Kyle VanHemert, Author at Gizmodo

Intel Reader Offers High Tech Help For Dyslexics and Visually Impaired

Intel’s Reader, developed by a dyslexic Stanford graduate, is a powerful device for dyslexic and visually impaired readers, allowing them to scan entire pages of text to audio for immediate playback or later review. The book-sized device is capable of capturing text from a variety of sources, ranging from restaurant menus to academic journals. That…

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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Quick Fix Edition

If you haven’t noticed, Remainders is movin’ on up. To an earlier time slot, that is. Today, we have a quick fix for Nexus One 3G problems, some iPhone 4 wishful thinking, and ways to dress your iPhone and yourself. On the EDGE Today, the Boy Genius reported on a possible fix for Nexus One’s…

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Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

In today’s Remainders: a heart-shaped humidifier; David Blaine talks to TED MED; HP shows off a gigantic touch screen, minus the touch; and this month’s miserable designer phone, brought to you by Versace. How Lovely Though it’s tough for me to get excited about a humidifier after this wooden beauty, these heart-shaped ones seem like…

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Four Robots, Four Different Ways To Climb Walls

Here are four robots that leave me unsettled in four unique ways. The robots in this clip, developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, each employ their own distinctive method of wall-climbing. This snail-inspired bot uses hot glue. One of the robots is equipped with magnetic treads for sticking to any metal surface.…

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Nokia Files Patent For a Bendy Phone With Many Functions

Images of the Nokia Morph, a flexible concept phone with a transparent screen, cropped up nearly two years ago. The company’s recently-filed patent for a device with a bendy screen suggests that the Gumbyphone may still have legs. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-morph-cellphone-rolls-up-stretches-cleans-itsel-360260 Nokia recently filed a patent for a device with a flexible screen that takes on different…

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Strings? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Strings

Strings? Nope. Frets? Not really. The Misa Digital Guitar, an open source, Linux-powered MIDI controller, brings shredding to the 21st century by dumping traditional guitar strings for buttons and a futuristic touch screen. Before you wooden-guitar purists get all bent out of shape, the Misa’s creator wants to make this perfectly clear: the digital guitar…

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Art That Makes You Fear For Your Life

I’m glad I only discovered Alex Posada’s “Particle 1.0” on the internet, because if I came across this kinetic sculpture in real life, I would only do two things: duck and cover. Created in Barcelona, Posada’s sculpture uses all sorts of unique gadgetry to respond to its environment, translating the movement around it into a…

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Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

In today’s Remainders: AT&T users log in to Facebook only to find unfamiliar faces; iPhone 4G rumors abound while AMOLED Apple Tablet rumors get shot down; and Northwestern’s StatsMonkey robot takes hard stats and churns out baseball narratives. Unfamiliar Faces Over the weekend, some AT&T customers logged into Facebook only to find that they faces…

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Is a Firmware Update Killing PS3 Blu-Ray Drives?

This lengthy thread at the Playstation forums suggests that some combination of the 3.10 firmware and Modern Warfare 2 is killing PS3 Blu-ray drives. Maybe it’s true, or maybe they’re all just drinking the kool-aid. Forum members have reportedly pinpointed several reproducible freezes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which they claim began only…

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Hey, That’s Not How You Build a Log Cabin

Your ordinary log cabin is laid out with lengthwise logs stacked to make its outer walls. Piet Hein Eek, charged with building a cozy recording studio for friend and musician Hans Liberg, did not make any ordinary log cabin. This log cabin isn’t even really that: the log facade just covers a plastic and steel…

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Nokia Moves To Ban Apple Imports, Apple Moves To Ban Nokia Imports

First Nokia sued Apple. Then Apple sued Nokia. Last week, Nokia went to the International Trade Commission and requested a ban on the import of infringing Apple products. Today, Apple asked ITC to ban the import of infringing Nokia products. This game of patent-infringement ping pong dates back to October, when Nokia first sued Apple…

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The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

There’s not a whole lot that’s certain about these images, which popped up at Mobile01, showing Motorola’s Shadow as a friendlier-looking Droid. But they’re interesting. These aren’t the first rumors that have trickled out about the Motorola Shadow. One leak, a few weeks ago, pegged it as having a super-thin body and a 4.3-inch, 800…

