Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

Man Gets Top Secret Fighter Jet’s Canopy For Peanuts—Now Selling It On eBay For $620,000

Back in the 80s, the United States Navy wanted a stealth aircraft to replace the A-6 Intruder. McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics came up with an ultra-secret flying wing design, an alien-looking aircraft called the A-12 Avenger II. It never flew. Fast forward 30 years and go to eBay. Someone named Seth Kettleman is selling…

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X-Ray X-Mas Tree Is X-tra Neat

Nick Veasey is a mad scientist-photographer who x-rays everything that falls onto his hands, including a Boeing 777. He did a new series for these holidays: gifts and Christmas trees photographed with his giant x-ray machine. [Nick Veasey via Herald Sun] https://gizmodo.com/a-boeing-777-as-superman-would-see-it-5454837

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Give a $50 iTunes Gift Card for Just $40

The X day is almost here. You are desperate. Get to Walmart’s web site and order this $50 iTunes gift card for just $40. It’s delivered via email, so you will get it instantly. [Walmart via 9to5 Cult of Mac]

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Windows 8’s Picture Password Is Just a Toy, Says Security Expert

Windows 8 has a new feature called picture password. It’s really flashy: you pick a favorite photo and then you draw gestures on it with your finger (tap a nose, circle a head, connect two boobs). It’s cool, but not very good. At least that’s what Kenneth Weiss—the inventor of RSA’s SecurID two-step authentication—says: “I…

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Back To The Future DeLorean USB Flash Drive Doesn’t Need a Flux Capacitor

Fellow Back to the Future freaks, rejoice for there’s now a USB flash drive that is also a a modified DeLorean, just like the one in the movie. $25 buys you 4 Gbytes. Extra 80s bonus: there’s also the A-Team van flash drive for just $23. I pity the foo who doesn’t get one. [FlashRods…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Insanely Detailed Book Sculptures Should Be Featured In National Geographic

Among other things, Guy Laramee makes sculptures from books. They are amazing, from the level of detail and the textures to the way he presents them. Some of them have a magical aura, like this one, titled Book People. I look at it and I expect little guys made of Garamond letters to go out…

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What’s Louis CK Doing With the Million Dollars You Just Gave Him?

Instead of going cable, as usual, Louis CK sold his new show for $5 a pop on the web, streamed live from the Beacon Theater, free of DRM or regional restrictions. Ballsy? It worked: the public paid him $1 million. https://gizmodo.com/louis-ck-spent-his-own-stupid-money-to-stream-his-new-s-5866889 So what’s Louis CK going to do with that million dollars? He’s going to…

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That Space Ball In Namibia Is Not a Mysterious Alien Object

Those people on TV are all excited about that “mysterious ball” that has been discovered in Namibia. It fell from space! It’s metallic! We are clueless! We don’t know how to use Google! It must be ALIENS! The explanation is easy. It’s just space trash. The ball, weighing over six kilograms and with a circumference…

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I Would Sell My Soul To See This Scene With My Own Eyes

The little grey ball is Dione, the third largest Saturn moon. The large brown sphere with the ethereal haze is Titan, the largest. On the background, that’s Saturn and its rings. Never an astronomy picture looked so painterly to me. This image is natural color, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. [NASA]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Rejoice! MAME Arcade Game Emulator Now Available for iPad and iPhone

I thought this day would never come, but MAME—the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator that would let you play retro games—is now available for free in the Apple app store. Not only that, but it’s compatible with iCade. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-ion-audio-ipad-icade-buttons-fit-for-5727939 My life is now complete. Of course, MAME doesn’t come with any retro game. Those are copyrighted,…

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Pentagon Kills Big Airborne Laser, Now Wants Small Laser Drones

The Boeing 747 Airborne Laser project has been mothballed despite successfully destroying a ballistic missile and other targets. But don’t despair, pew-pew destruction fans: the US Missile Defense Command now wants to use small high altitude drones armed with lasers. https://gizmodo.com/boeing-airborne-laser-weapon-fires-for-the-first-time-5100377 The Airborne Laser projects started in the 1990s. Installed in a Boeing 747-400F, the…

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I Feel Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

