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You Can Now Print 3D Holograms on Your Inkjet Printer

Creating the types of 3D holograms that are used to authenticate products or currency usually requires very expensive, very complex printers. That’s what makes them so hard to counterfeit. But a team of researchers from MIT have created a new kind of 3D hologram that can be printed on the inkjet printer you probably already…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Polar’s New Fitness Tracker Is a Full-on Android Smartwatch

We were disappointed when Polar sacrificed the GPS capabilities of the M400 smart sports watch so that its A300, revealed in early 2015, could hit the market with a cheaper price tag. But affordability is apparently no longer as important to the company as features, because Polar’s new M600 is a full-on Android Wear smartwatch.…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Build Your Own Fighting Robot Without Any Electronics Skills

With BattleBots back on TV, you’ve probably got a lot of armchair opinions on how to build a bot that would easily win the tournament. The only problem is your complete lack of electronics and engineering know-how. With the Ganker robot, you don’t even need to know how to solder to build, customize, and battle…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Is the Apple Watch’s Crown Dial Coming to the iPhone and iPad?

The thumbwheel was the signature feature of BlackBerry’s original handsets, and while touchscreens have made them mostly obsolete, the Apple Watch proves there’s still a place for physical dials. But is Apple finally planning to introduce that rotating crown to the iPhone or iPad? A recently published patent suggests that the company might be considering…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Dyson’s First Robovac Sucks Up All Your Dirt and Cash

You’d think that the first robot vacuum from a company like Dyson, who reinvented the vacuum, fan, and hair dryer, would rival R2-D2 when it came to functionality. But with the 360 Eye, Dyson instead focused on creating a robovac that did one thing very well: cleaning. It delivers as promised, but is that worth…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski

You Can Now Use Your Wireless Controllers With the Original Super Nintendo

If the original NES was your first crush, the Super Nintendo was the console you wanted to spend the rest of your life with. Its rounded controller was a masterful work of industrial design, but it still had a wire. Wires suck. With this new adapter, however, your beloved 16-bit console can finally cut the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Brilliant iPhone Case Makes It Way Easier to Catch Pokémon

If you’re struggling to build your Pokémon posse because your Pokeballs are curving all over the place, Jon Cleaver has created a simple but brilliant iPhone case that serves as a guide for your finger to keep launches dead-straight, and vastly improve your monster capturing skills in Pokémon Go. Is it cheating? Who cares? This…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Can Now 3D-Print One of Watchmaking’s Modern Mechanical Marvels

Watchmakers are always striving to add more features to their timepieces, but it’s the most simple and obvious feature—accurately keeping the time—that’s the holy grail of horology. And now you can 3D-print a tourbillon, a complex device that improves a watch’s accuracy, and marvel at its mechanics. Originally developed by watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet over 220…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Next Version of Gorilla Glass Will Help Your Phone Survive a Five-Foot Fall

It’s an unfortunate irony that the device we now rely on so heavily is also so incredibly fragile. Your smartphone’s big, beautiful touchscreen is an accident waiting to happen, but Corning continues its magnanimous to improve the survival rate of your hardware, and its latest creation, Gorilla Glass 5, should help your phone survive even…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Greatest Innovation in Travel Lets You Drag Your Suitcase With No Hands

You can never have enough free hands at the airport for juggling your boarding pass, your passport, your coffee, your snacks, and your carry-on bag. The solution to that problem came to amateur inventor Robert Lian while he was waiting for a flight one day. What about a plastic tail that let travelers tow their…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Pokeball USB Charger Ensures You Can Catch Them All Without Your Phone Dying

Pokémon Go’s dependency on mobile data and your GPS location will ravage your smartphone’s battery in no time. So if you don’t already carry a portable charger to keep you powered and playing, this hand-made Pokeball battery is a must-have addition to your Pokémon hunting kit. Created by Etsy-seller magicalsuperstore, the red and white Pokeball…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The New View-Master Deluxe VR Is the Best Cheap VR Headset Available

If you’re looking to dabble in VR using the smartphone you’ve already paid for, instead of spending over a $1000 on an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive setup, Google Cardboard is a great affordable alternative. But why spend $20 on some folded cardboard when for $40 you can get Mattel’s upgraded View-Master VR that’s more…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski

This Super Accurate Thermometer Can Take Your Temperature Without Even Touching Skin