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“American Pixels” Series Makes Art of Artifacts

Jörg M. Colberg, an accomplished astrophysicist and photographer, created a series of images entitled “American Pixels” in which he applied a self-made compression algorithm to photographs, turning them into artworks of the digital age. But Colberg’s works aren’t just commentaries on the state of images in an age of lossy file types. He designed his…

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Gear On the Ground In Haiti

We know that people are texting relief in record amounts and understand the challenges of rebuilding Haiti’s infrastructure. But neither have the immediacy of this shot: a hand held monitor revealing a living, conscious person trapped under the rubble. [SFGate] https://gizmodo.com/haiti-text-message-donations-top-10-million-5449712

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Mophie and Flo Give iPhones Live TV and the Juice To Make It Last

Back in November we saw FLO TV running on the iPhone and weren’t sure what to make of it. Their partnership with Mophie makes it perfectly clear: new packs will bring live TV and extra juice to iPhones. https://gizmodo.com/flo-tv-shown-off-on-the-iphone-for-reasons-unknown-5409415 We thought that Mophie’s Juice Packs—slide-on cases that double your iPhone’s battery life—were a sound investment…

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The Week In Gizmodo

With the dire situation in Haiti dominating the news this week, text messages emerged as a powerful resource for relief. We cleared our minds and inboxes of everything CES-releated. Now, our attention turns fully to the Tablet. The devastation in Haiti was tough to take in, even via satellite or seismograph. Text messages proved to…

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Lots of Countries Are Getting Faster Internet But We’re Not One of ‘Em

Akamai released their quarterly State of the Internet report this week, along with this chart showing the fastest national networks in the world. From 2008 to 2009, on average, the world’s internet got 13% faster. America’s got 2.4% slower. There are tons of interesting tidbits to be found in Akamai’s State of the Internet report…

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Biometric Bouquet Changes Color For Cold Feet

The electrode-equipped Galvanic Skin Response Bouquet doesn’t give the couple much choice about wearing their hearts on their sleeves: a blue LED glows when they’re calm but a white one turns on when they becomes nervous. But that’s not all. The bride and the groom—who met, appropriately, working on a corset that tightens with heart…

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Times Square’s Newest Video Billboard Stars FBI’s Most Wanted

Criminals have made it on Broadway thanks to the FBI’s newest video billboard, one which displays their stories-tall mugs alongside Diddy, oversized M&Ms, and other Times Square staples. The billboard, which was unveiled yesterday, is part of an agreement with Clear Channel that gives the FBI access to over 400 digital billboards in 33 cities…

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Windows Mobile 7 Coming To LG Phones In September?

French blogger Eric from PresseCitron, currently meeting with LG at their Design Labs, tweeted that Windows Mobile 7 will be coming to LG handsets in September. The Tweets were taken down pretty quickly, but WMPoweruser captured them even quicker. Eric also tweeted that LG will be coming out with an Android 2.1 handset in April.…

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Intel Reader Offers High Tech Help For Dyslexics and Visually Impaired

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Quick Fix Edition

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Four Robots, Four Different Ways To Climb Walls

Nokia Files Patent For a Bendy Phone With Many Functions

Strings? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Strings

Art That Makes You Fear For Your Life

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Is a Firmware Update Killing PS3 Blu-Ray Drives?

Hey, That’s Not How You Build a Log Cabin

Nokia Moves To Ban Apple Imports, Apple Moves To Ban Nokia Imports

The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

“American Pixels” Series Makes Art of Artifacts

Gear On the Ground In Haiti

Mophie and Flo Give iPhones Live TV and the Juice To Make It Last

The Week In Gizmodo

Lots of Countries Are Getting Faster Internet But We’re Not One of ‘Em

Biometric Bouquet Changes Color For Cold Feet

Times Square’s Newest Video Billboard Stars FBI’s Most Wanted

Windows Mobile 7 Coming To LG Phones In September?

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

This Is the Way to Lego’s April Releases

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

Why the PS6 Handheld Will Matter More Than the PS6

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

Sam Witwer Is Ready for Maul’s Moment

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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?