Eric Limer, Author at Gizmodo

Pins and Needles Arcade Is the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have In a Warehouse

Real arcades are slowly becoming a thing of the past. When was the last time you saw a pinball machine in the wild, flashing and dinging its siren call for quarters? Fortunately there are reservations for the endangered little big guys, and Pins and Needles is one you’ll wish was in a warehouse in your…

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What Is the Most Dangerous Place on Earth?

The Antarctic? The top of Mount Everest? The bottom of the ocean? In the middle of your parent’s kitchen during a political argument on any given holiday? All good guesses, but none are quite right. Between environmental hazards, plagues, and other human beings, the world is a dangerous place, sure. But what locale takes the…

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What Wi-Fi Would Look Like As a Physical Object

Wi-Fi’s all around you. Chances are you’re in the middle of a big blanket of it right now, as you’re reading this. But what does it look like? Well, nothing; it’s invisible. But if it wasn’t it might look a little something like this. Austrian artist and architect Peter Jellitsch is fascinated by the invisible…

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Eric Schmidt’s Daughter Recounts the Duo’s Bizarre Trip to North Korea

Eric Schmidt’s trip to North Korea in order to spread the good word about open Internet has been kind of strange from the start. Today, he posted on Google+ how he warned the country that it might be left behind. You know, Internet. Politics. All that jazz. Schmidt’s daughter, who accompanied him on the “vacation”…

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Firefighters Can Take Smart-Pills That Report Back Important Data About Their Guts

Firefighters run into flaming buildings for a living, It’s not exactly what you might call a safe job. And while they can tell generally how they’re doing by noting whether or not they are on fire at any given time, there’s a lot more nuance to keeping track of other aspects of their health. That’s…

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You Don’t Have To Be Tony Stark To Build an Iron Man Gauntlet with Working Lasers

It’s no surprise that people like to try and build things from Iron Man. Iron Man is awesome. We’ve seen a Reactor Ring that doubles as a ring box, but it doesn’t actually generate any power. This home-made Iron Man gauntlet on the other hand, actually does do some real Iron Man stuff, like shoot…

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Is Mega Working for You?

Right after the launch of Mega yesterday, a whole bunch of us here at Giz decided to check it out so we could share a whole wealth of PERFECTLY LEGAL files, just like everyone else does. That said, there’s been issues getting confirmation emails and blistering upload speeds of 0 b/s for hours on end.…

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It Hurts To See These 127 iPhones Crushed By a Bulldozer, Even Though They’re Fakes

Counterfeit goods that get found out often get destroyed. That should come as no surprise. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to watch, especially if the fakes are convincing. Take this Russian crush-fest, for example, where a bulldozer demolished 127 iPhones found to be cheap imitations masquerading as the real thing. At least let’s hope…

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Watch All of Kim Dotcom’s Totally Ludicrous Mega Launch Event

For those of you who couldn’t be bothered to haul yourselves out of bed in a (presumably drunken) stupor at 2:30 EST just to get a taste of the totally insanity that we all knew Kim Dotcom’s Mega launch event would offer, good news. It’s on YouTube and it’s insane. It’s got techno, helicopter landings,…

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Could There Ever Be a Purpose for This Crazy Robotic Space Jellyfish?

For every practical application of robotics, there’s one that’s not quite as useful. For every cyber-fish that can swim forever for research, there is an equal and opposite quivering space jellyfish that doesn’t do anything. Apparently. This falls into that second category. This project, brain-child of Professor Yoichiro Kawaguchi of the University of Tokyo, seems…

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The Kamikaze Hearts: Beverly Hills

Nostalgia is this weird, nagging sort of feeling. It can be mined for pleasure, sure, but sometimes it’s a nebulous notion of a thing with fuzz corners, floating around somewhere at in your chest like an itch you just can’t scratch. Something warm, but empty inside. The Kamikaze Heart’s “Beverly Hills” is just like that,…

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Haptic Steering Wheels Could Save You From the Blinding Sun

Let’s say you’re flying down the road at inadvisably high speeds, listing to some tunes, and having a grand old time. And then, Mr. Sun just happens to peek out from behind a distant building/mountain/hill and punches you straight in the gat-dang eyes. You’re blinded by the light. Whatchu gonna do? Well step one is…

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Do You Use Encryption?

