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This Gang of Flat Robots Can Autonomously Steal (Or Park) Your Car

Ever since cars first hit the road drivers have been terrible at parking, so it makes sense that we’re finally leveraging all the advancements we’ve made in robotics to do that for us. But instead of an automaton hopping into the driver’s seat, these flat but strong robots are able to lift a vehicle by…

Goosebumps Filmmakers Reveal How RL Stine Became The Star Of Their Movie

Jack Black plays a cantankerous version of real-life horror author R.L. Stine, who lives in a world where his successful Goosebumps books aren’t just a scary YA series, but also a way in which the writer battles actual monsters. How is this going to work, exactly? We asked producer Neal H. Moritz and director Rob…

You’re More Likely To Have Leprosy Than You Know (And That’s Okay)

Leprosy is not a disease of the past. Nor is it particularly rare. It’s one of the many diseases we get without ever knowing we have them . . . most of the time. The Viruses Diseases don’t always make their presence known. This is because, although we talk about “fighting” a disease, we’re the…

LG G4 Hands-On: The Slow Perfection of the Old-School Android Phone

After weeks of leaks, LG’s new flagship is here. It’s nothing revolutionary—merely the most meticulously designed G-phone yet. But that could be a good thing. Where other Android handset makers—ahem, Samsung—keep pushing for pizazz, the G4 is about practicality. The basics The G4 has a 2560 x 1440 Quad HD, 5.5-inch display, just like the…

Some Incredibly Historic WWII-era Items Are Going Up For Sale

Auction house Bonhams is selling off a remarkable assortment of WWII-era items, including the Nazi surrender order and the Enola Gay co-pilot’s flight logs. The sale is expected to fetch a considerable amount of money, but should such historically sensitive items be auctioned off at all? Hiroshima after the bomb (AP Photo). As part of…

Dropbox Just Got Comments for Shared Files 

I’m really surprised that Dropbox didn’t already offer this feature, but the file-sharing service now allows comments on its shared files, just like Google Drive. This’ll make it a lot easier to add context or ask questions about files you’re sharing in a group. To start a comment conversation, you tag someone’s username or email…

An Onboard Camera Makes It Feel Like You’re Driving This RC Batmobile

Few of us have the financial resources to build a Batmobile that does everything the ones in the movies can do. Or even a full-scale replica that just drives, for that matter. But if you can scrape together a thousand bucks, you can easily get your hands on this 1:12-scale remote control Tumbler toy that…

Logitech MX Master Review: The Best Mouse Got Better

Roughly three million years ago, when I’d just started at Gizmodo, Logitech’s Performance Mouse MX won our Best Wireless Mouse Battlemodo. It was a triumph of ergonomics and it was a joy to use. Well, almost four years later, it’s received an update: the MX Master. Rather than mess with success, Logitech retained everything that…

How Ikea Could Change Jet Cockpit Design

Spending the day at Ikea is a fun treat in the best of times, a relationship-destroying nightmare in the worst. For one Airbus designer, though, following the yellow arrows around the bins of votive candles and wall hooks was a breakthrough moment. Lead image: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan The cockpit of any airplane is the result…

Instagram Is Censoring the Eggplant Emoji Because Well You Know Why

Instagrammers with weiner on the brain will have to look elsewhere: Instagram announced yesterday it’s adding emoji hashtags, but you can’t search for photos hashtagged with the eggplant, a vegetable considered more penile than produce these days. You might know it as aubergine, the nightshade species solanum melongena, or as delicious with parmesan, but sexters…

Convicted Silk Road Kingpin Ross Ulbricht Won’t Be Getting a Retrial

The Silk Road’s convicted kingpin won’t get a new trial, a judge ruled today. A motion for retrial filed by Ross Ulbricht’s defense team was rejected by Judge Katherine Forrest. Forrest rebuffed several arguments about why Ulbricht needed a retrial, even after two of the federal agents working to convict him were caught stealing bitcoin.…

Gotham Is Getting Kind Of Ridiculous Again, Thank Goodness

Guys, I’m worried that I have been instantly Stockholm Syndromed by Gotham, much as the evil Ogre did to our non-beloved Barbara Kean. Because I actually kind of liked “The Anvil or the Hammer” — or at least parts of it. The insane parts, specifically. Please don’t mistake me for thinking this was a good…

Airplane Cabins Could Be 100X Quieter With These Rubber Mufflers

The dull throbbing hum that accompanies you on your jet-setting adventures might be quieted in the near future. Scientists from MIT and North Carolina State University collaborated on a thin rubber membrane that can be installed throughout the body of a plane like acoustical tiles, essentially sound-proofing the interior. To keep the plane’s weight low,…

How does evolution work? One way to get a real sense of how the process has unfolded is with this videogame from NOVA Labs, which lets you build an evolutionary tree of how different species emerged. The best part is their “Deep Tree” which maps relationships between 70,000 different species. For instance, above you can…

My Wink Smart Home Is Just Plain Braindead Now

I recently took my first vacation in two years. It was fun! But I was excited to get home, raise my shades and relax in the finicky but sort of useful smart home I’d spent the past few months building. When I walked in the door, all of the automation was gone. The light on…

Which Stand-Alone Book Do You Most Want A Sequel To?

One of the hardest parts of writing is knowing exactly where to stop. But which book do you think stopped just a little too early? Today, we want to know about the books that left you needing to know a little more. Whether you were waiting for a full sequel or just a bit of…

Watch DARPA’s Scary Self-Guided Bullets Swerve to Hit Moving Objects

Military researchers at DARPA have been developing ammunition which can change its path in mid-air to ensure it always hits its target. Now, it can even correct itself mid-flight to hit a moving target. The Department’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) is a .50 caliber bullet that maneuvers itself as it travels through the air.…

10 Tricks to Make Yourself an iTunes Master

Apple’s venerable media suite isn’t everyone’s favorite bit of software, but there are more functions and features available here than you might have realized—from desktop shortcuts to hidden columns to Android support, we’ve picked out 10 noteworthy tricks you can make use of in the latest versions for Mac and Windows. 1. Use Up Next…

There’s More To Hyperion’s Weirdness Than Its Sponge-Like Surface

Aside from having the coolest name for a moon ever, Hyperion is known for its potato-like shape and a surface that looks — and even acts — like a sponge. But as the Cassini spacecraft discovered back in 2005, this Saturnian moon also packs an unexpected punch. The image above was captured by Cassini at…

Video: Exploring an active dam on foot is not for the faint-hearted

I think my heart it outside my body now because it tried to leap out of my throat an uncountable number of times as I was watching James Kingston explore the Sepulveda Dam in LA from his point of view. Narrow beams, far jumps, high walls, obstacles, fear, normal human weaknesses don’t seem to apply…