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James Dyson Lightning Interview: A Mac Man With a Bladeless Fan

Sir James Dyson is more than a guy who makes unusually interesting vacuums. He makes unusually interesting fans, too! We got a (very brief) chance to talk to the man about his tech allegiances, his design philosophy, and more. https://gizmodo.com/review-dual-wielding-dyson-d31s-5349616 In all seriousness, Dyson’s legacy is about more than a few home appliances—though they’re no…

Sleeping Bra Improves Your Misshapen Boobs

We have covered every crazy snake oil bra out there designed to improve a woman’s bust, but so far nothing that claims to alter their shape. That is until the ‘Sleeping Bust Up Bra’. Apparently, you wear it while sleeping and it magically molds your boobs to their round and perky potential. Interesting, but what…

PS3 May Get Cross-Game Chat With Next Firmware Update

Bedlam in the official Playstation forums: Someone slipped up and accidentally confirmed that cross-game chat may be coming in the next Playstation 3 firmware update. The post was quickly deleted, which forumgoers are taking as evidence of the slip’s truth. Cross-game text chat has been around since April, but voice chat has so far been…

The Eye of Death

Esquire has the Nth feature on unmanned air vehicles changing the face of war. The opening photo, however, is a sleek, quite unique view on the dome that houses all the sensors is a Reaper UAV. Cool, deathly design. [Esquire] https://gizmodo.com/predator-pilots-are-most-fatigued-military-flight-crews-380739

AT&T: Google Is So Evil, They Even Block Calls to Nuns

The AT&T vs. Google Voice debate has gotten much more interesting/entertaining, thanks to a letter from AT&T to the FCC, loudly trashing Google—and even the FCC themselves, for allowing Google to run rampant. There’s some serious animosity here. In the letter, AT&T outlines a lot of their specific problems not just with Google Voice but…

Passage for the Narrowest of the Great Steam Ships

This is a rare image of otherworldly tranquility from concept designer Thomas Crausaz. Usually his work tends towards gorgeous desolation and destruction, as you can see in our gallery. But here he managed to portray a massive steamship looking delicate. You can see more of Thomas’ amazing work – including a ton of videogame design…

This is a secret communication from the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Apple’s Performance Update 1.0 for Leopard and Snow Leopard: Addresses Hard Drive Issues

Today Apple released Performance Update 1.0 for Leopard and Snow Leopard, aiming to fix the intermittent hard drive problems reported by some users. We’d love to hear if it actually fixes those issues this time—let us know! [TheLoop] https://gizmodo.com/your-freezing-clicking-macbook-pro-hard-drive-just-got-5341187

DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It’s Twisted and Curvy

Irina Alexandru‘s design is more of a coat hanger than a closet, but it’s intended to allow for the maximum amount of clothing hangers in the smallest amount of space. I just plain like the curvy double helix design. For those who are having flashbacks to biology class: Yes, a double-helix is actually nature’s clever…

Has Moscow Been FlashForwarded?

A strange cloud formed above Moscow last Wednesday which “scientists” dismissed as an”optical illusion” – about one BS excuse step below the “swamp gas reflected the light from Venus.” We, however, think otherwise: Moscow’s been FlashForwarded. First the evidence: I’m loving the “scientist” excuse, come on people that’s the oldest trick in the book. If…

Linux Users Can Try the Chrome OS Browser Right Now

Google spilled some choice Chrome OS guts yesterday, leaving us with a heap of files to sift through. The best part? They included the browser. Google’s files have been pulled, but Linux users can still download Chrome for Chrome here. https://lifehacker.com/first-glimpse-at-what-the-chrome-browser-may-look-like-5380926 The only file you can really do anything is is a .deb—that’s a Debian-based…

Jon Favreau Won’t be Uniting the Avengers

Jon Favreau hates to disappoint, but he won’t be taking the helm on The Avengers movie. The Iron Man 2 director explains why he’s not the best man for the job, and explains a bit more about Marvel’s interlocking films. After Marvel pushed back The Avengers’ release date by a year, we crossed our fingers,…

Design Epcot’s Newest Roller Coaster Each Time You Ride

Opening today, Epcot’s Sum of All Thrills ride will change every time you ride. That’s because you’ll draw your design on a touchscreen computer before hopping on. Using prerendered chunks of track and a digital ruler, you can shape the path of their virtual roller coaster, bobsled track or jet flight. (Should you draw something…

Vampire Care Packages and Disney’s Take on Twilight

In this vampire news update we’ve got details on the Disneyfied Twilight (with sexy ladies), plus a 30 Days of Night 2 tease. Plus, see the warning that comes from Amazon when you order New Moon goodies. A reader sent in this little tidbit above – this is the packaging for the New Moon movie…

Rumor: T-Mobile Project Black Isn’t a Phone — It’s a Rescue Plan

This unconfirmed memo from Nexus404 says what Project Black isn’t: A phone. It also claims Black is a turnaround plan with “blazing speeds” “3x” the competition and phones from hot makers (“Nokia #1 and Samsung #2”). WTF. All the employees who received the information were required to sign confidentiality agreements. Each sector has received it…

Carol Brady Creates The Worst Tech Support Job On The Face Of The Earth

If you thought your IT job was filled with annoying questions, try working for Florence Henderson‘s new FloH Club. It’s a telephone-based tech support service for old people. This isn’t Carol Brady’s first foray into tech support however. She was also on the front lines during the DTV conversion. Perhaps that, along with her confusion…

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

Kids, another zombie uprising is upon us. In The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, Max Brooks, author of World War Z, retells the stories of zombie attacks since the dawn of humanity. Click through to preview all the eye-popping decapitations! Then order your copy of The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks to see every detail…

Android’s Best Augmented Reality App Hits the iPhone

Layar, the first camera-based AR app to really blow us (or anyone) away, has quietly slipped into the App Store. As with the Android version, the app overlays all kinds of information onto a live view of the world around you. https://gizmodo.com/layar-first-mobile-augmented-reality-browser-is-your-r-5292748 Since OS 3.1 dropped, giving devs (almost) open access to the iPhone’s camera…

Real Mouse Navigates Quake 2 Using a Trackball

Neuroscientists at Princeton created a new way to study the neurons of the classic mouse-in-a-maze: Strap it to a suspended ball and have it run through a virtual maze. That first virtual maze? Derived from a Quake 2 level. Apparently it’s difficult to control and study the neurons of a mouse when it’s physically moving,…

Why Android Phones Are Slow (Today)

In a new column on Engadget, Anand from Anandtech explains why Android phones feel slow. (Answer: They use cheaper arm chips, which also, using the same nanometer process, allows them to be smaller.) [Engadget]