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First Video of Chicago Airport Train Derailing and Going Up a Stairwell

On Monday a Blue Line subway train at Chicago’s O’Hare airport jumped the rails and then proceeded to plow its way up a set of stairs and escalators. And just a few days later security footage of the incident has finally been released. Not surprisingly, it looks like a real life action movie—minus the Hollywood-style…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 26 '14

How Do Pandas Eat So Much Bamboo?

For members of the taxonomic order Carnivora, giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) eat surprisingly little meat. They’re nearly entirely herbivorous, subsisting almost exclusively on bamboo. What’s strange about the panda is that it isn’t really very well designed for a plant-based diet. At least not at first glance. Other herbivorous mammals have specialized adaptations in their…

Biology Jason G. Goldman Mar 26 '14

V-Moda XS Headphones Review: Indestructible Cans With Runway Looks

V-Moda, the decade-old veteran of the new-wave of headphones is just launching a fresh set of impressively over-engineered cans. They fit you snug like a tailored suit and last as long as a tank. What is it? Portable on-ear headphones with 40mm drivers that cost $200 on Amazon. You can also buy them directly from…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 26 '14

First Looks: Avengers 2‘s Ultron And Doctor Who‘s New Sonic Screwdriver

Ant-Man may add a House of Cards alum to its cast. A set report includes a new costume and sonic screwdriver for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. An Attack The Block star could join Terminator 5. Plus, a ton of Game of Thrones interviews, including why Maisie Williams wants viewers not to like Arya. Spoilers now! Avengers:…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Mar 26 '14

The New 16 Lego Simpsons Minifigs Are Awesome And I Want Them All

Here you have them: The rumored Lego Simpsons minifigs in all their glory! 16 of them, including Itchy and Scratchy with deadly weapons! Even the Simpsons themselves look better than the ones in the house set, because their eyes are fully open. https://gizmodo.com/official-photos-the-lego-simpsons-house-is-the-best-le-1497343921 They look pretty hard to make. Feast your eyes in the individual…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 26 '14

What a Hellish Mess a Rocket Launch Can Be!

This is how the launch pad looked like seconds after yesterday’s Soyuz launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Original caption for this great shot: Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft and a crew of US astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev aboard, blasts off from a launch pad at the…

Tech News Attila Nagy Mar 26 '14

You Can Spend the Night in This Television Antenna Above Prague

In the 1980s, a Communist-era television tower was erected in Prague, ruining its picturesque skyline. Now you can stay at a hotel with a view that’s guaranteed not to include the tower, because it’s located inside the tower itself, perched 230 feet over the city. The imaginatively named One Room Hotel is located inside what…

Tech News Alissa Walker Mar 26 '14

Minecraft VR is the First Casualty of Facebook’s Oculus Rift Buyout

Facebook’s buyout of promising virtual reality company Oculus (makers of the Oculus Rift headset) has split the gaming community right down the middle. And it’s alienated at least one high profile developer — Markus Persson, creator of Minecraft. While some see the social network’s war-chest as exactly what Oculus needs to fast-track the protracted development…

Social Media Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Mar 26 '14

New HTC One Teardown: This Is Why the Warranty Is So Good

The HTC One M8 may well be HTC’s best-ever smartphone, but you’d better keep it cocooned in bubble wrap — the latest teardown from the iFixit team shows that the new flagship Android device will be incredibly difficult to carry out DIY repairs on. Breaking down the handset into its component parts, it’ll be a…

Tech News Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Mar 26 '14

How a 2005 Steve Jobs Ultimatum Turned Into the iPhone We Know

Way back in 2005, Apple engineer Greg Christie was toying around with ideas for a touchscreen telephone. Then, Jobs gave him an ultimatum: show serious progress in two weeks, or someone else gets the project. There’s nothing like a threat to sharpen one’s focus—and Jobs’ demand for ” bigger ideas and bigger concepts” really did.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 26 '14

You Can Buy the New HTC One on Google Play Right Now

Following the launch of the all-new HTC One yesterday, you can already buy one from the Google Play Store, stripped of its HTC guff. https://gizmodo.com/htc-one-2014-review-faster-stronger-better-1550841872 The phone on offer via Google runs a version of stock Android very similar to Google’s Nexus range, which means you don’t get any of HTC’s Sense software or apps.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 26 '14

Apple’s Trying To Make iOS Emojis More Racially Diverse

After Miley Cyrus quite rightly grumbled about the lack of racial diversity in iOS emojis a long time ago, MTV Act decided to ask Apple what it had done about it. Surprisingly, it turns out, it’s pushing for change! The enquiry—sent directly to Tim Cook!—was replied to by Katie Cotton, Apple’s vice president of worldwide…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 26 '14

You Can Now Download the Original Source Code for MS-DOS for Free

Microsoft has dusted off the source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows—some of the most popular and widely used software of the 80s—making it freely available to download from the the Computer History Museum. The source code for MS DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a is now entirely free and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 26 '14

Would you like to jump from low Earth orbit using this awesome suit?

