Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

This $675 Dolce & Gabbana Hoodie and $425 Tee Are For the Most Die-Hard Jurassic Park Fans

As popcorn movies go, there’s not much to complain about with Steven Spielberg’s massive 1993 blockbuster, Jurassic Park—except when it came to all the crappy dino merchandise that flooded stores. But none of it was as questionable as these obscenely expensive Jurassic Park hoodies and tees Dolce & Gabbana is now selling. We get that…

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iOS 11: All the Cool New Features Coming to Your iPhone and iPad

Can you believe Apple’s iOS is 11 iterations old already? It seems like just yesterday we were excited about the prospect of an app store, or the ability to select and copy text. At today’s WWDC keynote, Apple revealed a host of updates and upgrades to iOS, including many long requested features. You’ll have to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

iMac Pro Is Apple’s New Super-Powered Workhorse

In addition to updated iMacs, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros, today at Apple’s WWDC conference, the company unveiled its new high-end workstation called the iMac Pro, featuring the same all-in-one design, but packed with enough power to make this the most powerful Mac computer to date. Well, according to Apple anyway. The most notable feature of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Rock-Balancing Robots Could Build Our Future Habitats On Mars

Like maintaining a zen garden, or pruning a bonsai tree, some people stack and balance rocks as a way to relax. But robots don’t really experience emotional stress, so why bother teaching a bot to balance rocks? One day, this robot’s skills could prove invaluable when it comes to building structures on distant worlds we’re…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

20 T-Rexes Fighting 10,000 Chickens Is All l Ever Wanted in a Jurassic Park Sequel

When The Lost World (the first sequel to Jurassic Park) came out, audiences weren’t really interested in another sermon on the risks of cloning. All we wanted was more dinosaurs, ideally fighting, which is what this CG simulation mostly delivers. After all, chickens are just tiny dinosaurs, right? You might think that 20 of the most ferocious…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Incredible Storm Footage Makes It Look Like the Apocalypse Has Arrived

Meteorologists can predict, with surprising accuracy, when a storm will roll through your town. But predicting exactly how severe it will be can still be hit and miss. That’s why it took filmmaker Chad Cowan six years to capture the spectacular timelapses he assembled into this awe-inspiring compilation. If you’ve got access to a 4K…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Unsettling Short Film Showing a Drowning New York City Seems a Lot More Plausible Now

Before yesterday, Claire&Max’s latest short film—which shows what New York City would look like if climate change continued, unabated, and sea levels rose high enough to flood it—was already unsettling. But with the US officially abdicating the Paris Agreement, this is now looks like a peek at a future that seems more and more likely.…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Here’s Where Gorillaz Get All Their Unusual Samples

Daft Punk isn’t the only musical group who packs its hits full of obscure and eclectic samples. Gorillaz have been borrowing funky beats and catchy rhythms from other artists for over 16 years now, and YouTube’s Kirima Nagi has found the source of almost every last one in this comprehensive quarter-hour video. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-where-all-of-daft-punks-impossibly-catchy-sampl-1793437260 All five…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Cyborg Dragonfly Is the Tiniest Drone

The smaller a drone gets, the more places it can be easily flown. But while many researchers have been trying to tackle the monumental challenge of building drones that look and behave like tiny insects, a new approach has engineers giving Mother Nature’s existing creations drone-like upgrades. The biggest hurdle with building tiny drones that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Best Fidget Spinner Has an Animated Cat Inside

Thanks to Jonathan Odom, a clever designer and builder who’s created everything from animatronics for films to museum exhibits, the fidget spinner has just taken a giant leap forward. Odom created One Spinner To Rule Them All: one with an animated cat video that comes to life when you flick it. https://gizmodo.com/youre-not-on-mushrooms-this-animated-fidget-spinner-br-1795686029 Based on an…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

How Have I Lived My Whole Life Without an Extra Pair of Robot Arms?

If you’re jealous of Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit, but don’t have billions of dollars to build your own, a group of Japanese researchers have come up with a cheaper, and arguably more useful alternative: an extra pair of robot arms that can help out when your own limbs are busy. Developed at the Inami…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Light Show at Universal Studios Looks Spectacular

Walt Disney World has finally opened its Pandora—The World of Avatar attraction in Florida, so Universal Studios is doing what it can to keep tourists flocking to its theme parks. This past weekend Universal Studios Hollywood revealed an amazing nighttime light show at its Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but you don’t need to fly…

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A Plasma Cutter Makes Solid Steel Melt Like Butter

