Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

Does the S in iPhone 3GS Stand for Submarine?

Sure, this video must be fake, but the sound is so clear I find hard to believe that it is inside a case. Then again, I find even harder to believe that any iPhone can survive this. There’s only one way to know the truth: Get your iPhone 3GS to the pool today, submerge it…

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Progress Update on NASA’s Constellation Program

NASA’s Jeffery Hanley went to the US Human Spaceflght Plans committee in Washington to do a show and tell on Constellation, the space program that will take us to the Moon and Mars. He played this report on its state. While there are some naysayers who claim that Orion, Ares I and V are not…

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HP Invents Time Machine, Converts iPhone into Classic Calculator

Nerds of the world jump of happiness, for HP has brought the legendary HP 15C Scientific Calculator and the HP 12C Financial Calculator for the iPhone and iPod touch, complete with custom skins and programming. What are these “calculators” I am talking about, you ask? Please, allow me to pull a Chris Anderson here: The…

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Ketchup and Mustard Dispenser Are Grosser than Gross

There’s something terribly wrong and at the same time impossibly charming about these Ketchup Charlie and Mustard Marvin spread heads. They are even better on video: For $4 each, the Peter Pan in me can’t resist the urge to buy. And squeeze. [Perpetual Kid and Perpetual Kid via Walyou]

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iFixit Banana Teardown Reveals Yellow Components

iFixit got an exclusive look into a banana today, doing one of their teardowns. The results are interesting, but I’m disappointed there’s no bill of materials and cost breakdown. What’s the deal? Do they get paid by Dole? Come on, all I want to know is how much do they really cost. They are turning…

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Office Chair or Genital Torture Device?

I can understand the design logic of 360º, an office chair by Konstantin Grcic: It’s called 360º because it can rotate 360 degrees and it allows you to sit in any direction. My testicles, however, don’t get it. [Mocoloco]

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Full HD Video Recording Coming to a Cellphone Near You

Most cellphones can’t do 720p yet but Omnivision is already sampling a new 1.75-micron sensor that will allow slim handsets to record at 30 frames per second in Full HD, 1080p. According to them, it gets even better: The OV5653, based on the company’s latest 1.75-micron OmniBSI technology, delivers low-light sensitivity of >1400mV/(lux-sec) – a…

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When Big Toys Break: Boeing’s Dreamliner Delay Explained

Everything seemed OK a few days ago, but as you probably know already, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and its orgy room have been delayed once again. Airplane expert Jon Ostrower explains why their toy broke again. https://gizmodo.com/dreamliner-starts-its-engines-for-the-first-time-5270256 Is this thing ever going to fly? [Flight Global and Flight Global]

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First Apple-Approved iPhone Porn App

Listen up, porn purveyors of the world: This is the first iPhone application to contain bare boobs. The $1.99 app for iPhone and iPod touch only showed girls in lingerie and bikinis until now, according to its developer: We uploaded nude topless pics today. This is the first app to have nudity. This is not…

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35,000-year-old Flute Is First Instrument Ever

This flute is the first musical instrument in the history of humankind—one of the first examples of technology—which has surprised everyone demonstrating that music already existed 35,000 years ago. Stone Age Rock Band, here we go. It was made from the bone of a giant vulture during the Upper Paleolithic. Found in Ach Valley, in…

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What Is This?

No, that’s no moon. It’s the Sea-Based X-Band Radar, which is part of the U.S. Defense Department Ballistic Missile Defense System. It’s a weird view, because usually—as you can see in the second image—it propels itself. The platform—built by the Russians using a Norwegian twin-hulled oil platform design—is 380 feet long and 280 feet tall…

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Preeeeetty Pink Gundam Confuses My Masculinity

I love Gundam. Seriously, I really love love love it. But this pink hellokittyzed Gundam makes me have doubts about my sexuality. https://gizmodo.com/pictures-of-full-scale-59-foot-gundam-robot-kicks-optim-279774 It’s ok, I want to have it anyway. [ForevergeekTechnabob]

