Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

A Tiny Desktop Museum With Dinosaur Eggs, Moon Rocks, and Titanic Coal

Don’t lament the fact that your tiny podunk town recently spent all its money on a new waterpark instead of a museum. Thanks to a lifelong dream of Hans Fex, with a donation of as little as $79 you can have a tiny museum of your own sitting on your desk, featuring everything from dinosaur…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 24

Hipsters Can Ride This Tiny Fixie Across Their Next Gluten-Free Pizza

If the thought of driving this Vespa-esque scooter slicer across your next homemade artisinal pizza is just too mainstream for your tastes (and environmentally-unfriendly), you’ll probably be thrilled to learn there’s now a fixie pizza slicer alternative. https://gizmodo.com/adorable-slicing-scooter-cuts-pizzas-twice-as-fast-5944936 Available from DOIY for around $15, the Fixie Pizza Cutter is available in a yellow and black…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 21

Color-Shifting Ferrofluid: Who Needs Aliens?

Even though it has many real-world applications—like as a self-sealing lubricant—ferrofluid’s most common use is as one really awesome desktop distraction. But when you’ve seen one black spiky blob, you’ve seen them all. So the creators of the new Fluux LiquiMetal toy have breathed some novelty back into ferrofluid by chemically engineering it to shift…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 21

Researchers Create Re-Usable Tape Inspired By Geckos

If there’s one animal that’s inspired endless scientific research—it’s the gecko. The lizard’s ability to seemingly defy gravity and walk on walls has resulted in robots that can repair spaceships in flight, and now maybe even self-cleaning reusable sticky tape. https://gizmodo.com/this-gecko-inspired-wall-crawling-robot-will-someday-re-1493213804 It turns out that in addition to being naturally sticky thanks to microscopic hairs…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 21

The Samson of Toy Trucks Can Push and Pull Up To 150 Pounds

Jakks Pacific’s new Max Tow Truck may not look particularly special on the outside, but it’s always what’s on the inside that counts. And in this case the insides are hiding a super-strong geared-down electric motor that lets this little tow truck push or pull up to 150 pounds. That’s more than strong enough to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 21

A Tiny Briefcase That Turns Citibikes Into Electric Scooters

The bike share programs that have popped up in major cities around the world make for a cheap way to get around town for a few hours—unless you’re lazy. So if you find yourself suffering from “let’s just take a cab” syndrome, you might want to consider funding this clever little briefcase called the ShareRoller…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

A Sliding Stool That Expands To Accommodate an Extra Person

With a design that promises to revolutionize flirting at the bar, Karthik Poduval’s Room For Two stool features an expanding design that allows it to seat two people when the need arises. So there doesn’t have to be an extra stool available when there’s someone you want to sidle up to. It’s of course also…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

A Recyclable Cardboard Snowboard That Redefines Shredding

Signal Snowboards has made a name for itself—at least outside of snowboarding circles—with its experiments using unorthodox materials to make decks. The company’s glass snowboard was surprisingly resilient on the slopes, as is its latest creation which was actually made from recyclable corrugated cardboard. https://gizmodo.com/its-shocking-how-much-abuse-this-all-glass-snowboard-ta-5986045 To make it waterproof and a little stiffer for riding,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them

The dramatic increase of online shopping has fanned the flames of competition between shipping companies. Which is why, using thermal-activated ink, DHL figured the best way to advertise just how fast and efficient its shipping services are was to trick its competitors into doing it for them. The prank was simple and brilliant. DHL hired…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

News anchor Brian Williams raps Rapper’s Delight in awesome supercut

It turns out that not only is Brian Williams a respected news anchor, he’s also an incredibly talented rapper. At least he is after the brilliant editors at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon painstakingly spliced together hours and hours of his news broadcasts. And nothing against The Sugarhill Gang, but performed with the soothing…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

Sensors Show Figure Skaters Absorb 8x Their Own Body Weight After Jumps

The endless impossibly early mornings heading to the rink for practice aren’t the only things taking a toll on figure skaters. Researchers at Brigham Young University recently designed and built an unobtrusive skate sensor that can measure the impact when a figure skater lands a jump—and it turns out they’re absorbing forces up to eight…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

It’s nice to see Ghostbusters getting a lot of love in the toy world these days. First, Lego revealed it’s making an official Ghostbusters building set, and now some awesome modder has turned his nephew’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe into an adorably miniature version of Ecto1. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-legos-wonderfully-detailed-ghostbusters-1524135884 Because the Cozy Coupe has become so iconic…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

This Perfectly Counterbalanced Supervillain Table Will Never Fall Over

When decorating their over-the-top headquarters, supervillains need to choose bold office furniture that matches their even bolder schemes to take over the world. And designer Toni Grilo delivers with this gravity-defying coffee table, which looks like it’s perpetually on the verge of falling over. But like any great supervillain, the Lithos Table is actually really…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

