A Journey Through Japan’s Demolished Infrastructure
Over at Jalopnik, a tour of the devastation last week’s earthquake caused to Japan’s infrastructure. The time it will take to rebuild the country is incalculable. More »
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This Is the Scariest First-Person Video of the Japan Tsunami Yet
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-scariest-first-person-video-of-the-japan-ts-5781566
This first-person view is the most terrifying and astonishing video I’ve seen of the Japan tsunami. Initially everything seems ok, just a mild wave coming towards the camera. But keep watching.More »
Where Disaster Struck, Before and After
https://gizmodo.com/where-disaster-struck-before-and-after-5781763
On the left: Ishinomaki, Japan as it was captured by GeoEye’s imaging satellites in April of last year. On the right: the exact same area as it looked on Saturday, just one day after last week’s devastating tsunami. More »
Hobo With a Shotgun: The Game Is Exactly What It Sounds Like Except Better
https://gizmodo.com/hobo-with-a-shotgun-the-game-is-exactly-what-it-sounds-5781787
You’re familiar with Hobo With a Shotgun by now, aren’t you? What started as a joke trailer in Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse was later turned into a real movie that should be hitting theaters next month. Until then, you’re strongly encouraged to get your homeless vigilante on with the 8-bit HWaS iOS game. More »
NASA Worker Falls Off Space Shuttle Pad and Dies
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-worker-falls-off-space-shuttle-pad-and-dies-5781745
Bad news keep piling on: A United Space Alliance employee died today around 7:40am ET, at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-A, in Florida. More »
AT&T’s 4G Phones Are More Bullshit Than Anybody Else’s
The definition of 4G is fairly loose, to say the least. Every carrier pushes their own version. Sprint was first, with WiMax. Then T-Mobile started pushing HSPA+. Verizon launched LTE, the fastest. And then AT&T started tossing around “4G” as well. More »
Ikea Cookbook Recipes Brought to Life in Visual Feasts for the Eye
https://gizmodo.com/ikea-cookbook-recipes-brought-to-life-in-visual-feasts-5781664
Last year’s Ikea cookbook showcased some of the most amazing product photography we’d ever seen. Now, thanks to the wonders of moving pictures, we can see them brought to life in mini adverts. More »
Just How Bad Is Japan’s Radiation Problem?
https://gizmodo.com/just-how-bad-is-japans-radiation-problem-5781660
As authorities work to avoid a full meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, where a second explosion occurred this morning and where three of four nuclear reactors are now experiencing severe cooling problems, potentially harmful radiation has already been introduced to the surrounding environment. There’s still a good deal that’s uncertain about how the situation will play out, but here’s where things stand now. More »
Beautiful Nikes Made From Computer Junk
https://gizmodo.com/beautiful-nikes-made-from-computer-junk-5781635
Gabriel Dishaw, an artist, sculpted a pair of nikes from old computer parts. We’re talking motherboards, chipsets, power connectors, USB ports, and even an old typewriter case coming together to re-create the Air Max+ 2011. It’s an absolutely stunning piece of art that took 90 hours to complete. More »
Second Explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
https://gizmodo.com/second-explosion-at-the-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant-5781611
Three days after the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan, the rest of the world is still trying to make sense of what’s happening. There’s a lot of misinformation about, particularly regarding the nuclear plant situation, but what we do know is that today another explosion occurred at one of Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors. More »
