Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

Sitting on This Glowing Buddha Chair Is Probably the Most Relaxing Thing

Where’s the most relaxing place to take a load off? A comfy bed? A giant plush couch? A hammock swinging in the breeze? None of the above. If you’re really looking to wind down, what could be more relaxing than plopping down in Buddha’s lap? The only non-zen part about this five-foot-tall plastic lounger, that…

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How Many Famous Movie Props Can You Spot in This Epic Battle?

The filmmakers from Sneaky Zebra are back with a sequel to a 2013 short film called Prop Wars, where countless movie replicas are used in an epic battle between a group of friends. Prop Wars: Prop Harder draws its inspiration from countless blockbusters including Tron: Legacy, The Force Awakens, Men In Black, Evil Dead, and…

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Look as Stylish as Tony Stark in These New Marvel- and DC-Themed Business Suits

Aside from “coming soon” there isn’t a whole lot of information yet available about this new formal wear collection from Fun.com. But what we do know is that it will feature suits, ties, and other accessories that incorporate patterns, designs, and logos from Marvel and DC Comics’ properties. Pre-orders won’t officially begin for a few…

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These Star Trek Isolinear Chip Coasters May Be the Nerdiest Merchandise We’ve Ever Seen

Only the truest The Next Generation fans likely know that Isolinear Chips are the 24th century’s equivalent of the USB flash drives we carry around today. On the show, they utilize futuristic optical storage techniques which haven’t been invented yet, so these non-functional replicaswill best serve as drink coasters—as well as being a truly impressive…

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A Malfunctioning, Flaming Wind Turbine Is Actually Quite Beautiful

It’s unfortunate when a wind turbine, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build and install, malfunctions and breaks down. But sometimes the results can be quite beautiful, particularly when there’s fire involved and those massive blades keep spinning. It’s doubtful the owner of this wind turbine in Coimbatore, India, sees the smoke…

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You Can Now Print 3D Holograms on Your Inkjet Printer

Creating the types of 3D holograms that are used to authenticate products or currency usually requires very expensive, very complex printers. That’s what makes them so hard to counterfeit. But a team of researchers from MIT have created a new kind of 3D hologram that can be printed on the inkjet printer you probably already…

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Polar’s New Fitness Tracker Is a Full-on Android Smartwatch

We were disappointed when Polar sacrificed the GPS capabilities of the M400 smart sports watch so that its A300, revealed in early 2015, could hit the market with a cheaper price tag. But affordability is apparently no longer as important to the company as features, because Polar’s new M600 is a full-on Android Wear smartwatch.…

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What Happens When You Blast a Flamethrower With a Freeze-Ray

Using liquid nitrogen inside a thermos with a tube sticking out of it, YouTube’s TheBackyardScientist created a crude home-made freeze ray. To see what it was really capable of, and to answer a question that has been puzzling comic book fans for years, he then blasted it at a flamethrower to see which simulated superpower…

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China Actually Built That Crazy Traffic-Straddling Bus

For years China’s been toying with the idea of building a massive bus that straddles multiple lanes of cars to move commuters without creating a traffic mess. To date, it’s only existed as fancy computer renders and animations. But starting today a real-life version starts testing in Qinhuangdao, China. The first working version of the…

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MIT Found a Way to Make Virtual Characters Interact With Background Video

One of the obvious tells that a computer-generated character isn’t real is the lack of interaction with the background they’ve been added to. It’s part of the reason why augmented reality apps are fun, though far from convincing. But researchers at MIT’s CSAIL Lab have come up with clever a way to make background footage…

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Optical Illusions Magically Appear When You Fill These Soy Sauce Dishes

Tokyo-based designer Duncan Shotton takes advantage of soy sauce’s varying opaqueness to create a pair of unique sushi dishes that reveal three-dimensional optical illusions once they’re filled. As with the designer’s previous products, Shotton has created a Kickstarter campaign, with a modest funding goal of just over $6,600 (which has already been pledged) to sell…

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A Designer Imagined How Awful Instagram Would Have Been on Windows 95

Instagram, one of the internet’s most popular ways to brag about what food was just placed in front of you, might not have become as popular as it is today if were it introduced back when Windows 95 was the operating system of choice. As designer Misha Petrick reveals, it would have been a hot…

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This LittleBits Kit Lets Kids Boobytrap Their Room

