Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

Watch a Madman Ride a Bike Packed With 1,000 Exploding Rockets

Riding a bike without a helmet or other protective gear is already a risky idea. But climbing aboard a custom-built bike packed with 1,000 rockets while you’re protected by nothing but a fireproof slab of foam strapped to your back is risk on a whole other level—even if you’re a semi-pro mad scientist like Colin…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

I Wish All Smart Home Upgrades Were as Easy as This Light Bulb

There’s an entire standup routine waiting to be written about how smart home accessoriescan be incredibly dumb and complicated. But one of the easiest smart home upgrades, smart lighting, has just gotten easy enough for even your parents to install without calling you—if they’re living in Apple’s ecosystem. Smartphone-controlled light bulbs were one of the…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski

This Epic Rube Goldberg Machine Includes a Gravity-Defying Whiteboard Flip

As someone who still struggles to string a bunch of words together into cohesive sentences, I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around the thought processes required to plan and execute an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine like this. That whiteboard flip is at least worth a nomination for a Nobel Prize. It takes almost…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Wait, Competitive Hot Air Ballooning Actually Looks Like Fun?

Unless you’re afraid of heights, few would call a ride aboard a hot air balloon a thrilling experience. But did you know there’s such a thing as competitive hot air ballooning? It might not be as exciting as air-to-air combat in fighter jets, but can you think of a sport that has a better view?…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Is What It Looks Like to Cheat Death at 250 Miles Per Hour

Does the thrill of accelerating a dragster to speeds of almost 300 miles per hour outweigh the tremendous risks involved with the sport? It’s hard to imagine David Tremayne wanting to climb behind the steering wheel again after he lost control of this dragster at speeds few of us will ever experience on four wheels.…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

The Never-Ending Descent Into This Infinite Fractal City Will Melt Your Brain

In Julius Horsthuis’ short film Recurrence, he takes the audience on a slow descent into a sprawling metropolis he’s created. But as you get closer and closer to the city, and try to make out details like houses and skyscrapers, you start to realize that those tiny details only reveal more of the same, and that…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Today’s Solar Eclipse Left a Path of Nightmarish Traffic in Its Wake

For months, even years, amateur astronomers, photographers, and anyone wanting the best possible view of today’s solar eclipse have been planning trips into the phenomenon’s path of totality. Now that it’s over, all that’s left are millions of grainy Instagram photos—and a traffic nightmare that traces the same path as the eclipse’s shadow. Twitter’s @dicktoblerone…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Android ‘O’ Is Officially Called Oreo, But When Will Your Phone Get It?

After being made available to developers back in March, and then more broadly through a public beta in May, the eighth major release of the Android operating system finally arrives today with Google revealing that the mysterious ‘O’ actually stands for Oreo: a sandwich cookie suffering from a terrible identity crisis over the past few…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watching How Game of Thrones Made a Zombie Polar Bear Might Be the Best Part of Last Night’s Episode

Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones, Beyond the Wall, might have come with a few questionable plot points and sloppy storytelling now that HBO has run out of books. But so far the season has made up for it with some of the series’ best action sequences, including a battle with a zombie polar…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Homemade Remote Control Nerf Grenade Takes Out Opponents in Every Direction

They’re fun, but Nerf’s blasters, even the most powerful ones, aren’t known for their impeccable accuracy. So if you find yourself in the heat of battle surrounded by opponents, you’d be much better off with this Nerf grenade in your arsenal, which blasts foam darts in all directions. Designed and built by YouTube’s Giaco Whatever,…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Food Scientists Have Invented All-in-One Sugar Cream Pods For Your Coffee

Grabbing a quick coffee from a fast food joint means it’s up to you to add as much coffee and cream as you need. But future generations may never need to deal with those tiny, easy-to-spill milk cups as scientists from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany have invented capsules that dissolve away…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Thrift Store Shoppers Buy $20,000 Worth of Vintage NASA Flight Suits for $1.20

The potential of striking gold at a thrift store can be very much dependent on where that store is located. Given NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is just an hour away, a pair of college students in Orlando were lucky enough to find six vintage flight suits buried in a box at a Salvation Army store…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Google Found a Way To Automatically and Perfectly Erase Watermarks on Stock Photos

If you’re a professional photographer who assumed that slapping an obtrusive watermark across your work would protect it from being misused online, Google’s got some bad news for you. A team of researchers from the company has found a way to automatically and perfectly erase the watermarks used by popular stock photography organizations. Before this…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Biker Miraculously Survives a 250-Foot Plunge Off a Mountain Road

