Adam Frucci, Author at Gizmodo

Building Your Own PC: $200; Avoiding Best Buy: Priceless

Attention, cheapskates: you can build yourself a pretty solid computer for the low, low price of $200. How? Well, just follow PaulStamatiou’s simple three-part guide. No, the 1.2GHz Celeron and 1GB of RAM won’t be playing Crysis anytime soon, but if you’re looking for a fun project and want a basic internet machine, you could…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 11

Germans Launching Fish Into Space in the Name of Science

Today, in a display of the poor prioritization of science projects in Germany, German scientists will launch 60 fish in to space, presumably to figure out how to make fish sticks taste better. Actually, the poor fishies will experience six minutes of weightlessness in order to see how they handle motion sickness. Apparently, they get…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 11

Russian Scientists Claim Secrets of Time Travel to Be Unlocked Later This Year

Time travel may be possible! But probably not! And even if so, not for a long time! But time travel guys, time travel! Some Russian mathematicians claim that when the atom-smashing machine at the European Particle Physics Centre near Geneva opens for business at the end of April, one of the results of wee particles…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 11

Did the Infamous Canburger Start Out as an Art Project?

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? That’s one of many, many questions that arose in my mind when I saw this art exhibit in France that’s made up of 10,000 “Canburgers.” And no, these aren’t just purchased from the place we found the originals in, they were specially commissioned by the artist,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 8

If You Cover Your DS With Real Snakeskin, You Are Officially ‘That Guy’

Ewwww! Seriously, who would want to wrap their DS Lite in real snakeskin? I suspect the same types of people who think it’s cool to wear gigantic boots and trenchcoats in summertime. Well, to each his/her own, I suppose. $120 and and an admission of being a creepy person is all it’ll take to make…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 8

New RIM Patents Hint at New Blackberry Form Factors, Advanced Multi-Touch Displays

A couple of new Blackberry patents have been unearthed that may or may not give us some hints as to what to expect in upcoming models. First up is a design for a phone with a screen that angles up, presumable for watching video when the phone is placed on a flat surface. The second…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 8

Orbiting Solar Panels to Shoot Energy to Earth in the Form of Laser Beams

Solar energy is great in theory, but the problem is that panels need to face the sun, which is frequently behind clouds or shining down at some less-than-optimal angle. The solution? Put solar panels in space, of course! Duh! That’s just what the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has begun working on, actually. They are…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 7

Pong Helmet Designed for Idiots, People Who Like Pong

If you are retarded and need to wear a helmet around to keep that noggin of yours safe, you might as well make it entertaining for others around you. I guess. I’m not really sure what other uses there are for this except perhaps as a way for construction workers to pass time on their…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 7

Coco Chanel Fashion Phone is Powered by Dreams, Wishes

This Coco Chanel phone has a leg up on other fashion phones by being an actually unique and new design, but takes a blow by being a mere concept based around technology that may or may not have been made up for the purpose of justifying a neat-looking Photoshop. Let’s see if any of you…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 7

Now Available: The Ugliest Cellphone Ever Created

Not only does this Givori Serendipity phone look like it was designed by some sort of ADD-afflicted, semi-retarded Midwestern housewife at a forced-labor craft fair, but it costs $3,100. Hell, I’d pay that much to make sure I never become friends with anyone who would use this thing. Luckily, that probably won’t be an issue,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 6

Dog Barks Deciphered; Yes, Dogs Are as Simple and Dumb as You Thought

Researchers in Budapest have spent a lot of time analyzing dogs barking for some reason, and they’ve figured out a way to create software to decipher exactly what your pooch is saying. That’s not to say that Rex is suddenly going to start saying “My, Joseph, you have been sitting around the house all day…

Biology Adam Frucci Feb 6

The Macbook Air SSD Performance Boost: Pretty Much Non-Existent

The gang over at Ars Technica got their hands on both an SSD-packed Macbook Air as well as a regular, HDD-equipped model and then put both through their paces to see if the $1,300 difference in price was worth it. So they had two computers, both exactly the same save a 200Mhz bump in processor…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 6

