Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

When this Walking, Swimming Pet Turtle Dies, Just Swap In a New Battery

Pets don’t only help teach kids how to be responsible, they’re also a harsh object lesson in the definitiveness of death—unless you go the robot route. Robo-puppies might not be believable just yet, but this tiny robot turtle looks pretty convincing when swimming around inside a tank. And if you find it just floating there…

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The New Insect-Sniping Bug-A-Salt 2.0 Boasts More Power With Less Salt

The world’s salt supplies are plentiful now, but who knows what the situation will be like in 50 years? So the makers of the Bug-A-Salt have just revealed the next-generation version of their urban assault weapon designed to take down flies and other bothersome insects. Not only does version 2.0 use less salt than its…

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The Faster You Wave Your Hand, the Faster These Toy Cars Will Race

The speed at which a Hot Wheels car tears around a plastic track is directly proportionate to how high you can build the launch ramp. But to make these capacitor-powered Wave Racers go faster and faster around a track, kids simply need to wave their hands back and forth over the cars as fast as…

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This Genius Figured Out How To Drift Hot Wheels Cars

With enough imagination, a Hot Wheels or Matchbox die-cast car can do almost anything. But in real life, their abilities are limited to pretty much just rolling forward. Unless they’re in the hands of Phil Foss who’s actually found a way to get Hot Wheels and other toy cars to drift around corners like Ken…

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Boxy Lamps Fake the Glow Of Neon Lights Without All That Buzzing

Inspired by the neon works of artists like Dan Flavin, London’s Minimalux has created a simple box-shaped lamp that creates the look of neon lighting—long thin slits of light—without that buzzing sound that’s become the hallmark of city centers the world over. The Neon Light lamps are made from a single piece of thin steel…

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Swatch’s Cheapest Self-Winding Watch Has a Bunch of Great New Looks

Good things—or sometimes better things—come to those who wait. And if the designs of the first round of Swatch’s innovative Sistem51 didn’t ring your bell, the Swiss watchmaker has just announced five new designs that will be arriving soon, including versions with more classic and cleaner watch faces. The five new Sistem51 models—which feature the…

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Everyone’s Got Room For a Portable Charger No Bigger Than a Pack of Gum

If your phone ends up dying in the middle of the day you’ve got no one to blame but yourself. You want a giant bright screen? It’s going to cost you in battery life. And with Goal Zero’s upcoming Flip 10 charger, if you’ve got room in your pockets for a pack of Juicy Fruit…

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At One Time These LED Consoles Were the Cutting Edge of Handheld Gaming

In the world of toys, nostalgia is an incredibly powerful sales tool. Because kids who begged their parents for a given toy eventually grow up to be employed adults willing to splurge on those same toys they remember from their childhood. Our smartphones have become almost as powerful as our home gaming consoles, but we…

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See-Through Alphabet Blocks With Adorable 3D Characters Trapped Inside

Even with more electronics at their disposal than ever, kids still seem to enjoy playing with simpler toys like wooden alphabet blocks. But that doesn’t mean they’re still not easily distracted, so to help kids stay dedicated to the task of mastering their A-B-Cs, these see-through Flip Flop ABC Blocks feature 3D letters and characters…

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A Board Game That Relies On the Wikipedia Skills You Learned In College

You probably already owe a debt of gratitude to Wikipedia for helping you get through endless essays and research projects in college, but don’t retire those browsing skills just yet. Linknotize is yet another board game that actually requires the players to keep their phones, tablets, or laptops close at hand, because in order to…

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An Impossibly Tough Flash Drive That Survives -40F to 185F Temperatures

Even if you’ve dropped a few extra dollars on a ‘durable’ flash drive that can safely be tossed about, it might not actually be as tough as you think it is. At least not compared to this non-descript drive from Green House that’s a master of survival. It’s rated to work at temperatures as cold…

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An Eyeball Implant That Fixes a Very Common Ailment

Some of us suffer from dry eyes because we stare at laptop screens for ten hours a day. But for more than 20 million Americans, dry eyes are a result of their lacrimal glands, the water-producing part of the tear ducts, simply not producing enough moisture. Now there is a high-tech fix. Eye drops only…