To the naked eye, someone slicing through steel using a high-temperature plasma torch just looks like a massive shower of sparks. But through the lens of a high-speed camera filming at 480 frames per second, the steel looks about as strong as melting butter as the torch easily slices through it. It’s also a good…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

You’re Not on Mushrooms, This Animated Fidget Spinner Brings Super Mario to Life

Despite the internet already being oversaturated with fidget spinner content, YouTube’s A Pyro Design has come up with a unique use for the fad toys. He turned a fidget spinner into a handheld zoetrope that brings Super Mario to life using three simple frames of animation. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-dangerous-things-you-shouldnt-be-doing-with-you-1795367358 That bizarre warping effect of the fidget spinner…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Kitesurfer Hopping From Pond to Pond Is Proof Humans Really Were Meant to Fly

Tethering yourself to a giant kite that’s strong enough to pull you right off the ground seems a lot less terrifying when kitesurfer Sam Light takes to the skies. This first-person footage of a recent adventure lets you (safely) ride along as he effortlessly hops from pond to pond making it seem like humans were…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

This Teen Is Restoring the Showbiz Pizza Robots That Creeped You Out As a Kid

If you were a child of the ’80s, if there wasn’t a Chuck E. Cheese’s location in your town, odds are you celebrated a birthday or two at Showbiz Pizza while the animatronic band Rock-afire Explosion performed. To some, it’s a creepy memory they’d rather not revisit. But to others, it’s a piece of pop…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

What You Need to Know About Max-Q, Nvidia’s Plan to Make Gaming Laptops That Aren’t Monstrosities

When you think gaming and laptops, images of massive, dictionary-thick machines come to mind. Notebook computers purpose-built for PC gaming are only barely portable, but Nvidia wants to change that with a new approach to hardware and software design for laptops called Max-Q that lets mobile gamers have their cake, and easily carry it too.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Will Never Get Any Work Done on This Amazingly Distracting Ninja Turtles Origins Desk

Tom Spina Designs’ studio has made a name for itself crafting custom pieces of furniture that will satisfy almost any nerdy obsession. Remember that Star Wars Dewback sofa? It will go perfectly in your office alongside this custom Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles desk. Finished to look like it was extracted from a construction site, the…

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Sticking a Camera Under a Faucet Feels Like Hurtling Down a Hypnotic Water Tunnel

The next time you have to visit your dentist to get a cavity filled, or a dreaded root canal, you might not need any anesthesia if you’re able to watch the incredibly hypnotic footage from a waterproof camera pointed up at a running faucet. It looks like you’re racing down a never-ending tunnel made of…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Slo-Mo Footage Reveals Exactly How a Giant Firework Shell Goes Kaboom

There’s no better way to celebrate a long weekend, or your nation’s birthday, than by blowing up giant paper shells packed with explosives. It’s not hard to understand how the firecrackers you played with as a kid worked, but YouTube’s BeyondSlowMotion channel reveals how those gigantic fireworks that fill the night sky with colorful sparkles…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

This $675 Dolce & Gabbana Hoodie and $425 Tee Are For the Most Die-Hard Jurassic Park Fans

iOS 11: All the Cool New Features Coming to Your iPhone and iPad

iMac Pro Is Apple’s New Super-Powered Workhorse

Rock-Balancing Robots Could Build Our Future Habitats On Mars

20 T-Rexes Fighting 10,000 Chickens Is All l Ever Wanted in a Jurassic Park Sequel

Incredible Storm Footage Makes It Look Like the Apocalypse Has Arrived

This Unsettling Short Film Showing a Drowning New York City Seems a Lot More Plausible Now

Here’s Where Gorillaz Get All Their Unusual Samples

This Cyborg Dragonfly Is the Tiniest Drone

The Best Fidget Spinner Has an Animated Cat Inside

How Have I Lived My Whole Life Without an Extra Pair of Robot Arms?

The New Wizarding World of Harry Potter Light Show at Universal Studios Looks Spectacular

A Plasma Cutter Makes Solid Steel Melt Like Butter

You’re Not on Mushrooms, This Animated Fidget Spinner Brings Super Mario to Life

Kitesurfer Hopping From Pond to Pond Is Proof Humans Really Were Meant to Fly

This Teen Is Restoring the Showbiz Pizza Robots That Creeped You Out As a Kid

What You Need to Know About Max-Q, Nvidia’s Plan to Make Gaming Laptops That Aren’t Monstrosities

You Will Never Get Any Work Done on This Amazingly Distracting Ninja Turtles Origins Desk

Sticking a Camera Under a Faucet Feels Like Hurtling Down a Hypnotic Water Tunnel

Slo-Mo Footage Reveals Exactly How a Giant Firework Shell Goes Kaboom

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