Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

San Francisco will turn into Gotham City so a sick kid can be Batman

The Make-A-Wish foundation is letting the oh so cute Miles, a five-year-old boy fighting leukemia, live out every little boy’s dream: to be Batman. Or I guess, Batkid. It’s going to be awesome. Miles isn’t just dressing up though, he’s going to save people and fight bad guys too. Even better, San Francisco is going…

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Amazing video of people jumping off two planes colliding in mid-air

This terrifying two-plane crash somehow miraculously resulted in no fatalities. It’s insane that people could survive after two planes hit each other in mid-air. It’s almost impossible that everyone could survive from the fireball and ensuing chaos after the crash. But they did. Thank God. NBC News revealed that the crash was a result of…

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These wire sculptures actually look like people frozen in carbonite

It’s sort of unbelievable but these sculptures are all made from aluminum wire. When you look at the artwork up close, you can see each line of wire coming together to form the body of a human but when you’re looking from far away it totally looks like people frozen in carbonite. My Modern Met…

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This composite photograph from WWI is better than most Photoshops

This picture from World War I seems to perfectly capture the chaos of war. There are soldiers marching forward, there are airplanes flying above, there are bombs, there are clouds of smoke. But it’s not ‘real’. It’s real in the sense that these things happened and that these things were photographed during WWI but the…

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An awesome guy made an insane Thor hammer that smashes everything

This ridiculously awesome man made version of Thor’s hammer Mjölnir is so impressive that even our most Thor-like human Chris Hemsworth would have trouble swinging it around. Though it’s not quite the weight of 300 billion elephants, it’s the closest thing to Mjölnir on Earth. That’s because it’s made from 10 separate pieces of steel…

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Loving father built a prosthetic hand for his son with a 3D printer

Kids are just the best. And dads who love their kids make them even better. Leon is a boy who was born without fingers on one of his hands. Instead of making him think he was different, his father Paul McCarthy made him believe he was special. In fact, McCarthy made a prosthetic hand with…

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Blue skies in China can only appear on screens because of the smog

In China, the air is so filthy and the smog is so crushing that beautiful blue skies can only exist when they’re shown on giant video screens. The picture was taken at Tiananmen Square by Feng Li for Getty and the fake blue sky against the backdrop of the real toxic air makes this so…

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Astronauts took a Soyuz for a little fly around the ISS, Gravity-style

In a planned mission, three ISS crew members took their Soyuz out for a ride around the ISS. Why? Did they want to show Sandra Bullock’s character in Gravity how it’s really done? Not exactly. Instead, it’s actually the astronaut equivalent of moving your car out of a parking space so your roommate can park…

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A map showing which countries own the most guns

Quick what does the United States have in common with Serbia and Yemen? No, not just that they all have the vowel E in them. No, not because they start with letters in the second half of the alphabet. And no, not nothing either. According to popular estimates, the US, Serbia and Yemen make up…

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Seeing the empty rooms of cam girls is completely sobering

In the transaction of receiving real-time titillation via pixels over the Internet, it’s easy to forget how complicated some situations can be. Sure, there are gobs of money and endless credit card numbers being punched through but sometimes it’s just a prettier version of indentured servitude. https://gizmodo.com/indentured-servitude-money-laundering-and-piles-of-mo-5941976 The website brbxoxo reminds you of such sadness…

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Watch a building get blown up in destructive slow motion

Sure slow motion is great for a lot of things but the effect is probably at its dramatic best when it captures explosions. Preferably building explosions. Preferably building explosions with a guy running away from said exploding building. The slow motion experts of the Slow Mo Guys laced a building with explosives and blew the…

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The world will soon be policed by Stormtroopers

Taiwan’s Special Forces just showed off its new uniforms and they’re totally stepping toward a Star Wars/Stormtroopers future. The gear is impressive: bulletproof masks, all-black duds and enough intimidation to win any war before the war even starts. https://gizmodo.com/taiwans-new-special-forces-uniforms-are-wearable-night-1456588256

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Here’s what it’s like to have a bomb dropped right next to you

If you blink, you’re gonna miss it. Hell, even if you’re looking right at it, you still might not see it. But you’ll definitely feel it. The Aviationist found a video of a Syrian fighter bomber flying overhead and caught it dropping a bomb pretty much right on top of the cameraman. The plane sends…

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The Chinese government is really really bad at Photoshop

What was supposed to be a nice, heartwarming picture of four Chinese government officials visiting an elderly woman in a sign of respect and caring for the people and giving back and all that ended up being another Photoshop nightmare for China where three giant men plus a floating disappearing half man creepily hover over…

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Watch 75 years of title sequences from 234 different animated movies

Irina Neustroeva made this incredible video that mashes up 75 years of opening title sequence for animated movies. There’s 234 films here including all your favorites like Toy Story, The Lion King, Shrek but also a lot of lesser known flicks and completely forgotten animated movies too. It’s like the evolution of title sequences but…

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This freakish skinless body is actually a synthetic human cadaver

Though it may look like it, this is not a still frame from a torture porn movie directed by the sadist Eli Roth. Instead, it’s the new synthetic cadaver that medical students are now using to get their learn on. Instead of poking humans or operating on animals, medical students can play doctor with these…

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World’s biggest ball pit is a sea filled with one million balls of fun

If you’re wondering where heaven on Earth is, it’s in China. Surprising, I know. But it’s undeniable after you see this ginormous pink and green ball pit found at the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai. It’s the world’s largest ball pit and stretches over 80 feet long and 40 feet wide. The pit is filled with…

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The creepiest photographs of things you can only see under a microscope

Nikon just announced the winners for its 2013 Small World Photomicrography Competition. It’s basically a collection of the best images of things you can only see under a light microscope. Or better yet, it’s the best photographs of things you can’t actually see. Here are some fantastically creepy shots that were our favorites. The picture…

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DARPA wants drones to have lasers too

Laser pods mounted on drones to shoot down missiles. Yeah, that’s science fiction warfare, right there. And that’s exactly what the US military wants. The US just gave Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman contracts to develop aircraft-mounted laser weapons to protect drones from getting hit by missiles. Or create a flock of drones that can…

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Awesome computer software magically turns Star Wars quotes into GIFs

If you ever, for a second, wondered questions like what’s the purpose of life or why the Internet exists or what are you going to eat for lunch today, the answer is simply this magical software tool created by GitHub user LindseyB. It automatically turns any Star Wars quote into an animated GIF, complete with…

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San Francisco will turn into Gotham City so a sick kid can be Batman

Amazing video of people jumping off two planes colliding in mid-air

These wire sculptures actually look like people frozen in carbonite

This composite photograph from WWI is better than most Photoshops

An awesome guy made an insane Thor hammer that smashes everything

Loving father built a prosthetic hand for his son with a 3D printer

Blue skies in China can only appear on screens because of the smog

Astronauts took a Soyuz for a little fly around the ISS, Gravity-style

A map showing which countries own the most guns

Seeing the empty rooms of cam girls is completely sobering

Watch a building get blown up in destructive slow motion

The world will soon be policed by Stormtroopers

Here’s what it’s like to have a bomb dropped right next to you

The Chinese government is really really bad at Photoshop

Watch 75 years of title sequences from 234 different animated movies

This freakish skinless body is actually a synthetic human cadaver

World’s biggest ball pit is a sea filled with one million balls of fun

The creepiest photographs of things you can only see under a microscope

DARPA wants drones to have lasers too

Awesome computer software magically turns Star Wars quotes into GIFs

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