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A Mt. Hood-Bottomed Pint Glass Is the Easiest Way To Tackle a Mountain

With enough booze in your system, you feel like you can do anything—from singing like a Grammy-winning artist, to fighting a bouncer, to climbing a mountain. And while none of those are remotely even true, you can at least feel like you’ve conquered Oregon’s Mount Hood every time you down a brew from this hand-blown…

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This Tiny Key-Code Flash Drive PIN Protects Your Files—for a Price

Tiny capacious flash drives not only make it easy to carry gigs and gigs of data wherever you go, they also makes it easy to lose gigs and gigs of data. So if you’ve had more flash drives go MIA than you prefer to remember, Toshiba will now let you password protect those lost files…

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This Site Will Make a Stuffed Animal Clone of Your Pet

Saying goodbye to a pet is sometimes even harder than saying goodbye to family before they pass. So a website called Cuddle Clones wants to make it a little easier to cope with the loss of your pet by creating a plush clone of it using just a handful of photos from different angles. Each…

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Random Special Edition Copies of Monopoly Will Come With Real Cash

Despite an endless run of electronic versions of the game, there’s still nothing as satisfying as sitting around a table with friends playing the original board game version of Monopoly. Except it turns out there is actually still one thing more satisfying: living in France, buying a new copy of the game, and discovering it…

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Energizer Is Finally Making AA Batteries Using Recycled Materials

Once the use of toxic mercury in household batteries was eliminated a couple of decades ago, it finally became safe to just toss dead AAs in the trash. But if deep down you actually felt guilty about not being able to recycle them, Energizer’s here to help your conscious with its new EcoAdvanced AAs made…

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This 3D Printer Is Safer for Kids

You’d think kids would be all over 3D printers, but the filaments have to be melted at a dangerous 200+ degrees Celsius. So Japan’s Bonsai Labs hopes to finally make 3D printers kid-friendly with a new machine and filament that heat to around 80 degrees Celsius (or 176 Fahrenheit) instead. That’s still certainly hot to…

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A Koozie That Keeps Your Beer Cold With Good Engineering

Arriving just a day too late to keep your drinks cool during the big game, the folks from Yeti are back with another marvel of insulated engineering known as the Colster. Comparing it to those foam neoprene sleeves often referred to as Koozies is almost an insult, because the Colster is designed from the ground…

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There’s a Guide to the Solar System Etched Into This Cutting Board

If you’re the type who likes to learn something new every day, this wonderful custom bamboo cutting board from Etsy seller Elysium Woodworks will teach you the basics of our solar system while you hack away at vegetables during dinner prep. Once the intricate pattern on this wooden cutting board has been engraved—including the planets,…

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When this Walking, Swimming Pet Turtle Dies, Just Swap In a New Battery

The New Insect-Sniping Bug-A-Salt 2.0 Boasts More Power With Less Salt

The Faster You Wave Your Hand, the Faster These Toy Cars Will Race

This Genius Figured Out How To Drift Hot Wheels Cars

Boxy Lamps Fake the Glow Of Neon Lights Without All That Buzzing

Swatch’s Cheapest Self-Winding Watch Has a Bunch of Great New Looks

Everyone’s Got Room For a Portable Charger No Bigger Than a Pack of Gum

At One Time These LED Consoles Were the Cutting Edge of Handheld Gaming

See-Through Alphabet Blocks With Adorable 3D Characters Trapped Inside

A Board Game That Relies On the Wikipedia Skills You Learned In College

An Impossibly Tough Flash Drive That Survives -40F to 185F Temperatures

An Eyeball Implant That Fixes a Very Common Ailment

A Mt. Hood-Bottomed Pint Glass Is the Easiest Way To Tackle a Mountain

This Tiny Key-Code Flash Drive PIN Protects Your Files—for a Price

This Site Will Make a Stuffed Animal Clone of Your Pet

Random Special Edition Copies of Monopoly Will Come With Real Cash

Energizer Is Finally Making AA Batteries Using Recycled Materials

This 3D Printer Is Safer for Kids

A Koozie That Keeps Your Beer Cold With Good Engineering

There’s a Guide to the Solar System Etched Into This Cutting Board

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

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

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