Andrew Tarantola, Author at Gizmodo

This Paralyzed Woman Just Drank a Bottle of Coffee With Her Mind

Our Ghost in the Shell dystopian future will be here sooner than you think. A new study published in Nature today demonstrates, for the first time that robotic limbs can successfully be controlled with just the power of the user’s mind. The study, performed by a team at Brown University in collaboration with other research…

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Please Buy This Space Shuttle Food Truck and Name It the Crepe Canaveral

Seriously, you purchase this converted DC-3 from eBay for $150,000, slap on some new lettering, maybe put a speaker on the roof that makes shuttle sounds when you leave a red light, and sell deliciously-filled thin pancakes out of the back. People will be fighting to give you their money. As the truck’s product page…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

NASA Shot the MESSENGER—Into Orbit, Around the Iron Planet

And you thought hitting a thermal exhaust port was tough? Try shooting a 1,000-pound satellite 4.9 billion miles across the solar system into orbit around a planet less than half the size of Earth, and just 28.5 million miles from the Sun. The probe launched in August 2004, but it took six-and-a-half years, six planetary…

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Bob Marley Does Santa Barbara, Soul Train’s Love Train, and Mother Fcking Snakes in a Mother Fcking Walmart

Bob Marley: Live in Santa Barbara If you need convincing that spending the next 91 minutes getting high and watching a Bob Marley concert is the most obvious best use of your time, you’re in the wrong post. Cannabinoids May Help Ease Multiple Sclerosis Pain Multiple Sclerosis afflicts 400,000 Americans and can cause, among other…

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Turkey Thinks This Bird Is an Israeli Spy Because Its Nostril Is Big Enough to Hold Microchips

Turkish authorities announced Tuesday that they have recovered the body of a daring Israeli spy—replete with feathers. And a belly full of bees. According to reports from Israeli news site YNet, a farmer discovered the dead bird, a Merops Apiaster aka the European Bee-Eater, in a field outside of Gaziantep and turned it over to…

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Steak Specialists Discover a New Cut of Beef

Turns out that what happens in Vegas no longer stays in Vegas—and that’s a good thing. A self-proclaimed Meat Geek has teamed up with Oklahoma State University to devise the first new style of steak in years. “The Vegas Strip Steak is the latest and perhaps last steak to be found from the beef carcass,”…

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Intrepid Adventurers Can Couchsurf This Jordanian Cave

If you’re looking for somewhere a bit more er, rustic, for your next trip to the Middle East, Ghassab Al-Bedoul of Petra Jordan has the perfect accommodations—his 150 square foot cave home. Al-Bedoul, 42, is offering up the stone domicile where he was born and raised to prospective travelers on the popular vacation rental site,…

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Piezoelectric Viruses Produce Electricity in a Pinch

The problem with current piezoelectric systems is that they’re typically made from toxic materials. But boffins at the Berkeley Lab have devised an ingeniously green alternative—current-creating bacteriophages. The M13 bacteriophage virus normally spends its time infecting and replicating within E. coli bacteria. However, it also has a couple of handy perks including the ability to…

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The New Do-It-All Airbus Tanker Transport Will Keep the RAF Flying High

As the Royal Air Force’s fleet of heavy transport and tanker jets come to the end of their operational service lives, the RAF is faced with replacing a lot of planes. Luckily, the new Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport is a union jack of all trades. As its name implies, the Airbus A330 Multi…

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Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon: The Ultralight, Semi-Rugged Carbon Fiber Ultrabook

Tablets may be the next big thing in mobile computing, but don’t count out ultrabooks just yet. At least not until you’ve given Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Carbon—a feather-weight, carbon fiber workhorse a closer look. It’s tough, it’s light, and you don’t have to be an office drone to crave it. The X1 Carbon it the…

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Robots Stealing Unicorns, Meth-Testing Spice, and Five (More) Ways the Man Is Keeping You Down

The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying To Keep Marijuana Illegal What’s that you say? Law enforcement has a vested interest in keeping weed a Schedule 1 Drug despite evidence that it’s less damaging and dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol simply so they can keep raking in Federal cash? Noooooo. [Republic Report via @RepublicanDalek –…

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We Built This City on Movable Type

Rock and roll unfortunately does not lend well to proper building code, what with all the shaking, rattling and so on. Instead, Type City (2012) by artist Hong Seon Jang constructs a miniature city-scape from blocks of movable type. [David B Smith Gallery via quipsologies via Collossal]

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How Scientists Suck the Salt Out of Seawater With Electricity

Potable water is both a finite and renewable resource. While it is infinitely recyclable, the Earth’s stores of fresh water at any point are limited. So when humanity’s booming populations drain these reserves faster than they can be replenished, shit gets real. And this is how we fix it. The best way to overcome our…

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James Brown Does Monterey, Super Heroes Super Fail, and WTF Is a Hurricane Bong?

