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This Incredible Tablet Keyboard Transforms to Fit Your Sloppy Fingers

Not too long ago, Swype‘s one-finger swiping totally changed phone typing (on Android at least). We don’t all swipe all the time, but that functionality is built right in to the default Android keyboard. Now, the same minds behind Sywpe are trying to change tablet typing with Dryft, a virtual keyboard for touch typists. https://gizmodo.com/swypes-keyboard-is-now-out-of-beta-and-in-the-play-stor-5995311…

Long-lost Van Gogh Painting Recovered from Collector’s Attic

Back in 1908, a Norwegian collector was told that what he thought was a Van Gogh oil landscape was actually a forgery. So he tucked it away in his attic where it languished for six decades. Now, art experts have authenticated the piece — and it is indeed a Van Gogh. It’s not everyday that…

11 Architectural Masterworks You Can Rent on Airbnb

As Airbnb has expanded, it’s come under fire from ornery landlords and wary neighbors—being blamed, in at least one case, for driving up citywide rent prices. But at the same time, Airbnb gives us access to an unprecedented number of otherwise inaccessible buildings. For example: Right now on Airbnb, you can stay overnight in a…

Hugh Jackman promises Days of Future Past is three movies in one!

Tom Hiddleston discuss his Thor sequel reshoots and his work as a vampire music critic. John Hurt talks up Doctor Who’s 50th birthday bash. A young star decided to watch the prequels, which somehow means she’s going to be in Episode VII. (Admittedly, there aren’t a lot of other reasons to watch the prequels.) Plus…

A Shock-Absorbing Airless Tire That Will Never Go Flat

Inspired by Bridgestone’s puncture-proof tires, and Michelin’s Tweel, Hankook has decided that it wants to get into the next-generation tire market with its own i-Flex. Like the previous creations from its competitors, Hankook’s tire trades an air-filled bladder that’s prone to leaks and punctures for an engineered rubber framework that provides support and shock absorption.…

Wacom Bamboo Pad: A Touchpad Enhanced for Sketching and Writing

Wacom is covering all grounds lately with new products. Their latest is the Bamboo Pad, a touch surface with the gesture control the likes of an Apple Magic Trackpad, with some added functionality for drawing and jotting down notes. https://gizmodo.com/redesigned-wacom-intuos-tablets-a-new-look-for-budding-1253691921 The Bamboo Pad touts the ability to recognize when you are using the included stylus…

When Is It OK to Use Tech in Class?

The Wall Street Journal has raised an interesting question: when, exactly, is it OK to use technology in class? Of course, there’s a spectrum here. Is it OK to Google for answers? What about sending text messages during a lecture? Where does tech use stop being OK and start being unacceptable? Let’s talk this out.…

Where NFL Quarterbacks Throw, Visualized

We’ve seen plenty of analysis of NBA games from Kirk Goldsberry, but now he’s turned his attention to football. In particular, he’s taken a look at passes relative to the line of scrimmage in the NFL—and the results are really interesting. https://gizmodo.com/five-years-of-every-nba-shot-attempt-visualized-5892424 In the visualization, rung out of the 2012 NFL stats, size represents frequency…

PayPal Beacon Is Going to Make Hands-Free Payment Way More Common

PayPal’s stuck another clever little location-aware payment option into its smartphone app, with the Beacon tool letting users pay for items without even having to sigh and pull a mobile out of a pocket. PayPal Beacon requires retailers to install a low-energy USB-powered Bluetooth LE receiver in their stores and attach it to their Point-of-Sale…

How to Turn an Old SLR and Lens Into a Peephole

If you have a knackered old SLR lying around, are game for a project and fancy adding a little quirk to your front door, why not think about creating a photography themed peephole? Demonstrated here by Jared Polin of Fro Knows Photo, the install seems pretty easy: you just need an old SLR and lens,…

UK cable provider Virgin Media will become the first ever to partner up with Netflix and provide its streaming services. A sign of things to come in the US?

Why Does Your Voice Sound Different When It’s Recorded?

If you’ve ever listened to a recording of yourself and thought you sound completely different, you’re not alone. But more than that, you were also correct. Here’s why it sounds different. You see, when you speak, you hear your voice as other people do, but you also hear a contribution which comes from vibrations passing…

You Can Now Stream Video From Android to Roku

Roku has updated its Android app with an awesome new feature: you can now stream video from your Android handset to the media box. https://gizmodo.com/roku-3-review-the-new-best-streaming-box-5991159 All you need is the Roku Remote app, which is available from the Google Play store. Then you’re able to sling video to your TV in much the same way…

WSJ: The New iPhone Will Include a Fingerprint Scanner

Ahead of today’s big Apple event, the Wall Street Journal is reaffirming rumors that the more expensive of the two phones to be announced will feature fingerprint scanning technology. https://gizmodo.com/our-iphone-event-liveblog-starts-right-here-on-9-10-at-1277167537 It’s by no means a new rumor—having been suggested by French site Nowhereelse.fr, Reuters, and the WSJ before. But clearly the Journal is confident that…

What Is Reddit?

Anyone who has ever scrolled a page on a website or clicked a link on the Internet or watched a video on YouTube or enjoys the practicality of living with electricity should know what Reddit is. But could you explain it to someone who’s never heard of it? Is it the front page of the…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Floating in My Mind

If only one’s collective life experiences really were this tangible as they are in this touching animated short by Gobelins animation school student, Helene LaRoux with original music by Mathieu Alvado. And while the influence of the Pixar’s Up is clear, this story easily stands on its own merits.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Hands-On: So Hot You Won’t Believe It’s Mirrorless

The interchangeable-lens OM-D E-M1 is so much camera you won’t believe it’s mirroress. The E-M1 is the successor to 2010’s E-5, the last Olympus camera with a mirror box and an optical viewfinder. I just shot with one of the first units in the world at the Oly launch event in New York, and I’m…

Watch a Girl Age Into an Old Woman in This Stunning Time Lapse

Aging is a fierce b-word that deepens the lines on your face, sags the skin on your body and grays the hair on your head. All in the name of accruing wisdom! The thing with aging though is that it literally takes years to see its effect. Well, this incredible time lapse fast forwards the…

What If Spike Jonze’s Movie Her Was Actually Voiced By Siri?

So though the premise of a man falling in love with the voice of his phone’s operating system is a little ridiculous, Spike Jonze’s movie Her actually looks wonderful and maybe even believable. But duh! Who wouldn’t fall in love with Scarlett Johansson’s voice? Just hearing the huskiness makes you imagine the bombshell that is…

GoPro Studio 2.0 Hands-On: Easier, Awesomer Videos (UPDATE)

GoPro, the Q-Tips of action cameras, recognized a problem. People are shooting tons of footage with their cameras, but are then letting it languish away on a dusty old hard drive, unseen and unedited. The California company is hoping to help correct that with new mobile apps and desktop editing software. We recently got a…