Magnetic Curtains Retain Whatever Shape You Put Them In

I can’t say that I’ve seen too many great innovations in the world of curtains lately, but these Magnetic Curtains actually get me excited about something I previously thought only moms cared about. They’re big ol’ curtains, but they have small magnets embedded throughout, allowing them to be bunched up and stay together. If I…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 6

World’s Largest Wind Turbine Powers 5,000 Homes, is Very Big

This is the Enercon E-126, the world’s largest wind turbine that’s currently being installed in Germany. This monster generates over 7 Megawatts of juice, which is enough to power about 5,000 four-person households in Europe. It’s got an insane 413830-foot wingspan, and it’s specially designed to kill as few birds as possible, which was a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 5

1.6TB SSD is Largest Flash Drive Yet; You Definitely Can’t Afford It

Yes, SSDs are dropping in price, but that doesn’t mean you can in any way afford BiTMICRO’s new 1.6TB SSD. Yes, that’s a T for Terabyte there, folks. It’s the biggest SSD yet, and while no price was announced, it’s a safe assumption that it’s absolutely bananas. But hey, if they can make it now…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 5

Itch-Free, Temperature-Regulating, Sex-Preventing Pajamas Created

If pajamas get itchy when you wear them to bed, I have a great solution: sleep naked. If that’s not an option for a self-hating person like yourself, some fancy new PJs have been developed that are totally “itch-free” and will even regulate your temperature. They’re made from a fabric called Dermasilk, which is apparently…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Feb 5

RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat

The RIAA always claims that its looking out for the livelihood of artists when it sues the hell out of alleged pirates, but in reality it’s really fighting to keep record industry executives rich by defending an outdated and unsustainable business model. While before the PR team at least made an attempt to make it…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 5

Your Civic Duty

This is just a friendly reminder from your friends here at Gizmodo to go out and vote if you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states. It’s one of the closest contests in years, and your votes will actually make a difference for once, so don’t blow this. Check out Giz’s analysis of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 5

The Onion ‘Reports’ on Virgin Galactic, Gets it All Wrong

The Onion has finally gotten around to reporting on Virgin Galactic unveiling its new spaceship, and I’m pretty sure they got most of the facts wrong. Personally, I think The Onion could use a little bit more serious reporting. Will passengers really get “awesome robot sex” in space? I somehow doubt it, but if so…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Feb 4

A Robot That Pumps Your Gas, At Long Last

God, don’t you just hate pumping gas? I mean, you work so hard to be sitting down for as much of the day as possible, be it at your desk, on the couch or behind the wheel, and then you end up having to stand on your legs when you need to refuel. Gross! Well,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 4

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Building Your Own PC: $200; Avoiding Best Buy: Priceless

Germans Launching Fish Into Space in the Name of Science

Russian Scientists Claim Secrets of Time Travel to Be Unlocked Later This Year

Did the Infamous Canburger Start Out as an Art Project?

If You Cover Your DS With Real Snakeskin, You Are Officially ‘That Guy’

New RIM Patents Hint at New Blackberry Form Factors, Advanced Multi-Touch Displays

Orbiting Solar Panels to Shoot Energy to Earth in the Form of Laser Beams

Pong Helmet Designed for Idiots, People Who Like Pong

Coco Chanel Fashion Phone is Powered by Dreams, Wishes

Now Available: The Ugliest Cellphone Ever Created

Dog Barks Deciphered; Yes, Dogs Are as Simple and Dumb as You Thought

The Macbook Air SSD Performance Boost: Pretty Much Non-Existent

Magnetic Curtains Retain Whatever Shape You Put Them In

World’s Largest Wind Turbine Powers 5,000 Homes, is Very Big

1.6TB SSD is Largest Flash Drive Yet; You Definitely Can’t Afford It

Itch-Free, Temperature-Regulating, Sex-Preventing Pajamas Created

RIAA Wants to Cut Artist Royalties to 9%, Apple Wants Them at 4%, Artists Just Want to Eat

Your Civic Duty

The Onion ‘Reports’ on Virgin Galactic, Gets it All Wrong

A Robot That Pumps Your Gas, At Long Last

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

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Researchers Discover How to Add Psilocybin, DMT, and Other Psychedelics to Tobacco

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