James Brown – Monterey California 1979 In which he does The Robot, sweats a lot, and rocks the f*ck out. You can pick up the DVD version of this performance, “Body Heat“, on Amazon for like $5. I suggest you do so. Watch Super Heroes Super Fail What? Everybody has an off day now and…

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How to Build a Bike in Postwar Britain

As Europe rebuilt itself after WWII, the Raleigh Bicycle Company’s popularity exploded—in large part because their bikes were faster, stronger, and lighter than anything else on the market. Heck, by 1946, Raleigh and other English bicycle makers were responsible for 95 percent of the bikes on American roadways. This short film explains how Raleighs were…

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What the Hell Is Going on in This Wonderful Animated GIf?

There are plenty of ways to train for the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This is not one of them. Lets see your best captions and play-by-play calls of this guy getting run down by a cow. Compete for the respect and admiration of your peers, maybe even earn yourself a star!…

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iPhone-Thieving Hookers Cause a Motel Shootout

Partaking in a prostitute’s services is risky enough as it is—even more so when her fingers are as nimble as her tongue. Two Stockton, CA men learned this lesson the hard way Thursday after a pair of pilfering prostitutes made off with their phones and they responded in the dumbest way possible. According to police…

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EpicVape EV-2 Lightning Review: A Desktop Vaporizer You Don’t Have to Hide When Company Comes

It never fails: The second you sit down for a session, the doorbell rings. Rather than scrambling to hide your piece (that four-footer isn’t exactly discreet), you could turn to the EV-2. It’s hidden in plain sight. What Is It? An American-made vaporizer wrapped in a single piece of hardwood. Who’s It For? Stoners who…

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California Passes Law Preventing Employers From Demanding Social Media Access

With the passage of AB 1844, the California State Assembly has effectively banned employers from requiring access to their workers’ social media accounts. Several states already outlawing the practice and a national ban is in the works, employers will soon have a much harder time snooping through your online life. Now would be a good…

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Philadelphia’s Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories

The transportation sector accounts for nearly half of United State’s total energy consumption. With fuel prices continually climbing, those energy costs are cutting into already-strained state budgets. To combat its carbon footprint, the South East Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) has outfitted its light-rail trains with regenerative braking technology. That’s right: They’ll power the system every…

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This Paralyzed Woman Just Drank a Bottle of Coffee With Her Mind

Please Buy This Space Shuttle Food Truck and Name It the Crepe Canaveral

NASA Shot the MESSENGER—Into Orbit, Around the Iron Planet

Bob Marley Does Santa Barbara, Soul Train’s Love Train, and Mother F*cking Snakes in a Mother F*cking Walmart

Turkey Thinks This Bird Is an Israeli Spy Because Its Nostril Is Big Enough to Hold Microchips

Steak Specialists Discover a New Cut of Beef

Intrepid Adventurers Can Couchsurf This Jordanian Cave

Piezoelectric Viruses Produce Electricity in a Pinch

The New Do-It-All Airbus Tanker Transport Will Keep the RAF Flying High

Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon: The Ultralight, Semi-Rugged Carbon Fiber Ultrabook

Robots Stealing Unicorns, Meth-Testing Spice, and Five (More) Ways the Man Is Keeping You Down

We Built This City on Movable Type

How Scientists Suck the Salt Out of Seawater With Electricity

James Brown Does Monterey, Super Heroes Super Fail, and WTF Is a Hurricane Bong?

How to Build a Bike in Postwar Britain

What the Hell Is Going on in This Wonderful Animated GIf?

iPhone-Thieving Hookers Cause a Motel Shootout

EpicVape EV-2 Lightning Review: A Desktop Vaporizer You Don’t Have to Hide When Company Comes

California Passes Law Preventing Employers From Demanding Social Media Access

Philadelphia’s Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Comes Down $130 Amid a 2025 Smartwatch Lineup Clearout on Amazon

Disney Will Not Bow to Audience Belief That the Rock’s ‘Moana’ Wig Looks Awful

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Hits a Record Low as It Moves Beyond Espresso Machine Deals on Amazon

Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks

Sonos Roam 2 Speaker Turns the Amazon Spring Sale into a Black Friday Moment, Now at Its Lowest Price

What Do You Mean Glen Powell Is Fox McCloud in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Acer’s Mac Mini M4 Docking Station Drops to an All-Time Low, Supporting Up to 8TB Storage

Sony Is Hiking PS5 Prices for the Second Time in Less Than a Year

This Amazon Smart Plug Deal in the Spring Sale Makes Alexa Smart Home Setup Almost Too Easy and Cheap

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

Bob Marley Does Santa Barbara, Soul Train’s Love Train, and Mother Fcking Snakes in a Mother Fcking Walmart