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Do You Have the Guts to Drive this Snow Cycle Down a Mountain?

This gulp-inducing ride, based on a 1949 Austrian design, set a Guinness World Record for longest vertical drop—going 66 mph. Now, you can own it—though we’d advise practicing with some neighborhood sledding before taking it up the Alps. The Snow Cycle uses two main front and back skis for steering, with foot-mounted blades for stabilization.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Two janitors working for the world’s biggest evil scientist corporation land their own feature film

Two unlucky janitors, working for the world’s most diabolical evil scientist corporation are getting their own feature film! The Oni Press comic book Maintenance will be adapted by DreamWorks. So fingers crossed for an adorable toxic spill monster! [THR]

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Clear 4G Is Up and Running in San Francisco

Residents of San Francisco, did it feel like something was a bit…different when you woke up this morning? It was! It is! You’re now blanketed in Clear’s 4G service. You’re their 71st market—just the number they had said they’d hit in 2010—and they’re offering special packages to get peeps up and running on their site.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Android Music Player to Ditch the Featureless Gray List Design Ethic

The default Android music player is a dark and dreary piece of software, that’s routinely shamed by the custom media options supplied with HTC’s Sense skin and even the likes of Motoblur. But it’s about to get better. This video of a leaked build of a future Android music player shows little in the way…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Definitive proof that today’s kids are living in the future.

Sure, there are cell phones and iPads and Wiis, but were these the things you dreamed of when you were a child? No. This is. It’s a genuine crayon recycler. Most adults have seen that episode of Sesame Street that showed the crayon manufacturing plant when they were children, and wished for a similar power.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Best Exclusives of the Year

These are the stories you couldn’t find anywhere else. From Apple’s security slips to Facebook’s prolific profile breach, check out Gizmodo’s best Exclusives from 2010. 1. This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – April 19th You are looking at Apple’s next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

It’s raining alphabet soup, in the cover for China Miéville’s next novel

China Miéville’s novel Embassytown is all about communication with an alien race, on a distant planet. So it makes sense that the newly revealed cover shows letters falling on a luminescent cityscape. Here’s the synopsis of Embassytown, due out in May: Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an…

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Omega Headphone Stands: For Alpha Audiophiles Only

When your headphones cost more than your monthly rent, there’s pressure to keep them pristine—but also to show them off. The Omega Headphone Stand does both with a single, oval-shaped piece of wood. The Omegas come in cherry, maple, walnut, or zebrano finishes, and look a little like Mary Tyler Moore is modeling your cans.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Ancient Australians found the secret to truly immortal art

What is the secret to art that lasts forever and stays fresh always? Some say passion, some say rigorous discipline, some say ingenuity, and some say fungus. The last one is right. Anyone who has been to a museum knows the drill. Do not touch the art. Do not get too close to the art.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

A Guide to Bad Space Science In Movies

Sorry to ruin your enjoyment of Mission to Mars—or, fine, Aliens and Star Wars—but it joins a host of sci-fi movies that just can’t quite get their space science right. Here are the most common offenses and offenders. You’ll note that The Right Stuff and Apollo 13, the two movies that are based on actual…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett

Michelle Rodriguez wants to return for Avatar 2, plus Breaking Dawn’s vampire ultraviolence

Michelle Rodriguez doesn’t think death should hold back Captain Trudy Chacon from making a comeback in Avatar 2. Edgar Wright responds to the Ant-Man rumors, and Breaking Dawn promises at least one awesomely violent fantasy sequence. Bring out your spoilers! Avatar 2 Michelle Rodriguez says she would love to return in the sequel as Captain…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Researchers Create 1000-Core Computer Processor

A team of computer researchers have managed to squeeze an incredible 1000 separate cores into a new form of CPU, resulting in what they expect to be a 20-fold increase in current performance. The alternate processor is built around existing Field Programmable Gate Array technology, a form of transistor management that lets the user define…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Scientists Plan “Living Earth Simulator” to Track Disease, Disasters and Traffic

The computers haven’t been built yet, so it’s not going to happen for a while—but the Living Earth Simulator will be a “knowledge collider” capable of modelling our entire planet when/if it gets off the fantasy drawing board. Dr Helbing, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, claims we need a super-accurate model of the…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Asus Teases New Transforming Hinged Notebook/Tablet Combi

