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Welcome to Toyland

We love toys around here. We love writing about them, playing with them, shooting each other in the face with them. But while we try to find any excuse we can to share them with you, there are some toys that just aren’t quite tech enough to fit on Gizmodo. That’s why we’ve created Toyland.…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 21 '14

The First Kickstarter I’ve Given Money to Is a Glow-in-the-Dark Toilet

I am a Kickstarter skeptic. A big one. And as such, I have never felt compelled to risk putting down money for something that might never actually come to fruition—until now. I just gave $45 to a glow-in-the-dark toilet, and I don’t regret it at all. Probably. IllumiBowl is a product that, for all intents…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Oct 21 '14

The BBC Is Teaching Kids How To Program Their Own Dalek

A Doctor Who game being released by the BBC this week requires much more than a game controller or a computer mouse. Instead, players must solve puzzles through a series of commands that teach the basics of programming and coding skills. The fate of the universe depends on your ability to help a rogue Dalek…

io9 Mark Strauss Oct 21 '14

This ad is entirely made of famous song lines

I love this ad for the Helsinki-based radio station Radio Aalto. Not only it’s cool—the actors are the actual hosts of one of their shows—and well produced, but also it has an insightful and fun concept: Who hasn’t used a famous song line in an informal conversation? Well, this ad is entirely made with them.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 21 '14

New Software Lets the Visually Impaired 3D Print a Map To Go

You probably get pretty frustrated when you catch your parents printing out Google Maps directions even though they have a smartphone, but the notion seems less ridiculous when those same maps are coming off of a 3D printer as a way to let the visually impaired safely navigate a city by foot. Japan’s Geospatial Information…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 21 '14

Brain Damage Can Be Grammar-Specific

We know that a specific form of magnetic stimulation to the brain can render people unable to speak. But it can get a lot more specific than that. Brain lesions can get so selective, they can knock out a particular form of grammar. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is both fascinating and terrifying. During TMS,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 21 '14

Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Awesome Mix is releasing on Cassette

Peter Quill’s aptly titled Awesome Mix has rocked the charts this year across a variety of formats, from Digital to CD to even multiple Vinyl pressings, but Guardian fans always asked – when is it coming to tape? Well, now you have your answer: The Awesome Mix is coming to its true home format next…

Movies James Whitbrook Oct 21 '14

Justice League and Guardians of the Galaxy Add Secret New Characters!

And what’s going on at the Batman v. Superman red carpet? Plus, David Ayer on Suicide Squad, James Gunn on already writing Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and Melissa McCarthy ends those pesky Ghostbusters rumors. And tons of information on the Arrow and Flash crossover and their new characters. Spoilers now! Top image: The Flash…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 21 '14

A Rare Tour Inside a Thousand-Year-Old High-Tech Winery

The Abbey Winery in Pannonhalma, Hungary, has one of the oldest wine making traditions in Europe. In 996, Benedictine monks settled on the Sacred Hill of Pannonia—and they’ve always been closely associated with viticulture and winemaking introduced by the Romans. At the beginning of the 1900s, the Archabbey had about 100 hectares—or 250 acres—of vineyards…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 21 '14

Good morning, Marseille

Marseille is one the biggest and most important ports in France. This time-lapse by Dider Viodé shows not only that, but its beautiful historic buildings, fantastic landscapes and, one of the things I miss the most since I moved to England, the light that makes from the south of France a gorgeous place to live…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 21 '14

Toshiba Radius 11: A Neat Convertible With Bags of Storage on the Cheap

This is Toshiba’s new Satellite Radius 11, a convertible PC-cum-tablet. Yes, it looks a lot like a Lenovo Yoga—but if you’re on a budget and need a (quite literally) flexible computer, it might be for you. The previous incarnation of the Radius had a 15.6-inch screen—hardly a practical option for carrying around as a tablet…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 21 '14

Leeo SmartAlert Review: A $100 Night Light That Listens For Fire

If your smoke alarm starts wailing and you’re not home to hear it, you’d better hope one of your neighbors does — or else you might come home to a smoldering pile of rubble. But with the Leeo smart night light, even if your nearest neighbor is miles away, you’ll be alerted to potential fires…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola Oct 21 '14

Google Just Released Hundreds of Cool Icons That You Can Use For Free

As part of its Material Design project, Google has published a set of lovely icons, designed for use in mobile apps or whatever else you fancy using them for. And they’re free! https://gizmodo.com/what-material-design-means-for-the-future-of-android-1595976211 Just published to Github, there are 750 of the neatly designed icons. They’ll fit nicely in Android, but you could use the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 21 '14

When Can the Police Search Your Phone and Computer?

