Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

A Locking Knife Block Keeps Your Blades Inaccessible to Kids

When you’re bustling in the kitchen prepping a meal, quickly grabbing a knife out of a storage block is easier than digging through a drawer to find one. Storing them in a block is also just a better way to keep your knives sharp and in good shape, but it unfortunately means they’re easily accessible…

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This Transforming Scooter Is the Ultimate Mobility Aid for Any Age

It’s assumed that electric scooters are a tool designed for those with mobility issues or the elderly, but the creators of the transforming ILY-A concept see it as the perfect solution for commuters, travelers, or anyone who occasionally just doesn’t feel like walking. The scooter—which is the best way to describe the ILY-A—can transform into…

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Flesh-Detecting Saw Instantly Drops the Blade Without Destroying It

Close to a decade ago a clever inventor came up with a safety feature for power tools that could detect when a blade made contact with human flesh and instantly retract it to prevent injury. Unfortunately, it destroyed the tool in the process. The SawStop technology was amazing, and probably life-saving, but it left a…

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Swallowing This Capsule Lets Doctors Keep Tabs On Gas in Your Gut

A build up of intestinal gases isn’t just an etiquette problem — it’s also linked to conditions like irritable bowl syndrome. So researchers have created a swallowable capsule packed with sensors that’s able to measure the concentration of gases inside a patient, and wirelessly relay that info back to a smartphone app. There are non-invasive…

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Parents Become Human Jungle Gyms While Wearing This Rope Vest

It’s generally assumed that once you become a parent you’ll do anything for your kids—anything. And apparently that now includes swallowing your self-esteem and pride, strapping on this rope vest, and letting your children climb all over you like a human jungle gym. There are some genuine benefits to the AthleTitti concept vest created by…

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A Pumping Piston Tells Time on This Engine-Inspired Watch

Breitling’s watches have always been the perfect accessory for pilots wanting a timepiece to match their passion. But when it comes to cars and motorcycles—the most popular transportation choice of the masses—Miki Eleta’s new Timeburner is a more appropriate choice. Because instead of rotating hands, it uses a pumping piston to display the time. The…

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Superman’s Action Comics’ Cover Perfectly Recreated As a Springy Statue

Factory Entertainment calls its line of spring-enhanced collectibles Motion Statues, but that’s really just a fancy way to avoid calling them Bobbleheads and dodge a potential lawsuit. It’s the same general idea, except that instead of a giant oversized head bouncing around, we have Superman lifting a car in a scene taken from that now…

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Make Music By Solving or Scrambling This Sequencer’s Rubik Cubes

With a little custom software, a camera, and some musical know-how, you can turn sixteen customized Rubik’s Cubes into a unique interface for a music sequencer. However, unless you’re one of those Rubik’s idiot savants who can solve them in seconds, this probably isn’t the best instrument for live performances. The Rubik’s Cube Sequencer was…

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A Case With a Pop-Up Crank Keeps Your Smartphone Charged Forever

Hand crank-powered flashlights and radios for weather emergencies are nothing new, but what about when your smartphone dies in the middle of the day? That’s just as dire an emergency, and it’s inspired the creation of this smartphone case with a built-in charger and pop-up crank that can, at least in theory, keep your phone…

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This Watch Puts a Celestial Dance Between the Sun and Moon On Your Wrist

Once they figured how to use gears and other mechanisms to accurately keep track of time, watchmakers expanded what their clockwork creations could do. Timepieces became even more mesmerizing to look at, and as Frédéric Jouvenot’s new Sîn watch proves, that’s kept mechanical watches relevant and desirable even in a time where everyone has a…

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You Have To Look Closely To See That This NES Is Actually a Cake

There’s no shortage of wacky wedding cakes on the internet, but this creation is particularly noteworthy because until you get a good close-up look at it, it doesn’t look like a cake at all. You’d swear it was a functional NES console complete with two controllers and a copy of Tetris, but in reality it’s…

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Someone Incorrectly Labeled This Rocket Ship Bed As a Kids’ Item

We all make mistakes, and we can only assume that Etsy-seller FableBedworks was in a rush when they posted this phenomenal transforming rocket ship murphy bed on their online store. Why else would they mistakenly refer to it as a “childrens bed” when there are certainly more than enough adults who would love a creation…