Fearless Felix Baumgartner’s jump was truly amazing but, at about 127,000 feet, it wasn’t from orbit—not even low Earth orbit. Maybe one day someone will beat his record with this re-entry emergency suit. Can you imagine being inside as you plunge into Earth’s atmosphere and everything turns into fire? You know how it goes: “I’m…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 26 '14

Watch a large ship getting deformed from the inside in a heavy storm

On the left, a ship in a heavy storm as seen from the deck, going through giant waves. On the right, a ship in a heavy storm seen from a level deep inside, going through the same stress forces. I really don’t know which perspective is scarier. The ship on the left is the liquid…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 26 '14

This real-life photo of Marge Simpson will haunt your dreams forever

This isn’t photoshopped. Photographer Alexander Khokhlov uses hair and makeup to create insane out-of-this-world images. Using 3D make-up effects he can trick you into thinking you’re looking at a heavily-photoshopped image, but it’s actually just a bit of hair and make-up black magic. Image courtesy Alexander Khokhlov. Make-up by artist Veronica Ershova, and style by…

Sploid Tatiana Danger Mar 26 '14

Mike Mignola’s Otherworldly Concept Art For Disney’s Atlantis

To create a mythic look to for the ancient sunken city and the Jules Verne-esque technology in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney turned to Hellboy creator Mike Mignola to work on the film’s production design. While Mignola’s influence can certainly be felt in the final film through his designs, Disney didn’t fully copy his heavily…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 26 '14

Imagine plunging into Earth’s atmosphere using this re-entry spacesuit

Just imagine the experience of a lifetime: Jumping from low Earth orbit, your world turns into fire as the acceleration increases… https://gizmodo.com/would-you-like-to-jump-from-low-earth-orbit-using-this-1551761062

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 26 '14

How to Find a Time-Traveling Laser Cat Stuck in the 1990s

This heartwarming tale of friendship and loyalty by Inese Verina follows “over modern future wave guy” as he battles through a treacherous virtual world set in the dawn of the Internet era in search of his faithful laser cat. Well, either that or the single most absurd guerilla marketing campaign for Windows 98 of all…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 26 '14

No matter how many times I see this happen, it still leaves me in awe

Neat shot of two Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft supercarriers—the USS George H.W. Bush and USS Harry S. Truman—cruising together in the Arabian Sea. I still find amazing that ten of these giant monsters roam the seas. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 25 '14

First Video of Chicago Airport Train Derailing and Going Up a Stairwell

How Do Pandas Eat So Much Bamboo?

V-Moda XS Headphones Review: Indestructible Cans With Runway Looks

First Looks: Avengers 2‘s Ultron And Doctor Who‘s New Sonic Screwdriver

The New 16 Lego Simpsons Minifigs Are Awesome And I Want Them All

What a Hellish Mess a Rocket Launch Can Be!

You Can Spend the Night in This Television Antenna Above Prague

Minecraft VR is the First Casualty of Facebook’s Oculus Rift Buyout

New HTC One Teardown: This Is Why the Warranty Is So Good

How a 2005 Steve Jobs Ultimatum Turned Into the iPhone We Know

You Can Buy the New HTC One on Google Play Right Now

Apple’s Trying To Make iOS Emojis More Racially Diverse

You Can Now Download the Original Source Code for MS-DOS for Free

Would you like to jump from low Earth orbit using this awesome suit?

Watch a large ship getting deformed from the inside in a heavy storm

This real-life photo of Marge Simpson will haunt your dreams forever

Mike Mignola’s Otherworldly Concept Art For Disney’s Atlantis

Imagine plunging into Earth’s atmosphere using this re-entry spacesuit

How to Find a Time-Traveling Laser Cat Stuck in the 1990s

No matter how many times I see this happen, it still leaves me in awe

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