The launch of Mega is putting a big emphasis on encryption, but it’s not like that kind of security is anything new. It’s just a pain sometimes. Do you ever go out of your way to encrypt your files? Do you think it’s worth the effort? The risk of losing that password and being screwed?…

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Intel’s Trying To Help Stephen Hawking Get His Speech Back Up to Speed

Stephen Hawking is a survivor. He’s been valiantly holding his own against ALS disease for 50 years now, but it’s still taking its toll. The cheek-twitching mechanism he’s been using to talk for the past 10 years isn’t quite as efficient as it used to be. He’s down to one word per minute at times,…

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900 Mile GPS Mistakes, Tiny Transforming Apartments, Quite Possibly the Best Sex Toy Ever, And More

We’re well into the new year now, past CES, and we’re cruising. This week we’ve got the worst GPS error, the best sex toy, the most resourcefully lazy employee who out-sourced his job, tips on how to rid your browser from the scourge that is Java, Facebook’s new social graph, the assholes it turns up,…

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Mega Uses Random Data From Your Mouse and Keyboard To Beef Up Its Already Insane Encryption (Updated)

Kim Dotcom’s newly launched Mega is determined not to get screwed over by the Feds the way MegaUpload did, and the trick is encryption, lots of encryption. Mega’s really going that extra mile too; it’s using your random mouse and keyboard data to strengthen your crypto keys. https://gizmodo.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-is-now-open-to-the-public-5977329 Cryptography relies on having complex keys to…

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Kim Dotcom’s Mega Is Now Open To the Public

Mega, Kim Dotcom’s big, flashy new copyright-dismantling file-sharing/storage site with encryption up the wazoo has finally launched. You can head on over and sign up right now. That is, so long as the site can hold under the crazy traffic. So far, it looks like it’s getting crushed. But different people are experiencing different things.…

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Cyber-Espionage Platform Red October Is Already Pulling Its Tendrils Back Into the Dark

Earlier this week, a sophisticated, capable, and seemingly freelance cyber-spying operation called Red October burst onto the scene. Well, it’s probably been around for years, but we all only just found out about it. Now, it’s already disappearing. After having the light shined on it, it’s darting back into the shadows. https://gizmodo.com/meet-red-october-the-global-cyber-espionage-ring-that-5975793 It looks like…

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Mega’s Clever Encryption Will Protect You, But Mostly Kim Dotcom

Almost exactly one year ago, MegaUpload unexpectedly went down in flames. Now, Kim Dotcom’s new venture, plain old “Mega” is rising from the ashes, and we’ve taken you inside for a sneak peek. But things will be different this time. Why? Dotcom’s prepped this baby against all manner of attack, and its encryption is the…

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Can an Algorithm Really Predict If a Movie Will Be a Hit?

There are all kinds of people who’d want to know if a movie will be a hit before it comes out. Companies who are throwing down money on advertising, you before you let yourself get excited. Well according to researchers at Tottori University, there’s a mathematical equation out there that can do a pretty good…

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Pins and Needles Arcade Is the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have In a Warehouse

What Is the Most Dangerous Place on Earth?

What Wi-Fi Would Look Like As a Physical Object

Eric Schmidt’s Daughter Recounts the Duo’s Bizarre Trip to North Korea

Firefighters Can Take Smart-Pills That Report Back Important Data About Their Guts

You Don’t Have To Be Tony Stark To Build an Iron Man Gauntlet with Working Lasers

Is Mega Working for You?

It Hurts To See These 127 iPhones Crushed By a Bulldozer, Even Though They’re Fakes

Watch All of Kim Dotcom’s Totally Ludicrous Mega Launch Event

Could There Ever Be a Purpose for This Crazy Robotic Space Jellyfish?

The Kamikaze Hearts: Beverly Hills

Haptic Steering Wheels Could Save You From the Blinding Sun

Do You Use Encryption?

Intel’s Trying To Help Stephen Hawking Get His Speech Back Up to Speed

900 Mile GPS Mistakes, Tiny Transforming Apartments, Quite Possibly the Best Sex Toy Ever, And More

Mega Uses Random Data From Your Mouse and Keyboard To Beef Up Its Already Insane Encryption (Updated)

Kim Dotcom’s Mega Is Now Open To the Public

Cyber-Espionage Platform Red October Is Already Pulling Its Tendrils Back Into the Dark

Mega’s Clever Encryption Will Protect You, But Mostly Kim Dotcom

Can an Algorithm Really Predict If a Movie Will Be a Hit?

Samsung’s New Frame TVs Look Even More Like Actual Paintings

You Can Now Watch Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sleep With the Perfect Accompaniment

5 Things You May Have Missed During NASA’s Historic Launch of Artemis 2

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30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo

Lucid Recalls 4,000 Gravity SUVs for Faulty Seat Belts That May Not Actually Work During a Collision

Ninja Blast Max Hits Its Lowest Price and Now One of the Cheapest Portable Blenders Worth Buying

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Is a Beautifully Executed Dystopian Nightmare

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

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