Kyle VanHemert, Author at Gizmodo

The Brain-Controlled RatCar, or the First Still From the Live Action Pinky and the Brain Movie

Being our go-to creatures for all manner of scientific and technological tests, rats often get the craziest gear several generations before we humans do. So what’s latest and greatest in rat tech? The RatCar, a brian-controlled, battery-powered rodent buggy. The RatCar, developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, is controlled by electrodes implanted directly…

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What Are Your Essential Apps?

Whether it’s a favorite RSS reader, a preferred Twitter client, an app that helps track workouts, or just that devilishly addictive game, every smartphone user has apps they can’t live without. So, what are yours? With great new apps materializing every day, we here at Giz have been doing some thinking about our favorite apps—those…

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Climb Inside a Concorde With These 360 Degree Panoramas

Ever wondered what it was like to fly in a Concorde? Ever wondered what it was like to fly a Concorde? Then dive into these pannable, zoomable panoramas of the aircraft (as well as some less peaceful supersonic birds). The panoramas, courtesy of the National Museum of Scotland, let you peek inside the De Havilland…

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Publish Your Own EBook (And Profit!) With Barnes and Noble’s PubIt!

Barnes & Noble just launched PubIt!, a new platform that lets individuals upload their opuses, sell them as real, honest-to-goodness ebooks in B&N’s eBookstore, and keep a decent chunk of the profit. Hopefully you have the Microsoft Word document that sci-fi epic you wrote kicking around on a burned CD somewhere, because PubIt! couldn’t make…

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Sharp’s New Japanese Android Phone Has a Retina Display Equivalent

Sharp’s new IS03 Android handset has a 960 x 640, 3.5″ screen, putting it toe to toe with the iPhone 4’s super crisp Retina Display. Oh, and then there’s the 9.6MP camera and the TV tuner. The IS03 employs an Advanced Super View display in lieu of IPS for keeping things visible from all angles,…

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Find Out How Good You’d Be at Filming a UFO Fly By

I’m totally prepared for a visit from our extraterrestrial friends. But as a simple yet intriguing new iOS game called UFO on Tape made quite clear, I’m totally not prepared for filming them when they arrive. $1 [iTunes]

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Check Out the Official Google TV Site

The official Google TV page is live and it’s quite pretty. Take the tour and remind yourself of all the swanky stuff it can do (and try not to take your frustration out on your dumb old TV in the meantime.) [Google TV – Thanks Adam!]

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Second Gen iPod Touch Won’t Get AirPrint

Apple initially said that AirPrint, their wireless printing protocol, would come to “iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (second generation and later)” with the arrival of iOS 4.2. Now they’re saying it’s those first three and “iPod touch (third generation and later).” Granted, you may not have actually printed anything since you first…

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This Could Be California’s First Pot Factory

California’s best medical marijuana dispensaries are clean, safe, and polished. The places that grow the weed they sell are not. This proposed pot factory would produce $50 million of weed annually in an super-sterile, eco-friendly environment. Sounds good to me. Click to view The 60,000 square foot factory is part of a proposal by Gropech,…

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Zoom Q3HD Handy Video Recorder Shoots 1080p and Has Stereo Mics to Match

While pocket cams video quality has improved incrementally from “good enough” to really actually pretty damn good, audio quality has largely been ignored. The new Zoom Q3HD combines 1080p, 30fps video with stereo mics for the full pocket cam package. Zoom is known for their audio recorders, and the Q3HD is a nicer-looking refresh of…

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This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s totally tasty round up: Gourmet, back and more beautiful than ever on the iPad; Mario Batali, in your pocket; vegetables, endeared to your children; New York’s best coffee, charted; reminders, set; international texting, made free; and more! iPhone To view these on one page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-sept-24-5647461 Android To view these on…

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True Acoustic Art Takes 1,400 Man Hours to Make, $320,000 to Buy

Last weekend I visited the Barnes Foundation art gallery in Philadelphia, and among my favorite pieces were the sculptures of Jacques Lipchitz. The Vox Olympian Loudspeaker hangs with them aesthetically, and it can play music, too. The Vox Olympians, designed for superyachts, are crafted in England by a company called Living Voice. They’re made with…

