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We’re Heading Towards a Future Where Brain Scans Replace the SAT

Imagine if the extent your natural intelligence could be determined with a simple scan where you’d have to do nothing at all. What if it became the new standard for college admissions. Deterministic as it may seem, at least we wouldn’t have anymore goddamn vocab flash cards to memorize. According to Duke University professor Jonathan…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Customizable Sleeping Bag Lets You Peel Back Layers to Stay Cool

It turns out the tried-and-true technique of simply unzipping a sleeping bag when it gets too hot inside wasn’t good enough for some people. Someone, somewhere, demanded more options, which led to the creation of this vented bag which looks like it’s endured a bear attack or two. In addition to a long zipper running…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

Forty-odd years ago, Neal Adams was having the time of his life illustrating Roy Thomas’ scripts for The Uncanny X-Men, only to see the comic almost immediately canceled. Several decades later, the X-Men have rebounded out of obscurity, and Adams is back working on the early days of Marvel’s strangest superheroes. What’s the project? The…

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Etiquette: Don’t Text If You’re Co-Hosting SNL

Ok, Usher. Come on dude. You’re co-hosting SNL. I know like 3.5 million people follow you on Twitter, but seriously. At least wait until the tapes are done rolling to check your iPhone. Because you’re in serious violation of common sense etiquette. No one likes a person who is constantly glued to their gadgets. It…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Is This Modern Shelf Just a Rip-Off of KerPlunk?

We can’t help but draw comparisons between Julien Vidame’s Parallel Bars Bookshelf—created from just a couple of pieces of plexiglass with strategically drilled holes and an array of anodized aluminum tubes— and that classic kids’ game KerPlunk. In fact, were it not for the fact that marbles are small enough to fit between the tubes…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Rdio’s New Redesign Available on All Desktop Apps Now

Rdio’s totally redesigned browser and desktop app interface made what was already basically the best-organized streaming service even cleaner. Ostensibly, it puts albums artists and songs first. But really, it’s putting you and your experience at the top of its priorities list. Now it’s available to everyone. The interface looks sort of like a cross…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Rumor: Apple Tapping Nvidia for Newest MacBook Pros

The drooliest MacBook Pros are around the corner, so we hear, and they’re going to be pretty swanky! And here’s a nice cherry on top: the Pro models will have Nvidia’s newest, fastest graphics. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-generation-macbook-pro-2012-5884734 The Verge cites Verge alumna Joanna Stern alongside an anonymous “a trusted source” who says the new MBP fleet will…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Avengers Origins: Trivia Galore For the Movie-Crazed Fanboy

Have you seen The Avengers yet? Even if you have, you can continue to enjoy the mania with Avengers Origins, a new app that from Disney and Marvel that tells the tale of how the team came to be. What does it do? Read all about how the Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man,…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Experience one (spectacular) day in orbit around Jupiter

Io keeps the same face toward Jupiter as it orbits the planet. For this reason, Jupiter appears to hang motionless in Io’s sky. Just as the Earth’s Moon does, Jupiter goes through phases as Io orbits it. Here’s a gallery showing the view from a location in the northern hemisphere during the course of a…

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Here’s How Ridiculous You Look Posing for Photos

You’ve been there, I’ve been there—telling someone to smile and pressing that camera shutter down only to realize a few seconds later that your cam was in video mode. Director and editor Dean Fleischer-Camp decided to exploit that premise to some hilarious ends. Smile is based on a simple yet ingenious prank for the digital…

Tech News Michael Hession

The Avengers Inside Hopper’s Iconic Nighthawks Painting

John P. Glynn had the great idea to put the Avengers’ diner bonus scene in Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. And his friend and Gizmodo reader Adal Rifai had the great idea to send it to us. It’s a cool shot. [Thanks Adal!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This movie looks like it might freak you right out of your skin

Beyond The Black Rainbow, in select theaters this Friday, looks like the weirdest frigging movie in ages. Just check out these two exclusive stills, plus the bizarre, loopy trailer. It’s a huge tribute to 1970s and early 1980s pop culture, set in a distorted version of 1983. Here’s another exclusive photo, plus a synopsis: Set…

