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This Designer Uses the Silver Inside All the Gadgets We Throw Away

How long have you had the computer or phone you’re reading this on? How about the others that proceeded it? Inside all of these electronics are precious metals that are usually trashed—even though they are still usable, as this Cape Town jeweler proves. The circuit boards that make up the bones of our devices depend…

142 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Reveal Blade Runner‘s Miniature World 

A massive gallery of behind-the-scenes Blade Runner slides has been uploaded to the internet, revealing a teeny, tiny world of space blimps and flying cars, all crafted with special care and beautiful attention to detail. Take a look at the dystopian miniatures, each tiny car hand painted with future dirt from riding clouds stuffed with…

These Humongous Transformers Are Made Out Of Scrapped Car Parts

Sure, they may be made out of of re-purposed bits of scrap metal, but I’m willing to say this Optimus Prime looks way cooler than what we got in Michael Bay’s Transformers films. The gigantic replicas of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee were made by Yu Zhilin and son, Yu Lingyun, two farmers from Hengyang County…

You Have To Look Closely To See That This NES Is Actually a Cake

There’s no shortage of wacky wedding cakes on the internet, but this creation is particularly noteworthy because until you get a good close-up look at it, it doesn’t look like a cake at all. You’d swear it was a functional NES console complete with two controllers and a copy of Tetris, but in reality it’s…

The NSA Is Going to Love These USB-C Charging Cables

Thanks to Apple’s new MacBook and Google’s new Chromebook Pixel, USB-C has arrived. A single flavor of cable for all your charging and connectivity needs? Hell yes. But that convenience doesn’t come without a cost; our computers will be more vulnerable than ever to malware attacks, from hackers and surveillance agencies alike. The trouble with…

These Color Swatches Could Help Us Find Alien Life

For the first time ever, scientists have created a detailed catalogue of color swatches that correspond to nearly 140 known microorganisms, including those that can live in the most extreme environments. Armed with this knowledge, astrobiologists can now scan the atmospheres of distant exoplanets in hopes of finding a match. “This database gives us the…

What Disabled People Can Teach Us About Sex – And Why We Should Listen

The sexuality of disabled people has long been suppressed and exploited. But in recent years, people with physical and cognitive impairments have been pushing back, fighting for sexual citizenship, and upending standard notions of gender, pleasure, and sexuality. Top photo featured by kind permission of Sofie Middernacht and Maarten Alexande Millie Dollar sashays onto the…

Showtime Says Twin Peaks Series Still On Despite David Lynch’s Comments

Twin Peaks showrunner David Lynch dropped a few ominous statements about the return of his series Twin Peaks on Showtime, but the network insists the show will go on. Back in October Showtime and Lynch and Mark Frost all collectively announced the 25-year return of Twin Peaks, just like the show foretold ( “I’ll see…

Someone Incorrectly Labeled This Rocket Ship Bed As a Kids’ Item

We all make mistakes, and we can only assume that Etsy-seller FableBedworks was in a rush when they posted this phenomenal transforming rocket ship murphy bed on their online store. Why else would they mistakenly refer to it as a “childrens bed” when there are certainly more than enough adults who would love a creation…

This jet-powered boat is going impossibly fast

Yowza. I think if I hopped on this jet-powered boat in New Zealand my hair would fall out, my neck would get stretched out and my face would be permanently smushed in. It goes fast. Like a runaway roller coaster that’s off its track fast. I mean, look how quickly it zips in and around…

Still wondering why Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead was titled “Spend”? Wonder no more. The guys at Gamma Squad figured out the names of season 5’s last five episodes all slyly refer to a Dale speech way back from season one — it’s pretty neat. Check it out here! Contact the author at [email protected].

NYPD Scrubbed Wikipedia Entries on Police Brutality and No One Cared

Last week, we found out that someone at New York Police Department headquarters was manipulating Wikipedia articles on police violence to make themselves look better. The NYPD has identified two officers behind the police-friendly entries—and is doing shit-all about these on-the-clock edits. The police-altered Wikipedia entries changed language to gloss over a variety of incidents…

Cool Down Your Android Phone With a Tap

An overheating phone is bad news for your battery life, your palms and the internal components inside your device. Fortunately, there’s an Android app that can help, shutting down some non-essential system tasks and background processes to give your handset the chance to cool off. You can choose from a one-tap quick fix or a…

9 More Viral Photos That Are Totally Fake

The internet is an incredible place, often filled with beauty, wonder, and truth. It can also be a cesspool of lies. Today we have another installment in our ongoing series of photo debunkings. You may have seen these nine images swirling around the internet recently. But none of them are quite what they seem. 1)…

This Is What It Would Be Like To Dig To The Center Of The Earth

If you’ve ever encountered a sinkhole, dug a hole, or even just picked up an old Jules Verne novel, you’ve probably wondered idly what it might be like to travel to the earth’s core. This interactive visualization lets you get a sense of the scale, without ever having to pick up a shovel. The BBC…

The Next Wave Of Animated Batman Figures Comes With An Awesome Nightwing

We’ve known it’s been coming for a while after DC announced delays to try and fix the problems with the toyline, but at last, here’s some good news for the toyline based on Batman: The Animated Series and The New Adventures Of Batman: Nightwing is on the way, and he looks rather lovely. The fifth…

Sherlock Goes Old-School For Its Christmas Special

You’ve seen the pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman dressed as the 1800s version of Sherlock Homes and Dr. Watson from the upcoming Christmas special. But now showrunner Steven Moffat has confirmed that the special will take place entirely in the character’s original era. Once the pics of the two actors in period garb…

16 Gorgeous Green St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

Gizmodo reader-photographers assembled to photograph the color green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, and what would you know, there’s not a toxic Miller Light in sight. Enjoy! Winner: Leprechaun Hallway No caption given. Steffen Ross Aurora Borealis This is a picture of the Aurora Borealis from my trip to Kiruna, Sweden. I used a…

Who Is The Most Fascinating Figure In Your Area’s Local History?

History is filled with great stories and unique characters, but sometimes the best stories never spread much beyond their own region. Today we want to know about the fascinating characters that people don’t hear enough about outside of your immediate locale. Tell us in the comments about a local historical figure from your region. Maybe…

All those iconic space pictures are really black and white 

Most of the gorgeous images of distant galaxies we all keep in our minds were captured by the lens of The Hubble Space Telescope. But those lens can only take black and white images. The color is added afterwards according to “the wavelengths of light that different elements emit in space.” This is how they…