Kat Hannaford, Author at Gizmodo

It’s Tricky to Rock…an R/C Car?

Oh, legendary rappers and their follies. If it isn’t guns, bitches and bling, it’s cars—though DMC of Run DMC fame has taken a decidedly more minuscule approach to his car obsession. Drive this way? [HobbyMedia—Thanks, Francesco!]

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Credit Card Companies Are Clamping Down on Medical Marijuana Purchases

If purchasing (medical! honest!) marijuana legally is more your style than swapping bitcoins over the internet, you may need to change credit card companies: Credit.com discovered that despite it being legal in some states, lenders aren’t so open-eyed, man. http://gawker.com/5805928/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imaginable?tag=drugs In states that legalized marijuana for medical use, Visa and Discover allow their customers to…

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How a Homemade Tandem Tricycle Helped a Young Man After a Brain Injury

Following a car accident that left 22-year-old Rob Thompson with a brain injury and the loss of his left side, his Dad built a tandem recumbent upright tricycle to aid the healing, both mentally and physically. Luckily his father Dave is not only a keen cyclist, but also a mechanical engineer, so knew exactly what…

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Don’t Ever Click That Red Cross On Real Life

Today’s lesson: you can minimize or maximize the real life window, but don’t ever exit it! [Gabeweb via Likecool]

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Obama’s New Chief Technology Officer Is an Ex-Threadless T-Shirt Dude

Described as having a “hipster look” with hair that swivels between a mohawk and a “flipped-up front like Jim Carrey’s in Ace Ventura,” 33-year-old Harper Reed is the ex-CTO of t-shirt company Threadless, and will “make sure technology is a successful force multiplier within the [2012] campaign.” Great hair. [Chicago Tribune]

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Dancing Dolls and Pink N8s Won’t Save You, Nokia

We’re hardly the target audience for a pink phone and Lady Gaga-esque visuals, but Nokia’s latest commercial does make me laugh. Or weep, when I remember that Nokia’s share prices are at a 13year-low. [Reuters and Curious Brain via Adverblog]

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Qualcomm’s Dual and Quad-Core Snapdragon Processors Designed For Windows 8

Microsoft’z zippy touch-suitable Windows 8 will be compatible with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors, including the MSM8960 chip, the company confirmed. Expect the other old favorites to throw their hats in the ring shortly, too. [PRNewswire] https://kotaku.com/windows-8-and-its-incredibly-cool-new-touch-interface-5807615 TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced today that its upcoming award-winning Snapdragon™ family of…

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Yep, Apple Now Owns iCloud.com

Making the new service all the more official before, err, going official with it next week at WWDC, the ownership of iCloud.com has transferred from entrepreneurial Xcerion to Apple—although it still redirects to Xcerion’s CloudMe service. [MacRumors] https://gizmodo.com/you-can-finally-check-out-apples-data-center-on-google-5807324

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World’s First Amphibious Ice Cream Van Will Melt Your Soggy Heart

Not only is this icecream van the first to ever get its belly wet, but it also blares out Rod Stewart’s We Are Sailing as it, well, sails down the London Thames. Almost makes you nostalgic for Greensleeves, doesn’t it? Massive PR stunt for Cadbury’s 99 Flake icecreams it may be, but hot diggety do…

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Do You Really Want a Case That Turns Your iPad Into a Netbook, For the Price of a Netbook?

We’ve seen a dozen iPad cases with keyboards now, but Crux has gone the extra step by incorporating a battery in the shell for an extra 7.5 hours, plus a touchpad. Is that worth $250? No. [Crux via UberGizmo]

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Circuses of the Future Should Have Juggling Robots

Perhaps the scientists’ time could’ve been better spent inventing robots that can cure cancer or something, but did I mention these are JUGGLING ROBOTS? They don’t even cheat by using sensors like other juggling machines. Instead, each arm uses a linear motor, with a third used to toss the ball up. The balls are tracked…

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You Can Finally Check Out Apple’s Data Center on Google Earth

We already knew what Apple’s 500,000sq/ft iCloud data center looked like thanks to some sneaky filming, but if you were to previously type in “6081 Startown Road” to Google Maps, you’d see nothing but green fields. Until now. https://gizmodo.com/old-couple-sells-apple-their-house-for-1-7million-for-5655845 The timing serendipitously coincides with Apple announcing yesterday that they would announce next week their iCloud…

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All Danger Sidekick Phones Just Became Feature Phones

What use is a Sidekick without the services? Last night, the Danger servers closed down for good, meaning no more push email, AIM or apps. If you’ve bought T-Mobile’s Sidekick 4G though, don’t worry, you’re safe. [T-Mobile via BGR]

