Adam Clark Estes, Author at Gizmodo

What Happens When You Strap a GoPro to the World’s Largest Paper Plane

As kids, we all wondered what it would be like if you could climb on top of a paper airplane and coast into the sunset. Well, if you watch the latest video from GoPro—shot atop the world’s largest paper plane—you’ll know. It’s about sixty seconds of bliss, followed by an awesome crash. [GoPro]

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Sorry, You Won’t Be Editing Your Google Results in the US Any Time Soon

A couple weeks ago, the internet lit up with the news of the European Court of Justice ruling that would require Google to delete irrelevant or outdated information from their search results. “Finally!” you might’ve thought. “I can get those frat party pics out of my results!” But, as a new Associated Press story makes…

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Share Your Photos of This Weekend’s Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower

The much anticipated and never-before-seen Camelopardalids meteor shower graced the skies of the Northern Hemisphere this weekend. While many say the reportedly epic meteor shower fell well short of expectations, others posted some pretty awesome photos online. What did you see? Regardless of whether you saw one meteor of 100 on Friday and Saturday night,…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

How a Doctor Is Fighting Cancer With Items Found at Walmart

The New York Times Magazine offers up a healthy dose of inspiration this weekend with the story of David Walmer, a renegade doctor who’s been saving lives in Haiti. When he realized a few years ago how cervical cancer was killing many of his patients, Walmer decided to get creative about solving the problem. Oddly…

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This Smog-Gobbling Façade Looks Like It Was Built by Spiderman

The architectural marvels set to be unveiled at Expo Milan 2015 have already wowed our socks off. But the latest design from Nemesi & Partners takes things to the next level with a sprawling smog-filtering façade. It sort of looks like Spiderman’s secret cocoon. The Palazzo Italia is about as green as green gets. Not…

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The US Is Already Turning Back Chinese Hacker-Types at the Border

A senior administration official recently listed several ways that the United States is taking aim at the Chinese hacker community on the whole. That list includes everything from economic sanctions to a blanket ban on Chinese hackers attending conferences in the U.S. It’s actually already happening. Reuters reports, “Ten to 12 Chinese citizens were unexpectedly…

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This USB-Friendly Flashlight Is So Bright It Hurts—in a Good Way

Now that we all have pocket computers with camera flashes, the need for a good flashlight just isn’t what it used to be. But if you’re lost in the woods at midnight, that little LED is not going to cut it. The Maelstrom Regen MMR-X will. This lightweight, pocket-sized flashlight is simply terrific. Not only…

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How Darpa’s Using the Oculus Rift to Make a Cyberwarfare Battlefield

Wired just published a in-depth piece on how Darpa is “weaponizing” the Oculus Rift for cyberwar. But does this mean that soldiers are about to start firing at each other in virtual reality? No, of course not. But it’s an interesting development for a piece of technology dreamt up for games (in which you often…

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How to Get Rid of Your Facebook News Feed

Remember the days when Facebook was simple? There was no News Feed, no FarmVille requests, no massive privacy violations—it was a nice, clean directory of all your friends and their basic information. Well, thanks to a developer from Hamburg, you can finally have that Facebook back. Max Friedrich recently published this browser hack that simply…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

New Thermal Technology Turns the Entire World into a Touchscreen

Holy crap, somebody invented something that makes Google Glass seem cool. The augmented reality wizards at Metaio just showed off their Thermal Touch technology, a new kind of user interface that basically turns the whole world into a touchscreen. It looks pretty futuristic. The idea itself is surprisingly simple. Whenever you touch something, you leave…

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Soon You Can Sleep in This Fake Bavarian Castle in the Middle of China

China loves to counterfeit, and architecture is no exception. So it was no surprise when a massive, massive German-style castle popped up in the seaside city of Dalian. It’s exciting, however, that Starwood Hotels has announced that it will open a giant hotel inside of it. The new and appropriately named Castle Hotel will feature…

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The Guy Who Invented Computer Passwords Thinks They’re a Nightmare

Half a century ago, Fernando Corbató changed the world. He helped deploy the first computer password, transforming not only how we use technology but also how we think about privacy. Now, in the era of the web, the former MIT professor thinks passwords are a nightmare. He’s not wrong. Corbató recently sat down with The…

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Using Explosives to Put Out Wildfires Is Actually a Great Idea

