Spanish Police Foil Remote-Controlled Zeppelin Jailbreak

In a plot that's crazy (and evil genius) enough to be from James Bond, three people have been arrested after police discovered their plan to free a drug trafficker from an island prison using a 13-foot airship carrying night goggles, climbing gear...

6:29 PM on Sun Jul 5 2009, by Stephen Climpson, 35,017 views, 74 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5307943/spanish-police-foil-remote+controlled-zeppelin-jailbreak

What Is This?

I thought this was some kind of bird hunting device sitting on top of a massive forest. In reality it may be your next vacation destination. And you will need the largest thermal airship to get it up there.

9:50 AM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by Jesus Diaz, 42,377 views, 64 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5306196/what-is-this

Image Of The Day: What Glorious Machine Are These Frenchmen Driving?

Children's carnival ride in a blizzard? Final Fantasy III airship? It's not what you think...

6:40 PM on Fri Feb 6 2009, by John Mahoney, 37,951 views, 52 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5148319/image-of-the-day-what-glorious-machine-are-these-frenchmen-driving

Aeolus Airship Concept Can Stay Aloft for Two Weeks

This oddball vertical airship is designed to stay in the air for a whopping two weeks without landing. It's powered by a crew of 2-4 people pedaling, presumably in an ironic nod to The Flintstones.

9:45 AM on Sat Jan 24 2009, by Dan Nosowitz, 31,842 views, 70 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5138493/aeolus-airship-concept-can-stay-aloft-for-two-weeks

Funde Razor SF: Swag You Can Win Tomorrow Night

As you might know, Gizmodo is hosting the San Francisco Funde Razor event, where you're invited to play Rock Band for charity. But it doesn't stop there—we have a bunch of giveaways for you guys.

9:20 PM on Tue Dec 9 2008, by Adrian Covert, 2,206 views, 12 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5106071/funde-razor-sf-swag-you-can-win-tomorrow-night

IBM Embarrasses Itself with Five Idiotic Predictions for the Future

IBM has just released a list of five innovations it thinks we'll see in the next five years, and they're ridiculous. It's the kind of crap we laugh at when we see old Life magazine from the 40's predicting airship kitchens by the year 2000.

11:30 AM on Wed Dec 3 2008, by Adam Frucci, 21,657 views, 118 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5101380/ibm-embarrasses-itself-with-five-idiotic-predictions-for-the-future

10 Hypnotic Gadgets You Just Can't Stop Looking At

4:10 PM on Mon Oct 20 2008, by Sean Fallon, 112,989 views, 31 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5065792/10-hypnotic-gadgets-you-just-cant-stop-looking-at

R/C Fin-Fish Blimp Hypnotically Swims Through the Air

Much like Festo's Air Ray and Airjelly contraptions, this Fin-Fish R/C blimp floats so gracefully through the air that it is liable to hypnotize you at your office desk until quittin' time. There isn't any information on device, but it appears to...

2:30 PM on Fri Oct 17 2008, by Sean Fallon, 12,683 views, 34 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5065167/rc-fin+fish-blimp-hypnotically-swims-through-the-air

Zeppelins Return to the US This Halloween, $785 Gets You On Board

We first learned about Airship Ventures plans to bring airship travel back to the US after a 70 year absence back in May when they secured 8 million in funding for the project. Now it appears that their dream of filling the skies with huge, slow...

7:00 PM on Wed Oct 8 2008, by Sean Fallon, 7,006 views, 37 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5060794/zeppelins-return-to-the-us-this-halloween-785-gets-you-on-board

Put the Final Nail in Steampunk's Coffin Using Photoshop

Let's face it: steampunk is dead. It used to be pretty cool, but we've seen enough normal gadgets covered in leather and brass to last a lifetime. It's no longer new or interesting, and until someone makes a functioning airship, I don't care about...

2:40 PM on Thu Sep 11 2008, by Adam Frucci, 17,028 views, 69 comments
http://gizmodo.com/5048525/put-the-final-nail-in-steampunks-coffin-using-photoshop