Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, Author at Gizmodo

Inside the NYC Super-Factory Building America’s Tallest Prefab Tower

In a corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on a factory floor that resembles an oversized assembly line, workers are building entire apartments in days. Most New Yorkers might not realize it, but the tallest prefab building in the country—and maybe the world—is currently taking shape not far from where they live. Gizmodo recently got…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan and Nick Stango Oct 23 '13

iPad Air Meta Hands-On: Thin, But Not Flimsy

An A7 processor, a 20 percent weight loss, and faster Wi-Fi. Apple’s fifth generation iPad, the iPad Air, has arrived. But will it feel fragile in our (admittedly clumsy) hands? How much do those new dual microphones improve the sound quality when I’m Skyping? And just how much better is its new camera? We culled…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 22 '13

Watch Molten Steel Run Through This 19th Century Welding Workshop

A few weeks ago, a tiny gallery in London was transformed into a scene straight out of the 19th century. Amid piles of sand, a worker donned a silver apron and safety helmet and poured molten hot steel down a track to create long slabs of metal. The man in the apron was Raphael Hefti—not…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 22 '13

“The Streets Are Hollow”: On the Job With an Archaeologist in NYC

This summer, as workers labored away at a construction site at the southern tip of Manhattan, a team of archaeologists following their progress made an amazing discovery: Booze—or more specifically, the bottles it came in—from the late 1700s. Right underneath our feet. Who were these intrepid urban archaeologists? They’re called Chrysalis Archaeology, a nimble nine-person…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 21 '13

Modern Day China Painted By North Korean Propaganda Artists

At first glance, The Beautiful Future—a series of paintings made in Pyongyang, North Korea—looks like standard propaganda fare: Happy citizens, lush farmlands, and bustling industry. Except something’s amiss: In the background of each painting stands an iconic piece of Beijing architecture—from the CCTV building to the Olympic Water Cube. According to The Guardian‘s Oliver Wainwright,…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 21 '13

A Photographic Tour of Russia’s Disappearing Soviet-Era Cinemas

The phenomenon of the multiplex cinema goes back decades in America, but in Russia, the verdict is still out. Some residents aren’t happy about watching the grand—though often decaying—movie theaters of their youth traded for bland 32-screen mega theaters. Moscow-based photographer Sergey Novikov is among them. Novikov is a professional photographer who spent years documenting…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 21 '13

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

How do you hide a building? It sounds like a rhetorical question, but it was the very real dilemma confronting the architects charged with building a new Maritime Museum of Denmark a few years ago. The museum, you see, is located a few hundred yards away from Kronborg Castle—which serves as the setting for Shakespeare’s…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 18 '13

One Photographer’s Three Year Tour of NYC’s Best Rooftops

Even if you’ve lived in New York for decades, gaining access to a rooftop you’ve never explored can still be surprisingly fun: The burst of wind, the sound of traffic, and an entirely new vantage point on a city you’d think you’d be sick of after so many years. That’s the basic concept behind Stories…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 18 '13

Could an Ignition-Activated “Car Mode” Keep Drivers From Texting?

Texting while driving accounts for more and more accidents every year, but there’s no clear solution in sight (unless you think these new SMS rest stops will work). New York designer Joey Cofone is proposing another idea: An iOS “Car Mode,” akin to airplane mode, that would prevent you from texting while your car is…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 17 '13

Secret Cold War Sonar Tech Is Being Used to Map Underwater America

Space may be the final frontier of exploration, but there’s plenty of Earth left unmapped, too—from the giant canyon recently discovered beneath Greenland to American waters that have been left largely unexplored. But that’s quickly changing, thanks in part to Bob Ballard’s latest project. https://gizmodo.com/a-mega-canyon-bigger-than-the-grand-canyon-is-hiding-un-1223554256 According to National Geographic, Ballard—who you may know as the…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 17 '13

The Skinniest Skyscraper In NYC Is One Step Closer To Reality

A building that could claim the title of the thinnest, tallest building in New York (and maybe the world) got a bit more real this week, after the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the proposed 60-foot-wide design. When it tops out in roughly three years, 107 West 57th will rise 1,350 feet above Central Park (next…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 16 '13

NYC Manhole Covers Could Soon Charge Your Electric Car’s Battery

New York City’s iconic (and sometimes terrifying) manhole covers haven’t changed in decades, but they may be about to gain a whole new purpose—as charging stations for electric cars and trucks. https://gizmodo.com/this-manhole-cover-must-have-also-been-a-hellmouth-5723634 According to Wired’s Damon Lavrinc, a pilot program will test the possibility of turning ordinary manhole covers into wireless charging stations for electric…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 16 '13

Oxford’s Library Chooses Its First New Chair Design Since 1936

Oxford’s Bodleian library—aka the Bod—is one of England’s largest libraries, a 414-year-old research hub steeped in tradition and history. For example, only three types of chair have ever been designed for use inside its walls. Until now, that is: According to Co.Design, the library has chosen a fourth design to replace its older models. Why…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 15 '13

These Rorschach Ink Tests Could Replace the Good Old CAPTCHA

The CAPTCHA is a wonderful thing, but it’s not without its failings. And as hackers get better and better at cracking them, a team of CMU engineers are proposing an alternative: Inkblot tests. It’s called a GOTCHA (of course), and it stands for Generating panOptic Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart. The test…

