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july 4th
Before we completely bid adieu to our nation's birthday, we here at Gizmodo would like to give one more shout-out to the fourth of July. Seems like even the stars in the sky can't resist putting up a display for good ol' American freedom. These red-white-and-blue pictures of Supernova remnant SN 1006 are what's left over from a star explosion first observed by humans in year 1006.
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NASA Shows Off Fireworks In Space
Before we completely bid adieu to our nation's birthday, we here at Gizmodo would like to give one more shout-out to the fourth of July. Seems like even the stars in the sky can't resist putting up a display for good ol' American freedom. These red-white-and-blue pictures of Supernova remnant SN 1006 are what's left over from a star explosion first observed by humans in year 1006.
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A Documentary on ShowBiz Pizza's Rocka-fire Explosion Animatronic Band
Faithful readers will know I am not even close to finished exploiting my painful job experiences at the Chuck E. Cheese in the Bergen Mall for Gizmodo fodder. God I hate that place. When I was growing up, the cooler place to be with way better pizza and far better games was ShowBiz Pizza. ShowBiz also had another advantage: this terrifying but captivating animitronic musical band called Rocka-fire Explosion, which is the subject of this documentary. I am watching it, and lighting a candle in remembrance. And Fuck Chuck E. Cheese. [Youtube via BoingBoing's David P.] More »
coke and mentos
Some people celebrate anniversaries with food, or a little dancing, but Business University Turiba in Latvia decided to have a little fun with a Gizmodo favorite: the ol' Mento in the Coke reaction. For the school's 15th anniversary, the students set out the break the previous world record for this category, which was held by 1,499 Belgian students in the town of Leuven. Last Thursday, they succeeded, and the contents of 1,911 bottles of Coke were sprayed violently upward, and into history.
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Turiba University Sets World Record With 1,911 Simultaneous Coke-Mentos Explosions
Some people celebrate anniversaries with food, or a little dancing, but Business University Turiba in Latvia decided to have a little fun with a Gizmodo favorite: the ol' Mento in the Coke reaction. For the school's 15th anniversary, the students set out the break the previous world record for this category, which was held by 1,499 Belgian students in the town of Leuven. Last Thursday, they succeeded, and the contents of 1,911 bottles of Coke were sprayed violently upward, and into history.
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cellphone explosion
Man Killed by Cellphone Explosion
A Korean man was apparently killed by his LG cellphone today. He was carrying the phone in his left shirt pocket when it exploded, puncturing his heart and lungs. It happened in the North Chungcheong Province of Korea as the man was working on a construction site. He was found dead by one of his coworkers."When I was going up the stony hill to set dynamite, I found a man lying down beside an electronic shovel," said his colleague. "He was already bleeding from the nose. He had a mobile phone with a melted battery in his left shirt pocket. His shirt had soot on it in the shape of the phone."The blast was strong enough to break the man's spine and a few ribs. This is not the first time we've heard of cellphones exploding. Although incidents like this are unlikely, we're keeping our cellphones at arm's length for a while, just in case. [Telecoms Korea]
9:14 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Charlie White
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55 comments
Latest by n/a: This battery must be made in china or india. These batteries are really dangerous. even if chinese or indian batteries have a brand labled do not buy them because they are not always branded. Dont risk life for few $. more »
robots
Video of Army Robot Eating Some Bomb Blast
Noah over at Wired's Danger room shows us how much damage those little roadside bombs can do in Iraq, even to the cold, metal exo-skel of a mil-bot. The best part of the video is when the soliders laugh. This wouldn't be the case if it had been private Smith. [Danger via Joel]
6:13 PM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Brian Lam
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vacuum bomb
Vacuum Bomb Ushers in Cold War 2.0
Nuclear weapons are so last century—these days everyone has them, and international treaties make them virtually impossible to use anyway. That's why Russia has been working on a new type of apocalypse-bringing device, the Vacuum Bomb. It creates a huge and destructive shockwave, but doesn't have any of those pesky fallout side effects. That means you can flatten a country, and safely move right on in there. More »
apple
Hardware Unlock Explodes iPhone
Here's a tip. If you're not really skilled at hardware hacks, don't try to hardware unlock your iPhone. If you accidentally touch the wrong thing or screw up, this will happen. More »
Toshiba recalls another 10,000 Sony-made batteries as the exploding battery fever grinds ever closer to an unsatisfying conclusion. [eWeek via Crunchgear]
cellphones
Cellphone Something Starts Fire in Man's Pocket
Remember that story we posted on Tuesday about Luis Picaso, the Californian who was lit on fire by his cellphone exploding in his pocket? Well he's now in critical but stable condition. However, upon further investigation it was found that the cellphone was not the cause of the fire, and not only that but the phone still works.
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7:55 PM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By blongo3
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laptops
Dells Explode In the UK As Well - This Time Thanks To A Third Party Battery
A family in Leicestershire almost got a face full of battery as their Dell Latitude C600 shot batteries across the room in a dramatic, but luckily not deadly, display. More »
laptops
Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom
It was only a month ago that we saw the first Dell laptop explosion. From which Dell said "Oops, our bad." Well it seems it has happened again, this time it was the battery catching fire in an office building. More »
cellphones
Nokia 6265 Explosion Ad
This ad is only running in Canada, but it's cool enough to show to everyone in the States as well. Read the behind-the-scenes on how they pulled this off after the jump. More »
5:24 PM on Fri Jul 7 2006
By Jason Chen
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