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TJ Maxx Undercuts Everybody With iPad 2’s for $400

Just like last year, TJ Maxx is offering a handful of iPads at cutthroat prices. This year, you can snag a 16GB model for a measly $400, according to a Verge tipster. Just as before, supplies are extremely limited (approximately 15-25 per store) and the offer is only good for today, so you’ll want to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Is How You Rebuild One of the Nation’s Busiest Bridges Without Interrupting Traffic

The Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland may not be as iconic as the Golden Gate but it’s a vital traffic artery nonetheless. So how do you reconstruct the span without delaying its 280,000 daily commuters? Very carefully. This is a shot from the top of the new single tower—525 feet tall, the largest…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Street Lights of the Future Will Be Powered by the Sun and Wind

Those humming orange lights that illuminate your city streets typically rely on High Pressure Sodium bulbs (HPS)—cheaper and longer lasting than other conventional options, sure, but not exactly energy efficient. No worries though, they may soon be obsolete thanks to these LED street lamps powered by the sun and wind. The Eco-Pole is a freestanding…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Minuskull Speakers Are Terrifyingly Beautiful

I like things that look like other things. I like speakers. I like skulls. I like wood. And so what’s not to like about these MinuSkull wooden speakers that look like skulls? The 50 Watt speakers are designed by Kuntzel+Deygas. The wooden housing is walnut, and the eyes, which double as membranes, are banana leaf…

Tech News Mat Honan

If You Don’t Like the Names of These New Elements, Now’s the Time to Complain

Flerovium and livermorium have a nice ring, yeah? Chemistry’s governing body thinks so and wants to name two new elements with them. If you disagree, you’ve only got five months to come up with something better. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, a union of chemists that maintains the periodic table and vets…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Many Hazards of Being a Photographer for National Geographic

Working for the famous adventure magazine isn’t all just exotic locales and spectacular photo ops; there’s a fair amount of danger that goes hand-in-hand with the glamour. Here are just a few of the things that can go wrong on expedition. The Photo Society, a group of shutterbugs that regularly contribute to National Geographic Magazine,…

Health Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Jesus Toast

You know how sometimes when you squint at a piece of toast really hard, at just the right angle, a fully realized flesh and blood Jesus is suddenly sitting on your coffee table? No? Uh… yeah, totally, me neither. The rest of this week’s top web comedy videos, including a weapon of choice, a terrible…

Tech News Splitsider

Crypteks USB Super-Secures Your Digital Stash

Desperately trying to hide your copy of Back Door Sluts 9 from the missus? You’ll have to do better than just a good hiding spot. The Cypteks USB drive protects your unmentionables with super-strong hardware encryption and a physical combination lock. Inspired by the “cryptex” device from The DaVinci Code, this USB drive resides in…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Film Nerds Are Drooling Over Stanley Kubrick’s Incredible Early Photography

Stanley Kubrick made some really weird movies. If you want a little peak at his mental formation, the 10,000 photos he took as a teenager will probably only confuse you more—in a good way. If you’re not curious about what went on in Stanley Kubrick’s brain, you don’t have a heartbeat. At some point about…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Get Really Drunk Off Gummi Bears

Have you heard the one about the super simple way of packing a high amount of alcohol into gummi bears? I was extremely skeptical, so like any good scientist* I decided to test it myself. The result? Hooboy… It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s time for Happy Hour, Gizmodo’s…

Tech News Brent Rose

Facebook Buys Gowalla

Facebook just bought Gowalla for an as yet undisclosed sum of money, CNN is reporting. It’s another big get for the blue behemoth. Gowalla is Foursquare’s cuter, but far less popular cousin. It recently shifted focus from being a check-in based service, to an app that helps create location-based travel stories. CNN is reporting that…

Social Media Mat Honan

Daily Desired: A Glass Light Fixture for Your Eureka Moment

Light is, like, totally incredible, amirite? It allows you to do cool things. It allows you to see beautiful things. Making stuff? Yup. These inspired light fixtures are a tribute to everything that makes light so gosh darn great. The gorgeous fixtures made by Austin-based Machine Shop Lighting almost look like industrial relics, but they’re…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Galaxy Nexus Review: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Updated)

