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Five Zone Wine Cooling Fridge Packs Months of Liquid Dinners

Imagine having a miniature grocery store in your kitchen. That’s seemingly what Liebheer is promising with its new 48-inch wide SBS 246 side-by-side fridge. It’s got five separate cooling zones for keeping all your food at the perfect temperature, and even a wine cooler that can hold up to 34 bottles. The only thing missing…

6 Nerdy Parties Throughout History We Would’ve Loved To Attend

Since the dawn of humanity, our species has been assiduously researching ways to party hard. And every now and then, this impulse to rage like banshees unchained intersects seamlessly with our geekier proclivities. Behold six wonderful nerd soirées that were almost stranger than fiction. 6. Wayne Manor Nightclub In the mid-1960s, this Batman-themed nightclub (above)…

When Did Small Phones Become Crappy Phones?

There was a time when you could buy something that was compact, fast, and beautiful. That time is over. “Smaller” is just a polite way to say “here’s the bad version for cheap people.” And that’s really awful. The 4.3-inch HTC 8X looks like a tremendous phone—the ultramodern, ultrafunctional WP8 software paired with killer hardware:…

Swedish doctors announce world’s first mother-to-daughter womb transplant

In a procedure that involved more than 10 surgeons, and training that lasted over several years, two Swedish women were successfully implanted with donated uteruses. But if that wasn’t an amazing accomplishment unto itself, what makes this even more incredible is that the uteruses were donated by the women’s mothers. So, assuming the procedure worked,…

CW readies a sexy Alice in Wonderland TV series, Wunderland

The CW is adding yet another fairy tale series to their list of new shows. First, it was the Beauty and the Beast reboot, then a Sleepy Hollow series, and now an Alice in Wonderland show tragically named Wunderland. The Hollywood Reporter notes that director McG (who has a long track record with successful television…

Is the notorious drug Thalidomide making a comeback?

Thalidomide has just about the worst reputation of any drug on the planet. After all, its widespread use led to birth defects in tens of thousands of children in the 1950s and 1960s. And yet, you may be surprised to know it’s still being used to treat certain diseases. And now, a new study suggests…

You can get the new OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 update now too. Hope that means some better battery life!

How soon before mass-produced 3D printed leather?

Things have been very hush-hush over at Modern Meadow since it was disclosed in August that the company had received funding from PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s foundation to 3-D bioprint meat and leather. But in an exclusive interview with Txchnologist, company cofounder and CEO Andras Forgacs has broken the silence and revealed some details about…

What Is Miracast?

Everyone really likes AirPlay, Apple’s Wi-Fi streaming standard that lets you send movies and music from, say, your iPhone to your speakers or Apple TV. Now there’s a new standard out to do pretty much the same thing for everyone else. But how is it different from previous attempts? Miracast is a lot like AirPlay……

Go Download iOS 6 RIGHT NOW (Updated With Direct Links)

iOS 6 is finally available for public consumption and you can get it one of two ways: You can plug your iOS device in to your computer and check iTunes for an update, or you can go into the settings menu on your iPhone (3GS, 4 or 4S), iPod touch (4G, 5G) or iPad (iPad…

Time Warner Paves the Way for Lamest Version of Apple TV’s Future

If Apple TV is anything like the a la carte channels as apps dream we’ve hoped for, it could be amazing. But according to comments from Time Warner Cable president and COO Rob Marcus we might never be liberated from our cable providers. https://gizmodo.com/why-apple-tv-just-became-apples-most-important-product-5931185 Marcus said he’s willing to give up control on the TWC…

The New Science of Drug Testing: The Sewers Never Lie

Scientists are dipping into city sewers in search of drugs. Why? The same reason people on parole take urine tests instead of surveys. You can always lie on a questionnaire; outwitting your toilet, on the other hand, can be a bit more challenging. The technique, known as sewer epidemiology, was recently used to compare illicit…

Thumbs Up Paperclips Let You Like in Real Life

If it’s nearly impossible for you to tear yourself away from Facebook and deal with the real world, perhaps these amusing thumbs up paperclips will help ease the transition away from your phone. They’re even multi-purpose, letting you express your like of a given document, or dislike by simply flipping it over. For example, the…

iOS 6: All the Best New Features

Today is the day iOS 6 arrives, and it’s going to make your iPhone better than it’s ever been before. Why should you upgrade? There are so, so many reasons. https://gizmodo.com/go-download-ios-6-right-now-updated-with-direct-links-5944585 Facebook Maybe the best and most overdue addition. (Almost) everyone uses Facebook, so the deeper it’s stuffed into the soul of iOS, the better.…

You Have Less Than a Month to Conceive a Brilliant Idea, Win $50,000

Remember last week when we told all you would-be inventors about the Nissan Innovation Garage, a.k.a., your chance to fund that brilliant idea you’ve been kicking around? Well, procrastinators rejoice, because you still have time to submit! The Nissan Innovation Garage is inviting Edisons-in-training to share their best “everyday ideas” (that means it could be…

Survival Pod Lets You Ride Out a Tsunami in Relative Comfort

Inspired by the tragic tsunamis that hit Japan last year, Australian houseboat builder Matt Duncan decided to design and construct the ultimate life jacket. What he came up with was the Tsunami Survival Pod, designed to protect up to four passengers from rushing waters and tons of debris. Made from the same materials he uses…

This School-Bus-Sized Satellite Will Deliver Insanely Accurate Weather Reports

Europe will receive nearly infallible weather data thanks to this trio of school bus-sized spacecraft, and the EU saves £4.5 billion in weather-related damage annually. This is what the atmosphere will look like in HD. The satellite MetOp-B, which launched yesterday, is part of a 3.2 billion Euro joint venture between the European Space Agency…

HTC 8X: This Flagship Windows Phone Packs a Big, Beautiful Screen in a Slim, Blade-like Package

HTC’s new flagship Windows Phone—the 8X—is not just impressive because it packs a 1.5 GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 chipset and 4.3-inch 1280×720 display good for a PPI of 342. But it also manages to make a phone that, already checking in at a svelte 0.39-inches, feel even thinner than it is. Nokia Lumia 920, you…

What Is This Secret Weapon the US Has Been Hiding for 30 Years?

In 1981, the White House released a secret memo regarding the stockpiling of a certain weapon. What kind of weapon? Now that it’s been declassified, we still have no idea: the title remains censored. The document, National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 7, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists, doesn’t leave much room for interpretation:…

Travel Surge Protector Saves Your Gear From Sketchy Outlets

When you’re traveling and completely reliant on your gadgets you don’t care how sketchy a power outlet looks—if it’s free, you’ll use it. So for those times when you have to plug in and charge no matter how dangerous things look, Satechi’s compact USB surge protector has got you covered. It plugs into a grounded…