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Qualcomm Pits Snapdragon 2 Against Tegra 2 But Only Looks Foolish In the Process

A fairer test would involve comparing a chocolate bar with a granola bar, but Qualcomm doesn’t care. Not when their video “shows” a second-gen single-core Snapdragon (in Verizon’s Thunderbolt) speeding against a dual-core Tegra 2 (in AT&T’s Motorola Atrix.) It’s a cheap ploy on Qualcomm’s behalf, as of course the LTE 4G network beat the…

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Rally Photographer Almost Gets Squished in the Name of Photography

As the video subtitles remind us, how close was that?! Whoever goes into the field of photography believing it’s a safe career-choice should be forced to watch this video example. [PetaPixel]

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A Digital Camera So Cheap, It Won’t Matter If You Leave It on the Ocean Floor

Sure, you could spend heaps of money on a fancy waterproof case for your camera, but why would you take that risk when Photojojo’s selling a $35 digicam that shoots both photos and video, and can dive to 100ft? [Photojojo]

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Eric Schmidt Says He “Screwed Up” Social Networking at Google

It’s not often an exec is this honest about his/her own faults, but Google’s Eric Schmidt admitted that not only did he “clearly knew I had to do something and I failed to do it,” but that he “screwed up” when it came to social networking. Telling the D9 conference-goers yesterday, Schmidt (ex-CEO, now Executive…

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Motorola Slips Up and Reveals a Dick Tracy Watchphone, Xoom 2 Tablet and Four Phones

Know how to dig yourself an even deeper hole, after your website inadvertently leaks upcoming products? Ask the site that blogs about them first to remove the screenshots. Not before other sites grabbed them too, though… The screenshots seem to reveal a watchphone by the name of Tracy XL, along with a Xoom 2 tablet,…

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T-Mobile’s Stocking the HTC Sensation 4G From June 15th For $200

Oh, so you like HTC’s Android phones, do you? Their latest flagship, the Sensation 4G, will be sold for $200 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) from June 15th. https://gizmodo.com/htc-sensation-a-dual-core-video-editing-smartphone-su-5790902 BELLEVUE, Wash. – June 1, 2011 – T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of the HTC Sensation 4G. Expected to be available by June…

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This Island is Actually a Massive Buoy Held in Place By 28 Chains

Eat your heart out, Dubai—the world’s largest floating island has just opened in Seoul, South Korea, where it’ll be joined by several other artificial islands to become an archipelago. The newly-opened Viva will be the second-largest of the three, and while it’s not filled with stalking animals and rare species of fauna, there may be…

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It’s Tricky to Rock…an R/C Car?

Credit Card Companies Are Clamping Down on Medical Marijuana Purchases

How a Homemade Tandem Tricycle Helped a Young Man After a Brain Injury

Don’t Ever Click That Red Cross On Real Life

Obama’s New Chief Technology Officer Is an Ex-Threadless T-Shirt Dude

Dancing Dolls and Pink N8s Won’t Save You, Nokia

Qualcomm’s Dual and Quad-Core Snapdragon Processors Designed For Windows 8

Yep, Apple Now Owns iCloud.com

World’s First Amphibious Ice Cream Van Will Melt Your Soggy Heart

Do You Really Want a Case That Turns Your iPad Into a Netbook, For the Price of a Netbook?

Circuses of the Future Should Have Juggling Robots

You Can Finally Check Out Apple’s Data Center on Google Earth

All Danger Sidekick Phones Just Became Feature Phones

Qualcomm Pits Snapdragon 2 Against Tegra 2 But Only Looks Foolish In the Process

Rally Photographer Almost Gets Squished in the Name of Photography

A Digital Camera So Cheap, It Won’t Matter If You Leave It on the Ocean Floor

Eric Schmidt Says He “Screwed Up” Social Networking at Google

Motorola Slips Up and Reveals a Dick Tracy Watchphone, Xoom 2 Tablet and Four Phones

T-Mobile’s Stocking the HTC Sensation 4G From June 15th For $200

This Island is Actually a Massive Buoy Held in Place By 28 Chains

Getting Stuck Inside a Glitching Robotaxi Is a Whole New Thing to Be Scared of

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Humanity’s Epic Return to the Moon 🔴

NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

Disney’s Robot Olaf Dying Is the Funniest Thing to Happen in 2026

Kia’s EV3 Is Headed to the US This Year With Up to 320 Miles of Range

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Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI

Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

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DNA Study Casts Even More Doubt on Shroud of Turin’s True Origin

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