like the walls have eyes no matter where you go. Prism Break is a guide to opting out. Read more...
SMS Alarm: Always Find Your Misplaced—Phone Even When Its On Silent
Regardless of how tightly and/or desperately you cling to your phone, there comes a time in every person's life when he or she realizes that they have absolutely no idea where they last put down their Precious. Then the panic attack hits. Fortunately for Android users, SMS Alarm can end the frantic search almost immediately—even if your phone is set to silent. Read more...
Remember When Big Brother's Only Weapon Was CCTV
When I was a kid, there was no image more closely associated with surveillance than the CCTV camera. Big Brother is watching, we were warned. The government is keeping tabs on you with video cameras on every street corner. Soon they may even install cameras in your home, they insisted. Honestly, that may have been preferable to what we ended up getting. Read more...
London's Triangular "Cheesegrater" Tower Rises In This Gorgeous Video
British architect Richard Rogers is known for putting the guts of buildings on display. In fact, his work has even inspired the scatological style known as Bowellism. This summer, Rogers' exoskeletal style is being writ large in London, where he's building a wedge-shaped tower called the Leadenhall Building. Show More Summary
Science Has Built Luke Skywalker's Robotic Hand, Touch and All
Amputees may one day regain actual feeling thanks to Darpa and researchers at Case Western University who have created what we thought was once only possible in science fiction. As a part of DARPA's Reliable Neural-Interface Technology...Show More Summary
Ricoh GR Review: A Great Starter Camera For Aspiring Pros
For any aspiring photographer looking for a camera to begin their journey, the Ricoh GR should be one of the first stops. The GR packs mid-size DSLR imaging in a pocketable and lightweight form factor that isn’t anything but a pleasure to carry around and shoot with. Read more...
The Perfect Weekend Bag Transforms Into a Pre-Stocked Hanging Shelf
If you hate living out of your suitcase when you travel, but are also just too damn lazy to hang stuff up or fill a drawer, these Rise & Hang bags are the perfect solution to your biggest traveling gripe. The $99 Weekender bag uses the company's patented collapsible shelving system, so all you need to find is a secure place to hang it and you're instantly unpacked. Read more...
Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities
Biomimicry borrows design solutions from the embedded intelligence within animals' bodies—chiefly from other species. But occasionally, it also borrows from within the human body. For example, a new study from MIT suggests that buildings of the future could be built with super-strong materials based on the structure of human bones. Read more...
Show of Hands: Did You Buy, Stream, or Pirate Yeezus?
Today was the official release date for Kanye West's latest album Yeezus, but in spite of the great lengths the Louis Vuitton Don went to keep it out of the wrong hands, it leaked on Friday. So did you download it right away or wait to obtain it by the legal means? (Yeezy haters to the left for this question). Read more...
Why Haven't Mugs Told Us the Coffee's Temperature Until Now?
If you've got $38 to spare and a few weeks to wait for delivery, Brando's got a new temperature sensing travel mug that guarantees you'll never again burn your mouth on scalding hot coffee—or accidentally sip a stale brew that's gone cold. Read more...
3TB Of Storage Capacity Is Your Back-Up-Everything Deal of the Day
Right now Amazon's selling a 3TB Seagate desktop hard drive for $110. That brings the price per terabyte to just over $36, which is a solid price for desktop storage. Read more...
A Sleek, Minimalist Aluminum Wallet With a Handy Eject Button
An ultra-thin wallet is the only way to avoid bulging pockets if you've opted for skintight jeans. But what good is a sleek wallet if it's next to impossible to get your cards out? That's why the Secrid wallet features an actual eject button at the bottom, forcing your credit and debit cards up so they're easy to remove from its featureless aluminum body. Read more...
"Pocket Telephones" Made for Cheap Calling All the Way Back in 1910
You've almost certainly got a telephone in your pocket (or clutch), but don't think for a second that it makes you any kind of pioneer. People were predicting—and using—pocket telephones more than a century go, for reasons every bit as lethargic as your own. Read more...
15 Photos Taken (Mostly) In Three Colors
Primary colors—you probably haven't used them since some grade school art class. But red, yellow and blue are making a comeback in a major way. [ed note: they aren't]. Here are all of your best, primary color shots. Read more...