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Why does a yo-yo yo?

Find out about the interplay of forces that make a yo-yo bounce. Most of us have spent some time with the string of a yo-yo cutting off the circulation in one finger, trying to get a yo-yo to do tricks. Parents give yo-yos to their kids in fits of nostalgia, and end up regretting it…

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A manatee munitions factory takes flight

In Roland Tamayo’s paintings, sea creatures find themselves punked out with modern-day technologies, transforming them into the vehicles and weapons of the future. Take a leisurely cruise aboard a humpback sailboat, or face nature’s deadliest weapon: the shark jet. Tamayo’s paintings are currently on display at Gallery 1988. What I want to know is, did…

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Physicists put on their poker face

String theorists and particle physicists possess skills that also come in handy when playing poker, as it’s a game rife with probabilities and grueling mental calculations. Here, Jennifer Oulette of Cocktail Party Physics talks physicists who are also card sharks. Jen-Luc Piquant has donned her poker face today and for good reason. This morning the…

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5 lesser-known Wonder Woman powers that need to make a comeback

Warner Brothers announced yesterday that they’re making a new Wonder Woman TV series. Sure, she’ll have the lasso, the bracelets, and (hopefully) the invisible jet, but will she have the power to skateboard like a champ? Here are five of Wonder Woman’s superpowers that are all too frequently downplayed. They may be forgotten to time,…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

The South Edgemere Wasteland of New York City

In the 1920s, South Edgemere in Queens was a thriving summertime destination replete with bungalows and a boardwalk. Nowadays, these 20 or so unused blocks have been abandoned to seaside squatters and gangs of wild dogs. Nathan Kensinger ventured into this wide open space on the edge of New York City. He notes that the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Inside the Brain of a US Navy Aircraft Carrier

This is the brain of the Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman—its air control center. From here, the ship performs its core function: Command around 64 aircraft, including F/A-18F Super Hornets, Hornets, Prowlers, Hawkeyes, Greyhounds, and Seahawk helicopters. Fuel monitoring of airborne aircraft at the USS Harry S. Truman These 4.5 acres of floating, mobile…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

All the Comedy Podcasts Worth Downloading

Splitsider has a terrific roundup of comedy podcasts that are actually, you know, funny. There are some familiar names here, but also quite a few lesser-knowns who are worth cozying up to. There’s something here for everyone, from the offbeat Comedy Death Ray to the frattier Adam Carolla Show. Although honestly the most interesting bit…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Turn On These Lights to Remind Yourself to Save Water

Everytime you switch on, remind yourself to switch off. That’s the message environmental artist Tanya Clarke is sending with these Liquid Lights. Made from recycled pipes and taps, the lamps use green LEDs as the light source. When purchased, 5 per cent of the money will be donated to water education charities. She even does…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Y01 Holster Is for Gadget Cowboys Going West

German designer Dayne Jewell thinks that an oversized leather holster would be great to hold your gadgets, keys, cigarettes, credit cards, headphones and your Colt 45. Well, looking at the photos, it seems he’s absolutely right. If it didn’t cost $343, I would get Joel Johnson two, for his adventures through land, air and sea.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Hundred Years Leading to Denon’s Birthday Blowout

Denon’s sounding the celebration trumpets as they hit their 100th birthday, releasing a set of ritzy anniversary edition AV gear. But the roots of the audiophile powerhouse go all the way back to an American business deal in 1907. American businessman Frederick Horn saw promise in Japanese industry long before their great electronics boom (of…

Tech News Sam Biddle

FIFA 11, Take Two

Sorry about the first video. I realized too late that I’d forgotten something. Here’s the fixed one.

Tech News Jason Chen

Gizmodo HQ Video Throwdown: How Usable Is Nokia’s New N8?

