Adrian Covert, Author at Gizmodo

I Will Never Drink Any Beverage Called MeatWater

I think I’ll judge a book by its cover on this one. And right now, MeatWater—a protein-rich drink flavored like various meats—sounds like the liquid equivalent of a Dane Cook autobiography. I mean, I guess we can congratulate Till Krautkraemer for creating liquids that taste like a poached salmon salad, thai beef salad, cheeseburger or…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 26 '11

Obama’s Five Year Tech Plan: High Speed Wireless Internet for 98% of Americans

Remember when the study came out that most broadband connections in America weren’t really broadband? Well that might be a thing of the past after Obama just pledged to deliver high-speed internet connections to 98% of Americans. Here’s what the president had to say during his State of the Union speech: “Within the next five…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

Blackberry OS 6 Available for Verizon Customers RIGHT NOW

If you’re on Verizon and you have a Blackberry Bold 9560 or a Curve 3G, you should be able to update to Blackberry OS 6.0 via OTA update, or by connecting your Blackberry to your computer and going to this page. Praise Lazaridis! [Blackberry via Ubergizmo] https://gizmodo.com/what-is-blackberry-6-5603396

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

One Guy Designed His Own Heart Implant and Now 23 Other People Are Using It

It’s fantastic enough that a british engineer designed his own heart textile implant in 2004 when he realized it was better than an aortic valve replacement. But even cooler is that since then, 23 other people have had them implanted. Using a rapid prototyper to hone in on his design, Tal Golesworthy’s custom implant was…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

They Found a Way to Make Our Jackets USB Compatible

Columbia’s Electro Amp jacket is arguably as teched out as a jacket can get really. Designed by a former Intel engineer, the jacket warms itself through the carbon-fiber threads woven into the coat. And even it recharges via USB. According to GearJunkie, the carbon fiber threads feel like yarn, and they can keep your warm…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

Apple’s New Head of Global Security is a “Naval Warfare Information Expert”

With a title like “Director of Global Security” and a background in Naval information warfare and network vulnerability analysis, it seems like new Apple employee David Rice would be helping to guard secrets. But that might not be the case. More than anything else, All Things D is guessing that Rice is coming to 1…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

British Satellites Will Beam Info Down From Space Using Android Smartphones

The communication components in smartphones and satellites aren’t all that different, except that satellite guts are better rated for external factors like temperature and impact. But one British aerospace firm wants to see how well a smartphone fares in space. Wired says that the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited are working together…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert Jan 25 '11

Wanna Know Why We Should Never Outlaw The Happy Meal?

See the reactions of these kids in the video? THAT’S WHY. Suck it, San Francisco Board of Supervisors. (P.S. I want those Spongebob toys. All of them. Not even kidding.) [Youtube via Joshua Clements] https://gizmodo.com/san-francisco-comes-to-its-senses-and-unbans-happy-meal-5688861

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 24 '11

Here’s the Chair of My 1960s Sci-Fi Dreams

It’s the year 2515 and you have an office with a great view as it orbits around Mars. But you know what your space station workspace is lacking? This chair, in all of its streamlined, future-y goodness. Designed by the MN-based design firm Blu Dot, the Scoop Task Chair combines just the right amounts of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 24 '11

Apple Wants to Embed Motion Sensors in Your Keyboard

The latest Apple patent has surfaced, and it appears they like the idea of sticking motion sensors in a keyboard so that users can navigate their way through OS X without a separate mouse/trackpad. The patent calls for a keyboard with four “slot cameras” around the perimiter of the keyboard, tracking all finger movements. The…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 24 '11

Do Nothing For Two Minutes

It’s Saturday. You should be doing nothing. But if you’re reading this, you’re probably engaged win a marathon session with your RSS reader. That’s why you need to rest, if only for two minutes. Just click this link. Do Nothing For 2 Minutes is the brainchild of Alex Tew, the same man responsible for the…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 22 '11

Night of the Living Androids: New Botnet will Zombify Your Smartphones

If there are two things that nerds fear the most, it’s the impending zombie apocalypse and the threat of viruses and malware on their smartphones. Well it looks like the latter is one step closer to reality. Researcher Georgia Weidman developed the Android-based malware in her lab, which is believed to the the first botnet…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 22 '11

Harnessing the Suns Rays to Light Your Home

Okay, maybe this sun ray reflector isn’t the world’s most practical way to light your home. But if it actually worked well enough even once, I could live with that, because visually speaking, it looks awesome. In theory, you keep this thing next to a big window that catches sun rays. Then you use the…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 22 '11

