Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Heart Spark Jewelry Lights Up to the Beat of Your Heart

This heart-shaped pendant, made to look like computer parts, has LEDs that flash in coordination with your heartbeat. In the future, the pendant will even be able to log data regarding your heartbeat. It’s a sorta geektastic gift a semi-chic, ubergeek might enjoy. The Heart Spark is available for a trial cost of $69. [Sensebridge…

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What’s More Green: A Fake Christmas Tree or a Real Christmas Tree?

A fake Christmas tree can theoretically be used forever. A real Christmas tree has to be cut, bought, tossed out and replaced every year. So which one is better for the planet? According to the NY Times, the real one. How is something reusable, worse for our environment? The reason is because a fake Christmas…

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Guaranteed Awesome Gifts for the Future Rock Star

Someday your friend who’s always strumming the guitar or singing in the shower or tapping his hands at the dinner table might become a rockstar. Help him, and make sure he remembers you when he’s bigtime, with these guaranteed awesome gifts. 1. Saga Guitar Kit, $180: You can’t jump into professional guitar lessons without understanding…

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The Best Barcode Scanner Apps

Nothing ruins a recent purchase quite like finding lower prices online as soon as you bring it home. With one of these barcode-scanning, price-crunching smartphone apps, that never has to happen again. iOS RedLaser A quick, relatively accurate barcode scanner from the company that provides the basic scanning functionality for many other apps on this…

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It Costs $82,000 to Light the One Million Christmas Lights at this House

The Faucher Family in Delaware have built extravagant Christmas lights setups for 25 years now. How extravagant? They use 1,000,000 lights. So how much does it cost them to run the lights for a month? $82,320. Gulp. HouseLogic estimated the total cost by using the average price per kWh in the Faucher Family’s region and…

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Could Stonehenge Have Been Built With Balls?

Stonehenge. How the heck was it built? The latest theory, from a student, says since the Stone Age men didn’t have the wheel, they could have built rails with wooden balls inside to transport the massive stone pieces. Andrew Young, the student behind the new theory, started cooking up the idea when he saw carved…

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Sit on a Pile of Trash

This “Trash Cube”, designed by Nicolas Le Moigne, uses leftover roofing material to make up its shape. When workers throw scrap fiber cement away, they toss it into a cube-shaped mold to form the seat. Recycling is useful. I would love to have a couple of these around my house. They cost about 100 euro…

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The Best Way to Wash an Automatic Sliding Door

This worker at a snow resort has the right idea: don’t squeegee an automatic sliding door if it can just squeegee itself. But don’t ask me why she chose to wash it while it was still snowing though. [BuzzFeed]

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This Is Either the Best Mouse or Worst Controller Ever

The Shogun Bros. Chameleon X-1 Mouse is just like a regular mouse with 7 buttons and a scroll wheel. Well, until it’s not. Once you flip the mouse over, there’s a full-fledged, Playstation-like game controller underneath. Best of both worlds? I’m not so sure. The controller’s analog sticks look frighteningly PSP-nubbish, the triggers would probably…

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So This Is What Facebook Is Really About…

Making friends? No, no way it’s that innocent. Think harder… Oh Zucks, you are a funny one. Is it an awkward time to ask you to friend us on Facebook? [Strike Gently via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/meet-and-stalk-the-gizmodo-staff-5694829

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Kin Studio Closing on January 31st: Kin Will Really Die Now

We thought it was weird that Verizon oddly resurrected Kin after Microsoft killed it. It doesn’t matter anymore because on January 31, 2011, Microsoft’s Kin Studio, the cloud that the Kin relies on to work, will close. Verizon will even give you a free 3G phone to replace your Kin. https://gizmodo.com/the-microsoft-kin-is-coming-back-to-life-on-verizon-5687979 We actually really liked…

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Watch and Learn Everything That Goes Into Launching a Space Shuttle in Beautiful Slow Motion

It’s the longest video I’ll ever recommend, but if you love space or photography or learning or just stunningly beautiful images, watch this compilation video of three NASA Space Shuttle launches. You’re looking (and learning) from NASA’s own point-of-view. It’s amazing. The film is taken from three missions (STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124) with cameras positioned…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

An Update to Android Market Brings a Brand New Android Market

In its latest update, Android Market is pretty much starting over. All of the gazillion apps are still there but the interface will look different and the experience will almost be brand new. On the home screen of the Android Market, a new carousel feature let’s users flip through featured apps in a Cover Flow-like…

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This Scumbag Stole Xboxes From a Children’s Cancer Hospital (Updated)

You’d think there’d be some honor amongst thieves but nope, it’s just scumbag after scumbag. Like this heartless jerk, he stole video game consoles that were used by young cancer patients at Carolinas Medical Center and hasn’t been caught yet. Updated https://gizmodo.com/scumbag-steals-millions-from-cancer-hospital-with-print-5704744 Police say that the man stole five game systems, including Xboxes, from an…

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Scientists Say There’s a Planet Lined With Diamonds

The extremely hot planet Wasp-12b has such a high carbon-to-oxygen ratio that scientists are saying that the planet’s surface might be littered with diamonds. The lead researcher specifies: “You might see land masses and mountains made up of diamonds.” Astronomers are saying that it’s the first carbon-rich planet ever observed. Planets in our solar system…

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Android Apps December 10

Google Books: Google’s doing eBooks! And of course theres a Google ereader app that can handle all your reading needs. Xfinity Mobile:Kyle says: https://gizmodo.com/comcasts-xfinity-app-for-android-lets-you-forward-calls-5708531 Xfinity Mobile, Comcast’s first Android app, is live in the Android Market, allowing customers to manage their DVR recordings, check their Comcast.net email, and forward calls from their Xfinity Voice service…

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Android Apps December 10

Gingerbread Launcher: Gingerbread is awesome, making Android waaay faster. But it’s going to take a little bit of time for it to get to your phone. If you want just a tease of Gingerbread, as in the launcher, just download this app. Image Credit: Geeky Gadgets Loky: If you need some privacy on your phone,…

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This Weird Ninja Slug Shoots ‘Love Darts’ At Potential Mates

What makes this slug so ninja-like? Because these slimy fellers shoot chalky “love darts” at potential mates which pierce and inject the proper hormones to make them hot and horny. Hmm..maybe it should be called the Roofie Slug, instead? The “ninja” slug is a newly (in 2010) discovered, long tailed slug found in the mountains…

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BlackBerry on Verizon: Getting Smoked By Android

A little over a year ago, BlackBerry made up 90% of smartphone sales at Verizon. Now? They’ve dropped down to less than 20% with Android taking over the rest. It’s crazy. In the chart from ITG Investment Research, you can correlate the date of when each manufacturer boosted its share with a specific device: Motorola…

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WWF Is a New Green File Format That’s Impossible To Print

The rabble rousers at the World Wildlife Fund (they re-named fake wrestling!) have created a new, PDF-type file format called WWF. It’s a file format that CANNOT be printed out. The idea: save as WWF, save a tree. WWF is currently only savable and readable on Mac, but a Windows version should be coming soon.…

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Heart Spark Jewelry Lights Up to the Beat of Your Heart

What’s More Green: A Fake Christmas Tree or a Real Christmas Tree?

Guaranteed Awesome Gifts for the Future Rock Star

The Best Barcode Scanner Apps

It Costs $82,000 to Light the One Million Christmas Lights at this House

Could Stonehenge Have Been Built With Balls?

Sit on a Pile of Trash

The Best Way to Wash an Automatic Sliding Door

This Is Either the Best Mouse or Worst Controller Ever

So This Is What Facebook Is Really About…

Kin Studio Closing on January 31st: Kin Will Really Die Now

Watch and Learn Everything That Goes Into Launching a Space Shuttle in Beautiful Slow Motion

An Update to Android Market Brings a Brand New Android Market

This Scumbag Stole Xboxes From a Children’s Cancer Hospital (Updated)

Scientists Say There’s a Planet Lined With Diamonds

Android Apps December 10

Android Apps December 10

This Weird Ninja Slug Shoots ‘Love Darts’ At Potential Mates

BlackBerry on Verizon: Getting Smoked By Android

WWF Is a New Green File Format That’s Impossible To Print

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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