Nicholas Stango, Author at Gizmodo

Spook Yourself by Staying Home and Watching Let The Right One In

In the middle of the Twilight media storm of 2008, a film called Let the Right One In came out of Sweden with the completely opposite take on how to make a “vampire movie”. The film was an instant hit with filmmakers and critics across the board because of its perfect, minimal approach to horror…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 31

If You Can’t Go See Birdman Watch Biutiful on Netflix Tonight

If you haven’t made it to the movie theater to see Birdman, save some money, stay home, and just watch Biutiful; the filmmaker’s previous film that is better crafted in every single way than its more widely-targeted younger brother. Biutiful is a film released in 2010 that follows Uxbal, a Spaniard in Barcelona, as he…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 27

There’s a 130-Year-Old Clock Embedded in a New York City Sidewalk

The next time you find yourself walking across the corner of Maiden Lane and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, remember to look down. In front of what used to be the William Barthman Jeweler is something unexpected: a working clock, embedded in the sidewalk like a precious gem. Installed in 1884, this clock stood as an…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 13

Explore the Largest Steam Pipe System in the World, Hidden Beneath NYC

In its latest adventure, New York Times’Living Cityseries explores the city’s enormous underground steam distribution system. Unlike anywhere in the world, New York hides away the largest steam system that powers all types of humidification sources, preserving museum art to even dishwashers in every restaurant kitchen. A total of 2000 buildings are powered by this…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 9

The Extraordinary Restoration of a 1920s Temple of Cinema

A little over a year ago, I visited the restoration of the run-down King’s Theater in Brooklyn. Its moldy walls were being gutted, and what remained intact was being made into molds. The entire main stage and audience seating was filled with scaffolding. But today, fast approaching its deadline, the theater is coming together—and it’s…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 3

Watch Workers Blow Up Bedrock to Make Way for NYC’s Second Ave Subway

After years and years of deliberation, the first phase of the Second Avenue subway is finally getting built. The effort is a lot more complex than you’d even imagine. The New York Times takes us behind the scenes in its third installment of the Living City series—showing us the unintended byproduct of heavy infrastructural construction:…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Oct 2

Watch How New York’s Enormous Organic Garbage System Works

The process of throwing out garbage in New York City is much more complicated than any of the millions of people living there could ever realize. A mini-documentary by the New York Times does a full observation of the $300 million dollar service top to bottom. As the second installment of a video series titled…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Sep 26

How to Pull Off the Most Complex Taxidermy of All Time

Yesterday the American Museum of Natural History took the wraps off its newest main attraction: Lonesome George. Lonesome George, the world-famous giant tortoise native to the Galapagos. He passed on in 2012 of natural causes. This set in motion the process to preserve George through the most complex and intricate taxidermy ever attempted—from a species…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Sep 19

Where New York City’s Poop Goes

In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant borders Newtown Creek and Long Island City to its North. The facility opened in 1967 and, since then, has undergone several renovations and expansions—including its massive silver digester eggs—to accommodate NYC’s constant growth and evolution. Oh and in case I wasn’t completely clear: It’s entirely full…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Sep 11

This Bike Frame Weighs Less Than Six Sticks of Butter

You’ll never see the SuperSix EVO Black Inc. on the street. You probably won’t even see it in a local road race. This is Cannondale’s chef d’œuvre, built with only the best components, top to bottom—it’s a $11,920 piece of carbon ridden by the fastest humans on Earth. This SuperSix is fully decked out with…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Sep 5

There’s a Giant Green Roof Hidden Above NYC’s Biggest Convention Center

The Javits Center is a 2.1 million square foot behemoth convention center located on the west side of Manhattan. It’s host to some of the largest events that occur in New York City, opening its doors to two million visitors every year. And as of this spring, it’s home to the largest green roof in…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Aug 26

These Trippy Cross-Section Portraits Were Made Without Photoshop

Berlin-based artist Michael Lamoller uses analogue editing techniques to create super trippy timelapse portraits of people in a series called “Tatochronos.” The portraits are collaged upon one another from several printed images, cut up, and then layered. The look results in a cutaway-style collage of a person. Lamoller takes several photos as the subject changes…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Aug 19