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Piranhaconda Will Quite Possibly Be The Greatest Movie of All Time

Is it even scientifically possible for a snake to breed with a fish? Who knows. Is it scientifically possible to cram two-zillion B-actors, a CGI monster, and a bunch of mostly naked women into a movie that anyone with basic cable can see for free? Yes! Science! There are so many wonderful things about this…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

You won’t have to complain about Fox cancelling your favorite science fiction shows any more

People always complain about Fox pulling the plug on their most beloved science fiction TV shows, from Firefly to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The thing they always forget is that Fox also took a chance on some risky genre projects, which is why it had those favorite shows to cancel in the first place.…

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Do You Remember Your First Mobile Phone?

These were my dumb phones. In fact other than a short-lived Treo (returned!) this is every phone I owned prior to the first iPhone. I know, I know. I should have sent them to soldiers. But I didn’t. Earlier today, all of us from Gizmodo were talking about how much money we used to pay…

Tech News Mat Honan

Predictions for the future that will inspire you

The folks over at Steelcase have been asking everyone from school children to journalists to technological innovators to discuss their predictions for the next hundred years. The responses have been excellent. You’ll definitely want to spend some time exploring the site (I also highly recommend setting aside 20 minutes to watch this featurette, which showcases…

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Upside-Down Planters Let You Grow Flowers In Tiny Spaces

Plants are wonderful. They brighten up a your sleepy apartment and purify the stale air inside your hermetically sealed compound. But if you have small place, they’re just about the last thing you want because they take up so much room, and there isn’t exactly a convenient spot for a garden inside a 300 square-foot…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Eat Your Own Brain (and Live to Tell About It)

The Edible Chocolate Brain is perfect for the narcissist in love with their own intellect. They merely have to spend a chunk of time in an MRI tube, and from that data, Inition can create a 3D model of a brain which is then fed to a 3D printer to forge a 3D mold. Equipped…

Tech News Adrian Covert

All the Insane Spoilers We Caught in the New True Blood Trailer, Including Goth Hoyt!

HBO’s first trailer for season five of True Blood is packed with bloody spoilers. Get your first look at the return of the king, new vampire weapons, strange hookups, and the brand new look Hoyt is channeling. Watch the trailer, then check out our screencap breakdown in this giant fangbanging gallery. Hoyt is a Goth…

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What the Hell Is Under This TV Reporter’s Dress?

In the heat of discussing the super hot Facebook IPO, these Bloomberg TV reporters suffer some technical difficulties. What the hell is that thing under reporter Sara Eisen’s dress? Skip 22 seconds in and help us solve the mystery. The segment had already started off disastrously before the wardrobe malfunction exposed a weird black object…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

We’re Heading Towards a Future Where Brain Scans Replace the SAT

Customizable Sleeping Bag Lets You Peel Back Layers to Stay Cool

Neal Adams to draw The First X-Men, a miniseries starring Wolverine and a Nazi-hunting Magneto

Etiquette: Don’t Text If You’re Co-Hosting SNL

Is This Modern Shelf Just a Rip-Off of KerPlunk?

Rdio’s New Redesign Available on All Desktop Apps Now

Rumor: Apple Tapping Nvidia for Newest MacBook Pros

Avengers Origins: Trivia Galore For the Movie-Crazed Fanboy

Experience one (spectacular) day in orbit around Jupiter

Here’s How Ridiculous You Look Posing for Photos

The Avengers Inside Hopper’s Iconic Nighthawks Painting

This movie looks like it might freak you right out of your skin

Piranhaconda Will Quite Possibly Be The Greatest Movie of All Time

You won’t have to complain about Fox cancelling your favorite science fiction shows any more

Do You Remember Your First Mobile Phone?

Predictions for the future that will inspire you

Upside-Down Planters Let You Grow Flowers In Tiny Spaces

Eat Your Own Brain (and Live to Tell About It)

All the Insane Spoilers We Caught in the New True Blood Trailer, Including Goth Hoyt!

What the Hell Is Under This TV Reporter’s Dress?

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