Adam Frucci, Author at Gizmodo

Take a Look At the House Made Completely of Lego Bricks

Top Gear’s James May is working on building an entire house out of Lego bricks for another show, and it’s really coming together. Hell, even the toilet is made of Lego in this place. It’s not 100% Lego, but it’s close. There’s a timber “safety frame” inside the walls to provide an extra level of…

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Microsoft Responds to 54.2% Xbox 360 Failure Rate Claim, Doesn’t Dispute It

Remember the Game Informer survey that found that the Xbox 360 has a 54.2% failure rate? Well, Microsoft has responded, and it didn’t even try to dispute that fact. https://gizmodo.com/survey-xbox-360-failure-rate-is-over-50-people-dont-5339915 Here’s the response: Microsoft stands behind the Xbox 360 as a superior entertainment console with one of the best warranties in the industry. We are…

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James Dyson’s ‘Wrong Garden’ Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill

This fountain, created by inventor James Dyson and inspired by MC Escher, has water flowing up a series of ramps. Or so it appears to. It’s actually a pretty ingenious optical illusion. Water is pumped out of the tops of each ramp, cascading water down both the ramp and over its edge. Bubbles rising inside…

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Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy

There are few things cooler than having hidden passageways in your home. And unless your home is a castle of some kind, you probably don’t have any. If you’ve got the scratch and motivation, however, that could change. Steve Humble of HiddenPassageway.com will stick a secret passageway and lair anywhere you want. Under some stairs?…

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Coleman’s Steel Belted Chest Cooler Isn’t Messing Around

What do you get when you spend a whopping $173 on a cooler? Stainless steel and cold beers, that’s what. Coleman’s new Steel Belted Chest Cooler is the granddaddy of coolers, featuring a secure rubber seal and robust insulation so your booze and meat stays cold. It’s also got a leak-proof and rust resistant drain,…

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Don’t Use This Recycled Paper Camera in the Rain

The CAP is a pinhole camera that uses recycled paper as its body and skeleton. Oh, how practical! The concept camera, which was shown at the Hong Kong PolyU Design Annual Show, also has an extension where a plastic bottle can be used as a tripod. That makes it even more eco-friendly, which was the…

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Run Windows 7 Without Activating It For 4 Months

Say you’ve bought a legit copy of Windows 7, but you don’t want to enter that activation code. A common situation! Well, there’s a simple trick for extending that free limbo period for four months. All you’ve got to do is enter “slmgr -rearm” into the command prompt at the end of every 30 day…

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iPhone’s Sonar Ruler App Measures Distance Using Sound

Here’s a cool trick: the new Sonar Ruler app uses the iPhone’s speaker to send out a short click and then measures how long it takes for the sound to bounce off a surface. It then tells you the distance. It’s not perfectly accurate, however. It works best on large, flat surfaces that are perpendicular…

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Survey: 97% of iPhone Owners Love Their iPhones; 55% Cite AT&T, Carrier Lock-In as it’s Biggest Drawback

Here’s a shocker of a survey from ChangeWave Research: iPhone owners love their phones, but they hate the network it’s chained to. Are you listening, Apple? Carton said that the latest ChangeWave survey, which polled nearly 200 owners of Apple’s newest iPhone model, the 3GS, showed a “near-perfect satisfaction rating” for the product. More than…

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Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn’t Work

Sorry, would-be pranksters: freezing Mentos in ice cubes and then putting them in soda doesn’t cause the soda to fizz up. But why doesn’t it work? https://gizmodo.com/frozen-mentos-and-coke-parlor-trick-5279354 It’s because when you get the Mentos wet, their pitted candy surface starts to dissolve. And without a surface that’s covered with thousands of little pits, there’s nowhere…

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Envision Some Kitchen Gadgets You Really Wish Existed

I’m a lazy man, so I like any gadget that makes getting food in my belly less labor intensive. Your task for this week’s Photoshop Contest is to create just such gadgets that have yet to be invented. Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Future Kitchen Gadgets in the subject line. Save…

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Well, This Is One of the Grossest Mice Ever

Yeah, it’s creepy. But can it track on glass? [Steampunk Workshop via Boing Boing Gadgets] https://gizmodo.com/logitech-performance-anywhere-mouse-mx-review-5340410

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AT&T Is Unable to Prevent Hackers From Stealing Customer Data