In addition to capturing moments of road rage, an action cam mounted on a motorcycle rider’s helmet can occasionally record a straight-up miracle, as was the case with Matthew Murray who ended up plummeting 250-feet off a mountain road after a problem with his bike’s steering. After a failed attempt to lean into the corner,…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

I Refuse to Believe This World Champion Wasn’t Born With Yo-Yos Attached to His Arms

Last week, the 2017 World Yo-Yo Championship was held in Reykjavík, Iceland. And as in years past, watching these performers, including world champion Shu Takada, can only lead you to a single conclusion: these competitors were probably born with yo-yos attached to their arms. How else could someone ever get this good at playing with…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Life in an Alaskan Town Overrun With Bald Eagles Looks Patriotically Nightmarish

At the top of every Alaska-bound tourist’s wish list is the chance to see a bald eagle in the wild. But as the latest mini-doc from CNN’s Great Big Story reveals, to the residents of a small Alaskan town called Unalaska, the birds are as plentiful, and as much a pest, as pigeons are in…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Taking Down Drones With a $38,000 Stinger Missile Feels Like Overkill

Last week, an amateur drone pilot landed his DJI quadcopter on the deck of Britain’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier. The incident was accidental, but highlights the irony of how difficult it is to neutralize threats from smaller aircraft like drones that are slowly filling the skies. But perhaps modifying a missile that can…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watch the World’s Worst Child Ninja Try to Disable His Dad’s Home Security Cam

Because they use wide-angle lenses, home security cameras are able to capture much more of the scene than a conventional camera can. This is the kind of info you might wanna know before you try to secretly turn off one your dad has set up in the living room, as one YouTube user’s son recently…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Borrowing a Clever Trick From Birds, This Smart Glider Could One Day Fly Forever Without a Motor

While scouring large swaths of land for prey, predators like hawks and eagles will often take advantage of rising thermals to stay airborne and glide for extended periods with minimal effort. Humans have copied this approach which allows sailplanes to fly without a motor, but Microsoft is now teaching an AI how to pilot an…

Artificial Intelligence Andrew Liszewski

World’s Greatest Trucker Tattoo Makes This Guy Look Like a Tiny Person Driving Another Human

If you’re going to endure all the pain and discomfort of getting a tattoo, you might as well ensure you’re getting inked with a memorable design. Truck driver Kenny Ollerenshaw raised the bar with a tattoo that makes him look like a tiny pilot controlling a humanoid robot. It apparently took tattoo artist Richard Batey…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

Watch a Madman Ride a Bike Packed With 1,000 Exploding Rockets

I Wish All Smart Home Upgrades Were as Easy as This Light Bulb

This Epic Rube Goldberg Machine Includes a Gravity-Defying Whiteboard Flip

Wait, Competitive Hot Air Ballooning Actually Looks Like Fun?

This Is What It Looks Like to Cheat Death at 250 Miles Per Hour

The Never-Ending Descent Into This Infinite Fractal City Will Melt Your Brain

Today’s Solar Eclipse Left a Path of Nightmarish Traffic in Its Wake

Android ‘O’ Is Officially Called Oreo, But When Will Your Phone Get It?

Watching How Game of Thrones Made a Zombie Polar Bear Might Be the Best Part of Last Night’s Episode

Homemade Remote Control Nerf Grenade Takes Out Opponents in Every Direction

Food Scientists Have Invented All-in-One Sugar Cream Pods For Your Coffee

Thrift Store Shoppers Buy $20,000 Worth of Vintage NASA Flight Suits for $1.20

Google Found a Way To Automatically and Perfectly Erase Watermarks on Stock Photos

Biker Miraculously Survives a 250-Foot Plunge Off a Mountain Road

I Refuse to Believe This World Champion Wasn’t Born With Yo-Yos Attached to His Arms

Life in an Alaskan Town Overrun With Bald Eagles Looks Patriotically Nightmarish

Taking Down Drones With a $38,000 Stinger Missile Feels Like Overkill

Watch the World’s Worst Child Ninja Try to Disable His Dad’s Home Security Cam

Borrowing a Clever Trick From Birds, This Smart Glider Could One Day Fly Forever Without a Motor

World’s Greatest Trucker Tattoo Makes This Guy Look Like a Tiny Person Driving Another Human

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

JBL Boombox 3 Speaker at 40% Off Is Now Even Cheaper Than Renewed Units on Amazon

Elizabeth Olsen Promises She Knows Nothing About Her Marvel Future

NASA Rover Finds Glowing, Ruby-Like Crystals on Mars for the First Time

Anker Prime Docking Station Hits Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Winds Down (14 Ports With 160W Output)

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