Nokia is in trouble. In the US, the brand’s gone from ubiquitous to the stuff of tech nostalgia. Its next (last?) stab at American relevance? The N8. We pitted the N8’s usability against two rivals, and the results aren’t pretty. To conduct our highly-nonscientific exercise in interface usability, we recruited two savvy smartphoners from around…

Tech News Sam Biddle

I Want to Dip These Wireless Lamps In Milk

Not only the nowire lamps look like delicious giant Oreos, but they can attach to any surface using a built-in suction cup and charge wirelessly using any Powermat surface. Created by Spanish designers Eduardo Tapiador, Lucia Mateo and Leticia Rodríguez, the lamps have no price yet. [Designboom]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s awesome blossom round up: Apple’s Remote, finally updated; The New Yorker, digitized on your iPad; Kenny Powers, striking out; Wine, discovered; weather, beautified; Vikings, glorified; Beejive, Android bound and more! iPhone To view these on one page, click here Android To view these on one page, click here iPad To view these…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

Not Even Amazon Will Spare You a Rickrolling

I need a humidifier. I’ll head to Amazon. They have deals. I’ll scroll through their front page—oh, here are some good deals. Oh look, at the bottom there’s a list of sites Amazon owns. Oh, the—OH GOD NO. Looks like Amazon never expects anyone to actually scroll down that far. I wish I hadn’t.

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Oracle CEO Ridicules HP’s Newly Appointed CEO

Oracle CEO Lawrence Ellison has blasted HP for ousting former CEO Mark Hurd already and now he’s mocking the company a bit more. He thinks its entire board is insane for appointing Leo Apotheker as its new CEO: I’m speechless…HP had several good internal candidates…but instead they pick a guy who was recently fired because…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Help Rick Sanchez Come Up with a New Twitter Handle

Well, this is awkward. Rick Sanchez just got fired from CNN for anti-Semitic ranting, so that twitter handle of his, @ricksanchezcnn, yeah, that’s gonna have to change. http://gawker.com/5653552/rick-sanchez-fired-from-cnn-after Rick, I pinged some of my friends and colleagues and came up with a few names that you could use—free of charge. Consider it an olive branch…

Tech News Joe Brown

Zippo Lighter Saves Man In Burglary Shooting

Brad Cooper’s Zippo stopped a bullet that could have killed him. Brad Cooper is a very lucky guy. Also, Brad Cooper is crazy. It happened when he found a burglar in his backyard. The guy pointed the gun at Cooper, telling him to stop. But Cooper didn’t care: He says that he kept walking towards…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Colorbind, the iPhone Game of Ribbons and Dots

Theoretically, with enough ribbon and buttons and graph paper, you could make a physical version of this iPhone game. But why would you want to, when the game’s only $2 and so much fun? [iTunes and Lite Version]

Tech News Jason Chen

Were These Antique Devices Too Goofy to Catch On?

Strange, radical, and just plain ugly gadgets are commonplace today—and the same was the case a century ago. The Daily Mail shares a gallery of oddball devices that, for whatever reason, didn’t survive the test of time. This envelope sealer, for example, perhaps failed to grab the public because it aimed to replace a human…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Why does a yo-yo yo?

A manatee munitions factory takes flight

Physicists put on their poker face

5 lesser-known Wonder Woman powers that need to make a comeback

The South Edgemere Wasteland of New York City

Inside the Brain of a US Navy Aircraft Carrier

All the Comedy Podcasts Worth Downloading

Turn On These Lights to Remind Yourself to Save Water

Y01 Holster Is for Gadget Cowboys Going West

The Hundred Years Leading to Denon’s Birthday Blowout

FIFA 11, Take Two

Gizmodo HQ Video Throwdown: How Usable Is Nokia’s New N8?

I Want to Dip These Wireless Lamps In Milk

This Week’s Best Apps

Not Even Amazon Will Spare You a Rickrolling

Oracle CEO Ridicules HP’s Newly Appointed CEO

Help Rick Sanchez Come Up with a New Twitter Handle

Zippo Lighter Saves Man In Burglary Shooting

Colorbind, the iPhone Game of Ribbons and Dots

Were These Antique Devices Too Goofy to Catch On?

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