Kyle VanHemert, Author at Gizmodo

Droid Incredibles Getting Android 2.2 Right Now

Verizon just started pushing Android 2.2 to HTC Incredible devices. Incredibles will get even incredilber with Flash 10.1, 720p video recording, and mobile hotspot capabilities. [Verizon]

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A Tent For You, Your Friend, and Your Motorcycle

Have you heard the one about the guys who rode into a campground with a Nomad tent? Oh. They just had a really good night’s sleep. The Nomad Ténéré uses three poles, sleeps two, and has one awesome motorcycle garage. After a long, hard ride, you want a nice place for both you and your…

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Every Asteroid Discovered In the Last 30 Years

Asteroids! No not the video game—I’m talking about all those old rocks floating around up in space. Here’s a mesmerizing video that tracks every single one of them that’s visited our solar system since 1980. Space: busy place! The video’s description notes: As the video moves into the mid 1990’s we see much higher discovery…

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H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Kinda, Mozilla Still Doesn’t Care

MPEG LA, the group that licenses the h.264 video codec, has extended its royalty-free use (for free internet video) from 2016 until, well, forever. Update: Kinda. But Mozilla thinks the better part of forever could belong to Google’s WebM format. https://gizmodo.com/h-264-will-stay-royalty-free-for-free-internet-video-th-5463728 The announcement serves as MPEG LA’s not-so-indirect response to Google’s announcement of their own…

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Rock Band Circa 2030

With each successive version, Rock Band becomes less about pretending to play music and more about actually playing music. Hopefully this is what Rock Band 9 will be like in 20 years when we all have augmented reality contact lenses. https://gizmodo.com/how-harmonix-is-tricking-lazy-gamers-into-learning-real-5564594 Of course, that’ll be my holographic avatar sporting those AR eyeballs—my half-ton corporeal self…

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Never Swim Without a Soundtrack Again

Think about the last time you went swimming. Now think about what else you were doing the last time you went swimming. Nothing! Panicking, maybe. This waterproof Bluetooth headset from the boys at Brando brings multitasking into the deep end. Whether you want to gab with your friends, orchestrate your next million dollar business deal,…

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Rube Goldberg: The Man Behind the Machines

From the maddening board game Mouse Trap to that awesome OK GO video (to the hundreds of brilliant contraptions scattered across YouTube), Rube Goldberg machines continue to enjoy a widespread popularity. But who was Rube Goldberg in the first place? https://gizmodo.com/how-ok-go-built-the-craziest-rube-goldberg-machine-yet-5484736 Born on July 4, 1883, Reuben Lucius Goldberg was a one-time engineer and an…

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Xbox Live Getting Improved Audio Quality This Fall

According to Eurogamer, Xbox Live will get a system-wide audio quality upgrade in concert with the release of Kinect this fall. That means the 13-year-old on the receiving end of your profanities will hear you with crystal clarity. At the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, Xbox Live Europe GM Jerry Johnson said “it’s time for us to…

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Google TV Creeps Into Terrified Teen Girl’s Bedroom

You know those commercials that leave you totally mystified, like “how did this possibly get created?” This Logitech Revue promo video, in which a hairy-legged, Peeping Tom TV set creeps up on a teenage girl in bed, is like that. https://gizmodo.com/logitechs-google-tv-box-will-have-special-powers-5543974 This video is the third in Logitech’s Lonely TV series, promoting the arrival of…

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Hulu vs. Hulu Plus By the Numbers

Hulu Plus! It’s finally here! But what is it really? According to this sampling by research firm One Touch, it’s 62 more episodes of Ugly Betty, 16 more episodes of House, 142 more episodes of Family Guy and more! https://gizmodo.com/hulu-plus-is-real-10-month-for-iphone-ipad-and-tv-vi-5575555 More episodes of more shows, that is. Of course, this isn’t everything you’re getting with…

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All of Google’s Acquisitions In One Epic Graphic

Having a hard time keeping track of all of those little (and sometimes not so little) companies Google’s been snatching up? Here’s every last one, as well as when they were bought and what Big G’s using them for. But I especially appreciate how the people at Scores sorted the acquisitions into two columns: revenue-building…

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Navy Lost Control of Drone Over D.C. Due To “Software Issue”

Oh, here’s something. You know those “drones” that are supposed to be the “future of warfare.” A software malfunction caused the Navy to lose control of one for half an hour earlier this month, letting it joyride over Washington D.C. The charmingly named, 31-foot-long MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing unmanned aerial vehicle was…

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This Is How You Physically Construct a Mirage

A mirage—you know, like an imagined oasis when you’re crawling through a never-ending desert. Or like the phantasmal barge, wrought from 32 tons of welded wire mesh, that’s floating in the lagoons of Venice right now. That second mirage is actually Croatia’s pavilion for the Venice Biennale, a contemporary art event that happens every odd…

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Does Kanye’s Twitter Mark the Death of Music Magazines?

