Jamie Condliffe, Author at Gizmodo

The Story of the Crazy Stunt Motorcyclist and the Pickup Truck

Ever wished there was a way to shut your truck’s tailgate that didn’t involve, you know, using your damn hands? Well, this guy can do it for you using just the rear wheel of his motorcycle. Problem solved. [Carscoop]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14

You Can Actually Buy the Tron Light Cycle Now

If there’s one thing cooler than riding a motorcycle, it’s riding a Tron:Legacy Light Cycle. Now you can, and without harming the environment. https://gizmodo.com/how-tron-legacy-light-cycle-designers-made-the-sexiest-5711658 Launched at the Milan International Motorcycle Show over the weekend, Evolve Motorcycle’s new creation is the Xenon: an all-electric replica of Tron’s iconic Light Cycle. The bike features a 40,000 watt…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14

Woman Survives Earthquake Thanks to Her Laptop

Earthquake survivors buried under tonnes of rubble normally owe their lives to drinking their own pee. Not so for Japanese aid worker Miyuki Konnai, who says her laptop helped her through the ordeal. Following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey on October 23 that killed more than 600 people, Konnai headed to the disaster zone…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14

Who Knew That Office Supplies Could Dance So Beautifully

Australian indie singer-songwriter Hudson‘s new song uses some beautiful stop motion animation in the video. Made in collaboration with animator Dropbear, it shows that colored pencils can still be quite exciting. The song’s called ‘Against The Grain’, and I love how the pencil equalizer beats along in time to the music. I suspect it was…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 14

This Map Shows the World of Wikipedia Broken Down by Languages

Ever wondered if anyone outside your redneck little town writes about it on Wikipedia? Or if anyone has ever written about Australia in Arabic? Guess no longer, because someone’s worked it out for you. These maps from a bunch of researchers at the University of Oxford show what language geo-tagged Wikipedia posts are written in.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 11

Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever

Ever worried what would happen if we ran out of blood in hospitals? Fear no more! Because the first patient ever has been given lab-grown blood—and survived. Earlier this week we told you about scientists who have managed the miracle of turning rice into blood. Now, a team from the Pierre and Marie Curie University,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 11

Chinese Pay Raises Will Make Your Electronics More Expensive

This year forget buying your tech in the post-Christmas sales. Because a 20 per cent increase in Chinese minimum wage is gonna hike up electronics prices come January. In fact, the increase is only hitting the Guangdong province of China. Doesn’t sound too big a deal, right? Wrong. Because that one province has been the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 11

The Best Origami Is the Kind That Folds Itself

Ever wished your paper aeroplane would just make itself? Well now it can. Almost. Because scientists have developed a material that can fold itself when you shine light on it, without you ever needing to lay a finger on the thing. It’s actually really simple. You take a sheet of pre-stressed plastic, and then print…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 10

Turkish Military Police Rescue Nine Girls Held Hostage in a Fake Big Brother House

We all have opinions about the people on Big Brother-style TV shows. But spare a thought for nine girls who were duped into taking part in a fake show — then held captive while naked images of them were sold online. Turkish military police stormed an Istanbul villa to rescue the women this week. They…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 10

The World’s Smallest Car Is a Single Molecule

Think the Smart car was too small to squeeze your fat ass into? You’re in for a whole new world of pain, because the smallest working car has been built — and it’s just one molecule in size. https://gizmodo.com/smart-car-vending-machine-only-dispenses-marketing-mate-5016585 A single-molecule car has been made before, but when its wheels turned, it didn’t move. Useless.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 10

Wikileaks Has Spawned Books, a Film… And Now an Opera?

Just when you thought there was enough drama surrounding Julian Assange here comes some more. Because those crazy Australians are planning a freaking Wikileaks opera to celebrate their home-grown hacker-cum-sexual deviant. The idea was dreamt up by Lyndon Terracini of Opera Australia six months ago. But over the last month – with Assange’s approval –…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 10

Cyborg Yeast Could Idiot-Proof Your Home-Brew

Ever found yourself cooking up some of your home-brew, only to realise that your yeast isn’t playing ball? Panic no more, because cyborg yeast can switch itself on. https://gizmodo.com/synergy-home-beer-brewing-system-mr-beers-rich-crazy-5788025 A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have set up a feedback loop which uses light to communicate with live yeast.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 7

Gassy Alaskan Microbes Are Warming Up the Planet

When most of us wake up, we don’t turn to our loved ones or think about the day ahead. Nope, we let off some gas. Turns out microorganisms are just the same, only their gas might have a dramatic effect on global warming. A team of researchers from Berkeley took chunks of permafrost soil from…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 7

Jamie Condliffe

The Story of the Crazy Stunt Motorcyclist and the Pickup Truck

You Can Actually Buy the Tron Light Cycle Now

Woman Survives Earthquake Thanks to Her Laptop

Who Knew That Office Supplies Could Dance So Beautifully

This Map Shows the World of Wikipedia Broken Down by Languages

Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever

Chinese Pay Raises Will Make Your Electronics More Expensive

The Best Origami Is the Kind That Folds Itself

Turkish Military Police Rescue Nine Girls Held Hostage in a Fake Big Brother House

The World’s Smallest Car Is a Single Molecule

Wikileaks Has Spawned Books, a Film… And Now an Opera?

Cyborg Yeast Could Idiot-Proof Your Home-Brew

Gassy Alaskan Microbes Are Warming Up the Planet

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