Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

The Most Complicated Way to Take a Picture Is with This Rube Goldberg Machine

To be fair, they managed to take two pictures! But boy did it take them some time. There’s at least a gazillion gorillapods, reflectors, flash cards, soft lights, cameras, printers and balls involved in this bat-shit crazy Rube Goldberg Machine. 2D Photography, the photography company who built it all, said it was pretty much hell…

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Here Are AT&T’s First Real 4G LTE Devices

AT&T might be done teasing us with their fake ‘4G’. Well, hopefully. Today, AT&T unveiled their first two 4G LTE products: the Momentum 4G and Elevate 4G. It’s the real LTE, super fast, blazing speed 4G we want. The sad thing is that neither of AT&T’s first two LTE devices are phones (which is probably…

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TiVo Finally Has an iPhone App

Long available for the iPad, TiVo is bringing its talents to the iPhone. Depending on what type of TiVo you have, TiVo’s app will let you cruise through the show schedules, manage recordings, fast forward and rewind TV and more. https://gizmodo.com/multitask-with-tivos-ipad-app-5694827 TiVo Premiere users will get all the goodies while TiVo Series 3, HD and…

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This Real Life Up House Looks Exactly Like the Movie

We were all amazed when we saw the real life Up House that could fly with balloons. I might be more amazed at this Up House though, it’s an exact replica of the one Carl and Ellie lived in. Exact. http://gizmodo.com/5779676/the-video-of-the-real-life-up-house-flying-away Bangerter Homes, the developer, sought out permission from Disney before building the 2,800 square…

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Hey Look! It’s a Watch-Sized iPhone Keyboard. Wait, Why Do I Want a Watch-Sized Keyboard?

FlickKey, a note taking app for the iPhone, has the world’s smallest virtual keyboard on the iPhone. The keyboard is no bigger than an inch in either direction and predictably, completely nutty to type on. The way the keyboard works is that there’s 9 letters on each mini-tile and tapping or swiping the tile in…

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GIF Shop for iPhone: Create GIFs with Your Phone, Create GIFs with Your iPhone, Create GIFS with Your iPhone

When Apple pimps the iPhone as this magical tool, my cynical self can’t help but laugh. Not anymore. With GIF Shop, you can make GIFs with an iPhone app. You can make GIFs with an iPhone app. You can make GIFS with an iPhone app. Whoa. (That’s like a GIF with words right there) What’s…

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An iPhone Case for Stoners, Smokers, and Scholars

if you have an iPhone, you probably carry it around with you everywhere. But what about holding life’s other tools? Like a blunt, one-hitter, or pen? This iHit iPhone case protects your iPhone and has a secret compartment for them. It doesn’t matter if you’re a nature loving hippie or a suit wearing yuppie, your…

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CW Full Episodes App: Watch Episodes of Gossip Girl, 90210 and More on Your iPhone

Spotted: An app that lets you stream full episodes of CW shows (think Gossip Girl, 90210, Vampire Diaries, etc.) to your iPhone. Reality: Just like Gossip Girl itself, it’s more flair, hot girls and drama than it’s really worth. I’ll be honest here, I’ve watched my share of Gossip Girl episodes (all of them if…

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Hypoallergenic Dogs Are Just a Myth

The next time you’re looking to get a dog, get any kind you want. Yep, any breed, size, fur, even if you have pet allergies Wait, what? According to researchers, there’s no difference between a hypoallergenic dog and non-hypoallergenic dog. Hypoallergenic dogs, or dogs “that are more compatible with an allergic person than other breeds”…

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How Did a Stun Gun Get Onto a JetBlue Flight?

You would think that with a responsible organization like the TSA running airport security that nothing that shouldn’t get on a plane would be on a plane. HAHA. Yeah right. Those ass-grabbers just let a stun gun on a plane. The stun gun was discovered in the seat pocket on a JetBlue flight from Boston…

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The iRiver Story HD Is the First E-Book Reader Integrated with Google eBooks

Though it sorta looks like a classier but blinged out Kindle, the iRiver Story HD is actually the first e-book reader that’ll be integrated with Google eBooks. Which means you can buy Google eBooks over Wi-Fi. The iRiver Story HD is reminiscent of the pre-Nexus days of Android, almost like a Motorola Droid-esque dip into…

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Stitch Your Own Designs Onto This iPhone Case

I’m not exactly artsy but I’m running wild imagining all the crazy designs I can stitch onto the NeoStich DIY iPhone 4 case. It’s a canvas that lets you create custom designs by threading fabric in its cross-stitch pattern. The case is made up of tiny holes that act as a grid for your designs.…

