Blog Profile / Gizmodo
| URL : | http://gizmodo.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Gadgets | |
| Posts on Regator: | 71971 | |
| Posts / Week: | 264.4 | |
| Archived Since: | March 6, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Behind the Scenes of How Man Works with Machine in Pacific Rim
The monstrously giant mechs of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim are controlled by two different people at the same time. The two pilots interact with the computer in Drift Space to control the giant mech and this featurette explains a little about how that works. Read more...
Haha, Microsoft Uses Siri to Make Fun of the iPad in a Commercial
Microsoft, which has been trying to force Windows Phone into the Android and iPhone conversation in its recent commercials, is going head on against Apple in its latest spot. That's not surprising (as Samsung loves to pick at Cupertino all the time), but what's hilarious is that Microsoft is using Apple's own Siri to do the ribbing in the commercial. Show More Summary
How to Make Your Own DIY Etch A Sketch
It's human nature to immediately pick up and play with an Etch A Sketch whenever you see one. It's in the Hall of Fame of toys (does that exist?) and almost everyone has struggled making anything more than squiggly lines with its knobs. But did you know that you can actually make an Etch A Sketch toy at home? Yeah. Read more...
Xbox One: All the Nerdy Details You Don't Know Yet
You saw the news yesterday. The Xbox One was everywhere, and everyone talked a lot about it. But when a new console hits, often we'll latch onto the biggest, shiniest new baubles. Now though, having slept on it, let's dig into the real nerd porn. It's worth a look. Read more...
Drops First Aid: Knowledge You Need to Save a Life Right in Your Pocket
Of all the things you never leave home without, your phone is usually somewhere near the top of that list, ready to whip out at a moments notice. You keep all your most vital information on it: birthdays, important meetings, reminders, beloved images, what have you—but all of this is worthless without the people behind each of these things. Show More Summary
Here's the Document that Started Apple's Hidden Irish Tax Scheme
The mega-valuable company that makes your laptop is under congressional scrutiny this week for offshore tax-dodging. It all started in 1980, when Apple's California execs moved their operation to Ireland with a fake company with the codename "Waldwill Limited." Read more...
A Steeping Scooping Tea Strainer That Cuts Down On Dirty Dishes
If your kitchen lacks a dishwasher, you'll do everything you can to reduce the amount of dishes you dirty. From eating directly off the counter, to drinking everything from the container, to making tea with this ingenious $21 Loop strainer that doubles as a scoop so you don't need to dirty a spoon. Read more...
DARPA's Web Warrior Support System Helps Soldiers Hoist Heavy Loads
It's not as exciting as seeing Big Dog or Petman in action, but infantry in the US Army should be happy now that DARPA's begun testing its Warrior Web support system. One day robotic exoskeletons will allow humans to easily lift andShow More Summary
Good, Bad, and Evil Things: Cataloging Crimes Against Taste
The nebulous territory of “good” and “bad” taste have always confused me. Who are you to tell me what completely unaffordable couch I should or shouldn’t buy, well-meaning Architectural Digest editor? Well, back in 1909, a German art historian named Gustav E. Pazaurek devised a system to help us all out. Let’s call it a bad-design-o-meter. Read more...
Forget 3D-Printed Guns; Here Are Some 3D-Printed Shotgun Slugs
The fact that we can 3D-print guns, each scarier than the last, is unsettling enough. But why would we stop at weapon itself? Why not 3D-printed ammo? Like, say, these devastating shotgun slugs, fresh from a Solidoodle 3 printer. Read more...
How We Imagined the Internet Before the Internet Even Existed
In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. Sounds obvious today. But in 1968, a full year before ARPANET made its first connection? It was downright clairvoyant. Read more.....
Twitter Finally Has Two-Factor Authentication
Well, it's about damn time. After an endless, occasionally entertaining string of high-profile hacks, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to verify that it is, in fact, you logging in. Read more...
The Newest iPod Nano Is Your Deal of the Day
If you've been looking for a good, tiny MP3 player, the latest and greatest iPod Nano is currently $90 over at Walmart. Read more...
A Peek at the Secret Lab Where Google Tries to Invent the Future
Google's got its hands in a lot of cooke jars. It's juggling Android, and ChromeOS, and maps, and Gmail, and Glass, and self-driving cars. But the real, secret goods are (presumably) hidden deep inside the secret "Google [x]" lab, and Bloomberg got an awful close—but not quite uncensored—peek. Read more...
Facebook’s New Artist In Residence Builds Wood Domes On Wheels & Water
When the San Francisco-based artist (and avid surfer) Jay Nelson wanted a car he could sleep in for his frequent trips to the coast, he didn’t need an RV—just a new way of looking at a sedan. Nelson had acquired a rusting 1986 HondaShow More Summary
5 Grizzly Decades of Workplace Safety Posters
Worker compensation is a fairly new thing, dating only back to the Labor Movement in the early 1900s. Before that, injuries on the job were usually treated with either indifference or cheap payoff—after all, the average factory worker was making mere cents a day, so half a year's pay was chump change for large companies. Read more...
Your Xbox One Is Going to Control Your Entire Home Someday
Yesterday's Xbox One premier was a blazing hailstorm of announcements, each one more tantalizing than the next. And while all the new bells and whistles were exciting in and of themselves, the real endgoal, as FastCo. Design uncovered, probably won't be hitting us for another few years: a totally connected, totally integrated home control portal. Read more...
Blow Through Nine Months of Mars Roving Photos in Just One MInute
Since it touched down in August, Curiosity has been taking tons of pictures. We've already seen some of the best shots, but there's hundreds more where that came from. Fortunately, you can breeze through the whole nine months' collection in just a minute. Read more...
The Xbox One's Secret Killer Feature: Getting You in Shape
Yes, the new Xbox One is highly covetable for many reasons. But once you get past the games and the TV integration and the rumbling controllers, you finally land on what might be its most useful purpose: The world's most sophisticated workout gadget. Read more...
Drive Awake iOS App Can Tell When You're Drowsy, Directs You to Coffee
Is there anything wrong with a chain of coffee shops trying to drum up a little extra business while they're ensuring drowsy drivers don't end up swerving off the road? Thailand-base Cafe Amazon certainly hopes not. Working with BBDO...Show More Summary