The pre-CES teasing is gathering pace, with Asus releasing a selection of close-up images of forthcoming tablet devices. The shots show a standard glassy slab—plus one that appears to imitate the Inspiron Duo‘s transforming netbook style. https://gizmodo.com/dells-inspiron-duo-is-a-10-netbook-tablet-transformer-5637897 The cropped image above illustrates it all in one shot—the keyboard beneath, the touchscreen where the lid should…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Samsung Taking the “Thinnest” 3D Blu-ray Player to CES 2011

The defining characteristic of most home Blu-ray players isn’t usually their thickness, but perhaps if you live in a house with low ceilings you might fancy Samsung’s new, unnamed Blu-ray device. Seems pretty deep, though, Samsung. Got anything narrower? While announcing the device, Samsung also took the time to blow its trumpet about US Blu-ray…

Gadgets Gary Cutlack

Would You Like To Know More About HTC’s Thunderbolt?

HTC fans are now able to register with the company to be told all about its latest handset. We’ve mentioned it before, but today’s snooping reveals the codename “Thunderbolt” in the URL—but that could change. https://gizmodo.com/will-the-htc-incredible-hd-come-out-to-play-on-january-5716666 The rousing marketing phrase on the site uses Apple-like warped grammar, claiming that “On January 6th, HTC will be…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Nissan Has Turned Real-Life Driving Into an Environmentally-Friendly Game

If you weren’t impressed with the Nissan Leaf‘s all-electric engine, maybe you’ll at least raise an eyebrow at this Xbox-esque achievement system Nissan worked into the Leaf’s software, which ranks your energy efficiency against other owners. In addition to comparing the amount of miles you can travel for every kilowatt hour consumed, it will also…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Gigantic 1,500-Pound Camera Captures First X-Ray Images of Lightning

Some madly brilliant scientists recently used a gigantic 1,500-pound camera to capture x-ray images of lightning—which they triggered artificially using wires and rockets. Crazy? Maybe, but it’s definitely a beautiful experiment. As a result of having a camera which could capture a lightning bolt traveling at one-sixth the speed of light, scientists have been able…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

If You Want to Keep Using The Internet, Learn Chinese Now

According to this infographic, Chinese will become the internet’s dominant language in five years. Obviously, every single webpage won’t be in Mandarin, but it’s a good reminder that China’s rise as a cultural force shouldn’t be ignored. [TheNextWeb via Gizmag]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Lawsuit Filed Against Apple and iOS App Makers Over Secret User Tracking

Apple and a number of iPhone app makers including Pandora and Dictionary.com were sued Monday for allegedly helping advertisers secretly create profiles of iPhone users, including their location, without their consent. The suit, filed in federal court in Northern California, seeks both a court order to stop the profiling and monetary damages. At issue is…

Tech News Ryan Singel - Wired

Do You Have the Guts to Drive this Snow Cycle Down a Mountain?

Two janitors working for the world’s biggest evil scientist corporation land their own feature film

Clear 4G Is Up and Running in San Francisco

Android Music Player to Ditch the Featureless Gray List Design Ethic

Definitive proof that today’s kids are living in the future.

The Best Exclusives of the Year

It’s raining alphabet soup, in the cover for China Miéville’s next novel

Omega Headphone Stands: For Alpha Audiophiles Only

Ancient Australians found the secret to truly immortal art

A Guide to Bad Space Science In Movies

Michelle Rodriguez wants to return for Avatar 2, plus Breaking Dawn’s vampire ultraviolence

Researchers Create 1000-Core Computer Processor

Scientists Plan “Living Earth Simulator” to Track Disease, Disasters and Traffic

Asus Teases New Transforming Hinged Notebook/Tablet Combi

Samsung Taking the “Thinnest” 3D Blu-ray Player to CES 2011

Would You Like To Know More About HTC’s Thunderbolt?

Nissan Has Turned Real-Life Driving Into an Environmentally-Friendly Game

Gigantic 1,500-Pound Camera Captures First X-Ray Images of Lightning

If You Want to Keep Using The Internet, Learn Chinese Now

Lawsuit Filed Against Apple and iOS App Makers Over Secret User Tracking

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