The long-awaited, much-hyped, Android 4.0 flagship is here at last. You already know we like Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), but what about the first phone to bear it? We’ve talked software, it’s time to hit the hardware. Note: Original testing was conducted on the European version of the Galaxy Nexus. We have now reviewed…

Tech News Brent Rose

Share Music From Your iPhone, Post Tiny Reviews, Battle Robots and Breakdancing Zombies

Swapping music between iPhones just got real easy. And forget Yelp’s review manifestos, you should go tiny. Then become a rat-battling rogue and get ready for robot combat. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. Sprd the Note: Share music from your iPhone’s iTunes library directly with other iPhones…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Get Mall Directions, Manage Your Content, Track Your Packages, and Dream Like Boy

Find the bathroom in the mall with your phone. Keep track of all the boxes headed to your home. Manage your Android device from a browser and enter a young boy’s dreams without being all creepy. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. AirDroid: Amaze your friends with your…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Create Your Own Muppet, Get Your Sword Ready, and Stare at the Beatles and Van Gogh

Step into the beautiful world of Vincent Van Gogh. Create your very own muppet character. Rock out with the Beatles Album guide and Slice your way through Infinity Blade II. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. Muppet Mail: You’re probably thinking, “Man, Gizmodo is really going nuts with…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Best of the Week: November 26-December 2, 2011

FORGOTTEN MARS | A vision of the Soviet Mars colony by Green Forest. One of 20 retro-futuristic visions of the Red Planet, from our stargazing past, including nefarious automobiles. See more here. We Warned You: Watchmen 2 is really happening. DC Comics is really going forward with the Watchmen tie-in project that everybody’s calling Watchmen…

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Motherf*cking Wasps Recognize Each Other By Their Faces

Scientists at the University of Michigan have found something really surprising and remarkable: wasps can recognize each other by looking at their faces. Until know, we thought that only animals like humans or chimps can do this. Not anymore. University of Michigan’s evolutionary biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts and grad student Michael Sheehan have discovered that paper…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Scientists Discover Huge Martian Water Deposit—Could Be Used By Human Explorers

The European Space Agency’ Mars Express spacecraft has discovered “large volumes of water ice” hiding only 65 feet underground the red planet’s surface, in the Phlegra Montes mountain range. It could be used by future human explorers. ESA claims that the images show lobate debris aprons that have been moved down the mountain slopes over…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Behold: Last week’s Solar Eclipse over Antarctica

Did you catch last week’s solar eclipse? Did you even know there was a solar eclipse last week? It’s okay if you didn’t — turns out it was only visible from high latitudes in the southern hemisphere, so chances are you wouldn’t have been able to spot it anyway. But fortunately for all of us,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

TJ Maxx Undercuts Everybody With iPad 2’s for $400

This Is How You Rebuild One of the Nation’s Busiest Bridges Without Interrupting Traffic

Street Lights of the Future Will Be Powered by the Sun and Wind

Minuskull Speakers Are Terrifyingly Beautiful

If You Don’t Like the Names of These New Elements, Now’s the Time to Complain

The Many Hazards of Being a Photographer for National Geographic

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Jesus Toast

Crypteks USB Super-Secures Your Digital Stash

Film Nerds Are Drooling Over Stanley Kubrick’s Incredible Early Photography

Get Really Drunk Off Gummi Bears

Facebook Buys Gowalla

Daily Desired: A Glass Light Fixture for Your Eureka Moment

Galaxy Nexus Review: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Updated)

Share Music From Your iPhone, Post Tiny Reviews, Battle Robots and Breakdancing Zombies

Get Mall Directions, Manage Your Content, Track Your Packages, and Dream Like Boy

Create Your Own Muppet, Get Your Sword Ready, and Stare at the Beatles and Van Gogh

Best of the Week: November 26-December 2, 2011

Motherf*cking Wasps Recognize Each Other By Their Faces

Scientists Discover Huge Martian Water Deposit—Could Be Used By Human Explorers

Behold: Last week’s Solar Eclipse over Antarctica

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