Your computer, phone, and other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. This sensitive data is worth protecting from prying eyes, including those of the government. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, and this protection extends to your computer and…

Privacy & Security Hanni Fakhoury and Nadia Kayyali - EFF Oct 21 '14

Paraglider flies so close to cable car that he can high five passengers

Daredevil Arnaud Longobardi shows a crazy array of paragliding tricks in this video shot in Chamonix, in the French Alps. One of those tricks is particularly insane: He flies so close to a moving cable car that he could perfectly give a handshake to one of its passengers. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 21 '14

The Thoughts of Locked-In Patients, Visualized

These aren’t Second Life punks—they’re visualizations of what people with locked-in syndrome think, and they could help us communicate with people who can’t respond physically or verbally. Some people in a vegetative state can have an awareness of their surroundings, but they have no means of communicating to doctors, friends or family. So researchers at…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 21 '14

Inside the Science of Sharing Rare Blood

His doctor drove him over the border. It was quicker that way: if the man donated in Switzerland, his blood would be delayed while paperwork was filled out and authorisations sought. The nurse in Annemasse, France, could tell from the label on the blood bag destined for Paris that this blood was pretty unusual. But…

Tech News Penny Bailey - Mosaic Oct 21 '14

First Up-Close Images of Mars’s Near-Miss Comet

It may not look much, but these are the first images of Comet C/2013 A1, known as Siding Spring, as it passed by Mars on Sunday. The images were captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. https://gizmodo.com/comet-c-2013-a1-known-as-siding-spring-passes-mars-j-1648349372 The comet passed closer to Mars than any comet has ever passed by Earth in recorded history—so scientists are…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Oct 21 '14

Mac Mini 2014 Teardown: Minor Tweaks and Major Upgrade Headaches

We’re glad to know that the Mac Mini is back—but has it changed much inside? Fortunately, iFixit has torn the sucker apart to find out what lurks within. https://gizmodo.com/the-mac-mini-is-back-with-all-new-guts-1647212364 Of course, over the weekend many people reported that it was now impossible to upgrade the RAM in side the Mini. But here’s some choice cuts…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 21 '14

CGI footage of people falling and not getting up makes me laugh so hard

I must be a horrible person because I howled so hard when I saw this CGI footage by Dave Fothergill that shows computer generated people falling down over and over again as they get swept around by a swinging metal fence. Don’t get me wrong, I’m rooting for these clumsy CGI folk to make it…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 21 '14

Welcome to Toyland

The First Kickstarter I’ve Given Money to Is a Glow-in-the-Dark Toilet

The BBC Is Teaching Kids How To Program Their Own Dalek

This ad is entirely made of famous song lines

New Software Lets the Visually Impaired 3D Print a Map To Go

Brain Damage Can Be Grammar-Specific

Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Awesome Mix is releasing on Cassette

Justice League and Guardians of the Galaxy Add Secret New Characters!

A Rare Tour Inside a Thousand-Year-Old High-Tech Winery

Good morning, Marseille

Toshiba Radius 11: A Neat Convertible With Bags of Storage on the Cheap

Leeo SmartAlert Review: A $100 Night Light That Listens For Fire

Google Just Released Hundreds of Cool Icons That You Can Use For Free

When Can the Police Search Your Phone and Computer?

Paraglider flies so close to cable car that he can high five passengers

The Thoughts of Locked-In Patients, Visualized

Inside the Science of Sharing Rare Blood

First Up-Close Images of Mars’s Near-Miss Comet

Mac Mini 2014 Teardown: Minor Tweaks and Major Upgrade Headaches

CGI footage of people falling and not getting up makes me laugh so hard

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