Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

Watch These Toys Get Annihilated During a 120 MPH Crash Test

If you had access to a crash test facility, whenever you weren’t smashing cars you’d probably be spending all of your free time thinking of other things you could launch at a wall at 120 miles per hour. Like toys, which the good people at Switzerland’s Dynamic Test Center did, and were kind enough to film…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

These Hyper-Realistic Squishy CG Heads Are Really Freaking Me Out

Looking for a creepy and unsettling way to start your morning? No? Well, too bad, you probably shouldn’t have clicked on this story because the hyper-realistic CG experiments in Simon Christoph Krenn’s short film, Parasitic Endeavours, are going to leave you feeling a little disturbed. WARNING: NSFW VIDEO BELOW The CG heads and twisted human…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Watch a Blacksmith Turn Old Batteries Into a Beautifully-Detailed Knife

If you don’t have access to a proper recycling facility, a talented blacksmith who goes by shurap on YouTube has found another way to recycle old batteries by turning them into a gorgeous Damascus-steel knife that also uses a recycled Maglite flashlight for its handle. A word of caution, however. When foraging for metal inside…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Like You Have Anything Better to Do Than Watch Someone Spend 66 Hours Assembling a Chainmail Shirt

No one’s pretending that life in the middle ages didn’t suck. There was the plague, unceasing catapult attacks, and beheading after beheading. But watching Evan Snider painstakingly make a chainmail shirt by hand once again reminds us to be extra thankful to live in this century. In addition to ten days of preparation and planning,…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

If You Love Retro Gaming, the SN30 Pro Is the Only Gamepad You’ll Ever Need

Nintendo has promised that the Switch’s upcoming online service will include a library of classic games that will help turn the portable console into an epic—but not perfect—retro gaming machine. The one thing the Switch is missing is a genuine, four-way D-pad, but that can be easily remedied with 8Bitdo’s new SN30 Pro gamepad—a clever…

Gaming Andrew Liszewski

I Can’t Believe There’s Not a Single Collision in This Massive Swarm of Birds

Filmmaker Jan van Ijken’s documentary, The Art of Flying, captures the hypnotic movements of hundreds of thousands of starlings flying in massive flocks that appear to be completely random and chaotic, but miraculously, not a single mid-air collision ever occurs. Murmurations, as these starling flocks are also known, are especially intriguing to researchers as there…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

The Most Absurd Transformers Crossover Ever, and More Toys We’re Thankful for This Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of the coolest toys we’ll inevitably be spending all our hard earned money on by next Black Friday. We’ve got adorable Lego Justice League members, swanky Star Wars guards, and the most ridiculous four-wheeler any kid could want. Come take a look! Takara Tomy Street Fighter Transformers…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski

Can You Find the Perfectly Camouflaged Snow Leopard Hidden on This Mountainside?

There’s a good reason it’s so difficult for photographers and film crews to capture the elusive snow leopard in the wild. The animal’s not only a master of stealth, it also sports a patterned fur coat that turns it nearly invisible in its natural habitat. Can you find the big cat sneaking up on its…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Watching This Exterminator Remove a Gigantic Hornet’s Nest Sent My Heart Racing

If the sound of a single mosquito buzzing near your ear is enough to send you running, you might want to skip this video of a Louisiana exterminator battling what is easily the largest hornet’s nest I’ve ever seen in my life, hiding inside someone’s backyard shed. Jude Verret, the brave, brave soul in the…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

NASA’s New Titanium Airless Tires Are Nearly Indestructible

Stretch a Slinky toy too far, and eventually the metal coil will be warped so much it won’t be able to return to its original spring shape. That’s a problem also faced by the metal spring tires designed to roll across our Moon, and other planets our rovers are exploring. But NASA has created an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You

Every kid knows the best way to get almost every item on your Christmas list is to include one outlandish, obscenely-expensive item your parents will never go for. Out of guilt, they’ll happily deliver everything else on your list. But you’re an adult now, with a job and disposable income, so why not finally treat…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Hundreds of Perfectly-Choreographed Printers Are the Real Stars of This Fun Music Video

By now the band OK Go is better known for its over-the-top, impossibly choreographed music videos than its actual music. So much so that you can enjoy the music video for its new song, “Obsession,” without actually having to turn your speakers up. It’s a visual treat starring a wall of 540 printers used to…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Double-Handed Glove Lets You Hold Four Beers Instead of Just Two

Federico Ciccarese and his company, Youbionic, imagine a not-too-distant future where everything we see is enhanced through augmented reality, and our body’s ability to interact with the world is upgraded through augmented physicality. What does that look like? For starters, a $2,000+ 3D-printed glove that puts two hands on the end of your arms, instead…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Turn Your Leftover Halloween Candy Into a Giant Turkey Lollipop and Win Thanksgiving