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LightLane Virtual Bike Path to Become a Reality

Be happy, bicyclists of the world, because the lasertastic LightLane personal bike path is going to be a reality soon. It’s already in the production engineering phase, as this demonstration video shows: https://gizmodo.com/lightlane-ensures-cyclists-a-bike-lane-wherever-they-go-5133817 As you remember, Lightlane was just a very clever concept in a design competition. Apparently the response was so overwhelming from bicyclists…

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Puddle of Life Looks Like Darwinian Pikmin, With Sex

This is Puddle of Life, a multitouch game which allows four players to control species battling to dominate a pond. The game is designed to show how that preposterous idea called “theory of natural selection” works. Each player controls one species, with cute creatures that have three different physical characteristics: Vision, Locomotion, and Fur. They…

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Shazam Now Tweets, Maps Your Music Journeys

Shazam—an application that listens to songs playing out loud, telling you its name and artist—is probably my favorite iPhoneware ever. The latest version just got a lot better for music whores like me. https://gizmodo.com/shazam-5085870 This update allows you to send electronic postcards to friends, as well as sending tagged songs to Twitter. But besides allowing…

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This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside

Here’s the (probably) most famous mask in the world from the inside, which you can barely see in the movies. Lord Darth Vader’s mask is supposed to help him breathe, but what do all those other little electronic parts do? Monitor his state? Give him physical feedback about his environment? Amplify his powers? Pick his…

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Real Eagle vs Robo-Eagle: DOGFIGHT!

What do you get when you fly a remote controlled eagle made out of plastic on a real eagle’s airspace? One big pissed off eagle chasing the fake one, that’s what. The video is beautiful, though. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/man-battles-nature-in-colossal-remote-control-air-battl-5298091

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Naildrive Hits 16GB

Madness. 16GB in this Buffalo RUF2 flash naildrive just 5mm long. Translated to the Imperial system, that’s 16GB in one tiny-itty-bitty-thingamajig. Or something like that. [Geekstuff]

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The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match

We knew that Japan probably has the thinnest houses in the world. Of course, the toilets match. Just looking at the girl inside makes me anxious: https://gizmodo.com/the-slimmest-houses-on-earth-are-made-in-japan-5107283 More anxious and claustrophobic than the Death Star trash compactor. [Bouncing Red Ball] https://gizmodo.com/trash-compactor-bookends-will-hopefully-crush-your-preq-5296824

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$1 Transformer Armada Looks as Silly as the New Movie

Just in time to celebrate the comeback of the director of Armageddon and Miami Vice actor Michael Bay, here’s a load of $1 retro Transformers made in China, probably made with loads of cancer-inducing paints and plastics. Wilson says these look like GoBots from the mid 1980s. I don’t have any idea because at the…

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Does the S in iPhone 3GS Stand for Submarine?

Progress Update on NASA’s Constellation Program

HP Invents Time Machine, Converts iPhone into Classic Calculator

Ketchup and Mustard Dispenser Are Grosser than Gross

iFixit Banana Teardown Reveals Yellow Components

Office Chair or Genital Torture Device?

Full HD Video Recording Coming to a Cellphone Near You

When Big Toys Break: Boeing’s Dreamliner Delay Explained

First Apple-Approved iPhone Porn App

35,000-year-old Flute Is First Instrument Ever

What Is This?

Preeeeetty Pink Gundam Confuses My Masculinity

LightLane Virtual Bike Path to Become a Reality

Puddle of Life Looks Like Darwinian Pikmin, With Sex

Shazam Now Tweets, Maps Your Music Journeys

This Is How Darth Vader’s Mask Looks Inside

Real Eagle vs Robo-Eagle: DOGFIGHT!

Naildrive Hits 16GB

The Thinnest Buildings In the World Come with Toilets to Match

$1 Transformer Armada Looks as Silly as the New Movie

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

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

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