Watch these nutters riding their mountain bikes down the the tiniest cliff path possible. If you don’t get unnerved, you are probably as crazy as they are or have no self-preservation instinct whatsoever. [Stellar via Kottke]

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I Feel Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

Watch these nutters riding their mountain bikes down the the tiniest cliff path possible. If you don’t get unnerved, you are probably as crazy as they are or have no self-preservation instinct whatsoever. [Stellar via Kottke]

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I Feel All Shades of Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

Watch these nutters riding their mountain bikes down the the tiniest cliff path possible. If you don’t get unnerved, you are probably as crazy as they are or have no self-preservation instinct whatsoever. Either way, good luck. [Stellar via Kottke]

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Model Tries to Smuggle Cocaine Inside Fake Breast and Butt Implants

Rome’s airport police have caught a busty model trying to smuggle 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) of cocaine inside her fake breast and buttocks’ implants. The 33-year-old model was arriving from Sao Paulo wearing tight clothes when the police stopped her from questioning at the immigration control. Police officers found the fake implants stuffed with cocaine…

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Face Swap App Is Stupidly Fun and Amazingly Useless

I like apps that serve absolutely no purpose other than amuse myself. Like this free Face Swap app created by Microsoft Research. It’s only available for Windows Phone 7 (gasp). It detects multiple faces, which you can exchange by just shaking your phone, no other user input required. [Microsoft via Windows Power User]

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This Must Be How the Large Hadron Collider Looks Like Deep Inside

This image wasn’t photoshopped. Ian Hobson created it using his dryer machine and a modified laser projector. The result is how I imagine the Large Hadron Collider works deep inside—operated by Duck Dodgers, of the 24th and a half century. “It was actually a fairly straightforward photo to make,” Ian tells me, “the camera (Canon…

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This Wonderful Time Lapse Walk Captures New York’s Holiday Feeling Perfectly

Walking through the New York wonderland during the holidays could be a pretty magical experience. This video, made by Cris Magliozzi, captures that feeling perfectly. It’s a very special time lapse, made while he was walking from Central Park to Rockefeller Center. He moved his tripod forward step by step, capturing the time lapse along…

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NASA: We Aren’t Going to Be Consumed By a Black Hole, You 2012 Doomsday Imbeciles

NASA has published another article debunking yet another doomsday imbeciles’ theory: cosmic alignment between Sun, Earth and the huge black hole at the center of the galaxy will destroy planet Earth. Like, for real. We knew that the world isn’t going to end consumed by a supernova in 2012., but doomsayers also say that in…

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Scientists Invent Painless Dental Filling Process—Uses Plasma Toothbrush

Rejoice! Scientists at the University of Missouri have invented a way to apply fillings that is completely painless. It uses a new plasma brush that disinfects and cleans out cavities, killing bacterias and forming a better bond for the fillings. And it does it in less than 30 seconds! According to the scientists, “the chemical…

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Man Gets Top Secret Fighter Jet’s Canopy For Peanuts—Now Selling It On eBay For $620,000

X-Ray X-Mas Tree Is X-tra Neat

Give a $50 iTunes Gift Card for Just $40

Windows 8’s Picture Password Is Just a Toy, Says Security Expert

Back To The Future DeLorean USB Flash Drive Doesn’t Need a Flux Capacitor

Insanely Detailed Book Sculptures Should Be Featured In National Geographic

What’s Louis CK Doing With the Million Dollars You Just Gave Him?

That Space Ball In Namibia Is Not a Mysterious Alien Object

I Would Sell My Soul To See This Scene With My Own Eyes

Rejoice! MAME Arcade Game Emulator Now Available for iPad and iPhone

Pentagon Kills Big Airborne Laser, Now Wants Small Laser Drones

I Feel Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

I Feel Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

I Feel All Shades of Panic Just Watching These Suicidal Mountain Bikers Go

Model Tries to Smuggle Cocaine Inside Fake Breast and Butt Implants

Face Swap App Is Stupidly Fun and Amazingly Useless

This Must Be How the Large Hadron Collider Looks Like Deep Inside

This Wonderful Time Lapse Walk Captures New York’s Holiday Feeling Perfectly

NASA: We Aren’t Going to Be Consumed By a Black Hole, You 2012 Doomsday Imbeciles

Scientists Invent Painless Dental Filling Process—Uses Plasma Toothbrush

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

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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