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iPhone Apps Sept 24

Mario Batali Cooks!: It just wouldn’t be Food Week without celebrity superchef Mario Batali stopping by, now would it? Thankfully, he released his first official iPhone app, Mario Batali Cooks!, earlier this week, offering a nice collection of signature recipes with video, images, shopping lists and built-in timers to keep you on track. And that’s…

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iPad Apps Sept 24

Gourmet Live: It’s food week at Gizmodo, and to help us celebrate, Gourmet cut the ribbon on their swanky new iPad app (okay, that’s not exactly how things went.) Here’s what I had to say: Gourmet was one of the more heartbreaking causalities of the Condé Nast’s purge last fall. But now the beloved food…

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This iPad-Controlled Bike Stereo Will Result In At Least One Tragic Demise

Seeing this photo of an iPad-controlled bicycle stereo, I immediately imagined a grisly scene of smoke, twisted aluminum, and a tragically shattered IPS display. Oh and there’s a dead biker in there somewhere too. [Flickr via TUAW]

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Facebook Fixed Yesterday’s Outage By Rebooting Facebook

Facebook’s two-hour outage yesterday undoubtedly left thousands of acres of Farmville crops untended and countless high school acquaintances unstalked. So how’d they fix it? Just like you fix your own stubborn machine: rebooting the entire system. Works every time. [Guardian] Photo credit rogersmj

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Windows Phone 7 Won’t Tether

BGR just got the official word from Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 won’t support tethering. Earlier in the week WP7 director Brandon Watson had suggested that the decision might be up to carriers, but now it’s confirmed that WP7, at least right out of the gate, won’t be nice and share its signal. [BGR]

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Download Awesome Solitaire, an Awesome iOS Solitaire Game Set In Space, For Free

Playing solitaire’s a nice way to pass the time. Playing solitaire in a gyroscope-controlled cosmos of twinkling stars is an even nicer way to pass the time. So download the gorgeous Awesome Solitaire app for iOS, free all weekend. [iTunes]

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Orb’s Puck Streams Your Music Wirelessly For $70, and It’s a Beautiful Thing

Beaming music to speakers around the house is, in my estimation, one of the great luxuries of the 21st century, but it can be a pricey one. Orb’s new puck lets you play your tunes anywhere, wirelessly, for only $70. The basic setup involves three components: the Orb Caster software, the Orb Controller app for…

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Check Out the Upcoming Lord of the Rings Tower Defense iPhone Game

What’d I learn from my hands-on with Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth Defense, the forthcoming LOTR tower defense game? That Aragorn’s just as much of a badass when he’s small enough to fit it the palm of your hand. Glu Games, the developers behind the game, are shooting for a December launch. Lord of…

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The Brain-Controlled RatCar, or the First Still From the Live Action Pinky and the Brain Movie

What Are Your Essential Apps?

Climb Inside a Concorde With These 360 Degree Panoramas

Publish Your Own EBook (And Profit!) With Barnes and Noble’s PubIt!

Sharp’s New Japanese Android Phone Has a Retina Display Equivalent

Find Out How Good You’d Be at Filming a UFO Fly By

Check Out the Official Google TV Site

Second Gen iPod Touch Won’t Get AirPrint

This Could Be California’s First Pot Factory

Zoom Q3HD Handy Video Recorder Shoots 1080p and Has Stereo Mics to Match

This Week’s Best Apps

True Acoustic Art Takes 1,400 Man Hours to Make, $320,000 to Buy

iPhone Apps Sept 24

iPad Apps Sept 24

This iPad-Controlled Bike Stereo Will Result In At Least One Tragic Demise

Facebook Fixed Yesterday’s Outage By Rebooting Facebook

Windows Phone 7 Won’t Tether

Download Awesome Solitaire, an Awesome iOS Solitaire Game Set In Space, For Free

Orb’s Puck Streams Your Music Wirelessly For $70, and It’s a Beautiful Thing

Check Out the Upcoming Lord of the Rings Tower Defense iPhone Game

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

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

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?