20 Things Happened on the Internet Last Year and Someone Drew a Picture of It

Do you know stuff happens on the internet? I mean, A LOT of stuff. And people who don’t “surf the web” are clueless about it. Well here are 20 of those things that happened in 2010. Recognize any? Because I’m a huge moron who doesn’t know his head from his ass, I could only name…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 22 '11

HTML 5 Just Wants to Be HTML From Now On

With all the hype surrounding HTML5, the latest web standard has become a bit self-conscious of its designation. Therefore, it demands that you just refer to it—and all future iterations—as HTML. Got it? WHATWG and W3C, the main organizations leading the charge to create a final HTML5 spec, realized that updates and new standards are…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 21 '11

Sir, I Believe There’s a Giant Jellyfish on Your Ceiling

Or at least I thought it was supposed to be a jellyfish. Turns out it’s a chandelier that also serves as a commentary on the passage of time. I think I’ll keep believing it’s the former. Created by Susanne de Graef, the light consists of five concentric rings with hundreds of strings attached move up…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 21 '11

Will Motorola Really Muck Up the Xoom Tablet with Motoblur? (Updated)

According to Motorola’s European head of Android product management, Motorola wants to put the Motoblur interface on their upcoming Xoom tablet, which would be sad for a countless amount of reasons. But there’s also something that doesn’t add up. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-xoom-10-inch-tablet-android-3-0-means-a-lot-l-5726007 According to Crave, the Moto exec Jonathan Nattrass said that Motoblur would be available…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 21 '11

Segways Are Basically Banned in the UK

A UK magistrate ruled this week to outlaw Segway vehicles on sidewalks through out the country. This follows a previous decision to ban the machines on roads as well. Essentially, Segways are not allowed in the UK. I suppose Brits could ride around in their front yards or the hallways of their apartment buildings, but…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 20 '11

Who Said Ceiling Lights Had to Be Boring?

Know what these ceiling light fixtures remind me of? The old pipes screensaver from Windows 95/98/XP, except, you know, IRL. And that’s awesome. According to the designers, the possibilities for arranging and configuring these lights are endless. [Ontwerpduo via MocoLoco]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 20 '11

Hey Bro, Foursquare Will Totally Show You the Best Spots to Pick Up Desperate Chicks

Dude…it’s like 1am and that chick you bought 5 drinks for totally bailed with her cockblocking grenade friend. SUCKS BRO! Luckily there’s this new Foursquare utility, which’ll lead us to the promised land of drunk-ass breezies down to hook up! So this thing, called Ratio Finder or something, will make maps using stuff that Foursquare,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 20 '11

Adrian Covert

I Will Never Drink Any Beverage Called MeatWater

Obama’s Five Year Tech Plan: High Speed Wireless Internet for 98% of Americans

Blackberry OS 6 Available for Verizon Customers RIGHT NOW

One Guy Designed His Own Heart Implant and Now 23 Other People Are Using It

They Found a Way to Make Our Jackets USB Compatible

Apple’s New Head of Global Security is a “Naval Warfare Information Expert”

British Satellites Will Beam Info Down From Space Using Android Smartphones

Wanna Know Why We Should Never Outlaw The Happy Meal?

Here’s the Chair of My 1960s Sci-Fi Dreams

Apple Wants to Embed Motion Sensors in Your Keyboard

Do Nothing For Two Minutes

Night of the Living Androids: New Botnet will Zombify Your Smartphones

Harnessing the Suns Rays to Light Your Home

20 Things Happened on the Internet Last Year and Someone Drew a Picture of It

HTML 5 Just Wants to Be HTML From Now On

Sir, I Believe There’s a Giant Jellyfish on Your Ceiling

Will Motorola Really Muck Up the Xoom Tablet with Motoblur? (Updated)

Segways Are Basically Banned in the UK

Who Said Ceiling Lights Had to Be Boring?

Hey Bro, Foursquare Will Totally Show You the Best Spots to Pick Up Desperate Chicks

Meta Plans to Turn Its Employees’ Clicks and Keystrokes into AI Training Data

Physicists Now Understand Why a Weird Quantum Gas Refuses to Heat Up

Watch the Lego ‘Project Hail Mary’ Set (Almost) Go to Space

Shark Glam Ceramic Multi-Styler Is Nearly Half the Price of Dyson Airwrap at an All-Time Low on Amazon

OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator to Usher in an AI Slop ‘Renaissance’

Xbox Game Pass Now Costs Less, but That Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good Deal

The Trailer for ‘Affection’ Teases a Medical Mystery From Hell

So How Did Artemis 2’s Heat Shield Hold Up? The First Results Are In

Watch a Guy Fabricate Functioning Micron-Scale RAM Cells in His Garden Shed

Scientists Probed the Rings Around Uranus to Find Out How They Got There

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go