Step Inside the Restoration of the Original Boeing 747

The Boeing 747 is an iconic aircraft that singlehandedly pushed the airline industry into the jumbo jet age. Sitting derelict at the Museum of Flight for 14 years, the very first of its kind is currently undergoing a rigorous restoration process to restore its former glory. As Seattle PI reports, the original 747-100 took its…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 31

5 Bikes Designed To Survive the Big Cities of the Future

The Bike Design Project is a huge effort to push urban cycling into the future: Five teams across five cities designed what they believe to be the best urban bike for their respective home towns. So what does a bike designed specifically for San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and other major American cities look like?…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 29

I Floated 1,000 Feet Above NYC In the MetLife Blimp

We’ve all seen the MetLife blimp, emblazoned with Snoopy, floating slowly along the NYC skyline once a year every summer. Far fewer have seen the view from inside the blimp. But this month, I was lucky enough to ride along with British-born pilot Mark Finney as he steered MetLife’s 20-year-old Snoopy 1 along this exact…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 28

Someone Finally Built the Ultimate Urban Bike

The road to building a dream bike is fraught with potholes—it’s easy to throw together a bunch of wacky ideas into a build and end up with something very far from perfect. This is not one of those bikes. This is Horse Bicycles‘s “Merge,” a collaboration with Pensa Design Studios, who set out to build…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 28

A Trip On the Hybrid Crane-Boats That Pull Wreckage from NYC Harbor

The US Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for keeping debris out of New York’s Harbor, whether it’s dead whales, helicopters, driftwood, or floating docks. Without the Corps the harbor and the outlying beaches of the Rockaways and the Jersey Shore would be filled with massive pieces of debris and ships would risk being critically…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 25

Inside the Futuristic Neighborhood Being Built Over a Busy NYC Rail Yard

On the west side of Manhattan, a new neighborhood is taking shape. This is Hudson Yards, a development that will turn a dreary section of Manhattan into a technologically advanced neighborhood of the future. But in order to do that, its designers are undertaking one of the most expensive and unusual engineering projects in NYC…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 18

The Best Camera Bag Is One You Put Together Yourself

Out of all the camera bags I have either used or considered- none were comfortable and functional together. To hope for a the one bag you find to be stylish as well would be flat out impossible. Most companies try and sell a camera bag as a box with shoulder straps on it. Camera bags…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 18

The World’s Largest Floating Prison Is In NYC

Docked off the Bronx in Long Island Sound, the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center prison barge is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest operational prison ship in the world. Yet many New Yorkers might be surprised to find out it exists. The barge was built as a result of overcrowding…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jul 15

Nicholas Stango

Spook Yourself by Staying Home and Watching Let The Right One In

If You Can’t Go See Birdman Watch Biutiful on Netflix Tonight

There’s a 130-Year-Old Clock Embedded in a New York City Sidewalk

Explore the Largest Steam Pipe System in the World, Hidden Beneath NYC

The Extraordinary Restoration of a 1920s Temple of Cinema

Watch Workers Blow Up Bedrock to Make Way for NYC’s Second Ave Subway

Watch How New York’s Enormous Organic Garbage System Works

How to Pull Off the Most Complex Taxidermy of All Time

Where New York City’s Poop Goes

This Bike Frame Weighs Less Than Six Sticks of Butter

There’s a Giant Green Roof Hidden Above NYC’s Biggest Convention Center

These Trippy Cross-Section Portraits Were Made Without Photoshop

Step Inside the Restoration of the Original Boeing 747

5 Bikes Designed To Survive the Big Cities of the Future

I Floated 1,000 Feet Above NYC In the MetLife Blimp

Someone Finally Built the Ultimate Urban Bike

A Trip On the Hybrid Crane-Boats That Pull Wreckage from NYC Harbor

Inside the Futuristic Neighborhood Being Built Over a Busy NYC Rail Yard

The Best Camera Bag Is One You Put Together Yourself

The World’s Largest Floating Prison Is In NYC

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

The First ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Reactions Are Most Solid

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Is Doing What You Hoped

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Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

These One-of-a-Kind Objects Are in the Wrong Museums

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