Andrew Liszewski, Author at Gizmodo

I Want to Decorate My Entire Home With Classic Arcade Games Turned Into Playable Works of Art

If you grew up hanging out in arcades, now that they’re gone, there’s probably a small part of you who wants to recreate that experience at home. But sacrificing a big chunk of your living space to classic arcade cabinets no longer seems necessary as Jürgen Müller demonstrates, turning a classic Pong cabinet into a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

I Love This Over-Engineered Door Handle That Wipes Itself Down With Disinfectant After Every Use

Necessity breeds innovation, and during this pandemic that has resulted in some unique ways to curb the spread of Covid-19. Door handles in well-trafficked locations are notoriously dirty and a hot spot for viruses, so a Swiss company called Tweaq has created what it’s calling the “world’s first smart self-disinfecting door handle.” One solution that’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

I Can’t Wrap My Brain Around This Tiny SSD That Puts 4TB of Data in the Palm of My Hand

Technology gets faster, cheaper, and more capacious year after year, but every once in a while it still manages to catch you by surprise. It wasn’t too long ago that 4TB of storage required a RAID enclosure claiming a corner of your desk, but Crucial’s new X6 4TB portable SSD packs that much storage into…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Researchers Created a High-Contrast Transparent Screen That Might Make You Want to Wear Smart Glasses

Researchers at Jilin University in Changchun, China, have come up with a method for making transparent displays that look as good as the screens on our mobile devices, with color reproduction and contrast levels that could soon have us permanently ditching smartphones and tablets for smart glasses. Transparent displays are far from a new idea.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

You Can Play Tetris on a Giant Mechanical Flipboard Display but Would You Want To?

There’s a certain charm to the old-school mechanical flipboard displays that were most commonly used to display arrival and departure times at airports and train stations for decades. There’s a good reason they weren’t used for much else, however, as this attempt to play Tetris on one of the displays demonstrates. Flipboard displays (also called…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The MGM Lion Is the Latest Hollywood Icon to Be Replaced With a CG Double

For over 100 years, Leo the Lion has introduced Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films with a triumphant roar as the studio’s mascot. But this week MGM revealed the first update to its branding since 2012, with a highly polished metallic gold finish, and for the first time, footage of a live lion replaced with a digital double. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

40 Hours of Training Was All an AI Needed to Shatter the World Record in the World’s Hardest Video Game

Who says shame can’t be an effective motivator? Less than a week after we shared Wesley Liao’s experiments using machine learning to train an AI to play QWOP, one of the hardest video games of all time, the AI was re-trained with the goal of maximizing its speed, resulting in a new world record. Starting…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Boox Nova 3 Color Proves Color E Ink Screens Aren’t Ready for Tablets Yet

An Android 10 tablet that trades LCD and OLED for E Ink’s second generation color e-paper displays.

Tablets Andrew Liszewski

Lego Heads to the Hundred Acre Wood, and More of the Most Splendiferous Toy News This Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s round up of all things good and plastic. This week: Hot Toys returns to The Mandalorian with a Clone Wars and Rebels fave, Lego banks big on Christopher Robin with a glorious new diorama set, and Netflix’s Pacific Rim anime already has merch stomping its way onto shelves. Check…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

AI-Powered Chrome Extension Automatically Turns on YouTube Subtitles While You Eat Noisy Snacks

A year into the pandemic most of us have honed our daily routines into a regular pattern of YouTube bingeing and snacking. But munching on crunchy snacks often makes it impossible to hear a video. The solution isn’t to turn off our computers and attempt to re-enter society, but to install a new Chrome extension…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Underwater Robot Stealthily Swims With a Propulsion System You Can’t See

Sound travels faster and farther underwater because it’s denser than air, and that can make it harder for researchers trying to study marine life who get an early heads up to go into hiding. But a new underwater robot could move stealthily through the waves using a propulsion system that doesn’t rely on a propeller…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Polaroid Made a Pen That Lets You Draw Pieces of Candy

There are 3D-printing pens that let prolific doodlers turn their drawings into three-dimensional sculptures, but all users are really left with is a piece of art. Polaroid’s taking 3D-printing pens one step further by replacing extruded plastic with melted candy so that when your masterpiece is complete, you can eat it. The Polaroid CandyPlay 3D…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

There’s Finally a Good Color E Ink Tablet for Comic Books

The second generation color e-reader from PocketBook featuring an improved and larger color E Ink screen.

