Blog Profile / Gizmodo
| URL : | http://gizmodo.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Gadgets | |
| Posts on Regator: | 72904 | |
| Posts / Week: | 264.4 | |
| Archived Since: | March 6, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Model Train Music Box Is the Perfect Toy For Young Conductors
Quirky might be the world leader in developing crazy kitchen contraptions, but the company that helps turn regular people's ideas into actual products focuses on other markets too. Such as educational toys that kids will actually want...Show More Summary
How the Tech Industry Is Quietly Changing the Face of American Cities
When Steve Jobs presented the initial design for his donut-like headquarters to the Cupertino City Council, in 2011, he described the building as a reaction against suburban office parks. “We’ve come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building; which sounds a bit odd,” he said. Show More Summary
Even the DaVinci of Latte Art Can't Compete With This Coffee Printer
A fancy design in the foam atop your latte can make your morning cup of coffee even more of a pick me up. But even the world's most artistically-inclined baristas can't compete with this coffee machine that prints photos, submitted by the customer, directly on their latte. Read more...
Pretty Soon Your Vanilla Flavoring Will Come From... Sawdust
It's not uncommon to hear bibliophiles and pedants waxing poetic about the wonderful and incomparable "old book smell," but tiresome as these tirades may be, it turns out they might actually be on to something. Thanks to a recent scientific...Show More Summary
Confirmed: Court "Oversight" of NSA Surveillance Is a Joke (Updating)
Although there's been some confusion about whether or not NSA analysts had been acquiring their mounds of data illegally, @EFFLive, who is covering the current NSA hearing, has just confirmed that they're free to rifle through your data without a court order. And it's totally up to them what constitutes "reasonably suspicious." Read more...
Would It Actually Be Cheaper and Faster To 3D Print Yourself a House?
As 3D printers become more affordable and easier to use, the prospect of using the technology to simply print whatever we need—instead of having to go to the store and buy it—is becoming tantalizingly real. One day we might even be able to quickly 3D print the ultimate investment on the cheap: a house. Show More Summary
This Awesome Credit Card-Sized iPhone Tripod Blew Me Away
Sometimes the simplest things are the most useful, but rarely something makes me shake my head at how clever and cool it is like the Pocket Tripod 360º has. I keep thinking "why didn't someone do this before" and "what a great idea that I wish I'd thought of." I'm still blown away that the angle is adjustable like that. Read more...
25 Sun-Powered Charging Spots Will Ensure No New Yorker Goes Tweetless
There’s nothing worse than being stranded at the beach with a dead battery. But this summer, thanks to a pilot program sponsored by AT&T, no New Yorker will go without Snapchat again. The program will install 25 charging stations across the city, including parks and beaches, in a Parks Department-approved strategy to improve public infrastructure in New York. Read more...
These Teched-Out Catamarans Will Guard the Great Barrier Reef
Simply naming an area like Australia's Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site isn't going to protect its delicate ecosystem. To prevent poachers, fisheries, and inconsiderate tourists from damaging the reefs and disturbing its residents, Australia is building a fleet of solar-powered shepherd ships. Read more...
Artists Are 3D-Printing a Room That Looks Like An Alien Cathedral
Who cares about plastic 3D-printed models of your head when an amazing, ornate room is being 3D printed out of sandstone? Digital Grotesque, as the project is called, looks like it was ripped from the frames of a sci-fi film. Read more...
Small Soldiers Is a Much Better Movie Without the Visual Effects
Remember Small Soldiers? It was a movie where action figures were enhanced with military technology to make them more interactive, but ultimately resulted in them coming to life. Even though it cast both Spinal Tap and actors from The Dirty Dozen as voice talent, the film was remarkably forgettable. Show More Summary
Hidden iOS 7 Settings Reveal What Apple Is Working On
Buried deep within the first beta release of iOS 7 are a handful of neat and potentially useful features. The hidden enhancements were dug up by Hamza Sood and offer a tad bit of insight into what we might expect in later versions of iOS or even when the latest version ships to the public this fall. Read more...
Simple Now Lets iPhone Users Save More Money With Goals
While nearly everything is moving over to a mobile experience, banking remains one of the last vestiges of the old world. But even that is slowly changing with the likes of Simple, a bank-less mobile service that mashes up the best bits of your existing bank and services like Mint. Show More Summary
Huawei Ascend P6: The World's Skinniest Phone Is a Metal-Clad Beauty
Huawei has just unveiled the Ascend P6 Android smartphone at a crowded event in London. At 6.1mm thick, it's the slimmest smartphone in the world. It's also a looker. Read more...
No Star Wars Fan Could Resist Photos of You on This Tauntaun Skin Rug
Your standard alluring, boudoir-style photos usually sees someone stretched out on a bear skin rug. But if the only thing you're looking for in a partner is an obsession with Star Wars, perhaps a photo of yourself sprawled across this life-size tauntaun skin rug would serve as a better dating site profile pic. Read more...
Exactly How Much Cheaper Airbnb Is Than a Hotel in Every Major US City
You've probably grappled with this question when you've traveled, and the answer is yes, renting a room or an apartment on Airbnb is going to be cheaper most of the time. But what does that savings look like? Priceonomics has broken the data extensively. Read more...
Amazon Birthday Gifts is a new "social" way to give somebody a present on Facebook.
Amazon Birthday Gifts is a new "social" way to give somebody a present on Facebook. Basically, you kick in some money for an Amazon gift card and then encourage all your friends to contribute. On your friend's date of birth, the card arrives along with all your personalized messages. Show More Summary
The Crazy New Subatomic Particle That May Rewrite the Rules of Matter
Two teams of physicists have stumbled across a weird new subatomic particle that's unlike anything else we've ever seen—and it could rewrite the rules of matter as we know them. Read more...
A Private Jet Catalog That Actually Flies: This Is How You Sell Luxury
When you're dealing with clients who will potentially be spending millions of dollars on your product, it doesn't hurt to splurge a little on your promotional items. After all, you've got to spend money to make money, so the brochure for Embraer's new Lineage 1000 private jet was designed to fly just like the aircraft itself—or float, at least. Read more...
Four Insane 60s Military Prototypes That Crashed and Burned
If the music‘s anything to go by, pretty much everyone was on something in the ’60s — and that includes the engineers. BAE Systems has recently dug up some totally batshit-crazy ideas that were seriously being kicked around by its ‘crack’ team of engineers, and they’re both totally ridiculous and dangerously awesome. Read more...