Picture this: a drought-fueled wildfire is heading for Los Angeles, and fast. Millions of lives are at stake, and water can’t stop it. When suddenly, a helicopter—armed with what can only be described as a giant cannon—flies straight for flames and BOOM. There’s an explosion, and the fire’s gone. This Michael Bay movie of a…

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Turn an NYC Subway Map Into an Augmented Reality Adventure

Riding through New York City’s subway can be a surprisingly solitary pursuit. Waiting on the platform is even worse. That’s why creative technologist William Lindmeier built Tunnel Vision, an augmented reality app that uses the subway map as a canvas for displaying public data about the city’s residents. It’s beautiful, both for its simplicity and…

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Hackers Broke Into a Public Utility Control Room By Guessing a Password

In a rare gesture of transparency, the Department of Homeland Security just announced that hackers recently targeted and compromised a public utility’s control system. They didn’t say exactly where, but it happened inside United States borders. And it doesn’t sound like it was even that hard. Specific details about the breach are scant. However, DHS…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

Airbnb Is Giving NY’s Attorney General a Load of (Anonymized) User Data

Don’t freak out. But if you’re an Airbnb host in the state of New York, there’s a good chance your user data is on its way to the New York Attorney General’s office. It’s anonymized data, so personally identifiable data like your name and address have been removed. However, if the you’re suspected of illegal…

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You Need to Change Your Ebay Password Right Now

On Wednesday, Ebay will ask all users to change their passwords due to a massive cyberattack that hit the encrypted password database. The company says that no financial data that was compromised, and there’s no evidence of unauthorized user activity. Either way, you can change your Ebay password right here. So how did something like…

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This Developer Is Rebuilding Your Childhood Bedroom For Oculus Rift

What happens when you use technology from the future to rebuild the world of past? Nostalgic developer Roy Lazarovich is trying to figure that out with a new project called MemoRift. Put simply, he’s building a bedroom from the 1980s that you can explore using Oculus Rift. So far, Lazarovich has managed to emulate a…

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The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don’t Smoke Weed (Updated)

The FBI has a problem. The agency needs to hire hackers to build out its cyber crime division, but it also will not hire anyone who’s smoked weed in the past three years. And guess what? A lot of hackers like to smoke weed. It’s a real conundrum. However, it’s a conundrum the FBI is…

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The World’s Smallest Nanomotor Spins as Fast as a Jet Engine

A team of engineers at the University of Texas at Austin recently created the world’s smallest, fastest nanomotor. Designed to power microscopic machines that could deliver medicine or fight cancer, this thing will fit inside of a human cell. And boy can it purr. https://gizmodo.com/scientists-put-tiny-sound-powered-motors-inside-living-1520079572 The three-part nanomotor is less than 1 micrometer on all…

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What Happens When You Strap a GoPro to the World’s Largest Paper Plane

Sorry, You Won’t Be Editing Your Google Results in the US Any Time Soon

Share Your Photos of This Weekend’s Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower

How a Doctor Is Fighting Cancer With Items Found at Walmart

This Smog-Gobbling Façade Looks Like It Was Built by Spiderman

The US Is Already Turning Back Chinese Hacker-Types at the Border

This USB-Friendly Flashlight Is So Bright It Hurts—in a Good Way

How Darpa’s Using the Oculus Rift to Make a Cyberwarfare Battlefield

How to Get Rid of Your Facebook News Feed

New Thermal Technology Turns the Entire World into a Touchscreen

Soon You Can Sleep in This Fake Bavarian Castle in the Middle of China

The Guy Who Invented Computer Passwords Thinks They’re a Nightmare

Using Explosives to Put Out Wildfires Is Actually a Great Idea

Turn an NYC Subway Map Into an Augmented Reality Adventure

Hackers Broke Into a Public Utility Control Room By Guessing a Password

Airbnb Is Giving NY’s Attorney General a Load of (Anonymized) User Data

You Need to Change Your Ebay Password Right Now

This Developer Is Rebuilding Your Childhood Bedroom For Oculus Rift

The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don’t Smoke Weed (Updated)

The World’s Smallest Nanomotor Spins as Fast as a Jet Engine

Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is Doing Right By Debbie

Artemis 2 Day 2: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

Marvel Might Have Finally Dealt With One of the Most Hated ‘Spider-Man’ Characters Around

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi and Single-Board Computing

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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