Privacy & Security Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 15 '13

These 230-Year-Old Charts and Graphs Were the Very First Infographics

The Enlightenment gave us many foundational ideas: Gravity! Democracy! Infographics! Wait, what? Yep. One of the age’s lesser-known byproducts was the niche field of “graphical statistics,” aka data visualization. And it’s made more of an impact on our world that you might imagine. William Playfair was a Scottish inventor and engineer (and reported scoundrel) who…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 15 '13

You Can Now 3D Print With This Spooky Glow-In-The-Dark Filament

We’ve been 3D printing in metal, gold, and even sugar for years now—so it seems only natural that we’d also be able to print in glow-in-the-dark plastic. This week, MakerBot announced a limited-edition run of PLA filament that glows in the dark, just in time for Halloween. The filament is made with phosphorus dye, which…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 15 '13

The Plan to Conquer the Internet’s Final Frontier: The Deep Sea

Wireless internet is ubiquitous just about anywhere you can send radio waves, from airplanes to ski lifts. One place left conspicuously untouched by open wireless, though, is the ocean. Now, a team of scientists is developing a system of sensors that would connect one of the few remaining unconnected places on Earth. Today, a team…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 14 '13

These Faceted Lamps Mimic the Molecular Structure of Crystals

One of the best parts of chemistry—for a math-deficient person like myself—were the wood-and-wire molecular models that appeared in class from time to time. Those days clearly made an impression on Berlin designer Daniel Becker, too: His new collection of lamps double as molecular models. LEM, as the series is called, is just as simple…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 14 '13

Why It Takes Ikea Five Years to Design One Kitchen

I’ve always daydreamed about what working at IKEA must be like: Creating whimsical reindeer-shaped furniture, testing new meatball recipes, and dreaming up adorable product names. But as the Wall Street Journal reveals today, the process of developing products at the world’s largest furniture retailer is an epic, efficiency-driven numbers game. The WSJ got an in-depth…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 14 '13

The Developer of China’s Tallest Building Invests In Brooklyn

As growth in China proper plods along, Chinese corporations are eager to expand into foreign investments—the latest of which is centrally located in downtown Brooklyn.Greenland Holdings Group, a Shanghai-based developer, will buy the majority share in the long-beleaguered Atlantic Yards Housing Development, a $4 billion housing scheme tacked onto the deal that built the Barclays…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 11 '13

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Inside the NYC Super-Factory Building America’s Tallest Prefab Tower

iPad Air Meta Hands-On: Thin, But Not Flimsy

Watch Molten Steel Run Through This 19th Century Welding Workshop

“The Streets Are Hollow”: On the Job With an Archaeologist in NYC

Modern Day China Painted By North Korean Propaganda Artists

A Photographic Tour of Russia’s Disappearing Soviet-Era Cinemas

A Decommissioned Drydock Hides This Museum Devoted To the Sea

One Photographer’s Three Year Tour of NYC’s Best Rooftops

Could an Ignition-Activated “Car Mode” Keep Drivers From Texting?

Secret Cold War Sonar Tech Is Being Used to Map Underwater America

The Skinniest Skyscraper In NYC Is One Step Closer To Reality

NYC Manhole Covers Could Soon Charge Your Electric Car’s Battery

Oxford’s Library Chooses Its First New Chair Design Since 1936

These Rorschach Ink Tests Could Replace the Good Old CAPTCHA

These 230-Year-Old Charts and Graphs Were the Very First Infographics

You Can Now 3D Print With This Spooky Glow-In-The-Dark Filament

The Plan to Conquer the Internet’s Final Frontier: The Deep Sea

These Faceted Lamps Mimic the Molecular Structure of Crystals

Why It Takes Ikea Five Years to Design One Kitchen

The Developer of China’s Tallest Building Invests In Brooklyn

The Government’s Page About Its AI Vetting Deals with Google, xAI, and Microsoft Is Missing from Its Website

Remember Digg? It’s Back, in AI News Outlet Form

Amazon Stops Selling Fast E-Bikes To Californians

Why Jane Schoenbrun Wanted to Make a Queer-Focused Slasher Film

Someone Created a Version of ‘Elden Ring’ That Runs on a PS1

Blueair Smart Air Purifier Gets Another Price Cut to All-Time Low With HEPASilent Filtration Capturing 99.97% of Airborne Particles

Jonathan Hickman Returns to the X-Men With Marvel’s New ‘Midnight’ Universe

Google Says It Found Evidence of Hackers Using AI to Discover a Zero-Day Vulnerability

Activists Install Arcade Game Mocking Trump on the National Mall. You Can Play It in Your Browser Right Now

Logitech G PRO X Superlight 2 Wireless Gaming Mouse Drops Below Black Friday Pricing, USB-C Charging for PC and Mac

Smart Glasses With Subscriptions Are As Bad as They Sound

iBuyPower’s Trace X Gaming PC Is the Fishbowl You Want to Swim In

Govee Ceiling Light Ultra Review: AI Art Ain’t It

JBL Live 780NC Review: Solid Wireless Headphones You Can Live Without

Acer’s Swift 16 AI (2026) Gets a Lot Right, But I Can’t Get Past the Trackpad

Samsung Galaxy A57 5G Review: Not Worth It at Full Price

Logitech G G512 X Review: The Tasting Menu of a Pro Gaming Keyboard

Ecovacs Deebot X12 OmniCyclone Review: AI Can’t Save This Robot Vacuum

The Best Tech Gifts for Mother’s Day 2026

Asus’ Dual-Display Gaming Laptop Will Ruin Your Single-Screen Lifestyle