Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

That 7-Inch iPad Rumor Just Won’t Die, Will It?

The 7-inch iPad rumors just won’t stop. After last August’s rumor barrage, a Chinese rumor site with no track record claims that the fabled iPad 7-inches is now a “finished product”, which looks more iPhone 4 than iPad: https://gizmodo.com/can-magic-really-fit-in-seven-inches-5615058 Yes there will be a 7″ tablet, yes it’s well underway in terms of product development…

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Saturn On Psychedelic Drugs

The Cassini spacecraft has captured this psychedelic false color view of Saturn’s aurora (in green). If we think that Earth’s aurora is awesome, imagine watching an aurora larger than a dozen Earths. Here’s the time lapse video: https://gizmodo.com/this-aurora-photo-is-the-most-insane-ive-ever-seen-5642766 The Saturnian aurora’s brightness changes during the 10h47minute planet’s day, a phenomenon that may be connected to…

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Apple Reduces Audio Jack Size Without Changing the Standard Stereo Plug

Apple may shave a few millimeters from future iPods and iPhones by using a new patent for a new audio jack. The device uses Pogo pins as conductive contacts. Current iPods use a standard cantilever design. A cantilever is a metallic beam that is folded inside the case, providing a contact with the metal stereo…

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How to Make an iPad Stylus From a Candy Bar Wrapper

Want a cheap stylus for your iPad? It only takes a pen and one of those metallic candy, cereal, or protein bar wrappers. The Mosspuppet goes all DIY to explain how to do it in this step-by-step video guide. [Twitter]

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Russia Is Building Floating Nuclear Reactors Near the North Pole

Great. The guys who built Chernobyl, dropped 456 atomic bombs near an area with one million people, and built atomic lighthouses only to abandon them engulfed in radioactive fog, are now building floating nuclear reactors on the Artic Sea. https://gizmodo.com/the-true-heartbreaking-faces-of-the-nuclear-era-5400857 Here you can see the first of the eight floating nuclear power plants—a ship-platform hybrid…

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This Is the Fanciest Farm House You Can Imagine

This beautiful 4564-square-foot house reminds me of Magneto’s base in Secret Wars, with its second floor almost fully suspended over the air. At night it looks like the Jawas’ Sandcrawler. It’s actually a farm house on the Minija Valley, Lithuania. The owner of the Utriai Residence, who is dedicated to the production of chicken eggs…

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I [Red Pixel] Pixels T-Shirt

I [red pixel] this t-shirt. I think it could have been better if it said “I [red pixel] 8-Bit”, but “I [red pixel] pixels” is close enough. [Diesel Sweeties]

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6-Circular-Saw Powered Dragster Is Lots of Fun and/or Potentially Horrible Death

Here’s a weekend DIY idea if you have six 16-inch Makita circular saws laying around: Build a dragster, use them as your engine, and enter the Power Tool Drag Racing Competition. That’s exactly what Barry Lee, on the photo, did. Yes, there’s a Power Tool Drag Racing Competition, which will happen this weekend in Yeovil,…

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Spider-Roomba Climbs Windows to Clean Them On Both Sides

This is what happens when a Roomba is bitten by a radioactive spider. It’s name isn’t Spider-Roomba, but Windoro, a climbing robot that can clean windows automatically—on both sides. Watch it in all its polishing glory action: It was created by the Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics in South Korea. The robot is really two…

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ENHANCE! (How Adobe Will Let You Take Perfectly Focused Images Every Time)

Plenoptic is a stunning new lenses technology. When you use it, you don’t need to care about having your subject in focus. You would be able to perfectly focus on any subject in your photography after you take the photo. Invented by Adobe, Plenoptic consists on a very smart combination of special lens for your…

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Love and Wedding Pictures Right Next to the Space Shuttle

As NASA gets ready to retire the space shuttle, they are relaxing their photography policy for employees. Like this newlywed couple, NASA workers Beth and Jesse Palma, who took their wedding pics next to the Discovery this Tuesday. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-final-space-shuttle-mission-patch-5433496 Beth and Jesse got married in April, but they wanted “wanted something different than a standard…

