Ashley Feinberg

Eric Schmidt Actually Landed in North Korea… Now What?

Despite the U.S. State Department essentially saying that the Google chairman’s North Korean jaunt would be a horrible idea of which they want absolutely no part, this morning, Eric Schmidt landed in North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in tow. Presumably, Schmidt hopes to meet with the leaders of the impoverished, communist…

NASA’s Turning Astronaut Trash Into Radiation-Shielding Frisbees

The Death Star’s trash compactor may have been implausible, but it was on the right path towards solving a very real problem: space junk. Scientists at NASA are testing ways to reduce space waste by compacting and heating debris to the point where it melts but doesn’t incinerate, reducing garbage by 10 times its original…

New DLP Pico Chip Brings Brightened, Doubled Resolution to Tiny Projectors

Over the past few years, pico projectors stuffed into smartphones and tablets have seemed like novel concepts with little real world application—yet. But the little projectors may finally evolve from novel to practical, especially with DLP’s latest pico chip architecture breakthrough. The new pixel architecture packs a 30% brightness increase and doubled resolution into a…

The Apple App Store just hit 40 billion downloads with almost half in 2012 alone. That’s a lot of Angry Birds.

Dear IBM, Your Computer’s Psychotic—Just Letting You Know

Two years before Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey, he was starting to worry that IBM would get a little mad when HAL 9000, the computer they helped design, came off, well, psychotic. To ease his troubled mind, Kubrick sent his production company’s vice president, Roger Caras, the following letter making sure IBM—whose logo…

Android Adoption: Jelly Bean now over 10% with ICS nearing 30% while Gingerbread has finally ducked under 50%. [Android]

EBay’s Testing Two New Ways to Help Sell Your Stuff

As major online retailers are being shoved further into the physical realm to keep competitive, eBay’s doing everything it can to stay in the fray with the announcement of two new pilot programs. https://gizmodo.com/how-amazon-s-same-day-delivery-plan-will-kill-your-loca-5925387 The first comes in the form of a “selling assistant” who essentially acts as a consignment store with pick-up service—for 25%…

This Is Why You Can’t Stop Eating, Fatty

High fructose corn syrup is in practically everything we eat these days, and doctors and health nuts have been waxing poetic about its dangers for years. Now, a new study from Yale University School of Medicine may finally prove them the right: fructose is making us fat. https://gizmodo.com/is-high-fructose-corn-syrup-really-bad-for-you-5891353 In the study, 20 healthy adult volunteers…

Parkspot: Finding A Parking Spot Just Got A Little Less Horrible

How many times have you wished for a friend selfless and insecure enough to camp out in a parking spot days before you need it, saving you both worry and hassle? Parkspot’s here to take that role. What does it do? At participating garages, valets, and parking lots, Parkspot’s time tracker makes sure you only…

Genius or F&CK THIS F*CKING MOTHERF%CKER?

Once a mere twinkle in an ambulophobe’s eye, the Micro Scooter Luggage (developed in collaboration with Samsonite) can finally be all yours for the low price of… $400. https://gizmodo.com/trolley-scooter-luggage-shaves-minutes-off-terminal-lap-5419985 Essentially Heelys for the gliding businessman about town, this suitcase-cum-scooter can roll behind you like normal luggage, or in case you’re in the mood to give…

SeatGeek: Buying Tickets Just Got as Painless as Possible

SeatGeek’s been around the web for a while, so you might already be familiar with the concept. With the mobile version, though, the developers chopped out a lot of non-essential features. What’s left is a focused, easy to use app that still gives us all the info we need to snag the perfect seat. What…

Melancholia: Our World Didn’t End so Watch One That Will

Even though it’s probably safe to assume by now that the Mayan Apocalypse was a bust, we’ve still got a few more hours of socially acceptable nihilism on our hands. If you haven’t already had the (figurative) pleasure, there will never be a better time to sink into the slowly unraveling despair that is Melancholia.…

Galaxy S III users are noticing their mainboards suddenly sputter out after just five months.

Heads up: Nintendo’s Tvii for Wii U just went live—right on schedule.

Concrete Wine Bunkers Let You Get Drunk Even After the World Ends

We’re just hours from the Apocalypse at this point. It’s way too late to take any preventative action, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be ready for the aftermath. And what are you going to want when you’re battered and bruised, wandering around the torrid wasteland that once was Earth? Alcohol. All of it. https://gizmodo.com/7-ways-the-world-really-could-end-tomorrow-5969688…

I Wish I’d Had This Mini Fridge in College

College kids may subsist on a diet of beer, gummy vitamins, and pencil shavings, but their mini fridge doesn’t need to reflect that. Frescolino’s 1950s style fridge comes in a glossy red or silver, but fortunately, the retro vibe doesn’t extend to performance. In addition to keeping your days-old pizza ice cold, there’s an option…

A Lady Grew Bones in Her Eyelids Because of a Dangerous New Surgery

Eternal youth doesn’t come cheap. No one knows this better than a Los Angeles woman who underwent a non-FDA approved cosmetic eye surgery using stem cells. Unwanted side effects include: pain, a clicking sound in her eyelid “like a tiny castanet snapping shut,” and last—but certainly not least—spontaneous bone growth in the surrounding flesh. Gross.…

Our Last Manned Moon Mission Splashed Down 40 Years Ago Today

Contrary to the cries of conspiracy theorists, there was once a time when man traveled to the moon, and on this day in 1972, we made one last splashdown in the Pacific Ocean before cutting ties. Since then, mankind hasn’t traveled more than 400 miles above the Earth’s surface (the moon lies almost 240,000 miles…

What Was Your Most Embarrassing Tweet?

By now, you’ve probably heard that Twitter’s rolling out the option to download your entire archive of tweets. And, hey, that sounds like great news! https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-to-download-all-your-tweets-ever-5969755 Hold on, Narcissus. Let’s think about it. Twitter’s already been around for 6 years. That’s Methuselah in Internet years and more than enough time to have collected all sorts…

Shooting Challenge: Ornaments

Shooting Summary: f/5.0,1/8,ISO125, Nikon D80,18-55mm lense My mom bought this ornament at the Goodwill 5 years ago, it is hand painted and has no religous meaning. But the painting on it is so whimiscal, that every Christmas I’ll stare at this ornament and wish I was a part of the picture. – Margaret Warburton Camera…