Tablets Andrew Liszewski

An AI Was Taught to Play the World’s Hardest Video Game and Still Couldn’t Set a New Record

What’s the hardest video game you’ve ever played? If it wasn’t QWOP then let me tell you right know that you don’t know how truly difficult a game can be. The deceptively simple running game is so challenging to master that even an AI trained using machine learning still only mustered a top 10 score…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Someone Made a Fully Playable Game of Pong Inside a macOS Icon

Apple has always pushed its hardware as tools for creative types—not toys for gamers—but that hasn’t stopped creative developers from turning Macs into unique gaming machines, like putting Lemmings on the Touch Bar, and now putting an icon-sized playable version of Pong in the dock. By day Neil Sardesai is an iOS engineer at a…

Games Andrew Liszewski

This $400,000 Folding 165-Inch MicroLED TV Disappears Into Your Floor

For Netflix binge-watchers who may be concerned that a giant TV would overwhelm their living room’s vibe, fear not: The 165-inch C SEED M1 is a massive folding display that completely disappears into the floor when not in use. Unfortunately, installation looks like a giant pain—and that’s assuming you survive the sticker shock. Unlike companies…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Gatorade Created a Wearable Patch That Tells You How Much Gatorade to Drink

If you thought wearable devices were limited to smartwatches and AR glasses, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In a few years we could be all covered from head to toe in smart stickers, starting with a new patch from Gatorade that can let you know if you’re staying properly hydrated. Developed by a startup…

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Scientists Have Invented Light-Up OLED Tattoos

Tattoos are usually considered a form of personal expression, but a team of researchers in Europe have created what they’re calling the world’s first light-emitting tattoo based on OLED screen technology that, besides presumably looking kind of cool, could also serve as a visible warning about potential health concerns. Tattoos are used by people to…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Oh No, There Are Too Many Babies in This Week’s Toy News

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all things good and plastic. This week: Babies! So many babies! Baby Yoda is here, laser babies are here, and, well, what more could you want? Check it out! Medicom MAFEX The Boys Billy Butcher Figure With a neverending onslaught of goodie-goodie Marvel content across…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

The Flatcat Can’t Even Walk, but It’s Instantly the Creepiest Robot I’ve Ever Seen

Some deeply disturbing robots have made appearances on this site over the years, from alien-like swimming creatures to back-flipping androids. And yet none have been as unsettling as this interactive animatronic piece of roadkill called the Flatcat. What is it exactly? The name Flatcat seems self-explanatory, but at the same time, it raises hundreds of…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Andrew Liszewski

I Want to Decorate My Entire Home With Classic Arcade Games Turned Into Playable Works of Art

I Love This Over-Engineered Door Handle That Wipes Itself Down With Disinfectant After Every Use

I Can’t Wrap My Brain Around This Tiny SSD That Puts 4TB of Data in the Palm of My Hand

Researchers Created a High-Contrast Transparent Screen That Might Make You Want to Wear Smart Glasses

You Can Play Tetris on a Giant Mechanical Flipboard Display but Would You Want To?

The MGM Lion Is the Latest Hollywood Icon to Be Replaced With a CG Double

40 Hours of Training Was All an AI Needed to Shatter the World Record in the World’s Hardest Video Game

The Boox Nova 3 Color Proves Color E Ink Screens Aren’t Ready for Tablets Yet

Lego Heads to the Hundred Acre Wood, and More of the Most Splendiferous Toy News This Week

AI-Powered Chrome Extension Automatically Turns on YouTube Subtitles While You Eat Noisy Snacks

Underwater Robot Stealthily Swims With a Propulsion System You Can’t See

Polaroid Made a Pen That Lets You Draw Pieces of Candy

There’s Finally a Good Color E Ink Tablet for Comic Books

An AI Was Taught to Play the World’s Hardest Video Game and Still Couldn’t Set a New Record

Someone Made a Fully Playable Game of Pong Inside a macOS Icon

This $400,000 Folding 165-Inch MicroLED TV Disappears Into Your Floor

Gatorade Created a Wearable Patch That Tells You How Much Gatorade to Drink

Scientists Have Invented Light-Up OLED Tattoos

Oh No, There Are Too Many Babies in This Week’s Toy News

The Flatcat Can’t Even Walk, but It’s Instantly the Creepiest Robot I’ve Ever Seen

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?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

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