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Buying A Child-Sized Range Rover Is Definitely Spoiling Your Kids

If you were wondering if buying your kid a miniature version of a Range Rover would have a detrimental affect on their sense of entitlement, you’re absolutely right. Because kids who spend their childhood driving miniature Range Rovers grow up to become teenagers who expect the real thing when they turn sixteen. So just be…

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This Guy Spent 4 Years Making a Flawless Millennium Falcon Out of Paper

So how did you spend the last four years of your life? No matter how you answer that question, it was a complete waste of time compared to Bernard Szukiel who spent four years creating this absolute masterpiece of a Millennium Falcon model using nothing but paper, glue, and more patience than any single human…

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A Better Suitcase With a Roll-Up Lid That’s Never In the Way

It means you’ll be sacrificing a bit of storage space, but Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano’s new Nendo-designed Kame suitcase has a clever segmented lid that rolls up when opened so it’s not constantly falling down on you while you’re trying to find a specific shirt. It also means you can open the suitcase in tight spaces,…

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Paddle-Shaped Flasks Completely Redefine Beer Pong

Here’s a new take on Beer Pong that makes the game appear more like traditional table tennis so you can play it with friends in your basement rec room while your parents are still in the house and none the wiser. Instead of using plastic cups that are a dead giveaway that you really just…

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Wonderful U.S.S. Enterprise Sushi Set Includes Warp Trail Chopsticks

If you’re in the business of designing and selling novelty chopstick sets, you might as well pack up and close down shop now because no one will ever be able to top this U.S.S. Enterprise set that ThinkGeek has created. The BPA-free plastic chopsticks look like glowing blue warp trails coming out of its engines,…

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A longer Lego Jurassic World trailer makes us want this game right now

The first teaser for Lego’s Jurassic World video game left us desperately wanting to know and see more about the game. So thankfully, the first full trailer for the upcoming title delivers a longer glimpse into what the four Jurassic Park movies look like made from plastic bricks. Even if Jurassic World doesn’t live up…

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Breitling’s First Smartwatch Isn’t Overloaded With Functionality

Many have criticized Apple for trying to cram too much functionality into a wearable device with a tiny touchscreen and short battery life. Breitling’s first smartwatch is simpler: the B55 Connected will wirelessly communicate with your smartphone too, but only to make the watch’s core functionality easier to use. First and foremost, the B55 Connected…

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A Star Wars Speeder Bike Quadcopter Looks Perfect Racing Through Forests

Inspired by that wonderful scene in Return of the Jedi where Luke and Leia race through the trees of Endor using speeder bikes, there’s a small group of enthusiasts who do the same thing using camera-equipped remote control drones. Like Adam Woodworth who decided to take his hobby one step further by building a quadcopter…

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A Locking Knife Block Keeps Your Blades Inaccessible to Kids

This Transforming Scooter Is the Ultimate Mobility Aid for Any Age

Flesh-Detecting Saw Instantly Drops the Blade Without Destroying It

Swallowing This Capsule Lets Doctors Keep Tabs On Gas in Your Gut

Parents Become Human Jungle Gyms While Wearing This Rope Vest

A Pumping Piston Tells Time on This Engine-Inspired Watch

Superman’s Action Comics’ Cover Perfectly Recreated As a Springy Statue

Make Music By Solving or Scrambling This Sequencer’s Rubik Cubes

A Case With a Pop-Up Crank Keeps Your Smartphone Charged Forever

This Watch Puts a Celestial Dance Between the Sun and Moon On Your Wrist

You Have To Look Closely To See That This NES Is Actually a Cake

Someone Incorrectly Labeled This Rocket Ship Bed As a Kids’ Item

Buying A Child-Sized Range Rover Is Definitely Spoiling Your Kids

This Guy Spent 4 Years Making a Flawless Millennium Falcon Out of Paper

A Better Suitcase With a Roll-Up Lid That’s Never In the Way

Paddle-Shaped Flasks Completely Redefine Beer Pong

Wonderful U.S.S. Enterprise Sushi Set Includes Warp Trail Chopsticks

A longer Lego Jurassic World trailer makes us want this game right now

Breitling’s First Smartwatch Isn’t Overloaded With Functionality

A Star Wars Speeder Bike Quadcopter Looks Perfect Racing Through Forests

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

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