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A Giant House Filled with Hammocks to Hang Out In. Don’t Mind the Boobs Tower

Sometimes I think the Europeans know how to live. In Vienna, Austria they’ve created a gigantic 5-story “hangout spot” complete with hammocks to sprawl out in. The best part is the view. It’s a gigantic Tower of Boobs. Seems like a nice place to hang. Except that it’d probably be run down with vagrants in…

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Find Your Friends’ Best Photos, Defend Your Tower, and Peek into the Lives of Powerful People

In this week’s app roundup: Instagram, Colorized; Fieldrunners, Droidified; Powerful People, humanized; Google Maps, downloaded; Chrome, sort of on the iPad; plastic surgery, virtually imagined; words, summarized; and much, much more. The week’s best iPhone apps Pixable: An app that finds the best photos shared by your Facebook friends. It works by ranking photos based…

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This Week’s Best Android Apps

Fieldrunners: The endlessly popular tower defense Fieldrunners is finally on Android. There’s over 400 levels across 4 battlefields, 7 different weapons to guard your territory with and hours upon hours of fun. I’ve lost myself in this game when it was on iOS and plan to lose myself for the rest of the weekend now…

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The Week’s Best iPad Apps

POWER Platon: Similar to The Final Hours of Portal 2 before it, POWER Platon shouldn’t be pigeon holed into the traditional sense of the word ‘app’. Instead, it’s a series of portraits of world leaders that bring a coffee table-styled book onto your iPad. The up close pictures, which are all amazing, were taken by…

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This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Instacolor: Far from being lukewarm, Instacolor takes the best bits of Instagram and combines them with the location-specific guidelines of the unpopular Color, helping you find other photo-sharers in your proximity, in real time. Out now, it costs $1. Capture: The quickest video camera you’ll find on iOS. Once you launch the app, it starts…

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Please Don’t Put Fireworks Through a Coffee Grinder. They’ll Blow Up

A Colorado teen had the bright idea to churn smaller fireworks through a coffee grinder and then rig ’em all up to create one super big firework. It didn’t quite work out like that. Instead, the coffee grinder exploded in front of him. The 19-year-old is currently recovering from serious burns that he suffered during…

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Listen and Watch How the Sound Effects of Transformers 3 Were Made

Soundworks Collection has a great little feature on a very big movie called Transformers 3. Heard of it? Sure! In this video you get to see how the movie’s sound effects were made using dry ice, electric guitars and more. We already know the creative sound methods used in Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon…

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Anonymous Hacks FBI Contractors IRC Federal

Anonymous has just dumped files today about IRC Federal, a government contracted IT firm, in honor of their #FuckFBIFriday ‘holiday’. They’ve gotten access to contracts, internal documents, development schematics, logins and more. It doesn’t seem like anything particularly big was found, but they did take a peak at a proposal “for the FBI to develop…

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The Most Complicated Way to Take a Picture Is with This Rube Goldberg Machine

Here Are AT&T’s First Real 4G LTE Devices

TiVo Finally Has an iPhone App

This Real Life Up House Looks Exactly Like the Movie

Hey Look! It’s a Watch-Sized iPhone Keyboard. Wait, Why Do I Want a Watch-Sized Keyboard?

GIF Shop for iPhone: Create GIFs with Your Phone, Create GIFs with Your iPhone, Create GIFS with Your iPhone

An iPhone Case for Stoners, Smokers, and Scholars

CW Full Episodes App: Watch Episodes of Gossip Girl, 90210 and More on Your iPhone

Hypoallergenic Dogs Are Just a Myth

How Did a Stun Gun Get Onto a JetBlue Flight?

The iRiver Story HD Is the First E-Book Reader Integrated with Google eBooks

Stitch Your Own Designs Onto This iPhone Case

A Giant House Filled with Hammocks to Hang Out In. Don’t Mind the Boobs Tower

Find Your Friends’ Best Photos, Defend Your Tower, and Peek into the Lives of Powerful People

This Week’s Best Android Apps

The Week’s Best iPad Apps

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Please Don’t Put Fireworks Through a Coffee Grinder. They’ll Blow Up

Listen and Watch How the Sound Effects of Transformers 3 Were Made

Anonymous Hacks FBI Contractors IRC Federal

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

ExpressVPN Spring Sale Special: Up to 73% Off + Free eSIM and Password Manager

You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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