Here’s a harsh truth the country needs to hear: turkey is actually the worst part of your Thanksgiving meal. It’s bland, it’s often dry, and it takes up valuable space in the oven all day long. There’s an easy fix, however, that doesn’t involve brining or frying. Just replace your bird with a giant turkey-shaped…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Brilliant Peelable Paint Is a Screen Protector For Every Surface In Your Home

If you’re as protective of your gadgets as I am, you’ve probably got a screen protector ready to apply to your new phone as soon as you’ve taken it out of the box. But how do you protect all the other surfaces in your home you don’t want getting dinged and dented? You cover it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Tesla Should Consider Building This Car Powered By a Giant Mouse Trap

On its quest to free the world from the burden of fossil fuels, Tesla has unfortunately hit some speed bumps with the production of its Model 3. So instead of relying on batteries and electricity for power, perhaps the company should consider this four-wheeled contraption which runs on a gigantic spring-powered mouse trap. https://gizmodo.com/guy-builds-a-terrifying-gigantic-mouse-trap-that-can-p-1794872364 Based…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Your Christmas Decorations Can’t Compete With the Light-Up Millennium Falcon on This Family’s Roof

If you’re the type of person who gets caught up in decorating competitions around the holidays, be thankful you don’t live near Colby Powell and his family. Instead of inflatable Santas or a towering tree, they built a light-up Millennium Falcon on the roof of their house that measures almost 29 feet long. Make magazine…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Filling a Turkey With Molten Aluminum Is a Terrible Way to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner

Toss a turkey in the oven and it cooks from the outside in, which can take hours of roasting before it’s done. But what if you cooked a turkey from the inside out? That’s what Allen Pan tried by filling a raw turkey with molten aluminum and then letting the whole thing cook, cool, and…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

One of the Most Famous Movie Robots of All Time Just Sold for $5.4 Million

Long before robots like R2-D2 or the Terminator hit the silver screen, a 1956 movie called Forbidden Planet featured a humanoid automaton that, in all likelihood, blew your grandparents’ minds. Robby the Robot might be primitive by today’s movie prop standards, but the three-piece costume is so iconic that it recently sold at a Bonhams…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

I Let an $800 Alexa Robot Creep Around My House Like a Tiny, Mechanical Zombie

Have you ever fantasized about having the weather read to you every morning like it was a beautiful Shakespearean sonnet? That’s probably the best reason to choose UBTECH Robotics’ new Alexa-enabled Lynx robot over the Amazon Echo—that, or you’re very, very lonely. Whether you’re interested in talking to Google’s Home platform, Microsoft’s Cortana, or Amazon’s…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

Watch These Toys Get Annihilated During a 120 MPH Crash Test

These Hyper-Realistic Squishy CG Heads Are Really Freaking Me Out

Watch a Blacksmith Turn Old Batteries Into a Beautifully-Detailed Knife

Like You Have Anything Better to Do Than Watch Someone Spend 66 Hours Assembling a Chainmail Shirt

If You Love Retro Gaming, the SN30 Pro Is the Only Gamepad You’ll Ever Need

I Can’t Believe There’s Not a Single Collision in This Massive Swarm of Birds

The Most Absurd Transformers Crossover Ever, and More Toys We’re Thankful for This Week

Can You Find the Perfectly Camouflaged Snow Leopard Hidden on This Mountainside?

Watching This Exterminator Remove a Gigantic Hornet’s Nest Sent My Heart Racing

NASA’s New Titanium Airless Tires Are Nearly Indestructible

Gifts Your Parents Would Never Buy the Ten-Year-Old You

Hundreds of Perfectly-Choreographed Printers Are the Real Stars of This Fun Music Video

This Double-Handed Glove Lets You Hold Four Beers Instead of Just Two

Turn Your Leftover Halloween Candy Into a Giant Turkey Lollipop and Win Thanksgiving

This Brilliant Peelable Paint Is a Screen Protector For Every Surface In Your Home

Tesla Should Consider Building This Car Powered By a Giant Mouse Trap

Your Christmas Decorations Can’t Compete With the Light-Up Millennium Falcon on This Family’s Roof

Filling a Turkey With Molten Aluminum Is a Terrible Way to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner

One of the Most Famous Movie Robots of All Time Just Sold for $5.4 Million

I Let an $800 Alexa Robot Creep Around My House Like a Tiny, Mechanical Zombie

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

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?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset