Eric Limer

Will Wild OLED Installations Like These Be The Light Fixtures Of Tomorrow?

OLEDs have a lot of potential for awesomeness, like putting a flexible screen on your holiday sweaters. Well, maybe that’s a bad example. These prototype light fixtures developed by Philips, on the other hand, are significantly better ones. https://gizmodo.com/macys-lowers-the-bar-for-terrible-holiday-sweaters-with-5965450 As Dietmar Thomas of Philips Lumiblade explains: OLED is the first light source that is a…

These Are The Last Words That Were Said On The Moon

Everyone knows the first words that were said on the moon, but what about the last? 40 years ago yesterday we left the moon for the last time, so now’s as good a time as any to ask. The answer? Well there are a few, and you can pick which one you like better. As…

How Old Are Your Passwords?

We all know that one of the biggest parts of keeping your accounts secure is not only using strong passwords, but also changing them frequently. But who really does that? How old are the passwords you’ve got in rotation? Is there one in particular that sticks out as ancient? One to pass on to the…

Kicking a Pan of Flaming Gasoline Is the Best and Worst Idea

Things in slow motion tend to be awesome-looking. Fire also tends to be awesome-looking. Put the two together and add a dash of extremely-dangerous-gasoline-flinging and you’ve got yourself a show. That’s what the The Slow Mo Guys did and the result is stunning both in its beauty and its stupidity. Don’t try this at home,…

GIF of the Year, Google Maps Returns, The Dumbest Apple Rumor, And More

A lot went down this week. Google Maps is back and beautiful on iOS. North Korea is shooting things into space. We take a look back at the top Google Search terms and more. Check it all out below. Track North Korea’s Terror Death Satellite Live in Space https://gizmodo.com/track-north-koreas-terror-death-satellite-live-in-space-5968025 North Korea’s satellite is wobbling out…

Samsung Denies New Claims of Underage Workers In Its Supplier Plants

Following allegations that a Samsung supplier used child labor in its factories, and an audit by Samsung which turned up no such thing, the claims are back. According to China Labor Watch there were definitely at least three underaged girls working for Samsung supplier HTNS Shenzhen Co. Samsung says otherwise. https://gizmodo.com/report-underage-children-abused-in-samsung-factories-5932504 The three workers in…

Futurist Ray Kurzweil Goes to Google To Work on Machine Learning

Google has always been making a push to usher in the future, and now they’re taking it a step further with their latest new hire. Starting Monday, renown futurist Ray Kurzweil will be putting in some work for the search giant. Probably best known for his theory of the technological singularity, Kurzweil also has experience…

Watch These Scientists Use Chemistry Explosions To Drop the Base

No matter what you’re into, I think it’s pretty safe to say controlled chemistry experiements that involve explosions are cool. As it turns out, they’re not only cool to watch, but can be pretty cool to listen to as well. At least, when you line them up the right way. That’s exactly what the brains…

This Retroreflective Scarf Has Secret, Hidden Stripes

Fashion is all about how things look, sure, but it doesn’t have to be about how they look all the time. This Retroreflective Scarf designed by Diana Eng is definitely striped, even if it doesn’t always appear that way. The scarf is actually covered with individual strips of tiny retroreflective lenses which fling light back…

Google’s Retiring Sync and Other Services In This Year’s Winter Cleaning

It’s that time of year again; Google’s leading its ostensibly lonely and unloved services out to pasture. This time Google Sync, and some more obscure calender options are headed for that big cloud storage unit in the sky. Google Sync allowed Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts access through the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol. The introduction…

What Really Happens When You Use Those Fancy Star Wars Cookie Cutters

Super detailed cookie cutters are cool. Cookies are awesome. What could possibly go wrong? This. No matter how intricate your fancy William Sonoma Star Wars cookie cutters may be, it seems you will be doomed to barely recognizable, vaguely brain-like monstrosities, as discovered by an unnamed Geekologie reader. Sure they might still be tasty, but…

Walmart’s Got a $127 iPhone 5 and Other Crazy Cheap Deals

Looking to move up a rung on the iPhone ladder this Christmas? Just hold on for a couple of days, and you might be able to do it for ridiculously cheap. Walmart’s going to run some promotions like a 16GB iPhone 5 for just $127 and other related insanity. In addition to that iPhone 5…

Sitegeist Serves Up All Your Neighborhood’s Not-So-Secret Secrets

Wherever you are, there’s a swirling storm of interesting data churning invisibly behind the scenes. The new Sitegeist app developed by the Sunlight Foundation will dig up the best parts of that info for you and let you in on local factoids you never knew you wanted to know. It’s a simple idea really. Based…

Resilient Gifts For the Accident-Prone

Everybody knows someone who’s a walking disaster. Hand over a tablet and, oh hey, here’s a new port in the middle of the screen. Let ’em near the TV and, congrats, now you’ve got a piece of modern art. You might not be able to save all gadgets from the klutzes in your lives—or even…

John McAfee Tells CNBC That If He’s Going To Do Drugs, They’re Going To Be Good

Following his deportation from Guatemala, anti-virus mogul turned public train wreck John McAfee is back on U.S. soil. It doesn’t seem that he’s back on solid ground though, so to speak. Earlier this morning McAfee gave a characteristically far-out interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. https://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-is-back-on-us-soil-5968084 In addition to talking about his adventures, including torture, drug…

Portable Presents for the Frequent Traveler

It’s amazing that you can travel thousands upon thousands of miles in a single day. But that doesn’t mean it’s aways fun to do—and if your job requires you to travel all the time, the strain can get to be awful. But having the right gear can really make this mobile lifestyle a little less…

Explore The Bewildering World Of Context-Free Wikipedia Gifs

Aside from being a wonderful way to have a party, GIFs can be a great way to demonstrate something. They’re often used that way on Wikipedia. A wonderful site called Wikigifs, however, pulls them out of that educational Wikipedian context, and brings them right back to abstract weirdness. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-biggest-animated-gif-party-ever-and-youre-inv-5951078 The site was created by one…

A Girl Dying From Leukemia Has Been Saved By a Version of HIV

Cancer and HIV are both horrible, terrifying things to have in your body, but a new treatment is successfully pitting the latter against the former, and seven-year-old Emma Whitehead is alive to prove it. Months ago she was near death because of her chemo-resistant leukemia, and now she’s in remission thanks to a defanged version…

AT&T brought LTE to Wilkes-Barre PA, Nashua NH, Grand Rapids MI, and Auburn-Opelika AL. Hope all three of you enjoy it!

Google is offering $99 Chromebooks to public schools in the U.S. and you can help buy them as a gift. [Slashgear]