AT&T is dropping famed hacker-turned-security-expert Kevin Mitnick as a customer because it can’t seem to stop script kiddies from stealing his data. It’s clearly the easier solution, but is it the right one? UPDATED. “They can’t seem to secure my account,” Mitnick told The Register. “And then instead of doing something about it, they try…

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Random Dude with a Laptop Called Up to Cockpit to Help Pilots Plot a New Course

I’ve heard pilots ask if there’s a doctor on board in the event of a medical emergency on an airplane, but to ask if there’s a guy with a Wi-Fi-equipped laptop on board? That’s a new one to me. Evan was stuck on the tarmac, his plane the 50th in line for takeoff with the…

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Jobs Wanted a Secret, Illegal ‘No Poaching’ Deal with Palm

While the Justice Department is investigating whether or not Apple and Google secretly colluded to not steal each others employees, it looks like Jobs proposed a similar deal to Palm. But he got shut down. According to emails reviewed by Bloomberg, Jobs proposed a deal to then-CEO Ed Colligan after Palm hired away iPod honcho…

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Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

Here’s something you never want to happen to your laptop: a foul ball squarely pegging it during a major league ball game. It happened during a Pirates-Brewers game in the 8th inning to a hapless photographer who didn’t even try to make a grab. Instead, he just watched as the ball pegged the computer, sending…

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First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

Print Liberation has a new “Great Moments of the 20th Century” series of shirts, and the latest is of a gigantic Macintosh. Perfect for displaying your roots and less likely to get you fired than some other options. [Print Liberation]

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MRI Video of Two People Having Sex Is, Uh, Really Something (NSFW)

Back in 1999, Pek Van Andel and three of his colleagues did a research study to take MRI images of a couple having sex. Now, the video is on the internet. Oh my. It’s sure not the sexiest piece of footage I’ve ever seen, but it’s interesting. I guess? What’s great is that the researchers…

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I’m Enrolling in Starf Leet Clown College

Here are altered clips from four of the year’s biggest movies, made infinitely better by the insane geniuses at Fatal Farm. Oh how I wish all of these movies were all like this. Fatal Farm made these for the MTV Movie Awards, but they were apparently a bit too insane for their tastes. I guess…

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How Video Games Are Really Made

You may think that video games are forged in development studios on fancy computers. You’d be wrong. These absolutely awesome shots are taken from the latest issue of French gaming/fashion magazine Amusement. Photographer Marc Da Cunha Lopes created these images of the iconic game items from the past couple decades being forged in factory settings,…

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Take a Look At the House Made Completely of Lego Bricks

Microsoft Responds to 54.2% Xbox 360 Failure Rate Claim, Doesn’t Dispute It

James Dyson’s ‘Wrong Garden’ Optical Illusion Makes Water Flow Uphill

Hide Your Porn Room Behind a Staircase for Ultimate Privacy

Coleman’s Steel Belted Chest Cooler Isn’t Messing Around

Don’t Use This Recycled Paper Camera in the Rain

Run Windows 7 Without Activating It For 4 Months

iPhone’s Sonar Ruler App Measures Distance Using Sound

Survey: 97% of iPhone Owners Love Their iPhones; 55% Cite AT&T, Carrier Lock-In as it’s Biggest Drawback

Update: That Mentos Ice Cubes in Soda Trick Doesn’t Work

Envision Some Kitchen Gadgets You Really Wish Existed

Well, This Is One of the Grossest Mice Ever

AT&T Is Unable to Prevent Hackers From Stealing Customer Data

Random Dude with a Laptop Called Up to Cockpit to Help Pilots Plot a New Course

Jobs Wanted a Secret, Illegal ‘No Poaching’ Deal with Palm

Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

MRI Video of Two People Having Sex Is, Uh, Really Something (NSFW)

I’m Enrolling in Starf Leet Clown College

How Video Games Are Really Made

U.S. Considers Ban on Chinese Air Bags Blamed for Deaths of 10 People in Survivable Crashes

Samsung’s New Frame TVs Look Even More Like Actual Paintings

You Can Now Watch Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sleep With the Perfect Accompaniment

5 Things You May Have Missed During NASA’s Historic Launch of Artemis 2

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

30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo

Lucid Recalls 4,000 Gravity SUVs for Faulty Seat Belts That May Not Actually Work During a Collision

Ninja Blast Max Hits Its Lowest Price and Now One of the Cheapest Portable Blenders Worth Buying

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Is a Beautifully Executed Dystopian Nightmare

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?