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Imagine You Had a Camera With a ZillionX Zoom

This colossal star nest 5000 light years away, in the Sagittarius constellation, is the heart of the Lagoon Nebula. Now, imagine you could operate the Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys like a gigantic DSLR camera with telephoto lenses. If that would be possible, this is how the zooming on this titanic dust and gas cloud…

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This Is How Moses Actually Parted the Waters

Did you hear about the one with the long-bearded Charlton Heston-lookalike who chats with flaming bushes and uses his big honking stick to part the waters of entire seas? Well, scientists have found how the water-parting may actually have happened. Using new computer fluid dynamics simulations, scientists at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research…

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Why iPads Increase Wine Sales at Restaurants?

Some restaurants across the world are now using iPads to show their wine lists. Stupid and overkill, you say? Not if you sell a lot more wine because of it. In just two weeks, Bone’s—which is Atlanta’s most famed steakhouse and has 1,350 labels in their catalog—sold 11 percent more wine than in the three…

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The Calculator You Can Operate With Your Ass

When I first saw this image, I thought they were just keys out of a calculator. They are actually chairs. Too bad they are not connected to a chip and a giant display. Next: The butt keyboard. [Pangra via Obsolete]

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Your Privacy Is a Joke for Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt

Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt was interviewed by Stephen Colbert yesterday. Colbert asked him about his “Want privacy? Change your name!” quote. Schmidt’s answer: “It was a joke, it just wasn’t very good.” Au contraire, Monsieur Schmidt. You are hilarious. My gut feeling is that Schmidt was serious about his original suggestion: Changing our name if…

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12-Year-Old Killed by Train While Listening to His iPod

12-Year-Old boy Caesar Muloki was killed yesterday by a New Jersey Transit train at 3:15pm. According to the train’s engineer, Muloki was listening to his iPod and had his back to the train as he crossed the tracks. The engineer tried to warn him with the train’s horn as he pulled the emergency brake, but…

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Android Will Take Over Airplanes Too

Not happy with invading phones, tablets, and TVs, Run Way Girl Mary Kirby reports that Android will live inside airplane seats too. Both Thales and Panasonic will be using Google’s platform for their next-generation, touchscreen-based in-flight entertainment products. [Runway Girl]

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There Is a Real Cloud Trapped Inside This Building

This is not a puff of smoke inside a room. It’s a real cloud, just like the ones in the sky, made of microscopic water droplets but trapped in a closed building. Unlike naturally-generated clouds, this one is completely artificial. Architect Testuo Kondo thought that putting real clouds inside the building could be a good…

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Happy Birthday, Bill Murray

Bill Murray is one of our heroes, not only because he has been in some of geekdom’s most iconic movies of all time—from Ghostbusters to Zissou going through Groundhog Day—but because he’s simply awesome. He just turned 60. Happy Birthday, Mr. Murray!

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That 7-Inch iPad Rumor Just Won’t Die, Will It?

Saturn On Psychedelic Drugs

Apple Reduces Audio Jack Size Without Changing the Standard Stereo Plug

How to Make an iPad Stylus From a Candy Bar Wrapper

Russia Is Building Floating Nuclear Reactors Near the North Pole

This Is the Fanciest Farm House You Can Imagine

I [Red Pixel] Pixels T-Shirt

6-Circular-Saw Powered Dragster Is Lots of Fun and/or Potentially Horrible Death

Spider-Roomba Climbs Windows to Clean Them On Both Sides

ENHANCE! (How Adobe Will Let You Take Perfectly Focused Images Every Time)

Love and Wedding Pictures Right Next to the Space Shuttle

Imagine You Had a Camera With a ZillionX Zoom

This Is How Moses Actually Parted the Waters

Why iPads Increase Wine Sales at Restaurants?

The Calculator You Can Operate With Your Ass

Your Privacy Is a Joke for Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt

12-Year-Old Killed by Train While Listening to His iPod

Android Will Take Over Airplanes Too

There Is a Real Cloud Trapped Inside This Building

Happy Birthday, Bill Murray

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