Every Travel Pillow Should Have a Fleece Blanket Hidden Inside

Airplane seats aren’t exactly designed for comfortable sleeping—so if you’re on a long-haul flight, a travel pillow is a must. And since the three blankets that most planes carry aren’t enough for 100 passengers to share, this clever two-in-one neck pillow has everything you need to at least try and get some shut-eye on a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

A Brilliant In-Car Touchscreen Interface You Never Need To Look At

Touchscreen displays in our cars aren’t going away anytime soon. So designer Matthaeus Krenn figured that now was as good a time as any to radically improve their interfaces, replacing grids of ugly buttons and options with an elegant and minimal multi-touch UI —-that the driver doesn’t need to look at. Because, of course, the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

A Bluetooth E-Cigarette That Doubles As a Speakerphone. Wait, What?

Electronic cigarettes have exploded in popularity over the past few years, probably because they let you smoke indoors again. And now there’s even more reason to keep an e-cig in hand all day long because Supersmoker has added Bluetooth capabilities to its latest model. It means you no longer have to fumble for the phone…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

The Best of Toy Fair 2014

Imagine walking into the world’s biggest toy store except that everything you see is completely brand new—and you can’t buy any of it just yet. That’s exactly what covering Toy Fair—the toy industry’s annual tradeshow—is like. It’s a tantalizing glimpse into what kids will be begging their parents for over the upcoming year, and we’ve…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

The DohVinci Is the First Handheld 3D Play-Doh Printer For Kids

The 3Doodler was the first handheld 3D printer to hit the market, but its use of heating elements and hot plastic meant that it couldn’t be used by kids—arguably one of its main demographics—without parental supervision. So Hasbro’s come up with a much safer alernative called the DohVinci that uses a new kind of Play-Doh…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

Tank-Powered Sledding Is Now Officially the Best Winter Sport

It may never one day become an official Olympic sport, but it’s hard to argue that riding in a sled while being dragged around by a tiny electric tank doesn’t look far more exciting than skiing, snowboarding, and skating combined. Created by Yvon Martel, the MTT-136—which stands for My Track Technology—is basically just a tank…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

Improved Gaskets Let You Store This Mower Upright Without Fuel Leaks

For homeowners making do with a cramped backyard shed instead of a spacious garage, Toro’s new SmartStow mower can be folded down and stored vertically so it takes up about 70 percent less space. And it’s made possible by a new Briggs & Stratton engine featuring leak proof Mow ‘n’ Stow technology. So thanks to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

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A Tiny Desktop Museum With Dinosaur Eggs, Moon Rocks, and Titanic Coal

Hipsters Can Ride This Tiny Fixie Across Their Next Gluten-Free Pizza

Color-Shifting Ferrofluid: Who Needs Aliens?

Researchers Create Re-Usable Tape Inspired By Geckos

The Samson of Toy Trucks Can Push and Pull Up To 150 Pounds

A Tiny Briefcase That Turns Citibikes Into Electric Scooters

A Sliding Stool That Expands To Accommodate an Extra Person

A Recyclable Cardboard Snowboard That Redefines Shredding

DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them

News anchor Brian Williams raps Rapper’s Delight in awesome supercut

Sensors Show Figure Skaters Absorb 8x Their Own Body Weight After Jumps

This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

This Perfectly Counterbalanced Supervillain Table Will Never Fall Over

Every Travel Pillow Should Have a Fleece Blanket Hidden Inside

A Brilliant In-Car Touchscreen Interface You Never Need To Look At

A Bluetooth E-Cigarette That Doubles As a Speakerphone. Wait, What?

The Best of Toy Fair 2014

The DohVinci Is the First Handheld 3D Play-Doh Printer For Kids

Tank-Powered Sledding Is Now Officially the Best Winter Sport

Improved Gaskets Let You Store This Mower Upright Without Fuel Leaks

That Movie with AI Val Kilmer as a Priest Has a Trailer Now

‘You Can’t Miss What Our Values Are’: Before Its Pivot to AI, Allbirds Sounded Very Different

The First ‘Clayface’ Footage Was Wonderfully Disgusting

Scientists Found Literal Ink From Ballpoint Pens in Martian Meteorites

The ‘Galaxy’s Edge’ Han Solo Proves You Really Can’t Replace Harrison Ford

BYD Is Rolling Out 5-Minute Charging on Several Popular EVs

Jury Does What Trump’s DOJ Wouldn’t, Deems Ticketmaster a Monopoly

Govee RGBIC TV Smart Light Bars Go on Clearance, Bringing Each Down to Under $25 on Amazon

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Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

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