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As if McDonald’s Wasn’t Dirty Enough, They’re Now Spraying DNA On Criminals

I’d like to know what’s being stolen from this Dutch McDonald’s. Coffee stirrers? Napkins? Toilet paper? This synthetic DNA spray intrigues me, though—not only does it “tag” crims, but when the button is pressed, it alerts police too. So far, only one Dutch McDonald’s in Rotterdam has been outfitted with the DNA sprayer, and while…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How Our Bodies Could Send Us Status Updates: “O Hai UR Havin a <3 Attack LOL”

You can already track heart rates with an iPhone, but what if your phone could alert you to liver failure as well? A Dutch research company has created a system which sends “status updates” from electrocardiogram sensors to Android phones. A simple dongle that fits into the microSD card slot (obviously not compatible with iPhones,…

Health Kat Hannaford

Augmented Reality Flashmob Kicking Off Tomorrow In Amsterdam

Armed with either an iPhone or Android, hundreds of Amsterdam residents are expected to converge on Dam Square tomorrow at 2pm for the first ever augmented reality flashmob. Darth Vader, Superman and various other characters will be making super-special appearances. It sounds like a lot of fun for anyone who can get over to Amsterdam,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC Legend Appears On Dutch Website, Will Go On Sale March And Look Even Sexier Than First Anticipated

Glimpsed in the most hi-res outfit we’ve seen so far is the HTC Legend, which—if rumors prove correct—should be shown off next week at MWC. https://gizmodo.com/htc-legend-creeps-out-again-looks-even-more-like-the-h-5425703 It still looks like the Hero only with a unibody aluminum shell, but according to Dutch carrier KPN it’ll go on sale March. KPN’s advert for the Legend touts…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Office Cubicle for the Road Saves Precious Commuting Time

You’re looking at the Slow Car concept from Jurgen Bey, one of the Netherlands’ most respected high-end home furniture designers. He’s taken the humble office cubicle, and slapped it on a 25mph scooter. Talk about being chained to your desk. He imagines environments like campuses and airports offering the vehicle, because it lets folks stay…

Tech News Danny Allen

The Citadel: The World’s First Floating Apartment Complex

Since Holland is mostly under sea level, keeping houses from flooding is a constant problem. This concept fixes that problem by just having an apartment complex that floats. The Citadel is the residential part of the “New Water” complex, which tries to embrace Holland’s waterworld-ness instead of fighting it. It’ll have a floating road to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Taga Stroller/Bike Combo Might Launch Your Tots Into the Stratosphere

Bike, stroller or wheeled trebuchet? Whatever it is, the Taga takes kid-carrying in a new direction. I just can’t help thinking those two smiling kids are one wheelie away from joining the ISS. Luckily for the kids, the Taga trike stroller comes with a range of custom safety options and accessories, like the pictured double…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Pot-Sniffing Helicopters Put the Illicit Dutch Agricultural Industry at Risk

The unmanned mini-helicopter has been dubbed the “Canna Chopper,” and has been put to use sniffing out illegal grow operations in the Netherlands. Apparently only 10% of Dutch-grown pot is legal. Who knew? The Canna Chopper boasts odor and video sensors to find pot fields from the air, and on its first trip it rounded…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Dutch Arcade Cabinet Carved From a Tree

Looks like “boom” means “tree” in Dutch, rhyming with foam rather than broom, but this is still a pretty sweet art piece. Check out the “wiring” on the back after the jump. [Uitschot va BoingBoingGadgets]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Dutch Architects Envision Mind-Bending Virtual Realities Using Photoshop

Imagine screaming down the freeway sometime in the near future and seeing this loop rushing forward to fill your windshield. Or, changing gears, what if commercial airlines flew their birds in a V formation, like birds? That’s what Dutch design firm NL did recently using Photoshop, everyday architecture, and a little imagination that was perhaps…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Delay Clock Tells Time, Looks Pretty and Pointy

The Delay Clock looks complex and threatening, but if you take a look at where the three circles (hour, minute and second) meet near the middle, you can find the time pretty easily. This arty Dutch clock is made from stainless steel and aluminum, and its cogs are a more essential part of the design…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

RFID Robotic Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating

Dutch designer Jelte van Geest’s RFID-enabled robotic chair is for Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven, and it’s fantastic. What you do is swipe your RFID-enabled library card in front of the chair’s sensor, which then follows you (or your card) around the library so you always have somewhere to sit. Once you cross a line near the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Flame Bot Has Manliest Walk in Robot Kingdom

Next Friday, a Dutch robotics researcher named Daan Hobbelen at TU Delft will be getting his PhD for building a robot named Flame. What’s the big deal? you robo-saturated Giz readers ask. Flame has been built to walk like a man, using human-based principles that strike fear in the hearts of other robotics experts. UPDATE…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Soaring Spybot RoboSwift Mocks Real Birds (and Pays the Price)

The RoboSwift, built by researchers at the Delft University of Technology, is among the first flying machines with a “morphing” wing sweep. As you’ll see in the video below, its wings reduce in surface area when pulled back to limit drag, the way the wings of actual fast-flying swifts do. Unlike the real birds, however,…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Conference Bike: Steering by Porsche, Idea by Crackpot Dutchman

I’m off. Leaving. So, tatty-bye. Working for Gizmodo has been fun, but I have a higher calling, thanks to the discovery of this Conference Bike, invented by Eric Staller in 1991. The 15 mph behemoth only cost me $10,000 and I am going to travel to Guyana on a mission to save the indigenous orange-breasted…

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As if McDonald’s Wasn’t Dirty Enough, They’re Now Spraying DNA On Criminals

How Our Bodies Could Send Us Status Updates: “O Hai UR Havin a <3 Attack LOL”

Augmented Reality Flashmob Kicking Off Tomorrow In Amsterdam

HTC Legend Appears On Dutch Website, Will Go On Sale March And Look Even Sexier Than First Anticipated

Office Cubicle for the Road Saves Precious Commuting Time

The Citadel: The World’s First Floating Apartment Complex

Taga Stroller/Bike Combo Might Launch Your Tots Into the Stratosphere

Pot-Sniffing Helicopters Put the Illicit Dutch Agricultural Industry at Risk

Dutch Arcade Cabinet Carved From a Tree

Dutch Architects Envision Mind-Bending Virtual Realities Using Photoshop

Delay Clock Tells Time, Looks Pretty and Pointy

RFID Robotic Chair Follows You Around For Constant Seating

Flame Bot Has Manliest Walk in Robot Kingdom

Soaring Spybot RoboSwift Mocks Real Birds (and Pays the Price)

Conference Bike: Steering by Porsche, Idea by Crackpot Dutchman

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