The most accurate way to take an infant’s temperature—a rectal thermometer—is also one of the most unpleasant. But infants the world over will wail a sigh of relief now that Withings new Thermo, which requires just a forehead sweep to detect a fever, is finally available. First revealed at CES 2016 back in January, Withings,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Door Automatically Locks When It’s Time to Wank

There you are, just trying to get some alone time, watching your favorite fleshy, cinematic masterpiece, when BLAMMO! Someone walks in and catches you with your pants around your ankles and your face slobbered into slack-jawed oblivion. We’ve all been there. (Right?) One dude, however—Mike, the CEO of the Useless Duck Company, which also brought…

Gadgets Sophie Kleeman

Gorgeous Minimoog Cutaway Poster Hides 28 Electronic Music Pioneers Inside It

UK design shop Dorothy has a new cutaway schematic print that reveals the inner working of the Minimoog analog synthesizer that’s been a distinctive part of electronic music for decades. But you won’t find transistors or electronic components inside—just 28 electronic music pioneers hidden like a Where’s Waldo book. https://gizmodo.com/can-you-spot-all-the-apple-gags-in-this-poster-of-a-198-1774953505 The three-color $40 lithograph print…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Quench Your Game of Thrones Withdrawal With the Theme Song Played on 64 Disk Drives

After wowing us with a disk drive version of the Star Wars theme, Paweł Zadrożniak and his Floppotron are back to help Game of Thrones fans deal with the latest season already being over, and the next one being possibly delayed. If 64 disk drives, two hard drives, a scanner, and a lo-fi version of…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

This Stroller Charges Your Phone Using Generators in Its Wheels

Just because you’re stuck raising a kid until they turn 18 doesn’t mean you have to live with a dead phone. 4moms’ new Moxi stroller has a killer feature for parents who are balancing raising a kid while posting endless baby photos to Instagram—generators built into the rear wheels that feed power to a USB…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Thanko’s Armpit Air Conditioners Are Better Than Any Amazon Prime Day Deal

Amazon’s Prime Day wants you to save a few bucks on vegan jerky or a Blu-ray copy of The Human Centipede—questionable ways to celebrate even a made up holiday. But nothing Amazon has marked down comes anywhere close to the brilliance of Thanko’s new armpit air conditioners. We’ve all been there during the hot and…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Indestructible Camera Will Be the Only Thing Left to Record the Apocalypse

When you go to the trouble of installing a security camera in some hard-to-reach place, you want to know for certain it will survive with little need for maintenance. That’s what Panasonic is promising with this remote camera that keeps on recording even when the wind is blowing at preposterous speeds up to 134 MPH.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Every Wave’s a Towering Wall of Water For This Foot-Tall RC Surfer

If the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week has left you terrified of the ocean, here’s a much safer way to try your hand at surfing. Just let Kyosho’s foot-tall RC surfer be your proxy, risking life and limb amongst the sharks while you’re safely lounging on the beach controlling it with a wireless remote in one…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

You Can Now Print 3D Holograms on Your Inkjet Printer

Polar’s New Fitness Tracker Is a Full-on Android Smartwatch

Build Your Own Fighting Robot Without Any Electronics Skills

Is the Apple Watch’s Crown Dial Coming to the iPhone and iPad?

Dyson’s First Robovac Sucks Up All Your Dirt and Cash

You Can Now Use Your Wireless Controllers With the Original Super Nintendo

Brilliant iPhone Case Makes It Way Easier to Catch Pokémon

You Can Now 3D-Print One of Watchmaking’s Modern Mechanical Marvels

The Next Version of Gorilla Glass Will Help Your Phone Survive a Five-Foot Fall

The Greatest Innovation in Travel Lets You Drag Your Suitcase With No Hands

Pokeball USB Charger Ensures You Can Catch Them All Without Your Phone Dying

The New View-Master Deluxe VR Is the Best Cheap VR Headset Available

This Super Accurate Thermometer Can Take Your Temperature Without Even Touching Skin

Door Automatically Locks When It’s Time to Wank

Gorgeous Minimoog Cutaway Poster Hides 28 Electronic Music Pioneers Inside It

Quench Your Game of Thrones Withdrawal With the Theme Song Played on 64 Disk Drives

This Stroller Charges Your Phone Using Generators in Its Wheels

Thanko’s Armpit Air Conditioners Are Better Than Any Amazon Prime Day Deal

This Indestructible Camera Will Be the Only Thing Left to Record the Apocalypse

Every Wave’s a Towering Wall of Water For This Foot-Tall RC Surfer

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