No one’s more invested in protecting their privacy than kids and teens who don’t want siblings or parents snooping around their bedrooms. So littleBits new “Rule Your Room Kit” includes eight different touch-activated gadgets that kids can build themselves, without requiring an electrical engineering degree, to help secure their rooms. The kit is the first…

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This Epic Gravity-Defying Fight Scene Was Made Possible With a Simple Camera Trick

This live-action, stop-motion fight scene makes it look like the filmmakers at Corridor Digital found a way to change the direction of gravity to help make their short film feel all the more epic. But an anti-gravity machine wasn’t the secret to how this entertaining video was shot. If you haven’t figured it out already,…

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The Most Unhealthy Chain Restaurant Meals Are Obscenely Calorie Packed

The Center For Science in the Public Interest is here to once again ruin your unhealthy dinner plans with a new list shaming nine of the most calorie-packed meals available at chain restaurants across the US. If you’re thinking about starting a diet any time soon, avoid these for the love of all that is…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Repainting the Original Star Trek Enterprise Was an Intensely Time-Consuming Process

It’s one of the most recognizable props in pop culture history, so it’s only fitting that the Smithsonian recently spent almost two years restoring the USS Enterprise model used in the original Star Trek TV series. The paint work alone was a painstaking process, as detailed in this new behind-the-scenes look at the restoration. Sometime…

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Someone Find a Practical Use For This Incredible Self-Balancing Stick

Remember balancing a broomstick on your finger when you were a kid? It turns out that skill doesn’t really have any real world benefits. The same can be said for this self-balancing stick that Mike Rouleau created. It’s a fun bit of engineering—but are there any practical uses for this creation? Is sticking a pair…

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This Live-Action Transformers Fan Film Is Better Than All of Michael Bay’s Attempts

Using a mix of computer graphics, remote control miniature models, and some truly impressive costumes, Lior Mocho and the crew at Chisel Pixel have created the live-action Transformers fan film we all hoped Michael Bay’s first effort would have been. Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures didn’t need to spend hundreds of millions on pricey special effects…

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Watching Toothbrushes Melt Is So Incredibly Satisfying

Humanity’s connection to fire dates back to when our earliest ancestors realized it could be used for warmth and survival. Why do you think staring into a campfire is so mesmerizing? It probably also explains why watching toothbrushes slowly melt and shrivel away is so utterly fascinating. That, or deep down you’re secretly harboring bad…

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Walking on a Lego-Covered Treadmill Might Be the Most Painful Thing Ever

There are a lot of unpleasant experiences you can go through in life, but few might be as excruciating as the Lego Treadmill Challenge created by the brave souls at WheresMyChallenge. The idea is simple: see how long you can walk barefoot on a treadmill while random Lego pieces are poured on it. The hard…

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Andrew Liszewski

Sitting on This Glowing Buddha Chair Is Probably the Most Relaxing Thing

How Many Famous Movie Props Can You Spot in This Epic Battle?

Look as Stylish as Tony Stark in These New Marvel- and DC-Themed Business Suits

These Star Trek Isolinear Chip Coasters May Be the Nerdiest Merchandise We’ve Ever Seen

A Malfunctioning, Flaming Wind Turbine Is Actually Quite Beautiful

You Can Now Print 3D Holograms on Your Inkjet Printer

Polar’s New Fitness Tracker Is a Full-on Android Smartwatch

What Happens When You Blast a Flamethrower With a Freeze-Ray

China Actually Built That Crazy Traffic-Straddling Bus

MIT Found a Way to Make Virtual Characters Interact With Background Video

Optical Illusions Magically Appear When You Fill These Soy Sauce Dishes

A Designer Imagined How Awful Instagram Would Have Been on Windows 95

This LittleBits Kit Lets Kids Boobytrap Their Room

This Epic Gravity-Defying Fight Scene Was Made Possible With a Simple Camera Trick

The Most Unhealthy Chain Restaurant Meals Are Obscenely Calorie Packed

Repainting the Original Star Trek Enterprise Was an Intensely Time-Consuming Process

Someone Find a Practical Use For This Incredible Self-Balancing Stick

This Live-Action Transformers Fan Film Is Better Than All of Michael Bay’s Attempts

Watching Toothbrushes Melt Is So Incredibly Satisfying

Walking on a Lego-Covered Treadmill Might Be the Most Painful Thing Ever

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

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

Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, xAI Has Now Shed All 11 of Its Non-Elon Musk Founders

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!