There’s an interesting conversation happening over on the music internets today about technology and the state of music magazines. The premise: Kanye West is Tweeting so prolifically and Ustreaming so earnestly that he’s totally outmoded the standard magazine profile. Of course, there’s no debate that the internet has totally changed the way we discover music.…

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Wanna Know What Spaceflight Feels Like? Strap On This Patch

There are plenty of elements of spaceflight astronauts can prepare for, but the disorienting return back into our atmosphere has long been hard to replicate. This patch, which sends an electrical current to nerves behind the ears, gets it right. The galvanic vestibular stimulation system—if it sounds scary, that’s because it kinda is—was developed by…

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Giz Talks To Sir James Dyson, Modern Inventor Extraordinaire

If anyone today can be considered an inventor, it’s Sir James Dyson, the man who took the bag out of the vacuum and the blades out of the fan. Here’s the first time we talked to him, last fall. [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/james-dyson-lightning-interview-a-mac-man-with-a-blade-5381777 Eureka is our week-long meditation on the wonders of invention, inventors and genius.

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Who Needs an Indoor Ball? YOU Do, Apparently

Today’s Nerf guns are exceedingly complex, with automatic firing and reloadable dart magazines. But Nerf’s eureka moment arose from a decidedly more primitive scene: some cavemen chucking boulders around an office. https://gizmodo.com/so-this-is-what-nerf-guns-are-like-now-huh-5588890 The year was 1968, three years after toy developer Reyn Guyer had begun bending partygoers into pretzels with his smash hit Twister. Guyer…

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America’s Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive

In 2008, a foreign intelligence agency slipped a flash drive into a U.S. military computer, sneaking malicious code onto classified military networks: “A rogue program operating silently, poised to deliver operational plans into the hands of an unknown adversary.” Gulp. That’s how Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III described the incident in an article…

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The Great Moon Hoax, Perpetrated 175 Years Ago

The Moon, in addition to being covered with vast oceans and dense forests, is home to fur-bearing bat-people that occupy a strange gilded pyramid. These are the discoveries people read about in the New York Sun 175 years ago today. Long before the internet became a swamp of tall tales, shoddy sourcing, and general rumor-mongering,…

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EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, odor-killing socks, body heat-powered hospitals, an Arizona family turns their pool into a farm, how to turn a phone booth into a library, and more! Tesla Co-Founder: Electric Cars with 500+ Mile Range by 2020 It’s a bold prediction considering that the Tesla Roadster has a range of 244 miles and…

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Droid Incredibles Getting Android 2.2 Right Now

A Tent For You, Your Friend, and Your Motorcycle

Every Asteroid Discovered In the Last 30 Years

H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Kinda, Mozilla Still Doesn’t Care

Rock Band Circa 2030

Never Swim Without a Soundtrack Again

Rube Goldberg: The Man Behind the Machines

Xbox Live Getting Improved Audio Quality This Fall

Google TV Creeps Into Terrified Teen Girl’s Bedroom

Hulu vs. Hulu Plus By the Numbers

All of Google’s Acquisitions In One Epic Graphic

Navy Lost Control of Drone Over D.C. Due To “Software Issue”

This Is How You Physically Construct a Mirage

Does Kanye’s Twitter Mark the Death of Music Magazines?

Wanna Know What Spaceflight Feels Like? Strap On This Patch

Giz Talks To Sir James Dyson, Modern Inventor Extraordinaire

Who Needs an Indoor Ball? YOU Do, Apparently

America’s Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive

The Great Moon Hoax, Perpetrated 175 Years Ago

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Watch and Follow Live as NASA Launches Its First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years 🔴

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

Anthropic Can’t Cover Up Its Claude Code Leak Fast Enough

Zach Cregger Recruits Second Zach for His Aunt Gladys Spinoff

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

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?